[cobirds] Williamson's Sapsuckers and Cedar Waxwing in Canon City
Today I checked many of the historic locations around Csnon City where wintering sapsuckers have found in past years. I found 1 each, a make and a female Wiiliamson's Sapsuckers. Just a reminder that they often around between 2 or 3 of the park areas around town. It was snowing pretty hard so i didn't even try to get pics. There is at least one flock of 20-25 Cedar Waxwings in Canon. I spotted them eating in a crab apple tree right next to this busy street. I did get some very nice pics of them which I have uploaded to my Birds and Nature blog. SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAAUvckq4otNXp_uEgGL5q8Y205Qbe19nQ7ZjdUmSMnzJ96yo9A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Black-and-white Warbler, Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, Larimer County
Hey all, I'm currently watching a Black-and-white Warbler forage with a small flock of Black-capped Chickadees, Brown Creepers and both Nuthatches in section 8 and moving into and through section G. I don't have a camera, so cannot get photos. Matt Webb -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHJsXddVAEBSaqR5bCqjEx3-a3yt3gS3XBhgMaJMWPy5AeNnqQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Scoters Bear Creek Lake Park
Currently David Starbuck and I have 2 White-winged Scoter and 2 Black Scoter at Bear Creek Lake Park. Heavy snow now making it tough. Great views before heavy snow.Mark ChavezSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5be8ab89.1c69fb81.7eb2a.8ee2SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING%40gmr-mx.google.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: Lagerman Reservoir, Longmont, Boulder Co, Help - Are these Ruddy Ducks?
All look good for Ruddy to me! Cheers, Steve On Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 10:21:21 AM UTC-7, David Smith wrote: > > Greetings > > I'm looking for assistance in confirming some ducks seen resting near the > SE shore of Lagerman Res on Friday afternoon. I returned yesterday > (Saturday) in hopes of getting better photos but they were gone. The stiff > tail and > distinctive head markings tell me they are female ruddy ducks but I could > use some expert assistance to confirm. We are in there general range but I > don't normally see them here in the Boulder/Longmont area. These two photos > are the best I could do at the time. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/143511079@N06/ > > Thanks in advance for the assistance! > > David Smith > Longmont > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/8088256d-56cc-47d5-b96b-ba54b56b0e5c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Lagerman Reservoir, Longmont, Boulder Co, Help - Are these Ruddy Ducks?
Greetings I'm looking for assistance in confirming some ducks seen resting near the SE shore of Lagerman Res on Friday afternoon. I returned yesterday (Saturday) in hopes of getting better photos but they were gone. The stiff tail and distinctive head markings tell me they are female ruddy ducks but I could use some expert assistance to confirm. We are in there general range but I don't normally see them here in the Boulder/Longmont area. These two photos are the best I could do at the time. https://www.flickr.com/photos/143511079@N06/ Thanks in advance for the assistance! David Smith Longmont -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/79d38641-b53b-4e9a-907c-3525fdc3fa4d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Swans at Cherry Creek State Park
Good morning, There are currently 4 Tundra/Trumpeter Swans close to the Prairie Loop Observation area. Ken Wat Aurora, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGbQsos%2Bf%2BdYjjHL3pQ41Koo6ebxOiwUVtWGSL91srh0VgzBOA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Kiowa County on Saturday, November 10
