Re: [cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
PPS- I should have read the directions a little morel closely- I would say I fall into the obsessed category- I keep 10-15 feeders active, depending upon the season, and have a semi-wild area on my back hill, as I live in a little valley and the upper back yard areas on the street are not developed, which gives me about an eighth of an acre of mixed trees and brush. Whew. I think that's all! Norm On Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 08:33:54 AM MDT, Thomas Heinrich wrote: Hi all,Another quick update on the lists. In addition to the 350 species on Google list that Bryan has set up, I have another 26 species from birders who have sent lists directly to me. So the current total # of species: 376 Getting close to 400! I hope to have the list I'm compiling wrapped up this weekend and off to Bryan to merge with his Google sheet. The list will include names and counties. Please let me know if you would prefer to remain anonymous. Also, if there is a particular species (or couple of species) that you ticked off on Bryan's list that you would like to have your name next to on the new list, please let me know. I'll be attempting to include all who have contributed to the list in an equitable way. Thanks again to all who have shared and contributed, Thomas On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich wrote: Hi all, Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the recent Brambling, too?) As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' experience with yard-listing. How long have you been keeping your list?What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, dedicated, obsessed?How many species? Rarest, or favorite species?Most memorable experience?Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to Colorado's 520 species could we get? It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! --Thomas Heinrich My answers to the questions above:15 yearsDedicated to obsessive 152 speciesWood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian WaxwingWatching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020)Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwE%2BE%2BUtLtfFgBZgN_6rcsuRoovSTfkdwkWvokuMSz7Dtg%40mail.gmail.com. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop rec
Re: [cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
PS- my yard list dates to 1988. Norm On Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 08:33:54 AM MDT, Thomas Heinrich wrote: Hi all,Another quick update on the lists. In addition to the 350 species on Google list that Bryan has set up, I have another 26 species from birders who have sent lists directly to me. So the current total # of species: 376 Getting close to 400! I hope to have the list I'm compiling wrapped up this weekend and off to Bryan to merge with his Google sheet. The list will include names and counties. Please let me know if you would prefer to remain anonymous. Also, if there is a particular species (or couple of species) that you ticked off on Bryan's list that you would like to have your name next to on the new list, please let me know. I'll be attempting to include all who have contributed to the list in an equitable way. Thanks again to all who have shared and contributed, Thomas On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich wrote: Hi all, Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the recent Brambling, too?) As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' experience with yard-listing. How long have you been keeping your list?What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, dedicated, obsessed?How many species? Rarest, or favorite species?Most memorable experience?Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to Colorado's 520 species could we get? It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! --Thomas Heinrich My answers to the questions above:15 yearsDedicated to obsessive 152 speciesWood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian WaxwingWatching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020)Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwE%2BE%2BUtLtfFgBZgN_6rcsuRoovSTfkdwkWvokuMSz7Dtg%40mail.gmail.com. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/863238083.551.1710602383595%40mail.yahoo.com.
Re: [cobirds] Re: Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?
Good morning Thomas - In my yard, located on the north side of Green Mountain in Lakewood, I have seen 133 species. By far the most notable was a bronzed cowbird. This bird appeared at a neighbor's feeders in June of 1990, and stayed at that location (about a mile from my house) long enough for many birders to see it. To my surprise, one morning it showed up at my feeders, but did not linger long. Other birds that are unusual, either because of season or geography, included juniper titmouse, band-tailed pigeon (which I found roosting on my back step on a frigid winter morning), orchard oriole, canyon wren, common poorwill, purple finch, red crossbill, all three rosy-finches, northern shrike, red-naped sapsucker, eastern screech/northern pygmy/saw-whet owls, indigo bunting, Carolina wren, brown thrasher and summer tanager.The most interesting event observed in the yard was a northern shrike killing a rosy-finch and stashing it in a lilac bush. Thanks for the interesting project! Norm LewisLakewood On Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 08:33:54 AM MDT, Thomas Heinrich wrote: Hi all,Another quick update on the lists. In addition to the 350 species on Google list that Bryan has set up, I have another 26 species from birders who have sent lists directly to me. So the current total # of species: 376 Getting close to 400! I hope to have the list I'm compiling wrapped up this weekend and off to Bryan to merge with his Google sheet. The list will include names and counties. Please let me know if you would prefer to remain anonymous. Also, if there is a particular species (or couple of species) that you ticked off on Bryan's list that you would like to have your name next to on the new list, please let me know. I'll be attempting to include all who have contributed to the list in an equitable way. Thanks again to all who have shared and contributed, Thomas On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM Thomas Heinrich wrote: Hi all, Every now and then one of us will share the excitement of adding a rarity or new species to a yard list, report yard list totals, or comment on local trends. And some of the lists, and variety of species, are really impressive (e.g. David Suddjian's, Gary Lefko's). Yellow Grosbeak, Pyrrhuloxia, Streak-backed Oriole, Long-billed Thrasher, Costa's Hummingbird, Laurence's Goldfinch, and even Anhinga come to mind as rarities that have shown up in or been observed from yards. (Perhaps the recent Brambling, too?) As a pretty obsessive yard lister (i.e. binocs always on, camera ready when outdoors, much of the time indoors too), I often wonder about others' experience with yard-listing. How long have you been keeping your list?What's your style of yard listing: casual, mainly feeder watching, moderate, dedicated, obsessed?How many species? Rarest, or favorite species?Most memorable experience?Location/habitat: urban, suburban, rural, etc? And the big question: if we tallied up all our yard lists, how close to Colorado's 520 species could we get? It seems likely that certain families would be less well-represented; shorebirds, waterfowl, and gulls, for example. But with neighborhoods lining bodies of water such as Boyd Lake, Lake Loveland, Marston Reservoir, Jackson Lake, and MacIntosh Lake (in Boulder), among many others, many of those species theoretically could have been counted on a yard list. Maybe some lucky person living on the shores of Boyd Lake has Long-tailed Jaeger, Slaty-backed Gull, and Garganey on their yard list! Wishing all good health, good birding, and an exciting Spring migration! --Thomas Heinrich My answers to the questions above:15 yearsDedicated to obsessive 152 speciesWood Thrush, Yellow-throated Warbler, N Cardinal, Common Redpoll, Bohemian WaxwingWatching spring raptor migration from the roof-top, 35 Broad-winged Hawks among 130 raptors of 10 species on one high-flow day (4/18/2020)Interface between suburban and open space, base of foothills, el. 5600' -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- Thomas Heinrich Boulder, CO teheinr...@gmail.com www.pbase.com/birdercellist -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate. * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADXhbwE%2BE%2BUtLtfFgBZgN_6rcsuRoovSTfkdwkWvokuMSz7Dtg%
Re: [cobirds] Barr Lake on 9News
Agreed! The tone of the broadcast was conciliatory, suggesting that everything is just fine. I was hoping for something a little more critical.Norm LewisLakewood Sent from my iPhoneOn Sep 21, 2023, at 9:53 PM, Lauren Hyde wrote:I don’t think this broadcast will do a damn thing. Neither women nor the broadcast was assertive enough to let the public know what is really going on. On Sep 21, 2023, at 9:42 PM, Nathan Pieplow wrote:Hi all,9News ran a segment on the Barr Lake situation with interviews from Tammy VerCauteren, executive director of Bird Conservancy, as well as with the manager of Barr Lake State Park. Video here:https://www.9news.com/video/news/local/next/next-with-kyle-clark/why-trees-are-disappearing-from-barr-lake-park/73-79ef4125-c3ac-432d-80ec-b983b2d7c119Nathan PieplowBoulder -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAFhaDVJUQAdhwjEY3_R9eUOCpu1yxnYW-wukOhT64C066kCJew%40mail.gmail.com. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/31DD315A-9A36-4DB5-AA49-7802A5CF1448%40gmail.com. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/AFB18E15-116D-49A9-AF2B-BBEABB580742%40aol.com.
[cobirds] RFI Prewitt
Good morning! Could someone who has been there recently give an update on conditions at Prewitt. I was out there in August, and the reservoir was full with no exposed mudflats. Not the best situation for shorebirds. Has the lake been drawn down, or is it still full? Thanks in advance for any info. Norm Lewis Lakewood Sent from my iPhone -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/6556FE1F-91AC-4172-8D40-B6DB39FF5E4A%40aol.com.
Re: [cobirds] "Birds of Ecuador" free to good home
Good luck! I have attempted to give away dozens of great volumes and no one wants them. I’m boxing them up to give to the Jeffco Library to sell off in their annual Whale of a Sale, if even they can unload them. Nobody wants books anymore. It’s really too bad.Norm LewisLakewood Sent from my iPhoneOn Jan 18, 2023, at 7:03 AM, dgulb...@gmail.com wrote:Ridgely and Greenfield, 2 vols, 1600+ pages.Alsol "Birds of New Guinea", Princeton, 1986If you want them, you'd have to come to my home toget them: just south of Crown Hill Open Space in Lakewood/WheatridgeDavid Gulbenkian Jeffco -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/377e7281-59fb-49af-829f-156b7bd2d42an%40googlegroups.com. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CB66D446-AF02-400C-B02B-D185BAB9A33D%40aol.com.
