[cobirds] Lagerman Res, Surf Scoter 10/8

[scottesevers]

Juvenile in S end currently.

Scott Severs
Longmont
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[cobirds] Response to Scott Severs and more information about setting up a Colorado eBird portal for FREE.

[Joe Roller]

Scott and Cobirds,
Here is an informed response I received from Ken Ostermiller, volunteer
eBird hotspot reviewer for Ohio. I am totally ignorant of the pros and cons
of portals, so I asked Ken what value they might hold.
Ken is an experienced and savvy eBirder and has some information about very
recent (October 7) news about eBird setting up a Colorado portal at a cost
of:
FREE.
Ken is very generous with time devoted to helping birders with things like
this. I am not sure who would take the time to set up a portal,
which seems to be a huge task.
I am a huge fan of CObirds and the CFO County Listing website and feel that
those excellent resources meet the needs of Colorado birders and visitors.
But Scott describes how a state portal can do other tasks, so this is just
FYI.


from Ken Ostermiller:



Others heard about what I had done in Ohio and I have helped set up similar
sites in Missouri, South Dakota, and New Hampshire.

Unfortunately, the wiki service we have been using, Wikispaces, has
recently discontinued offering free wikis for non-educational use. They
will be shutting down the free wikis on November 15. *That prompted me to
discuss with Chris Wood whether we could get Cornell to set up a free wiki
based on their higher education connection. Just today they got one set up*
and I am in the process of moving three states there -- Missouri, Ohio, and
South Dakota. There is room for more states in the wiki, so if someone in
Colorado wants to set up a section on Colorado, we could do that.

Here's a link to the new wiki -- most of the links in the state areas are
not yet active. I'm working on Barry County in Missouri next.
http://ebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/


The Ohio web site is getting used by Ohio birders. I'm getting 300-400
unique visitors each day on the site. It is good for tourism as well as
birders.

Another birder has set up a wiki in New York. It is organized quite
differently.
http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York


Probably more than you wanted to know!
>>

Joe Roller,
Denver

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[cobirds] Re: Response to Scott Severs and more information about setting up a Colorado eBird portal for FREE.

[The "Nunn Guy"]

FYI-no they are not free--from Wisconsin eBird administrator " ... the fee 
is around $1000-1500 per year, which is covered by Wisconsin Society for 
Ornithology and individual interested donors. The fee itself is perhaps a 
bit steep but as Marshall notes it's basically partially a contribution to 
support eBird. 

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.ning.com/
Mobile:  http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m

On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 8:21:32 AM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote:
>
> Scott and Cobirds,
> Here is an informed response I received from Ken Ostermiller, volunteer 
> eBird hotspot reviewer for Ohio. I am totally ignorant of the pros and cons 
> of portals, so I asked Ken what value they might hold.
> Ken is an experienced and savvy eBirder and has some information about 
> very recent (October 7) news about eBird setting up a Colorado portal at a 
> cost of:
> FREE.
> Ken is very generous with time devoted to helping birders with things like 
> this. I am not sure who would take the time to set up a portal,
> which seems to be a huge task.
> I am a huge fan of CObirds and the CFO County Listing website and feel 
> that those excellent resources meet the needs of Colorado birders and 
> visitors.
> But Scott describes how a state portal can do other tasks, so this is just 
> FYI.
>
>
> from Ken Ostermiller:
>
> <
> I looked into setting up a portal for Ohio and found that eBird needed 
> partners to contribute significant funding to pay for the web development 
> of such a portal -- I don't remember the exact amount but it was over 
> $10,000. I didn't see any way that would happen!
>
> So, instead I have worked on a web site describing all the Ohio eBird 
> Hotspots. 
> http://ohioebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+Ohio 
> 
>
> Others heard about what I had done in Ohio and I have helped set up 
> similar sites in Missouri, South Dakota, and New Hampshire. 
>
> Unfortunately, the wiki service we have been using, Wikispaces, has 
> recently discontinued offering free wikis for non-educational use. They 
> will be shutting down the free wikis on November 15. *That prompted me to 
> discuss with Chris Wood whether we could get Cornell to set up a free wiki 
> based on their higher education connection. Just today they got one set up* 
> and I am in the process of moving three states there -- Missouri, Ohio, and 
> South Dakota. There is room for more states in the wiki, so if someone in 
> Colorado wants to set up a section on Colorado, we could do that. 
>
> Here's a link to the new wiki -- most of the links in the state areas are 
> not yet active. I'm working on Barry County in Missouri next. 
> http://ebirdhotspots.wikispaces.com/ 
> 
>
> The Ohio web site is getting used by Ohio birders. I'm getting 300-400 
> unique visitors each day on the site. It is good for tourism as well as 
> birders. 
>
> Another birder has set up a wiki in New York. It is organized quite 
> differently. 
> http://ebirding-nys.wikispaces.com/Birding+in+New+York 
> 
>
> Probably more than you wanted to know!
> >>
>
> Joe Roller,
> Denver
>

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[cobirds] Request: Please report American White Pelicans with wing tags

[Jason Beason]

*I have been asked to pass along this request from researchers to the
north:*


*We are getting a bit late in the season for pelicans, but we are
still **seeing
young of the year pelicans in the wetlands surrounding Great Salt Lake.
When you see pelicans keep an eye out for green wing tags on these birds.
This year on Gunnison Island in Great Salt Lake 540 juvenile American white
pelicans were banded and wing tagged on both wings.*



