[cobirds] Birding in Baja

Greetings COBIRDERS Nick Moore and I had a fabulous trip to Baja's Cape. A photo album containing many of the bird (and bug) species seen can be viewed at https://www.flickr.com/photos/36088296@N08/albums/72157661834021684 This trip (and editing the photos!) explains much of my recent relati

[cobirds] Yesterday: Morgan and Weld: ICELAND GULL

Greetings Water, water, wherefore art thou o' open water? Despite frozen reservoir, David Dowell and I had excellent birding yesterday Jackson Reservoir had a scattering of low-level rarities including Mountain Bluebird, YR Warbler, and WT Sparrow. Among swirling flocks of Cackling/Canada Gee

[cobirds] WELD TODAY - first cycle MEW GULL, Windsor Lake

Greetings All I birded the "Latham Area" and then from Ault to Windsor today. Water is breaking up. The N Weld Co Landfill gulls are loafing in big numbers at Black Hollow, and this should only improve as the ice breaks up a bit more.. and Drake Lake as well (these areas are just w. of Ault)

[cobirds] Swan ID Tips

Greetings All It is swan-season (or at least for spring).. with most eBird records of spring swans coming from March I pulled together a short primer on Trumpeter vs Tundra Swan ID with lots of pics of young Trumpeters at https://www.flickr.com/photos/36088296@N08/albums/72157665149912971 Goo

[cobirds] Weld and Park

Greetings On Friday, I wandered through many of my usual Weld spots... without many rarities. A flock of 40+ Sandhill Cranes at Stewarts' Pond near LaSalle were a tad early, the young Krider's Red-tailed Hawk remained near the se. corner of Lower Latham Res whilst an adult was south of CO 56 o

[cobirds] Kiowa County (and thereabouts) Yesterday

Greetings All I visited John Martin Reservoir and the reservoirs s. of Eads (including Thurston, in Prowers County) John Martin: I thought about taking a pic of the Dam Closed sign. It was dam closed. Apparently, per what Duane had said, it was supposed to be open, but no one had "gotten aro

[cobirds] Weld Neotropic Cormorant

Greetings All Sorry for the delayed post. Yesterday afternoon I had an adult NEOTROPIC CORMORANT swimming with a DC Cormorant near the east side of Lower Latham Reservoir. Both birds flew off (hence not a post from-the-spot). The Neotropic is similar in size to a Western Grebe. In all, from

[cobirds] Yesterday in Weld

Greetings All Yesterday, Nick Moore and I birded Weld County, starting at Crow Valley and finishing at Union Reservoir. The fallout was impressive, if not more for bird numbers than rarity. We had 125 species in all. The rarest birds were a Western Palm Warbler at the Eaton Cemetery and a Glos

[cobirds] Yesterday in Weld County: Hudsonian Godwit and Lewis's Woodpecker

Greetings All Yesterday, Kathy Mihm-Dunning, Jon King, and I birded from Crow Valley to Union Reservoir, finishing our day about 6 pm, soggy and chilled. During the course of the day, we stumbled across 145 species. The rarest birds included a gorgeous breeding-plumage HUDSONIAN GODWIT (and

[cobirds] Park County, Arctic Terns

Greetings All Today, I went to the pond described by David Suddjian at Park County Rds 34 and 72. There were no migrant shorebirds, but two Arctic Terns were dipping down and up from the pond like huge swallows (among a large swallow flock). I got a number of distant photos, which I will downl

[cobirds] Golden-winged Warbler Weld

In sw corner of campground at Crow Valley 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 emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to

[cobirds] Make that probable Golden-winged Warbler

I am not absolutely certain. The bug... gave me only fleeting looks. One that got away Steve Mlodinow Longmont CO 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 emails fr

[cobirds] Crow Valley

But Glenn's Yellow-throated Vireo is still here. Singing on south side to east of campground 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 emails from it, send an emai

[cobirds] Eastern Wood-Pewee- Logan County

Today, Nick Moore and I visited Tamarack Ranch The highlight was a singing and calling E Wood Pewee on the west side, about where a singing bird has been present for the last two years. Additionally, on the west side, closer to the road there was an odd pewee that looked like an Eastern but gave