Greetings, Steve Mlodinow and I ventured to Kiowa County on Saturday, 11/10. Arriving to Neenoshe at dawn in still, chilly 20F air, we found the area reservoirs to be all socked in with fog. Thus, we started by land-birding the south boat launch/Locust grove area at Neenoshe and found dizzying numbers of white-crowned and song sparrows in the woodpiles and brush. Among the their numbers (400+ WCSPs and 100+ SOSP's) we also discovered a few Harris's sparrows, white-throated sparrows, late Lincoln's sparrows and a late savannah sparrow. Additionally, we encountered two pairs of a hairy woodpeckers and flushed a long-eared owl. A single white-winged scoter was the best waterbird we observed, while a curve-billed thrasher at the farmstead near the SE corner was also unexpected. After Neenoshe, we went to view Neegronda Res. We set up shop on the east boat launch and surveyed the calm water. Heat waves were generally discouraging, though somewhat intermittent. Eventually we found a pacific loon in the NE corner, 3 white-winged scoters in the SW, and an Iceland (Thayer's) gull in the west-center of the lake. Most surprising here was a single bushtit that noisily flew into a cottonwood near us, then departed just as quickly into the tamarisk along the lakeshore. According to ebird, this is a first Kiowa County record, however I believe Mark Peterson has encountered the species in the county before. Upper Queens Res. was our next stop and it was quite birdy. The woods and lake edge here yielded a similar experience as at Neenoshe earlier. There were fantastic numbers of white-crowned and song sparrows to sort through. We eventually pulled out 8 Harris's sparrows, a white-throated, and swamp sparrow from the flocks. In some still leafy Russian olives we found 1, and possibly 2 male varied thrushes. One bird flushed and made its way well behind us quickly. Shortly thereafter we found the/another male further ahead that also worked behind us. When we double-backed to try and get photos, Steve thought he heard 2 birds calling in different spots simultaneously. I wasn't sure how the original bird would've worked ahead of us in the first place so it felt to me like there were two birds here, though we could never pin that down. We also had a group of 4 kinglets here (3 ruby-crowned and 1 golden-crowned). Walking out to the lake edge we had a pair of American golden-plovers which were our only shorebird species of the day. This represents possibly Colorado's latest record in ebird for the species. Driving back north on Highway 287 we stopped to scan a prairie dog town after spotting a golden eagle perched on a utility pole here. To our amazement, we counted not 1, not 2, not 3, but 23! ferruginous hawks sitting in the dog town and along the fenceline. At times 6-8 were visible in one scope view. In my mind, this was the most amazing observation of the day and a fitting end as the wind picked up and the sun went down. David Ely Broomfield, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJbcbr4xKAsLLYCx3onwwBn7ShejcjwtAP51LMiykZ_pKzxofg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 11 November 2018
Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: November 11, 2018 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, November 11 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Note that the RBA is using the new AOU checklist. Rare and out of range species for the last seven days include: (*indicates new information on this species is new) Snow Goose (Delta, Denver, *Kiowa, Larimer, *Montrose) Snow X Cackling Goose (El Paso) Ross’s Goose (*Kiowa, Larimer) Greater White-fronted Goose (El Paso, *Kiowa, Larimer) Greater White-fronted X Cackling Goose (El Paso) Trumpeter Swan (Jefferson) Tundra Swan (Jackson, *Larimer, Moffat, *Park) Wood Duck (Mesa) Blue-winged Teal (*Arapahoe, *Denver, *Jefferson) Mallard X Mexican Duck (Hinsdale) Greater Scaup (*Fremont, Mesa, *Park) Surf Scoter (*Jefferson, Las Animas, *Ouray) White-winged Scoter (*Kiowa, Larimer, Moffat) Black Scoter (*Arapahoe, Denver, *Fremont, Jefferson, Mesa, *Pueblo) Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe) Common Goldeneye (Crowley, Jackson, Mesa) Barrow’s Goldeneye (Hinsdale, Jackson, Montrose, *Park, Rio Blanco, San Miguel) Pied-billed Grebe (Pitkin) Horned Grebe (Denver, Montrose) Red-necked