Re: [cobirds] Re: Suspending the rare bird alert ?

2020-04-02 Thread Diana Beatty
This might be a good time to do some Fantasy Birding - http://fantasybirding.com/ - maybe you don't travel to see that rare bird three counties away but see if you can snag it for your Colorado Big Year list in fantasy birding... Diana El Paso County On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 4:51 PM Ben S wrote:

[cobirds] Turkey Vulture, Weld

2020-04-02 Thread Lauren Hyde
Hi, A lone turkey vulture just flew over my house in Keenesburg near roads 59 and 398. Lauren Hyde -- 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 to

[cobirds] Great Horned Owl nest Grandview

2020-04-02 Thread Natalie
Hi all, Hope you and your families are healthy & doing well. Did the GHO nest at Grandview Cem. fail again this year? I didn't see the female on her nest today. Natalie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from

[cobirds] Re: Suspending the rare bird alert ?

2020-04-02 Thread Ben S
I agree, As birding locally is still uncontested as being allowed and safe, RBA can be used to see local birds in the area. Restricting info rarely makes a situation better. Ben Sampson Boulder, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds"

[cobirds] Long-billed Dowitcher and Turkey Vulture/Weld

2020-04-02 Thread 'The "Nunn Guy"' via Colorado Birds
Hi all Just now at nearby Crom Lake two Turkey Vulture flyover during brief sun (snow) shower during my telework break. At Weld CR 84/31 marsh just down the road a lone Long-billed Dowticher. Photos in ACTIVITY feed here: http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/ Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn

[cobirds] Re: Suspending the rare bird alert ?

2020-04-02 Thread John Rawinski
I agree with Bob, that it is useful to observe what is being seen around the state, even if I am not planning to chase anything very far. But if some bird is seen "local" to my area, it gives me a choice. Also, the RBA is a concise compilation of what everyone has seen. I always appreciate

[cobirds] Marsh Wren - Jeffco - Wheat Ridge Greenbelt - Bass Lake

2020-04-02 Thread Ira Sanders
Birders, Sorry for the late post. 2 days ago, March 31, I had a singing Marsh Wren on the north shore of Bass Lake in the Greenbelt. Bass Lake is just east of West Lake. -- Ira Sanders Golden, CO "My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of