[cobirds] Western Screech-owl - Golden - Jeffco - Heard

Birders, I am sure I just heard a Western Screech-owl while sitting in my office in my house in Golden, just north of Heritage Square. It called twice. -- Ira Sanders Golden, CO "My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives."

[cobirds] Chatfield upstream of Kingfisher Bridge July 9

I made my first visit to the newly opened areas of Chatfield SP yesterday, and my first to explore the rich area of the Platte upstream of Kingfisher Bridge, to see a little bit of what happened with vegetation management and the birds. Flooding on both the Douglas and Jefferson sides limits

[cobirds] Re: Black Swift nesting failure??

Thanks for the update. One less thing to worry about. They are fascinating birds. On Monday, July 1, 2019 at 6:52:40 AM UTC-4, Erik Hendrickson wrote: > > I believe this is consistant with obervations of Black Swifts at Black > Canyon from 1996-2017, as reported in "Breeding Phenology

[cobirds] Yellow-crowned Night-heron at Blanca Wetlands

Today, while conducting her shorebird surveys, Lisa Rawinski found a first year Yellow-crowned Night-heron at Blanca Wetlands (Alamosa County). Currently, the wetlands are closed but will be open to birders on July 16th. The bird was seen in the wetlands just to the NW of the parking lot at

Re: [cobirds] White-winged Scoter split

All, There’s a nicely documented adult male Stejneger's from Helena, Montana in April 2015. It’ll be interesting to see what the records committee does with the record. Point is, Stejneger's has occurred in the lower 48. Scott Somershoe Littleton CO Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 10, 2019,

Re: [cobirds] White-winged Scoter split

  Velvet Scoter ( M. nigra ) was split from White-winged ( M.deglandi ) last year by Cornell ebird . Velvet Scoter distribution is Eurasia wide with the proviso that IOC have further split the eastern form of Velvet ( M. nigra ) to Siberian ( Stejneger's ) Scoter ( M.stenjergeri ) ,

[cobirds] 2019 North American Grasslands & Birds Report

Hi all For your reading interest from Audubon ... https://www.audubon.org/conservation/working-lands/grasslands-report Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To

RE: [cobirds] CDOT and the MBTA brochure

Hi Everyone, It certainly looks like a White-throated Swallow. The blue chest band and unstreaked throat separate it from Australian Tree Martin. At least they picked a migratory species. This one breeds in South Africa and winters in Angola. I still have a utility bill insert from the city

Re: [cobirds] CDOT and the MBTA brochure

What is the beautiful swallow on the second page of the CDOT Migratory Bird Act brochure? Without really looking, I assumed it was a Barn Swallow, but obviously not with that white throat. White-throated Swallow? If so, a southern African species making a rare appearance in a Colorado publication!

Re: [cobirds] White-winged Scoter split

>From what I hear, ONLY *Melanitta deglandi* is found in ABA area (America and Canada), and that is why eBird assigned it to that name, the North America "flavor" of that scoter. I'm sure we'll hear if others have a better handle on this. Joe Roller, Denver On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 12:03 PM

[cobirds] White-winged Scoter split

So I know I saw a White-winged Scoter at Prospect Lake and/or Big Johnson Reservoir in Colorado Springs in winter but I wouldn't know how to begin to tell what it is now. I doubt I have the photos that might be needed - I wonder if anyone has gone through past photos or other evidence etc. and

[cobirds] Re: [Evergreenbirders] Meyer Ranch Cliff Swallows

So here’s the scoop on the removal of the Cliff Swallow nests. This was done by the Colorado Department of Transportation, and in compliance with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA). This means that as long as the birds have not initiated egg-laying, CDOT is playing by the rules. Their

[cobirds] Jeffco Field Sparrow - NO

Thank you for the detailed directions, Joann. But could not find it this morning (10th) between 7:15 and 7:45 AM. Beautiful pond! Bob Shade Lakewood -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Compiler: Dean Shoup deshoup723… @gmail.com Phone: (720) 272-9042 E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Observers have been helpful by reporting updates to COBirds. Thanks. CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records