[cobirds] White-winged crossbills, Grandview
I saw the male and female white-winged crossbills at Grandview Cemetary in Fort Collins yesterday at about 3:15. They were in the SE corner. Tried for short-eared owl at Lower Latham between 5:00 and 6:00, but no luck. David Chartier Colorado Springs -- 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 email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en Visit the CFO Website at: www.cfo-link.org
[cobirds] Snowmass Rosy Finches (Pitkin County)
Hi all, Managed to see a few birds whilst on a family ski day yesterday, Sunday, at Snowmass. The weather was mainly sunny, so not optimal for Rosy Finches visiting the feeders. However we managed to see a few: There were two Gray-crowned Rosy Finches (interior form) at the feeder at the top of the Village Express chairlift at Sam's Knob, and there were 14 Brown-capped Rosy Finches at the feeder at the Wapiti Wildlife centre at the top of the Elk Camp chairlift, where there were also a couple of Pine Grosbeaks and a few Mountain Chickadees. No color bands were observed on any of the Rosy Finches. The skiing conditions were very nice, and given that it was during the holiday weekend, and the mountain was busy, lift lines were still not long.. All in all a great day. Anyone wanting advice on visiting Snowmass ski area for birding please don't hesitate to contact me Good birding Dick Filby Carbondale,Garfield Co -- 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 email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en Visit the CFO Website at: www.cfo-link.org
[cobirds] Snowy owl - GBBC - El Paso
Did anyone report the Snowy Owl to the GBBC? Hugh Kingery -- 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 email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en Visit the CFO Website at: www.cfo-link.org
[cobirds] Feb. DFO Meeting -- Dragonflies and Damselflies of Colorado
February DFO Meeting
** Invite any entomology people you know!
David Leatherman and the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Colorado
Monday, February 22, 2010, 7:30 PM
February finds David Allen Leatherman making a return visit to DFO’s
podium from his northern Front Range haunts of Ft. Collins and its environs.
Warning: David states, “No one prone to Nature addictions should attend,
because these creatures (the “odes”) can hook you.”
Before you say, “Where are the birds?”, remember David’s last amazing
presentation to DFO, in March of 2008, titled “Learning More About Birding
by Learning More About What Birds Eat.” On that evening he convincingly
illustrated for us that a broader understanding of the natural world and its
interrelationships will enable us to find more birds!
While in the field birding we have all observed dragonflies and
damselflies, the “odes” (Insect Order Odonata), patrolling the edges of steams
and ponds and “hawking” for insects over meadows or open fields. Dragonflies
and damselflies begin their lives in the water and emerge to become
skillful terrestrial predators; some consider them to be the insect equivalents
of
mountain lions and bobcats respectively. These insects have amazing
adaptations including compound eyes which contain as many as 30,000 lenses,
giving
these creatures a complete 360 degree view of the world around them. And
dragonflies “invented” jet propulsion as an escape maneuver over 300 million
years ago.
Many birders know that during the mating and egg laying process the
male dragonfly or damselfly will grasp the female by the neck and they will
fly in tandem. In 1934 Arthur Cleveland Bent documented an astounding event
in Ontario in which a huge dragonfly had grabbed a ruby-throated hummingbird
by the neck and was holding it on the ground until the human observers
intervened.
In The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Colorado David will try to tie
in as much bird information as possible, but essentially the presentation
will be about this group of watchable insects. He will discuss the names,
lore, and lives of the Order Odonata, and also survey the major groups
present in Colorado. Currently the unofficial state roster stands at 105-108
species, with a potential for 5 or so more. The talk will be accompanied by
David’s photographs.
David was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. While still in junior
high school his interest in birds was triggered by the sighting and
identification of a male Blackburnian Warbler, which is still his favorite
bird. He
earned a degree in biology from Marietta College, and a Master of Forestry
degree from Duke University. From 1974 to 2005 he was employed as a forest
entomologist with the Colorado State Forest Service with a primary focus on
the mountain pine beetle. He has been a longtime member of the Colorado Field
Ornithologists and is a former editor of the CFO Journal. He also served
as an adjunct faculty member in CSU's Bioagricultural Science and Pest
Management Department. He has a major interest in birds and their food habits,
and is an award winning wildlife photographer. He has seen well over 400 bird
species in Colorado and has played a significant part in three First State
Bird Records for Colorado: Slaty-backed Gull, Tropical Parula, and
Brown-crested Flycatcher. He also has collected numerous specimens for CSU’S
Gillette Museum of Anthropod Diversity and has contributed at least five
species of
insects new to science and dozens of new state records. He credits Roseate
Skimmers found in Fort Collins in 2007 and his friends Bill and Inez
Prather for his newfound interest in “odes.”
Join David for a most informative evening examining another fascin
ating aspect of Colorado’s natural world.
