[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, March 23, 2011

2011-03-23 Thread Joyce Takamine
Date: March 23, 2011 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8759 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 5 am, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can

[cobirds] March 2011 D.F.O. Fieldtrips -- Join Us!

2011-03-23 Thread CorvidColo
Denver Field Ornithologists March 2011 Field Trips Saturday, March 26th Northwest Metro Lakes Leader: Chuck Lowrie Contact Information: 303-455-8417 Time: 09:00 Meeting Place: Sloan's Lake parking area on the SE corner of 25th and Sheridan. Full Day Trip. Bring Lunch.

[cobirds] Carolina Wren in Colorado City

2011-03-23 Thread dave silverman
More easily heard than seen, a Carolina Wren continued to sing this morning(830-9AM) at the small Riparian Park in Colorado City, SW Pueblo County. The Wren has been present since 3-19-11. The Riparian Park(indicated with a sign) is located on the west side of Colorado Blvd. just south of

[cobirds] Red Rocks Park

2011-03-23 Thread willockkrt
Hello, We finally made it over to Red Rocks Park. In spite of the high wind, we did see the Curve billed Thrasher and sparrows: Golden crowned, Harris's and White throated. At least one of each pair of Peregrine and Prairie Falcons were also found. Kurt Willock Highlands Ranch -- You

[cobirds] Colo Spgs Hawkwatch, Wed 3/23

2011-03-23 Thread Steven Brown
Hi COBirders, I thought the SE winds might bring a few more migrants. Hmm. Not so much. I watched from 9:45-12:15 today, with only a few sightings, but a couple of good ones. Red-tailed Hawk (4 locals) Prairie Falcon (I local) Golden Eagle 1 (local? - have only seen GOEA on two occasions,

[cobirds] Ferruginous Hawk Boulder County

2011-03-23 Thread Carol McCasland
spotted a ferruginous hawk at Chautauqua on the Mesa Trail near the Ranger Cottage, top of a ponderosa pine. about 11:30 am Wed Mar 23. It was hunting and I think got a rodent. Carol McCasland Louisville CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado

[cobirds] Pygmy-owls: Please count the notes!

2011-03-23 Thread Nathan Pieplow
Hello all, As Scott Rashid posted, he was kind enough to take me to see a pair of Northern Pygmy-Owls near Estes Park on Monday night, and I made several sound recordings. Amazingly, this is one of only a handful of recordings of the primary song of Northern Pygmy-Owls from the entire southern

[cobirds] Grandview Cemetery (Fort Collins, Larimer) on 3/23/2011

2011-03-23 Thread Dave Leatherman
Here's the complete annotated list, in order of discovery, from Grandview Cemetery (Fort Collins, Larimer) today (3/23/2011): House Finch (zillions, lots of courtship, one female observed nest-building) Great Horned Owl (female on nest in Section H, babies hatched on schedule starting on 3/17,

[cobirds] owls

2011-03-23 Thread pygmyowl
Hi all, Found a Northern Pygmy-Owl calling in RMNP tonight. The lone male called from 7:30pm till 7:34pm then moved east and called until 7:40pm. I timed the toots and they were 1 second apart. When I got home there was a Northern Saw-whet Owl calling just south of my house. Scott Rashid

[cobirds] hybrid Green-winged Teal x wigeon at Cottonwood Marsh, Walden Ponds

2011-03-23 Thread Bruce Webb
This afternoon, on Cottonwood Marsh at Walden Ponds, I saw the hybrid Green-winged Teal which has been noted by Cara Stiles and Cole Wild. It was consistently on the far north side of the pond. It appears and behaves like a hybrid with a wigeon. All the characteristics such as of the black rump