Compiler: Joe Roller
For Tuesday, August 6, 2013, compiled at 6 AM.
email: rba AT cobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, August 6, 2013 sponsored
by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
If you are phoning in a
Hello, Birders.
There was a steady flight of Chipping and maybe other Spizella sparrows
during nautical dawn (basically, 5am-5:30am) this morning, Tuesday, Aug.
6th, over Lafayette, easterm Boulder County. At least 1 flight call per
minute during that period.
Ted Floyd
tedfloy...@hotmail.com
Returning from a birding trip to northeast Colorado I stopped to view the
Last Chance area,
having heard that there were six inches of rain on August 2 and 3. Five
inches were measured
at the crossroads itself, but upstream at least six inches fell rapidly.
Major flash flooding had occurred
This has been a great year in our yard.
The biggest joy has been the rain, which brought the hummingbirds to our 7'
tall Hollyhocks.
For the first time in the 10 years we have lived in this house, we had
three different hummingbirds in our yard in one day: Black Chinned,
Calliope, and Rufous.
The
Posted with permission from the moderator and CFO president.
All,
Many of you know me, but for those who do not, I am an active member of the
Colorado birding community, frequent Big Day participant and CBC
enthusiast, born in Manitou Springs and currently residing in Boulder.
My company,
