[cobirds] White-winged Crossbill - Larimer Co.

2009-10-27 Thread Connie Kogler
I have had two people report to our store WBU Fort Collins that they have had a single White-winged Crossbill at their feeders in SW Fort Collins. The first was Oct 20 21 and the second yesterday. The first report sent me pictures and sure enough that's what it is. I am wondering if this

[cobirds] Front Range Hawk Migration 10/26/2009

2009-10-27 Thread Christian Nunes
Hello everyone, The warm, calm conditions yesterday following a stretch of bad weather were conducive to a major push of south-bound raptors along the Front Range foothills. I perched myself on an exposed hogback in the Eldorado Mountain Open Space just inside Jefferson County for about

[cobirds] Firestone (CO) annexations (proposed) -- any ramifications for birds?

2009-10-27 Thread Mary Leonard
In this morning's Denver Post (10/26, p. 13A), there's a story headlined Firestone moves closer to development of disputed parcel. The sub-headline says The three annexations will skirt Longmont claims near LifeBridge church's land. First paragraph: City planners say they have figured a

[cobirds] Weld County, Union Reservoir, Loons

2009-10-27 Thread Mike Blatchley
Mary and I went back to Union Reservoir Monday evening in search of better views of this weekends loons, particularly in better weather conditions! Common Loon and possible Yellow-billed were not to be found. But Walter's Pacific/Arctic Loon was out in the middle of the reservoir feeding among

[cobirds] Union Res Loon...

2009-10-27 Thread Jessica J. Oberbeck
My mom I spent 2 hours at Union Res searching for the loon in question (Arctic/Pacific) it was located on the west side, best viewed from the north. It was actively feeding when we left. We got some great looks at the amount of white it showed on its side when relaxed, it also had a very

[cobirds] new observation at Nijer feeder.

2009-10-27 Thread Bob Spencer
Hi cobirders. On Sunday Oct. 11th I reported a possible Vermillion Flycatcher which seemed very unlikely. It showed mostly red from the house with poor binoculars. The last few days including today the small bird showing mostly red came back and I brought in the telescope and it definitely

[cobirds] RBA October 27, 2009

2009-10-27 Thread Ira Sanders
Compiler: Ira Sanders Date:October 27, 2009 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 5:20 pm sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes

[cobirds] RBA Correction re: Neotropic Corm

2009-10-27 Thread Ira Sanders
Birders, Mark Peterson sent me the following note regarding the Neotropic Cormorant in El Paso County: The bird did fly but only went to the west side of town. Not that the direction matters all that much but if south is on there then people may think that it is gone. I am not saying it

[cobirds] Mr Bill

2009-10-27 Thread coloradodipper
Hi all: I have posted the answer to the most recent Mr. Bill Mystery Quiz (www.cfo-link.org). The next quiz is up and you have nearly two weeks to respond with the correct answer for fame and fortune. Well not too much of the former and very little of the latter. Tony Leukering Villas, NJ

[cobirds] Fsremont County Roadrunner

2009-10-27 Thread James Mariner
It may be relatively common for folks in Fremont County and SE Colorado in general, but I thought I should report the Roadrunner I saw this afternoon crossing CO-115 approximately 4 mi. N of Penrose. It's only the 2nd one I've ever seen in Colorado, the other one being much farther S,

[cobirds] Boulder Reservoir, Before the Storm

2009-10-27 Thread Walter M Szeliga
Dear Cobirders, Before the snow, and before the rain, there was wind. I headed to the south shore of Boulder Reservoir this afternoon in the hopes of spotting a Murrelet (wrong type of weather system, but we're getting close!), or a Loon, or a Long-tailed Duck. I found wind ---