[cobirds] Eurasian Collared Doves / Littleton
I've seen more EC Doves in the southwest suburbs in the past week than I've ever noticed in the area, no matter the season. Perhaps a sign of the continued expansion of the species. Dave Cameron Denver -- 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] March 4 Birding Trip to Canon City from Denver County: DFO: Thursday Special
The DFO (Denver Field Orntihologists) does do a few trips on Thursdays. March 4, we go to Canon City. All birders are welcome. Only fee is your share of gas (ranging from fifteen to twenty five dollars). Best Wishes and Good Birding Always: Charles Thornton-Kolbe, DFO President Details on Canon City Trip on March 4, 2010: Meet ten minutes before 6 AM at the Park 'n Ride off of I-25 at Yale Ave. (from I-25 from the north and heading south take the Yale Exit and turn right at Yale, then an immediate right turn into the parking lot). We will form carpools at the Park N Ride in the parking lot area farthest from Yale Avenue. Please get there by 5:50 AM. This is a DFO trip with no RSVP, but we will leave on time (6 AM). The last time we took this trip we found some very cool birds including Golden-crowned Sparrow, Harris’ Sparrow, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, all three blue birds, and Juniper Titmouse. Rufous-crowned Sparrow is possible along with a lot more. We may even sneak in Lewis’ Woodpecker at Louviers, but I have to be back to Denver at 5 PM. 1. We will leave at 6 AM from the I-25 and Yale Park N Ride. Carpooling is nearly required unless you have a really good reason for birding only part of the day. 2. Plan to split car pooling costs per Denver Field Ornithologists guidelines (something like 30 cents per mile and divided by number of people in the car). Trip charge will likely be $75.00 per car as we are going about 250 miles. So consider bringing $15.00 to $25.00 for your gas share. $5.00 bills are much appreciated. 3. Plan to eat breakfast while in the car and/or before arriving (which is better). 4. We should arrive in Canon City by about 8:00 AM to 8:30 AM (given 1 or 2 quick bathroom breaks, good driving and limited traffic issues). 5. We will likely hit many of the Canon City area highlight spots in the morning, including Tunnel Drive (few hours), the river walk (1 to 2 hours). 6. At noon we will grab lunch, and then do some birding at the low birding time of the day between noon and 2 PM. There is some nice pinyon juniper habitat with some slightly denser forested areas slipped in (this is where we got the blue birds and Ladder-backed Woodpecker). We also found Juniper Titmouse here. 7. At 2 PM, I need to head back to Denver in whatever car I am in. The rest of you all can hang back for a few more hours or try for the Lewis’ Woodpecker at Louviers (Meredith seems keen on this). 8. Ira Sanders is a co-leader in case the group booms too much. For the record, he is a better North American birder than me, and he can be a bunch of help. 9. Bring: Layers of clothing and coats (including rain gear), binoculars, scope (if you have one), lunch, snack, beverages. Bring breakfast if you have not eaten before leaving. Also two way radio and cell phones can be helpful to support car-to-car communication. 10. If Snow on Monument Pass or Other Travel Worries: Alternative is Boulder County or who knows what else. -- 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] Ducks still on S Platte at 88th
Cobirders, I finally stopped at the duck delight at 88th and saw 13 different ducks. Highlights were 2 long-tailed ducks in the reservoir to the east of the water, and a pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes on the west reservoir (West Gravel Pond. From the path going south, climb 8' up the bank and look through the fence). Good birding, Larry Modesitt Board Chair Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory www.rmbo.org -- 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] How Hawks Were Saved from Slaughter
