[cobirds] RE: Odd goldeneye on S Platte River
Hi Everyone, Thanks for all the great responses. I updated my checklist on ebird to include Bufflehead x Common Goldeneye. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- -- 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/CADLCh%2BwjF1ayH9aENxniQK_wCg8p%2BMOK6uVYAWonSvKtDaB1hg%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [cobirds] Hattie Lake 11/16
Hi Everyone, I just now (3pm) saw the eiders from the fishing access at the east end of the lake, in with goldeneyes. A local named Brad was a big help. Mark Miller Longmont, CO On Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 12:52 PM Todd Deininger wrote: > Try viewing from here. > > 41.2345433, -105.9216118 > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 12:51 PM Mark Miller wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I'm at Hattie Lake now (12:50pm), and haven't run into the eiders yet. >> I'm standing at the spit in the middle looking north to the edge of the ice >> and the north shore.Temps are in the 30s and the wind has calmed down, so >> birding isn't too uncomfortable. Tomorrow is supposed to be cold and snowy. >> >> Mark Miller >> Longmont, CO >> >> -- >> -- >> 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/CADLCh%2Bz9sNCoGCi%2BmhA7wunLZLc-6XsWp1F9%3Dj3gR5G56QPR%3DA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADLCh%2Bz9sNCoGCi%2BmhA7wunLZLc-6XsWp1F9%3Dj3gR5G56QPR%3DA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- -- 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/CADLCh%2ByBAcn4sUGFmGTOLVDZY8n_3rkSeLzK3hbSP%3D2Ku%2Btb3Q%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Hattie Lake 11/16
Hi Everyone, I'm at Hattie Lake now (12:50pm), and haven't run into the eiders yet. I'm standing at the spit in the middle looking north to the edge of the ice and the north shore.Temps are in the 30s and the wind has calmed down, so birding isn't too uncomfortable. Tomorrow is supposed to be cold and snowy. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- -- 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/CADLCh%2Bz9sNCoGCi%2BmhA7wunLZLc-6XsWp1F9%3Dj3gR5G56QPR%3DA%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [cobirds] Zonotrichia Hat Trick at Ken Caryl, JeffCo
Hi Everyone, I'm pretty sure that the Boulder CBC has had all four Zonotrichia on the same day, but I don't think they were all seen by the same person. My contribution was a Golden-crowned at Teller Farm. Mark Miller Longmont, CO On Tue, Nov 8, 2022, 9:58 PM Mary Keithler wrote: > Hi David, > > On November 1, the Tuesday Birders saw all three Zono sparrows in the same > field by the boat launch at Bear Creek Lake Park, also in Jefferson County. > There were probably at least a dozen of us observing these birds together. > It was quite exciting! > > Mary > > Sent from my iPad > > On Nov 8, 2022, at 9:28 AM, David Suddjian wrote: > > > My breakfast on the front porch was spiced up by a Zono Hat Trick, as the > usual few White-crowned Sparrows were joined by a gorgeous adult > White-throated Sparrow and a spiffy hatch-year Harris's Sparrow. It was so > interesting to compare their relative sizes, shapes and colors as they fed > side by side on the lawn under the feeders. > > I don't know if a Zono Slam (WCSP, WTSP, HASP *and* Golden-crowned) has > ever been enjoyed in a Colorado yard, but I'm watching for that western > wanderer to appear to make it a party of four! Have all four of Colorado's > *Zonotrichia* sparrows ever been seen simultaneously in the state, or > even all on the same day? I'd guess some red hot birder has maybe pieced > all four into a single day, but maybe not all together. It is something to > dream about. > > Out on Monterey Bay the term Skua Slam was part of the birding lexicon > when South Polar Skua and all three jaegers were seen on the same boat > trip, but that was less rare than a Zono Slam would be. A Colorado Skua > Slam is something else to dream about. Dream on! Say, why are jaegers so > lacking this fall? eBird suggests just one Parasitic at Jackson Lake was > all there was. > > David Suddjian > Ken Caryl Valley > Littleton, CO > > -- > -- > 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/CAGj6RopXio-7zZ0FPyphv_KJR9rTKpc0wjpeEgCA8aNBR%3DpnPA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6RopXio-7zZ0FPyphv_KJR9rTKpc0wjpeEgCA8aNBR%3DpnPA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > -- > 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/7D3DA8E3-0929-47B9-A7C8-7A1169F4EE54%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/7D3DA8E3-0929-47B9-A7C8-7A1169F4EE54%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- 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/CADLCh%2Bx8fvo%3DpweXJ4%2BGEag0shkEp760a%2BU5J8-HdG%3D5juFVnA%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Scott's Oriole at Prairie Ridge (Larimer) 10/30
Hi Everyone, I found the Scott's Oriole this morning 10/30 around 0840 in rabbitbrush about 200 yards from the north boundary of Prairie Ridge Natural Area. It gave a soft chuck call. I had good views for maybe a minute, then it flew south and upslope. It's 0915 now, and no sign of it. From the trailhead on Taft Hill Road, it's a walk of about 1.7 miles to the spot. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- -- 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/CADLCh%2BydG_Har%2B27qoxKK7jdSpqeOJG%3D8DKhuHp1S3cNJ1YzRg%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Estes Park (Larimer) 10/5
Hi Everyone, I spent this morning 10/5 birding the Lake Estes Trail. A White-throated Sparrow was with a flock of White-crowned Sparrows and juncos at the north end of the trail near frisbee golf hole #14 along the elk fence. The Northern Parula seen yesterday appears to have departed. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- -- 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/CADLCh%2BwHb9YYVGnsBf1jUtJyKgOgxE7LCD%3DvQvCUgW0K6oj02Q%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Sabine's Gull at Union Res (Weld) 9/30
Hi Everyone, An immature Sabine's Gull is at the south end of Union Reservoir this morning 9/30, loosely associating with the flock of Ring-billed Gulls. A rough count of Western Grebes came to 1350. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- -- 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/CADLCh%2BzoE2-ia-hvjEjo%3DnSG4Cg-0cXKcS5Q3YcznrEaXAWVrw%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Thick-billed Kingbird still visible 9/28
Hi Everyone, The Thick-billed Kingbird has been out in the open near the large pond all morning. Diane McDuff and I have been getting lots of pictures Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- -- 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/CADLCh%2Bxq3qKh5kZ%3Da-gn3csQu0Ea6G-O2Tt26Fu0p%3DwHMbGOvQ%40mail.gmail.com.
Re: [cobirds] Longmont (Boulder Co.) 6/30
Hi Everyone, Thanks for all the responses about Cordilleran Flycatcher east of the foothills. Sounds like something is indeed going on. Mark Miller Longmont, CO On Thu, Jun 30, 2022, 3:42 PM Matt Webb wrote: > Hey all, > > Jumping on the Cordilleran Flycatcher bandwagon, I've had one hanging out > in my neighborhood in mid-town Fort Collins for 2 weeks now. It's been > singing and calling fairly regularly most every morning and often > throughout the day as well. I thought it was weird, and it's interesting > to see that others have been having them outside of the mountains as well! > > Matt Webb > > > *Matthew M Webb* > > Avian Ecologist and Motus Wildlife Tracking System Coordinator > > *Bird Conservancy of the Rockies* > > Motus project #281 > > 970.482.1707 x36 (office) > > 970.405.7155 (mobile - use this number!) > www.birdconservancy.org > > *Connect with us on *Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/birdconservancy> > * and *Twitter <https://twitter.com/BirdConservancy> > > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 11:06 AM Nathan Pieplow > wrote: > >> In recent weeks I've had singing Cordilleran Flycatchers apparently on >> territory here in Gunbarrel and also near 55th and Arapahoe in Boulder. >> Both were in residential areas with big deciduous trees. I've never heard >> the species east of the foothills in summer. Perhaps something is going on. >> >> Nathan Pieplow >> Boulder >> >> On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 8:58 AM Mark Miller >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> This morning 6/30 I went over to Clark Centennial Park to see if the >>> previously reported Purple Martin was around. Before I left my house in SW >>> Longmont, I heard an unusual noise along Left Hand Creek. It was a singing >>> Cordilleran Flycatcher! Never had one here in 15 years. I got photos. I >>> spent about two hours walking the park and adjacent streets, with no sign >>> of the martin. I just got back from Oregon, where I saw and heard lots of >>> them. With no big tree cavities and no martin houses around, I imagine this >>> bird has moved on. >>> >>> Mark Miller >>> Longmont, CO >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >>> https://link.edgepilot.com/s/fc6a6969/Y-X8LKInREmEAda4N_r1ZA?u=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://link.edgepilot.com/s/329b0e86/Xo4pk7YO_0S1b_vI9X2Wmw?u=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://link.edgepilot.com/s/da5cdd4a/K_PVMOPFnE_iwa3bIbh1Hw?u=https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADLCh%252Bz-ZEEi469kqj4DBjfFEHcSd9795epGtBPdvBgYb6Pdwg%2540mail.gmail.com >>> <https://link.edgepilot.com/s/285a5f0c/FU7qL4df8kuc87y92HVF3A?u=https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADLCh%252Bz-ZEEi469kqj4DBjfFEHcSd9795epGtBPdvBgYb6Pdwg%2540mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email%26utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> -- >> 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 >> >> https://link.edgepilot.com/s/fc6a6969/Y-X8LKInREmEAda4N_r1ZA?u=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://link.edgepilot.com/s/329b0e86/Xo4pk7YO_0S1b_vI9X2Wmw?u=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
[cobirds] Longmont (Boulder Co.) 6/30
Hi Everyone, This morning 6/30 I went over to Clark Centennial Park to see if the previously reported Purple Martin was around. Before I left my house in SW Longmont, I heard an unusual noise along Left Hand Creek. It was a singing Cordilleran Flycatcher! Never had one here in 15 years. I got photos. I spent about two hours walking the park and adjacent streets, with no sign of the martin. I just got back from Oregon, where I saw and heard lots of them. With no big tree cavities and no martin houses around, I imagine this bird has moved on. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- -- 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/CADLCh%2Bz-ZEEi469kqj4DBjfFEHcSd9795epGtBPdvBgYb6Pdwg%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Ibis bill
The ibis just yawned for me. What I thought was a deformity is just staining. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- -- 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/CADLCh%2BypCTnG8qjA6vQaGz_WSst1sXF0yJeO92wT_xXmzeaHng%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] White Ibis back on pond 3, Golden Ponds, Longmont 7pm 6/6
Hi Everyone, I just came back from two weeks in the upper Midwest, so I'm relieved that the White Ibis is still here. It seems to have a deformed bill, but it is able to catch food just fine. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- -- 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/CADLCh%2BxcO3S%2BdUzMmpyewLk4D1R0pvDvsFSjwhZunrpbC2jVRA%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Glaucous Gull at Kyger Open Space 5:40pm 3/24
Hi Everyone, I missed the Slaty-backed by 15 minutes, but there is a 2y Glaucous here now. Ghostly white, mostly pink bill, twice the size of the Ring-bills. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- -- 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/CADLCh%2ByoE8sw0ZpBza%2B7GnpXqDQ6dqiYf88jZyidV%3DkpyvFYHA%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Winter Wren seen briefly at Pella Crossing
Hi Everyone, The Winter Wren popped up for a few seconds from a brush pile across the creek from the observation bench. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- -- 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/CADLCh%2BxzkVSPxWrEM2voVZaVkthUvmANk31wY7jRbmfYth2V2Q%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Winter Wren singing at Pella Crossing (Boulder) 3/24
Hi Everyone, I'm hearing a Winter Wren singing in the heron rookery at Pella Crossing near Hygiene. I'll keep looking for it. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- -- 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/CADLCh%2BwxKPqv66G-N0HJhQf%2BeCQg3fkObjxFukH66-NVbdnNGg%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Rufous-backed Robin still present in Cortez (Montezuma) 1/29
Hi Everyone, I saw the Rufous-backed Robin today 1/29 around 4 pm at Denny Lake Park in Cortez with a few American Robins. Park in the main lot and take the trail around the lake toward and past the periwinkle house. When you get to the next house, there are three cottonwood trees together next to the marsh. I saw the bird in the cottonwoods and in a group of willows out in the marsh, where it was finding fruit to eat. Best times to look seem to be early and late. A White-throated Sparrow is also in the area. A Rough-legged Hawk was in Dove Creek this morning. I hadn't ever seen one before in Dolores County. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- -- 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/CADLCh%2BzxtXgWembkykJLS%2BzW%2BPTSmUGcBaPc4v5aweWzz5mBdw%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Last Chance (Wash Co.) 9/24
Hi Everyone, This morning 9/24 I visited the Last Chance Rest Area. A Magnolia Warbler was in the trees in the north end of the lot behind the hotel and mailboxes. There was a good variety of more regular migrants, including a Green-tailed Towhee and two Clay-colored Sparrows in the currants. The pond seems smaller every time I visit. The toilets were being pumped out as I arrived, so they were in unusually good shape. Mark Miller Longmont, CO Mark -- -- 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/CADLCh%2BwEePcrycS1AWMPKmdnBQoYth%3D1_7hByCQahu9i-ePLsQ%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] eBird -- Little Gaynor Lake -- Aug 28, 2021
Linda Andes-George etc al., Here are the details regarding the CFO Shorebird Workshop trip to Little Gaynor Lake. Little Gaynor Lake Aug 28, 2021 9:14 AM Stationary 27 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: 3 American Avocet 2 Killdeer 6 Baird's Sandpiper 10 Least Sandpiper 1 Pectoral Sandpiper -- With Baird's; larger, with yellowish legs, breast streaks. Viewed from blind at near shore with scopes and bins. 4 Western Kingbird 1 Blue Jay 2 Barn Swallow Number of Taxa: 8 Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- -- 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/CADLCh%2ByPmzVaMi0x1gQrGRUtaNGErV0_7FKMvM%3DwxoXXTG0JEg%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Yellow Grosbeak 5/31
Came in at 9:15am. About 15 folks here. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- -- 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/CADLCh%2BwNZCYGSiy05XcnWjv56TkfMsqwOcmHO%3DDdffFo4w4QjA%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Lagerman (Boulder) Long-tailed Ducks 11/17
Hi Everyone, Today 11/17 I saw two Long-tailed Ducks at Lagerman Reservoir in Longmont. The brighter of the two came close enough for me to get some digiscope photos, and Peter Burke got some much better images with a real camera. Looks like there's just one face smudge, not two, which points to a female. The duller one looks to be a young bird of undetermined sex, but it has just one face smudge, too. The brighter one is staying toward the NE corner, the duller one toward the SE corner, but they spent a lot of time underwater. It would be fun to know what they're eating down there. I speculated maybe crayfish, but there could be other edibles on the bottom. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/007001d59d94%24b6f88a80%2424e99f80%24%40gmail.com.
[cobirds] Ft Collins (Larimer) and Laramie (Albany, extralimital) 11/7
Hi Everyone, I spent about an hour this morning not seeing the Gyrfalcon along Trilby Road in Ft Collins. I was able to pick out a Lesser Black-backed Gull at the landfill, and the gulls will only get better as the weather gets colder. I spent midday checking the scene of the Red-flanked Bluetail, mainly to see what might have attracted it. I saw the Idaho bird, and it was feeding on flying insects (midges, I think) in riparian thickets. There were insects, even in January. I saw no insects here at all. There were three of us wandering the area, and the only bird of note was a dark Harlan's Red-tail. The bluetail is surely gone by now. A Sharp-shinned Hawk and a stray cat were in the area, and they can't have helped matters. Back in Ft Collins, I spent some time in the afternoon wandering the neighborhood around Tradition south of Horsetooth. I did not find any waxwings, or even any robins. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/00b701d595da%24e85b89e0%24b9129da0%24%40gmail.com.
[cobirds] Pipit Hill (Yuma) 10/7--Sprague's Pipit
Hi Everyone, I spent this morning 10/7 in Yuma County at the Hutton Easement of South Republican SWA, up on what is known as Pipit Hill, a mile in from YCR LL.5. No wind to speak of, and good birds. I counted three Sprague's Pipits, about 15 Chestnut-collared Longspurs, a few meadowlarks, a flock of Brewer's Blackbirds going over, a smattering of Horned Larks, a group of Killdeer up by the windmill, and a Prairie Falcon. The pipits were flighty, but called a lot. I had numerous good flight views, including the very white tail. I had one on the ground, but I think we saw each other at about the same time. On the way home, I stopped at Stalker Lake, not much going on there. I stopped at Riverside Park in Ft Morgan; I heard a Green-tailed Towhee near the river. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/003801d57d5c%249364fcf0%24ba2ef6d0%24%40gmail.com.
[cobirds] date correction for Sagebrush Sparrows, Lagerman Res
Hi Everyone, No psychic I, the Sagebrush Sparrows were at Lagerman Reservoir on Sunday, October 6, not October 7 as I posted earlier. Also present were a late American Avocet and two Mountain Bluebirds. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/003a01d57c9b%24d8b05eb0%248a111c10%24%40gmail.com.
RE: [cobirds] ID help, Larimer Cty
Brenda, I’ve not heard of any good treatment for small birds like house finches. Consultation with a wildlife vet (which I’m not) might be in order. Mark Miller Longmont, CO From: bbeatty7...@gmail.com [mailto:bbeatty7...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 1:36 PM To: snowy.owl...@gmail.com; pink-b...@hotmail.com Cc: 'COBirds' Subject: RE: [cobirds] ID help, Larimer Cty Is there anything he can do to help this bird? I thought there was something you could use on chickens that may help? Brenda Beatty Senior Biologist SolCon (Solar Conservation Services) 303-909-1443 (cell/text/voicemail) From: cobirds@googlegroups.com <mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> > On Behalf Of Mark Miller Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 1:28 PM To: pink-b...@hotmail.com <mailto:pink-b...@hotmail.com> Cc: 'COBirds' mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> > Subject: RE: [cobirds] ID help, Larimer Cty Dave and others, Looks like a house finch with a case of pox. You may want to clean your feeder lest other birds catch it. Mark Miller Longmont, CO From: cobirds@googlegroups.com <mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dave Hyde Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 1:25 PM To: Colorado Birders mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [cobirds] ID help, Larimer Cty Hello CObirders, This bird has been hanging around for a week now on my feeder. I’ve got lots of bad photos (shot through a window) and have studied the bird closely. But I still cannot identify it. Can anyone tell me what this bird is (I think it is a youngster). Thanks – Dave Hyde/nr Drake, Larimer Cty. -- 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 <mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CY4PR08MB2533215F59C30C7ADE7EE720F5DF0%40CY4PR08MB2533.namprd08.prod.outlook.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CY4PR08MB2533215F59C30C7ADE7EE720F5DF0%40CY4PR08MB2533.namprd08.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- 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 <mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/001901d547d6%2401bf8600%24053e9200%24%40gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/001901d547d6%2401bf8600%24053e9200%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- 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/003801d547de%2466096060%24321c2120%24%40gmail.com.
RE: [cobirds] ID help, Larimer Cty
Dave and others, Looks like a house finch with a case of pox. You may want to clean your feeder lest other birds catch it. Mark Miller Longmont, CO From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dave Hyde Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 1:25 PM To: Colorado Birders Subject: [cobirds] ID help, Larimer Cty Hello CObirders, This bird has been hanging around for a week now on my feeder. I’ve got lots of bad photos (shot through a window) and have studied the bird closely. But I still cannot identify it. Can anyone tell me what this bird is (I think it is a youngster). Thanks – Dave Hyde/nr Drake, Larimer Cty. -- 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 <mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CY4PR08MB2533215F59C30C7ADE7EE720F5DF0%40CY4PR08MB2533.namprd08.prod.outlook.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CY4PR08MB2533215F59C30C7ADE7EE720F5DF0%40CY4PR08MB2533.namprd08.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- 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/001901d547d6%2401bf8600%24053e9200%24%40gmail.com.
RE: [cobirds] Painted Bunting food
Dave and others, On the feeders, it enjoyed sunflower chips and, to a lesser extent, red millet. (Back when I was feeding birds, white millet was preferred over red. If you buy bird seed at the grocery store, prepare to see a lot of red millet tossed on the ground.) When it was in the weedy stuff south of the feeders, it was getting some sort of seeds, but I can’t say for sure what seeds it was actually finding. Mark Miller Longmont, CO From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of DAVID A LEATHERMAN Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2019 4:07 PM To: COBIRDS Subject: [cobirds] Painted Bunting food Could just one of the dozens (hundreds?) of people who have seen the Audubon Nature Center painted bunting comment on what kind of seed it is getting? What is in the feeders? What was spread on the bench mentioned in Greg Goodrich's recent post? Thank you. 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 <mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CY4PR0601MB3603A14F222A26CA667CE895C1C20%40CY4PR0601MB3603.namprd06.prod.outlook.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CY4PR0601MB3603A14F222A26CA667CE895C1C20%40CY4PR0601MB3603.namprd06.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- 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/002001d545a9%248b09c300%24a11d4900%24%40gmail.com.
RE: [cobirds] CDOT and the MBTA brochure
Hi Everyone, It certainly looks like a White-throated Swallow. The blue chest band and unstreaked throat separate it from Australian Tree Martin. At least they picked a migratory species. This one breeds in South Africa and winters in Angola. I still have a utility bill insert from the city of Longmont bearing a lovely photo of an anhinga. Regards, Mark Miller Longmont, CO From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neill Matheson Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 3:08 PM To: c...@ecentral.com Cc: COBirds Subject: Re: [cobirds] CDOT and the MBTA brochure What is the beautiful swallow on the second page of the CDOT Migratory Bird Act brochure? Without really looking, I assumed it was a Barn Swallow, but obviously not with that white throat. White-throated Swallow? If so, a southern African species making a rare appearance in a Colorado publication! Neill Matheson Fort Collins On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 11:48 AM Chuck Aid mailto:c...@ecentral.com> > wrote: Here’s a copy of CDOT’s brochure on being in compliance with the MBTA. -- 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 <mailto:cobirds%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com <mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/A4A4E6BE-EB14-41CD-9F24-8B53E5D9E91D%40ecentral.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Chuck Aid Evergreen 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 <mailto:cobirds%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com <mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/A4A4E6BE-EB14-41CD-9F24-8B53E5D9E91D%40ecentral.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 <mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com <mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAA%2BLuaMCvZOJDLKA9v8Nf-KLmCTxCH3gtb%3DWCG00Nau1bvUtfA%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAA%2BLuaMCvZOJDLKA9v8Nf-KLmCTxCH3gtb%3DWCG00Nau1bvUtfA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . 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/003c01d53767%24887f7030%24997e5090%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Boulder county miscellany 5/25
Hi Everyone, Today 5/25 I visited some local spots around Longmont. First I went to Pella Crossing. There were plenty of migrants: Clay-colored Sparrow, Swainson's Thrush, Plumbeous Vireo, (presumed) Willow Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher. A Broad-winged Hawk circling overhead was a surprise. Lagerman Reservoir still has some Red-necked Phalaropes, and there was an Eastern Kingbird in place of last week's Western and Cassin's. Two Common Goldeneye seemed late in departing. Late in the day I went to Walden Ponds, where Edith Israel's Lewis's Woodpecker was still in the unhealthy cottonwood at the first residence on the right on Walden Ponds Road. The bird was visible from the road, but eventually flew north out of view. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/003201d51375%2469b245d0%243d16d170%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Townsend's Warbler at Lamar Community College Woods (Prowers) 4/21
Hi Everyone, On my way home from Kansas this weekend, I stopped at the Lamar Community College Woods this morning 4/21. At the north end, I saw a male Townsends Warbler and a male Orange-crowned Warbler (he kindly showed me his orange crown; it was one of the brighter subspecies) among the many Yellow-rumps. A Hermit Thrush was in the middle part of the woods, and a House Wren was busy in the big brush pile at the south end. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/009201d4f89b%24593f0a70%240bbd1f50%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Whimbrel photo from Lagerman Res (Boulder) 4/17
Hi Everyone, I visited Lagerman Reservoir in Longmont (Boulder Co) today 4/17. I was able to refind the Whimbrel and the Marbled Godwit fairly quickly. The Pectoral Sandpiper took a little longer. A Semipalmated Plover, a Lesser Yellowlegs, multiple Greater Yellowlegs, multiple American Avocets, and a Least Sandpiper were also there. Here is a cropped photo of the Whimbrel. The others were too far away. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/01d4f592%2428e4ca60%247aae5f20%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] S Platte Ponds, Thornton (Adams) 3/22
Hi Everyone, Today 3/22, I went to the Sprat Platte Fishing Area in Thornton (cross streets McKay and E 100th), the Elaine Valente Open Space (104th east of McKay), and the City of Thornton ponds in between, all in Adams County. The gulls at Sprat Platte included Ring-billed, California, a single Iceland (Thayer's), a single adult Lesser Black-backed, and a single adult Mew. Below is a digiscoped photo of the Mew Gull amid some Ring-billed Gulls. I have cropped it, but otherwise I haven't edited it. The thin, unmarked bill and large white spots on the outer primaries are visible. >From the corner of E 100th and McKay, I scoped the pond to the east. I counted 9 Double-crested Cormorants. Elaine Valente Open Space had a few more cormorants, all Double-crested. From Elaine Valente Open Space, I walked the trail along the South Platte to get a view of the ponds south of 104th. The more northerly pond had the continuing Red-throated Loon. The more southerly pond, the same pond as the one I scoped earlier, had a Red-breasted Merganser and cormorants I couldn't see from the west side, a total of 15. One of the cormorants looked small, but since tail and neck proportions weren't really assessable from this distance, I did not try to identify it. This individual was not visible from McKay and 100th, and too far away even to digiscope. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/009401d4e0ef%24d155be50%2474013af0%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Tundra Swans still at Cozzens Lake (Weld) 3/15
Hi Everyone, This morning 3/15 I drove up to Cozzens Lake, WCR 72 east of WCR 39 (east end of Eaton). The three Tundra Swans reported earlier by Mlodinow were still there, sleeping away at the south end of the lake. It's not a large lake, but it's full of waterfowl: Canada and Cackling Geese, one Canada x Snow, Mallard, N Pintail, Am Wigeon, N Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Canvasback, Redhead, Lesser Scaup, Com Goldeneye. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/003401d4db61%243e4f1db0%24baed5910%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: [cobirds] Mexican Duck on e-bird
All, See the ABA blog for more on lumps and splits from the American Ornithological Society’s Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of North and Middle American Birds (whew). http://blog.aba.org/2018/06/aos2018.html The NACC accepts all of ABA’s changes, but the AOU goes its own way. I’ve asked Jon Dunn the question of why so many checklists, and he says they have different goals. Maybe that’s a diplomatic way of saying the two groups agree to disagree. If the Colorado Bird Records Committee goes by AOU, then it’s not a new bird. If it goes by NACC, it is. It wouldn’t be the first time. Mark Miller Longmont, CO From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 8:10 PM To: Christopher Wood Cc: cobirds Subject: Re: [cobirds] Mexican Duck on e-bird The confusing part is, that the AOU checklist committee didn't accept Mexican Duck as a full species (as far as I can tell). The ABA Checklist committee always follows AOU on split species. So, I'm thinking that Mexican Duck doesn't count any lists submitted to ABA Listing Central (is that correct)?? So, Mexican Duck can't be added to the Colorado State List, if it isn't a full species, according to AOU. Brandon K. Percival Pueblo West, CO On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 8:04 PM Mark Miller mailto:snowy.owl...@gmail.com> > wrote: Hi Everyone, The 2018 ebird checklist went live today, as did the Clements checklist. Here is the change comment. The monotypic group Mallard (Mexican) Anas platyrhynchos diazi is elevated to species rank as Mexican Duck Anas diazi. Genetic divergence of Mexican Duck from Mallard is at comparable levels to other taxa that are recognized as species, such as American Black Duck Anas rubripes and Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula (McCracken et al. 2001, Lavretsky et al. 2014a, 2014b, 2015); and hybridization between Mallard and Mexican Duck has not been demonstrated to occur at higher levels than between Mallard and other species in the Mallard complex. Revise the range description for Mexican Duck from "S Texas, New Mexico and Arizona south to central Mexico" to "southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western Texas (Trans-Pecos region) south to central Mexico". Mark Miller Longmont, CO From: cobirds@googlegroups.com <mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com <mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Brandon Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 5:47 PM To: cobirds mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [cobirds] Mexican Duck on e-bird Did Mexican Duck get split from Mallard?? E-bird seems to think so, so I was wondering, if anyone knows for sure, it is all confusing to me. If it has, then this will be a new species for Colorado, since there have been more and more Mexican Ducks in the state, in the last several years. >From e-bird's Home Page:If eBird had a subspecies group such as Mallard >(Mexican) that was relevant to the new split, then those entries will be >upgraded from a subspecies group to the new species (e.g., Mexican Duck). If >you did not specify the subspecies, then we try to assign records based on >known range and occurrence patterns. -- Brandon Percival Pueblo West, 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 <mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com <mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CA%2BXeEuWWMHhGgqd7Z0RCX8kTbfzAWYVccWQ6LPDOm0XMnQhLNw%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CA%2BXeEuWWMHhGgqd7Z0RCX8kTbfzAWYVccWQ6LPDOm0XMnQhLNw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . 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 <mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com <mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/004901d43505%247f146a60%247d3d3f20%24%40gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/004901d43505%247f146a60%247d3d3f20%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Brandon Percival Pueblo West, CO -- You received this m
RE: [cobirds] Mexican Duck on e-bird
Hi Everyone, The 2018 ebird checklist went live today, as did the Clements checklist. Here is the change comment. The monotypic group Mallard (Mexican) Anas platyrhynchos diazi is elevated to species rank as Mexican Duck Anas diazi. Genetic divergence of Mexican Duck from Mallard is at comparable levels to other taxa that are recognized as species, such as American Black Duck Anas rubripes and Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula (McCracken et al. 2001, Lavretsky et al. 2014a, 2014b, 2015); and hybridization between Mallard and Mexican Duck has not been demonstrated to occur at higher levels than between Mallard and other species in the Mallard complex. Revise the range description for Mexican Duck from "S Texas, New Mexico and Arizona south to central Mexico" to "southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western Texas (Trans-Pecos region) south to central Mexico". Mark Miller Longmont, CO From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 5:47 PM To: cobirds Subject: [cobirds] Mexican Duck on e-bird Did Mexican Duck get split from Mallard?? E-bird seems to think so, so I was wondering, if anyone knows for sure, it is all confusing to me. If it has, then this will be a new species for Colorado, since there have been more and more Mexican Ducks in the state, in the last several years. >From e-bird's Home Page:If eBird had a subspecies group such as Mallard >(Mexican) that was relevant to the new split, then those entries will be >upgraded from a subspecies group to the new species (e.g., Mexican Duck). If >you did not specify the subspecies, then we try to assign records based on >known range and occurrence patterns. -- Brandon Percival Pueblo West, 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 <mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com <mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CA%2BXeEuWWMHhGgqd7Z0RCX8kTbfzAWYVccWQ6LPDOm0XMnQhLNw%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CA%2BXeEuWWMHhGgqd7Z0RCX8kTbfzAWYVccWQ6LPDOm0XMnQhLNw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . 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/004901d43505%247f146a60%247d3d3f20%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] second-hand report from Rocky Mountain National Park 5/12
Hi Everyone, Two colleagues of mine are visiting from Mexico. On Saturday 5/12, they went to Rocky Mountain National Park to do some sightseeing. At Bear Lake, they took some pictures of an owl in a rather odd spot. It's hard to tell size, but the shape suggests Flammulated. I couldn't imagine why any owl, much less a Flammulated, would be almost in the water. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/007401d3ed8c%24569dc1a0%2403d944e0%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Ordway to Last Chance (Crowley/Washington) 8/27
Hi Everyone, For starters, I forgot to include Great Crested Flycatcher as a highlight from the LCC woods yesterday (strangely enough, my first in Colorado). My birding companions were Beth Payne and Linda Hodges. This morning 8/27 I drove highway 71 from Rocky Ford up to Last Chance. On Beth's suggestion, I stopped at the ponds along CR G east of Ordway. Shorebirds included avocets, Greater Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Baird's Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper (four of them), Long-billed Dowitcher, and Wilson's Phalarope. Lake Meredith is full of water with no shoreline to speak of, but the place is full of Aechmophorus grebes, both Western and Clark's. Lots of half-grown youngsters out there. I noted a flock of 110 Cattle Egrets just south of Ordway (not sure which county I was in, but probably Crowley). At Last Chance, I saw a Northern Waterthrush at the southern pond (running along a downed tree trunk) and a young American Redstart in the windbreak behind the old hotel. A young Great Horned Owl was flying around and landed in the windbreak. It sat there for a while, screeching away. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/00aa01d31f8e%2401609400%240421bc00%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: [cobirds] Swan #4 at Cottonwood Marsh
Hi Everyone, The fourth bird kept apart from the other three, but tried to push its way through the ice to get a bit closer. It had quite a bit of dirt and grime on its neck, so I’m sure we’re talking about the same bird. It had a noticeable bulge in the bill, but it wasn’t what the Brits would call a stonking Trumpeter bill. Its vocalizations were lower pitched than I normally hear from Tundras. Frankly, I didn’t see any marks on the lores. It’s an odd one, and it’s a good lesson for all of us about looking at all the field marks. Mark Miller Longmont, CO From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christian Nunes Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 6:34 PM To: Marie Hoerner Cc: Cobirds Subject: Re: [cobirds] Swan #4 at Cottonwood Marsh Hi Maria, I would make an argument that the bird in your photos is part of the pair of adult Tundra Swans that are invariably accompanied by the immature. Presumably they are a family group. The yellow spot on this one is rather small and can be hard to see, especially at a distance. Ted Floyd has some closer shots where the yellow can be seen well: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S33740263 Steve Mlodinow also has some nice flight shots that show all three of these birds. The yellow on that one adult is again hard to see, but it's present if you squint hard enough: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34073530 Here are some more links to photos of the solitary swan who I think is more Trumpeter-esque, but things don't add up: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S33611634 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34030937 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34773743 Myself and many scores of birders have been calling this a Tundra Swan all winter, perhaps a bit too willingly. I remember studying it while it fed in the shallow bay at the east end of Hillcrest Reservoir back in January. Alarm bells were ringing, and I had hopes I could "turn" it into a Trumpeter, but the pale spot on the bill and the U-shaped forehead made me withdraw from that conclusion. I've started to look more closely at the available photos (and the bird too, but it was mostly sleeping this afternoon) after Mark Miller's email this morning. I still don't think it's a Trumpeter, but a hybrid could be an option. Or it's just a goofy Tundra Swan like we've been assuming all winter. Thanks, Christian Nunes Longmont, CO _ From: mesozoic.cephalo...@gmail.com <mailto:mesozoic.cephalo...@gmail.com> mailto:mesozoic.cephalo...@gmail.com> > on behalf of Marie Hoerner mailto:mhoer...@uchicago.edu> > Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 7:14 PM To: Christian Nunes Cc: Cobirds Subject: Re: [cobirds] Swan #4 at Cottonwood Marsh That's interesting. That is not one of the birds that I was seeing last night; at least, I don't think that it is. Here are a couple of shots of that bird. (In the photos where the 4th swan joined 2 of the others briefly, it is the middle bird of the three in the photograph.) As far as I could see in the photos and through my binoculars, this one completely lacked the light color that is in the linked picture above. I am certainly not arguing with the ID of more experienced birders; I'm just wondering if one of the birds that I saw was a different bird because I'm curious and uncertain of my own ID skills when it comes to Trumpeters and Tundras. Thanks for the thoughts on these swans, Marie Hoerner Aurora, CO On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Marie Hoerner mailto:mhoer...@uchicago.edu> > wrote: That's interesting. That is not one of the birds that I was seeing last night; at least, I don't think that it is. Here are a couple of shots of that bird. (In the photos where the 4th swan joined 2 of the others briefly, it is the middle bird of the three in the photograph.) As far as I could see in the photos and through my binoculars, this one completely lacked the light color that is in the linked picture above. I am certainly not arguing with the ID of more experienced birders; I'm just wondering if one of the birds that I saw was a different bird because I'm curious and uncertain of my own ID skills when it comes to Trumpeters and Tundras. Thanks for the thoughts on these swans, Marie Hoerner Aurora, CO On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 4:49 PM, Christian Nunes mailto:pajaro...@hotmail.com> > wrote: Birders, The two obvious adult Tundra Swans, one with extensive yellow on the bill and the other with a small yellow tear drop, are the likely parents of the immature. This family group acts as a unit and they are rarely separated by very much space. One adult has extensive yellow on the bill, the other more of a small tear drop. The immature is dusky and has a pale spot on the bill that hasn&#x
[cobirds] SE Colorado 6/4-5
Hi Everyone, I traversed a loop this weekend 6/4-5 of US-50/CO-109/US-160/US-287, stopping at Lamar Community College, Bent CR JJ, Fort Lyon, Las Animas CR 76.8, Comanche NG, and Picture Canyon. Northbound migration seems to be about over, so a Least Flycatcher at the LCC Woods was interesting. It sang a few times, but was not especially active. CR JJ was great for blooming Opuntia cactus, splashes of yellow and purple for miles. A Baltimore Oriole was in the little grove of trees near JJ and 20. Where John Martin comes right up to the road, A Clark's Grebe was with four Westerns but acted like it didn't want to associate with them. My Fort Lyon visit went from 10:30pm to 11:15pm 6/4, and in that time, I heard a Black Rail (called persistently the entire time), a Virginia Rail, a Barn Owl, a Northern Mockingbird, a Curve-billed Thrasher, and a Yellow-breasted Chat (in full-throated song, a great experience any time). CR 76.8 was relatively quiet, and with some work, I located one singing Gray Vireo. A Bobcat wandered through the junipers, followed by several Western Scrub-Jays. One Pinyon Jay went over later. Comanche NG was lush and green, and Cassin's Sparrows were singing in numbers. I saw a couple of Chihuahuan Raven nests on utility poles. Picture Canyon was lovely, and although a male Painted Bunting was seen, I missed it. I was happy to see a Greater Roadrunner cross the access road half a mile north of the picnic area. I was surprised to see another Greater Roadrunner just off Main Street at the south end of urban Lamar, running through the parking lot at the Taco John's and past the Baptist church next door, which created much upsetment among the grackles. I thought about lizard tacos, and decided to have the ground beef instead. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/007201d1bf94%245b301d80%2411905880%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Common Nighthawks over Longmont 5/22
Hi Everyone, This evening 5/22 at around 8:15pm, along Left Hand Creek between Hover and Sunset Streets, I heard a peent sound, looked up, and watched 3 Common Nighthawks flying SW. They were on their way to somewhere else, but some of them were doing some acrobatics, I presume in feeding. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/000801d1b49c%24b80cf5d0%242826e170%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] gulls in Weld/Larimer and Ft Collins Yellow-throated Warbler 2/27
Hi everyone, I wandered back roads today 2/27 looking for ponds with gulls. From Longmont, I took WCR 5 north. I stopped at Highland Lake. The gulls are still working on the marooned fish there, and I found an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull loafing on shore. It flew away to the north around 7:40 this morning. Boyd Lake has lots of gulls, but they are at the edge of the ice at the south end, and the heat shimmer made identification infeasible. At the east end of Engelman Street in Loveland, a goodly pile of gulls were loafing at the shore of Horseshoe Lake, and 15 Bald Eagles were standing around on the ice. An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was off by itself. I didn't happen to see any Great Black-backed Gulls, but there are a lot of lakes I didn't get to. My travels also took me to Mountain View Avenue in Fort Collins, where the Yellow-throated Warbler came in for seed and suet just before 9 am and stayed around for about 10 minutes. Grandview Cemetery had a noisy immature Cooper's Hawk, a Red-breasted Nuthatch, and a few Pine Siskins but was generally quiet. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/004601d171a9%2497eb0a70%24c7c11f50%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Redpolls at Estes Park 10/31 (correction)
Hi everyone, Dave Leatherman informs me that the trees the redpolls were feeding in yesterday 10/31 are Water Birches, not willows. Water Birches have dark to reddish bark. Thanks for your passion for getting it right, as always. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/001e01d114b0%246e951a40%244bbf4ec0%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Last Chance (Washington) 9/26
Hi Everyone, Today 9/26 I thought I'd have a look at Last Chance, since nobody's been posting from there lately. The ground cover is getting plenty thick, but there are still good views of the more southerly pond. There were lots of Pink-sided Juncos, some Chipping Sparrows, several American Robins trying to bathe (they avoid the duckweed), a Hermit Thrush, a Townsend's Solitaire, a sprinkling of Wilson's and Orange-crowned Warblers, and a Common Yellowthroat. The area around the mailboxes and behind the old motel was quiet. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/002901d0f8bd%2465d37a50%24317a6ef0%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] McIntosh Lake 8/15
Hi Everyone, I was at McIntosh Lake this morning 8/15. The Lilian's Meadowlarks were present, but hard to find, back at the NW corner (on the loop trail between the bridge and the junction with the trail that goes to the Agricultural Preserve). A few Western Meadowlarks were also in the area, and they were the only ones singing. The Lilian's did a fair bit of calling, and the little clucky notes they made sound very different from Western. I also got a brief view in the scope of a young Bobolink. A few migrants were about, including Western Wood-Pewee, Yellow Warbler, and Brewer's Sparrow. A Great Egret was on the north shore of the lake, and several of us watched an Osprey fly to a utility pole with a fish so big it could barely stay in the air. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/006701d0d7b1%243c7fdc20%24b57f9460%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] evening Baird's sparrow (Larimer) 7/25
Hi Everyone- I arrived at Larimer CR 5 around noon today 7/25. A couple of other birders came and went, but it was pretty quiet. Around 1 pm, Nick Komar and crew arrived and explained what they heard and where they heard it. Over the next hour, I heard exactly one song of a Baird's Sparrow, but did not see any. I decided to stick it out until activity increased. By 4, the Grasshopper Sparrows were singing again. Around 4:30 or so, Georgia Doyle showed up, and we watched and listened together. At 5:30, we heard our first Baird's Sparrow song, a ways south of where we were standing. We slowly made our way south. Singing became more frequent and regular. Around 6:30, we heard one pretty close, and were able to get a scope on a singing male teed up on a thistle. We could see the more orangey head and dark ear spot. Georgia got some photos that I hope are diagnostic. We were about 1.8 miles north of Buckeye Road, between a cattle guard and a blue tractor (the cattle guard is about 1.5 miles, the tractor about 2.0 miles). The bird was maybe 50 yards west of the road. I thought I heard a second bird sing a couple of times. Other cool birds on CR 5 included a baby Swainson's Hawk, baby Loggerhead Shrikes, a family of Burrowing Owls, and three Sage Thrashers. Georgia had a Blue Grosbeak, which is not common there. Grasshopper Sparrows were rife, and several were singing an extended song that started off like a typical Grasshopper Sparrow but then advanced into a warbling jumble almost like a Winter Wren. If you search tomorrow, start very early, and listen along the entire stretch from 1.5 to 2.0 miles. Late also works, but the light will not be in your favor. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/002501d0c753%240043ca00%2400cb5e00%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] landbirds at Golden Ponds, Longmont (Boulder) 5/30
Hi Everyone- This morning 5/30 I got up early and walked around Golden Ponds in Longmont. I walked in by the dirt trail. Once I got to the St Vrain, I immediately heard two Red-eyed Vireos singing. It took some patience to see them high up in the cottonwoods. Western Tanagers and Western Wood-Pewees were present, although in numbers lower than I've seen in past years by now. There are baby robins out already. I had but one Swainson's Thrush, and it didn't vocalize. On my way out, I took the paved trail. I stopped for an Eastern Kingbird and then heard an interesting song behind me. It revealed itself to be a Tennessee Warbler singing the first half of its song (the really sharp chippy part, not the trill at the end). I spent some time watching a Blue Jay pecking open leaf galls to get to the worms inside. The more you look, the more you see. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/000c01d09ae4%240404d170%240c0e7450%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Swainson's Hawks (Boulder/Weld), longspurs et al (Washington) 4/5
Hi Everyone- I saw my FOS Swainson's Hawks today 4/5 along CO-52: one soaring near WCR 3 1/2, the other perched in a tree just east of the intersection with US-287. This was on the way back from checking out the longspurs along CR KK in Washington County: 20 Chestnut-collared, 10 McCowns. One Mountain Plover was at CR KK and Road 20. A Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel was busy chasing down Red-legged Grasshoppers here. His success rate was maybe 10%, but he kept at it. Along the stretch of CR KK from CR 12 to CR 22, I saw five Rough-legged Hawks, all light morph. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/001f01d06ff8%24705203a0%2450f60ae0%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Lookout Mtn (Jefferson) 3/28
Hi Everyone, Today 3/28 I went up to Lookout Mountain to see if the Dusky Grouse was still there. I arrived around 12:30pm. He finally made an appearance around 3:30pm, strolling across the parking lot and settling in roughly in the middle, two rows out from the nature center. He was pretty mellow for my visit, and I hear rumors he has a girlfriend somewhere downhill from the entrance gate. If he's not in the parking lot itself, he may be roosting in a tree somewhere. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/000601d069bd%24e0b3f590%24a21be0b0%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Buckeye Road (LCR 82) 3/1
Hi Everyone- This evening 3/1, Marcia Marvin and I decided to try for the Short-eared Owls that have been reported along Buckeye Road. We watched and waited at the west end of the field with the hunting blinds. Several other cars were parked at intervals toward the east and the power plant. There were three harriers working the field until about 5:45 pm, then quiet. By about 6:15, I had not seen any owls, so I drove back toward the power plant. At the entrance, I talked to some people who said they had seen two birds fly east over the rise, so I drove another 200 yards or so east and saw two birds in near darkness on a telephone pole on the north side of the road (the spot is closer to the railroad tracks than to the power plant). One was divebombing the other. As the one swooped past the other, the perched one let out a squawk. The squawk resembled a short version of a Short-eared Owl call. I have not seen this behavior before in either Great Horned Owl or Short-eared Owl, so I was left a bit confused. Could Short-eared Owls be getting feisty for the breeding season now, or did I just see two feisty Great Horned Owls? Mark Miller Longmont, 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/000401d054a4%2451c81060%24f5583120%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Canon City (Fremont Co) 1/11
Hi Everyone- This morning 1/11 I walked the east end of the Bluff Trail multiple times. Around 9 I heard what sounded like a Winter Wren, but when I got on it, it looked like a Pacific. There was much head scratching. Now that I'm home, I listened to calls of Winter and Pacific Wrens on xeno-canto. There is a nice recording of a Pacific Wren sounding exactly like what I heard (XC154521). The recording was made in California, and interestingly enough, there is a normal-sounding Pacific Wren calling in the background. So it seems that Pacific Wrens do occasionally call with musical Song Sparrow notes instead of the usual Wilson's Warbler notes. For comparison, I also listened to Eurasian Wren call notes. Eurasian Wren calls are in between Pacific and Winter Wrens, and the farther east you go, the more resemblance there is to Pacific Wren call notes. Aside from the wren, there wasn't much going on, but I was happy to see a Western Screech-Owl sleeping at the lip of his usual cavity until at least noon. I walked up the Tunnel Drive Trail while I was in town. Looking down from the west side of the first tunnel, I was able to find a Rufous-crowned Sparrow. I heard a Rock Wren here, but didn't see it. I had great views looking down on a Canyon Wren from the west side of the second tunnel. I was not able to find the Williamson's Sapsucker at Centennial Park. On the way out, I stopped at Pueblo Reservoir. An adult Great Black-backed Gull was on the tires at the South Marina (there were hardly any other gulls, so he really stood out), and 3 Common Loons were off N-1 Cove. I didn't see a Red-throated Loon or any of the interesting ducks that have been reported of late. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/000401d02e2a%247b4b9740%2471e2c5c0%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Chatfield Res (Jefferson/Douglas) 12/14
Hi Everyone- I drove down to Chatfield Reservoir this morning 12/14. Snow was falling in wet, heavy flakes, but it wasn't especially cold. I checked around the swim beach and Massey Draw for loons without success, then went to the picnic area near the dam. There was the loon, in with the coots. It certainly looks like a Yellow-billed, with a completely pale yellow-green bill (no dark at the tip), straight culmen, and brown tones to the plumage. It's not as steep in the forehead as some I've seen, and it has a neck band, which makes me think it might be a winter adult (see the Princeton Guide to the Birds of Europe for a good drawing of one). Over the course of the morning, it went as far south as the swim beach and as far north as the picnic area by the dam, often very far out. I saw no other loons. A male Barrow's Goldeneye at the picnic area near the dam was a nice surprise. I saw no Red-necked Grebe, but I did see Pied-billed, Horned, Eared, and Western. Very few gulls, nothing rare. At the Riverside Picnic Area near the marina, a Killdeer landed in the parking lot, and the large flock of juncos at the trailhead included a White-winged. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/002e01d017eb%2439389fb0%24aba9df10%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Allenspark and Hygiene (Boulder Co) 12/7
Hi Everyone- I took a drive up to Allenspark today 12/7 to look for rosy-finches. It turned out to be an amazing experience. Usually, they're so skittish. With not much wind and lots of sunflower seeds, a flock of 80 birds stayed around the feeders at the Fawn Brook Inn for the entire hour and a half I was there. Mostly Gray-crowned (some with full gray cheeks, some with gray just to the eye line), with one bright Brown-capped, one bright Black, and three young, dullish Blacks. None wore bands. They were eating sunflower seeds, sure, but they were also eating gravel in the road, sometimes landing just a few yards from me. One even made a brief landing on my shoulder. I could hear its toenails on my parka. There were two feisty Red Squirrels in the area, chasing each other around. In the course of the chase, one of them stood on my left shoe and growled at me. I don't know what that was about. I also stopped at the pond (is it a resaca now?) on the north side of Hygiene Road, a mile west of the town of Hygiene (it would be in the 6500 block if there were signs). The young Trumpeter Swan towered over the gadwall and wigeons there. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/001401d01286%24b75f2d10%24261d8730%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] McIntosh Lake (Boulder): Long-tailed Duck YES and Bonaparte's Gulls
Hi Everyone- I birded McIntosh Lake in Longmont around noon today. The Long-tailed Duck that Waltman reported was still present, in the middle of the lake with mergansers and goldeneyes (the common of each). Gulls were also present, including Bonaparte's (2), Ring-billed (maybe 200), California (2), and Herring (2). Yesterday I went down to Prospect Lake and enjoyed all the scoters (they're still chowing down on crayfish). I went home by way of US-24 over to Park County. A stop on CR 33 (Boreas Pass Road) got me 4 Pine Grosbeaks. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/000e01d00756%24744debf0%245ce9c3d0%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Lakes of Longmont (Boulder/Weld) 10/25
Hi Everyone- Marcia Marvin and I did a loop around some of the lakes of Longmont , including Union Reservoir, Terry Lake, and McIntosh Lake, this afternoon 10/25. Best birds were 4 Bonaparte's Gulls at Terry Lake (good viewpoint for afternoon light is off 95th just south of Woodland Rd). There were lots of Western Grebes everywhere with a few Clark's mixed in, and Redhead numbers are ramping up from a week ago. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/000401cff09c%241c66b050%24553410f0%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Chatfield State Park (Jeff/Doug), Anton (Wash) 9/27
Hi Everyone- Saturday 9/27 I visited Chatfield State Park. I saw a total of 5 Sabine's Gulls (4 imm, 1 adult) east of the marina toward the mouth of Plum Creek. In the woods along Plum Creek south of Plum Creek Picnic Area, I heard a sapsucker sp. and a Gray Catbird. When I saw Joe Roller's e-mail about Bill K and the shorebirds of Washington County, I drove straight over, and happily, most of them were still there: 1 Am Golden-Plover, 2 Black-bellied Plovers, 4 Killdeer, about 5 each of Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, 3 Baird's Sandpipers, 1 Wilson's Phalarope. Lots of ducks there, too (Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal). CR CC goes through downtown Anton. CR 12 veers off of US 36 two miles east at CR EE; go 4 miles east on CR 12 to CR JJ, stop at the big black mailbox. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/002701cfdb54%24eb660020%24c2320060%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Weld Buff-breasted Sandpiper and other stuff 9/6
Hi Everyone- Today 9/6 I did a loop that included Last Chance (Washington Co), Jackson Reservoir (Morgan Co), Crow Valley (Weld Co), and Grandview Cemetery (Larimer Co). I was at Last Chance at dawn. There was a short burst of activity when the sun hit the trees, including an American Redstart, a Western Tanager, a few Clay-colored Sparrows, and two Red-breasted Nuthatches. Jackson Reservoir is still very full. Along CO-144 about 0.3 miles west of MP 20 (there's a sharp turn and a cluster of speed limit signs), I saw a young Red-headed Woodpecker working on a fencepost. The reservoir itself had a few Forster's Terns, and there were Spotted Sandpipers at the north end. North of Jackson Reservoir, MCR 4 turns into WCR 105. A mile or so north of WCR 80, the road goes through a rough patch, with water on both sides. I can see that this used to be a quagmire. The water is full of shorebirds, including a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 6 Stilt Sandpipers, 6 Baird's Sandpipers, 4 Least Sandpipers, 8 American Avocets, and 10 or so Wilson's Phalaropes. This road is very busy with trucks going to and from the oil fields, so be careful where you park. The Buff-breasted liked to stand at the edge of the weeds on the west side of the road, and didn't flush even with the trucks jaking right next to it. At Crow Valley, at the north end I saw a Western Wood-Pewee perched next to a wood-pewee that sure looked like an Eastern, although it never called for me. It had a pastel green breast with no sign of vesting, orange lower mandible, and noticeably greenish back. The Western seems to have established dominance here, so there was no tussling going on. A Western Tanager was at the north end, a Dusky Flycatcher was in the farm museum area, and a Hammond's Flycatcher was in the trees south of the group picnic area. One of the flickers looks like it's mostly Yellow-shafted. Grandview Cemetery in Ft Collins was noisy with young Red Crossbills. There sure are a lot of them in the spruces in the northwest side. I also saw one adult male and one adult female while I was there. I thought I noticed both type 2 and type 5. Lots of Pine Siskins and Red-breasted Nuthatches. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/002601cfca28%246937f050%243ba7d0f0%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Last Chance (WashCo), Union Res (Weld) 4/27
Hi Everyone- Today 4/47, on my way back from SE Colorado, I stopped at Last Chance and Union Reservoir. At Last Chance, birds were hunkered down in windbreaks. I saw nothing rare, but I thought 8 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers were a decent number. Other migrants included a Townsend's Solitaire, several Hermit Thrushes, a flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers, and several Pine Siskins mixed in with American Goldfinches. Union Reservoir was busy. Franklin's Gulls dotted the reservoir. I estimated at least 200 were there. There were many Western Grebes, a single Clark's Grebe, a few Eared Grebes, one Horned Grebe, and one Pied-billed Grebe. Along WCR 28, I saw a flock of maybe 30 Yellow-headed Blackbirds, along with 3 Forster's Terns. The only shorebirds were 3 Killdeer at the north end and 3 Least Sandpipers at the south end. To clarify Brenda Linville's post from yesterday, the two Millers present at Tempel Grove were me and Lynne Miller of Colorado Springs, no relation. (We apparently arrived at Tempel Grove several hours too late, and left Lamar several hours too early.) Mark Miller Longmont, 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/013b01cf6275%24c49b6e10%244dd24a30%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Union Res (Weld) 11/3
Hi Everyone- Today 11/3, I visited Union Reservoir. Best viewing was from the east side on WCR 26, near the repurposed ship container of the Longmont Sculling Club. I saw six grebe species: one Red-necked, one good Clark's, one Pied-billed, a few Eared, and lots of Horned and Western. Buried in a pile of Westerns in the middle of the reservoir were two White-winged Scoters. It helped that they flapped their wings a few times without flying. I also went to Houts Lake and took lots of photos of the Brant. I have some pretty decent shots of the neck and belly that show where there is intergrade potential. As to what subspecies it actually belongs to, I am no longer 100% certain, and DNA may be needed to sort this out fully. I am not ruling out a paler hrota/nigricans intergrade or a hrota that happens to have a thicker than normal neck collar. I noticed that the big male Canada Goose has volunteered for watch goose duty for the Brant, too. Joggers are mostly being good about running around it. The adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was still at the south end of Equalizer Lake. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/005a01ced8e9%24c606d840%24521488c0%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] City Park, Cherry Creek, Chatfield 11/3
Hi Everyone- Today 11/3, I went to City Park, Cherry Creek, and Chatfield. At City Park, the Black Scoter was asleep until close to 10, but did finally wake up and do some diving. I also saw two Greater Scaup and a Cackling Goose there. At Cherry Creek, I saw Common Loon from the little overlook at the south end. I saw Pacific Loon from the Lake Loop. From the back of the yacht club, I picked out an adult Thayer's Gull on the more southerly logs, and a juv Mew Gull (a very brown one) on the more northerly logs. At Chatfield, I saw a close Surf Scoter from the swim beach, and Common Loon from the north boat ramp and the heron overlook. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/007e01ced830%24492b7e20%24db827a60%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Brant and Red Phalarope (Larimer/Adams) 10/26
Hi Everyone- I saw the Red Phalarope at MP 99 on Tower Road this afternoon 10/26 first in the large pond on the east side, then in the small pond on the west side, which is where it was when I left. I counted 14 Long-billed Dowitchers, which kindly vocalized for me. A Ferruginous Hawk was soaring over the field northeast of the east pond. I also saw the Houts Lake Brant today. Not knowing any better, I got there by going north on Rocky Mountain Av past the hospital, and parking in the lot at the west end of CR 24. A bike path takes you to the south end of Houts Lake and the north end of Equalizer Lake. I watched the Brant eat lawn grass (the next best thing to eelgrass, I suppose) along the jogging path on the west side of Houts Lake. When a jogger came too close, the Brant retreated into the water, but came back readily. When the Brant was walking on land, I could easily see that its belly was completely pale (some Black Brant have minimal black on the belly, so it was worth looking). Besides the Brant, I saw two Bonaparte's Gulls and Horned and Eared Grebes on Houts Lake, and an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull on Equalizer Lake. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/007601ced2cf%242bbddf10%2483399d30%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Boulder and Longmont 9/28
Hi Everyone- Today 9/28, Marcia Marvin and I poked around a few spots between Boulder and Longmont. We saw one Sabine's Gull at Boulder Reservoir (it flew almost over our heads when we arrived at the south end). We scoped a Ferruginous Hawk soaring over the north end. We could make out a tern sitting on one of the artificial docks in the middle of the reservoir. Since we could see hikers and dogs running around at the north end, we thought we'd try up there. The parking lot is open, and the trails look fine except for the one that goes straight down to the lake. It's under a lot of water. We took another trail that ends at the water a bit east of the drowned trail, and we were able to find the tern again. It has the bandanna nape patch, short legs, and long back end of an Arctic Tern. From here, we went up 51st/55th /75th to Hygiene. We saw a Sharp-shinned Hawk fly south over Nelson Road, and lots of cormorants in Clover Basin. Pella Crossing is still closed and quite a mess, so we drove over to Lake McIntosh. We saw a few Am. White Pelicans, lots of Western Grebes, and one Clark's Grebe. We tried Golden Ponds, but that's still closed, too. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/005101cebc9c%24dd72ee60%249858cb20%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Twin Lakes and Longmont (Boulder Co) 9/13 - Blackpoll Warbler
Hi Everyone- This morning 9/13, I went to Gunbarrel to check in at work, discovered that I had the day off, then went to Twin Lakes. The first birds I found were a Lincoln's Sparrow and a first-year Blackpoll Warbler. These were along the path between the lakes just south of the Nautilus Court trailhead. I also saw a flock of about 6 Wilson's Warblers and a Western Wood-Pewee in the woods east of the wooden bridge. A very wet Turkey Vulture was perched in a cottonwood along Left hand Creek about 1/4 mile east of Hover Street in Longmont. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/005701ceb0a4%24c3868060%244a938120%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Last Chance and Jackson Res 9/2
Hi Everyone, This morning 9/2, I was up early and birded Last Chance from 0530 to 0830. It was pretty busy. Here's my list: Eur Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Great Horned Owl (3 calling when I arrived) Common Nighthawk Western Wood-Pewee (one of which was giving a shortened version of its dawn song) Hammond's Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher "Traill's" Flycatcher (2: one well vested, the other not-probably both Willow due to complete lack of any eye ring, but interesting, nonetheless) Say's Phoebe Western Kingbird Warbling Vireo House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Am Robin Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Eur Starling Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow Warbler Townsend's Warbler Black-throated Gray Warbler (!) Ovenbird (2) Am Redstart (3) MacGillivray's Warbler Wilson's Warbler Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Lark Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Black-headed Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting Western Meadowlark Orchard Oriole House Finch House Sparrow I birded Jackson Reservoir from 0930 to 1200. I walked east from the parking lot to where there is a flat spot overlooking the grass on the northeast corner. I counted close to 50 Killdeer. The two Buff-breasted Sandpipers are still present. I saw one Semipalmated Plover, maybe 10 American Avocets. No Black-bellied or Mountain Plovers. Norm Erthal's group arrived as I returned back to the parking lot. In the NW corner, we noted at least five Stilt Sandpipers, several Western Sandpipers, a few Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers, one dowitcher sp., one Red-necked Phalarope, two Wilson's Phalarope, both yellowlegs, lots of Bairds. I stopped at the pond at MCR 2 and MCR O (one of the Andrick Ponds), where there were a Black-necked Stilt, a Solitary Sandpiper, and a Greater Yellowlegs. A Common Yellowthroat made nine warbler species for the day. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/013e01cea823%24a0417850%24e0c468f0%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] SE Colorado 8/11
Hi Everyone- Today 8/11 I birded my way from Lamar to Longmont. First stop was Two Buttes. Surprise! There is a raging torrent where the road into the Two Buttes Dam camping area used to be, and the road is roped off. The reservoir is as full as I've ever seen it. Best thing I saw in the area was a rather muddy-looking badger crawling into its burrow near the corner of Prowers Co Roads B.5 and 12. John Martin Reservoir also has a lot more water than I've seen in a while, so some of the traditional sparrow habitat is now habitat for White-faced Ibis and White Pelicans. A few shorebirds were around: 2 Greater Yellowlegs, a Lesser Yellowlegs, and heard-only Baird's and Least Sandpipers. Van's Grove had a Ladder-backed Woodpecker and a rather unexpected Pipevine Swallowtail (it's pretty well shredded, so it may not be going anywhere). At the RV Park in Hasty, a Red-headed Woodpecker was keeping a watchful eye on a youngster. Blue Grosbeaks were common everywhere I looked, and males were still singing (among the very few birds that still are). Along I-70 westbound at mile 334.2 (Elbert County just south of the Arapahoe County line), a Red-headed Woodpecker was on a post. As many times as I've driven that stretch, woodpeckers are not the usual scenery. (I was in Oklahoma City on Saturday 8/10, apparently among the last to see the Lake Overholser South Polar Skua.) Mark Miller Longmont, 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/003f01ce96f2%2400c44d80%24024ce880%24%40gmail.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Eastern Meadowlark continues 6/12 (Boulder)
Hi Everyone— Michael King and I saw and heard the Eastern Meadowlark this evening 6/12 around 6 pm at the south end of the Beech Open Space north of Boulder. It gave only Eastern Meadowlark songs. The entrance to the open space is at the west end of Neva Road. From there, walk east to the shelter, then south up the hill to the fence. It flew several times, but always between the fence and the hill. Below are the GPS coordinates from Michael’s iPhone of where we first found it. Mark Miller Longmont, CO Latitude: N40° 05' 57.5" Longitude: W105° 16' 35.5" Altitude: 5515' http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&z=16&ie=UTF8&q=40.09934+-105.27658> &hl=en&geocode=&z=16&ie=UTF8&q=40.09934+-105.27658 -- 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/01bf01ce67d0%24bf7f90f0%243e7eb2d0%24%40gmail.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Huerfano/Las Animas 6/8-9
Hi Everyone- I had a fun time down in Huerfano and Las Animas Counties this weekend 6/8-9. With Glenn Walbek's excellent directions, it didn't take long to find a singing male Hepatic Tanager on Rouse Road. A singing Philadelphia Vireo in the creek about a quarter mile west of the Hepatic Tanager was quite the surprise, and it was nice that David Dowell and Norm Lewis were also able to see it. David and I birded along CR 313 to the Las Animas County line, and I continued south into Mauricio Canyon over to Trinidad. I made a brief stop at Trinidad Lake (not much water there, full of boats), then through the Picketwire Valley and over to La Veta along CO-12. In La Veta, in those fabulous willows along Francisco Street, I saw an Evening Grosbeak and a Red-naped Sapsucker. This morning, I drove south out of La Junta along CO-109 to Las Animas County road 76.8. The stretch of road after the steep downhill pitch seems to be a pretty reliable spot for Gray Vireo, and it didn't take long to find one. From here, I meandered back home, with my last stop at Last Chance. The only migrant was a Western Tanager, but there was a younger-than-two-years male Orchard Oriole singing, and a Great Horned Owl in the patch at the NW corner looked remarkably pale, like the ones I sometimes see up toward Canada. I checked for a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher along US-36, but didn't see one. CR 313 was very good for butterflies, including an Orange-headed Roadside-Skipper and an Edwards's Fritillary. This morning, I saw a tarantula sauntering across CO-109. Luckily, cross-traffic was nil. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/00ed01ce6575%247bc28e10%247347aa30%24%40gmail.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Baca/Prowers/Washington Cos. 5/19
Hi Everyone- Today 5/19, I birded Two Buttes SWA, Lamar Community College, Tempel Grove, and Last Chance. I noticed that Swainson's Thrushes are everywhere. One of them at Tempel Grove was on the olive end of the spectrum and I took it to be of the eastern subspecies. At Two Buttes, a female Black-headed Grosbeak shared a branch with a female Rose-breasted. I saw nothing out of the ordinary at Lamar, although I heard an Archilochus (Ruby-throated/Black-chinned) Hummingbird at the south end. That said, I never tire of Northern Cardinals, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Chimney Swifts, and Mississippi Kites. I missed Carolina Wren. At Tempel Grove, there was a flock of five male Blue Grosbeaks chowing down on seeds with a flock of Lark Sparrows-a surprising flash of color. At Last Chance, I had two Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, a male Orchard Oriole, a Northern Waterthrush, and a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Mark Miller Longmont, 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] shorebirds in Boulder/Longmont 4/21
Hi Everyone- Today 4/21, Marcia Marvin and I visited some shorebird spots in Boulder County. At the north end of Boulder Reservoir we found a Baird's Sandpiper, two Marbled Godwits, and three Greater Yellowlegs. (The Mountain Plover has moved on.) At McIntosh Lake, we found two Marbled Godwits, a Lesser Yellowlegs, and an American Avocet. The little pond northeast of McIntosh had no shorebirds. We failed to find any Mountain Plovers at Arapahoe and County Line Roads, but on the way out there, we saw two Turkeys along CO-52 a short ways east of US-287. Mark Miller Longmont, 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Boulder County 4/20
Hi Everyone- Today 4/20, Marcia Marvin and I did some birding around Longmont and Boulder. We found no larks or longspurs along 119th Street or Oxford Roads today, so we went over to Twin Lakes. We saw three Mountain Bluebirds, a N Rough-winged Swallow, and a Gray-headed Junco at the west parking area, and a Hermit Thrush south of the two bridges (near the owls). The baby Great Horned Owl is starting to grow out of its down. At Cottonwood Marsh, we found among the crowd a Bald Eagle, three White-faced Ibis, a Willet, a Greater Yellowlegs, a Cinnamon Teal , multiple Blue-winged Teal, Tree and Barn Swallows, a pair of Great-tailed Grackles (the female was at the east end of the boardwalk, and the male sang his heart out at her), and a Yellow-headed Blackbird. Bill Kaempfer told us about an Eastern Phoebe that Peter Gent had found at the 75th Street bridge, so we went over there. It took but a few minutes to find the phoebe in the willows upstream from the bridge, and soon enough it started singing. All in all a pretty nice morning. Mark Miller Longmont, 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Teller Farm N Trailhead, Boulder 3/10
Hi Everyone-- This morning 3/10, I went to the Teller Farm north trailhead in Boulder. I saw no gulls whatsoever on Teller Lake #5, but there were sparrows (mostly American Tree Sparrows) feeding in the road south of the trailhead that goes past the corral. In an hour of waiting with a scope, I saw the Golden-crowned and the Harris's Sparrow come out of the weeds into the open. The sparrows scattered at the arrival of the first hiker, but the Golden-crowned later came out in the shrubs just south of the parking lot. The Spotted Towhee, Cassiar Junco, and Brewer's Blackbirds that Kaempfer mentioned yesterday were still around. Mark Miller Longmont, 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] South Platte (Adams), Teller 5 (Boulder) 1/26
Hi Everyone-- This morning 1/26, I went over to Teller Lake #5 and ran into the CFO crowd looking at gulls. We saw lots of Herring and Thayer's Gulls, at least 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a few Ring-billed Gulls, and that amazing adult Iceland Gull. I drove over to Boulder Creek at 75th, where I ran into Peter Gent and another birding crowd. Not much happening there, so I drove over to Adams County and the parking area at 64th and York. From there I walked along the South Platte as far as the aqua-striped water tower north of 84th. At the east end of the footbridge where the trail goes under I-76, I saw 9 Rusty Blackbirds, 1 Killdeer, and 1 Wilson's Snipe feeding in the rocks at around 10am. The White Pelican was hanging out in the river just north of the footbridge. North of 84th, I saw 4 Barrow's Goldeneyes (1 male, 3 females). The large reservoir just east of the railroad trestle had several patches of open water, and was full of ducks, including 3 Red-breasted Mergansers. The Rusties seem to go elsewhere in the afternoon. I did not see them on the hike back. One dark-morph Harlan's Red-tail and 6 Double-crested Cormorants were along the river south of I-76. On the way home, I stopped back at Teller Lake #5. By 3pm, there were still quite a few Herring and Thayer's Gulls, a smattering of Ring-billed Gulls, only one Lesser Black-backed Gull, and no Iceland or Glaucous-winged Gulls. There was one candidate for a Glaucous x Herring first cycle (bill half pink, pale plumage, Herring structure and size). Mark Miller Longmont, 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] e-bird article in this month's Scientific American
Hi Everyone-- There is a good article on e-bird and citizen science in this month's Scientific American. As a bonus, Steve Mlodinow gets a mention and a quote! Not rare, but locally interesting: A Townsend's Solitaire was sitting in a cottonwood along Gunbarrel Avenue in Boulder today 1/15. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Boulder and Larimer 1/13
Hi Everyone-- I visited various places in Boulder and Larimer Counties today 1/13. The two Trumpeter Swans were still at Lower Hoffman Lake in Loveland, sleeping on the ice. I had a good view from the vacant lot near the end of Park Avenue (from US 34, go north on Boise, right on Park, follow the signs to 7 Lakes Park, go past the playground and look on the right). At Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins, a flock of about 100 Bohemian Waxwings flew over. ID was mainly on voice, low and throaty compared to Cedars. In the upper reaches of Ward, a flock of about 20 rosy-finches circled over me, but did not land. The ones I could see well were Gray-crowned. At 2pm, it was snowing in Ward with an air temperature of 2 degrees. Great weather if you're a rosy-finch. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Bear Creek Lake Park is open on Thanksgiving
Hi Everyone-- Those of you hoping to see the Brambling tomorrow 11/22 should have no problem getting into the park. A bike race is scheduled for that day, and although there will be lots of people there, the race does not pass through the Coyote Crossing Picnic Area. This afternoon's sightings were at 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, and 4:30-4:45. It apparently went unseen for a good while in the middle of the day. I noticed that the Brambling would take one or a few seeds and then fly back into the willows. It also might poke its head out of the willows, but not fly onto the bridge. Patience is key. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] redpolls in the Pawnee 11/18
Hi Everyone-- Today 11/18 I went out to the Pawnee Grasslands. I drove up WCR 57 to WCR 100, and went west. About At 1.5 miles, I stopped and listened for longspurs. It took a while, but I finally did get good fly-by looks at a couple of Laplands. A Ferruginous Hawk flew north over WCR 100. I turned around, stopping at the sunflowers 1.3 miles from WCR 57. In the sunflowers, I saw 6 Common Redpolls. Inexplicably, a Downy Woodpecker was right in there with them. I continued back to WCR 57, and continued north. Maybe 0.1 miles north of WCR 100, an adult Northern Shrike was sitting on a utility wire tearing apart what looked like a grasshopper (seems late for grasshoppers, but I'm not sure what else it could have been). I drove the auto tour over to WCR 77. I saw another 20 Lapland Longspurs, one in the scope from about 20 feet away. Several of the longspurs were giving a curious lark-like whistling sound in addition to the rattle, and I saw quite a few perched on barbed wire (I'm used to seeing them bellying along on the ground). I ate lunch in Grover, but didn't see much there. I saw a light morph Rough-legged Hawk just north of the Wyoming border near Carpenter. On my way home I stopped at Rawhide (too windy to see much), Douglas Reservoir (male Long-tailed Duck was toward the north end, past the boat ramp, with a big flock of mergansers; three Red-breasted Mergansers were toward the south end), and Grandview Cemetery (no sapsuckers, but a Great Horned Owl gave a sleepy hoot around 4pm; some really bad golfers were bouncing shots off the Austrian Pines). Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Last Chance (Washington Co) 10/13
Hi Everyone-- I made it out to Last Chance at 0650 this morning 10/13. As dawn broke, there was a small peak of activity, including a montane Fox Sparrow at the pond and a White-throated Sparrow behind the hotel. By 0800 there were lots of Yellow-rumped Warblers coming in to the pond. I got a brief look at a Wilson's Warbler in the trees south of the pond. The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker adult came by. It seems to like the burnt trees near the route 36 bridge. Two Long-eared Owls flushed out of the cedars in the northeast corner, one of which perched visibly in the elms north of the mailboxes (thanks Roger and Brenda). The Sora was running about in the duckweed. I counted 104 Sandhill Cranes going over, and a bunch more along route 36. One of the continuing Townsend's Solitaires burst into subsong, about the only music to be heard. There are still a few Chipping Sparrows around. Traffic on I-70 westbound in from the airport is hideous due to construction. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Last Chance, Jackson Res (Wash/Morgan) 10/7
Hi Everyone--
Marcia Marvin and I birded at Last Chance and Jackson Reservoir State Park
today 10/7. The male Black-throated Blue Warbler came out of hiding at
12:45pm and gave good views. There was still a Swainson's Thrush among all
the Hermits. Multiple skeins of Sandhill Cranes flew over; I counted 150
seen and many more heard. Juncos around the picnic area included a young
Gray-headed. We felt a little sad that the Sora's left wing doesn't seem to
be healing well. At the Jackson Reservoir Outlet, we scoped for shorebirds
from a spot about 20 yards north of where "17" is painted on the dam ("1" is
painted at the top of the staircase out of the day use area parking lot).
There are still quite a few American Golden-Plovers at the lake's edge (a
good quarter mile from us). A dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk was along CO-144
near Weldona.
Mark Miller
Longmont, CO
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[cobirds] from Pueblo to Last Chance 9/22
Hi Everyone-- Today 9/22 I went down to Pueblo Reservoir, where I ran into Brandon Percival. Brandon already posted, so I'll just mention that on the way out of Pueblo, I saw a White-winged Dove fly east over CO-45 toward Pueblo City Park. I headed toward Last Chance on US-24. At MP 363 (14 miles SW of Limon), I stopped for a Merlin that was perched on a fence. I birded Last Chance from 4pm until 5:30pm, during which time I recorded 33 species (might be an all-time high for me). Sora - 1 imm (its left wing looked a little droopy) Mourning Dove - 1 Eur Collared-Dove - 2 Downy Woodpecker - 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) - 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Townsend's Solitaire - 1 Hermit Thrush - 1 American Robin - 3 Gray Catbird - 1 Brown Thrasher - 1 Eur Starling - 20 Orange-crowned Warbler - 8 Nashville Warbler - 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10 (1 Audubon's, the rest Myrtles) Townsend's Warbler - 1 Ovenbird - 1 Common Yellowthroat - 2 Wilson's Warbler - 6 Green-tailed Towhee - 1 Spotted Towhee - 1 Chipping Sparrow - 1 Clay-colored Sparrow - 2 Swamp Sparrow - 2 Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 Song Sparrow - 1 White-crowned Sparrow - 20 White-throated Sparrow - 1 Dark-eyed Junco - 5 (all Pink-sided) Bullock's Oriole - 1 House Finch - 5 American Goldfinch - 1 House Sparrow - 10 A few Mourning Cloaks are still around. Zero dragonflies. A single Swainson's Hawk was along CO-71 north of Limon. I suspect that might be my last for 2012. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Crow Valley 8/26
Hi Everyone-- Marcia Marvin and I spent this morning 8/26 at Crow Valley Campground. The northwest corner was the busiest spot, full of montane migrants. Warblers included Orange-crowned, Yellow, Townsend's, MacGillivray's, and Wilson's. I heard and briefly saw a Least Flycatcher. A Hermit Thrush with a redder than usual back was interesting (it didn't look like the usual auduboni, but I can't say I know what subspecies it was). There were a few pewees around, and Eastern and Western Kingbirds. A Baltimore Oriole showed briefly; we had rather better looks at several Bullock's Orioles. Two Red-breasted Nuthatches were getting water from a hopelessly small puddle. We ate lunch at the group picnic area, where a Silver-haired Bat landed right over us. We watched it circle the barbecue grill a few times before it settled into the eaves for the day. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] no Royal Tern today 7/31
Hi Everyone-- Out of curiosity, I went over to Barr Lake this morning 7/31. Sandbar Lake might be a better name. The crowd of gulls didn't move much, and so there was every possibility that the slugabed Royal Tern might still be around, but I never did see it. If anyone happened across it, please post. Shorebirds included one Willet, half a dozen Spotted Sandpipers; the rest were Least Sandpipers, Baird's Sandpipers, and Killdeer. I saw three Forster's Terns, a few Franklin's Gulls, lots of California and Ring-billed Gulls. A few Clark's Grebes were with the Westerns. I heard mention of multiple Orchard Orioles in the area, but I did not see any. There were lots of Chipping Sparrows on the move, judging by flight calls. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Crow Valley (Pawnee) 5/13
