[cobirds] Re: Black-legged Kittiwake continues
Just to follow up, we returned to Horsetooth at noon and saw the *Black-legged Kittiwake* again, this time near Dixon Dam. We did not see the Gyrfalcon on a view visits its known area. I would appreciate hearing if it was seen today, David Suddjian Littleton, CO On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 10:18 AM David Suddjian wrote: > The DFO trip just had a brief flyby as the kittiwake appeared out of the > north, passed near our spot near the dam and then returned back to the > north. > > David Suddjian > Littleton Co > > Sent from my iPhone -- 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/CAGj6RorWidkHx5Mn%2BydqMR2pBkcUSMVhd0Qf8tExfTJo4mbxeg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Slaty-backed Gull
Greetings All Sorry to be a bit harsh, but to focus on the leg color of the Slaty-backed Gull (SBGU) based on from fuzzy poorly lit photos is a great silliness. Comments based on experience with a single bird is rash, at best. For instance, look at the SBGU at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S32827708 Leg color is famously variable in gulls, based on age, hormones, even temperature. In the Pacific NW, where these beasts are regular, we paid little attention to the leg color of a potential SBGU. And also note that observers of this bird did note that the legs were brighter pink than surrounding Herring Gulls Indeed, as with any gull, confident diagnosis is based on a set of marks, as any given mark is variable within any given species. The short wings, presence of a secondary skirt, dull yellow and proportionately gentle bill, large chested and small headed build, prominent dusky smudge around a staring white eye, pink legs, broad tertial and scapular crescents, broad white trailing edge to wing, and primary pattern (some of these marks seen at close range, others at distance, many both) form basis for a solid ID Part of the problem is that there have been a number of reports clearly NOT referring to the original bird which had minimal red and no black on bill. I have not seen a convincing description of this bird since 23 December, which does not mean subsequent sightings have been in error. Clearly, birds with big bills, prominent red, or any black refer to a different bird than that originally seen. Birds with bulky heads, likewise. Best Regards Steven Mlodinow -- 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/167f6c8f120-279b-752%40webjas-vac168.srv.aolmail.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] volunteer opportunity: News from the Field
"News from the Field" has been a regular article in the CFO's quarterly journal "Colorado Birds" for a long time, summarizing bird trends and rare birds in Colorado. I've enjoyed contributing during the last few years. It's been a great opportunity to learn about bird distributions in Colorado and what rare birds are being found around the state. My contributions to "News from the Field" have relied heavily on the ebird "basic dataset". Unfortunately this ebird dataset isn't available to me any more. It would be possible to write "News from the Field" from reports from Cobirds, the West Slope Birding Network, and social media. If you might be interested in contributing to "News from the Field", possibly taking it in a new direction, contact me (dave1wx at gmail.com) and Colorado Birds editor Christy Payne. David Dowell Longmont, Colorado -- 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/268f3100-25b6-42a1-809a-228e476a2475%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] good articles explaining eBird's sensitive species system
Here's some helpful articles on how Cornell's eBird handles Sensitive Species in the database. Helpful to review, understand, and to help declining species and habitats. Helpful guidelines for birders for reporting sensitive species: https://help.ebird.org/customer/portal/articles/1006789 How how the eBird database handles sensitive species: https://help.ebird.org/customer/portal/articles/2885265 Complete list of birds falling under eBird's Sensitive Criteria and database output rules: https://help.ebird.org/customer/portal/articles/2879207-sensitive-species-list?b_id=1928 Best, Scott Severs 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/bf86b1b0-1d61-4b5f-9cd8-4ff102ceb4f4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Black-legged Kittiwake continues
The DFO trip just had a brief flyby as the kittiwake appeared out of the north, passed near our spot near the dam and then returned back to the north. David Suddjian Littleton Co Sent from my iPhone -- 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/37B3B2BA-1A94-4103-9398-90EB96DB05BD%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Behavior of leucistic Canada Goose - Pueblo
COBirders-- Yesterday I posted a couple of images of a (lesser-type) Canada Goose that may be leucistic. I was interested to see that it wanted to join a group of five other Canadas, but whenever it tied to become part of the group they chased it away. Leon Bright, Pueblo -- 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/00a801d49ece%24aed0fb50%240c72f1f0%24%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 28 December 2018
