Re: [cobirds] CFO announces 2018 Convention Headquarters

[Gloria Nikolai]

Hello all,


If you are planning to stay at the Best Western, they expect to sell out at 
that time of year, so it would be best to book your room as early as possible. 
Also, when you ask for the special rate, it is listed under "COLORADO 
BIRDWATCHERS" not CFO. Giving them that information will make it much easier 
for them to find the special rates when you call. The discount for CFO is $20 
per night on the two double bed rooms.


Happy birding,


Gloria Nikolai

CFO Membership Director



From: cobirds@googlegroups.com  on behalf of Sue 
Riffe 
Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 1:24 PM
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Cc: Sue Riffe
Subject: [cobirds] CFO announces 2018 Convention Headquarters

CoBirders,

CFO has chosen the Best Western Plus Plaza Hotel in Longmont, Colorado, as its 
2018 Convention Headquarters. The hotel is easy to access, has quality rooms 
with special rates for CFO convention participants, has numerous restaurants on 
the premises or close by, has the capacity to handle convention events, and its 
central location and ample parking couldn’t be better for launching field trips 
in all directions.

Some details:

Best Western Plus Plaza Hotel
1900 Ken Platt Blvd.
Longmont, CO
303-776-2000

Special rates for one King Bed, or two Double Bed, rooms, both types of rooms 
also include a sofa bed, refrigerator, and coffee maker with unlimited coffee, 
free wifi, and other amenities.  The special rates are good for the nights of 
May 17-20, but you must identify yourself as a CFO convention participant to 
get the discounted rates.

For more information about the hotel, see 
http://bestwesterncolorado.com/hotels/best-western-plus-plaza-hotel

Happy birding,

Sue Riffe
CFO Board Member


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[cobirds] Southern Louisiana October 2017

['Steven Mlodinow' via Colorado Birds]

Greetings All


If anyone is interested, photos from my 10 day or so trip to southern Louisiana 
late this October are at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/36088296@N08/sets/72157666457208999


Highlights of visit, as far as rarities, were Thayer's Gull, Great Black-backed 
Gull (I know, everywhere it's gulls, gulls, gulls), White-tailed Hawk (sorry, 
no photos), Say's Phoebe. 


It is interesting to encounter multiple Cave Swallows, Scissor-tailed 
Flycatchers, Swainson's Hawks, Vermilion Flycatchers, Bronzed Cowbirds, with 
nary a reaction from local birders. My guess is that a visit 25 years ago with 
these birds would have been met with awe. 


Good Birding
Steven Mlodinow
Longmont CO (formerly Everett WA)

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[cobirds] Basemar Varied Thrush and Black-throated Blue Warbler

[Pablo Quezada]

Seen today around 4:30 by myself and many others in creek south of the 
Basemar shopping complex. A huge thanks to Topi from Boulder Audubon's Teen 
Naturalist Program for originally spotting and identifying the Varied 
Thrush. Thanks to Topi and many other young birders involved in the Boulder 
Audubon program, including myself, as well as many other young birder 
programs, our future ornithological society has a chance to really 
influence new generations to keep this important and entertaining field of 
study a big part of the biological community.

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[cobirds] Basemar Varied Thrush and Black-throated Blue Warbler

[Pablo Quezada]

Sorry, forgot to add my information.


Pablo Quezada
Denver, Co

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[cobirds] Brant Parker

[Sarah Leavesley]

As of 11:55am the Brant is on the far southern edge of Bar CCC reservoir, with 
a wood duck and 2 greater white fronted geese.

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[cobirds] stray birds

[wwillem]

The recent sightings of the varied thrush and black-throated blue warbler 
behind the Base-Mar Center in Boulder raised a few questions for me. I am 
new to this list so my apologies if these questions are not appropriate for 
this forum. 

 

I am curious about research that has examined spatial patterns of stray 
birds and their characteristics (e.g., relative to their numbers, life 
stage, sex, species, habitat) and as well as possible changes in historical 
patterns owing to human-caused factors. I’ll be grateful for references to 
pertinent studies.

 

Willem van Vliet—

Boulder, CO

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[cobirds] Black-throated Blue Warbler /Varied Thrush Boulder

[Kevin DeBoer]

Spent a couple hours this morning trying to put together a good bird list for 
goodwill. 

The BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER was around all morning. I first saw it before 7 
east of the east bridge and it slowly moved west and was near the west bridge 
by 830.

The VARIED THRUSH was not refound during my time there. I searched the 
neighborhood west of Broadway briefly but got overwhelmed by the amount of 
habitat on a work day. There were a number of Robins and Solitaires moving 
around in that area in the earlier part of the morning so I was hopeful but was 
never able to pull it out from the crowd. For anyone else heading that 
direction today, I'd recommend concentrating efforts on that neighborhood if 
not found in previously reported area. 

Good luck! 

Kevin DeBoer
Lakewood, Colorado

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[cobirds] Re: basemar trap

[PH Stoltz]

I had no luck finding the BTBW this morning around 8:30am.  I looked all 
along the trap for about 20 minutes from the Broadway bridge to 28th St 
underpass.  One other birder was looking as well.  We both lamented that 
we're probably a day or two too late.

Lots of birds, though!  A couple Spotted Towhees and a Townsend's Solitaire 
were the highlights (those were further northeast, closer to High Peaks 
Elementary School).  Also saw (and heard...making lots of noise) a Belted 
Kingfisher at the ponds on East Boulder research campus.

Happy Friday, all.


On Monday, November 13, 2017 at 12:21:34 PM UTC-7, William Kaempfer wrote:
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> the skunk creek spot now has an adult male Black-throated Blue Warbler 
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> Bill Kaempfer
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> Sent via my Samsung Galaxy, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 17 November 2017

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine
e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:  November 17, 2017

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday,  November 17 sponsored by Denver
Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species)
NOTE:  The RBA is now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families
has changed.

