[cobirds] Resident white fronted goose? Arapahoe county

I continue to have the greater white fronted goose here on the pond that I live on in Arapaho County just outside of Littleton (south of Bowles off Platte Canyon.) He's become more accepted by the Canada geese here and seems to be one of the gang. I'm wondering if there have been other

Re: [cobirds] Re: Suggestions needed for feeding flycatchers and other non seed eaters

I just want to add one thought to this discussion. There has been a tremendous loss of habitat for these migrating birds and if a situation occurs that proves extremely stressful, I think feeding them is a reasonable and humane response. Deb Carstensen, Littleton Sent from my iPhone On

[cobirds] Red necked phalarope, Loloff res

I don't know what county I'm in…, near Greeley for what that's worth. At Loloff reservoir, there are hundreds of phalarope and at least a couple redneck phalarope. There's nothing I think people would be real surprised that, but I thought it would be a good place for people to catch up on

[cobirds] Cedar waxwing's, Crow Valley and Jackson State Park, Morgan County

I spent Friday and Saturday at Jackson State Park and didn't see a single waxwing. Today, Cedar waxwing's were there in good numbers. I then went to Crow valley and saw them there as well, I didn't see them noted in anyone's posts before this. I'm thinking of starting a business here at

Re: [cobirds] BLUE-WINGED WARBLER continues at Welchester Tree Grant Park, Jefferson Co. on May 27

Cyndy Johnson, Doug Witt and I saw the blue winged warbler at the same area, around the Russian olives, at 4:15. Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado Sent from my iPhone On May 27, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Joe Roller jroll...@gmail.com wrote: This continuing rarity was heard and

Re: [cobirds] White-eyed Vireo continues near Big Dry Creek Trail in Arapahoe County

I got a call from my handyman's wife, Janet, today announcing that they had a white eyed vireo in their yard! That was quite the surprise to me since they're not birders and I didn't think she would have any idea what a vireo was. As it turns out, she said that a couple of birders came

Re: [cobirds] White-eyed Vireo NOT seen near Big Dry Creek Trail

I spent about an hour Friday afternoon looking for the vireo unsuccessfully. I wouldn't say that this means he has gone for certain, but I should couldn't find him. Deb Carstensen, Littleton, arapahoe County, Colorado Sent from my iPhone On Jun 3, 2014, at 10:10 PM, 'Deborah Carstensen' via

Re: [cobirds] Barr Lake, Adams County, July 2

Ted, you were asking what was up with the cackling geese hanging out here for the summer. I have up to 800 geese on the townhouse property where I live near Littleton in the winter time, many of them being the lesser forms. By migration time, March or so, all of those geese leave with just

[cobirds] Ruddy ducks, Arapahoe County

Five ruddy ducks were seen on Tuesday, 7/8, on Cooley Lake in South Platte Park. This is a protected (restricted) area. There were two male and three probable female, versus juvenile, ducks in the flock. thanks, Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe County, Colorado Sent from my iPhone -- You

[cobirds] Mississippi kites, Pueblo County

I am currently at the intersection of Route and Garfield in Pueblo and there are seven Mississippi kites here. They are up in the trees surrounding the intersection. Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are

[cobirds] M kites cont, Pueblo

When talking about the Mississippi kites, I realized that I could add more to the post. I friend of mine lives 3 blocks from this site and, in addition to the kites that are here, he has kites nesting across the street from his house. In addition, at the Routt and Garfield intersection ,

Re: [cobirds] Bairds Sparrow El Paso county

I'm glad to see someone having as much trouble with Siri as I do ! I thought God had a photographic memory and didn't need to take pictures (; Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe county Sent from my iPhone On Aug 29, 2014, at 9:38 AM, Gary Koehn garyko...@gmail.com wrote: George cresswell and

Re: [cobirds] Black-crowned Night Heron seen floating on water, Wash Park, Denver. Who knew?

This may not be exactly the same, but a couple of years ago, I had a great blue heron walk into the pond where I live, wade out and then float in the water for 15 minutes or so. His wings for outstretched over the water. I had some concerns that this was a suicidal gesture on the heron's

Re: [cobirds] Black-crowned Night Heron seen floating on water, Wash Park, Denver. Who knew?