Re: [cobirds] problem posting to ebird
EBird has been acting odd for a couple days.NormSent from my iPhoneOn Dec 7, 2022, at 3:30 PM, Charlie Paterson wrote:I use ebird frequently, but today I had a problem posting an observation. I researched on ebird and sent a request for help but it looks like it might be days for a reply.Here's the problem: When I add an observation such as 3 house finch or 3 hofi the auto ID line says "can't find your bird?' and when I press that and then press "search all species" it ends my session. App is up to date, Merlin works fine and the locations I've tried I've used many times before.I'd appreciate any suggestions.Charlie Patersoncharlieapater...@gmail.com -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAKNJKZaReFGcneR5SOP0KZ8jKSPoxZWjd2V-X-%2BpP%3DvHdpzCQA%40mail.gmail.com. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/B0C217EF-62AB-4309-8E90-62B1B10C293A%40aol.com.
[cobirds] Red phal at Union
The bird continues in roughly the same area as reported earlier, north and central. Best seen from the county road just south of the boatyard. Do not expect “killer” looks, due to distance and heatwaves, but the bird is identifiable with a little imagination…… Norm Lewis Lakewood Sent from my iPhone -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/BC93946B-13E4-4B96-84E9-2089F2EB7031%40aol.com.
[cobirds] Birding books
Good afternoon! I have a number (I haven’t actually counted, but probably fifty-ish) of birding books that I’d like dispose of. They are pretty good quality stuff. Includes a complete hard copy of “Birds of North America”. Does anybody know of a library or birding organization that might be interested? Thanks for any suggestions. Norm Lewis Lakewood -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/28816B04-471B-4E32-831B-7B7BABBF2E4D%40aol.com.
Re: [cobirds] Re: Brown Pelican off Old Heronry now at Chatfield
Brown pelican is currently sleeping at the end of the narrow peninsula that borders the west side of the river, extending out to the lake. It is just across from a large beaver lodge. Easily viewed from “new heronry overlook”. Norm Lewis Lakewood Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 18, 2022, at 1:02 PM, Joey Angstman wrote: > > My dad (Burke Angstman) found the Brown Pelican at 12:30 downstream from > Kingfisher Bridge East. > > Joey Angstman > Greeley, CO > >> On Monday, April 18, 2022 at 8:43:24 AM UTC-6 dsud...@gmail.com wrote: >> The pelican moved over to the Platte delta. There plus an alternate Comoon >> bc Loon just south of the swim beach. >> >> David >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Apr 18, 2022, at 8:33 AM, David Suddjian wrote: >> > >> > Sorry, sent before I was done. It is out in the middle between Old >> > Heronry and Fox Run >> > >> > David Suddjian >> > >> > Sent from my iPhone >> > >> >> On Apr 18, 2022, at 8:32 AM, David Suddjian wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ > --- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/e8bf3f72-119f-492c-a287-67c2aea9cea5n%40googlegroups.com. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/9EB79B44-F34F-4EAA-91F2-2129FEB323A3%40aol.com.
[cobirds] SB Gull
Any sightings this morning? Norm Lewis Lakewood Sent from my iPhone -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/E18EAD13-88EC-470A-8377-473FBCA5F84F%40aol.com.
[cobirds] Belmar long-tail
If anyone is looking for this bird, it is currently in the little pond just west of the office park parking lot. Norm Lewls Lakewood Sent from my iPhone -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/36368356-A7DD-41FC-8179-6EC55DE6D83C%40aol.com.
[cobirds] RFI wood thrush
Is it being seen today? Norm Lewis Lakewood Sent from my iPhone -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/289E8327-90E7-45CF-9FA4-3C442D4DE7D1%40aol.com.
Re: [cobirds] Canyon Wren
I have had them in my yard on several occasions. I live in Lakewood about four miles from the hogback, so my visitors have definitely wandered away from their typical habitat among the rocky cliffs of the foothills. Norm LewisLakewood -Original Message- From: Nicholas Komar To: Nicolle Martin Cc: David Suddjian ; Colorado Birds Sent: Mon, Feb 1, 2021 5:32 pm Subject: Re: [cobirds] Canyon Wren Yes, Nicolle. Canyon Wrens are occasionally seen on the plains during migration and winter, and often associate with man-made structures. Nick KomarFort Collins On Feb 1, 2021, at 5:13 PM, Nicolle Martin wrote: Thanks, David! I saw him at my house in the Valley - first time ever. :) Nicolle H. Martin Ken Caryl Littleton, CO On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 5:07 PM David Suddjian wrote: I am not sure where you saw the wren but canyon wren is found year round in the hogbacks at Ken Caryl. David Suddjian Ken Carly Valley, Littleton CO Sent from my iPhone On Feb 1, 2021, at 4:12 PM, Nicolle Martin wrote: Birders, is it possible that I just saw a Canyon Wren in Littleton, CO??? It was unmistakably a wren and it definitely had a white neck. It was flitting around on the ground in typical wren fashion making a rather sharp annoying chirping. Thanks for any insight! Nicolle H. Martin Ken Caryl, 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAE5x5chJppBW-Pwy8nC4z8c2y04GngBx1%2B7Q%2B_tnPD4z2GJPDw%40mail.gmail.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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAE5x5chpxi6_0sm1fY9xYAu6KVHd8T4diDvA2Az4jBQwYhKF-g%40mail.gmail.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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/4DF97A0B-8370-46F1-8D51-7C8C697161DC%40comcast.net. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1609880438.833006.1612229519177%40mail.yahoo.com.
Re: [cobirds] Official Response from CPW About Use of State Wildlife Areas
As soon as this policy was announced, I purchased my (senior) fishing license online. On the license it breaks down the cost (which at $9.85 is a bargain), and there is a small charge noted for Search and Rescue. So if you are of a certain age and purchase a senior pass, you have paid for the S&R function in the price of the license. Norm LewisLakewood -Original Message- From: Ira Sanders To: Rachel Kolokoff Hopper Cc: Pam Piombino ; kevygud...@aol.com; cobirds Sent: Sat, Jul 11, 2020 1:44 pm Subject: Re: [cobirds] Official Response from CPW About Use of State Wildlife Areas So, if you are over 65 and don't have a habitat stamp and search and rescue services comes to your aid, are you covered or do you have to reimburse for those services?Ira Sanders On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 1:04 PM Rachel Kolokoff Hopper wrote: If you are under 65 you must buy a habitat stamp with your fishing/hunting license. 65 and over it is not required. If you buy a license online it is automatically added to your purchase. Sent from my iPhonewww.rkhphotography.netRachel Kolokoff HopperFt. Collins On Jul 11, 2020, at 12:08 PM, Pam Piombino wrote: I stopped in Poudre Canyon to buy my senior fishing license to legally enter to SWAs on my way to North Park. I tried to buy a habitat stamp at the same time, but the clerk had no idea how to sell me one. I am surprised that Tammy was forced to purchase one at the same time. I always thought it was optional; am I mistaken? Do chime in to the CPW that you want to be counted as a wildlife watcher rather than a fisherperson or hunter if you don't fit into those categories. Polly Reetz sent an email today with contacts. Pam Piombino On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 11:54 AM Ira Sanders wrote: Birders,Tammy bought a fishing license so she could fish on SWA lands and of course birdwatch. She was forced to buy a habitat stamp at the same time. For those of you who don't know what that is, it covers you for the cost of search and rescue if they have to come and find you if you get lost or injured and search and rescue has to come and get you out there. I don't believe I have seen that mentioned anywhere in any of the discussions of the issue that has been discussed in this thread.Ira SandersGolden On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 8:47 PM kevygudguy via Colorado Birds wrote: Hello Fellow Birders, I have received an official response from CPW concerning use of SWAs for birding, hiking, etc. This came from their Communication Center in response to my inquiry about being allowed onto properties that do not allow fishing, if all I have is a fishing license. I have pasted below what I believe to be the salient portion of their reply: You are correct, a valid hunting or fishing license will be required for everyone 18 or older attempting to access any State Wildlife Area or State Trust Land leased by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, beginning July 1. This does not apply to State Parks. (SWA FAQ). Even if the property doesn't have fishing opportunities, a license is still required. The rule change was adopted unanimously on April 30 by the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission. SWAs are intended for wildlife habitat and wildlife-related recreation (hunting and fishing). Unlike national forests or local government parks, SWAs are not “public lands” that provide for multi-use recreation. Most SWAs provide important resting, feeding, birthing, or breeding areas for Colorado wildlife. In that way, year ‘round outdoor recreation may have negative impacts on the wildlife populations in those areas. The license requirement is an effort to limit multi-use recreation on these properties, not encourage it. While hikers, photographers, birders, and others may in fact be recreating by watching wildlife, only those with a hunting or fishing license are contributing to the purchase and maintenance of these properties. ...I'm hoping this response from CPW answers everyone's questions and concerns about SWA access. Keep Smilin',Kevin Corwin, west Centennial, Arapahoe Sent from my Remington Rand Typewriter via my Rotary Dial Wall Phone -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1946484537.10132.1594435619237%40mail.yahoo.com. -- Ira SandersGolden, CO"My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives."-- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABF3siH6AYL%2Bmeh6AayhtHtZ3VHbFPzYcc
Re: [cobirds] Trespassing at Box Elder Creek
After reading Patrick's account, perhaps I need to reconsider! Norm LewisLakewood -Original Message- From: 'Birding' via Colorado Birds To: endin...@gmail.com Cc: Colorado Birds Sent: Thu, Jun 11, 2020 5:33 pm Subject: Re: [cobirds] Trespassing at Box Elder Creek I was just out there- patrol asked if I were birding. I said yes and waved the binos. He said “Great! Have fun!” I think some of those folks have a “because I can complex”. I had one try to chase me off the (public) right-of-way over at the burrowing owl area. I politely declined and she took off, muttering about calling the police. Give some folks a badge, no matter how insubstantial, and they tend to get above their raisin’, as they say in country music. There is no signage in that area, and I have to doubt if there is serious concern about it. If I prove to be wrong, I’ll hit you up for bail. Norm Lewis Lakewood Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 11, 2020, at 4:32 PM, Eric Dinkel wrote: > > So interesting the lack of consistency with this out at Box Elder and > surrounding area. I was told a similar thing back in January at the creek > itself. Then last week I was tempted by the cassin’s and grasshopper sparrows > (and other cool birds) and headed back out. Encountered 3 different patrols > (one from inside the fence near runways) and all 3 said a okay- have fun > birding. > My guess is the airport doesn’t have a clear policy on birding out there so > each patrol decides what to say in the moment. Just my two cents. > > Cheers, > > Eric Dinkel > Denver > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/3ad16178-03a2-4d71-91c3-589352ee28d6o%40googlegroups.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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/7C6929E9-A54E-423F-BCCE-27F0F869C6A4%40aol.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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1713599129.2169248.1591923379844%40mail.yahoo.com.
[cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT! And a suggestion/request!
I, too, would like to thank the originators and compilers of the RBA from over the years. I have checked it virtually every day that I have been in town for years. Thanks again for all your efforts. I will miss it. Now for the suggestion: since the RBA is kaput, and there are lots of folks who do not care to manipulate their way through eBird (which is not that tough, by the way), it would be nice if those observing a rarity in the field, particularly one that is within easy reach of other birders, to post it from the location. I have eBird alerts running for numerous counties, but I don't get those reports until the next day. My only immediate access to interesting sightings is Cobirds. There have been several instances recently when an unusual species appeared but no one informed the birding community at large. For example, a scarlet tanager was recently seen at Harriman Lake, just a few minutes from my house. There were fifteen eBird reports filed, which means there were no doubt twice that many observers, yet no one took a moment to post the bird to Cobirds. I found out about the bird the next day, and it was a one-day wonder. Either I missed any reports, or I don't have many friends. Perhaps both. But at any rate, it would have been nice to have had a chance to pop over there for a look. Just my two cents. As they say about the pandemic, we're all in this together, and I have always found that one of the great joys of birding is the sharing of birds with others who like them just as much as I do. Norm LewisLakewood -Original Message- From: 'Andrews Robert' via Colorado Birds To: Colorado Birds ; Joe Roller Sent: Fri, May 29, 2020 4:09 am Subject: Re: [cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT! Hello all,I would like to join others in showing appreciation for the compilers of the RBA we see on Cobirds. Since I spend most of the year thousands of miles away from Colorado in West Africa, I don’t get any direct use of the RBA for birding. But I did enjoy seeing a compilation of the most interesting or unusual bird sightings from Colorado as a way to keep up with what is happening in Colorado. Many thanks to Joyce and then Joe and his team of volunteers and all of the other compilers who have provided this service.Bob AndrewsYekepa, Nimba Co., Liberia, West Africa On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, 09:26:03 AM MDT, Joe Roller wrote: Daily updates on rare and interesting birds in Colorado have been shared via Cobirds for over 14 years as the "Colorado Rare Bird Alert" (or Report). For 13 years, Joyce Takamine tirelessly compiled this list of rarities from all over the state, posting it with dates and places on the Cobirds listserv and into your email inboxes.After Joyce retired at the end of 2018, a few of us continued to compile the report. But our team of volunteers is no longer large enough to continue this informational service, which has been sponsored for years by the Denver Field Ornithologists. In the past we invited volunteers to join the RBA team of compilers, but we are no longer seeking those, as the RBA is over now.By way of history, the RBA continued the early notification work of dedicated birders like Dave Martin, Norm Erthal and Dick Schottler, who phoned in daily field updates to a DFO voice recorder. Local and visiting birders could dial in to hear these daily messages and keep abreast of the changing parade of rarities moving through Colorado.Even before that, DFO sponsored a "telephone tree" notification list in the 1960s and '70s. Each birder in the tree would get a a call from an excited birder up the list: "Hey! Bruce Webb found a Little Gull at Union Reservoir today. First state record! Call the next two birders on the list to let them know!"Before that? Perhaps birders used two tin cans and a string -- I don't know. In any event, the joy of sharing goes back a long time and will continue beyond the RBA. As many of you already know, eBird provides free updates of Colorado rare bird sightings as frequently as hourly. (Sign up at www.ebird.org/alerts)The CFO website has a section where bird reports appear the moment a checklist is sent to eBird. (cfobirds.org)On behalf of the current team of RBA compilers, thank you for allowing us to share the joy of discovery through the decades . . . and good birding! Joe Roller, Denver-- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUB_zBCS3mmZrKb8G9%2B%2BETDA2p2LG2dUN2XA0JbyMAWcmA%40mail.gmail.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
Re: [cobirds] Re: Robert A. Spencer, March 31, 1924 - May 11, 2020
Larry's comments are spot on. I had the privilege of birding with Bob a number of times over the years, and he was a delightful fellow. However, in doing an outing with Bob one would risk "death by a thousand puns". Norm LewisLakewood -Original Message- From: Larry Modesitt To: Colorado Birds Sent: Wed, May 13, 2020 5:04 pm Subject: [cobirds] Re: Robert A. Spencer, March 31, 1924 - May 11, 2020 I thank Joe Roller for pointing out Bob’s and Paula’s Bobolink connection, I thank Bob, Jr. for the parental love of delivering Bob and his wheelchair to stakeouts, and I thank Bob Spencer himself for, despite his consistent knowledge and humor, not taking himself too seriously—a very unusual and welcome trait. Bob, you were a boon to both people and birds. All of us have been blessed by your having lived. Larry Modesitt, Arvada On Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 12:02:16 PM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote: Today is a somber day, as long-time Denver area birder and friend, Bob Spencer, passed away yesterday. His son, Robert, asked me to post this brief obituary. There cannot be amemorial service anytime soon due to Covid-19, but we'll eventually find a wayto gather, share memories and mark his place in our lives. Joe Roller, Denver Dear members of the birding community:It is with sadness that I share with you that my Father, Robert (Bob) Spencer died peacefully yesterday while in recovery from a recent broken hip. He and his new bride, Shirley (died 2006) moved to Golden Colorado from Buffalo/Rochester New York in 1952. They lived in Golden ever since. My Father worked as a printer, but he lived to see birds and share birding with the regional birding community, especially members of the Denver Field Ornithologists (DFO) and Colorado Field Ornithologists (CFO). While serving as a past president of DFO (circa 1990) he helped invent the Ptarmigan award, which the organization still gives out periodically. Some of his proudest moments was receiving lifetime achievement awards from both organizations. I am so grateful for all of the friendship and support that the birding community has shared with my Father throughout his long life (he was 96 years old!). Donations in his name may be sent to: Colorado Field Ornithologists (cobirds.org) OR Denver Field Ornithologists (dfobirds.org). Robert L. Spencer, Ph.D.Professor of Behavioral NeuroscienceDirector of Neuroscience MajorDepartment of Psychology and NeuroscienceUCB345University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, CO 80309office room: Muen D465Boffice phone: 303-492-0854robert...@colorado.edu -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/86e40aa9-d1b4-414c-83c7-ca8e882abe96%40googlegroups.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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/729103822.92004.1589463348480%40mail.yahoo.com.
[cobirds] Morgan County yesterday, long-tailed ducks
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 -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/807571210.695214.1572899478138%40mail.yahoo.com.
[cobirds] Jackson today
Nina Routh and I made a run out to Jackson Reservoir and State Park today, with some interesting results. Arriving fairly early, we decided to try for some migrant songbirds first, and the inlet canal seemed like a good place to start. We advanced across the road and up the canal, and immediately started taking heavy fire. Oops. Dove season. The gunfire didn't do a thing for the ambience, and being unarmed, retreat seemed to be the best strategy. Also productive, as in addition to many of the usual suspects, the parking area produced a bright male Baltimore oriole. He was a surprise in terms of geography and timing, being both off range and about a month late. After congratulating ourselves sufficiently for the oriole, we decided it was time to try for some shorebirds, so we headed up to the SWA on the north end. Here we found a nice little flock of peeps, with the usual Baird's being joined by several semi-palmated and westerns. There were also three semi-palmated plovers, but not much else. The ponds were full of water and totally empty of waterfowl, which seemed odd. Time to check the state park, where we were sure we'd find a plethora of migrants among the Russian olives and cottonwoods. Wrong. After and hour and a half of bird tails, bird wingtips and bird shadows, we conceded the field. I think we must have set some kind of record for the most total crappy looks at birds at one location. After a brief debate as to the chances that any place else on the west side would be likely to have a bird or two, we agreed to take a quick look at the far northwest end, beyond the last parking lot, where a small marsh is surrounded by an olive/cottonwood thicket. Here we once again got a demonstration of the odd nature of birding, as we scored more birds in the first five minutes than in the previous hour plus. Right out of the chute we had a couple of oddities, a pair of female Bullock's orioles and a yellow-breasted chat, at which eBird didn't protest, but certainly raised an eyebrow. Over the next ten minutes we had eight eastern kingbirds, orange-crowned and yellow warblers, a red-tailed hawk, two western wood-pewees, a house wren, Brewer's and clay-colored sparrows and a partridge in a pear tree. Well, no partridge, but all of those others, plus some I am no doubt forgetting, over the course of a hundred-foot walk. It never hurts to try one more spot. Norm Lewis Lakewood, 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/165bc73d95a-1ebd-b7a4%40webjas-vaa152.srv.aolmail.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Jeffco- Dickcissel, Grasshopper yes, Great Egret?
Following the excellent directions of Eric and subsequently Joe, I trekked across the prairie along Plainview Road and easily found the dickcissel, singing from the lone cottonwood. Ebird lets me know when a bird is reported that I have not seen in various locations, and it had alerted me to the reported grasshopper sparrow here. I intended to wander around looking for one, but the thunderstorm rapidly approaching from the west quickly disabused me of that notion. Not wishing to become birder fricassee on the alter of a county bird, I scooted back to the car, making it just ahead of the rain. Oh well, all was not lost- to my surprise, eBird also informed that I did not have great egret for the county. One had been reported to the east, so I headed north, incorrectly directed by GPS to take that route to my next stop. So, I turned around and headed back down Plainview toward Highway 72. When I got back to the dickcissel parking lot, who should be perched on the fence but Mr. (or Ms.) Grasshopper Sparrow. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. Since the rain had passed, I moseyed (I have never attempted to type "moseyed" before, but spellcheck apparently likes it) back down the road and found this little stretch to be quite pleasant and very productive. A few minutes of birding added a few goodies like mountain bluebird, chat, spotted towhee, a variety of swallows, house wren, Brewer's blackbird and others. Nice little spot that I had never visited. Once again, Cobirds produces great results. OK then, one down, one to go! Let's go get the great egret reported from 80th and Indiana. I ended up on Indiana, went south past 80th, and there on the west side of the road was a small pond, and - kaching! - a great egret perched on a dock. Birding really shouldn't be this easy. Wait a minute. Better recheck that egret. Fighting some really nasty traffic, I found a turnaround and headed back, risking life and limb by pulling off the road across from the egret. Plastic. But I have to admit that it looked pretty damned good at thirty miles per hour. So, if you were looking to pick up your Jeffco great egret at this location, I would recommend trying elsewhere. Norm Lewis Lakewood -- 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/1640ade45a1-c8d-214bc%40webjas-vad195.srv.aolmail.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [cobirds] Re: Pawnee Grasslands 10April2018 (Weld)
Perhaps someone could fix us up with the appropriate contact information for the authorities there, and the birding community could start making its voice heard. It is beyond ridiculous for firearms to be discharged along a route that is touted by the Forest Service as a wildlife viewing area. Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: Rachel To: coloradobirder Cc: COBIRDS Sent: Wed, Apr 11, 2018 11:05 am Subject: Re: [cobirds] Re: Pawnee Grasslands 10April2018 (Weld) I was on the Pawnee last week and there was a guy lying on the ground next to his pickup approx. 1/2 mile from his target, shooting ACROSS road 69 near the intersection of 96 & 69 with a semi-automatic assault rifle. I did call the ranger's office and as usual no-one answered. I thought about calling the Weld County Sheriff’s Office but then decided I was gong to get shot so I drove out of the area. Really unbelievable. I would suggest extreme caution when driving the auto tour these days. I will not be going back. Perhaps CFO & DFO could band together with all of our members and voice a serious complaint to the district. I have left a voicemail with the ranger. Hopefully he will call me back. --- Rachel Hopper Ft. Collins. CO r-hop...@comcast.net On Apr 11, 2018, at 10:32 AM, 'The Nunn Guy' via Colorado Birds wrote: Hi all I have passed these comments (as anonymous reports) to our U. S. Forest Service/Pawnee Ranger District staff asking to investigate. I'll let you know how they respond and/or act. Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.club/ -- 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/3B5832E9-2D3E-4009-B7DA-CB26668E8F10%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/162b6e526f9-17a3-267e%40webjas-vae088.srv.aolmail.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [cobirds] Am. Goldfinches - Pueblo
I was surprised to find a flock of fifteen American goldfinches in the town of Briggsdale this afternoon. eBird flagged it. Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: Leon Bright To: Cobirds Sent: Mon, Apr 9, 2018 9:46 am Subject: [cobirds] Am. Goldfinches - Pueblo COBirders-- While this post doesn’t compare to the others this morning about super rarities, I wanted to share my pleasure observing the flock of 12-15 American Goldfinches that have been visiting my feeders for the last fortnight. It is interesting to observe the variety of stages of molt in the males. This morning one appeared that had almost achieved full breeding plumage while others are still in intermediate stages. Also, a few Pine Siskins have begun to show up after an absence of over a year. I’ve noticed that at times these two irruptive species appear to be associated in their wanderings. 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/00a701d3d019%24fbc778f0%24f3566ad0%24%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/162ad75b188-179f-5c11%40webjas-vad117.srv.aolmail.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Texas parks pass
This is a bit off topic, but I wanted to throw out an offer. I just returned from a trip to the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. For the trip I purchased a Texas state parks pass. If any Cobirders might be heading down that way, I'd be happy to lend it to you- just contact me off list and we can make arrangements. I used it at a lot of the well known spots of the Valley (Estero Llano Grande, Falcon, Resaca de las Palmas, etc.) but I imagine it would be useful elsewhere, too. Just let me know if you could use it. Norm Norm Lewis Lakewood, 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/1617b165cbe-688c-14a13%40webjas-vad225.srv.aolmail.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [cobirds] New yard bird - Pueblo
Wow indeed! Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: Brandon To: Leon Bright Cc: cobirds Sent: Tue, Jan 9, 2018 8:24 am Subject: Re: [cobirds] New yard bird - Pueblo Wow! Brandon K. Percival Pueblo West, CO Sent from my Android On Jan 9, 2018 8:15 AM, "Leon Bright" wrote: COBirders-- Well, shortly after arising this morning I took a look out our kitchen window to check on our feeders, and . . . Leon Bright 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/003301d3895c%24bcf97d20%2436ec7760%24%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/CA%2BXeEuWpmvty6mVuEEgFheU4nZ-VW9p8E9Md7536FQm5R0cz4w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/160dc0610d2-1726-2fe5b%40webjas-vad116.srv.aolmail.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Barr Lake today
I thought I'd follow up on my earlier post about the jaeger (more on him/her in minute) with a summary of our outing. I had my monthly museum group out at Barr Lake today, and it was a quite productive day. We started by harrassing the inimitable Meredith McB at the banding station, where she retaliated with a fusillade of Wilson's warblers, intimidating us into a quick retreat. But we'd be back. Next stop was a walk down to the Pioneer Trail blind, where a cooperative peregrine falcon posed on a snag for us. A quick scope scan of the lake revealed hundreds of western grebes, and with a little imagination we converted a few of them into Clark's. That's our story, and we're stickin' to itWe had good numbers of orange-crowned, yellow-rumped and Wilson's warblers. However, my entry of eight orange-crowns was roundly rebuked by eBird, and it didn't like my western wood-pewee either, which kind of hurt my feelings. But I persisted, and Mr. eBird relented. We then slunk back to the banding station, where Meredith cut us some slack, as well as a couple of good birds. A nice Hammond's flycatcher (a small individual with some characteristics overlapping with least) emerged from a bag, followed by a hermit thrush. Then came a mystery sparrow, which after some discussion we agreed to call a Lincoln's, and a sorry one indeed. The poor bird looked like it had been in bar fight and lost. Elbowed aside by the sixth or seventh busload of grade-schoolers (Meredith, how do you do it?), we set out for the lake, where out by the island was a sizable flock of gulls that we could no longer ignore with good conscience. The group proved to consist of 100+ Californias, with a smattering of ringers, Franklins and a herring or two. Some searching turned up a Sabine's lurking behind a ponderous Cal, followed by another fly-by Sabine's. Next up was the Neidrach Trail and boardwalk. Things initially didn't look too promising, but we did pick up a couple of eared grebes and a few assorted ducks. A couple of birds lurking on the distant grassy beach yielded several mis-identifications until we finally decided to trek down the trail for a closer look. They quickly proved to be plovers, and finally, two American golden-plovers. Other than a couple of killdeer, they were the only shorebirds we saw all day. by this time I was beginning to feel like a certified eBird reject. We closed things out with a jaeger sp that was coursing back and forth across the lake to the northeast. After following it with binos at considerable distance for a minute, we thought we saw it settle on the water far down the lake, closer to the dam. So, we hoofed it back to the parking lot and headed down to the boat launch to see if we could refind the bird. We could not. I will be interest to see if it reappears. While we were walking/driving down to the launch, the bird had plenty of time to relocate. Our consolation prize was a couple more Sabine's, which may or may not have been the same two we had seen to the west earlier. Please post if you 1) relocate the jeager and 2) have any idea which species it is. Norm Lewis Lakewood, 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/15ee540d4de-c12-d357%40webjas-vaa149.srv.aolmail.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county
I understand, and this why I encourage other birders not to let themselves be pushed around for no particular good reason. I make it a point never to pass a "private property" sign, to cross fences or enter anywhere that says "keep out". However, I find that more and more I am being harrassed for being in areas which appear have public access. "Golf Cart Boy" out at Latham once called the sheriff on me (he did it while I was standing there, so I know he actually did it; I overheard the conversation). I just stood there while he yelled at me that I was ignoring him, to which I replied, "Yep". He left, but I waited around for the authorities, who of course never appeared. They probably got a good laugh out of his report of a miscreant birder. Anyway, if law enforcement gives me a valid reason way I should vacate an area, vacate I will. Yesterday's "officer" (who must have looking desperately for a reason to justify her existence) just sputtered about "DIA" and "private property" and really had no good reason why I should leave the area. That's probably enough on this subject. Please obey all property signs and follow the ABA Code of Ethics. But I submit that there is no reason why birders should be bullied just because we have a reputation for being rather passive. Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: Diana Beatty Cc: Colorado Birds Sent: Sat, Apr 1, 2017 11:12 am Subject: Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county That is funny, but as a Muslim birder this stuff is not much of a joke to me. I am afraid to go on any birding expeditions out of the country right now, or to even try to get on a plane to go somewhere in this country. I was harassed and followed by security once for birding at the Xeriscape Gardens in Colorado Springs - apparently because it is owned by the local utility company the fact that I had a scarf and binoculars made me a terrorist. I just don't trust the 'authorities' are always going to do the right thing because of my appearance. I have heard the same thing from several birders of color. I encourage those of you who are less marginalized to keep standing up when people push you like that because you might be indirectly helping out someone who wouldn't be able to do so. Diana Beatty El Paso County On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Ira Sanders wrote: April Fools!!! On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 10:12 AM, Joe Roller wrote: I was curious about the extra vigilance you have described, so I researched the issue on line. It turns out that there was a recent Interpol bulletin about the threats and damage to reservoirs, especially in parts of Great Britain and Germany. Terrorists have been posing as birders in order to avoid arousing suspicion from security guards. Dressed as birders, with binoculars, muddy boots and field guides, these miscreants have been found lurking close to large reservoirs. When no one seemed to be watching, one Isis commando was videotaped heaving a gunny sack full of zebra mussels over a fence, where it plopped into Fulz Reservoir, which is the main water supply of Stuttgart, near the air force base. When caught, he explained (translated from Farsi), "No way was I going to wear a suicide vest, so I opted for the safer act of slowly destroying that reservoir with these noxious, invasive bivalves." Be wary though out this day in early April, and the rest of month too. Joe Roller, Denver On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 8:41 AM, Susan Rosine wrote: There is an area where signs are posted No Stopping or Parking (something like that), but I've always pulled over every where else along that road. I wouldn't worry about it. She must be new. They know birders are always on that road. Susan Rosine Thornton -- 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/60de92d0-ab3b-4259-ba13-aeea18695184%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Ira Sanders Golden, CO "My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives." -- 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/CABF3siHp-N%3DUgQPg%2BwTmgpPMeC4VhdoPNuOt0um40jL2-qZhfA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. --
[cobirds] Adams County South Platte
Having had an appointment on the north end of town, and finding myself with an extra hour on my hands, I decided to take a quick walk from 78th Ave. north to the water tank along the Platte. My intention was to see if the Barrow's goldeneye might still be about, and to check out whatever else might be present. First, the Barrow's report: there were three, one male and two females. That is the same count I had at this time last winter, and I have to wonder if it might be the same three birds. Interestingly, the two females were associating with a group of female commons, and the male with another group of female commons. Perhaps they have had a falling-out? Anyway, beyond the Barrow's there was nothing out of the ordinary to report. What I found most interesting was the assemblages. Most of the usual suspects were present: hundreds of gadwall, shovelers and green-winged teal, dozens of pintail and a smattering of mallards. Not a single wigeon in that entire stretch of river. Among divers, there were lots of common goldeneye, quite a few lesser scaup, and one bufflehead. Not a single merganser of any flavor. One pied-billed grebe. The only passerines were two yellow-rumped warblers- no juncos, no song sparrows. All in all, one of the odder collections of common birds I have encountered in a while. On a related note, there is now a road across the river at the railroad overpass, with many culverts in a rock dam providing flow for the river. Does anyone know the purpose of this? I wasn't sure if it were a permanent crossing, or just a temporary structure to accommodate some construction project. Norm Lewis Lakewood, 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/15a1bcd405d-3c0f-120f3%40webprd-a91.mail.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [cobirds] Re: Purple Sandpiper viewing ethics
I think all of the panic over disturbing this bird is probably a little overly dramatic? I was up there yesterday, and everyone was staying in the previously created viewing area (about 50-60 feet from the bird). My only previous experience with purple sandpiper was at Cape May in January, where I repeatedly encountered them on rock jetties while scanning for seaducks, pelagics, etc. I walked up on them a number of times- gray birds on gray rocks, and therefore hard to see, so my encounters were mostly by accident and not by stealth. In every case the birds seemed unconcerned with my presence and went about their business without paying much attention to me. I was often within a few feet of them. Our east coast birders (Tony?) cold probably comment more knowledgeably on this than I. I think we all recognize the important of not disturbing birds in general and "staked out rarities" in particular, but this bird has been hanging out and feeding in the same area, under circumstances which must seem entirely natural to it (habitat and temperatures, if not geographic location!), for several days while literally dozens (hundreds?) of folks observed.it. While I was there it foraged and fed and seemingly paid no attention to the observers. If you see someone approaching a bird like this to within five feet, that is the time to speak up. If you have not observed such behavior, you might not want to jump to conclusions as to what other birders are doing. In my one visit to the site, everyone was courteous to both the bird and other birders, and no one approached closer than what I would consider an appropriate distance. Just my two cents. We have a great bird here and we should collectively enjoy the bird as long as it remains without having to lecture one another on how to observe it. I would encourage the Moderator to discontinue this thread before we have a Birding Civil War over it. Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: Kay Niyo To: gwensminiroses ; dnelson1 Cc: cobirds Sent: Wed, Dec 21, 2016 9:50 am Subject: RE: [cobirds] Re: Purple Sandpiper viewing ethics I agree totally with gwen and duane. Have these people not ever read the ABA birding ethics? Such behavior is not that of an ethical birder who thinks only of a stressed, lost bird's well being. Stay away if they can't bird like a real and ethical birder. Kay Kayleen A Niyo k...@kayniyo.com www.kayniyo.com Original message From: Gwen Moore Date: 12/21/2016 9:06 AM (GMT-05:00) To: dnels...@centurytel.net Cc: cobirds@googlegroups.com Subject: [cobirds] Re: Purple Sandpiper viewing ethics I so agree with Duane. Painful to watch people getting within 5 or 6ft of the bird. Come on, people, have some respect for the bird! Surely 10 or 15ft is close enough! We remember the woodcocks being flushed by people who want to get just a little closer. Back off! Why is the bird unbothered? Perhaps it has never encountered people before, having been hatched on the far tundra. Nevertheless, what profits the bird in becoming accustomed to our species? Not every human will be friendly towards the bird. I fervently hope that no person, coyote or bird of prey is so unrecognizable that it can kill this bird! Please don't approach this bird or any bird so closely! Yeah, let the chickadees come to your hand, or the pygmy nuthatches feed all around your feet. Have a little reverence for wild bird. Please! Gwen Moore Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 20, 2016, at 4:41 PM, Duane Nelson wrote: > > Birders, > > I hate to bring this up, but I know I'm not the only person thinking this. > Every day, people seem to be edging closer and closer to the Purple Sandpiper > at Lake Dillon. I think the welfare of this bird should come before the > "money shot" photograph. We should all feel fortunate just to witness this > special visitor. We, as birders, are under the scrutiny of a much larger > audience, and I want us to surpass expectations for our exemplary behavior. I > beg that people stand back, let the bird forage with a little space, and > remain here as long as it chooses. If it's flushed, where else can it go? > > I know a little about allowing people to observe rare birds from an > appropriate distance and for an appropriate duration. I don't know what I can > do about the Purple Sandpiper, but I'm thinking I'd better consider the > implications of reporting mega rarities in my neck of the woods. > > Respectfully, > > Duane Nelson > > Las Animas, Bent County, 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/5fcbad15-4a15
Re: [cobirds] Correction on Black Rail Cherry Creek Res
Bob, all you have done is to supply a measure of solace to all of us who have made bone-headed ID errors over the years. Hey, if Bob can fall victim to the dreaded ID gremlin, why not I? Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: ROBERT RIGHTER To: cobirds Sent: Wed, May 4, 2016 3:23 pm Subject: [cobirds] Correction on Black Rail Cherry Creek Res Hi: Good Grief, I should have known better, what I was hearing was a Virginia's Rail. My apologies to anyone who made the trip to Cherry Creek for the Black Rail. Most embarrassing, my face is now beat red, probably turning to a crimson color as type this out. I’m sure the egg on the face will be there shortly Humbly Bob Righter -- 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/4495BB48-AF71-4D3A-A923-8BE0E02303C2%40earthlink.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/1547e41282f-29fc-144ce%40webprd-a76.mail.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [cobirds] Juncos - Pueblo
