[cobirds] February 23, 2010, Rare Bird Alert for Colorado

Date:February 23, 2010 e-Mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Joyce Takamine This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include

[cobirds] Long-tailed Ducks

The Long-tailed Ducks are still at West Gravel Lake near Colorado Blvd and 88th Street. I saw three of them with Barrow's Goldeneye and Hooded Mergansers on Sunday, 2/21/10 Marilyn Rhodes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds. To post

[cobirds] Common Redpoll Carbondale again

Hi all, After going missing for a day and a half, the Common Redpoll was again at our back yard feeders around 9am for 10 minutes or so. It flew off but not before I obtained some more shots. It was again with a group of about 8 American Goldfinches. It has not returned in the past 90

[cobirds] Mr. Bill

Hi all: I have posted the solution to Mr. Bill Mystery Quiz #335 (2010-1-06) for your gull-ogling pleasure. I hope to get to the most recent completed quiz in the next day or two. Enjoy, Tony Leukering Villas, NJ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[cobirds] Sexing finches

Hi all: Just noticed a note in Cobirds that encouraged me to write this reminder. The family Fringilidae, the true finches, is comprised of a variety of species that exhibit a variety of plumage-maturation rates -- that is, varying time from juvenal to adult or definitive plumage. Many

[cobirds] Sandhill Cranes in Bent County

Cobirders, This morning, I heard on the news that February has been even colder than January in Southeast Colorado, and January was far from mild in this part of the state. Although recent snows largely spared Bent County, it still seems more like winter than spring, with most lakes