[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, March 22, 2011

Date: March 22, 2011 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8759 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 5 am, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can skip

[cobirds] Mr. Bill

Hi all: I have posted the solution to last week's Mr. Bill Mystery Quiz (www.cfo-link.org). Enjoy, Tony Leukering Villas, NJ -- 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.

[cobirds] intergrade juncos, not hybrids

I need to correct my previous posting. I should have said intergrade instead of hybrid juncos They cannot be hybrids because the parental types are only subspecies, not different species. As with flickers, the term intergrade is the appropriate term. Christian's Junco photos with frost or

[cobirds] owls

Hi all, The Nothrthern Pygmy-Owls are courting like crasy, last evening I took Nathan Pieplow out to get some sound recordings of a pair of owls. They didn't let us down. The little owls began calling about 7:20pm and didn't stop until a Great Horned Owl flew over the calling male pygmy just

[cobirds] FOS Lincoln's Sparrow, El Paso

I had my FOS sighting of a Lincoln's Sparrow last Wed, 3/16, in my back yard. It's continued to be present daily since. This is about 2 weeks+ earlier than my previous years' FOS LISP sightings. Marty Wolf, @ 6633' in the foothills of NW CO Spgs -- You received this message because you are

[cobirds] Junco stuff (Long)

Thank you all for your comments. 1) Intergrade vs. Hybrid- The rigid definition is as Bruce describes, with hybrid being ascribed to the interbreeding of two species, and intergrade as a mixing of two subspecies. But this definition has its flaws, especially when applied to superspecies

[cobirds] D.F.O. Monthly Meeting - March 28th

D.F.O. Monthly Meeting A Meeting/A Field Trip: DMNS Behind the Scenes... Monday, March 28, 2011 Denver Museum of Nature and Science 7:30 p.m. DFO is all about field trips! We offer two free birding field trips a week about fifty weeks a year. We don’t know of any other organization

[cobirds] Colo Spgs Hawkwatch, Tues 3/22

Hi COBirders, Still quiet here. Watched from 9:00-11:30, until I got blown off the ridge. Best sighting was of three Red-tailed Hawks, 2 adults and 1 juv circling, rising, and screaming only a couple of hundred feet away. Also saw one, twice, (or two?) of the Garden of the Gods Prairie

[cobirds] Juncos - White-winged or other

Fascinating discussion, but almost impossible to follow because of the addition of all the previous messages to the new message -- I have to parse the thing over and over to find out what's new. As Todd, the listmaster, [and thanks Todd, for your efforts] and his predecessors have urged, can

[cobirds] Hybrids

Hi all, I'm prompted to respond to the thought-provoking comments of Bruce Webb Christian Nunes, regarding the use of the word hybrid. The definition of hybrid I have found is: The offspring of two animals or plants of different races, breeds, varieties, species or genera. It goes on

[cobirds] snipe taking cue from ducks, Bldr Cnty

Our woodworking birder friend, driving in to our house this morning, clearly saw a common/Wilson's snipe in the duck yard of our neighborhood, looking perplexed. I guess it was thinking that ducks and water usually go together, and yet here was a band of know-nothings hanging around a barren

[cobirds] Highlights from 19 March

Greetings All, Sorry, I have been trying to set up household and learn an array of new systems. My first two attempts to post to COBIRDS failed, due to my own misapprehensions (in other words, I have been a dunderhead). On 19 March, Nick Komar and I visited a number of sites in Larimer and

[cobirds] Bufflehead in Broomfield

This morning, about an hour after sunrise I saw a Bufflehead dabbling around the edge of Tom Frost Reservoir in Broomfield (NW corner of Lowell and Midway). http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv180/gmgould/Birds/Bufflehead.jpg Also mixed in with the usual Mallards, Canada Geese, and Coots were a

[cobirds] Say's Phoebe

Saw my FOY Say's Phoebe this afternoon in Littleton. Regards -Greg Pasquariello --- Littleton, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group,

[cobirds] Turkey Vultures (FOY) and other sightings Longmont, Boulder County

Coming home from work today I had two Turkey Vultures heading into the wind over my house in NW Longmont. Also in my backyard I had a Gray-headed Dark-eyed Junco. I get pink-sided most days. On I had two Bushtit and continuing Mountain Chickadees. I have not had Black-capped Chickadees at

[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (22 Mar 2011) 2 Raptors

Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 22, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0

[cobirds] cat

Hi all, Just had a Bobcat walk through the back yard. It stopped briefly, caught a vole and walked off. This cat has been in the neighborhood since October last year. Thought some of you might find that interesting. Scott Rashid Estes Park -- You received this message because you are

[cobirds] Turkey Vultures arrive in Fort Collins.

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011: At 6:40 am MST there were two Turkey Vultures at the Shields/Mountain roost in Fort Collins, indicating a March 21st arrival. Alex Cringan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[cobirds] Osprey and pelican, Pueblo County

Yesterday (21 March, first day of calendar Spring) I found a pair of Osprey setting up housekeeping on a nest platform in the SWA on the south side of Pueblo Reservoir. I also had a brief distant look at an American White Pelican, later seen by another birder. Both are my FOS. The Osprey were

[cobirds] Harris's Sparrow - Barr Lake RMBO office

Today (March 22), at about 10 am Rudy Badia and I saw a second year Harris's Sparrow at the RMBO office at Barr Lake State Park (Adams Co.). It was hanging out with several White-crowned Sparrows. Too much wind to enjoy scanning the lake. We also saw a flock of about 40 American White Pelicans

[cobirds] Yellowlegs on Lower Church Ranch lake

On Lower Church Ranch Lake this later afternoon, right around sunset, in the howling gales, there were 2 Yellowlegs, looked like Lesser but I couldn;t hear them because of the wind. (I was also too chicken to get out and set up a scope because of the cold, wind, and blowing debris). There

[cobirds] Lifetime County List update

COBirders, The Lifetime County List update is now available on the CFO website. If you are checking out the lists check out the information on the upcoming CFO Convention. CFO Home page: http://cfo-link.org/ Listing Reports: http://cfo-link.org/birding/county_reports.php - Mark