Hello folks, I had the great luck today of finding a Mottled Duck in the
Cobb unit of Wellington SWA. It appeared to be paired up with a female
Mallard so hopefully, it will stick around for a little while. Josh B
fortunately got some photos. https://ebird.org/checklist/S108872804
I saw it
We had a slightly delayed and very slow opening this morning - it was
chilly and cloudy and the nets were frosty after yesterday's rain. Things
picked up a bit about 9:30, providing our first morning dominated by
warblers, including our FOS Redstart and Virginia's. Here's the breakdown
of
Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: May 03, 2022
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SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total
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Black Vulture
After today’s north to northwest winds, we started coming back around to
southerlies that connect us once again to Mexico (Veracruz area), but this
time with less precipitation impeding the pathway from further south.
>From nightfall:
Four of us were on Higbee Valley Road in Otero County at 6:40 this morning,
high 30's with a breeze. At the cemetery there was a male Golden-winged
Warbler (coming back out at 1, we didn't re-find it). A bit farther down at
the first ranch where there's a bridge we saw a male Summer Tanager and
Today was a chilly start but it did not deter some of the birds. Hammond's
Flycatcher and Say's Phoebe were the first for the season catches today.
*28 new birds banded*
Hammond's Flycatcher -1
Orange-crowned Warbler -2
Audubon's (Yellow-rumped) -1
Common Yellowthroat -1
Chipping Sparrow -4
All:
Finally connected with CPW, wanted to pass along what I learned.
Unfortunately highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1), or HPAI, is here
in CO and is widespread. Not really anything can be done about it, other
than monitoring and observing. CPW would like to hear about suspected
Hey COBirders,
The scene was decidedly Hitchcockian when I arrived at the Clear Spring Ranch
banding site this morning. Hundreds of mixed blackbirds, at eye-level, lined my
net lanes. But I wasn’t afraid, and managed to only have to extricate a dozen
RW Blackbirds throughout the morning - all
Just (Tues., 3 May'21) had a first year male SUMMER TANAGER drop by our yard
in southwest Denver (Athmar Park neighborhood near Huston Park, Denver Co.).
Been a decent day in the yard with the continuing WHITE-THROATED SPARROW as
well as a couple of GREEN-TAILED TOWHEEs joining the regular crowd.
