[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, Monday, August 20, 2012

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: August 20, 2012 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, August 20, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a

[cobirds] What is that thing? A sparrow?

Hi all: Not too many folks responded to last week's entreaty to take a stab at the then-current quiz bird on the CFO Photo Quiz, to which I have now posted the solution (www.cfobirds.org). This week's is even more interesting! Enjoy, Tony Leukering Villas, NJ -- You received this message

[cobirds] Thank you, Fawn Brook Inn, Boulder County

Hello birders, For 33 years Hermann and Mieke Groicher have fed winter rosy-finches with cubic yards of sunflower seed and summer hummingbirds with barrels of sugar water. Hermann and Mieke are birders. They own and manage the Fawn Brook Inn in Allenspark near Rocky Mountain National Park.

Re: [cobirds] Thank you, Fawn Brook Inn, Boulder County

Thanks, Tom, for reminding us how generous Hermann and Mieke Groicher of the Fawn Brook Inn have been with their long-term commitment to feeding birds in Allenspark. Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall, one didn't even have to call. We just showed up at the Fawn Brook Inn year after year and found the

[cobirds] RFI - Yellow-billed Loon - Mesa County 2005-06

Pls help! We need photos of the Yellow-billed Loon that was at Highline State Park (Mesa County) during 25 Dec 2005 thru 16 Jan 2006. I recall many people saw this bird, but apparently it was not submitted to the state records committee (my thinking is that we all !assume! somebody else will

[cobirds] Manitou Lake - Teller Co - very birdy

Yesterday evening I got to spend a couple hours at Manitou Lake in Teller Co. Weather was fantastic. . It was very birdy. Hundreds of Yellow-rumped Warblers. . Soras and Virginia Rails readily seen. . Nice look at an adult Cooper's Hawk. . Indigo Bunting

[cobirds] ID Assistance

Hi Birders. I was hoping that someone might help a hack birder like me identify 3 birds. I have posted a link to my Facebook album where I have posted 3 photos of what I think is a Warbler, possibly Orange-crowned , Virginia or MacGillivray's sighted near Chatfield Arboretum in May of 2009. The

Re: [cobirds] ID Assistance

Nicolle, I think it would be helpful to crop and magnify the birds in the photos to facilitate their identifications. Also some photo editing can brighten the photos and bring out some of the plumage characters. My “guesses” on the identities are: 1) “Audubon’s” Yellow-rumped Warblers in May