[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 31 May 2014

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: May 301, 2014 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, May 31 sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can skip the recording

[cobirds] Identify 500 birds with new Birdsnap app

Cobirders, Technology gets more more useful--or scary? I don't have an iPhone, but those who do, have a free opportunity to see how good or bad this latest iteration may be... Take a picture of your bird sighting with your phone and get an ID! Getting the pic with an iPhone may be the hardest

[cobirds] Summer Tanager, Rio Grande County

Summer Tanager was seen twice at my home in Del Norte on May 30. Virginia Simmons, Del Norte -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

[cobirds] Black and Eastern Phoebes, Boulder Co.

All, I stopped at the 75th Street bridge over Boulder Creek at 9:15 this morning. The first bird I saw on the west side of the bridge was a Black Phoebe, and the second was an Eastern Phoebe, both searching for insects just above the creek. Subsequently, I went to the Hwy 287 bridge and the

[cobirds] Re: Identify 500 birds with new Birdsnap app

I gave this a try today on my iPhone with much excitement! Being a birder, a photographer and a computer scientist, this app is a pretty good amalgamation of the things I most interested in! I had some scope shots of a female House Finch and a male Black-headed Grosbeak on my feeder that were

[cobirds] Local Volunteers need for Grassland Bird Study (Fort Collins/Wellington area)

GRASSLAND BIRD RESEARCH: LOCAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED (Ft Collins/Wellington) Seeking volunteers to assist with a graduate research project examining nest survival of the McCown’s Longspur and other ground nesting grassland birds on native rangeland in the shortgrass prairie ecoregion of northeastern

[cobirds] Bobolinks (Douglas)

This morning I saw four Bobolinks on Castlewood Canyon Rd 2 miles East of Lake Gulch Rd. This is right before the entrance gate to Winkler Ranch, on the south side of the road in the alfalfa fields. Some longtime birders know of this location, I'm posting for those new to the area or new to

[cobirds] Subject: Acorn Woodpeckers reported from Rye, Colorado

dllalibe...@yahoo.com Subject: Acorn Woodpeckers reported from Rye, Colorado Hi all, A friend of mine, Diana, who lives in the area of Rye, CO, recently reported an Acorn Woodpecker on her Facebook page. This species is a first for her. She took some nice photographs of the bird at her

[cobirds] Manitou Lake, Teller County - 58 species!!!

I beat my Big Day Record of 56 species by 2 at Manitou Lake today with the help of 4 Empidonax (Cordilleran, Hammonds, Dusky, Willow); all calling in appropriate habitat. Dave Elwonger birded with me this morning and helped me out and then I went back after the rains this afternoon. My

[cobirds] Northeast Colorado May 31 (Logan, Phillips, Washington)

Visiting Tamarack Ranch SWA in Logan County this time of year is a Colorado birding highlight, and many of us have visited recently. Tim Smart and I started the day there, finding a soggy version of Tamarack this time. Roads were sloppy, and walking to the river would have involved wading in

[cobirds] Ken Caryl Valley open space - more Ovenbirds; Jefferson Co

Following up on Mike's recent post I covered some trails in the Foothills Open Space of Ken Caryl Valley (no public access to this open space), south of Mike's area of coverage, and including the area where I reported Ovenbirds a week ago. I tallied 24 OVENBIRDS while surveying along the Lost