Interesting thing about the Baikal Teal that few people know about. After
the CBRC voted on the bird, additional information was received by the
CBRC. Seems the small creek the bird was initially seen on (before the
bird made it to Bear Creek) runs through the property of a woman that
On Sunday, February 3, 2019 at 6:45:50 PM UTC-7, Skot wrote:
>
> We observed quite an impressive gathering of ravens in Dillon this
> weekend. 40 - 50 ravens had marked up an entire snowy hill near the north
> east arm of the lake . . . They were snow-bathing, jumping, rolling,
> sledding,
There were groups of ravens flying to and from the hill frequently and with
excitement . . . I bet you saw some coming of going. It was an amazing hill to
watch. I'd be curious how often it happens there!
Skot Latona
From: Ed Baker
Sent: Monday, February 4,
Date: February 4, 2019
Compiler: Joe Roller, jroller9 AT gmail.com
Phone: (303) 204-0828
E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, February 4, sponsored by
Denver Field Ornithologists.
Observers have been diligent in reporting sightings and updates on
Just wondering? I don’t know when the Arizona Baikal Teal got onto their list,
could it be the same bird?
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> On Feb 4, 2019, at 7:51 PM, Joey Kellner wrote:
>
>
> Interesting thing about the Baikal Teal that few people know about. After
> the CBRC voted on the bird,
Hey, Mark & all.
Mark's interpretation is correct: He can count the bird for his ABA list.
Not sure about exploding heads, though. The committee isn't charged with
policing individual birders' lists. I'm pretty sure they know that... ;-)
Something else. I was speaking a little while ago with
Hey, all.
I'm writing here in official ABA (American Birding Association) capacity.
Andy Bankert's interpretation is correct. I have confirmed this with the
chair of the ABA Recording Standards & Ethics Committee. As long as the
bird is on the ABA *Checklist*, you may count it for your ABA
Awesome, Ted. This means the Baikal teal that Bill Brockner showed me in 1993
behind the Baskin Robbins in Evergreen is good for my list?
(Pause here to wait for heads to explode on Colorado Bird Records Commitee.)
Good birding,
Mark ObmascikDenver, CO
On Monday, February 4, 2019, 11:02:21
I agree with Joe except that I would count birds I saw flyover my house
even if I wasn't in my own yard.
Ira Sanders
Golden, CO
On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 8:00 AM Joe Roller wrote:
> Thomas,
> Here are the guidelines for keeping a yard list on eBird- similar in some
> ways to Big Sit rules, with
Andy et al,
It has always been my understanding that the ABA only accepts species to
their overall list that have been accepted by state bird record committees
as having arrived unassisted by man or, in the case of established exotics,
been there for multiple generations, is successfully breeding
A while back we had a thread on this listserv about whether COBIRDS should
continue, the various merits of different social media platforms and alerts,
etc. This morning so far seems like a great example of why COBIRDS should be
the premier site for Colorado birding information. We have had
Anyone who can get here quickly, the first year Glaucous-winged Gull
continues at South Shore Marina tires, seen from main parking lot at the
marina. The adult Great Black-backed Gull is here too. No scoters appear
to be present from this location.
Brandon K. Percival
Pueblo West, CO
Sent from
Hi all
Beautiful day for raptoring Saturday! I took the Colorado State University
Field Ornithologists Club on their 4th Annual Raptor Alley trip (along with
some other birders)--probably had two dozen total.
Photos-http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/albums/view/30/raptor-alley-nunn.
Hi all,
State committees are inherently variable and even absent from some states,
therefore they are an impractical means of establishing a level playing field
in the ABA Listing game. Furthermore, the ABA Checklist Committee is only
interested in reviewing first occurrences within the ABA
Word gets around in the birding world, so I was amused when my parents,
wintering at Port Aransas TX, reported meeting some birders who had
recently spent time in Colorado and talked about seeing "several"
Pink-footed Geese and "hundreds" of Barnacle Geese. As far as I can tell,
the
Skot
I was skiing across the lake this past Saturday from the Dillon Marina
heading for the Peninsula and witnessed about 6 or 7 Ravens on the
peninsula wildly and raucously flying around exhibiting the described
behavior, which gave me pause.
I stood and watched trying to get a reason for it,
Thomas,
Here are the guidelines for keeping a yard list on eBird- similar in some
ways to Big Sit rules, with key differences.
*from eBird **Help section**: *
*What birds count?* For eBird yard and patch lists, feel free to count
anything seen or heard from within your yard or patch. Fly-overs are
Thanks, Ted.
A few notes...
I count the Evergreen Baikal teal on my ABA list. This is based upon
habitat, latitude, looks of the bird, and that it was a "loner," ignoring
other ducks. Will it be reconsidered for the Colorado list, and when?
I don't count heard only birds, and therefore am
The *Swamp Sparrow* that showed up in my Ken Caryl Valley yard on Jan 22
was seen almost daily through Jan 30, but then not after. Until this
morning, when it appeared back at its favored spot in the dimmest shade and
cover of a hedge juniper. It has been very furtive the last handful of
Hi Sandra,
Mary Lynne and I met your mother at the Port Aransas Wetlands the day
before yesterday and struck up a conversation.She was very helpful both
to us and some other birders as we looked over the wetlands. Somehow we
got talking about Colorado and she mentioned you living in
I have a vague recollection of seeing a large but somewhat blurry flock of
pink geese, but that may have been following an exposure to Wild Turkey, Grey
Goose, and Old Crow. Not sure what it would take to induce an entire flock of
Barnacle Geese, or if they'd be countable under those
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