Were they uncomfortable with the depth of the water or the sudden realization of the company they were keeping? Deb Carstensen, Littleton Sent from my iPhone On Sep 9, 2014, at 9:33 PM, Nick Komar quetza...@comcast.net wrote: I did observe an entire flock of white-faced ibis (same order as

[cobirds] Shorebirds, Crom lake

I am at Crom lake and there are lots of shorebirds! Please take the following list with a grain of salt as shorebirds are not my strong point. Stilt sandpipers – around 20 Avocets – 6 Wilson's phalaropes- 4 Rednecked phalaropes – 2 Least sandpipers Dowitchers. Prairie falcon Robins Barn swallows

[cobirds] African collared dove- video

After reading the posts about the doves, I remembered this wonderful video that really makes me smile. I think that this is a African collared dove if I match it with the description in the previous emails. These two in the video obviously grew up together. Deb Carstensen.

[cobirds] African Collared-Doves-email not complete

My phone sent the previous email before I was ready. But I pretty much just needed to sign my name, Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Eric DeFonso bay.w...@gmail.com Date: October 22, 2014 at 2:08:02 AM MDT To:

[cobirds] Cormorants, Arapahoe County

I usually have only seen about 25 cormorants come to roost on the ponds where I live. I was stunned last night to realize that I have more than 90 roosting in different trees around the ponds. Today, at the height of the eclipse, the cormorants came swooping in by the dozens into the trees.

[cobirds] Greater white fronted goose, Arapahoe County

I once again have a greater white fronted goose on the ponds where I live. He has been here off and on for a year now, even through the summer. He may be here all the time and I just don't notice him if he's hanging out on the lower two ponds. This is also a great place to study the

[cobirds] South platte park, Arapahoe County

The northern end of the metro South Platte River has a lot of great birds and gets a lot of great reports but I wanted to give a shout out to South Platte Park. Today I wandered around the ponds at the southern end of the park. There were so many great waterbirds, none of them unusual but

[cobirds] Which Stamp

I just got some more Songbird stamps from the post office. They're so beautiful! The question is, which bird should use when you're sending in a bill, say to the IRS ? Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [cobirds] Re: Larimer Woodcock

Educating is helpful knowing that many people will make the right choice when they understand the repercussions of their actions. Unfortunately, this isn't always true. When I reported a saw-whet owl in Littleton, I only gave the location info to a few people after getting permission from

Re: [cobirds] Re: Stub-tailed Wrens at Canon City

I am in Pueblo at this time and was wondering if somebody could give me a little more information about where I could find this wren. I did see a comment about it being in the west river walk area. Thanks, Deb Carstensen, Littleton Sent from my iPhone On Jan 16, 2015, at 10:51 AM, Joey

[cobirds] Woodcock?

I'm thinking about heading up to Fort Collins to try to find the Woodcock. Has anyone seen him in the last couple of days and where did you see him? I have information from the earlier posts of where people or seen him but nothing lately. Thanks, Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County.

[cobirds] Common mergansers, Arapahoe County

I've had three pairs of common answers hanging out on the ponds where you live. Their mating ritual is really interesting in that, after they have mated, the female lays down on the water as if she's dead. It looks somewhat like a fish floating on top of the water, I can't even see her head.

[cobirds] Common Merganser addendum, Arapahoe County

I read my email that I sent out and realized what an awful job I did of proofreading Siri… Geez, I thought I looked it over before I send it but obviously I wasn't very thorough! I wanted to mention that a neighbor of mine watched the same behavior with the female merganser post copulation

[cobirds] Short-eared owls?

I am considering going up past Fort Collins to see if the short eared owls are still there. Has anyone seen them recently and where were they? I'd love to get a good view of these guys! Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you

[cobirds] Short eared owl, Larimer County

A small group of us were able to see short-eared owl in the same general vicinity that they have been seen over the last few days. It was off County Road 82 near the Rawhide plant, a few miles west of I 25. The address that Rachel Hopper gave, 2086 Buckeye Rd. , is close to where it was sited.