Same here. I have literally dozens of juncos, but nary a white-winged. I usually have one or two over the course of the winter, but not this year. Maybe there is something cyclical about their breeding/migration? Perhaps one of our experts could weigh in? Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: Karl Stecher Jr. To: urraca2 ; Cobirds Sent: Thu, Feb 4, 2016 2:19 pm Subject: re: [cobirds] Juncos - Pueblo Same today in my back yard feeders in Centennial. Haven't had a white-winged all winter. Lots more variety here today than at any time in the past month. Karl Stecher Centennial/Arapahoe From: "Leon Bright" Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 2:16 PM To: "Cobirds" Subject: [cobirds] Juncos - Pueblo COBirders-- It’s always interesting to me that flocks of Juncos in southern (at least) Colorado regularly contain more than one subspecies. Just now in my back yard a flock of seven contained four subspecies: gray-headed, Oregon, slate-colored (Rocky Mtn.), and pink-sided. 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/02e401d15f91%2473d4d640%245b7e82c0%24%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/b1bfd7b4f9f64da8bf6b6b84c93e6a53%40idcomm.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/152ae3ecc69-69f8-139f1%40webprd-m77.mail.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Larimer/Boulder today: woodcock-yes, warbler-yes
Nina Routh and I headed out of Denver this morning to meet Dave Leatherman at Bobcat. After almost an hour of searching, Nina finally located the woodcock right across from the ranger's house. It faked us out with its recent appearances downstream, and that's where we began our search. Tricky rascal. No sign of the second bird, but we were more than happy to settle for one. The area was not particularly birdy otherwise, but a nice bonus was three eastern bluebirds working the corrals. In spite of Dave's best efforts, the menu could not be identified. We all swore there was nothing moving and none of the bluebirds appeared to have anything in its beak; nevertheless, the birds eyed and attacked the ground with gusto, so they must know what they're doing..after the woodcock, we could not help but try our luck on another unpredictable critter. We arrived at the warbler house on Mountain in Fort Collins to find the yellow-throated warbler already on the feeder. Ka-ching. Time for lunch, and then the short hop over to Grandview Cemetery, where golden-crowned and ruby-crowned kinglets were very accommodating. At that point, Nina and I said adios to Dave and started the drive back to Denver. Having a little time to spare, we detoured for our only dip of the day: no golden-crowned sparrow at Teller Farms. Oh well, you can't always bat a thousand or you'll get spoiled. A quick stop at Legion Park (overlooking the Valmont complex) yielded a lot of geese, coots and misc. divers, plus a couple of cormorants, but no swans. Our last stop, prompted by the informative post by Tom Wilberding, was Eerie Lake. From the parking area off 287, with the lowering sun at our backs, we were treated to a spectacular array of ducks: wigeon, gadwall, redhead, canvasback (lots!), ring-necks, a couple of common goldeneye, lesser scaup, coots, Canadas- quite a show in great light. Bonus! As we were scanning the ducks, a huge ruckus arose from the north. A subadult bald eagle had made a strafing run over a big (1000+) flock of Canada geese, and they all swirled over Eerie Lake, revealing eight snow geese among them. After getting them downloaded, I'll be posting photos on my Facebook page, if anyone is interested. Norm Lewis Lakewood, 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/15267624393-272b-6050%40webprd-a106.mail.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [cobirds] Fun with Flickers and Fun with House Wrens
Inspired by David's post highlighting the interesting things one can see and learn by watching common birds, I thought I'd pass along a tidbit from my resident house wrens- considerably after the fact, of course. I have three wren houses in my yard, and usually have at least two families of wrens and quite a bit of double-brooding. I also have two flicker boxes that A) give the flickers a place to nest, and B) more importantly, keeps them from excavating giant chunks out of the side of my house. Sometime in the late fall I undertake the job of cleaning out the wren houses to prepare them for occupancy in the spring. Those who have cleaned out wren nests know that they are a masterpiece of effort, if not artistic accomplishment. Those little rascals make an unbelievable number of trips to get hundreds of twigs into the nest cavity, often struggling for several minutes to fit a long stick in a small hole. Anyway, after clearing the wren houses, I recalled that one of the wrens had co-opted a flicker box for its second round of nesting. The flicker box is high enough that I need a ladder to get to it, so I had procrastinated a bit. I finally got up there, wondering what I would find when I opened the box. When I opened the box, I gasped with amazement! Well, not really, but it was pretty interesting: the wren had filled that entire box with twigs, and it is a big box. There were so many packed in there that it took me five minutes to pry them all out. If I had a little more time on my hands, it would have been interesting to count them. It would probably have taken only a year or so. There had to be thousands. And every one of them represents a round trip by a tiny bird. Birds never fail to amaze, do they not? Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: David Suddjian To: Colorado Birds Sent: Sun, Dec 6, 2015 3:33 pm Subject: [cobirds] Fun with Flickers This is not a report of unusual birds, but I've had three recent observations of interesting Norther Flicker behavior that I thought would be fun to share. In my yard a few days ago a flicker was attracted to suet hanging in a cage from the end of a branch. Apparently deciding he didn't want to, or couldn't, land on the cage itself, he perched directly over it, more than a body length away. He hung down and pointed his body and neck straight down and extended his tongue to the suet. The tongue darted in and out to a length that appeared to be over two lengths of the bill as he licked the suet. I'm not sure how much he got from the licking, but he stuck at it for several minutes. Other times flickers simply land on the cage and get bill fulls of suet; I'm not sure why this one did other wise. But it was fun to see that long pink tongue darting out so far! About a week ago two flickers spent most of two hours foraging under the eaves of two moderately large buildings on the grounds of St.Mary Catholic Church in Littleton. They were after some morsels where vertical outside walls met roof overhangs. I've seen flickers work such niches before, but never in such a dedicated fashion over such a long period. Lastly, yesterday a young female Cooper's Hawk perched in a tree near my home and was mobbed by three flickers that came to gather round its perch, taking a variety of aggressive postures, with much bobbing and bill pointing, some wing flashes, and a bunch of raucous calls. They never came less than 2 feet from the hawk, which seemed annoyed but unmoved. David Suddjian Littleton, 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/CAGj6RooANE3_q-pNo5Fu0DOKb5mmH-pcUJb%3DNDgNGXze9FgZ_Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/1517a1ee3af-76ff-1ec6b%40webprd-a99.mail.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [cobirds] NOTE: NOT a current sighting- RFI past blackburnian warbler
Thanks to Tom, Ira and Dick. I now have the info. Good spring birding to all! Norm Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: Tom Behnfield To: cobirds Sent: Tue, Apr 28, 2015 8:54 am Subject: [cobirds] NOTE: NOT a current sighting- RFI past blackburnian warbler Norm, I am out with a birder named Vince Friedman who saw the BLWA on May 11, 2006. His email is vriedman @Comcast.net. Tom Behnfield Lakkewood -- 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/7254fc8e-12bf-4ced-bcab-1ed194bbc224%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/14d00e7786e-6ccb-1e88%40webprd-a37.mail.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [cobirds] "Black Scoter," City Park (Denver)
Good catch. In the dying light I clearly missed the thicker bill that does indeed, make this bird a ruddy duck. Sorry for the missed ID. Norm Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: Alec Hopping To: cobirds Sent: Mon, Mar 2, 2015 4:38 pm Subject: [cobirds] "Black Scoter," City Park (Denver) Hi All, I am currently looking at a fairly worn male Ruddy Duck in City Park (Denver). I believe that this is the bird reported yesterday as a Black Scoter. There are currently no accepted eBird records of Black Scoter in either February or March. A photo of the bird can be found at the following link: http://flic.kr/p/rabZwZ Best, Alec Hopping Littleton, 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/0ef2261b-a406-4186-a054-33ac71d530ee%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/8D223E12A7870F2-1EEC-DC4FF%40webmail-vm030.sysops.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Black Scoter- Denver
I went out on a circle around nearby sites this afternoon, mostly to scout a route for an upcoming museum birdwalk, but certainly keeping an eye open for anything notable. There were a few birds of interest here and there, but the most interesting things I found were assemblages- who was present, and who wasn't. I started at the South Platte at 78th Ave., where most of the usual suspects were present, including zillions of shovelers, bazillions of goldeneye, and unlikely-sounding numbers of the regulars. The male Barrow's goldeneye was hanging out with commons in the customary spot near the big water tank. There were also good numbers of pintails, which seemed somewhat restless. A flock of a half dozen flew continuously up and down the river while everyone else mostly just hung out. Of note: I saw not a singer ring-neck, redhead, canvasback or hooded merg. >From there it was on to Rocky Mountain Arsenal. An open area at the north end >of Lake Ladora had approximately four hundred redheads, sixty ring-necked >ducks, eight hooded mergs and one canvasback. Apparently I had discovered the >Land of Missing Duckage. A small open area on nearby Lower Derby Lake had >thirty canvasbacks and not much else. Go figure. The most interesting bird there was an odd red-tail. There always seem to be a few dark red-tails along the road out to the east part of the refuge, and today I saw at least two. I got a mediocre look at one of the birds as it flew away at some distance. It was an overall dark bird, and had a white tail with a red margin. This doesn't fit any of the morphs/races of red-tail that I am familiar with. Unfortunately, no chance for a picture. It was either an unusual bird or I was hallucinating, which is certainly not out of the question. Maybe it's time for my monthly meds adjustment. After a quick look at Bluff Lake/Sand Creek, I circled back in the direction of the museum and decided to have a quick look at the lakes there. Ferril Lake was frozen and empty, so I popped over to Duck Lake to check on the cormorant colony. At least fifty birds are back on nests. There is a very small patch of open water at the northeast corner of the lake, and upon taking a quick peek in the dying light, I spotted a female black scoter swimming with a few coots. With another frigid night coming up, the open puddle may be gone by tomorrow. Unfortunately, it was almost dark by the time I found the bird- too late to do a quick post. If the water stays open at all, the bird may still be there in the morning. Norm Lewis Lakewood, 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/8D222B07219E915-9C24-D02AF%40webmail-vd017.sysops.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Weld/Larimer wanderings