For further information on “odes” see:
Bagging Big Bugs (1995) and also a Guide to Colorado Insects (2006),
both by Whitney Cranshaw and Boris Kondratieff of Colorado State University
Dragonflies through Binoculars (2000) by Sidney W. Dunkle
March 22, 2010
Ted Floyd, Bill Schmoker, and Nathan Pieplow --
Birding 2.0 -- Using Technology to Become a Better Birder
April 26, 2010
Nathan Pieplow -- Spring Migrant Refresher Course
on Calls and Songs
The Denver Field Ornithologists monthly meetings are held in Ricketson
Auditorium at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in City Park. These
meetings are free and open to the public and occur on the 4th Monday of each
month August through April (except December). Park on the north side of the
Museum and walk around and enter through the Museum's west door. Plan to
arrive by 7:15 p.m.; DOORS OPEN BY 7:00 AND ARE LOCKED AT 7:30 P.M. If late,
you
can enter through the security/volunteer door, but this does create
problems for our hosts at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
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[cobirds] Nice Afternoon For Raptoring/Nunn
Scout trip today 2-4PM Prairie Falcon - 2 American Kestrel - 6 Red-tailed Hawk - 4 Ferruginous Hawk - 2 Golden Eagle - 5 Northern Harrier - 2 Rough-legged Hawk - 3 Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn/CO http://ColoradoBirder.ning.com/ -- Home of the Nunn Guy -- 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 email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en Visit the CFO Website at: www.cfo-link.org
Re: [cobirds] Snowy owl - GBBC - El Paso
Just got back form a SE trip and stopped by to see the owl so I guess I could send it in if no one else has. Todd Deininger Longmont, CO -- 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 email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en Visit the CFO Website at: www.cfo-link.org
[cobirds] Short-eared Owls at Lower Latham Res
Mary Cay Burger and I drove the gravel roads from Banner L WMA up to Lower Latham Res this afternoon. We ended up on CR 48 on the south side of Lower Latham Res. At 5:15, two Short-eared Owls were hunting on the south side of CR 48 near the connection of the marsh on both sides of the road (near the oil tanks). They tangled briefly in air with a Northern Harrier and the harrier flew off to the east. We left at 5:30 and they were still hunting. Other highlights were American Kestrel - 5 Red-tailed Hawk - 7 Northern Harrier - 5 Great-horned Owl - 1, and 1 on nest American Tree Sparrow - 3 Red-winged Blackbird - thousand +! Signs of spring? Thanks to all who keep the Short-eared Owl info up to date! Kay Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D. Niyo Scientific Communications Kay Niyo Photography mailto:k...@kayniyo.com k...@kayniyo.com http://www.KayNiyo.com www.KayNiyo.com __ 5651 Garnet Street Golden, CO 80403 Phone: (303) 679-6646 Fax: (866) 849-8013 -- 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 email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en Visit the CFO Website at: www.cfo-link.org
[cobirds] No Rosy-Finches in Allenspark, Boulder County
There were no Rosy-Finches at the Fawnbrook Inn in Allenspark, Boulder County on Friday Feb 12 mid-afternoon/evening or on Saturday Feb 13 8:00am, 10:00am, and 11:30am for the Evergreen Audubon field trip. Weather conditions were optimal both days, although snow on the ground was less than six inches. The Inn's owner told me that both the numbers of and the frequency of these birds is significantly down this season at the Inn. The birds have been present on-and-off since Dec 2009. She feels the finches are still scattered throughout the forest above the Inn and in the RMNPark. Kathanne Lynch CFO and Evergreen Audubon Member Geneseee Mountain, Jefferson County Feb 15, 2010 -- 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 email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en Visit the CFO Website at: www.cfo-link.org
[cobirds] Broomfield, Boulder, and Weld Counties 2/15
Here are the highlights that Nick Komar and I saw/heard in Broomfield, Boulder, and Weld Counties today (2/15). Broomfield County: Indian Peaks Pkwy Pond GLAUCOUS GULL - 1 adult Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 1st cycle Thayer's Gull - 3, 2 adults and 1 1st cycle Glasser Reservoir (just north of the Holy Family High School) ICELAND GULL - 1 2nd cycle (appeared to be the same bird that Mark Peterson photographed at the Indian Peaks Pkwy Pond on Saturday). This bird flew north just as I got to the reservoir. Thayer's Gull - 1 adult Herring Gull x Glaucous-winged Gull Hybrid - 1 2nd cycle Snow Goose - 1 Red-breasted Merganser - 1 Boulder County: Valmont Reservoir (scenic overlook in the south side of the reservoir) Thayer's Gull - 2, 1 adult and 1 1st winter COMMON REDPOLL - 1, we heard a bird call that gave a 'chit-chit-chit' call, which sounded like other Common Redpolls that we have seen in Colorado. We were not able to see it though. Clark's Grebe - 1 Horned Grebe - 2 Weld County: Erie Landfill A couple thousand gulls. We could not find anything rare, but they were so far away that we could have missed something. Luna Reservoir There were lots of ducks on the south side of the reservoir. We were there in the middle of the day which made for bad lighting. Cole Wild Loveland, CO -- 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 email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en Visit the CFO Website at: www.cfo-link.org
[cobirds] Great Backyard Bird Count--Canon City results
I counted birds at several locations around the Canon City area for the Great Backyard Bird Count. Following are the highlights for me: --an amazingly bright male Lesser Goldfinch, black-backed type--on my thistle feeder today --Western Screech Owl--one of a pair I have been following in Canon City --Williamson's Sapsucker-I refound this adult female I originally found at the Abbey last November --Red-naped Sapsucker--the same male I found in Nov at the Abbey and have reported on since --Wilson's Snipe-2 in different locations in Canon City I never post locations of sensitive or vulnerable species including owls-- anyone can see posts on cobirds archives --ask any rehabber how many owls are brought in that have been shot. I used to give their locations to those I knew but I got a bunch of flack in the past from entitled birders, who I have never even met, when I wouldn't give them the locations so I am not giving it out anymore to anyone so don't ask. A number of Colorado birders do not even post that they saw owls so they don't get asked for locations. I got some really nice photos of some Western Bluebirds, with excellent color, I found in Canon City for the count. I have posted these and photos of the Williamson's Sapsucker on my BirdsAndNaturehttp://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.comblog. SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com -- 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 email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en Visit the CFO Website at: www.cfo-link.org