[cobirds] Western Gull Prewitt

In Washington County- on west side of cove that is west of camping area- on logs where gulls and Pelicans often perch Second year bird with metal band on left leg Also, Lesser BB Gull and white winged gull, very worn, probably GW Gull x Herring Steven Mlodinow Longmont CO Sent from my iPhone

[cobirds] Stub-tailed Wren, Boulder County, Calypso Cascades

Greetings Today, at about 9 am, I heard a Winter/Pacific Wren sing several times in the Wild Basin area of Rocky Mountain National Park, not far from Allenspark. I heard the bird just north of the bridge that leads away from Calypso Cascades towards Ouzel Falls. I hope someone can nail this

[cobirds] John Martin Loons

Greetings, I am dictating this, and therefore apologize for errors. I went to John Martin today, and found three common loons at approximately the same location at which the red throated loons had been reported. Two are particularly pale, at least on the head and neck. For some reason, they tend

[cobirds] Alder Flycatcher Weld

Alder Flycatcher on path along n side of Mallard Pond at St Vrain SP now Steven Mlodinow Longmont 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 emails from it, send an

[cobirds] Mlodinow and Marron in Baja, August 2016

Greetings All At https://www.flickr.com/photos/36088296@N08/albums/72157672569356866 you can find highlights from recent trip to Baja's Cape, which yielded 170 species of birds and about 27 species of Odonata (dragons and damsels). I hope that you find these entertaining. The "album" starts

[cobirds] Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Juv at Baxter Lake on s side. Baxter Lake is on e side of WCR 1/LCR 13 at intersection with Wilfred south of Berthoud CO-56 DO NOT PARK ON THE COUNTY LINE ROAD. Park on Wilfred and walk to the north Steve Mlodinow and Nick Moore Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you ar

[cobirds] Tricolored and other goodies- Jackson COUNTY

David Dowell, Sean Walters and I ventured to Jackson County. An adult Tricolored Heron near the road on the town side of Walden Reservoir was definitely the star highlight. Also on Walden Res was a juv Sabine's Gull and a male Mexican Duck!! Other highlights included Common Nighthawk and Cassin

[cobirds] Laughing Gull- Morgan County

On Jackson Res, s side not hanging with Franklins. Also 2 Sabine's Steve Mlodinow Longmont 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 emails from it, send an email

[cobirds] Union Today

No Red Phalarope Yes, 3 Red-necked Phalaropes Crow was slow Eaton Cemetery was lively , including a Nashville Warbler Good Birding Steve Mlodinow Longmont Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe

[cobirds] Northeastern Colorado reservoirs today

Greetings all, I had intended to start my day at jumbo at sunrise, but the fog delay that by a couple hours. Therefore I spent the first couple hours of the day landbirding nearby. The highlight of that effort or to Harris' Sparrows just west of Ovid in a shelter belt on the north side of the r

[cobirds] Pugetensis White-crowned Sparrow

Greetings All Kudos to Ted for paying attention to his White-crowned Sparrows. I must admit that I'd given up. The ID is tough, requires great looks, and patience. For a selection of photos of adult Gambel's and Puget White-crowned Sparrows, see https://www.flickr.com/photos/36088296@N08/alb

[cobirds] Juv Iceland Gull-Adams Co

Near boat launch Barr Lake. Very pale uniformly colored bird Also, 2 Sabines Gulls Steve Mlodinow Longmont 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 emails from it,

[cobirds] Yesterday Park County

Greetings All I spent the morning at Elevenmile and Spinney Mountain Reservoirs yesterday. Elevenmile had 9 Common Loons scattered throughout and a RED THROATED LOON at mid-reservoir. I saw the RTLO just as fog burning off. The bird called a couple times, swam into view, and a few minutes later

[cobirds] Sedge Wren

W end of Van's Marsh on S side of road (Benton County near John Martin Res) Steve Mlodinow Longmont CO 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 emails from it, send

[cobirds] Crowley Black Scoters

4 female types at Lake Henry where entrance road meets lake Note Lake Meredith is entirely closed to public access Steve Mlodinow Longmont Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group