In an effort to get some kind of itinerary together for a museum trip next week, I decided to go racing around northern Colorado in my usual aimless and pointless manner. I picked up a few birds of interest along the way, so I though I'd pass along a few. I menitoned the long-tailed duck ealier from the field. It was at Windsor Lake (the one right in the town of Windsor, for those who don't frequent that 'hood too often), doing its best to hide in a raft of goldeneye (all commons, I think, but there were enough of them to be worth checking for Barrow's). There were a number of other usual suspects, including common mergs (no red-breasted that I could find) and a quarter gazillion white-cheeks of both flavors. A quick stop at the south end of Windsor Res. (is there a better spot from which to view this waterfowl gem?) revealed about three hundred snow geese. They were about a Meredith out there (inside joke-sorry!); a little too far for me to pick out any Ross's. There were probably a few in there, for those with better eyes/optics. From there it was up to "Raptor Alley", where the pickins were fairly slim; a ferrug near Nunn and a merlin just north of Pierce were about all I could turn up. Sorry, Gary. There is a large wild sunflower patch just north of Pierce where I figured I would make my bones by turning up redpolls, but nice numbers of tree sparrows were the best I could do. >From there, it was over to Hamilton upon Rawhide (sorry- my British heritage >is showing) to check up on Dave's swans. While there, I had a Derek Hill >sighting, as well as the swans. There were seven a-swimming, and these were >at least two Merediths away. Put me right in the holiday spirit for about two >minutes, before I reverted to curmudgeonness (if that isn't a word, I claim it >for the crown). There was also a nice variety of other, widely scattered >waterfowl, including a white pelican with a busted wing, a couple of horned >grebes, a mix of the usual dabblers and divers, a bunch of coots, two great >blue herons, a few cormies, and not a loon in sight. In fact, didn't get one >all day. Kind of odd. >From Hamilton, I decided to make a quick stop at Lake Loveland in the dying >light. Birds on the lake were rather sparse, but there were a couple of >goodies. There was a red-necked grebe chillin' with a small group of >westerns- no doubt the same bird reported by Steve a couple of days ago. >There was one large raft of gulls that consisted mostly of the usual ringers >and herrings. There were probably a couple of more interesting ones mixed in, >but a combination of rapidly failing light and my larophobia (which causes my >retinas to seize up when presented with second- and third-cycle gulls) >prevented me from digging any out. The biggest surprise was a large flock of >Bonaparte's that were near, but somewhat segregated from, the main gull raft. > I counted at least fifty, and more were coming in as it got dark. I would >never have picked them out had their smaller size and separation from the main >group made it fairly easy. All in all, a good early winter (yeah, yeah, don't come at me with that winter solstice stuff- winter starts on Dec. first- that's my story and I'm stickin' to it) day. Norm Lewis Lakewood, 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/8D1DD8BAE5898CB-DBC-562E0%40webmail-vm036.sysops.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Latham Res. and Golf Cart Boy
Yep, he's back. Probably never left, even though I haven't heard any reports recently. I decided to go out to Jackson SP to poke around a bit this afternoon, and came up with mostly the usual suspects. I timed my departure to arrive at Latham a half hour before sunset in hopes of spotting a short-eared owl (which, predictably enough, I did not). What I did get, however, was another run-in with the infamous (named by me, for lack of a better option) Golf Cart Boy, the fellow who comes out onto WCR 48 (which passes through the marsh at the south end of the reservoir) in his ATV and harasses birders, takes down license numbers and other such nonsense. To avoid the speeding traffic on 48 (some cars were passing at more than 60 mph by my estimate), I pulled off into the far east end (away from the oil equipment) of the south side oil pad and was busily observing a merlin (aside from the lack of owls and presence of GCB, the visit was quite productive) when I heard the approach of a vehicle with some serious valve problems. Ignoring the vehicle in the hope of avoiding a confrontation, I busied myself with a great view of the merlin until I was hailed and informed that I was trespassing. I inquired if I were speaking to a representative of the oil company, and was told no, that the sheriff had stopped by and specifically requested that this yayhoo chase people off the oil pad. Well, having long ago had enough of this guy's act, I went back to ignoring him, whereupon he called the sheriff's office, phone on speaker so I could here the conversation and be appropriately intimidated. He told the office that I was trespassing, arguing and refusing to leave; I plead guilty to the latter two. Based on his demeanor, I interpreted that each of these was a felony that carried the death penalty, or worse, and that I was toast. I asked him if the sheriff was on his way and he said yes, and sped off in a shower of gravel and epithets cast my way. Yes, Dave, I think they were aspersions..I actually waited around for a half hour, on the shaky pretext of looking for owls, but no law enforcement officials appeared. Apparently trespassing, arguing and refusing to leave are not offenses which are high on their priority list. Anyway, I wish that I would get to report a rarity or something every now and then. I'm not sure when I was appointed Official Jerk Magnet of the birding community, but I'd be delighted to pass along the mantle if anyone wants it. And on a birding note, other than the lack of short-eared owls, Latham was delightful, with the merlin, several red-tails, multiple harriers of all sexes and ages, a few great-tailed grackles, and assorted other typicals. There is a large open area on the south side of the otherwise-frozen reservoir, and there was a truly spectacular "fly out" of Canada Geese (surprisingly, no white geese), consisting of at least 10,000 birds in numerous skeins heading off in various directions. Couple that with a spectacular sunset over the marshes, and it was a worthwhile, if somewhat annoying, stop. To sum up, Latham is a great place for a brief sunset stop if you don't mind threats and intimidation. Norm Lewis Lakewood, 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/8D1D4136EE76F7B-778-5C49F%40webmail-va079.sysops.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [cobirds] Loon at Annex #8 (Larimer) on 11/21
Dave- I think "to cast aspersions" is what happens if you eat bad cottage cheese.. Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: DAVID A LEATHERMAN To: COBIRDS Sent: Fri, Nov 21, 2014 1:52 pm Subject: [cobirds] Loon at Annex #8 (Larimer) on 11/21 I went up to Annex #8 Reservoir today, which is just north of the Fort Collins Country Club in the southwest corner of the intersection of CRs 13 and 56. Andy Bankert reported a sleeping, unidentified loon on Windsor #8 (res across 56 from Annex #8 day before yesterday) and a Pacific Loon from Annex #8 yesterday. This morning, the loon at Annex #8, after considerable anguished observation from a couple different angles and distances, in my opinion is a Common Loon. I have heard a few other observers of today's bird agree with this diagnosis. With all the movement of waterfowl ongoing, it is quite possible the bird today and Andy's bird from yesterday are different. I am not casting aspersions, whatever aspersions are? Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- 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/SNT148-W92B9A2CBD3B7619B0886C1C1770%40phx.gbl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/8D1D40F53367DDB-778-5C1E4%40webmail-va079.sysops.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Forrest Luke contact
If anyone has Forrest's contact information I'd like to have it, or if Forrest happens to see this, please contact me off-list. Thanks! Norm Norm Lewis Lakewood, 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/8D18D1883F02736-1D80-1C8CF%40webmail-d213.sysops.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [cobirds] Acorn Woodpecker Jefferson County, Hayman Fire area- yes
Anyone looking for these birds might also check down the road a bit farther to the west; Wednesday, in addition to an Eric DeFonso sighting, I had a Lewis's Woodpecker (no relation) flycatching and moving from treetop to treetop. The Lewis's was maybe a quarter mile from the Acorn/Redheads and made a sweet woodpecker triple, all within sight of one another. I was really pullling for a downy, hairy and flicker so I could claim six simultaneous woodpeckers, but got the result one usually gets when over-reaching. Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: Lisa Edwards To: cobirds Sent: Fri, Jun 13, 2014 3:33 pm Subject: [cobirds] Acorn Woodpecker Jefferson County, Hayman Fire area- yes All, The Acorn Woodpecker was found again this morning in the same general area as described below. It is continuing to try and hang out with a pair of Red-headed Woodpeckers. > Take Stony Pass Road head West when you get to the Y you stay to the right don't take Goose Creek Road. You will come up to a larger parking area on the right (I think is parking for an unofficial camping area-) there is a second small parking just down the hill (it is marked with small brown sign with a "P") by small grove of trees on North side of the road. If you cross the creek you have gone to far. The Acorn was hanging out with the Red Headed pair of Woodpeckers on the North side just to the west of that parking area. Lisa Edwards Palmer Lake, 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/BLU436-SMTP352F97F1BF1EDDC3F92ED2F5150%40phx.gbl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/8D1559BBDA8343F-1DA4-28BFB%40webmail-m296.sysops.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [cobirds] Wow. That was fast.
