[cobirds] Trumpeter Swans, Little Jumbo Res, Logan

2020-01-16 Thread Charles Hundertmark
I visited a few spots in Northeastern Colorado yesterday and today. Much of the water at Logan County hotspots was frozen. At Little Jumbo, the highlight was two Trumpeter Swans, previously reported by Steve Larson, swimming in a narrow strip of open water. When I stopped a second time in

[cobirds] No Gyrfalcon today, Larimer

2020-01-16 Thread Dale Adams
Hi all, We started looking for the Gyrfalcon this morning around 7:40 AM, but it was a pretty cold morning with the temperature starting at 16F and there wasn't much activity during the morning. Around noon as it got warmer several raptors started rising, including a few Red-tailed Hawks, a

[cobirds] Flagler CBC 1/4/20

2020-01-16 Thread William H Kaempfer
Six birders in three teams worked the 9th Flagler CBC. It was a hot (63 degrees), dry day on the plains with little bird activity. At only 30, we had the lowest number of species by 10%. Most of the species we observed were of the "every-year" variety; we even missed one of those (TOSO) and

Re: [cobirds] Overeager, Arapahoe County

2020-01-16 Thread Robert Righter
Hi I just penned a short article for the Lark Bunting, should be in the February issue, about a whooper of a mis-id I made many years ago. It’s taken me over 40 years to finally come to grips with that excruciatingly embarrassing call. Stay tuned, more to come Cheers, Bob > On Jan 16, 2020,

[cobirds] Snowy Owls (not)

2020-01-16 Thread Leon Bright
Re: below-- So do upside-down plastic bags. Leon Bright, Pueblo From: cobirds@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Sebastian Patti Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2020 8:09 AM To: Joe Roller ; Colorado Birds Cc: twilberd...@comcast.net; Bob's Email Subject: Re: [cobirds] Overeager, Arapahoe County

[cobirds] Re: Loon’s with fishing gear in bills

2020-01-16 Thread 'Senglan9' via Colorado Birds
This Loon is going to die not of natural causes but because some lazy fisherman decided to cut his line and leave it. I don't imagine the rangers have even tried to help the loon. I just called and spoke with the office about it. He then pointed me to the rangers office. Please continue to

[cobirds] Re: Overeager, Arapahoe County

2020-01-16 Thread Caleb A
> > Oh my word! Let me guess this story will land its place in the "dipper" > journal ;) > I once dipped on a Black-Bellied Plover 3 times, at a hotspot only 10 minutes away from my house. That was embarrassing, to say the least... Happy birding! ~Caleb A -- You received this message because

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, January 16, 2020

2020-01-16 Thread Gregg Goodrich
Date: Thursday, January 16, 2020 Email: r...@cobirds.org Compiler: Gregg Goodrich gregggoodr...@gmail.com 303-655-9135 — Birders have been helpful by reporting updates to COBIRDS. Thanks! CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records