[cobirds] Am Black Duck -Weld

There is a male Am Black Duck at Woods Lake in Weld County. It'll take good luck to get it in good light but that will only improve as the day progresses. At nearby Neumann Lake there is an ad male WW Scoter and at Darling Reservoir a Mexican x Mallard (unless it was a Am Black Duck x Mallard- b

[cobirds] Woods Lake

Greetings All Note that, for the first time since I've been here (2011) there is a hunters blind at the nw corner of the lake: perhaps the source of the gunshots and probably why the ducks are all at the east end Steve Mlodinow Longmont Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message becaus

[cobirds] NE Colorado, Brant at Jumbo

Greetings All I started my day before dawn at Sand Draw SWA (south of Julesburg), owling, and had GH Owl, E Screech Owl, and Saw-whet Owl. During daylight hours, Sand Draw was birdy but without rarities (some local specialties, such as G Prairie-Chicken, N Cardinal, RB Woodpecker) and a flyove

[cobirds] Black Duck- Greeley

Black Duck. Spectacular looks. 34th street Poudre Ponds. Scared off when balloon went over. Will continue to look. Thousands of birds Steven Mlodinow Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from thi

[cobirds] Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe) and goose musings

Greetings All. Sorry that I've contributed so little of late. Yesterday, Sean Walters and I visited Aurora Reservoir for the last 4 hours of daylight. It was a stunning, frustrating, rewarding experience all wrapped in one And a bit chilly The southern half of the reservoir is frozen, so most

[cobirds] Caribbean Trip: St Martin/St Maarten, Anguilla, Saba

Greetings All I just returned from a most excellent trip to the Caribbean. Photos of birds, bugs, and such (along with some hotel recommendations, etc) can be found at https://www.flickr.com/photos/36088296@N08/albums/72157678872413611 Good Birding and Best Wishes Steve Mlodinow -- You re

[cobirds] Park County

Greetings All Yesterday was mostly sunny and windless in Park. I birded from Lake George to Elevenmile Res, then went along Tarryall Creek heading west from Como as well as birding Como and Jefferson Note that Elevenmile Res is bustling with birds, but Spinney Mountain Res is closed, includi

[cobirds] Fallout

Greetings All Very interested in various reports from Front Range and elsewhere I have a bit of a theory about why the Plains have been so devoid of common migrants this fall. The mountains have been lush. Usually our mountains are arid in fall, and therefore, relatively devoid of buggy forage

[cobirds] Barr Lake, Adams, Today

Greetings All No spanking major highlights at Barr, but had 80 species in the morn. Water levels are low, so shorebirds are present, and I was actually a tad surprised not to find a jaeger given the number of gulls present. Highlights included 2 Sabine's Gulls (immatures) 1 LBB Gull (adultish

[cobirds] Bent Co Arctic Tern and BB Sandpiper

Greetings Today Nick Moore and I birded Kiowa and Bent Counties Jett Reservoir just s of Eads in Kiowa was filled with shorebirds but naught more interesting than 2 BB Plovers and 2 Pec Sands The Neenoshe Locust Grove was sluggish, but did have a cooperative Broad-winged Hawk and very bright Cas

[cobirds] LT JAEGER- Boulder Res

Still present. Seen easily from n side. Also one Sanines Gull Steve Mlodinow 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 emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsub

[cobirds] Crow Valley, Weld, Highlights

Today I birded around Weld and bits of Larimer It seems as if shorebirds have temporarily pushed on and so have birds such as Sabines Gull Landbird movement, however, was evident at Crow, with birds flying in and out Highlights were led by an adult female YB SAPSUCKER, an adult BW HAWK, and a

[cobirds] Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Kiowa

Greetings All Nick Moore and I spent the day birding in Kiowa and Bent again. The main highlight was a first year YC Night Heron at Née So Pah Reservoir. To reach this spot, take US 287 S from Eads s to CR A ( Kiowa)/ CR WW (Bent). Turn to the west on this road that forms the county line. Go

[cobirds] Highlight Photos

Greetings All I just put on my Flickr site some bug and bird highlights from the weekend including the YC Night Heron https://www.flickr.com/photos/36088296@N08/ Cheers Steve Mlodinow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To u

