[cobirds] Crow Valley, Weld and Jackson Lake, Morgan highlights

Greetings All, Today birding felt like a slog, with very low numbers of regular migrants (except Yellow Warblers and Swainson's Thrushes) and a fair bit of wind by mid-day. In the end, somehow, I wound up with a day list of 117 species, birding basically Crow Valley and Jackson Lake. 1-

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 25, 2012

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: May 25, 2012 email:rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 25, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message,

[cobirds] Franktown, Douglas County

A couple ofobservations from our Castle Rock North block (really Franktown). May 23-24: 1-2 Willets at Walker Pit. Also seen Apr. 25-27. May 22: Least Flycatcher singing on Mitchell Gulch, a tributaryof Cherry Creek (on private property). First time I’ve encountered this speciesin

[cobirds] Boulder County-Gunbarrel Hill Lark Buntings, Red-headed Woodpecker, etc.

Good morning, While doing grassland bird transects on the west side of Gunbarrel Hill this morning, I found 48 LARK BUNTINGS (inc. 1 singing/skylarking male), 1 adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (briefly on fence posts on north side of Heatherwood), 22 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, 2 ROCK WRENS, 1

[cobirds] Franktown - Douglas County

Jeremy Winick points out a mis-direction to the Walker Pit. Walker Pit: go WEST from traffic light in Franktown, turn right (north) on Walker Road and park at the bend. Hugh Kingery Hugh Kingery Franktown, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[cobirds] Birding extreme Southern Colorado

Hi all, Kathy Mimm-Dunning, Glenn Walbek, Loch Kilpatrick I did a tour of Southern Southeastern Colorado on Thursday, May 24. A highlight was Hepatic Tanager on County Road 310 near Walsenburg, Huerfano Co, where we began our day. It was initially a bit skulky, but eventually perching

[cobirds] Yellow-throated Warbler-Karval Cafe, May 24

Hello all, Sorry this report is a day late, it got gummed up in the intertubes somehow. In any event, here it is: I got a text from Andy Bankert at 8:42 yesterday morning saying that he had just seen a Yellow-throated Warbler outside the cafe in Karval, CO (Lincoln County). Andy is in Karval

[cobirds] Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Larimer County

This morning (6am) while conducting a survey in Loveland I had a singing Rose-breasted Grosbeak atop a large cottonwood. The location was along the Big Thompson River trail between Taft and Wilson. UTMs in NAD 83, zone 13: 491434, 4471754. Cheers, Jora Fogg Monitoring Biologist Rocky Mountain

[cobirds] Hepatic Tanager microhabitat

Thanks to Duane Nelson for sharing this fascinating observation: I learned a lot about the habitat preferences of Hepatic Tanagers at the edge of their Colorado Range. They prefer to sing on the top of dead snags on steep slopes just below the top of mesas. My previous experience told me

[cobirds] Northern Waterthrush, Catbird, Brewer's Sp., more Lake Estes, Larimer Co. 5/25

Having a nice visit to the Estes Park area in Larimer County. This cold, gray morning at Lake Estes, along with many local and visiting birders, primarily in the bird sanctuary area, we enjoyed a Northern Waterthrush (pointed out by local birders who reported one has been seen periodically for

[cobirds] Yuma and Washington counties, May 24th 25th

Hello, Birders. David Gillilan and William Burnidge and I made a too-short trip out to the Fox Ranch, Yuma County, and back (via Last Chance, Washington County, of course), these past two days, Thursday-Friday, May 24th-25th. Most of the time, David and I were enslaved by William way out in