[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert 9 August 2018

Date: August 9, 2018 Compiler: Cheryl Teuton e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org < http://cobirds.org/> This is the Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, August 9 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Note that the RBA is using the new AOU

[cobirds] N Waterthrush #2, CSR, El Paso Co, Thurs

Hi again COBirders, I banded another juv Northern Waterthrush this morning at Clear Spring Ranch, the second of the season. The Ebird filter doesn’t like them before about Aug 15, but in the past few Augusts I’ve had about 10 before that date. Also 8 more Yellow Warblers today (47 this week -

[cobirds] Black and Eastern Phoebe breeding in the Canon City area

The Canon City area continues to host breeding by several pairs of both typical appearing Black Phoebes and Eastern Phoebes. In the past 10 days I have found 2 families of Black Phoebes and 1 family of Eastern Phoebes. I have posted photos of both young fledgling Black and Eastern Phoebes as

[cobirds] Cooper's hawks, Arapahoe County

Since someone brought it up, I'll throw in my observations on Cooper's Hawks. I think they are another of those species that used to keep themselves mostly to the foothills in the breeding season but that are now expanding into urban areas on the plains. The difference is obvious when