Greater White-fronted Goose (Boulder, *Douglas, Jefferson, Kiowa,
Montezuma, *Sedgwick)
BRANT (*Douglas)
Cackling Goose (Boulder, Kiowa, Pueblo)
Trumpeter Swan (Mesa)
Tundra Swan (*Adams, Boulder, Larimer, Mesa, Moffat, Montezuma)
Greater Scaup (Kiowa, *Mesa, Routt)
Surf Scoter (Custer, Jackson, *Routt, San Miguel)
White-winged Scoter (Custer, Logan/Sedgwick, Mesa, Montezuma, *Routt, San
Miguel)
Long-tailed Duck (Crowley, Mesa)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Douglas, *Eagle, Montezuma, *Routt)
Northern Bobwhite (Arapahoe)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld)
Red-necked Grebe (Arapahoe, Fremont, Larimer, Otero)
Sandhill Crane (Jackson, Moffat)
Sanderling (Pueblo)
Least Sandpiper (Kiowa)
Spotted Sandpiper (Arapahoe, Jefferson)
Greater Yellowlegs (Mesa, Moffat)
Black-legged Kittiwarke (Logan/Sedgwick, *Sedgwick)
LITTLE GULL (Weld)
Mew Gull (Logan/Sedgwick)
Iceland Gull (Kiowa, Larimer, Logan/Sedgwick, Pueblo)
Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo)
Pacific Loon (Boulder, Weld)
Great Egret (Delta, Otero)
Cattle Egret (Kiowa)
Osprey (Jefferson)
Broad-winged Hawk (Jefferson)
Black Phoebe (Mesa)
Eastern Phoebe (Morgan)
Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Kiowa)
Chihuahuan Raven (Kiowa)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Kiowa)
Pygmy Nuthatch (Morgan, Phillips)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Kiowa, Mesa)
Eastern Bluebird (Jefferson, Kiowa)
Varied Thrush (Boulder)
Brown Thrasher (Jefferson)
Bohemian Waxwing (*Routt)
American Pipit (Douglas, Kiowa, San Miguel)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Mesa, Weld)
Common Redpoll (Adams, Boulder, Denver,*Larimer, Weld)
Red Crossbill  (Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer)
Lapland Longspur (Kiowa)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kiowa)
Chipping Sparrow (Denver)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Boulder, Jefferson, *Mesa, Otero, Pueblo)
Swamp Sparrow (Broomfield, Larimer)
White-throated Sparrow (*Mesa, Montrose, Otero)
Harris’s Sparrow (Larimer)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Weld)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Jefferson)
Common Yellowthroat (Broomfield, Weld)
Yellow Warbler (Mesa)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (*Mesa, Pueblo)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Boulder)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (Boulder)

ADAMS COUNTY:
---On November 10 at First creek at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Lorraine
Lanning reported 2 Common Redpoll.  On November 12 at First Creek at Rocky
Mountain Arsenal NWR, John Breitsch reported Common Redpoll.
---On November 12 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Lower Derby, Bruce Snyder
reported Tundra Swan.  On November 15 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Lower
Derby Lake, Sara Leavesley and Eric DeFonso reported Tundra Swan.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On November 11 at Cherry Creek SP north of Lake Loop, Glenn Walbek
reported Red-necked Grebe.
---On November 12 at Cherry Creek SP, Ben Sampson reported Spotted
Sandpiper.
---On November 14 at deKoevend Park Bart Deferme reported Northern
Bobwhite.  On November 15 at DeKoevend Park, Steven Rash reported Northern
Bobwhite.

BOULDER COUNTY:
---On November 9 at Stearns Lake, Mark Minner-Lee reported 7 Tundra Swans
(3 ad, 4 imm).  On November 10 at Stearns Lake, Peter Gent and Chuck
Hundertmark reported juv Tundra Swan and 2000 Cackling Geese.  On November
11 at Stearns Lake, David Ely and Matt Hofeditz reported juv Tundra Swan.
On November 12 at Stearns Lake, Austin Hess and Michael McCloy reported
Tundra Swan.
---On November 11 at Boulder Reservoir, Peter Gent reported Pacific Loon.
---On November 11 at CU South, Peter Burke reported Lincoln’s Sparrow.  On
November 12 at CU South, Laura Steadman reported Common Redpoll, Lincoln’s
Sparrow and Harris’s Sparrow; Melissa Metzger reported Tundra Swan and
Lincoln’s Sparrow.
---On November 11 in Louisville in fields along Empire Road, Jack Bushong
reported Greater White-fronted Goose.
---On November 11 at Skunk Creek behind Basemar Shopping Center, Topi
Martinez reported a Varied Thrush.  On November 13 at Skunk Creek behind
Basemar Shopping Center, Peter Gent and many other birders reported m
Varied Thrush;  Bill Kaempfer and many other birders reported m
Black-throated Blue Warbler; Bill Kaempfer and Loch Kilpatrick reported
Black-throated Gray Warbler.  On November 14 at Skunk Creek behind Basemar,
Michael McCloy, Austin Hess, and Joshua Smith reported Varied Thrush and
Black-throated Blue Warbler; many other birders also reported the two
birds.  On November 16, at Skunk Creek behind Basemar, Luke Pheneger and
many other birds reported Black-throated Blue Warbler.
---On November 12 at Walden Ponds, Michael McCloy, Austin Hess, Christy
Payne, and Peter Burke reported Tundra Swan.

BROOMFIELD COUNTY:
--- On November 11 at Plaster Reservoir, Matt Hofeditz reported 1st year f
Common Yellowthroat and 2 Swamp Sparrows.
---On Novem