[cobirds] Colorado RBA, Sunday, August 21, 2011

2011-08-21 Thread Joyce Takamine
compiler:  Joyce Takamine Date:   August 21, 2011 e-mail: rba@cfo-link. phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, August 21, 2011 updated at 5:00 am, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.  If you are phoning in a message, you

[cobirds] Semo Family Contact Info

2011-08-21 Thread Rachel Hopper
Cards, messages and condolences can be sent to Larry's parents at: Liz John Semo 16341 S. Gram Rd. Gordon, WI 54838 Sent from my iPad Rachel Hopper Ft. Collins, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send

[cobirds] Huerfano County: juvenile Yellow-billed Cuckoo confirmed

2011-08-21 Thread Polly Wren Neldner
This morning we were able to confirm that which we have suspected all summer long...that we have had breeding Yellow-billed Cuckoos in our yard. They are no longer calling...so it was just plain lucky that the juvenile lit in the open this morning. Told from adults by weaker tail patterning and

[cobirds] Cassin's Kingbird, Least and Gray Flycatchers: Weld County

2011-08-21 Thread Steven Mlodinow
Greetings, Yesterday I wandered around w. Weld County, dipping into Larimer for the spectacle that is Tinmath Res., happening into 112 species in the process (sorry for the delayed post, per AOL I sent it, but it never arrived at COBIRDS) The rarest finds of the day were mostly flycatchers:

[cobirds] CFO Photo Quiz

2011-08-21 Thread coloradodipper
Hi all: I have posted the solutions to the previous two photo quizzes (www.cfo-link.org). There is still plenty of time today to tackle the current quiz. Tony Leukering Villas, NJ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post

[cobirds] Huerfano County: Black Terns, Least Terns

2011-08-21 Thread Polly Neldner
At Lathrop State Park, Martin Lake, we saw: Black Terns, some still quite dark, some in transition to non-breeding Non breeding Common Terns We hope to post photos of both this evening. At Horseshoe Reservoir were: Great Blue Herons - which bred on the island in Horseshoe this year 2 Great

[cobirds] J.J. Audubon exhibit in Longmont: a related question

2011-08-21 Thread Linda Andes-Georges
Hi, birder friends-- During a visit to the Longmont Museum this week, Sandra Laursen and I were pleasantly surprised at the quality of the prints and the lighting and labeling presentation. But one thing puzzled us: the labels of the prints often referenced a specific page in an unspecified

[cobirds] Least Bitterns (again) - Fremont

2011-08-21 Thread Bill Maynard
COBirders, Around 0830 John Drummond and I viewed flights of first one, and latter a second Least Bittern (first found by Rich Miller) at Holcim Marsh (Fremont). I arrived at 0700 with little bird activity in the area. One bittern is a male (black backed) and the other is a female (brown

[cobirds] Re: Huerfano County: Black Terns, Least Terns

2011-08-21 Thread Joyce Takamine
Hi Polly, Your title mentions Least Tern, but I do not see it in the text. Did you have Least Terns today and where? Joyce Takamine RBA compiler On Aug 21, 1:28 pm, Polly Neldner pollyw...@gmail.com wrote: At Lathrop State Park, Martin Lake, we saw:  Black Terns, some still quite dark, some

[cobirds] Least Bittern - Holcim Wetlands - Fremont Co

2011-08-21 Thread Ira Sanders
Birders, Today after leaving Westcliffe (we did the fieldtrip that Brandon already reported on) Tammy and I stopped by Holcim Wetlands near Florence (Thank you for the directions to the spot to Rich Miller and others). We arrived about 9:50 am and ran into Mr. Maynard and Mr. Drummond as they

Re: [cobirds] Larry Semo

2011-08-21 Thread migrant44
Larry was simply one of the best, both as a birder, and more importantly as a human being. He will be greatly missed. Sometimes life is not only not fair, but just flat-out sucks. Norm Lewis -Original Message- From: pomjaeger pomjae...@aol.com To: cobirds cobirds@googlegroups.com

[cobirds] Possible Arctic Tern 8/21 Larimer

2011-08-21 Thread Cole Wild
Katrina Stowasser and I were birding Timnath Reservoir this afternoon when we found a group of 5 terns standing on an island towards the northeast side of the reservoir. We were standing on the southwest shore. I noticed of the terns standing on this island there were terns of 3 slightly