[cobirds] El Paso County: White-faced Ibis

Just across the road from Squirrel Creek Road Pond, in Fountain, Colorado, 74 White-faced Ibis in the horse pasture. Awesome sight! Sure hope this group didn't have any Glossy Ibis - we couldn't tell with the bad light and distance. Aaron and Pati Driscoll Colorado Springs -- You received

[cobirds] RMBO Chatfield Banding Station, 5/3/15

Our few birds came early in the day, so the early visitors got good looks at a nice variety before things quieted to nothing by about 9:30 a.m. Banded 9, plus had some recaps from previous days this season. Red-shafted Flicker 1 House Wren 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1

[cobirds] 5/2/15 Barr Lake State Park, Adams Co. CSU Field Ornithologists Trip Report

This morning several members of CSU Field Ornithologists enjoyed the organization’s last field trip of the semester. We gathered this morning at 7:30AM on campus before our drive down to Barr Lake State Park. Just before we left, we spotted a CHIMNEY SWIFT flying overhead! A very special first of

[cobirds] Yellow-throated Vireo in El Paso County

At around 7:30-8:00 this morning 5/3 Mark Peterson and I had a singing Yellow-throated Vireo at Fountain Creek Regional Park in Area 3 in the strip of trees between the regional trail and Fountain Creek. Last it was seen moving south of it's original location. -David Tonnessen Colorado

[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow,Larimer County

Hi All, Have a White-throated Sparrow ground feeding with regulars in my yard this afternoon. This one, for a change, is NOT the tan form but a lovely white and black striped with yellow lores not shy of eating alongside a squirrel. A FOS Bullock's Oriole male has been on the rivertrail for

[cobirds] Weld Today

Greetings All I spent this morning birding a few select spots in Weld Crow Valley was dead, excepting a singing male N CARDINAL at the sw corner. Lotsa water in the creek, so hope for later on. Weld Co Rd 59 has some shorebird habitat, but no shorebirds (except breeders) Loloff had no

[cobirds] RMBO Banding at Chico Basin Ranch, El Paso Co.‏

We finished up the week of banding at CBR with a cumulative total of 215 birds of 28 species banded. New arrivals on Wednesday included Virginia's Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, and Rock Wren. The first Empidonax flycatchers to show up in the nets were Gray and Least Flycatchers on Friday.

[cobirds] Broad-winged Hawk, Cordilleran Flycatcher, and C. Poorwill @ Botanic Gardens (Denver)

I posted yesterday about a flycatcher at Cheesman Park in Denver. It turned out to be a Cordilleran. Today, there was another -- seemingly different -- flycatcher at the Gardens that also may be a Cordilleran. Today, the flycatcher was hanging out in the same general area as a Rock Wren, not

[cobirds] 2015 Fountain Creek spring bird count (El Paso)

COBirders, Please join us on *Saturday, May 9, 2015* for this year’s Fountain Creek Regional Park spring bird count. This year the count is part of the first Pikes Peak Birding and Nature Festival (May 8-10)! We’re very excited about this festival and hope you can be a part of it. Details for

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 3 May 2015

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: May 3, 2015 This is the Rare Bird Alert, Sunday, May 3 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). BRANT (Rio Grande) Barrow's Goldeneye (Eagle) Green

[cobirds] White-eyed Vireo Still Present at Barr Lake

I went to Barr Lake for the dawn chorus and had over 60 species. The WHITE-EYED VIREO was in the previously reported location, about 50 yards North of the pedestrian bridge on the lake side of the path. It was actively singing and foraging giving very good looks. Also present were

[cobirds] Re: White-eyed Vireo Still Present at Barr Lake

Barr Lake is in Adams County On Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 9:42:27 AM UTC-6, Chris Goulart wrote: I went to Barr Lake for the dawn chorus and had over 60 species. The WHITE-EYED VIREO was in the previously reported location, about 50 yards North of the pedestrian bridge on the lake side of

[cobirds] PAINTED BUNTING, CSR, El Paso Co., Sun

Hi COBirders, Highlight for today at Clear Springs Ranch banding was an adult female PAINTED BUNTING, captured about 9:00 this morning. Well photographed, and seen by six visitors before release. Photos available upon request. What an iridescent green! Besides that, it was again pretty slow,

[cobirds] Rose-breasted Grosbeak -- El Paso Co. 5/3

Kara Carragher, Bill Maynard, and I birded Hanson Nature Area in Fountain (which is Area 7 - West in e-bird) early this morning.  Most of birding was on the West side of Fountain Creek.  The best bird was a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak, with two or more male Black-headed Grosbeaks, also seen in

[cobirds] Common Poorwill, Botanic Gardens, Denvet

The bird is soundly sleeping right now (10 am, May 3) in the open in the Conservation Garden, on the other side of the lilac bushes. Jared Del Rosso Denver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To unsubscribe from this group and

[cobirds] New Backyard Bird and More

After living in our place for 20 years, we have accumulated a backyard list of 149 species. We live only 4 miles from the MV Refuge so we get a good assortment of things. We are lucky to have seen things like Whooping Cranes fly over the house and be on the list. Well, this weekend a new bird