[cobirds] Eastern Meadowlark - Weld, Mew Gull - Larimer

Greetings All I started the morning at CROW VALLEY. The campground was about as dead as could be except for a slew of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS - 5 1 adult light morph 3 imm light morph, 1 heavily marked, 2 lightly marked 1 dark morph, imm There was also a sapsucker along the west fence-line that is

[cobirds] Red Phalarope, Thayer's Gull - Park County 8 October

Greetings All Yesterday, Nick Moore and birded Antero, Spinney, and Elevenmile Reservoirs Highlights were Antero juv Thayer's Gull Sabine's Gull Common Tern Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover McCown's Longspur 3000+ Horned Larks 10,000+ coots Spinney Many fishermen, few birds. On Park C

[cobirds] Ravens

Greetings All I've just posted a number of raven pics, some "known" Chihuahuans, some presumed, and a bunch of Commons recently photographed at Tempel Grove (I guess presumed as well). I should also post some from the mountains for comparison. Will try to do so later. Flickr page is https

[cobirds] Ravens

For greater ease, the ravens have been placed together at https://www.flickr.com/photos/36088296@N08/sets/72157648751323692/ Good Birding Steven Mlodinow Longmont, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this

[cobirds] Pac Loon Sedgwick and E Marsh Wren Yuma

Greetings all Passerine numbers were low in NE corner of CO today but Nick and I did manage to squeeze out a few birds The headliner was clearly an EASTERN MARSH WREN along the s edge of Stalker Lake before you get to the marsh. It sang and then called persistently allowing for some decent pho

[cobirds] Marshy Wren distribution

Greetings All The breeding distribution of Eastern Marsh Wren reaches west to cen. NE, cen. SD, and I believe, ND and Alberta. Given that we have so many records of other eastern birds with an even more easterly distribution, it seems rather unlikely that Eastern Marsh Wrens DON'T occur in CO

[cobirds] Weld County Today

Greetings All Today I wandered around SW Weld County The biggest highlight was an apparent YELLOW PALM WARBLER at Eaton Cemetery (which is just SE of town). The bird was hanging out deep within the cover of conifers, and eventually flew across the street to a private residence. Photos to be post

[cobirds] Eastern Marsh Wren and Yellowish Palm Warbler Photos

Greetings All I've put up photos, with discussion, of the Eastern Marsh Wren. The Yellow Palm Warbler turns out to be a Yellowish Palm Warbler - either a bright Western Palm or a Yellow x Western Palm Warbler. Also up are a few other pics of interest from recent days, including an Emperor Gad

[cobirds] Juv Mew Gull, Weld County

Along south side of Union Reservoir around 7:30 AM today. Also - late Cattle Egret at n. end of Boulder Res around 11 AM Good Birding Steven Mlodinow Longmont CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this gr

[cobirds] Hobby Hobby

Greetings All I've uploaded just under 20 photos from my weekend in Washington. My friend accurately predicted that a day of heavy rain and hard east winds followed by a night of 60+ mph winds from west would produce rarities on the outer coast. And, perched in the northwestern corner of the s

[cobirds] Kiowa County Reservoirs and John Martin Res (Bent County) today

Greetings All A quick summary before bed Nee So Pah Reservoir had a Thayer's and a Mew Gull today, both juvs (well, actually, Mew transitioning from juv to first winter) + a tardy BW Teal Neegronda and Neenoshe were dead Jett Reservoir had a moderate amount of ducks, but nothing of true note

[cobirds] Union Resevoir

Greetings All I birded Union Reservoir before and after work. Huge numbers of birds. In AM, a female Surf Scoter and a Common Loon. In PM, a RT Loon, apparently the same Surf Scoter, an ad male WW Scoter and at least one imm/juv Mew Gull Good Birding Steven Mlodinow Longmont CO Sent from my iPh

[cobirds] Boulder white winged crossbills

Corner of 76th and Brockway. Flew from yard ensconced in Spruce at north east corner Steven Mlodinow Longmomt 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 emails from

[cobirds] Mag Hummingbirds

Greetings All So many thanks to Adam for his gracious hosting. As for the Magnificent visitor, outcome will never be known. However, note that Magnificent Hummingbirds are one of the most regular wintering hummingbirds at higher elevations in SE Arizona's mountains, often surviving prolonged

