Date:March 17, 2010
e-Mail: r...@cfo-link.org
phone: 303-659-8750
compiler: Joyce Takamine
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 5 am
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory.
Highlight species include (*Denotes
Hi all:
Well the Monte Vista Crane Festival is completed. Attendance was normal to
perhaps slightly below normal. When I gave the welcome to the Friday evening
program I surveyed the 110 attendees at that session as to where they came
from. The majority of folks had traveled more than a 100
11 Bald Eagles near by
Bald Eagles are on the move. Five sitting in the trees and flying out and back
at Neff Lake along HWy 392 and WCR 31. At Carbody Lake (west of Seeley Lake)
three on the ice. Comical to see them land on the thin ice, it does not hold
and they move around gingerly. Seeley
Union Reservoir in Weld County east of Longmont is slowly opening up.
Bald Eagles (up to 14) and gulls (lots of Ring-billed and Herring) are finding
lots of fish snacks. The first Pelican of the year and a large group of
Common Mergansers in a hole in the middle of the ice pack. Jim Hamm
We have between 3 and 4 pairs of mature bald eagles, as well as at least 6
juveniles on the lake. They have been here for at least two weeks, which is
very unusual for us. Usually we see only one or two pairs in the spring, and
they only hang around for a few hours. They are catching fish as
Denver Field Ornithologists
March 2010 Field Trips
Saturday, March 20Birding by Snowshoe: Boulder's High Country
Leader: Bill Schmoker, mailto: bill.schmo...@gmail.com. Meet leader at
the Brainard Lake Trailhead above Ward (http://tinyurl.com/Brainard) at
0800. Be prepared
Not the birdiest day today at Barr, but a few things-- the GB Herons
have begun nest-building in earnest. Cormorants are also filling the
rookery trees. One Cinnamon Teal, one Virginia Rail (heard only), the
Bald Eagle pair are expecting again, as they're now sitting the nest.
One nice flyover
This afternoon just south of the Stearn's Lake on Cradleboard Trail
(Broomfield County) a great horned owl attacked an adult bald eagle
that had landed in the owl’s nest tree where another owl sat on a
nest. The eagle flew to ground near a fence stayed there for over
an hour looking
Watch the news.The lake could become contaminated as a result of a sewage spill
at DIA.
Pam norris
Englewood, Co. 80113
From: Dave Cameron davedn...@msn.com
To: Colorado Birds cobirds@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wed, March 17, 2010 5:10:41 PM
Subject: [cobirds] Barr
I saw one of the mature bald eagles take down a Canada goose in mid flight
today. I just happened to look up at the right time while walking around
Highland Lake. I've been treated to several days of watching the eagles fish,
but this is the first time I have seen them actually go after a
Hi Carol,
Yes definitely, the owl could have, and probably did, hit the eagle. Great
Horned Owls can be very protective around their nests and won't hesitate to
attack anything that they think may be a threat to their young.
Scott Rashid
Estes Park
- Original Message -
From: R
Greetings Coloradoans.
I'm visiting from Oklahoma and still relatively new to birding. The reason
for my post came during a visit to Colorado Springs on 16 March, in a park
called Ute Valley, I think. It's at the corner of Centennial and Vindicator.
I was at the top of the ridge of Ute Valley and
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