[cobirds] Southeast CO, 5/9/10

COBirders, Cole Wild and I did a little bit more birding in southeast Colorado today.  Here are some of the things we found. Prowers County: High School Groove Olive-sided Flycatcher Fairmount Cemetery Blackpoll Warbler (male) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (female) Lamar Community College

[cobirds] May 10, 2010, Rare Bird Alert for Colorado

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, May 10, 2010 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes that there is new information for this species in this report) Barrow's Goldeneye (Eagle) Little Blue

[cobirds] Whimbrel at Beebe Draw 5/9

Along with Tom and Mary France, we encountered 5 Whimbrel at Beebe Draw around 2PM on 5/9. Cheryl Teuton Aurora -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options,

[cobirds] Walden Ponds, Boulder

As well as the great egret, and a little blue heron, there was a snowy egret on Cottonwood this afternoon. Anne Guthrie Boulder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For

[cobirds] Mother's Day banding at Clear Springs Ranch

Weather was too nice today We caught 22 birds, 9 species. best were the three Yellow-throated Chat males. Highest numbers: Chipping Sparrow = 8 Dave David M Elwonger Birder and Master Bird Bander Who roosts at 8400 feet near Woodland Park CO -- You received this message because you are

[cobirds] Black-throated Green Warbler/Grandview Cemetery-Larimer

COBirders, Dave Leatherman just called to report a singing Black-throated Green Warbler at Grandview Cemetery in Ft. Collins, Larimer County. The bird was last seen in the SE corner which is section 9. --- Rachel Hopper Ft. Collins Check out the CFO Website: www.cfo-link.org --

[cobirds] High Country (Park, Chaffee, Lake) Ducks, loons, pelicans

Yesterday I took a mountain swing to scout several breeding bird atlas blocks. Here are a few highlights. Kenosha Pass: Red-naped Sapsucker drilling nest hole Tree Swallow investigating cavity in aspen Rub-crowned Kinglets, Townsend's Solitaire, American Robins, Brewer's Sparrow, and

[cobirds] Migrant Report for 10 May, Twin Lakes, Gunbarrel

Dear Cobirders, Another slow day at Twin Lakes. Mike Blatchley and I walked the east-west path early and found lower numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers than in previous days. A handful of Orange-crowned Warblers and at least two Yellow Warblers rounded out the Warbler mix. The far

[cobirds] New bird name

Chuck, For those of us who are kinglet crown-challenged to see any hint of red, your typo (or was it intentional?) might end up being a new name! Larry Modesitt Chairman, Board of Directors Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory -Original Message- From: Charles Hundertmark cahm...@q.com To:

[cobirds] indigo bunting Prowers

Hello all, I feel like I have dropped off the face of the birding world! I am envious of those checking out Lamar when I live an hour away and can't get there! BUT, I did have a beautiful indigo bunting in my yard yesterday and I am grateful to have gotten to see it. I've had brown thrashers

[cobirds] Weld County Yard North of Greeley

Two male Orioles in the apple blossoms. They may have join a couple more in the trees in back Cedar Waswings in the apple blossoms too. Fun fun Norma Erickson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to

[cobirds] Fairview Cemetery, La Junta, Otero County

On Sunday morning, along US highway 50 east of the Holiday Inn Express I birded the Fairview Cemetery and found many birds, which included: Magnolia Warbler (one within about 10') Tennessee Warbler(saw and heard it sing) Yellow Warbler (many) Yellow-rumped Warblers Bullock's Oriole Brown

[cobirds] Blue -gray Gnatcatchers,, Del Norte

At noon today (May 10) 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers (male female) were in my yard in Del Norte, picking up spilled seed from the ground. Virginia Simmons -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to

[cobirds] migration falout/Cherry Crk St Park/Arapahoe

The park is so large that I covered only a small part this morning. Land birds (high density)on the south side of the reservoir in the Prairie Loop and south of it included: Say's phoebe - 25 W kingbird - 10 Bullock's oriole - 4 orange- cr warbler - 4 chipping sparrow - 50 lark sparrow - 12