[cobirds] Around Longmont this morning

Greetings All Hit a few reservoirs before the winds kicked up Union (WELD) was still fabulously birdy, with many gulls, mergansers and goldeneye. Highlights there included: 3rd year (ongoing) GLAUCOUS GULL 4 Thayer's Gulls (3 adults, 1 juv) 1 PACIFIC LOON 1 Common Loon Ish Reservoir (Boulde

[cobirds] Weld County today

Windsor Reservoir was astonishingly packed with birds. At least 50k Cackling Geese, maybe >100k. Nearly 10k Common Mergs. A couple thousand gulls. Due to numbers and distance, hard to sort thru. 7 LBB Gulls and 5 THAYER'S the rarest Glenmere Park was a potpourri of more montane birds, the highli

[cobirds] Sloan Lake Goose

That cute thing looks spot on for a Ross's x Cackler Blue Ross's are nearly black in color and typically have a dark belly Good Birding Steve Mlodinow Longmont Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscri

[cobirds] Bent and Crowley Highlights

Greetings All Today David Dowell and I started our day on the dam at John Martin Reservoir and finished at Lake Henry in Crowley County Highlights were JOHN MARTIN 2 ad male WW Scoters 1 subad LBB Gull 3 juv Thayer's Gulls 1 snappy Blue Morph Ross's Goose 1 Ross's x Cackling Goose ~120,000 Snow G

[cobirds] Thanksgiving weekend highlights and Larimer County Gulls

Greetings All Photos of some of the highlights from Thanksgiving Weekend are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/36088296@N08/ This includes birds from ducks to finches, but there are a lot of gull photos including a GW Gull and a GW x Herring Gull. The gull photos are mostly from the Larimer

[cobirds] YB LOON AT BOYD LAKE

N of Marina 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 emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to co

[cobirds] From Red Rocks to Aurora

Greetings All Yesterday I started at Red Rocks, spreading seed out at twilight. For the first 30 minutes thereafter, juncos, the WT Sparrow and the ad GC Sparrow all came out to play. Then the jays took over. Dozens upon dozens of scrub jays dominated the place, causing minimal activity among th

[cobirds] Red Rocks

Greetings I had the company of Michael Kessig and Dan Stringer at Red Rocks, which I failed to mention. Best find of the day. Two fun companions Steve Mlodinow Longmont Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To

[cobirds] Glenmere Park

Greetings All I spent about 3 hours birding around Glenmere Park, a neighborhood rife with coned conifers. I had, in about 3 hours 23 RB Nuts 2 Mountain Chickadees 4 Brown Creepers 12+ type 3 Red Crossbills (at intersection of 14th and 17th nne of the park) 1 male PURPLE FINCH in riparian area ext

[cobirds] Photos needed

Greetings All A few photos are needed for the spring North American Birds column . Rich M, do you have a photo (or does someone else) of the DeWeese reservoir Laughing Gull. Mark P, do you have any shots of the ZT Hawk to contribute? Does anyone else? Cathy S - photos of the Painted Redstart?

[cobirds] More photos

Hello Again We could also use photos of the Boulder Black Phoebe and any RL Hawk after 21 April. Date and location with all photos, please Best Wishes Steven Mlodinow Longmont, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscri

[cobirds] Larimer Landfill

Greetings All This afternoon went to Larimer County Landfill with Georgia Doyle and David Wade. My apologies to Nick Komar. The bird I had called a Thayer's Gull was an adult Iceland as he'd thought. Also, there was a bird that looked excellent for a first cycle Western Gull. Will post photos an

[cobirds] Western Gull - NOT

Greetings All So, being able to sit on a comfy chair and dissect marks one by one, the "apparent Western Gull" at Larimer Landfill is apparently not a Western Gull. Believe it or not, it is likely a LBBG. We (mostly me error) were misled by the bird's obvious secondary skirt (see Sibley for de

[cobirds] Iceland Gull Boulder

The 2nd yr Iceland Gull first found by Dave Dowell is currently at Lagerman Steve Mlodinow 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 emails from it, send an email t

[cobirds] Larimer Landfill Gulls

Greetings All Sean and Megan (sorry if I spelled your name wrong) Walters and I spent 3 fun filled hours at the Larimer County Landfill Again, upon visiting, remember to check in at the office, and stay far away from any moving vehicles, some of which could crush your car like Stalin's heel c