Re: [cobirds] Video showing Snowy Egret using 'foot shake' technique to stir up fish to catch-Florence River Park

I love watching snowy egrets fish. It kind of looks like they have a piece of tape stuck to the bottom of their foot and they're trying to shake it off! I had my first snowy egrets here today, far earlier than I normally see them which is in June. Deborah Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County

[cobirds] Golden wings to Warbler, Jefferson County

While looking along the Main reservoir trail, I did hear a song that fit what I had heard on my Ibird app for a golden winged warbler. I looked up, saw black-and-white on the face, some white underneath the chin and a heavy golden bar on the wing. There was no yellow in the tail. I saw the

[cobirds] No scissor tail-Chatfield

I spent some time in the Plum Creek area at Chatfield, near the picnic tables, and couldn't find the scissor tailed flycatcher. I did enjoy watching a pair of Cooper's hawks . I first saw the male Coopers hawk with a bird ( house finch?) in its talons. He was calling incessantly, which is how

[cobirds] Scissor tailed flycatcher, Cherry Creek reservoir

The scissor tailed flycatcher is currently in the field opposite the area of historical interest sign near the lake loop. Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To

Re: [cobirds] Sapsucker ID Help (Cheesman Park, Denver Co.)

Claire Montour and I went to Cheeseman Park as well. I saw no crossbills or sapsuckers. I did see a red breasted nuthatches,some crows and flickers. Not too exciting… But worth a try! Deb Carstensen Littleton, Arapahoe County Sent from my iPhone On Apr 4, 2015, at 12:30 PM, Jared Del Rosso

[cobirds] Hatchling Spotted Sandpiper, Arapaho County

I have a very young spotted Sandpiper here on my ponds just outside of Littleton! We finally have grasses and water plants growing up from around our ponds after years of me trying to get them to let things grow in. I had seen a pair of spotted Sandpipers oft and on but had no idea that they

Re: [cobirds] Parts of Chatfield State Park (Jefferson Douglas Counties) closed - Flooding

I was at South platte park this morning. Just 3 to 4 days ago, the river was running at 27,000 CFS. Today, the river was running at 11,000 CFS and was visibly much lower than it had been for the last month. It makes me wonder if they have decreased the amount of water being released from

Re: [cobirds] Re: ID help - Larimer Co Rd 5

Oh, come on, you're not a fool! Every time people reach out for help on IDs they're taking a risk of looking silly, but what better use of this format than to get help with birds? The more people ask for help with IDs, the more others, like myself, will be willing to do the same. Then some

Re: [cobirds] Never Have Seen This Behavior ... You?/Fort Collins

I saw a squirrel eat 4 sparrow nestlings with sparrow parents unable to stop him. Deb Carstensen, Littleton Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 29, 2015, at 4:03 PM, The Nunn Guy wrote: > > http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo/never-have-seen-this-behavior-before > > We

[cobirds] Common mergansers, Chatfield reservoir, Douglas County

I'm not really sure what county Chatfield is... I went to Chatfield today after work to check it out. I didn't see the comment turn that was mentioned in a previous post. The only birds on the sandspit were pelicans, double crested Cormorants and gulls. I'll mention now that I don't

[cobirds] Kestrel falcon, Lakewood

I was preparing to go into the Bed ,Bath and Beyond store on Bowles just east of Wadsworth when I looked up to see a kestrel flying up to a hole in the façade of the building where the sign is. There is a round hole, approximately 2 to 3 inches in diameter up and to the left of the main sign

Re: [cobirds] Kestrel falcon, Lakewood

il.com> wrote: > > When I used to work in north Denver, the apartment building next to the > school had a pair of American Kestrels nesting in the roof. They would enter > through a small crack. > >> On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 8:04 PM, 'Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds

Re: [cobirds] Re: Roosting Crows

I have really appreciated the discussion on roosting birds. I've learned a lot from it and have enjoyed hearing everybody's different experiences, especially the wren in the patio furniture story! It's nice to know that a certain percentage of birds have a pretty great place to say safe in

[cobirds] Solitary sandpiper, Arapahoe county

Elaine Klaver, Topi and I were walking the ponds behind my house and found a solitary sandpiper. A new yard bird! We also counted well over 160 double crested cormorants roosting in the cottonwood trees on the ponds. Yikes. Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe county Sent from my iPhone

[cobirds] Sandhill cranes, monte vista, rio grand county rio

There were 8 sandhill cranes over the Monte Vista wildlife refuge this morning. Quite a few other birds, especially water fowl, none that were unexpected. There are a lot of plays along highway 285 between Saguache and Monte Vista but there aren't a lot of places to stop along the side of the

Re: [cobirds] Re: Did anyone see the Woodcocks today?

