[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, April 30, 2012

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: April 30, 2012 email:rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Birds Alert for Monday, April 30, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a

[cobirds] CFO Photo Quiz

Hi all: I have posted the solution to the previous two CFO Photo Quizzes (www.cfobirds.org). Enjoy, Tony Leukering Villas, NJ -- 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

[cobirds] Long-Billed Curlew in west Longmont

A Long-Billed Curlew set down in a pasture just north of Blue Mountain Elementary School in west Longmont this morning at about 8:30. It was still there at 9, working along a little wet area along the fence line. Kat Bradley-Bennett katpbenn...@gmail.com -- You received this message because

[cobirds] Info on curlew sighting

Sorry, I didn't give my home town (Longmont) or county (Boulder) with the Long-Billed Curlew sighting. Kat Bradley-Bennett katpbenn...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to

[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (29 Apr 2012) 15 Raptors

Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 29, 2012 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0

[cobirds] Cliff swallows have returned to Peyton, possibly a Cooper's Hawk

This year, over the past 2-3 weeks we have had an infestation of miller moths. My garage was full of these pesky things the past few weeks. I wished for a good solution and it happened. Last year, we had 3 cliff swallow nests attached to our roof peaks. At any given time, you could step

[cobirds] Fremont Cty - White-eyed Vireo, Yes - Field Sparrow, No

First of all, thanks a lot to Brandon Percival for his report on the White-eyed Vireo on the Canon City Riverwalk. Jeanne and I had already planned to go to Canon City today, but because of Brandon's post we listened to several recordings of the vireo and the field sparrow. We never did

[cobirds] Poorwill, Plumbeous Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Virginia's Warbler found on Phantom Canyon Rd in Fremont County

During an overnight camping trip to Phantom Canyon Sunday night, 4/28-29, we found several singing Virginia's Warblers, at least two singing Warbling Vireos, a Plumbeous Vireo singing and acting like he was on territory, Bushtits, and after dark we heard a Common Poorwill. Specifically, we were

[cobirds] DeWeese Res. SWA, Custer Co.

I spent most of the day birding around the DeWeese Reservoir SWA. Fifty-nine species were seen. Highlights were: 1 fm - Summer Tanager (next to dam) 1 alt - Common Loon 1 - American Bittern (stalking the shore of the willow island) 1 - Black-necked Stilt 1 - Sora

[cobirds] RMBO Chico Basin Ranch banding - Monday

Hi COBirders, A good day today, marked by a flock of sparrows. 61 new banded birds: House Wren 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 Hermit Thrush 3 Eur Starling 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Myrtle Warbler 2 Audubon's Warbler 4 Spotted Towhee 2 Chipping Sparrow 38 Brewer's Sparrow 1 Harris' Sparrow 1

[cobirds] Bobolink, El Paso County

Late this afternoon, I saw a Bobolink at the western end of Tamlin Road, El Paso County, a short distance before the pavement ends. I saw it briefly in the grass by the fence then watched it fly to the south. It seems a bit early for this bird? At the Squirrel Creek pond, there were 7 Least