[cobirds] Weld County Today

Greetings All Today I birded SW Weld County Union Reservoir 7 tardy Western Grebes Nearly 2000 Common Mergs Firestone Gravel Pits One tardy Western Grebe Imm KRIDERS REDTAIL Weld Co Rd 11 s of 119 Hybrid G WF Goose x Cackling Goose G WF Goose Frederick Rec Area GREEN TAILED TOWHEE GRAY HEADED JU

[cobirds] Recent Boulder County Highlights

Greetings All Today, there was an adult KRIDER'S Red-tailed Hawk at the NW corner of County Line Rd and Hwy 119, likely the same bird that bred at Sandstone and has been seen around Union, across the street in Weld Nearby, along the railroad tracks that cross County Line Rd (also known as Wel

[cobirds] Stub-tailed Wrens at Canon City

Greetings All The presence of multiple stub-tailed (Winter and Pacific) Wrens at the Riverwalk would not be surprising. Indeed, Shawn and I thought we heard a Winter Wren, but could never get close enough to be sure of what we were hearing. Wrens may sing each other's songs, as such is learn

[cobirds] ST WREN PHOTOS and Allenspark, Boulder today

Greetings All Joey, I was referring to the Canon City photos linked to by Brandon. At Allenspark this morning, a flock of 75 rosy finches with 10 Brown cappeds and on Black appeared briefly, flying overhead for several minutes and alighting for a minute or two at Fawn Brook Inn before dashing

[cobirds] Rusty Blackbird - Weld County

Greetings All This eve, just about 5pm, there were 9 male Rusty Blackbirds feeding along the St Vrain just on the Weld County side of County Line Road. Good Birding Steve Mlodinow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsub

[cobirds] Wandering Weld Yesterday

Greetings All Yesterday, Nick Moore and I wandered about much of western/central Weld County. The weather, was suboptimal but not too intrusive The Pawnee had, gasp!, very very little snow on the ground, so larks and such were not pushed to roadsides. We did still have a couple nice (20-50 birds

[cobirds] SE Colorado Yesterday

Greetings All Yesterday, Nick Moore and I birded from Negronda/Neesopah (Kiowa) to John Martin (Bent) to Henry/Holbrook (Crowley/Otero) Negronda, Neesopah, Jett Reservoirs all were mostly frozen, but were packed with birds in the small areas of open water. Nothing of interest though beyond a

[cobirds] Neotropic Corm adult

At gravel ponds in east side of Windsor south of road in flock of 350+ mergansers. Turn south at 17th from highway east of town and park at end of road Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from

[cobirds] Neotropic Corm

Gravel pits are as you are heading WEST not EAST from town 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 emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroup

[cobirds] Weld County Yesterday

Greetings All. The NEOTROP CORMORANT was the only cormorant on the pond when I was there, and it was swimming amongst an enormous flock of RB Mergansers (>200) and Common Mergansers (nearly 100). That which caught my eye initially, as I was busy tallying mergs, was that it was about the same s

[cobirds] Leukering and Mlodinow in FL, March 2015

Greetings All For those who care, Tony Leukering and I did a whirlwind trip around central and southern Florida during late March, racking up 145 species or so of birds as well as a goodly number of Dragons and Damsels and creatures of the scaly kind. Highlights, including a series of photos

[cobirds] Weld Today

Greetings All I spent this morning birding a few select spots in Weld Crow Valley was dead, excepting a singing male N CARDINAL at the sw corner. Lotsa water in the creek, so hope for later on. Weld Co Rd 59 has some shorebird habitat, but no shorebirds (except breeders) Loloff had no shorebir

[cobirds] Lincoln County, today

Greetings All Nick Moore and I spent the day roving around Lincoln County. Much of the day was spent on private property, but one trend was clear. The westerly flow before last nights storms brought western birds We had 3 Virginia's Warblers, a Townsend's, a Plumbeous Vireo, a Hammond's Flyc

