[cobirds] January 28, 2010, Rare Bird Alert for Colorado

Date:January 28, 2010 e-Mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Joyce Takamine This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes

[cobirds] Brownish female Slate-colored Junco Larimer Co

I have had both Slate-colored females at my feeder this morning. One brownish with little difference in color on the plain wings with no markings, back, sides, nape and crown except for grayish brown cheeks and throat. That was a first female of that type I have seen. I have all the other

[cobirds] 17 Greater White-fronted Geese! - Delta Co

Andrea Robinsong just called to report an astounding 17 Greater White-fronted Geese on the Gunnison River in Delta. The more precise location is on the river next to the trailer park on the right as you cross the Highway 50 bridge going over the Gunnison. Is this perhaps the largest flock ever

[cobirds] Peyton Snowy Owl

Patty Echelmeyer and I found the bird still in the same vicinity on Thursday around noon. Tom Parchman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send

[cobirds] red-tailed Hawk

Hi all, On the way home today, I watched a second year Red-tailed Hawk perching atop a telephone pole. After a few mintes, it flew into a Ponderosa Pine and retrieved a half eaten cottontail. I was unaware of Red-tails storing food. I am not sure the bird stored it in the tree, but he

[cobirds] New Images of Snowy Owl

For those who haven't had their fill of Snowy Owl images, I have posted new ones to the New Images Album on my website. They were taken last week. http://www.greensphotoimages.com/newimages/ Ron Green Scencic, Nature, and Wildlife Photography http://www.greensphotoimages.com

[cobirds] snowy owl

Hi all, I just looked at Ron Greens shots of the Snowy Owl. Ron you have some great shots there! Say looking at Ron's shot 0060 it shows a large dark shadow down the center of the owl along its sternum. This shadow makes me think the bird might be quite thin. If it were fat, the breast

RE: [cobirds] snowy owl

Scott and COBirders, I have talked to three different parties of birders from Pueblo who have watched the Snowy Owl and each saw it catch free-ranging rodents in (a) nearby field(s). It seems it has good hunting there and should be doing quite well nutritionally. Leon Bright Pueblo --