[cobirds] A first for my backyard

Two early evenings ago, I had a male Ring-necked Pheasant strut through my backyard. I was hoping he would stop at the close by birdfeeder but he headed instead for a large brush pile we have in an outlaying area of our yard. Another evening this week, a small flock of snowy (or great)

[cobirds] Neotropic Cormorant still Cherry Creek

Hi all, The Neotropic Cormorant at Cherry Creek was at the SW corner marina at 7.40am with c15 Double-crested Cormorants (it was not present at 6.15am - not were there any cormorants at that time) Also a Great Egret and 8 Bonaparte's Gulls today Good birding all Dick Filby

[cobirds] Red-throated Loon Cherry Creek State Park

Thanks to Cheryl's post yesterday, we saw this breeding plumaged loon in the afternoon. It was with many West. Grebes, east of the fishing pier. Scope used to find it. It was not feeding during the time we saw it, was still present when we left around 5:00 pm. Mary Driscoll Uninco.

[cobirds] Manitou Lake - 10 new species for the year this morning

The new species at Manitou Lake continue this morning. New for this year: Cinnamon Teal Ring-necked Duck Osprey Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove Red-naped Sapsucker Marsh Wren (singing) Myrtle Warblers (all male) Yellow-headed Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Complete list below.

[cobirds] Eastern Colorado

My wife and I returned on Monday from a nice tour by the Nature Conservancy to their Fox Ranch property in Yuma County (well known to Ted and others) and then on toWray, Colorado to see Greater Prairie Chickens putting on a wonderful show. We then spent a couple hours at Bonny State Park

[cobirds] Black- Chinned Sparrow

In Grand Junction for a Grand Valley Audubon presentation, Urling and I went to Colorado National Monument to chase this year's Black-chinned Sparrow. (Apparently observers have seen single birds several times [like two] in the past five years.) We spent an hour or more in the rain, some of

[cobirds] Bent county --- LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH

COBirders,   Duane Nelson just called to report a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH at Tempel Grove in northeast Bent county.  For directions see number 2 at the following URL:   http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/county/bird_a_county.php?name=Bent   - Mark Peterson Colorado Springs -- You received

[cobirds] Black-chinned Sparrow

In the process of filling out a Verification form for the Black-chinned Sparrow, I note that the field guides show the species with a gray breast and belly, the same color as the head. When we saw this bird yesterday, it had light-colored breast -- cream or ivory -- that contrasted with the

Re: [cobirds] Black- Chinned Sparrow

Hugh at al, Those ash you refer to in Colorado National Monument are Singleleaf Ash (Fraxinus anomala), a little known native tree of the Southwest that barely gets into our area. The anomala comes from its having a single, shovelhead-looking leaf, instead of the compound leaves of other ash.

[cobirds] Red Rocks Park - Jefferson Co

Hi all, visited Red Rocks again today and after a short wait, the Curve-billed Thrasher, White-throated Sparrow, GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW and Harris's Sparrow all showed at Red Rocks Trading Post between 10.45 and 11:15. Now back in Carbondale - having just driven 3052 miles in Colorado

[cobirds] Louisiana Waterthrush in Bent County

Cobirders, I was lucky enough to find a Louisiana Waterthrush at Tempel Grove in NE Bent County late this morning. This bird was present through late afternoon, and at least 7 birders other than me saw it. It was marginally cooperative, flying far up and down the Ft. Lyon Canal both east and

[cobirds] Loggerhead Shrikes, Keenesburg, Weld Co.

The loggerhead shrikes have returned to WCR 398 about .75 miles east of WCR 59 in Keenesburg. We also had a male green-backed lesser goldfinch at our feeders on Saturday. We have been getting about one of these each year for the past 4 or 5 years. Lauren Hyde Keenesburg -- You received

[cobirds] Big Johnson Reservoir - El Paso County

Hello Cobirders, I visited the cold and windy Big Johnson Reservoir around 4:30 pm. on Tuesday, 19 April. Alot of activity on and around the Res. Blackbird, Redwing Coot, American Crow, American Cormorant, Double Crested Geese, Canadian Grebe, Eared Grebe, Horned Grebe, Pied billed Grebe,

[cobirds] Broad-winged Hawk/Larimer

While out on our walk Michelle and I saw a light adult Broad-winged Hawk just East of the McMurray Natural Area. I was a able to take a bad picture if anyone is interested email me off list. Good birding, Rob Sparks Old Town Fort Collins -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (20 Apr 2011) 23 Raptors

Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 20, 2011 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0