COBirders, Has anybody ever heard of Rosalie Edge? Me neither. But we should have. As she took action where others did not dare. She became concerned when hunters went to Hawk Mountain in Pennsylvania to see how many migrating hawks and eagles they could shoot. Nobody would do anything about it. So she bought the land, threw up a fence, hired an armed guard, and converted a slaughter into today's great raptor spectacle. Thanks to Ann Bonnell for this information. But that is not all you need to know about this free event. Read on! Dyana Furmansky, acclaimed Denver author, presents Rosalie Edge: Hawk of Mercy. Come and learn how a little known, hell cat environmentalist named Rosalie Edge saved Nature from the conservationists. In addition, Jason Beason, Special Monitoring Projects Coordinator for Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, will review results of raptor migration surveys conducted since 1990 at Dinosaur Ridge, this primary hawkwatch site in Colorado. Refreshments will be served, and it is FREE. Rosalie Edge is one of this country’s great pioneering conservationists. She targeted EVERYBODY who wasn't doing enough for conservation. As a woman in the early 20th century, she faced huge opposition in a man’s world as she fought relentlessly to protect all things wild. As a suffragette she developed her strident advocacy skills and techniques working to secure women the right to vote. She used them effectively to influence conservation organizations and U.S. government agencies, including the predecessor agency to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to change course and eventually to protect and conserve wildlife and natural resources instead of only promoting their utilitarian values. The Audubon Society’s focus on promoting the interests of the ammunition and gun manufacturers, who were its main financial supporters, and the Society’s promotion of indiscriminate hunting was one of her main targets. She appreciated birds of prey at a time they were considered vermin and established the first preserve for raptors, Hawk Mountain in Pennsylvania. Years later, Rachael Carson relied on the data Rosalie Edge had collected at Hawk Mountain for SILENT SPRING, which publicized the devastating impacts of DDT. Edge was instrumental in preventing a dam in Yellowstone National Park and in the creation of Olympic National Park in Washington. From a privileged New York City family, this woman who learned to love birds in Central Park became the most effective environmental activist between John Muir and Rachel Carson, in an era when women were not to engage in public controversy or challenge the establishment. Interestingly, she obtained much of her information and financial support from some men who were afraid to become publicly involved. For more background on Rosalie Edge, visit: http://magblog.audubon.org/getting-over-rosalie%E2%80%99s-edge-tributes-nature%E2%80%99s-hellcat-long-overdue-audubon-others When:Saturday, March 6th, 2010, 9:30 AM–Noon Where: American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th St., Golden To get more information about the talk, you can visit the Colorado Mountain Club's website at: http://www.cmc.org/events/eventdetails.aspx?EventID=2003 FREE / No RSVP Needed Enjoy being inspired by somebody who took action to conserve the birds we love. What would our world look like without people like Rosalie! Larry Modesitt, Board Chair Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory www.rmbo.org Sponsored by Plan Jeffco, Colorado Mountain Club, Clear Creek Books, Rocky Mountain Bird, Observatory, Clear Creek Land Conservancy, League of Women Voters of Jefferson Co., Audubon Society of Greater Denver. -- 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] Northern goshawk, Del Norte
Early this afternoon, a Northern Goshawk (1st year, brown, speckled) flew low across U.S. 160, headed toward riparian area about 1 miles east of Del Norte. Virginia Simmons, Del Norte -- 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] Golden-crowned Sp. & Harlan's - Red Rocks
Mike Foster and myself observed the Golden-crowned Sparrow at the garden feeder area at Red Rocks Trading Post this morning between 8:00 and 9:00 A.M. The juvenile sparrow made several appearances while we were observing all the activity in the garden area. Yesterday I put out some seed and early this morning put out some more seed as well in preparation for this morning. There was a Harlan's Hawk (dark intermediate morph) perched in the trees in the drainage between the Chapel at Red Rocks and Red Rocks elementary school. Use Entrance 3. Presumably this is the same Harlan's that was observed in Red Rocks earlier this winter. Also observed between 8 and 9 this morning. Yesterday I also saw a Northern Shrike in the vicinity of the feeders, but we did not see the shrike this morning. Mike Henwood Morrison - Jefferson County -- 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] February 25, 2010, Rare Bird Alert for Colorado
