[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 8, 2012

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: June 8, 2012 email:rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 8, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message,

[cobirds] Hooded Warbler, Bobolink Trail, Boulder Co.

Dear Birders, There was a singing male HOODED WARBLER a few hundred yards south of the Bobolink Trail parking lot off Baseline Road this morning. He was making his way south along the greenbelt rather quickly, singing as he went. At the first ditch crossing south of the parking lot, there

Re: [cobirds] vireo nest Chatfield

Hi, Kay, Thanks for reporting what you saw, and I'm relieved the horrendous wind and hail didn't damage the nest. RMBO is trying to keep track of how this interesting pairing goes. I'm doing breeding bird surveys when I get a moment, so won't be able to get there until next week. I find it

[cobirds] Great Crested Flycatcher, El Paso County

Around noon today I heard a Great Crested Flycatcher calling many times as it passed through neighborhood elms. It went right through our backyard, heading north. I looked for it a little later in and around the Bristol Mesa area, but couldn't re-find it. Since I live only a mile directly south of

[cobirds] Vireos at Chatfield

I watched the vireo nest for 2 hours today and saw and heard the plumbeous vireo, but not the yellow-throated. I arrived at about 10 or 10:30 and left at 12:45, and in that time I saw the plumbeous visit the nest a few times but never saw the yellow-throated in the nest or nearby. I did observe a

[cobirds] June 2012 D.F.O. Fieldtrips -- Join Us! #1

Denver Field Ornithologists June 2012 Field Trips Saturday, June 9         McCabe Meadows Leader: Mary Cay Burger Join us for a half day trip to McCabe Meadows Park – highlighting nesting birds in a riparian habitat. This park was formerly known as a Parker Regional Park. Access the park

[cobirds] Vireos at Chatfield (Jefferson County) continued

To continue Beth Partin's observation, we arrived at Chatfield at about 1:15 and took up watch. We heard the Plumbeous vireo sing in the trees before the bare spot when we were on the way to the nest site, but never definitely heard or saw the Yellow-throated. We also watched the Western

[cobirds] Karval area post, from 6/2,Lincoln County

The post which I wrote for 6/2, [an Audubon Society Master Birder trip],said that the participants saw a family of Northern Shrike.I meant to say Loggerhead Shrike. The birds were in the Karval, CO. area. Tina JonesLittleton, Jefferson County, CO.

[cobirds] Link to photos of Black-chinned sparrows at Colorado National Monument (Mesa County) seen June 4

To all, Here is a link to some photos that Dan took of the Black-chinned sparrows with the fledglings that we reported on June 4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/74421604@N08/sets/72157630084441224/ Dan Brooke and Cheryl Teuton Aurora CO -- You received this message because you are

[cobirds] Lesser Goldfinch (black-backed), Common Poorwill, Boulder, Boulder Cty, 6/8/12

This evening I had a completely black-backed Lesser Goldfinch visit my feeder. A bit later a Common Poorwill fluttered overhead, landed a few times on the back patio, posed for a blurry photo, took a couple drinks from a water feature, and then left. It called for a minute or so from a little

Re: [cobirds] Vireos at Chatfield (Jefferson County) continued

...and to continue Cheryl's, I arrived at the nest site about 5:30 this afternoon. I found the nest with the assistance of the Piratic Pewee, who was busily and enthusiastically raiding it. I also heard the plumbeous nearby, but saw and heard no sign of the yellow-throated. I think it is