I'm about to head up to Fort Collins from Littleton to look for the Woodcock, would love to know if anyone has seen him today… Deb Carstensen, Littleton Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 6, 2016, at 8:16 AM, 'Dan Stringer' via Colorado Birds > wrote: > > Ira, > I

Fwd: [cobirds] American Woodcock, Larrimer County-YES

The woodcock was present this afternoon, found by a young couple from Fort Collins. (Unfortunately, I didn't get their names! Drat.) The Woodcock was found at dusk about 200 yards down the hill from the Ranger's house. He/she was by the stream, probing the sand. Other birders there were Claire

Re: [cobirds] re hungry Say's Phoebes in winter-EARWIGS

Oh my gosh, in my post about the Say's phoebes eating ground bugs, I said that they were box elder bugs. That's not right! They were earwigs! I had terrible infestations of earwigs over the last few years and they're hard for me to manage so I was glad when they didn't seem to be a problem this

Re: [cobirds] Beautiful Visitor

I think it's a sharp shinned hawk. Beautiful picture! Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 27, 2016, at 10:24 PM, Ken Westlund wrote: > > In my previous post with similar subject, I was not aware that I could upload > a picture, so this

Re: [cobirds] re hungry Say's Phoebes in winter

Speaking of Says' phoebes, I have a question about whether or not they would eat box elder bugs. I have had a terrible infestation of Box Elder bugs for the last couple of years and, last spring, I saw hundreds of baby Box Elder bugs running around my garden. I had Say's phoebes nesting

Re: [cobirds] Photos

Yay! Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe county Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 28, 2016, at 3:04 PM, David Suddjian wrote: > > Dear COBirders, > > The COBirds list rules are now being changed to permit inclusion of photos in > this way: Images of birds or other subjects

[cobirds] Lost Sibley's, Fountain Creek Park

I accidentally left my Sibley's on a park bench at fountain Creek nature center. I can't make it down today and there's no one there until tomorrow. If anyone goes there ain't looking for me the purple finch, and you see the book, can you grab it for me? I can't remember if I had my name in it

Re: [cobirds] Hybrid duck on South Platte River at 88th and Colorado, Adams County

Part ruddy duck? Carstensen, Littleton, arapahoe county Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 17, 2016, at 8:27 PM, Mary Keithler wrote: > > Hi all, > > A group of Tuesday Birders visited the South Platte River in Adams County > yesterday morning. Rob Raker noticed an

[cobirds] Hybrid duck

I'm just sending this email to retitle it so that when people respond to it, it won't have part of my name in the response. This duck was discovered by other great birders, I had nothing to do with it… Thanks, Deb Carstensen, Littleton Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 18, 2016, at 10:06 PM, Mary

[cobirds] Turkey vulture, Arapahoe County

There was a turkey vulture circling my place today in unincorporated Arapahoe County, just outside of Littleton. I didn't remember seeing other posts about vultures except those further south so I thought I'd throw this in. I still have some of the smaller forms of geese, Richardsons and Lesser

[cobirds] Hacked!

My email was hacked! Please don't open my previous email or click on the link. Thanks, Deb Carstensen This email is late because AOL locked up my email until I reset my password. Not a bad idea but it took me a while to figure that out. I hope no one had trouble because of the email that

Re: [cobirds] Humility from birding and No Boulder Worm-eating warbler found

I've spent many humbling hours over the years as I birdwatched , too many to count. My latest was just yesterday as I was trying again to identify a chipping sound I heard only to realize it was a "chip"munk. Doh I must say, however, that my favorite exercise in humility took place on the

[cobirds] Yardbirds, Arapaho County, no rarities

It must seem like I'm an incredible underachiever here compared to everyone else's amazing posts but I decided to post nonetheless! Says phoebe,nesting: I've been very excited about the phoebes nesting where they were last year until yesterday when I saw a Coopers hawk flying away from

Re: [cobirds] Mute Swans attacking

They are birds not of words but of actions! Deb Carstensen, Littleton Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 21, 2016, at 3:57 PM, Virginia Simmons > wrote: > > For a change of pace, read the news about a Mute Swan that is attacking and > destroying model boats in England,