[cobirds] Bear Ck L P Sat, lower Wht Ranch OS Mon

Sorry for the belated post. Mike Foster and I led a Bear Creek Watershed BBA on Sat in E Bear Ck L P. We had 42 spp with quite a bit of breeding confirmation activity. Probable migrants included Dusky Flycatchers, Orange-crowned and Yellow Warblers, 1 Black and White Warbler, and 2

[cobirds] Boulder Carolina Wren still there, 5/10

I went out for a walk along Bear Creek today hoping to see (or hear) the Carolina Wren reported yesterday by Ted Floyd. Although the only singing birds I heard were Orange-crowned Warblers, I paused to investigate some rustling noises in the brush which turned out to be the Carolina Wren. The

[cobirds] RE: New bird name

Whoops! Those typos will slip in when you're working too fast. Thanks for the catch. Chuck To: cahm...@q.com; cobirds@googlegroups.com Subject: New bird name Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 11:24:59 -0400 From: lm1c...@aol.com Chuck, For those of us who are kinglet crown-challenged to see

[cobirds] Chico Basin Ranch RMBO banding 10 May 2010

Hi Cobirders Well the day started out beautiful and calm, got all the nets open and the wind gods let loose again! A Porcupine greeted me from the willows on the opening round. We did managed to catch 15 birds of 13 species before closing nets at 10. Hosted a group of sight-impaired kids

[cobirds] Lazuli in Edgewater

Have a small pond and waterfall in my backyard here in beautiful downtown Smudgewater - Edgewater. Was excited to have a beautiful male Lazuli Bunting at the pond late yesterday afternoon. Got a nice drink at the waterfall, then plucked at some dandelion heads for twenty minutes or so. Moved

[cobirds] Pueblo County Big Day results 5/8

Hi all,   Van Truan and I, and his two young sons (not birders), did a Big Day on Saturday, 8 May in Pueblo County.  We wanted to see if we could beat our own Pueblo County Big Day record of 156 species several years ago.  We were successful in finding 167 species of birds in Pueblo County on

[cobirds] RMBO Chatfield Station, 5/10/10

16 new banded, and 4 returns - 3 Yellow Warblers, 1 Chat, 1 Song Sparrow. We continue to have a nice variety of species. Bird of the day, and likely bird of the week was a Black-throated Grey Warbler. Here's the breakdown: House Wren 4 Hermith Thrush 1 American Robin 1 Grey Catbird

[cobirds] Curlew, Neegronda Res., Prowers Co.

Among birds at Neegronda Reservoir yesterday: 2 Long-billed Curlew along the shore among White-faced and 1 Glossy Ibis. Frank and Nancy Hatch Denver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to

[cobirds] Southeast CO,5/9/10

Paula Hansley and I birded a bit in SE Co on 5/9/10. PROWERS County Lamar Community College : Paula heard a Wood Thrush, and Carolina Wren in the northern part of nature trail. We saw a Northern Waterthrush, 1, f. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, lots of Brown Thrashers, many Yellow-rumped Warblers,

[cobirds] Great Crested Flycatcher and Redstart, Lamar Community College, Prowers County, May 9

In addition to the birds that Tina Jones listed, when we were birding separately, I saw a Great Crested Flycatcher eating a large insect at the top of a dead tree and a 1st year male Redstart foraging low in the brush along the nature trail in the northern part of the woods. Paula Hansley

[cobirds] TWO Lazuli's!!!

This evening, I couldn't believe my eyes - TWO male Luzuli's at the pond. The both got drinks on the waterfall, sat in the snowball bush for a bit, then flew off. I wonder if one of them is the same I saw yesterday. Maybe there were two yesterday, I don't know. I got a couple of shots, but it

[cobirds] SE Colorado 5/7-9

Hi Everyone-- I had a long weekend of birding in Kansas (migration is definitely happening out there), and saw a few good birds in Colorado on the way. At the Lamar Community College Woods on 5/7, I saw a Summer Tanager and a White-winged Dove. At the Holly Rest Area on 5/7, a male Baltimore