[cobirds] Holcim Wetlands Least Bittern family update

I stopped by Holcim Wetlands around 6 pm tonight on my way back from Pueblo and found Evergreen birder Scott Dieni already looking for the Least Bittern family. Scott said he had been there for about an hour and had not seen any Least Bitterns but was hearing calls that I confirmed were the

[cobirds] Colorado RBA, Wednesday, August 31, 2011

compiler:  Joyce Takamine Date:   August 31, 2011 e-mail: rba@cfo-link phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, August 31, 2011 updated at 5:00 am, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.  If you are phoning in a message,

[cobirds] Boyd Lake - Larimer County

Boyd Lake: Near the north end of the Park we saw a Nothern Goshawk.  It lit on a tree branch facing us about 20 feet away and sat there for about 5 minutes.  No mistaken a Goshawk - very long red tail,  verti cal bars on breast , hawk sized, and bared tail. Also later on the North end

[cobirds] Shorebirds at Chatfield SP, Douglas Co.

Hello all, During the late morning on Wednesday, there was a small but pleasantly diverse group of shorebirds at the Plum Creek delta at Chatfield State Park. There were 3 Semipalmated Plovers, about 5 Killdeer, 1 Willet, 1 Least Sandpiper, 3 Western Sandpipers, about 15 Baird's Sandpipers,

[cobirds] RMBO Barr Banding Station Update, 8/31/11

Well, maybe we are going to have a migration. Migrants may have outnumbered summer residents today for the first time, plus it was just a good day - 54 birds banded with about 2/3rds of our nets up and open. (Things are finally drying out - we should have the full station up by this weekend.)

[cobirds] White-tailed ptarmigan, Clear Creek County

Several visitors have asked lately on COBIRDS about ptarmigan. We had three almost walk across our boots today about 100 feet short of the top of Mount Edwards, which we hiked via the Waldorf Mine/Argentine Pass road. The birds were on the eastern slopes, and still in summer plumage. Mark

[cobirds] Reddish Egret update

Birders, The sub-adult dark-morph Reddish Egret was still present at Adobe Creek Reservoir on 8/31/11. It may be getting a bit more predictable in location. Today, it was on the sand spit on the north side of the channel separating the north and south parts of the lake. By looking east from

[cobirds] Follow up about albino hummingbird in Salida area and elsewhere

I talked to the home owner that had the albino hummingbird that I posted about last night and it has not been seen anymore. If it comes back I will get notified. I have added two more photos that the owner took when it was at the feeder earlier this week onto my Birds and Nature