Grebe (Arapahoe, *Boulder, Park) Virginia Rail (Bent, Denver, Garfield) Sora (Mesa) Sandhill Crane (Boulder, Crowley, Garfield, *Kiowa, Larimer, Ouray) American Avocet (Larimer) American Golden-Plover (*Kiowa) Least Sandpiper (*Larimer) Pectoral Sandpiper (*Boulder, Douglas) Short-billed Dowitcher (El Paso) Long-billed Dowitcher (Jackson) Lesser Yellowlegs (Boulder) Bonaparte’s Gull (Arapahoe, Crowley, Denver, El Paso, *Fremont, *Kiowa, La Plata, Larimer, Mesa, Rio Blanco, Weld) Franklin’s Gull (*Kiowa, Rio Grande) California Gull (*Kiowa) Iceland Gull (Thayer’s) (*Kiowa, *Larimer, *Pueblo) Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Kiowa, *Larimer) Glaucous Gull (*Pueblo) Great Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo) Forster’s Tern (Mesa) Red-throated Loon (Weld) Pacific Loon (Denver, *Kiowa) Common Loon (Arapahoe, Boulder, Crowley, Denver, El Paso, Larimer) American Bittern (Ouray) Osprey (Boulder, San Miguel) HARRIS’S HAWK (Larimer) Lewis’s Woodpecker (La Plata) Red-naped Sapsucker (Eagle) Hairy Woodpecker (*Kiowa, Prowers) Peregrine Falcon (*El Paso) Say’s Phoebe (Archuleta, Boulder) Vermilion Flycatcher (*Boulder) White-eyed Vireo (Jefferson) Plumbeous Vireo (La Plata) Loggerhead Shrike (El Paso) Northern Shrike (El Paso, Larimer) Pinyon Jay (San Miguel) Steller’s Jay (Archuleta, El Paso, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (El Paso, Jefferson, La Plata) Clark’s Nutcracker (Montrose, *Ouray) Common Raven (*Adams) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Delta) Bushtit (Baca, El Paso, Jefferson, *Kiowa, San Miguel) Winter Wren (*Larimer) Marsh Wren (*Boulder) American Dipper (Archuleta, La Plata, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin) Golden-crowned Kinglet (*Kiowa) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (*Kiowa, Ouray, San Miguel) Eastern Bluebird (Huerfano) Western Bluebird (*Ouray) Mountain Bluebird (*Montrose, *Pueblo) Hermit Thrush (*El Paso) Varied Thrush (*Kiowa) Gray Catbird (Boulder) Curve-billed Thrasher (*Kiowa) Sage Thrasher (El Paso) American Pipit (Larimer, Montrose) Lapland Longspur (El Paso, Kit Carson) Chestnut-collared Longspur (El Paso) McCown’s Longspur (Kit Carson) Canyon Towhee (*Pueblo) Chipping Sparrow (Larimer) Savannah Sparrow (*Kiowa, Park) Lincoln’s Sparrow (Adams, Clear Creek, *Kiowa, San Miguel) Swamp Sparrow (*Boulder, El Paso, *Kiowa) White-throated Sparrow (Bent, *Kiowa, San Miguel) Harris’s Sparrow (*Kiowa, *La Plata) Yellow-headed Blackbird (*Kiowa) Rusty Blackbird (*Boulder, El Paso) Great-tailed Grackle (Archuleta) Orange-crowned Warbler (Ouray) Common Yellowthroat (*Boulder, Mesa) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) (Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel) Wilson’s Warbler (Montrose) Western Tanager (Boulder, El Paso, Pueblo) Northern Cardinal (Larimer) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On November 7 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Legacy Trail, James Shelton reported 5 Common Raven. ---On November 10 at Metzger Farm OS, Tyler Wilson reported 2 Common Raven (flyover). ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On November 9 at Cherry Creek SP, Ben Sampson reported Blue-winged Teal, f Long-tailed Duck, Red-necked Grebe, 20 Bonaparte’s Gull, and Common Loon. On November 10 at Cherry Creek SP, Michael Lester reported Black Scoter. ---On November 7 at Bufflehead Lake, Ted Uhlemann reported Blue-winged Teal. ARCULETA COUNTY: ---On November 9 on San Juan River Walk, Ben Bailey reported Say’s Phoebe. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On November 5 at Boulder Reservoir, David Suddjian, Dale Pate, Diane Roberts, and David Dowell reported Red-necked Grebe and Common Loon. On November 6 at Boulder Reservoir, Eva Matthews Lark reported Red-necked Grebe. On November 7 at Boulder Reservoir, John Vanderpoel reported Red-necked Grebe. On November 9 at Boulder Reservoir, Peter Gent reported Red-necked Grebe and 24 Sandhill Crane (flyover). On November 10 at Boulder Reservoir, Joe Chen reported Red-necked Grebe. ---On N
