[cobirds] Palm Warbler at Fountain Creek RP, El Paso

2015-04-25 Thread Joy Lake
Leonard and I found a Palm Warbler near Mile marker 18 at Fountain Creek Regional Park late this morning. Last seen west side of the effluent stream. Joy Lake Colorado Springs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To unsubscribe

[cobirds] Opening Day 2015 - RMBO Chatfield Banding Station

2015-04-25 Thread meredith
We had a typical first day of banding (almost always the last Saturday in April) at Chatfield - Not a lot of birds and pretty much the expected species. We caught our first House Wrens and a Lincoln's Sparrow, probably our first and last Junco, plus some year-round resident species, including

[cobirds] Belmar park . Northern Parula

2015-04-25 Thread 'lochlaren' via Colorado Birds
found the northern parala in a l flock of yellow rumps flying around the bridge on the small pond at Belmar Park as of12:50 today. Loch Kilpatrick,  Parker  co Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (25 Apr 2015) 10 Raptors

2015-04-25 Thread reports
Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 25, 2015 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0

[cobirds] Golden-winged Warbler, Main Reservoir, Jefferson County, 4/25/15, 1:05PM

2015-04-25 Thread Alec Hopping
North of the previous location, still on the W side of the res. Look for birders and you'll find the most recent location pretty easily. No one is currently on the bird. Also had a Black-throated Gray here about 10 mins ago. Alec Hopping -- You received this message because you are

[cobirds] Re: Gray Flycatcher- Waneka Lake, Boulder, CO

2015-04-25 Thread Ted Floyd
Hi, all. The *gray flycatcher* found by Mark Minner-Lee is still at Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County. Photos and discussion here: http://tinyurl.com/GrFl-2015-04-25 Nice find. And the bird is being cooperative. A little birdie tells me it will here through the weekend. Ted Floyd Lafayette,

[cobirds] Gulls and Owls in Larimer County

2015-04-25 Thread Nick Komar
This morning, the Larimer County landfill hosted: Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 (1 ad, 1 second-cycle) Herring Gull 2 (first cycle) California Gull 40 Ring-billed Gull 120 Franklin's Gull 100 A mile south, two Burrowing Owls were back at their traditional locations at Coyote Ridge Natural Area near

[cobirds] Re: Opening Day 2015 - RMBO Chatfield Banding Station

2015-04-25 Thread meredith
Sorry - I'm out of practice! Forgot to ID myself! Meredith McBurney Bander, Chatfield Station Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory On Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 6:12:35 PM UTC-6, meredith wrote: We had a typical first day of banding (almost always the last Saturday in April) at Chatfield - Not

[cobirds] Broad winged Hawk, Loggerhead Shrike in vicinity of Rabbit Mt., Boulder County

2015-04-25 Thread Carl Starace
Just before 9 am today I watched a Broad winged Hawk pass over Rabbit Mt. I later walked the road closer to the wastewater pond,[ to the south], and had a nice Logger Head Shrike perched on a short metal post and 2 singing Vesper Sparrow. Earlier, an Orange Crowned Warbler made a brief stop in

[cobirds] Golden-winged Warbler, Main Reservoir, Jefferson County, 4/25/15, 1:05PM

2015-04-25 Thread Alec Hopping
Bird refound as of 6:46pm. Alec Hopping Currently looking at Golden-winged Warbler Lakewood CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

[cobirds] FOS Fox Sparrow, RMNP, Larimer

2015-04-25 Thread Eric DeFonso
Hi folks, While leading a field trip up to Rocky Mountain national Park this morning, our group located a slate-colored form Fox Sparrow along the Cub Lake trail in Moraine Park. According to eBird, April sightings of Fox Sparrow in Rocky Mountain national Park are fairly sparse, but this

[cobirds] Re: Jackson Lake gulls (Morgan Co.)

2015-04-25 Thread David Dowell
Lots of gulls (roughly 700) were still at Jackson Lake this morning (Saturday), feeding with the grebes and cormorants and then resting on the north side of the lake. As I arrived, a large, very pale, dark-billed gull (first impression Glaucous-Winged or Glaucous-Winged x Herring, but I don't

[cobirds] Golden-winged Warbler, Main Reservoir, Jefferson County, 4/25/15, 1:05PM

2015-04-25 Thread Art Hudak
Hello, Bird was on west side of reservoir along trail where the houses are parallel with the reservoir. Follow trail until you come to a bench that is to the left, the bird was working a shrub about 50' give or take from the bench. Photos can be viewed on CFO facebook page. Happy Spring

[cobirds] Common Loon, Spring Park Reservoir, Eagle County

2015-04-25 Thread Dick Filby
Hi all Highlights of quick run around this evening: Spring Park Reservoir Common Loon 1 Bonaparte's Gull 2 California Gull 6 Ring-billed Gull 10 Great Horned Owl nest with 3 chicks Brewer's Blackbird 3 Blue Lake, El Jebel Red- breasted Merganser - male At home the Pinyon

Re: [cobirds] Video showing Snowy Egret using 'foot shake' technique to stir up fish to catch-Florence River Park

2015-04-25 Thread 'Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds
I love watching snowy egrets fish. It kind of looks like they have a piece of tape stuck to the bottom of their foot and they're trying to shake it off! I had my first snowy egrets here today, far earlier than I normally see them which is in June. Deborah Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County

[cobirds] Video showing Snowy Egret using 'foot shake' technique to stir up fish to catch-Florence River Park

2015-04-25 Thread SeEttaM .
I took a video of a Snowy Egret fishing at Florence River Park day before yesterday that shows it using what I call the 'foot shake' technique to stir up fish. The short video clip shows the egret first shake one foot, then the other, repeatedly under the water apparently successfully stirring up

[cobirds] Weld Co

2015-04-25 Thread 'William Fink' via Colorado Birds
Went to Crow Valley Latham and Beebe Draw but Crom Lake was best with two Unsolitary sandpipers two nice breeding Western Sandpipers and four Longbilled Dowitchers plus FOS Wilson's Phalaropes and Least Sandpipers. Had Snowy Egret at Latham inlet canal. Crow Valley dead and nothing special at

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 25 April 2015

2015-04-25 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: April 25, 2015 This is the Rare Bird Alert, Saturday, April 25 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). BRANT (Rio Grande) Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo)

[cobirds] Tree Swallows + - Summit County, Colorado

2015-04-25 Thread Ed Baker
FIRST OF SEASON Tree Swallows - at nesting sites along my BB Trail They were not present as of 6 pm Friday eve, so they just arrived. That's my take on it. At one of the nest sites the Swallows were dive-bombing the Mt Bluebird pair that has claimed one of the nestboxes. There are alternate

[cobirds] Gray Flycatcher- Waneka Lake, Boulder, CO

2015-04-25 Thread Mark R
Currently looking at Grey Flycatcher in trees on Northwest side of Waneka Lake just before approaching Greenlee Preserve. Orange-crowned warbler in vicinity too. Mark Minner-Lee Superior, CO Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups