I took Gary Lefko's bait and made a stab at some sort of "2015 Top Ten" (with
an "Honorable Mention" addition).
Being someone who tries to document birds with a camera, to me the most amazing
thing about the Vaux's Swift event is how Brandon somehow got a pic useful
enough to assist in docume
Birders,
Several months ago you may recall my soliciting info to help Michael Forsberg,
a most excellent Nature photographer and videographer, in his quest to create a
documentary on the biodiversity of the Platte River Basin. The considerable
information you shared was passed onto him and we a
With Norma Verhoeff (who lives just west of Hasty, CO) I was able to see both
the continuing Yellow-throated Warbler coming to the suet feeder of Luke and
Helen at 1520 W. Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins, AND one of the American
Woodcocks at Bobcat Ridge Natural Area sw of Masonville. Both thes
Birders,
Ranger Karl Manderbach just informed me that when the main parking lot at
Bobcat Ridge Natural Area is closed, parking to see the woodcock is limited to
just a few spaces between the old corral and the south side of his
office/residence. Sometimes his City of FC vehicle is parked in th
Recently Bob Righter posed some interesting questions on COBIRDS about what an
individual Say's Phoebe he observed recently in the Denver area might be
getting to eat under eaves. Once I got past my amazement that Bob is related
by marriage to someone 103 years old, my private response to Bob g
Highlights of my recent visit to the Lamar area are as follows:
Lamar's Willow Creek from Willow Creek Park south thru the LCC Woods to the
Woodland Park Subdivision/College Drive (Prowers)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (at least 3, maybe as many as 5)
Northern Cardinal (1 pair, south end of LCC Woods
Hi,
Tried for the Iceland Gull and Lbb Gull late this morning (2/14) at Windsor
Lake and only saw ring-bills and Herring. Your photos of the Iceland were
beautiful.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2016 11:19:47 -0500
From: cobirds@googlegroups.com
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Su
As we have discussed in the past, the little adult psyllids that emerge from
the nipplegalls on hackberry leaves overwinter in the bark of hackberry and
nearby trees (especially spruce). In spring they come out of their bark hiding
places, mate, and the female adults lay eggs on swelling hackbe
I visited Bobcat Ridge Natural Area just sw of Masonville today and was told by
Ranger Karl the American Woodcocks have not been seen for at least 3 days.
Some very good birders have searched during this time period to no avail. Karl
has a very keen eye for those birds and when he says he hasn
Janeal Thompson and I had an adult Great Black-backed Gull at Lake Loveland
(Weld) late yesterday (2/26) afternoon. It was seen from the drawn down swim
beach area in the nw corner feeding in a frenzy (presumably on shad schools
near the south shore). This huge, dark gull dwarfed all others a
In my post about the GBB Gull at Lake Loveland, it was pointed out to me that I
erroneously put it in Weld County. It is, and always has been, in Larimer.
Only birds of note at Windsor Lake today were California Gull (at least 1) and
Red-breasted Merg (1m).
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
Ted Floyd reported bushtits nest building at Greenlee Preserve near Boulder
yesterday. I can add a report from Fort Collins. Also yesterday, I was quite
surprised to see bushtits building a nest from the front door of my apartment.
I live about a mile east of CSU in an older residential area.
By my calculations, so far birds are 4 for 7 in the survive-and-advance food
web world of the NCAA men's basketball tourney.
Duke Blue Devils beat the University of North Carolina-Wilmington Seahawks.
L
Kansas Jayhawks beat the Austin Peay Governors. W
Iowa Hawkeyes beat the Tem
The BROWN PELICAN found and first reported on CFO Facebook by Jill White-Smith
was still present at Lake Hasty this afternoon (4/14). Several folks saw the
bird right below the John Martin Reservoir dam with a large group of White
Pelicans. This area is between the southwest corner of Lake Has
Arriving here a week ago evening (4/9), I have been birding mostly the mythical
Lamar "CBC" circle and chasing a few rarities. The Lake Holbrook Little Blue
Heron and Lake Hasty Brown Pelican found by Stan Oswald and Jill White-Smith,
respectively, were special. When we were at Lake Hasty the
New additions at Lamar Community College Woods yesterday were:
Hermit Thrush (5)
Spotted Towhee (1m)
White-throated Sparrow (1) - may be an overwintering bird that I have been
missing in other visits
Broad-winged Hawk (1a)
The following birds persist: Orange-crowned Warbler, Northern Parula (f) i
At Last Chance today were:
Southwest corner of intersection water hole
Swamp Sparrow (adult in wet area right under the south side of the US36 bridge)
Lincoln's Sparrow (same location)
Orange-crowned Warbler (willows 50 yards sw of the water hole)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (3 near the US36 bridge)
bas
Robert et al,
More wonderful photos from you.
I believe the insects attracting warblers to those cottonwood catkins are
weevil larvae in the genus Dorytomus. They are small, look somewhat like a
small grain of cooked white rice when extracted at this time of year. The
adult weevils the larv
Today at Grandview Cemetery at the west terminus of Mountain Avenue in Fort
Collins (Larimer) were 3 Broad-winged Hawks. The first was a dark morph
flyover and the other two were light morph birds, at least one of which was an
adult. They seem pretty much on schedule and always seem to pref
Grandview Cemetery at the west terminus of Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins
certainly showed influence of the recent cold, wet weather this morning.
Highlights included:
Merlin (black "sukleyi" race, see photo below)
Orange-crowned Warbler (9!)
Cassin's Finch (female at feeder one block east of th
A rather cool (high in the low 70s) and calm day in Lamar.
Willow Valley Subdivision (private)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2 adult males) eating flea weevil larvae (*) from
Siberian elm leafmines and millet/safflower at feeders
Lazuli Bunting (molting male)
Swainson's Thrush (at least 3)
Northern Ca
One of the highlights of the CFO Convention was the male Golden-winged Warbler
foraging for multiple days in Jane and John Stulp's yard south of Lamar. I was
asked to be in Jane's yard on May 6th to help with the many field trip groups
coming that morning. For Peter Gent's group and perhaps a
Had a great visit to Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins at the west terminus of
Mountain Avenue this morning. Lots of human visitors and lots of birds. Total
of 32 species, about 14 higher than expected.
Highlights
*Found two Broad-tailed Hummingbird nests, both in Austrian Pines that are
adj
There are currently 5 active Broad-tailed Hummingbird nests at Grandview
Cemetery in Fort Collins. Two are in Austrian Pine, two are in Colorado Blue
Spruce, and one is in a Douglas-fir. I saw two youngsters in each of these
today, 4 of of the 5 involved females, and heard one male. That's 15
FYI, there is a very viewable colony of Chestnut-collared Longspurs at present
several miles northeast of Nunn along Weld CR114 starting maybe 0.4 miles e of
CR45 extending e to CR47 (a two-track labeled GR846 in DeLorme which goes north
from 114 and curves around as GR118 west to CR45). On our
Early guesses have been hermit thrush, Townsend's solitaire and eastern
bluebird. All good tries, all incorrect. Participants are not limited to one
try.
Dave Leatherman
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Jim Schmoker brought up a very good point when he asked me, in essence, "Does
an Ovenbird parent necessarily rule out cowbird." Of course, the answer is
"no". In fact Ovenbirds are parasitized by cowbirds at a high rate. Jim's
email made me scramble and hopefully calling my young bird an oven
Gregg et al,
Definitely crayfish, very likely genus Orconectes. Very cool. Crayfish are
reported prominently in the literature pertaining to LbHeron diets. Crayfish
were the subject of "The Hungry Bird" column in "Colorado Birds" (Spring 2014,
Vol48(2)).
Dave Leatherman
From: gregggoodr.
It has come to my àrrention that one of the greats of Colorado ornithology, Dr.
Ron Ryder, has passed away. The birds are sad. I am sad. More later.
Dave Leatherman.
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At Fairmount Cemetery on Memorial Drive in the southeastern part of Lamar
(Prowers) yesterday (8/16) I had a very active, very ratty-looking Pine Warbler
high in pines at Fairmount Cemetery. It moved from pine to pine to pine and
eventually flew off, apparently to the north. I would guess it w
I have been out of town for almost a month and it was good to get back in the
saddle at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins, especially with it being under
the influence of a cold/rainy front. The place was quite birdy, with lots of
interesting behaviors going on.
Broad-tailed Hummingbirds per
The Gray Flycatcher, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and multiple Western Wood-Pewees
continued today at Grandview Cemetery (GC). I spent most of my time in Section
8 in the southeastern corner of the cemetery. Also present today in the
southeastern corner (near the Pump House and White-winged Crossbi
I went back to Grandview Cemetery for the 4th day in a row and have enjoyed the
daily changes.
The Gray Flycatcher present the past three days in Section 8 was NOT evident
today.
New birds today were:
MacGillivray's Warbler in the low vegetation along the ditch south of the main
entrance.
Went to Crow Valley today with Nina Routh. We didn't get there until 10:30am
and birded until 3. Birdy enough to be interesting for the first part, with
lot of newly arrived Wilson's Warblers and Chipping Sparrows. While eating
lunch at the main picnic shelter, Joe Mammoser walked up and said
Hopefully it is OK to post to COBIRDS about the Wyoming Hereford Ranch just
east of Cheyenne, WY off Campstool Road Exit of I-80, as this definitely
informs events at Crow Valley Campground (Weld) and other point south in CO.
It is practically a Larimer County Colorado "Annex".
I usually bird
Like Chuck, I have noticed a lot of new activity with grackles at Grandview
Cemetery. After seeing none for months, I watched 4 very quietly foraging in
the very top of a cone-laden spruce in crossbill wannebe mode. My take was
they were getting green seeds from this year's cones. Then yester
Headed out fairly early for me (while Dr. Mlodinow was eating second meal of
the day) and thought I would try Eaton Cemetery first. The traffic along the
"back way" from Fort Collins to Eaton was horrible. As Red Foxx used to say,
"That's urban renewal, for ya".
I arrived at Eaton Cemetery a
A yellow-throated vireo has been at Grandview Cemetery at west terminus of
Mountain Avenue all morning. It has been seen of late in the northeast corner
of the section west of the ditch. Go in entrance, go across the ditch, turn
right. Look in elms and spruce along the ditch.
Dave Leatherman
Fo
Crow Valley Campground was much birdier today than the last few times I've been
there but still nothing mega-rare. Pat and Vanna, I'd like to buy an eastern
warbler. Best birds were at least 4 Broad-winged Hawks, Red-eyed Vireo,
Tennessee Warbler, Merlin, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and two Red-nape
After a very predictable, lackluster list of 17 species yesterday, I had a
decent set of 23 species today including male Red-naped Sapsucker in Austrian
Pines just out on City Park 9 golf course midway along the south edge of the
cemetery, Gray Catbird (FOY for me at Grandview) in a European Buc
Eads Cemetery (Kiowa) on 10/5
Common Poorwill
Yesterday (10/6) I had the following in the Lamar area:
Lamar Community College
Nashville Warbler (2) north end
Broad-winged Hawk (1) " "
Eastern Phoebe (1i) " "
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1) heard
Fairmount Cemetery
Common Nighthawk (late)
Willow Cre
Finally the weather got off its hot and dry treadmill. Instead of nearly 90
like yesterday, today was cool (high of around 60).
Lamar Community College Woods had a nice mix with the highlights being:
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Lincoln's Sparrow
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
Brown T
I, too, saw the Pacific Loon found by Georgia and John this morning at Douglas
Res. I did not see the Common Loon reported by Joe.
At Hamilton Res by the Rawhide Power Plant I had 1 Pacific and 1 Common Loon.
Also my FOS American Tree Sparrows and an estimated 75 Canvasbacks.
At A&B Res #1 on W
I will head home from Lamar tomorrow. The past week has been clear, almost
windless and a bit warmer than average, even for here. Yesterday it was in the
mid-80s. Tomorrow the high is predicted to be in the mid-40s. The cranes have
been dribbling over. "White" geese have arrived to some exte
Very cold and windy today at the Wyoming Hereford Ranch. I was there in early
afternoon. They had had a snow squall late morning. Here's my entire list in
the order they were seen starting on Burlington near I-80/College Ave and going
east to WHR Res #1 and on east to the ranch itself. I did
Hi All,
Like Bill, I, too, was most interested in what the Purple Sandpiper seems to be
scoring with considerable regularity at that juncture of the Blue River and
Dillon Reservoir. I wanted to go out and scoop up a bucket of substrate in the
worst way but, of course, did not want to disturb t
Highlights of today's visit to Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins between 11a
and 1p were:
Eastern Screech-Owl (1 gray morph in a decrepit silver maple, first I've seen
at GC since January 2012 (perhaps the same individual, as the locations were
near each other). FYI, I am meeting Norm Lewis
Hi Marty,
In my experience, at least some of the collared-doves in certain years breed
year 'round in CO. I have always considered that a major secret to their
successful invasion of our state. If one listens to concentrated spates of
"whooo-whoo-whoo" (i.e., courtship) in places where you wa
Those of us who knew Joe Himmel will always remember him as the kindest of
souls who was respectful of everything: us, habitats, landowners and most of
all, the birds. He loved warblers. I believe he was the first among us to see
a Common Ground-Dove and Fulvous Whistling-Duck on Colorado soil
Hightlights 17 and 18January:
Lamar Community Woods:
CAROLINA WREN (south end near northernmost houses in Woodland Park
subdivision). Seen once in cattails along Willow Creek where road off Memorial
Drive goes into Woodland Park subdivision.
Swamp Sparrow (same area of cattails as above north t
On my second try in 2017, I was shown the American Woodcock at Bobcat Ridge
Natural Area today. My first visit was 26Jan and after a thorough check of all
places anyone had ever seen a woodcock over the last three years, pretty much
assumed the bird(s) had departed. Then several reports of the
Yesterday, sitting at the computer with my Fort Collins apartment door wide
open, I noticed the familiar tinkling sound of bushtits in the courtyard. Last
year they nested on this property (nest building first noticed on 12March2016)
about a mile east of CSU and it appears they will do so again
Welcome back Doug "Thick-billed Kingbird" Ward.
I still thick of bushtit as a special bird when I see one, mostly because of my
indoctrination regarding their status when I moved here in the 1970s. But
certainly they are a great example of a species that has changed dramatically.
Rightly or
Needing to get away from the news of the day, on short notice I decided to
mimic Walter Mitty, go to the Denver Zoo and escape with my Canon into the
world of species I'll never see in the wild. It was a beautiful day, not too
many doublewide strollers with distracted drivers at the wheel and
Exciting day at Grandview Cemetery, west end of Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins.
eBird didn't like the Turkey Vulture that flew thru at treetop level, even
though they always come back in March and there's been a colony a few blocks
east of the cemetery for decades. I would call the date about "
It has been tough sledding in Lamar (Prowers) since last Sunday, mostly because
when it's over 90 degrees, snow melts, and sleds don't work all that well. It
is VERY dry down here but, surprisingly, the vegetation (very advanced for the
season) looks pretty good.
Best birds in the Lamar area
It is very hot and dry in the Lamar area, but always interesting.
Extreme conditions yield extreme biological activity. Perhaps most interesting
is a situation involving two lone honeylocust trees on Road V a few miles
northwest of Eads (Kiowa). These trees are perhaps 1 mile west of US287
Since the 26th of July I have been birding the Lamar area.
Dispersing/migrating/moving passerine species:
Orange-crowned Warbler (Lamar Community College)
Willow Flycatchers (2, possibly 3, maybe even more (as in a family produced
locally?) (Lamar Community College)
(I erroneously reporte
I have been out of commission due to a computer failure of major magnitude.
Have access to one down here.
Lamar was pretty birdy today, despite the heat and wind. Highlights:
Fairmount Cemetery:
PINE WARBLER (1 drab, molting female with just a touch of yellow on the breast,
mostly in pines a
Today at Lamar Community College, Lamar (Prowers):
Chestnut-sided Warbler (1 first-fall female)
Blue-headed Vireo (1)
Cassin's Vireo (2)
Red-eyed Vireo (1)
American Redstart (2 "lemonstarts")
Ovenbird (1)
Magnolia Warbler (1 fall male)
Carolina Wren (2, one of which was juv)
Northern Cardinal (1 j
While the species total was respectable (52) and had a distinct mountain
flavor, super unusual birds were lacking today at Crow Valley Campground
(Weld). I was there from about 9am to 1pm and toward the end it was getting
pretty toasty.
Highlights were:
Townsend's Warbler (at least 5) mostly
Today at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins (Larimer) could be described as
"beautiful" and "transitional".
Relatively unhardy insectivores like Western Wood-Pewee (1) and Barn Swallow
(several) were still present. A few Turkey Vultures still linger at the
Mountain Avenue roost to the east.
Crow Valley Campground (Weld) highlights on 9/19 from 6:45-10am:
Evening Grosbeak (1 bird flying se to nw at about 7:30 - this is the third
flyover I've seen/heard of late, the others being Grandview Cemetery and Lake
Estes)
Red-naped Sapsucker (1 in elms n of Main Picnic Shelter)
Red-breasted N
Highlights at Grandview Cemetery over the last two days (September 20 was a
scouting trip for today's field trip by a visiting fun group from Denver
Audubon):
Yesterday no Barn Swallows for the first time in over 4 months. Today, a few
migrants.
Rock Wren (1) yesterday working the bases of t
Roselawn Cemetery, founded in 1947, is a newer and lesser known cemetery in the
eastern part of Fort Collins (Larimer). It is just northeast of the
intersection of Mulberry (SR14) and Summitview (i.e., east of where the Poudre
River crosses Mulberry about half way (1+ mile) to I-25, or another
The Lewis's Woodpecker first reported yesterday along the northern edge of
Roselawn Cemetery continues as of noon today (Monday, 9/24).
Roselawn is about a mile west of I-25 on the north side of Mulberry (= SR14).
It is accessed from the frontage road on the north side of Mulberry, with the
SeEtta et al,
This is very interesting. I collecting some of these, or something very
similar, from Plains Cottonwood about a week ago at Roselawn Cemetery in Fort
Collins. The makers of these pale circles are emerging in a container in my
"lab" (aka kitchen). Yes, they are leafminers. Many
In retrospect, maybe I should have stayed home, as the best two species at Crow
Valley Campground at Briggsdale (Weld) I also had today in my east Fort Collins
(Larimer) apartment courtyard: Evening Grosbeak and Red-naped Sapsucker.
Either there is one crazed Evening Grosbeak zooming around th
I found a male Black-throated Blue Warbler this afternoon near the parking lot
of the Northern Colorado Environmental Learning Center in eastern Fort Collins
(Larimer). The "ELC", as most people know this place, by is located off East
Drake Road about a mile east of Timberline. I believe it i
First sounds coming thru my bedroom window this morning about a mile east of
the CSU campus in Fort Collins were the calls of two adult White-throated
Sparrows feeding in the grass with Chipping Sparrows.
At Crow Valley Campground at Briggsdale (Weld), the highlights were:
Palm Warbler (western
Suffice it to say, it is one of those days. I just got a call from Rick and
Heather Knight (of CSU and TNC) who live north of Fort Collins and they report
seeing 21 flocks of cranes at one time in the air overhead, milling about,
landing, etc. in the Owl Canyon Area (east of US287 several mile
It had been fairly slow in the Lamar area (Prowers) and Bent/Baca Counties Tues
thru Thursday of this week. Today was better.\
9October
Palm Warbler (1 western) Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar
Chestnut-collared Longspurs (heard)"
Indigo Bunting (1f) Riverside Cemetery in Lamar
Swamp Sparrow (
My recent quick visit to Lamar (9-13October with one full day spent in Baca
County) resulted in a tally of 94 species. After seeing that beautiful Hermit
Warbler on the way down (thanks Cathy Sheeter (check out her art website) and
Steve), Lamar seemed fairly low-key. Best birds in Lamar were
At beautiful Grandview Cemetery today in Fort Collins, there was a first fall
female BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER feeding steadily on adult hackberry
psyllids in the e-w hackberry tree row along the ditch in the northwest corner.
The tree it favored most is about the 5th tree from the absolute
A beautiful fall day at Grandview Cemetery and surrounding neighborhood in Fort
Collins (11am-2pm).
Highlights:
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER (most likely a 1st fall female) - seen and heard
(infrequent, fairly loud, metallic chip) foraging in American Elm on Frey
Avenue due north of the Trolle
Can we call Cheyenne, WY (Laramie County) an "annex" of Colorado, and therefore
legitimize a post to COBIRDS? [Todd, let me know if this is not OK.]
Wyoming Hereford Ranch (Laramie County just south of the Campstool Exit on I-80
e of downtown Cheyenne)
Lesser Goldfinch (1 winter male) this se
The gate across the road into Crow Valley Campground off Weld CR77 just n of
Briggsdale is still open. My guess would be it will close at the end of the
month. The host camper is still present. The campground appears to have
gotten about 4 inches of much-needed snow last night. I was there
I walked the Poudre River in eastern Fort Collins (Larimer) today from Prospect
south from Sharp Point Drive to the Environmental Learning Center (including
the pond to the south of the ELC parking lot [this pond needs a name]),
backtracking a bit, crossed over the river to the City-owned Cotto
Bill Kaempfer's post about the trip he and John took to NE CO provids incentive
to post about a similar journey I made on the day before (Friday the 2nd), en
route to Wray and the next-day event at Last Chance, and a visit to Lamar where
I am at present. There were lots of similarities and som
Highlights from the Lamar area (Prowers County) today, Monday 5November2012:
Willow Valley Subdivision e of Willow Creek Park
Yellow-rumped Warbler (4)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1m)
Common Grackle (5)
Townsend's Solitaire
Fairmount Cemetery on Memorial Drive se of downtown
Red Crossbill (1 male,
It is a very windy (seemingly from all directions but mostly out of the sw?)
and very dusty Saturday in Lamar. I am heading home to Fort Collins and may
get 50 mpg.
To summarize this visit from November 3rd thru today, there have been 88
species. That may seem like a lot but other than the
Ron et al,
This is a very interesting observation. I would guess that they were
Ring-bills, but that olive consumption is not necessarily unique to that
species. Gulls seem to be fairly omnivorous. My buddy sent me pics last week
of Herring Gulls getting rats in Salem, Massachusetts harbor a
Today Norm Lewis and I birded at Timnath Reservoir (eastern Larimer) and drove
into the western part of the Pawnee Grasslands. Highlights follow.
Timnath Reservoir
White-fronted Goose (1)
Ross's Goose (8)
Snow Goose (10+)
"White-cheeked" Geese (hard to estimate but over 10,000)
Horned Grebe (1)
Steve et al,
The Common Redpolls seen today about 1.7 miles west of Norma's Grove by Norm
Lewis and me were eating wild sunflowers (probably Helianthus annuus) seeds
extracted from the flower heads along a dirt road in open shortgrass prairie.
In my experience, this is a common scenario during
Emails received so far result in the following list of plants we know Common
Redpolls in Colorado like, or could be predicted to like:
1) Shrubby Cinquefoil (Pentaphylloides floribunda (also goes by the scientific
name of Potentilla fruticosa) seeds - tall shrubs south of Lily Lake.
