[cobirds] Redpolls at the Farm and surroundings/Larimer
This morning I hopped on my bike to run some errands and 3 blocks away I came across a flock of about 50 Common Redpolls at the Fort Collins City Farm. They were flying north east and perched in White Poplar trees. I proceeded to the Museum of Discovery and counted around 106 Common Redpolls. They weren’t skittish probably due to the absence of raptors in the area. After scanning the flocks I found a very good candidate for Hoary Redpoll. This individual was about 12 feet away had pale scapulars, white undertail coverts with no streaking and fine streaking on the sides. A few minutes later I ran into Cole Wild and we saw at least 2 other possible Hoary Redpolls but they were further away, however these individuals had white undertail coverts with little to no streaking and fine sparse streaking on the flanks. Total observation time was about 1 hour and 10 minutes. On a side note I finally put some seed in my feeder at home and had one Common Redpoll and a Cassin’s Finch. Good Birding Rob Sparks Old Town Fort Collins -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cobirds/-/NmgNoEVpwisJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Arapahoe County
Cobirders, More backyard fun this morning - two White-throated Sparrows! http://i.imgur.com/IO9y1Sa.jpg http://i.imgur.com/n8yENzu.jpg Becky Campbell just so. of CCSP Arapahoe Cty. -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Redpoll ID
Hi, all. Andy Boyce, formerly of Colorado, has a thought-provoking post this morning at The ABA Blog: http://blog.aba.org/2013/01/open-mic-redpolls.html Andy's topic is how to ID Hoary Redpolls, or perhaps how *not* to... Anyhow, great stuff in there, including a detailed and thoughtful response from Bill Schmoker. Increasingly, I'm thinking of the finch family as the final frontier of bird ID: the multiple types of Red Crossbills and now Evening Grosbeaks; hybrids and species limits in rosy-finches; molt and vocal mimicry in goldfinches... Me? I think I'm gonna stick with orange-variant House Finches... :-) Ted Floyd tedfloy...@hotmail.com Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Jeffco: South Platte Reservoir, Wheat Ridge Greenbelt
This morning at South Platte Reservoir (Jefferson/Arapahoe Counties) there was more open water and noticeably fewer birds than a week or so ago (not counting white-cheeked geese, the numbers of which appeared to be approximately the same -- lots). But there were still some goodies, including the persisting two female Long-tailed Ducks, a Common Loon, and six Greater Scaup (4 females, 2 males) seen at very close range. Gull numbers were particularly reduced, with only a handful of Herring Gulls scattered among lots of Ring-billed Gulls. Other species seen included Ruddy Ducks, Hooded Mergansers, Common Goldeneye, Northern Shoveler, Mallard, and American Coot, along with a Golden Eagle seen flying over the east end of the reservoir. At the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt there were several additional duck species seen in the river, including Ring-necked, Gadwall, American Wigeon, and Common Merganser. Also a nice flock of sparrows that included American Tree, White-crowned, and Song, along with assorted juncos. After much looking, a total of five birders also found a Virginia Rail (seen, not heard) and Marsh Wren (heard, not seen), but no Swamp Sparrow. David Gillilan Littleton -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