Date: December 28, 2018 Compiler: Joyce Takamine E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 28, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists. Rare, out of place and out of season species include: (*) indicates new information on this species; CAPITAL LETTERS are used for very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee, Observers have been diligent in reporting sightings on COBirds - thanks! Please check there for updates. PINK-FOOTED GOOSE (Weld) Snow Goose (Adams, Arapahoe) Ross’s Goose (Arapahoe) Brant (Weld) Wood Duck (*Montrose) Black Scoter (*Arapahoe, Jefferson) Long-tailed Duck (Weld) Barrow’s Goldeneye (*Eagle, Mesa, Pueblo) Greater Roadrunner (*El Paso) Black-legged Kittiwake (*Larimer) Bonaparte’s Gull (Pueblo) Mew Gull (Adams) Iceland Gull (Adams, Arapahoe, Kiowa, *Larimer) SLATY-BACKED GULL (Larimer) GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (Larimer) Glaucous Gull (*Larimer) Great Black-backed Gull (Adams, Araphaoe, Larimer, *Pueblo) Green Heron (Pueblo) Black-crowned Night-Heron (Pueblo) Northern Goshawk (*Arapahoe, El Paso) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Boulder) GYRFALCON (*Larimer) Lewis’s Woodpecker (La Plata) Vermillion Flycatcher (Boulder) Bushtit (Mesa) Winter Wren (Jefferson, *Teller) SEDGE WREN (Eagle) Hermit Thrush (La Plata) Gray Catbird (Yuma) Northern Mockingbird (Boulder) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (El Paso) Black Rosy-Finch (El Paso) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (El Paso) Common Redpoll (*Routt) Pine Siskin (Kiowa) Lapland Longspur (Arapahoe) Field Sparrow (El Paso) Fox Sparrow (Red) (Kiowa, Yuma) Lincoln’s Sparrow (Mesa) Swamp Sparrow (Kiowa, Weld) Yellow-headed Blackbird (Yuma) Brown-headed Cowbird (Larimer) Palm Warbler (Boulder) Yellow-rumped Warbler (La Plata) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On December 22 at Barr Lake SP, Ira Sanders and Reed Gorner reported 1-st yr Great Black-backed Gull. On December 24 at Barr Lake SP, Steve Mlodinow reported Snow Goose, Mew Gull, and Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On December 24 at Aurora Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow and Sean Walters reported 5 Snow Geese, 2 Ross’s Geese, 3 Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, and Lapland Longspur. ---On December 27 at South Platte Reservoir, Charlie Chase reported Black Scoter which was first seen on December 20. ---On December 27 at S Platte River – Northern Wildlife Area to West Bowles Ave, Brian Johnson reported juv Northern Goshawk. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On December 21 a Palm Warbler was reported by Luke Pheneger at Longmont Wastewater Treatment Ponds. On December 22 at Longmont Wastewater Treatment Plant, Ron Podhajsky reported Palm Warbler. ---On December 18 the male Vermillion Flycatcher was seen again at Walden Ponds, having been here since mid-November. On December 22 at Cottonwood Marsh, Chris Friedman reported Vermilion Flycatcher. On December 24 at Walden Ponds, Kevin Rutherford reported Vermilion Flycatcher. On December 26 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Chris Owens and Chris Gilbert reported Vermilion Flycatcher. ---On December 23 on Centennial Trail—Dimmitt Drive to Old Tale Road, Leslie S reported Northern Mockingbird. ---On December 24 on Coal Creek on E side of Dutch Creek Park near Chestnut in Louisville, Ryan Bushong reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. EAGLE COUNTY: ---On December 25 at Lake Creek Village Wetlands, Eric Culbertson reported continuing SEDGE WREN. ---On December 27 at Seven Castle in Basalt, Louise Glaser reported 8 Barrow’s Goldeneyes (2m, 6 f). EL PASO COUNTY: ---On December 19 through December 21 at Red Rock Canyon Open Space, Jim Merritt reported Field Sparrow. ---On December 21 at Rainbow Gulch Trail, Terence Berger, David and John Marvin reported 300 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, 5 Black Rosy-Finch, and 8 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch on shoreline of Rampart Reservoir. On December 25 at Rainbow Gulch Trail, James McCall reported Northern Goshawk and Tyler Stewart reported 150 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, 1 Black Rosy-Finch, and 3 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch. On Decemeber 26 at Rainbow Gulch Trail, Tyler Wilson reported 39 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, 6 Gray-crowned (Hepburn’s) Rosy-Finch, 7 Black Rosy-Finch, 20 Brown-caped Rosy-Finch. ---On December 27 on Hanover Road, David Marvin reported Greater Roadrunner. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On December 20 at Bear Creek Greenbelt – S Kipling Pkwy to S Wadsworth, Tom Wilberding reported Winter Wren about .5 mile east of Estes, 300 ft east of beaver dam. On December 21 at Bear Creek Greenbelt, Timothy Burkhardt reported Winter Wren. On December 22 at Bear Creek Greenbelt, Michael Lester reported Winter Wren. ---On December 25 at South Platte Reservoir Southwest Bay, Joey Kellner and Crystal Wilson reported Black Scoter. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On December 22 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Iceland (Thayer’s) Gulls, and 22 Pine Siskins. ---On December 22 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Swamp Sparrow and Fox (Red) Sparrow. LA PLATA COUNTY: —On December 23