[cobirds] No Lucy's at Eaton today

Spent 90 minutes at birdy but Luciless Eaton Cemetery. Crow Valley very birdy but mostly Spizella sparrows and YR Warblers. Did have a GRAY CHEEKED THRUSH as main highlight. That and two Bufflehead in flooded parking area. Bring high boots if you are going to bird Crow Valley Steve Mlodinow Cu

[cobirds] Weld County yesterday, part 2

Greetings All So, yesterday I finished with 122 species just birding Crow Valley, Eaton Cemetery and Stewarts' Pond/Latham/Beebe Draw and finishing my day at 3:30. 130 would have been pretty easy to attain. And this was with only 4 warbler and 1 vireo species. It shows what this region can pro

[cobirds] Eaton, Weld Lucy's

Hello All A key point is that the Lucy's was singing frequently around noon today. I was there yesterday around 10AM, and on several occasions, from the correct spot, thought I heard a Lucy's Warbler. Since I couldn't find the bird, I thought I was just hallucinating, but probably not In any

[cobirds] Yesterday in Weld County (and Boulder)

Greetings All With Crow Valley closed, I started near my home at Golden Ponds in Longmont Few migrants were present, but an imm male AM REDSTART and adult male MAGNOLIA WARBLER were singing on the s. side of the river, e. of the bridge, on the side of the trail away from the river. Then off t

[cobirds] Spring in the Plains

Greetings All Though the Pueblo are and Larimer had periods of intense goodness, and the southeast was fairly good for a bit, overall eastern CO was pretty slow this spring. I've been pondering such, discussing it with some other folks who know more than their share about migration. My thought

[cobirds] Black Swift Weld

3 hunting over Union now. Will likely llinger a bit unless sun comes out Steve Mlidinow Longmont 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 emails from it, send an e

[cobirds] Last Black Swift

Gone from Union Reservoir having drifted off to EAST Steve Mlodinow Longmont 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 emails from it, send an email to cobirds+un

[cobirds] Black-backed Woodpecker

Greetings All Sorry for the very delayed post, but Alec Hopping and I did not return to our hotel in Craig last night until after 9pm and were up at 2:15 AM today. I am very familiar with the calls of BB Woodpeckers (especially from survey work in Maine and seeing them in the mountains of W

[cobirds] Weld Today

Greetings All Today Nick Moore and I birded around Weld County At about 4:30 AM we flushed an apparent family group of 5 Short eared Owls just w of intersection of Weld Co Road 100 and 21 - that is, headed towards Nunn. We had a singleton SE Owl about a mile closer to Nunn. We failed to see Sag

[cobirds] Migration

Greetings All A friend sagely pointed out that I misspoke in my last post. Southbound migration has begun... which was taking place, yesterday, during what humans call "spring." More specifically, when I was speaking of the yellowlegs, directed migration had begun. Directed migration is taking

[cobirds] Last Week in NW Colorado

Greetings All Sorry for the delayed, very delayed, post. Alec Hopping had suggested a summer trip to search for California Quail in Colorado. They occur in goodly numbers close to the CO border in Moffat. Gambel's Quail that far north are scarce in CO, so any quail in Moffat or Rio Blanco ne

[cobirds] Ravens

For those of you interested in raven ID, I tweaked my Flickr album's info a bit and added some interesting pics of young Commons from Rio Blanco County https://www.flickr.com/photos/36088296@N08/sets/72157648751323692 Good Birding Steven Mlodinow Longmont CO -- You received this message bec

[cobirds] Today in Weld

Greetings All Basically, all of Crow Valley that does not require crossing the river is open. It was moderately birdy today, but all usual stuff. North of the gate, there was a massive hatching of dragons and damsels. The main dragonflies were White-faced and Striped Meadowhawks and the main

[cobirds] Caspian Tern, Weld

Greetings All This evening, a Caspian Tern was on the north side of the collection of ponds known as Firestone Gravel Pits. To reach this spot, take frontage road n. from CO 119 along eastside of I-25. The road will pass the turnover to the usually visit part of the gravel pits, pass over the

[cobirds] CONI vs LENI

Greetings All I was schooled by an apparent henryi subspecies CONI in Louisiana this spring. Since that very same subspecies breeds in sw (and very likely se) Colorado, I decided to try to put together a brief ID bit on CONI and LENI. If interested, this can be seen at https://www.flickr.com

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