[cobirds] Wheatridge Prospect Park Greenbelt
On 11 April, Prospect Park was quieter around noon than the previous day, but still lots of new action. Two Cooper's Hawks, being very loud and probably scaring everything else into hiding Red-tailed Hawks Singing — Song Sparrows Black-capped Chickadees Spotted Towhee Red-winged Blackbirds Possible FOS Yellow Warbler (couldn't push him in but heard him quite clearly) American Goldfinch White-breasted Nuthatch Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Mourning Dove FOS Common Raven Blue Jay Black-billed Magpie Waterfowl: Canada Goose Mallard American Shoveler Gadwall Coot Double-crested Cormorant Butterflies: Mourning Cloak Cabbage JoAnn T. Hackos, Evergreen joann.hac...@comtech-serv.com 303-232-7586 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. 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.
[cobirds] vultures
driving home about 10 mins ago, they were many many many vultures flying north near Hampden and Downing. Pam Norris Englewood, Arapahoe County -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. 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.
[cobirds] St Vrain SP - Weld County
Spotted a swan driving by yesterday, returned this morning to find an interesting orange-billed swan at WCR 7 / Hwy 119, NW corner. Long way for a lost Mute Swan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. 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.
[cobirds] St Vrain SP, Weld County
Spotted a swan driving by yesterday, returned this morning to find an interesting orange-billed swan at WCR 7 / Hwy 119, NW corner. Long way for a lost Mute Swan J.D.Birchmeier (Birch) Longmont -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. 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.
[cobirds] Long-billed Curlew/Larimer
Erin Y (Fort Collins) reports Had a beautiful trip up to Soapstone Ranch Natural Area yesterday! Long-billed Curlew (2) were way up north on City property near Wyo border. A pair landed near a prairie dog colony. Thansk Gary Lefko, Nunn http:coloradobirder.ning.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cobirds/-/yo-VV-WFRdkJ. 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.
Re: [cobirds] St Vrain SP, Weld County
You saw a swan driving by? Who cares if it's a mute swan, I didn't know any of 'em could drive! Deb Carstensen,, Littleton Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2012, at 11:06 AM, j.d. birchmeier jdbirchme...@yahoo.com wrote: Spotted a swan driving by yesterday, returned this morning to find an interesting orange-billed swan at WCR 7 / Hwy 119, NW corner. Long way for a lost Mute Swan J.D.Birchmeier (Birch) Longmont -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. 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.
[cobirds] Bewick's Wren
Greetings All, Sorry, my phone was on the fritz, and other circumstances have led me to this belated email This morning, there was a singing Bewick's Wren at the far west end of Apple Valley Road, just south of the highway, in the flowering shrubs. So, heading out of Lyons, don't take the first Apple Valley Road turn, but take the second one (which is also to the left; if you turn right, you head north towards Larimer County and the house that sometimes has Pinyon Jays, and I believe towards the Such's home). It sang about 6-8 times before I got out of my car, a couple times thereafter. I pished, and it came in, giving me a brief glimpse of a brown bird with a long tail and a white supercilium before it was attacked by a Song Sparrow. About 20 minutes of searching then, and about 30 minutes later were not fruitful. Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. 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.
[cobirds] Recent Weld County Highlights
Greetings All, Sorry about my last post not being to form. I forgot that I was not simply sending it to a bunch of Boulder County birders. So, most of my time has been spent ratting around my usual haunts in Weld County. Perhaps the best has been the newly created pond (within last year or so) on the east side of Weld County Road 7, just north of CO 119. This is along the entrance road to St Vrain St Pk and is indeed part of the park. It is difficult to access. One needs to park at the entrance gate, then hoof it back about 1/2 mile to the pond. Lighting is best in the morning. There have been nearly 2000 birds in this pond of late, about half of which have been Gadwall and Am Coots. However, there are hundreds of scaup and N Shoveler as well as a goodly assortment of other waterfowl. Highlights over the last couple days have been: 1 male MEXICAN DUCK (paired with an oddball thing I can't ID, but probably has some Mexican Duck and some Mallard) 1 male MALLARD x GADWALL 1 MARBLED GODWIT Across Weld Co Rd 7 from this pond, to the west, the rookery now has about 90 Great Blue Herons and 20 Great Egrets present. And yes, the pond at the corner of Weld CR 7 and CO 119 has a Mute Swan, which has been there for about 2 weeks. Other highlights from today (besides the already posted Bewick's Wren) include a pair of copulating Burrowing Owls (I am a voyeur, alas) and a BLUE-WINGED x CINNAMON TEAL near L Latham Reservoir and 9 Black-necked Stilts + 22 Long-billed Dowitchers at Weld County Road 59 Ponds near Kersey. Good Birding Steven Mlodinow Longmont CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. 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.