Date:February 25, 2010 e-Mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Joyce Takamine This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes that there is new information for this species in this report) Long-tailed Duck (Adams, *Pueblo) Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, *Delta, *Denver, Pueblo, Summit) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Boulder, Broomfield, *Pueblo) GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (*Pueblo) SNOWY OWL (El Paso) Winter Wren (Jefferson) Field Sparrow (*Pueblo) Lapland Longspur (Weld) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Summit) White-winged Crossbill (Larimer) Common Redpoll (Garfield) To skip this recording to leave a message, press the star key at any time. Please leave your name, phone number, detailed directions including the county and dates for all sightings. It would be helpful if you would spell your last name. Adams County: --Rhodes reported that Long-tailed Ducks and 3 Barrow's Goldeneyes were on West Gravel Lake on February 21. Boulder County: --An ad Lesser Black-backed Gull was reported by Blackburn at Erie Reservoir on February 22. Broomfield County: --2 ad Lesser Black-backed Gulls were reported by Schmoker at the Indian Peaks Parkway pond on February 21. The pond is on Lowell Blvd, just south of Hwy 7. Delta County: --13 Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by Garrison on the river upstream from Confluence Park Boat Ramp in Delta on February 24. Denver County: --A pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes was reported by Henwood along the S. Platte River just north of the bridge on W. Evans Ave on December 14. On February 24, Thornton-Kolbe reported the male Barrow's north of Florida bridge. El Paso County: --A SNOWY OWL was reported by Cipoletti on Hwy 24 east of Elbert Road on December 27. Cipoletti refound the owl in the same area on January 8. Directions: On Hwy 24 drive east of Falcon to the first road east of Elbert Road, Scott Road W. Turn south, turn right at next intersection, and right again onto Prairie View Lane. Check roof tops and fence posts anywhere in area. Look for whitewash on rooftops for favored perches. Thanks to Bill Maynard for posting the information. On February 20, Lee reported that a visitor from Arizona saw the owl fly north on the east side of McKissick Road. Garfield County: --A Common Redpoll was reported by Filby at his feeders in Carbondale on February 21. If you want to try to see it contact Dick Filby at 970-704-9178. The feeders are not visible from the road. Filby reported that the Common Redpoll returned about 9 am on February 23. Jefferson County: --An Eastern Winter Wren was reported by Hansley in the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt on February 5 along the tree bridge trail. The wren was seen with a Gray Catbird in the same area on February 20 by Chavez. Larimer County: --A pair of White-winged Crossbills was reported by Leatherman in Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins on November 22. Brown reported seeing the pair in the SE corner of the cemetery on February 18 and on February 20, Leatherman had a flyover of the crossbills. Pueblo County: --A male Long-tailed Duck (Santangelo, January 23) and a male Barrow's Goldeneye (Mark Miller, January 31) were still present at Pueblo Reservoir SWA on February 18 as reported by Blackburn. Rich Miller reported seeing the Long-tailed Duck on February 24 with a Lesser Black-backed Gull. --An ad GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was reported by Percival at the South Shore Marina of Pueblo Reservoir on February 6 and was seen again in the same location by Rich Miller on February 24. Summit County: --1 Gray-crowned and 1 Hepburn's Rosy-Finch were reported by Nims at North Peak of Keystone Ski Area on February 17. --Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by Nims at the Blue Water Treatment Plant on December 28, On January 17, Nims found 3 Barrow's Goldeneyes at the treatment plant. Weld County: --3 Lapland Longspurs were reported by Lefko on Hwy 85 between Nunn and Pierce on February 21. The DFO field trip for Saturday, February 27 will be to 88th and the Platte River led by Lou Mazzola (303-666-2142). Meet the leader at 0800 at E. 88th and the South Platte River. From I-76, take E 88th Ave exit, go west on 88th for 1.6 miles then turn south at Colorado Blvd. Turn left again into the parking lot for the South Platte River Greenway Trailhead. Half day trip, lunch is optional. The DFO field trip for Sunday, February 28 will be to the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt led by Patty Echelmeyer (303-233-4947). Meet the leader a 0830 at Prospect Park Lake, south of West 44th Ave. just east of Robb St. Easy walk along mostly wheelchair accessible trails. Half day trip, lunch is optional. Bring drinking water. Good Birding, Joyce Takamine Boulder, Co -- You received
