[cobirds] Colorado RBA - April 21, 2010

Date:April 21, 2010 e-Mail: rba AT cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Allison Hilf This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday April 21, 2010 at 7am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes

[cobirds] Lee Martinez Park/Fort Collins

While birding on my way to work on bike I heard an Orange-crowned Warbler and Song Sparrow having a sing off. Also present was a single Audubon's Warbler. Good day. Rob Sparks RMBO Old Town Fort Collins -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado

[cobirds] Safeway Owls

Don't think my other post made it. Sorry if re-post Monday was up in Westminster and heard about some Great Horned Owls at the Safeway at Wadsworth and Chruch Ranch. Race over there. Sure enough, right over the front entrance up maybe 15 feet over the main entrance to store sat a pair of GHOs.

[cobirds] Dozens of Evenging Grosbeaks, Teller County

After a year of rarely seeing them, several dozen evening grosbeaks are now permanent members of my backyard, stream and feeders every day. They sure make a racket. What a beautiful racket! All the usual so far. Still waiting on our first BTHummer. FOS, chipping sparrows and ruby-crowned

[cobirds] Wash. Park Kingfisher returns

Birded this morning at Denver's Wash. Park. Our Belted Kingfisher is back, the Cormorants are consuming fish. eBird list included. Linda Powers Denver 21 Canada Goose 16 Mallard 4 Northern Shoveler 13 Double-crested Cormorant 6 Rock Pigeon 1 Belted Kingfisher 3

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[cobirds] Golden-crowned Sparrow - Red Rocks

Brandon Percival's post about the Golden-crowned Sparrow at Tunnel Drive prompted me to check on the Golden-Crowned Sparrow at Red Rocks. This juvenile was first reported by Brown on Dec. 19, 2009. Although I don't have pictures to prove it, the bird is still present and is molting into

[cobirds] D.F.O. Monthly Meeting - April 26th

D.F.O. Monthly Meeting Nathan Pieplow -- A Refresher Course on Calls and Songs of Avian Spring Migrants Monday, April 26, 2010 Denver Musuem of Nature and Science 7:30 p.m. What ARE bird songs and how do they differ from bird calls? According to Frank B. Gill (1990) bird’s

[cobirds] Yellow-crowned NIght Heron - El Paso Co

Hi COBirders, Yup, he's still there, right where they left him - Hansen Nature Center marsh area (12:30 Wednesday). Steve Brown Colorado Springs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to

[cobirds] YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT- HERON/ Larimer

Cobirders, An adult YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON is on an obscure pond off Blue Spruce Dr. (e. side of the rd.) and Willox. First reported yesterday by Dave Elens it is still present today. The pond is visible from Blue Spruce looking east across an empty field directly across from a brown

[cobirds] Common Loon

Bob Bierling 6940 E Girard Ave.#105 Denver Co 80224 3039443563 There's a beautiful male Common Loon in full breeding plumage in the lake 1/2 mile west from Frankton going to Castle Rock then North on Walker Rd about 1/4 mile    

[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge Hawks, Apr 20, 2010

Dinosaur Ridge Hawkwatch, Tuesday, April 20th Wind of roughly 10 mph, 100% cloud cover with a ceiling not much above Dinosaur Ridge and a temperature of 44 deg. to 54 deg. Fahrenheit brought several raptors. Hawk watchers Joe Lupfer, Karen Clark and Ashleigh Thompson were present. Joe Lupfer

[cobirds] Lamar update on 21April

Things are still somewhat slow in the Lamar area but there were a few additions today: Northern Parula (1 singing male on the move) Lamar Community College Woods (wet part of the north end) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (2) Northern Cardinal (for sure 2 males and 1 female) Carolina Wren (1 heard

[cobirds] Around Longmont

The rookeries are all still going strong, blue herons are on the nest; the egrets have shown up in the last couple of days at the St Vrain SP and taken most of the remaining empty nests (about 20). Highland Lake and Ish Reservoir have been filled so much that the shoreline trees are 5 feet deep

[cobirds] Golden-crowned Sparrow - Red Rocks

Hi all, I showed up this afternoon at Red Rocks not even dreaming the Golden-crowned Sparrow was still around and was very surprised and pleased to see it on the platform feeder. Well done Mike! We saw no falcons other than kestrels, but did see a few Yellow-rumped Warblers. Never did see