*Reporting your sightings to reportband.gov

will
help us track pelican movements both locally and regionally.  At the end of
last month we had one of the pelicans banded this year turn up west of Fort
Collins, Colorado.  *



*The tags are green with white writing and have a three character,
alphanumeric code in large type.  Above the code is the word "UTAH" in
small letters.  You may also see red or black wing tags on the right wing
only.  These pelicans were banded in Idaho at Minidoka NWR and Blackfoot
Reservoir, respectively.*



*Thanks,*



*John Neill*
*Avian Biologist*

*Great Salt Lake Ecosystem Program*

*Utah Division of Wildlife Resources*
*4790 S 7500 W*

*Hooper, Utah 84315*


*801-231-2019 <801-231-2019> (Cell)*
*wildlife.utah.gov/gsl
*

*wildlife.utah.gov/gsl/waterbirdsurvey
*

-- 
Jason Beason
Special Monitoring Projects Coordinator
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Paonia - Delta County

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Re: [cobirds] Lagerman Res, Surf Scoter 10/8

[Mark R]

Juv Surf Scoter remains at Lagerman this afternoon in Boulder County.

Mark Minner-Lee
Superior, CO

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> On Oct 8, 2014, at 7:53 AM, scottesev...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Juvenile in S end currently.
> 
> Scott Severs
> Longmont
> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
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[cobirds] FOS hooded junco - Teller Co

[Jeff J Jones]

Yesterday I had my FOS hooded junco at my feeders here in Teller Co. He is
back today.

 

It beats my previous FOS sighting by 2 days in 2012.

 

Jeff J Jones

(  jjo...@jonestc.com)

Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands

 

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RE: [cobirds] FOS hooded junco - Teller Co

[Jeff J Jones]

Update. I now have lots of various representatives of the winter Junco
races. Hooded and Pink-sided to be sure. And looks like a couple from the
slate-colored group.

 

Jeff J Jones

(  jjo...@jonestc.com)

Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands

 

From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Jeff J Jones
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 3:13 PM
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Subject: [cobirds] FOS hooded junco - Teller Co

 

Yesterday I had my FOS hooded junco at my feeders here in Teller Co. He is
back today.

 

It beats my previous FOS sighting by 2 days in 2012.

 

Jeff J Jones

(  jjo...@jonestc.com)

Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands

 

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[cobirds] RMBO Barr Banding Station Report - 10/4 - 10/8/14

[meredith]

Had several more slow days (Sat, then Mon and Tues) with numbers banded in 
the teens.  Things picked up a little today (Wed) wtih 26 banded, including 
a nice variety of Juncos:

House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Hermit Thrush 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Green-tailed Towhee 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow 11
Dark-eyed Junco, Slate-colored 3
Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 1
Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 2

We are open 3 more days this season, weather permitting - Thurs, Fri, Sat. 
We are starting a little later; we have our first birds at the station by 
about 8:15.  

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[cobirds] Another Cassin's Finch on the plains 10/8 in Pueblo

[Brandon]

I saw and heard a male Cassin's Finch at Pueblo City Park in Pueblo this 
morning.  This is my second one recently, the other one was at Hasty 
Campground, Bent County on 10/5 (which wasn't accepted by some e-bird reviewer 
it appears).  This species has been seen recently in eastern New Mexico and 
other eastern Colorado locations too.

Pygmy Nuthatches were all over Pueblo City Park this morning too, probably at 
least 20 of them.  Mountain Chickadees, Brown Creepers, and Red-breasted 
Nuthatches were all over the Park this morning too.

On 10/7, two Evening Grosbeaks flew over calling in Rock Canyon, below Pueblo 
Reservoir dam.


The mountain species are really roaming around it seems. 

Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO  

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[cobirds] COBIRDS request --fALL COUNTIES

['Allison Hilf' via Colorado Birds]

Given I only compile the RBA infrequently, it might not be appropriate for me 
to post this.  BUT, it used to be the case that rare birds were posted on 
COBIRDS.  Ebird has changed this and many birders post rare birds exclusively 
to eBird.  PLEASE post RBA's to COBIRDS (as well as to eBird if you are an 
eBirder).  There are still many birders who choose not to eBird, including 
birders traveling to Colorado.  Also, it is now necessary to check eBird for 
the RBA.   This might not appear to be a burden to compilers -- but it can be 
(particularly when only GPS locations are documented on eBird, and when the 
compilers try to describe general locations where the bird(s) have been 
reported.

Thanks,
Allison Hilf
Denver, CO

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[cobirds] upcoming bird walk, Equalizer Lake (Larimer Co.)

[Scott Baron]

Hi,

Join the High Plains Environmental Center for a morning of birding
around Equalizer
Lake in Loveland this Saturday Oct. 11.  We will walk approx. 2 miles on
sidewalks and on level walking paths.  The reservoir has been drawn down
quite a bit and now there is an extensive mudflat at the south end, which
usually attracts many birds.

Meet at the parking lot at HPEC, which is located at 1854 Piney River Drive
in the Centerra neighborhood in Loveland.  We will walk to the lake at
8am.  This area is easily reached from Rte. 34 exit of I-25.  The walk
should end around 10:30.

Recent visits on Sep. 30, Oct. 3 and Oct. 7 have found a nice variety of
species such as Great Egret, Lesser Black-backed Gull (9/30 and 10/3), Bald
Eagle, Least Sandpiper and Lesser Goldfinch.  We had a Great Horned Owl and
a lot of songbird migrants on the last birdwalk on Sep. 20.

Come out and join us for fall migration.

Scott Baron
Loveland, Colo.

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