Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: November 12, 2014
email: r...@cfobirds.org
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert Wednesday, November 12 sponsored by
Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
Hi all
Along Weld CR 48 at Latham Reservoir. I don't have any experience
distinguishing between the two meadowlarks. I will say this meadowlark
behaved quite differently than the 1,000s I have seen up here in Weld
County. Very cooperative--unlike any meadowlark I've come across and did
not
The winter weather has brought Evening Grosbeaks and an increase in Cassin's
Finches to our yard yesterday and today, but the real treat was a Pine Grosbeak
today. This is a first for our neighborhood in the 16 years we've been here,
and rare in Colorado as low as our 6,000 feet elevation.
Thanks for sharing this meadowlark video! The vocalization the bird is
giving is actually the so-called flight call (not always given in
flight), which is pretty similar in both Eastern and Western Meadowlarks,
although Eastern's averages a little higher. The flight call in the video
is actually
Great-thanks Nathan ... mystery solved.
Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.ning.com/
Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m
On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 10:32:56 AM UTC-7, Nathan Pieplow wrote:
Thanks for sharing this meadowlark video! The vocalization the bird is
giving
I'd say PUFI, based on lack of spotting on under tail coverts, and face
pattern, etc, etc
Thanks, Scott.
Joe Roller,
Denver
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On Nov 12, 2014, at 11:42, Scott E. Severs scottesev...@gmail.com wrote:
Here's a nice page on finch ID from Cornell:
Note: click on rows and
Corner of 76th and Brockway. Flew from yard ensconced in Spruce at north east
corner
Steven Mlodinow
Longmomt
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Today, we'd like to introduce you to
The cold and snow brought in an assortment of birds that I haven't seen in a
while to our feeders:
female pine grosbeak (a new housebird), imm Harris' sparrow, female Cassin's
finch, and a couple of tree sparrows.
Also spotted towhee, adult and imm white-crowned sparrows, plus the usual
COBirders,
I've sat (working) at the window all day from before daylight until after
sunset, but no Mag...
She was seen yesterday morning midday(ish) and despite the cold she
looked/acted her usual healthy self. She fed from the feeder, hung out on
the heat lamp wire, but didn't particularly
Greetings All
So many thanks to Adam for his gracious hosting.
As for the Magnificent visitor, outcome will never be known.
However, note that Magnificent Hummingbirds are one of the most regular
wintering hummingbirds at higher elevations in SE Arizona's mountains, often
surviving prolonged
For those interested in the female eastern Purple Finch seen today, I can
give you more details and more photos.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dafekt1ve/
Five of the photos are by John Vanderpoel (noted in the details) and three
are mine.
*Discussion:*
This bird showed up this morning at my
Today I did car birding in our relatively awful winter weather (not as bad
as other front range cities but only got to 14 or so today) and found 5
Yellow-rumped Warblers foraging on the grounds of The Abbey. Though a
limited number of Yellow-rumped Warblers often overwinter I felt badly for
these
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