Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: August 20, 2013
email: rba AT cobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, August 20, 2013, sponsored
by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
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Hello all
I will be visiting Pueblo this coming weekend. I plan on trying to squeeze
in some birding when I can (but I have limited time). I am looking for
information on great birding sites for the regional specialties like
Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Scaled Quail, Canyon Towhee, Curve-billed
Hi
Today in the Science Section on the New York Times is a feature article all
about EBirds and the impact the program is already having. Most interesting.
Bob Righter
Denver CO
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Yesterday evening Rob Raker I located a family of Indigo Buntings in Bear
Creek Lake Park (BCLP). We saw the male and four youngsters. We did not see
the female, but Rob had observed the female feeding a fledgling in previous
days in the same location. The location was along Bear Creek just
COBirders,
Assuming that a considerable number of subscribers to this forum are, such
as I, not experts on this topic I'm here to offer some help. For at least
the last decade I've continued to struggle with the nomenclature and even
with what seem to be basic concepts about molting cycles
Birders,
I observed and photographed a sub-adult white-morph Reddish Egret at
Lake Hasty, below the dam at John Martin Reservoir, on 8/20/13. It was
partial to the shallow water near either side of the isthmus that
bifurcates the north and south halves of the lake. The best places to
look
Hello, Birders.
I'm writing to let you know about an interesting and important daylong
symposium in Denver, Denver County, on Tuesday, Aug. 27th: Noise in
Communities and Natural Areas: A Free Public Outreach Workshop. The symposium
is free, but online registration is required.
Decidedly
The other morning, I thought I heard a Nutcracker noise, and sure enough,
today I had 3 hanging around,
Working at Ponderosa Pine cones (until they spotted peanuts being eaten by
Steller's Jays, at which time
They started guarding the platform feeder.) I've seen 3-4 single
individuals here over