[cobirds] Little blue heron, Boulder County

Thanks to everyone who posted and gave me an opportunity see this beautiful bird. I had seen one once before in Texas but never here and had always want to see one again! It was towards the center of the pond, taking a bath, checking things out and then fishing. An Osprey landed in the water

[cobirds] Little blue heron, Boulder County, location

I forgot to mention that the little blue heron is still where he has been reported at Rodgers Grove Park Inn Boulder County. Deb Carstensen, Littleton Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from

[cobirds] Help at Chatfield?

I have friends in from California who would like to see some new birds! I've decided to go to Chatfield reservoir but was wondering if anyone would be interested in going with us on Tuesday morning to help me find some of these great birds. I'm particularly looking for war of the songbirds

[cobirds] Northern goshawk Arapahoe County, late post

I had looked at a bird on Sunday and hadn't figured out what it was until I saw David Suddjian's post about a juvenile northern goshawk. A goshawk didn't occur to me at all and so I tried to make it into a juvenile Red tailed hawk although I wasn't the least bit satisfied with my

Re: [cobirds] Unusual Hybrid Goose at Monte Vista NWR

The hybrid goose that you showed a picture of reminds me of the hybrid geese we have at my house outside of Littleton. They showed up three years ago and I ended up deciding they were hybrids of emden and Canada geese. The geese we have here have white on their heads and neck, orange feet,

Re: [cobirds] Suspicious white goose Larimer, CO

Suspicious White goose, eh? Was he seen peering into peoples windows? Was he saying hanging out around an elementary school? (; Deb Carstensen, Littleton Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 7, 2016, at 7:12 AM, Joey Angstman wrote: > > There is an all white goose hanging out

[cobirds] Great blue heron versus muskrat, cormorants, Arapahoe County

After sunning himself for two 10 minute sessions, a great blue heron walked into my pond, hung out for a few minutes and then proceeded to kill and eat a muskrat . I think the muskrat was a juvenile but was still pretty large. As with last year, I have up to 150 cormorants

[cobirds] Greater white fronted geese, Arapahoe county

I have two greater white fronted geese at my house. I live on the top of three ponds at my complex which is Columbine Lakes townhomes. It's a private area but I feel that it would be OK if people wanted to see the geese. The complex is on Platte Canyon Road 1/2 mile south of Bowles. The geese

Re: [cobirds] Re: Question about South Platte Park American Dipper

I don't remember seeing any reports of swamp sparrows at South platte park. Skot Latona would be the best person to ask and he reads this list. I'll send your question to him, anyway to make sure he gets it. I'd be interested to hear what he had to say. There sure are a fair share of song

Re: [cobirds] Question about South Platte Park American Dipper

I saw the dipper under the bridge a couple of years ago but haven't seen it there since. I don't see any reason for him to not to go to other areas of the river but I haven't heard of one being reported on our waterfall counts. Good luck! Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe County Sent from my

Re: [cobirds] Re: Brant, Arapahoe county

The brant was at my house at dusk yesterday but I didn't see him or the small flock of Richardson's geese when I got up this morning. I left at dawn, however, and I didn't have full view of all three ponds. If you would like to go to see if the brant is still there you can go to Columbine

[cobirds] Brant, Arapahoe County

I currently have a brant at my house outside of Littleton. He's in the pond of course, not actually at my house. I will be home for a while if anyone wants to run over to see it. My phone number is 303-408-3010. Please call if heading over. I live 1/2 mile south of Bowles off Platte Canyon

[cobirds] Brant, Arapahoe county

I wanted to update the Brant setting. He's actually with a flock of small gifts which I am calling Richardsons. Great new yard bird! Woo hoo. Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe County Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds"

Re: [cobirds] Re: Brant, Arapahoe county

sen' via Colorado Birds > <cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > The brant was at my house at dusk yesterday but I didn't see him or the small > flock of Richardson's geese when I got up this morning. I left at dawn, > however, and I didn't have full view of all three ponds.

