Re: [cobirds] Re: Douglas County American Three-toed Woodpecker

2011-04-03 Thread Dave Leatherman
Steve, Andy, et al, I think you guys are both right. I haven't been in that area in several years, but it (Jarre Canyon and the whole Hayman Fire area) over the last 20+ years has had lots of budworm, Douglas-fir Tussock Moth, Douglas-fir Beetle, Douglas-fir Pole Beetle and other bark beetles (

[cobirds] Re: Douglas County American Three-toed Woodpecker

2011-04-03 Thread Steve Stachowiak & Melody Egge
Cobirders, I thought that I would add that the "beetle kill" area as it was referred to by Andy is most likely attributable to Western Spruce Budworm. The large stand of dead defoliated trees is comprised of Douglas-fir while the Ponderosa Pines in the immediate vicinity remain in healthy cond

[cobirds] Douglas County American Three-toed Woodpecker

2011-04-03 Thread Andy Spellman
After interviewing two local birders about the "Beetle Kill" area on Hwy 67 in Douglas Count and the likelihood of seeing an American Three-toed Woodpecker, my son Oliver and I struck out to try our luck. As it turns out, we were successful in seeing one American Three-toed Woodpecker on the same t

[cobirds] More Habitat Stamp

2011-04-03 Thread Tom Wilberding
Bill Kaempfer emailed me that Prewitt and Jumbo are exceptions. I emailed the Department of Wildlife and here is what she said: "Anyone who does not possess a hunting or fishing license and are accessing the Jumbo or Prewitt reservoirs need to purchase an annual SWA permit at $36.00. --Jovita Burc

[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (03 Apr 2011) 3 Raptors

2011-04-03 Thread reports
Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 03, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0

[cobirds] Habitat Stamp

2011-04-03 Thread Tom Wilberding
In the past to visit Colorado wildlife areas for birding, not hunting or fishing, you had to buy and carry an annual Habitat Stamp. I think that is over--birder's get in without that now: "Legislation has changed regarding the habitat stamp and may have caused some confusion at license agencys. If

[cobirds] Test

2011-04-03 Thread Tim G Smart
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[cobirds] Co, Springs Red-breasted Mergansers (picture)

2011-04-03 Thread kickback
I saw a pair of Red-breasted mergansers at Big Johnson reservoir this morning and was able to get a reasonably good picture of the male. They were near the eastern end of the dam. http://avoapples.com/birds/IMG_1292_4x6.jpg Bill Kosar bill_ko...@msn.com Colorado Springs -- You received this m

[cobirds] More New Mountain Plover Habitat/Weld Fires

2011-04-03 Thread The "Nunn Guy"
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20110402/NEWS/704029991/ I sent email to Nick at Trib to get get county road coordinates of Briggsdale fire-that one was huge--saw it from house in Nunn. BTW-this morning a Chukar appeared in our yard (yay!)--I'm pretty sure it's not "Chuckles", gone now two

eBird data imports [was Re: [cobirds] Re: Snowy Plover correction]

2011-04-03 Thread Bryan Guarente
Are there a lot of people or groups out there who have digital records that are not yet in eBird? A few years back, I wrote a program to format my records from AviSys to put into eBird based on an export of my data into a csv format. If anyone has AviSys and wants to import their old reco

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, April 3, 2011

2011-04-03 Thread Joyce Takamine
Date: April 3, 2011 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8759 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 5 am, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can skip