[cobirds] RMBO Chatfield Banding Station

Hi CoBirders, Today was opening day at the Chatfield Banding Station and we had a pretty typical late April day. We caught 9 birds in the banding station nets, 8 new, plus a return Song Sparrow that was banded in 2007 and has been a regular visitor ever since. We are trying to get a handle on

[cobirds] Owls at CBR

Hi COBIrders, During a successful first day today of RMBO banding at Chico Basin Ranch, Bill Maynard found a Long-eared Owl in the Russian Olives at the west end banding station grove. We re-found it about 130 pm, along with 2 Barn Owls in the same area. 34 banded birds today! Many Audubon'

[cobirds] Easter Birding (4/24), El Paso County (Caspian Tern)

Hello CObirders,   Easter Sunday was a very birdy day!  My husband Dan and I ran into many birders (Bill Maynard, Dan Maynard, John Maynard, and Mark Peterson) while birding El Paso County.  The main highlight was a Caspian Tern that flew over Big Johnson

[cobirds] Owls Boulder

Spotted the Burrowing owl pair just north west of Boulder Reservoir and in the same area, a pair of Great Horned Owls. Also an American Bittern in wetland areas just to the west of 51st. Howard Witkin Boulder Colo -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Co

[cobirds] Continuing birds at Cherry Creek SP this afternoon

Not as great of numbers, but continuing variety of shorebirds this afternoon at Cherry Creek. At the observation deck area off of the prairie loop, there were still Semipalmated Plovers, Western and Semipalmated sandpipers, a Sanderling, a large number of Wilson's phalaropes, Avocets, Willets, Mar

[cobirds] Dunlin, Spring Park resr, Eagle Cty

Hi all Monday afternoon visit to a rainy/snowy Spring Park resr, El Jebel produced.. Star bird: breeding plumaged DUNLIN Also ran: a Peregrine stooping at unseen prey. Result? unknown . Western and Eared Grebes - many . Horned Grebe 2 Many ducks including Buffle

[cobirds] myriad of birds at Walden Ponds, Boulder County

Peggy Wait and I birded through the Walden Ponds area and had a great time. No rarities but lots of great birds! White Pelicans-about 100 in feeding frenzies White faced ibis-30 Yellow headed blackbirds Red headed blackbirds-scads Peregrine-male Osprey-on nesting platform Golden eagle Red tailed

[cobirds] Bonaparte's Gull in Boulder County

Watched two Bonaparte's Gulls fishing at Lake McIntosh in Longmont yesterday, April 24th. They were there all day, one adult and one 1st year. Photos are on Boulder Audubon's Facebook page. Other birds of note: Audubon and Myrtle Warbler, flock of Franklin's Gull, Clarke's and Western Grebe dancing

Re: [cobirds] Yellow-throated Warbler, Boulder

Refound, 11:00, this time north of the volleyball net where it was first reported. I had spent almost three hours searching for the bird Saturday (right after it was refound by Waltman, Kaempfer, and apparently most of the rest the of Boulder County birder population) without success. I must

[cobirds] central weld county

In pursuit of shorebirds and after checking a few local places in Boulder County (nuttin...) I wended northwards. Lower Latham: irrigation on and water flowing, the marsh is filling up and the mudflats are ready, but only a half dozen short-billed dowitchers (looking good in the fresh feat

[cobirds] Boulder Co. Chestnut-collared Longspur is re-findable

Hi Birders, I reported a CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR near Mesa Reservoir last week. That observation was of a bird flying over, and I had little hope that it was actually sticking around. But today I was in the same general vicinity and I flushed a/the CCLO from the side of the two-track that

[cobirds] Boyd Lake - Larimer County

We birded today, Monday, at Boyd Lake and saw many migra nts arriving. Western Grebe  5 Gadwall   6 Greter Yellowlegs  1 LesserYellowlegs  4 Loggerhead Shrike  1 Killdeer  1 Western Kingbird  3 Says Phoebe  3 Mourning Dove 7 Common Grackles  9 Song Sparrows  4 Many Robins,