[cobirds] NO brant, Arapahoe County

I went down around to all of the ponds this morning and did not find the brant or the flock of geese he was with. I did find a pair of hooded mergansers, a pair of wigeons and Red breasted nuthatches. There was also a large coyote perusing the north side of the ponds as I went around the

[cobirds] Help with an injured goose?

A couple of weeks I and a couple of other people he was able to catch an injured goose that had fishing line around his legs. I now suspicion there might be more line around its leg that I didn't get because he continues to mostly sit and it appears to be painful for him to put pressure on that

[cobirds] Phoebe update, Arapahoe County

Good news! I kept the Phoebe warm through the night and then took him out to the garden just before dawn and let him out. Within a few minutes, a phoebe showed up and, after about 10 minutes of studying and a few more minutes attempting to coax the chick back up to the nest, he/she started

[cobirds] Urgent nestling question

I have had a say's phoebe nesting on the drain pipe at my front window now for some time and they were doing quite well. Over the last two days the female didn't appear to be doing very well. She stayed in the nest and didn't go out getting food even though the nestlings were calling out

Re: [cobirds] Magnificent Hummingbird Gilpin

Rivoli's sounds like a pasta. Deb carstensen, Littleton. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 25, 2017, at 12:46 PM, Christy P wrote: > > Bummer, Rivoli's doesn't have the same ring to it. #Resist > > Christy Payne > Wheat Ridge > >> On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 8:22:33 AM

[cobirds] Phoebe and the phoebettes, Arapahoe County

A pair of Say's phoebes nested on the drain pipe over my living room window just as they had two years ago. They were scared off by a Cooper's hawk last year before any eggs were laid. I was really surprised when I came home tonight to hear the chirping of hatchlings! They hatched in late June

[cobirds] Great blue heron behavior, arapahoe County

In response to Linda's friend's great blue heron question, I'm writing to report something similar on I saw my pond a few years ago. I was watching a great blue heron fish and saw him bring a good-sized fish up on the lawn, peck at it a couple of times and then pick it up and take it back

[cobirds] The mystery of the Bird call is solved!

I never was able to find the "bird" up in the tree despite multiple attempts. I heard the call off and on through the night, it became less frequent as the night wore on. Unable to sleep, I still heard it at four this morning. I went out to look up in the tree to see if I could see anything

[cobirds] Ross’s hybrid? Arapahoe county

Yep, I know the pictures aren’t very good… But I was wondering if I was correct in thinking that this was a Ross/cackling goose hybrid. Thoughts? Deb Carstensen, western Arapahoe county -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To

[cobirds] White fronted goose, Arapahoe County

Yesterday, among large flocks of cackling and Richardson’s geese, there was a juvenile white fronted goose here on the ponds where I live. We have a flock of resident geese here, approximately 54, that are here all year. There are probably at least 200 migrant geese that are here as well,

[cobirds] Pueblo reservoir, raptors

I went with Claire Montour to Pueblo to see the waterfowl that a had been reported. We didn’t see a lot of water fowl but we saw a lot of other cool birds ! We were joined by birder Chris from Manitou Springs Shrike (fly by, ? Species) Prairie falcon in pursuit of a killdeer. The pursuit

Re: [cobirds] Golden-crowned Kinglets

I saw a wonderful flock of golden crowned kinglets a couple of weeks ago in Eldorado Canyon State Park west of Boulder. They, too, we’re very vocal and easy to see. It was a wonderful view, they’re such a beautiful bird. I wasn’t used to seeing them in a flock so it was tons of fun. (About 10).

[cobirds] Palm warbler, Crow valley, Weld (?)

I saw the palm warbler this evening. A beautiful male, wagging his tail and catching bugs in trees and close to edge of small pond. He was on the north end of the area, through the gate and around the tiny pond on the left. The pond is the first one you’ll come to and only about 15-20 feet

[cobirds] oops, wrong date for bird count

The Douglas County, Woodhouse property for account is on December thirtieth not January 30th! Thanks, Deb Carstensen Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

[cobirds] Varied thrush El Paso County

I was birding North Cheyenne Canyon Park near Colorado Springs and a varied thrush flew up into a bush. It was a very clear look, very distinctive but was a little too far for my iPhone to really capture. It is along Cheyenne creek just upstream from the footbridge near the parking lot. There

