[cobirds] Re: Grasshopper Outbreak in 2010

Actually, the map looks a lot worse for western Nebraska and Kansas, and all of South Dakota, compared with us...even eastern Colorado. Reminds me of the Mormon crops being saved, prompting the Beach Boys to write, Wish they all could be California gulls. (Apologies to Joe Roller, who will

[cobirds] VERMILION FLYCATCHER - BACA COUNTY

This report came in overnight: This morning there was a male Vermilion Flycatcher in Comanche National Grasslands, .2 miles west of the corner of RD 21 and RD J. The bird was hanging around the fence posts and low bushes near the house on the north side of the road. We saw the bird

[cobirds] Sage Thrasher, Delta Co. 4/4

One of the first singing birds I heard after stepping outside this morning was a Sage Thrasher! This is yard species #165 for my yard on the North Fork of the Gunnison River near Poania. Sure sounded like spring out there this morning!! -- Jason Beason Special Monitoring Projects Coordinator

[cobirds] My Easter Egg Hunt/Weld (Plovers)

Mountain Plover - 8 Hwy 14/WCR 51 - 6 (group that hung together whole time I was watching them) WCR 96/43 - 2 (individuals in a bare field on SE-half the one-mile section is bare) -- not a traditional location. No Burrowing Owls yet. Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn/CO http://ColoradoBirder.ning.com/ --

[cobirds] City Park (Denver) Cormorants and Owl.

I stopped by City Park yesterday (Saturday), looking at trees FULL of Cormorant nests.  After looking and looking, finally  found the owl nest (Great-horned) about half way up one of the trees covered with Double-crested Cormorant nests.  LOTS.  She was on the nest, seemed to be moving

[cobirds] My Easter Egg Hunt II/Nunn (Plovers)

More Mountain Plovers--by far a banner day for me for total plover seen in single day -- 19 (8 from earlier post included)!! Mountain Plover WCR 100/37 NE - 2 (one mile from house) WCR 114/37 SE (Burn area) - 3 1.5M S of WCR 120/Hwy 85 on E - 1 (seen one here last three years) WCR 96 between WCR

[cobirds] Weld County Gulls - 4/4

This morning (4/4) Nick Komar and I tried to relocate some of the interesting gulls found yesterday in Weld County. Black Hollow Reservoir GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL - 1 first cycle bird (Nick thought it was a different bird than he saw yesterday) ICELAND GULL - 2 1st cycle birds, one of them

[cobirds] Boreal Owl, Jackson and Larimer Counties, 4/3

I retraced Cole Wild's route last night. Jackson CR-21 two very distant owls. Moose visitor center, one close calling owl in the parking lot that then moved across the road. In Larimer I stopped at the first parking lot east of Cameron Pass and had one calling close to the bathroom. Todd

[cobirds] April 2010 D.F.O. Fieldtrips -- Join Us!

Denver Field Ornithologists April 2010 Field Trips Saturday, April 10 Aurora’s Ponderosa Pine Preserve Leader: Mary Ann Bonnell, 303-739-2428. Must register with leader for meeting time and place. Area offers montane birding in a prairie setting. Mary Ann will know the

[cobirds] Barr Lake today

Not the busiest day today, bird-wise, at Barr, but some highlights: Fervent nest-building actvity by a great many Great Blue Herons and DC Cormorants Two gorgeous breeding-plumage Horned Grebes 8 Wood Ducks, incl 3 pairs and 2 bachelors Possible Lesser Black-backed Gull A very active pair of

[cobirds] Crossbill Update, Grandview Cemetery, thru Easter Sunday

Extreme southeast corner, Grandview Cemetery, west terminus of Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, Larimer County, CO: The White-winged Crossbills continue their visit (Day 134) and nesting attempt. On warm days, both parents are gone from the nest quite a bit. Leaving the nest unattended is not