[cobirds] FOS house wrens, Centennial

My house wrens have arrived, and are going in and out of their house. FOS female black-headed grosbeak last Thurs. The broad-t hummingbird survived the snowstorm and cold, and today there are two, dancing with each other. Karl Stecher Centennial/Arapahoe near Colorado Blvd and Orchard

[cobirds] YB Cuckoo & Grace's Yes - Bay-breasted No El Paso County

Greetings, CoBirders, An update on activity in El Paso County today: The *Yellow-billed Cuckoo* was still being seen as of approx 11:30 this morning, flying back and forth along Warbler Alley at Fountain Creek Regional Park. It is most easily accessed via the Duckwood entrance (south of the

[cobirds] Snowy plovers, Union Res, Weld cty, 5/22

There are two snowy plovers on the north shore of Union Res at the moment. They are resting on the sand within five feet of each other. Location is just west of 675 CR 28. 2 caspian terns are still here, as well as 4-5 Red-necked phalarope 7 Sanderlings, and a possible least sandpiper

[cobirds] Alder Flycatcher #2,3, CSR, El Paso Co, Monday

Hey COBirders, Today was a flycatcher day again at Clear Spring Ranch banding. I opened after the rain passed, about 45 minutes late, and didn’t expect much. It seems the rain knocked down a lot of birds, as I caught MANY that were overloaded with fat, like they had expected to get further

[cobirds] Yellow Throated Vireo, Barr Lake, Adams County

This morning I found the Yellow throated Vireo at Barr lake that had been reported earlier on eibrd, but I don't think it was posted here, sorry if it was. I found it working the Cottonwoods at the entrance to the Niedarch Nature Trail, just past the Bark Ranger cut out (the one that says no

[cobirds] Re: Results: Nunn Guy Birding Classic/Weld

Hi all Had some replies from WhatBird.com forum indicating the "flycatcher" seen Saturday might be an Eastern Phoebe? - "That's an Eastern Phoebe. The dark head, smudgy breast, and yellowish belly are good field marks for this bird" Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.club/

[cobirds] Re: Rose-breasted Grosbeak, et al. - deKoevend (Arapahoe)

I met Joe Roller, Steve Stachowiak, and another birder at deKoevend (Arapahoe) to look for the Rose-breasted Grosbeak around noon (5/22). Neither it nor anything but the Bullock's Oriole and a single Western Tanager (seen by Steve) showed. At one point, I thought we might be looking at an

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chatfield, 5/22/17

We are appreciating this cooler than usual mid-May weather. Banded 27 today and 3 more returns from prior years under sunny but cool skies. Big year for Catbirds, still waiting for the influx of Yellow Warblers... Dusky Flycatcher 3 Warbling Vireo 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 7 Yellow

[cobirds] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Yesterday evening about 6:30 PM I saw a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in the Pawnee National Grasslands west of the intersection of 94 and 63 sitting in a tree on the south side of the road. There is and an old corral just to the south of the trees and a ranch house to west about a quarter of a

[cobirds] West Fort Collins, Larimer

This morning there was a Northern Waterthrush along the Spring Creek Trail just east of Spring Canyon Park, and a male American Redstart at Butterfly Woods Natural area, along with a handful of Swainson's Thrushes. Was nice to see all these after a very quiet May so far. Brad Biggerstaff Fort

[cobirds] Pueblo Yellow-throated Warbler 5/22

The singing male Yellow-throated Warbler at Mineral Palace Park in Pueblo, has now been present for a month, first found by Van Truan on 21 April, Hopefully a female Yellow-throated Warbler shows up there soon! -- Brandon Percival Pueblo West, CO -- You received this message because you are

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 22 May 2017

Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date:May 22, 2017 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, May 22 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new

[cobirds] San Juan County phalaropes and ibis

Sunday afternoon, there were six Red-necked Phalaropes at the Silverton sewage ponds, with one remaining this morning. An adult Glossy Ibis is there now. Yesterday, four species of swallows were at the ponds, with single Cliff, Tree, and Northern Rough-winged. Elsewhere in Silverton, I found

[cobirds] Fledged, Eastern Screech-Owl in Denver

Hi: In the DU area of Denver this morning, a neighbor found a fledged Eastern Screech-Owl wobbling around in the middle of the street, picked it up and placed it in a safer location near where the parent was calling. The fledged owl was the cutest thing I’ve seen. I obtained an iPhone picture

[cobirds] Rose-breasted Grosbeak, et al. - deKoevend (Arapahoe)

The male Rose-breasted Grosbeak that I encountered on Sunday (5/22) continues today (5/23) at deKoevend Park in Centennial (Arapahoe Co.). He was in the field behind Shelter / Picnic Area "A," which is adjacent to and just northwest of the tennis courts. When I saw him, he flew from the

[cobirds] Huerfano and El Paso Counties

This morning, before leaving the rain in Huerfano County behind us, Paul saw the female Northern Goshawk at the corner of our property. We were excited to she see is still around as we had not seen her for many weeks! We headed to Fountain Creek Regional Park in hopes of re-finding the

[cobirds] Results: Nunn Guy Birding Classic/Weld

Hi all This past weekend on Saturday the "Classic" tallied 102 bird species within the area bounded by Weld CR 114 (North) x Windsor Lake (East) x Stewart's Pond (South) x Weld CR 59 Marsh (East). I assumed Pawnee was muddy from storms so avoided that area but still got the "100"! The

[cobirds] Indigo Bunting Lair o the Bear Park Jefferson County

After hearing and confirming visually my first Black-headed Grosbeak song of the season (2) I thought I heard my first Lazuli Bunting song of the season. Wrong! It was a male Indigo in the top of a tree (typical) in a grove of trees between the northwest corner of the parking lot and the highway.