Re: [cobirds] El Paso Co. Sapsucker & Thrush yes 1/4

Is it possible that the West Coast birds are here because of the fires? Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe county Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 4, 2018, at 10:10 AM, Brandon wrote: > > The stakeout Red-breasted Sapsucker and the stakeout Varied Thrush both > continue in Colorado

[cobirds] Help for bird count 1/30

Douglas county is having its Christmas Bird Count on January 30th, this Saturday. The count in the Louvier’s/ Sedalia area on a property called the Woodhouse property. It is an area that the public is not allowed on except for this Christmas count, it’s a large ranch area that is a fair amount

[cobirds] More info on varied thrush, El Paso County

I’ve noticed some discrepancy in the location of the varied thrush between my posting on the posting for the Colorado Springs birding site. The Bird is located in a park across the street from the Starsmore Nature Center. Here’s a link to the address. It also might be of interest that it is

Re: [cobirds] El Paso county Kingbird identification ???

Is the bill long enough For a tropical kingbird? Deb Carstensen, Littleton Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 29, 2018, at 5:39 PM, kickback wrote: > > I saw this Kingbird next to the El Paso county maintenance yard in Peyton > and at first I thought it was just a Western kingbird (yawn) but that

Re: [cobirds] Snowy Egret Using Bill Vibration to Fish/Larimer

What’s the purpose of the vibration? How does that attract fish? Deb Carstensen, Littleton Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 31, 2018, at 8:07 AM, Rachel wrote: > > COBirders, > > Yesterday at Long Pond, Ft. Collins, Larimer County, I shot some video of a > Snowy Egret using bill vibration to

Re: [cobirds] Canada goose, Monte Vista, Alamosa county

Deb, to spot that one amongst the other geese! > Thanks. > > Joe Roller, Denver > >> On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 1:29 PM, 'Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds >> <cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> I would like some input on this goose at the Montevista wildlife ref

[cobirds] Harris hawk? Adams county?

OK, I know this is an awful post because I don’t know the exact location and didn’t report it promptly. I apologize for that. I was driving north on I 25 today at around 1:30 PM when a dark hawk flew over the highway from west to east and landed in a tree. It was very dark and had rust wing

Re: [cobirds] Unknown Bird Flock (photo)

White pelicans! Cool. Deb Carstensen, Littleton Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 10, 2018, at 1:48 PM, Kyle Medina wrote: > > So I was hiking through Waterton Canyon when I noticed these flock. They > image was heavily cropped so the quality is terrible but I am sure there are > some experts

Re: [cobirds] Unknown Bird Flock (photo)

;> On Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 1:55:44 PM UTC-7, Greg Pasquariello wrote: >>> Not enough trailing black on the back of the wing. They look like snow >>> geese to me. >>> >>> Regards >>> -Greg Pasquariello >>> >>> >>>

Re: [cobirds] Re: Gyrfalcon

We didn’t see him catch is prey and couldn’t tell what he was eating through the scope . We did see pigeons fly up on occasion so it could’ve been one of them but I was also wondering if he would go for one of the many magpies that were there. Who knew that staring through the scope at the

[cobirds] Gyrfalcon

The falcon was seen by Ed Secor and me at about 330 from the gate of the Ft Collins landfill eating prey. We had seen it flying around intermittently but then saw him come down to the landfill and eat his prey with magpies and ravens in attendance. The gate to the landfill is on Taft Hill

Re: [cobirds] Another hybrid duck (Larimer)

A gadwall mix? Deb Carstensen, Littleton Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 8, 2018, at 9:45 PM, Nicholas Komar wrote: > > Here is another hybrid duck, photographed today at Prospect Ponds Natural > Area’s Sharp Point Pond in Fort Collins (Larimer County). It appears to be a > drake Mallard x

[cobirds] Pink footed?

I’m going to go up and try again for this goose. Has anyone seen it today and where did they find it? Thanks so much, Deb Carstensen Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and

Re: [cobirds] Re: ID help requested - Spatula hybrid - Cottonwood Hollow (Larimer)

I’ve never seen a cinnamon teal with a crescent on its face. I would go towards blue winged teal. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 24, 2019, at 9:09 PM, joe.kippe...@gmail.com wrote: > > I agree with Michael... > The red eye also leads me to think that Cinnamon Teal is in the mix > somewhere.

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