[cobirds] Colorado RBA for Monday, April 25, 2011

Date: April 25, 2011 e-mail: r b...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, April 25, 2011, updated at 2:00 PM, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phon

[cobirds] Cherry Creek Park

Hello All To all more to Glenn's report. Here is some numbers. WILLET'S    56+   More than I seen in one area in a long time AVOCET'S   82+ Semipalmated Plover  4-6 Black-necked Stilt    3 Greater Yellowlegs  32+ Lesser Yellowlegs   28+ Solitary Sandpiper   1 Marbled Godwit

[cobirds] Dark phase Swainson's Hawk

A dark phase Swainson's Hawk just flew by the Adams County Justice Center at noon today. Luckily the interpreters' office is on the 6th floor- just west of Barr Lake State Park. Sent from my iPhone Elena Holly Klaver Ometeotl -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the G

[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (24 Apr 2011) 24 Raptors

Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 24, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0

[cobirds] Caspian Tern, Cherry Creek State Park

This morning Bob Brown and I got word of a possible Caspian Tern at the east end of Cherry Creek. A few minutes later, the Caspian Tern landed on the sandbar in the east cove. In addition to the tern, 15 species of shorebirds were seen between yesterday and today. The park is very birdy! Gle

[cobirds] RE: CORRECTION - Manitou Lake - Teller Co - 4 new FOS and 1 new location bird

After getting home and downloading the pics, the western sandpiper legs no longer looked as black as I had remembered and there was no indication of webbing between the toes on a couple pics that happen to capture the feet in fair detail. I asked a few folks to review and the answer seems to be lea

[cobirds] Jeff Gordon to speak at DFO tonight

Hello, Birders. Just a quick reminder that tonight's speaker at the monthly Denver Field Ornithologists (DFO) meeting will be Jeff Gordon, President of the ABA. Jeff is a fantastic speaker, and his presentations are a wonderful combination of hilarious and educational. You'll have a great time

[cobirds] Manitou Lake - Teller Co - 4 new FOS and 1 new location bird

Cold, overcast and snow/sleet/ice overnight. Still sort of that way this morning at 7am. New bird for me for Manitou Lake was Western Sandpiper. Got good pics. The lesser yellowlegs was still there. But no solitary sandpiper. Spotted Sandpipers seem a bit late; haven't seen my first yet at the

[cobirds] Yellow-throated Warbler, Boulder

Refound 9 a.m. 25 April. Boulder Creek@ Skunk Creek path, same as before. Also, Ruby-crowned Kinglet. David Waltman Boulder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To un

[cobirds] Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lake County spring migrants

Lake County 4-24-2011. More spring snows & more interesting high elevation birds! I finally got down to check Twin Lakes late Sunday and found the following: 15 Great Blue Herons (unprecedented high count), a pair of Hooded Mergansers (very uncommon here); 175+ Franklin’s Gulls, 5 Ring-billed Gu

[cobirds] Photo Link for Black-legged Kittiwake

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mloving/5652272188/in/photostream/ This link should work, sorry about the other one. Must be an iPhone issue. Thanks, Mary Driscoll Unincorporated Arapahoe Co. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group.

[cobirds] Black-legged Kittiwake Flickr: Your Photostream

This link should work. Sorry about the other one, must be an iPhone issue. Thanks, Mary Driscoll Unincorporated Arapahoe Co. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mloving/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, sen

[cobirds] Huerfano County - Saturday 23 Apr 2011

On Saturday 4-23-11, we traveled down to Walsenburg to visit my wife's parents. They live approx. 6 miles west of Walsenburg on Highway 160, in the Navajo Ranch subdivision. They have five feeders spread out around the house. A very busy day at the feeders! Bluebird, Western Bushtit Dove, Eurasi