Nick Komar and I had the Baird's Sparrows on CR 5 in northern Larimer
County this morning during a short trip before work. One of the birds was
singing a weak song fairly close to the road (and even landed on the fence)
and the other was further away but singing more frequently. We last heard
a
I watched 3 Red Crossbill eating grit from the dirt lot at south Heil
Valley Ranch this week and it reminded me of a winters day some years past
watching a sizeable flock of White winged Crossbill pecking away at a
roadbed just a few short yards from the Atlantic Ocean. Carl
Starace, Niwot
Hi all
My wife and I went on a beautiful drive around north Weld county last
night. Great moon last night--even better tonight.
- Sage Thrasher - 12+ (Along Weld CR 102, 49, 41)
- Swift Fox - 2 immatures playing along Weld CR 102
- Prairie Falcon - family of three in dirt field down
This week's cover story in Denver's Westword is about oil and gas drilling
on the Pawnee National Grassland, with a focus on how it affects the birds
and other wildlife. Nunn birder Gary Lefko is featured, with additional
discussion by Ed Butterfield and others.
You can read it online at the
On my daily birding/newspaper buying walk in Estes Park this morning, I was
amazed to find a handsome male Lewis's Woodpecker posing in a dead ponderosa
pine along Mary's Lake Road just uphill from the intersection with Lower
Broadview Road. I got a quick, out-of-focus picture before it flew
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: July 31, 2015
This is the Rare Bird Alert, Friday, July 31 sponsored by Denver Field
Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
Barrow's Goldeneye (Rio Blanco)
Little Blue
