[cobirds] There is an eBird stakeout hotspot in Laramie, WY at the RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL site.

[Joe Roller]

I hope lots of Colorado birders will find it and use that hotspot as the
"Location"
on their checklists, so the data will aggregate there instead of being
scattered all
over the Equality State. The hotspot will likely appear on the map
tomorrow, Tuesday.

Thanks and good luck in your quest for this Mega_Giga Rarity.
Joe Roller, Denver
Volunteeer eBird hotspot reviewer for Colorado & Wyoming

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[cobirds] Morgan County yesterday, long-tailed ducks

['Norm Lewis' via Colorado Birds]

Good afternoon- sorry for the late post.  Yesterday Nina Routh and myself made 
a run through Morgan County, with a quick dip into Weld.  We began at Riverside 
Park in Fort Morgan, where we found only the usual suspects.  We did push up a 
marsh wren from the marshes along the south side trail.  I should mention that 
on a visit there on Halloween, I found a flock of a dozen eastern bluebirds at 
the same location.  They are probably still around there somewhere. From there 
we took Highway 144 toward Jackson SP, with a stop at the Bijou Creek bridge, 
where we found a nice mix of sparrows and other commoners, plus five Wilson's 
snipe circling and landing here and there.Where the highway crosses the Platte 
we had a northern shrike on the utility line on the north side of the river.  
That bird was also there on Halloween.  On that visit I also had a dozen snipe 
hanging out on a sandbar in the river.We drove up the east side of Jackson 
where we had nice numbers of birds, but the only thing even slightly out of the 
ordinary was a little flock of three mountain bluebirds.  Is three enough to 
constitute a flock? The plan from there was to do my usual run for Lapland 
longspurs up MCR 4 from the north side of the reservoir and into Weld County.  
Dave Leatherman had done this route in reverse (my reverse, not his!) a couple 
of days before and reported good results.  On the drive north we had only a few 
horned larks and one measly longspur.  We ventured several miles into Weld 
County, and finally gave up and turned back south to continue our day at the 
lake.  Just as I was about to call Dave and accuse him of of spreading some 
kind of alternative facts regarding his longspur report, we arrived at WCR 80, 
and were greeted by three harriers and a merlin.  Their passing had apparently 
spooked a flock of larks from the east side of the road, as the sky was filled 
with them.  We quickly lost track of the flock as it settled back down, but we 
took 80 east to see if we could relocate them. About a half mile east of the 
main road we were about to give up when a small trickle of horned larks flew 
from south to north across the road.  The trickle quickly turned into a 
torrent, as hundreds of larks crossed the road directly in front of us. The 
flock movement went on for at least five minutes, and I estimate that there 
were at least 500 birds- probably a lot more.  Out of that flock we were able 
to pick out a couple dozen Laplands, and no doubt missed more than we spotted.  
Dave's veracity remained intact..Returning to Jackson, a quick stop at the 
SWA on the north end yielded mostly pelicans, ringers and large numbers of 
eared grebes. So, we circled the lake and tried scoping from several sites in 
the state park on the west side.  As with my visit on Halloween, there were 
hundreds of ducks, mostly lesser scaup, with lots of smaller numbers of 
dabblers and divers mixed in. Ebird scoffed at my common goldeneye, of which 
there were several. The real prize was two long-tailed ducks, both hanging with 
scaup in the south end of the lake.  For reference, we saw them from the 
southmost picnic area, the first you can access after passing the entrance 
booth.Now for the intriguing piece- Scott Somershoe reviewed my photos of one 
of the long-tails, which were horrid, having been taken from several hundred 
yards with a hand-held 600 mm lens. They may win a "worst in class" award. But, 
I took them just to have some kind photo evidence of the ducks.  However, in 
looking at my post, the ever-alert Scott noted that a scaup in one of my photos 
looked suspiciously like a tufted duck. the duck in question clearly (by the 
standards of a really bad image) had what appears to be a tuft hanging off its 
head.  Unfortunately, I had no other photos that showed a profile of the bird 
in question.So, if you happen to be out at Jackson any time soon, check for the 
long-tails and be on the alert for an even better find, courtesy of my bad 
photography and Scott's attention to detail.
Norm LewisLakewood

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[cobirds] Fwd: [wsbn)[WYOBIRDS] Red flanked bluetail [1 Attachment]

[Todd Deininger]

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Not too far from us!

Forrest Luke

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Sent: Monday, November 4, 2019 10:44 AM
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Subject: (EXT)[WYOBIRDS] Red flanked bluetail

All,

This is not a drill. There is a red flanked bluetail in my neighbordhood in
Laramie, WY. 658 1/2 North 9th Street is my address. Bird has been flying
around a lot. Several great pics.

-Cody Porter
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[cobirds] Jaeger sp Aurora Res

[David Suddjian]

Diane Roberts and I were looking at a juv. Jaeger at Aurora Res. We only saw it 
at a distance on the water and flying once. My impression was 
Parasitic/Long-tailed. But it seems to have departed and we can’t relocate.

David Suddjian 
Ken Caryl Valley 
Littleton Co

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Re: [cobirds] Reporting rare birds

['Allison Hilf' via Colorado Birds]

If a COBirds member sees a post about a rare bird on FB please respectfully 
share on COBirds, or notify a compiler.

Thanks to Rachel Hopper for notifying compiler Dave Leatherman about Gyrfalcon 
sighting.

Allison Hilf
One of the RBA Compilers
Aurora, CO

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> On Nov 4, 2019, at 9:39 AM, "s...@juno.com"  wrote:
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> Please report your rare bird sighting to Cobirds, NOT Facebook in the future.
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> Tim Smart
> Broomfield
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[cobirds] Reporting rare birds

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Please report your rare bird sighting to Cobirds, NOT Facebook in the 
future.Thanks Tim SmartBroomfield

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