2) Wood's
As reported by Joe Mammoser and Cade Cropper recently, there is at least one
newly-arrived Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins at
the west end of Mountain Avenue (Larimer). Starting about last mid-week
(14Nov) Joe found, and I saw briefly, a sapsucker which we both th
I drove a big loop thru ne Larimer and nw Weld today and birds were pretty
sparse. Highlights included:
Lapland Longspur (group of about 20) on Weld CR45 between CR114 and 122, mostly
feeding on grass seeds at the road edge.
Rough-legged Hawk (dark phase) CR57 s of CR100 (did not see any oth
I did my Poudre River circuit today in eastern Fort Collins (Larimer), starting
at the Prospect/Sharp Point intersection just west of the river, traveling se
thru the Prospect Ponds NA to the pond s of the Environmental Learning Center
parking lot, backtracking along the bike trail to the spill
After receiving a message via Eric DeFonso (thank you) that Nick Komar and his
field trip participants had found a Little Gull at Windsor Lake (thank you), I
trusted the Broncos would win without me (they did), and headed out. I hoped
the bird was an adult and would have dark underwings. In a
In my post about the Little Gull at Windsor Lake I mistakenly said at the close
of daylight the bird headed to the northwest. It headed NORTHEAST in the
direction of the Weld County Landfill or Lake Erie. Sorry for the error.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
Send
I went up to North Poudre #3 today (Larimer CR11 n of CR66) hoping to see the
swans reported yesterday by Joe Mammoser. I don't believe any swans were there
(although they may have been hunkered down among the thousands of brown and
white geese clustered in the wind and "heat" waves on the wes
While scouting and conducting a portion of the Fort Collins CBC on 14 and 15
December, respectively, Ken Ecton and I had the following:
Hermit Thrush (CSU PERC (Plant Environmental Research Center) gardens in the
southwest corner of this wonderful habitat in the southwestern part of campus
(ac
Hi Norm,
My guess would be midges (family Chironomidae) which can occur anywhere, any
time there is open water. It is my understanding their body fluids are spiked
with compounds that suppress their freezing point below 32 degrees F. Normal
places for open water at this time of year when it h
Highlights within the town limits of Lamar (Prowers) yesterday (Sunday the
20th) and today (21st):
Lamar Community College Woods
Northern Cardinal (1 pair)
Carolina Wren (1)
Eastern Towhee (1m) no doubt same bird first reported by Duane Nelson over a
week ago, seen in thickets east of the now-
On the east side of US287 at a water tank at about milepost 38 (= just n of Rd
MM = about 5 miles north of Springfield)
Horned Lark (100's)
Lapland Longspur (several)
McCown's Longspur (1 winter m)
Between US287 and Carrizo Picnic Area along Baca CR M
Loggerhead Shrike (1)
Chihuahuan Raven (at l
Highlights of Lamar (Prowers) on the 24th
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1juv) Willow Creek Park in fairly narrow-diameter
ponderosa pine along Parkview Ave. about 100 yards s of the outhouse at the
north end of the park
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1m) along Memorial Drive north of Fairmount Cemete
Highlights of an afternoon visit to Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins
(Larimer) today (6February 2013) include:
Common Redpoll (a flock of at least 15 seen eating American Elm flower buds and
presumably extracting seeds from the cones of Colorado Blue Spruce in the se
corner)
Pine Siskin (at
At Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins (Larimer) today, I had a total of right
at 30 species. That is by far the best total of 2013. None of the birds seen
were particularly rare, but the place is always interesting.
Highlights include:
Merlin - my FOY, nice male prairie form, sitting in a tal
Yesterday (5th of March) I drove up thru the 87,000 acre High Park Fire area
thru Rist Canyon and along Stove Prairie Road to Poudre Canyon, then went up
over Cameron Pass, visited the Moose Visitor Center near Gould and then on to
Walden, down thru Arapahoe NWR to Rand, back to Gould via the "
On behalf of Ken Allen, I am posting the presence of a male Varied Thrush in
Fort Collins (Larimer). This bird has been coming to feeders in Ken's backyard
since and was seen today. How much longer it stays is anyone's guess.
The address is 1719 Ticonderoga Drive, which is several b
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