As of just a few years ago, I had a total of one Bushtit sighting in my Lakewood yard. Now they come around a couple times a week (and probably more that I am not aware of, considering the hit-and-run nature of their visits). My recent visits have been by 2-3 birds (menage a bushtit?) rather than the customary dozen, though I have yet to see any young. Definite range expansion. Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: Ted Floyd To: cobirds Sent: Wed, May 28, 2014 8:58 am Subject: [cobirds] Wow. That was fast. Hello, Birders. Back on January 24, 2014, I saw about 15 Bushtits at Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County. Just a rare wandering flock, I figured. Then 5 Bushtits on March 24, and then only 2 on March 31, which got me thinking: Could this be a pair prospecting for a nest? Since that date, I've observed 1 or 2 adult Bushtits, and never more than 2, on at least 17 dates at Greenlee Preserve. Definitely suggestive of a breeding pair. And now the big news. This morning, Wednesday, May 28, I saw and heard at least 6 recently fledged, dependent young at the preserve. They did it! Woohoo! Amazing how fast and furious this species has colonized Boulder County in the barely 12 years I've lived here. Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County, 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/5d2037ba-2096-4488-bcee-6b609017c9a0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/8D148A45419F203-2FB4-30542%40webmail-m224.sysops.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Crow Valley and Weld County today
I joined Toni Rautus and Paul Slingsby for a run up to Crow Valley this morning. This trip was from the "A bad day birding beats a good day working" school of ornithology, as recent sunny, pleasant weather didn't seem to bode well for any kind of birdiness. Once again and as usual- wrong. As we dismounted our vehicles adjacent to the group picnic shelter, one of the ubiquitous kingbirds chased something out of its tree. Bright male Lazuli Bunting. A favorable omen. Still setting the expectation bar quite low, we set off down the south fenceline, and were immediately rewarded with a Black-throated Gray Warbler and a female American Redstart, each a highlight in a tapestry of common warblers, goldfinches, Blue Jays, pewees, backed by a meadowlark soundtrack. Not bad. Heading back down the fenceline to the west, we had a Gray-cheeked Thrush, a male American Redstart and a Deb Carstensen, in more or less that order. We enjoyed the former two and invited the latter to join us. After running through an assortment of Bullock's Orioles, Yellow, Orange-crowned and Yellow-rumped Warblers, Black-headed Grosbeak and a Cordilleran Flycatcher (am I allowed to call it that in the spring?), we turned up a Northern Waterthrush. Hmm. This may not be so bad after all.we made the turn toward the campground and came up with a Virginia's Warbler, an Orchard Oriole, a Western Tanager and 765 more Western Kingbirds. A few easterns began to appear, mostly toward the north end of the campground. Turf war, eastern Jets versus western Sharks? Moving up toward the northwest corner (the water is higher than ever, and since we forgot our waterwings, the southwest corner was off the table), we watched a MacGillivray's Warbler do some very accommodating flitting among the tangles and floating tumbleweeds, and followed up with a Black-and-white Warbler. Then things got interesting. Amid the cacophony of mocker and thrasher yak, we spotted a Tennessee Warbler working the willows and some other birders got us on a Magnolia Warbler. While trying to refind the Mag and figure out a mystery warbler in the treetops (we called it a female Virginia's and beat a hasty retreat- why won't some of these things fly away when you need them to?), we stumbled over an adjacent Nashville. Not a bad haul for a slow day. For the cherry on the sundae, Paul spotted an American Bittern standing in the grass by the flooded areas to the north. Deb then headed off to try to photograph the bittern, and Paul departed for Denver, where a family function was waiting. Family function. That guy really needs to get his priorities straight. Toni and I decided to sample the usual Weld County Ponds and marshes on the way home. Along the way we added Loggerhead Shrike, Burrowing Owl, and a few of the other usual suspects. Shorebirds were not plentiful, but 59 Pond had dowitchers, stilts, avocets and Stilt Sandpipers. At Loloff the phalarope numbers were down somewhat but there were still a lot of Wilson's and a few red-necks (phalaropes, not golf cart vigilantes). At Latham we had (heard only) Sora and Virginia Rail, a Great Egret, and the final surprise of the day in the grassy marshes- six Whimbrel. I don't think I've seen that many together before. Without a formal count (eBird chores later), we ended the day somewhere around a hundred species. That'll teach me to dabble in meteorology... Norm Lewis Lakewood, 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/8D141F5F5BED53B-1FB4-2D866%40webmail-vm011.sysops.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [cobirds] Today's RBA
A hearty second to that motion. I always look forward to the daily post, just for purposes of keeping in overall touch with what is going on in the state. And if I am headed off on an excursion away from my home area, I always take a quick look at that great county-by-county listing to make sure that I haven't missed something in the flurry of posts to Cobirds that we get, especially this time of year. As to birding in Colorado, I remember many years ago, when I was very new to birding, I asked my mentor where he would live, if he could pick anywhere in the country. I expected to hear "the Valley in Texas", "southeast Arizona", or somewhere on the west coast. Instead he said, "Right here in Colorado". After all the years, I have to agree. Other than an ocean, we have everything right in our backyard. When I recently hosted some east coast folks for an outing around the state, they were literally astounded at the variety of habitats and birds that we have. Having visited the northwest sage flats, the mountains, the prairies, the southeast corner and the Pawnee, they went away with an entirely new understanding of birding in Colorado. I always enjoy seeing our home state through the eyes of those not privileged to live here. Norm Lewis Lakewood -Original Message- From: DAVID A LEATHERMAN To: COBIRDS Sent: Sun, May 11, 2014 7:48 am Subject: [cobirds] Today's RBA Today's RBA has to be the "mother" of all RBA's, perhaps in its history. This set of birds would be the envy on any state in the U.S. This seems like an appropriate time to thank its compiler JOYCE TAKAMINE, and all the other folks who have done this largely thankless job over the years, including some of the early, long-stint compilers like Lynn Willcockson, David Martin, and Duane Nelson. As birders, we are lucky to live in Colorado. Where else would you have a shot at seeing a ptarmigan, a rare eastern warbler, a Zone-tailed Hawk, and a Painted Bunting in the same weekend?! Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- 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/SNT148-W194B80C7698893DB59AA11C14A0%40phx.gbl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/8D13C0DAA0EB5BE-B4C-218AC%40webmail-vm041.sysops.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [cobirds] Lamar (Prowers) and nearby places of late
To tag onto Dave's post about the weirdness in SECO, after our lesser pchick outing, we drove south from Holly to check out a couple of Mountain Plover sites. We picked up a couple of birds, just in the nick of time. Minutes later, a huge wall of dust overwhelmed us, reducing visibility to about ten feet. Shortly thereafter, it started to rain and I experienced my first mudstorm. Making it to the highway, we encountered a semi with a pickup truck (whose driver obviously did not see the benefit of slowing down when unable to see) buried up its tailpipe. I'm still hoping not to hear from the rental car outfit.. Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: DAVID A LEATHERMAN To: COBIRDS Sent: Wed, Apr 30, 2014 7:44 am Subject: [cobirds] Lamar (Prowers) and nearby places of late It's been windy of late in Lamar, like everywhere else. But I'll put southeastern CO up against anywhere for meteorological extremes. We need to invent some new weather descriptors. Sunday the big, ominous cloud approaching town from the west was the color of milk chocolate. The small amount of rain that fell was more like dilute mud than anything else. Ask everybody down here who owns a white vehicle because dark ones get too hot in the summer. There was a bit of thunder, lightning, and hail mixed in for accent. The State Patrol closed 287 south of town for at least the second time this year due to minimal visibility. Somebody somewhere is getting a lot of free dirt. The City needs to pay stipends, maybe provide lengthy residencies, for creative artists to brainstorm beneficial uses for tumbleweeds. You have to admit, watching a platoon (division?) of them advance across a field, they are amazing plants. Night (and day) of the living dead plants. Botanical zombies. The word "surprised" was applied to a Broad-winged Hawk seen here yesterday. NOTHING should surprise anyone who has any experience about this place with birds, weather, or people (with or without binoculars). Duane Nelson finds a surreal, crisp Hermit Warbler at Tempel's Grove (Bent). A woman from Rhode Island, who should have been too tired from the demands of her grouse tour led by Norm Lewis, finds a beautiful Golden-winged Warbler trying to blend in among Yellow-rumps feeding in the cottonwood flowers at Lamar Community College. Mark Peterson finds not one, but two, Summer Tanagers on the ground flipping over leaves on Prowers Rd SS a little east of US287, with Guinea Hens and Peacocks in the background. Two Gray-cheeked Thrushes have been seen of late, one at a private farm south of Lamar and another at Tempel's (in April, no less). A very rare spring Rufous Hummingbird watched that chocolate sky last weekend. Was it really a Broad-tail that flew thru the storm for a make-over? At least 14 species of warblers have been seen in Prowers and Bent Counties so far (in April, no less). Never in 40 years of coming down here have I seen so many Hermit Thrushes and Wilson's Warblers in spring as have been present the last few days. Yesterday a Hermit Thrush was on the ground in a patch of prairie south of Holly where Lesser Prairie-Chickens have been reported, mixing with Grasshopper Sparrows on territory. Nearby (Prowers Road B west of SR89 about a mile w of the Kansas line) two Mountain Plovers pulled cutworms out of a sparse, muddy wheat field. Three more Hermit Thrushes were among the depressing dorm foundations in the former Japanese-American Relocation Camp at Amache w of Granada, where there was also a bright male Audubon's Warbler just sitting on the ground and a Least Flycatcher plying calmer air on the backside of a tight juniper windbreak. Two Willets towered over a mixed flock of blackbirds in a flooded corral within the City limits of Holly. The pair of Scissor-tailed Flycatchers reported near a motel in Holly could still be present. Certainly super windy conditions require them to do something special in deference to those posterior plumes. Getting back to Hermit Thrushes and Wilson's Warblers, every good patch of habitat has multiples of both. It is like the south winds that preceded these relentless north winds brought them in, then sentenced them to three days of evolutionary boot camp trying to survive by hiding down low on the south side of understory vegetation eating whatever they can find. Anyone who thinks birds aren't tough, needs to have been outside the last couple days. Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- 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/SNT148-W54441D171AD74
[cobirds] GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, LCC
My party found the warbler mentioned by Brandon at the Lamar Community College woods this afternoon. We are in the middle of a grouse grand slam and I had planned to post a few highlights after the trip, but the warbler needs immediate posting. The bird was found in the area of the yellow metal building near the north end of the woods. The building appears to be some kind of car or boat shop, as it has bays. We called Dave Leatherman, who notified Jane Stulp and Janielle Thompson, and all got the bird. Per Dave, it was eating weevils from the catkins on a cottonwood just east and slightly south of the yellow building. The tree is approximately 75 yards from the building in the middle (not the edge) of the grove. We also had a number of the usual suspects including cardinal, red-bellies, wood duck, broad-winged hawk, orange-crowned warblers and roughly a gazillion yellow-rumps. Good luck if you decide to chase this nifty bird! Norm Norm Lewis Lakewood, 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/8D12FC9A5FEF9A3-22BC-17B16%40webmail-va022.sysops.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.