[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Lake Station, 9/29/18

2018-09-29 Thread Meredith . McBurney
Hard to adjust to this cold weather after such a warm month! My fingers were freezing during the first hour or so, but my great team of Saturday volunteers got the early birds - mostly warblers and kinglets - in and out in record time. 38 new birds plus another 21 recaps made for a busy

[cobirds] Cherry Creek Res--Black-bellied Plovers

2018-09-29 Thread Ben S
Hi - I saw the two Black Bellied Plovera at prairie loop just a couple hours later. Ben Sampson Centennial, CO -- 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

[cobirds] Update on Vermillion Flycatcher

2018-09-29 Thread Peter Burke
COBirders, Unfortunately the bird was only seen by a handful of birders for 2-3 minutes before it flew off to the Northwest. We spent several hours trying to relocate the bird without any luck. I've attached two distant photos to the eBird checklist here

[cobirds] Cherry Creek Res--Black-bellied Plovers

2018-09-29 Thread Robert Righter
Hi all: >From the observation area in the south west corner there were two juvenile >Black-bellied Plovers. One with white spotting on its black and the other with >gold spotting on its back. Other notes of interest: 3-4 Snowy Egrets 1 Great Egret 3-4 juvenile, Black-crowned Night-Herons

[cobirds] Connected Lakes State Park Banding Update

2018-09-29 Thread Adam Cupito
Hi everyone, I've just wrapped up the second week of banding at Connected Lakes State Park in Grand Junction. Hot and dry weather has once again persisted throughout the week, although the past few days have shown a slight increase in bird activity. I banded 75 birds of 16 species over the

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report Chico Basin Ranch - 9/29/18

2018-09-29 Thread Kim Geissler
Things were pretty busy at the banding station around 8 am, and then activity decreased. I was excited to band the season's second Blue Jay. Other than that I had the typical species. The totals for the day were 37 new birds of 11 species. Including recaps, I caught 50 birds of 13 species.

[cobirds] VERMILLION FLYCATCHER, Boulder

2018-09-29 Thread Peter
I just had a male Vermillion Flycatcher at cottonwood marsh. It’s moving around quite a bit on perching toward the back of the marsh. >From Peter's iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and

[cobirds] Adams Co.: Chestnut-sided Warbler, First Creek

2018-09-29 Thread Michael Lester
Hi All, I just found a Chestnut-sided Warbler along First Creek in a clump of willows about 370m NW of where the creek crosses Buckley Rd. Coordinates: Latitude: 39.807637 Longitude: -104.794332 No luck with the Yellow-throated Warbler yet. Michael Lester Littleton Sent from my iPhone --

[cobirds] Yard birds, Sep 29, 2018

2018-09-29 Thread 'arvind panjabi' via Colorado Birds
Nothing spectacular but a few interesting birds in the yard today, here on Milner mountain, SW of Fort Collins. Sep 29, 2018 8:16 AM Stationary 26 Minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.7.4 Build 36 2 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 Black-chinned

[cobirds] Long-eared Owls in Wellington/Cobb Lake area

2018-09-29 Thread Natalie P.
Does anyone have any pointers for locating these birds? I'm hoping to get out there this weekend. Thanks! Natalie -- 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

[cobirds] Sandhill Cranes overhead ~ 5:20pm - Broomfield

2018-09-29 Thread Denise GW
Did anyone else notice them? There was a large group of Sandhill Cranes flying very high overhead just to the west of Broomfield, traveling southward in a long line. The sound is what really caught my attention! --Denise Gonzalez-Walker (Broomfield, CO) -- You received this message because

[cobirds] Yellow - throated Warbler - 1st Creek=Adams and Denver

2018-09-29 Thread birdingbreitsch
Flying from one side of Buckley Road to the other near the creek. Last seen in the cottonwood just south of the creek on the adams/West side John Breitsch Denver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 29 September 2018

2018-09-29 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org This is the Date: September 29, 2018 Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, September 29 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Note that the RBA is using the new AOU checklist. Rare and out of range species