Hi Everyone-- I spent all of this morning 5/13 at Crow Valley Campground. The thrush fallout is mostly gone now, but a Veery, a Hermit Thrush, and about 8 Swainson's Thrushes remained. The warbler list consisted of Tennessee Warbler (2 or 3 different birds), Northern Parula (2 singing birds), Yellow Warbler (lots), Yellow-rumped Warbler (all of 2, both Audubon's), a male Blackpoll Warbler, a singing Ovenbird, a male American Redstart, and about 4 MacGillivay's Warblers (two were singing). The only vireo noted was Warbling (2 different birds). I had a brief look at an Orchard Oriole. I saw 2 different Least Flycatchers; both were singing. A Green-tailed Towhee was along the path behind the horseshoe pits. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] Pawnee Grasslands 5/5 (Yellow-throated Warbler, Least Flycatcher)
Hi Everyone-- I had a pleasant if not overwhelmingly birdy morning at Crow Valley, the WCR 96 birding trail, and Norma's Grove today 5/5. At Crow Valley, there were few migrants in evidence: several montane Hermit Thrushes, an Orange-crowned Warbler. I had one Chestnut-collared Longspur teed up in a dead shrub and two Grasshopper Sparrows (FOY for me) along WCR 104 west of WCR 69. At Norma's Grove, there was a Yellow-throated Warbler and a Least Flycatcher visible along WCR 100. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] Pawnee 4/7
Hi Everyone-- Today 4/7 Marcia Marvin and I went to Cheyenne and back via the Pawnee grasslands. Most of the ponds are dry or nearly so, but a pond near the corner of WCR 77 and WCR 122 still had water. We saw mostly Northern Shovelers there; a single male Red-breasted Merganser was unexpected. McCown's Longspur numbers are up considerably from a couple of weeks ago. Along WCR 96 just east of the Burrowing Owl sign, several flocks flew over; one Chestnut-collared Longspur was with them, judging by call. Crow Valley Campground is open to all now, and between the boom boxes and the dogs and the garrulous campers, we didn't see much in the way of birds. We looked for Mountain Plover along WCR 96, but did not see any. Elsewhere today we saw an Osprey near St Vrain State Park in Longmont, and a light-morph Swainson's Hawk crossing I-80 just east of Cheyenne. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] Dark-morph Harlan's Red-tail near Niwot (Boulder Co.) 2/25
Hi Everyone-- I wandered a bit around Boulder, Weld, and Larimer Counties today 2/25. My most interesting bird was an adult dark-morph Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk along Niwot Road just west of US 287. As I passed by, it flew off its utility pole to the ground and tussled with an unseen victim. I stopped at Cottonwood Marsh and Victory Park in hopes of seeing two different swans, but only the Tundra Swan at Cottonwood Marsh was visible. The wind at the Valmont power plant was horrendous. Two Ferruginous Hawks flying in large circles over the east pond were the best thing flying. I also stopped by the North Teller Farm Trailhead off Valmont Road. Sparrows were lacking, I assume due to the wind. Farther east, I watched a flock of 100 or so Great-tailed Grackles in a feedlot off the south side of highway 52 between WCR 3 and WCR 3-1/4. This seemed like rather a lot. A stop at Wellington SWA produced no owls (I was there from 4:30 until almost 6 pm), but there was one blue-morph Snow Goose hiding among the cacklers. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] continung birds in Boulder 1/29
Hi Everyone-- I drove around Boulder and Broomfield today 1/29 to check in on continuing birds. Gulls along Lowell Blvd were few, with no rarities. At the North Teller Farm trailhead off Valmont Rd, the Golden-crowned Sparrow was still present in the windbreak at the south end of the parking lot. At Valmont Reservoir, there is zero ice (let's hope this changes before the gullapalooza!), but the Trumpeter Swan was still present on the northwest pond (it's a very distant view from the overlook, but I could see that this was quite a long-bodied and long-necked swan), and a male Red-breasted Merganser was with the crowd of coots on the east pond (the closer pond). McIntosh Lake in Longmont had lots of ice, lots of wind, and lots of gulls, but no rarities. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] gulls at Anthem 1/15
Hi Everyone-- This morning 1/15 I went over to Anthem and looked at gulls for a while. I arrived around 9, and gulls were streaming in to the large pond as I watched. By 10, a 1cy Glaucous, a 1cy Iceland, and 3 1cy Thayer's had come in. A red-tail stirred up the gulls for a bit, but they soon settled back in. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] pre-dawn is a good time to look for the Barr Lake Snowy Owls
Hi Everyone- I visited the now-famous owl house at 14141 Harvest Mile Road at 6:45 this morning 1/3. Just as the sky erupted in orange, I had a Snowy Owl three utility poles south of the house. It sat there while I scoped it, but soon it got to bobbing its head to calibrate its trajectory, then launched itself into the ditch to the west. It appeared to have gone west from there, so I went south to 138th, west on 138th, and north on an unnamed street to an oil well with solar panels and a large storage tank. I had an owl sitting on the short post just south of the fence protecting the well. At the time, I assumed they were the same owl, but now that I think about it, the bird at the house was larger and paler. I never saw both at the same time. Both owls departed to the west, where there are no handy roads, so I drove to work. The unnamed street turns into 144th, which connects back with Harvest/Harvest Mile (the street changes name right about here). About social Snowy Owls: One winter day after a storm, I saw two Snowy Owls at the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon sitting side by side. When one got hungry, it would go to a nearby pond, snag an exhausted Red Phalarope, rip it in half, swallow it in two gulps, and glide back to its perch. I apologize for the late post. I am unable to post from work, or I would have written sooner. Horned Larks were calling in the dark in the snowy field east of the house, but got quiet by dawn. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] Two Brant still at Chatfield 12/10
Hi Everyone-- Today 12/10 was a nice day to be out. I spent most of the day around Chatfield Reservoir. The long-staying Brant were at the Plum Creek delta, just north of the picnic area. I scanned the liquid section of the reservoir from the marina spit and from the heron lookout. I saw hundreds of Common Mergansers, two Red-breasted Mergansers, one Common Loon, and zero jaegers. I understood that the Rusty Blackbirds were out beyond where the Brant were, but the Brant were busy chewing on leaves along the shore of Plum Creek, so I did not attempt to walk past them. One of them reminded me of a child eating spinach. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] Boulder Res/Walden Ponds (Boulder Co) 10/30
Hi Everyone-- Marcia Marvin and I went over to Boulder Reservoir this afternoon 10/30. The Arctic Tern came in to land at the NW corner of the reservoir for a few minutes, but spent most of the afternoon catching stuff near the big Western Grebe flock toward the SE corner. A young Common Loon was along the NE part of the dam. At Walden Ponds (Cottonwood Marsh) this morning, there were quite a few Canvasbacks, and we saw a Marsh Wren from the boardwalk. We looked for dippers at Boulder Creek under the 75th Street bridge. We saw poop, but no birds. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] Pawnee 9/3
Hi Everyone-- Today 9/3 Marcia Marvin and I drove around the Pawnee Grasslands. We found several pockets of migrants at Crow Valley, including 3 Western Wood-Pewees, a Willow Flycatcher, a Hammond's Flycatcher, 3 Eastern Kingbirds, a first-year MacGillivray's Warbler, and 2 Wilson's Warblers at the south end, and a first-year Bullock's Oriole, a first-year Orchard Oriole, and a Northern Waterthrush around the little pond just north of the gate at the north end of the campground. Spizella sparrows were all over the tour loop, but the longspurs seem to have left (I heard one McCown's). A large pond along WCR 75 between WCR 102 and WCR 100 had 4 American Avocets, 3 Red-necked Phalaropes, a Pectoral Sandpiper (fly-by, calling), a Black Tern, and a large assortment of ducks (mallards, shovelers, pintails). The weather was windy, but not at all hot. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] birds around Durango (La Plata) 7/3
Hi everyone-- This weekend I went to Durango to explore some new areas for me. On Sunday 7/3, I spent the morning along Junction Creek from the campground up to Animas Overlook. The campground had more people than birds, but it was great to see an Abert's Squirrel there. This one was gray with a gray and white tail. I found a pair of Grace's Warblers in a mixed-species flock in the last stand of pure ponderosa pine before the overlook at an altitude of about 8500 feet (this is about 1/4 mile short of the overlook). At the overlook, a pair of Peregrine Falcons gave chase to a raven. In the Rafter J subdivision, four Acorn Woodpeckers were on the granary tree. I went home by way of La Veta, where I listened for cuckoos from the skateboard park at Oak and Ryus for not quite two hours without success. While I was there, I enjoyed watching a female Black-chinned Hummingbird picking bugs off the side of the railroad trestle. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] Bent/Las Animas/Baca/Prowers 6/12 (Gray Vireo, Carolina Wren)
Hi Everyone-- I spent last night 6/11 at the Bent's Fort Inn in Las Animas, and did an early morning (as in 4am 6/12) listen at the corner of BCR HH and BCR 16. I heard lots of noise, including two Virginia Rails, but no other rails. Back at the hotel, I heard a Carolina Wren singing, and located it in a brushpile on the property just west of there (listen for it from the west end of the dike trail in the sanctuary). I then went south on CO-101 and veered off at BCR P to drive through Setchfield SWA. The tamarisks near the first bridge as you pass the entrance sign were busy with orioles and kingbirds, and four Ladder-backed Woodpeckers seemed like a lot for one spot. I stayed on BCR 10 until it hit the Las Animas County line. On the Bent County side of the line, a Curve-billed Thrasher sang from a utility pole. In Las Animas County, I took Road 209.0 to Road 76.8. I stopped on Road 76.8 about a mile east of CO-109 in some thick junipers. As I got out of the car, I heard a Gray Vireo singing, and found it in the junipers just south of the road. That was quite a surprise! Family groups of Juniper Titmice and Bushtits were also there. I made brief mid-afternoon stops at Two Buttes Reservoir (Red-headed Woodpecker and Eastern Phoebe) and Lamar Community College (singing American Redstart, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Mississippi Kite) before heading home. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] Pella Crossing (Boulder) 6/11
Hi Everyone-- Early this morning 6/11, I went over to Pella Crossing south of Hygiene on 75th Av. Of note were a singing male Rose-breasted Grosbeak (a scruffy one), a singing Least Flycatcher, and a Blue Grosbeak. Last night 6/10 I went up to Glenmere Park in Greeley to see the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. I watched it stalk fish at the west end of the island. Kudos to Greeley for nurturing such a wonderful place. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] FW: Chatfield (Jeff/Doug) 6/4
Those were Kingerys, not Leukerings. My apologies. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] Chatfield (Jeff/Doug) 6/4
Hi Everyone-- The adult Western Gull lounged around at the end of the little sandspit at the Plum Creek delta at Chatfield State Park until noon this morning 6/4, flew over to the marina, then over to the marina sandspit, then west over the cottonwoods towards the swim beach around 2pm. With the Driscolls and the Leukerings, I went over to the heron overlook, but we did not see it there as of about 3pm. The gull seems to prefer being at the east end of the lake, especially with the rest of the lake as crowded with boats and canoes as it is today. Its left leg appears to be injured, but at least for now it's doing all right hopping on the right leg. This little sandspit is only visible if you walk to the far end of the marina sandspit and look east with a scope. Some canoers came over with a bag of bread and were trying to feed it. It didn't much care for the bread, as it prefers seafood. Having lived with and admired Western Gulls in California, Oregon, and Washington for many years, I can say that this looks like a pretty typical occidentalis from somewhere north of Morro Bay and south of Puget Sound (the mantle color is paler than typical wymani, but darker than those pesky "Olympic gulls" that drive Seattleites crazy). There are other birds at the park besides the Western Gull. At the Plum Creek picnic area, a Least Flycatcher was singing doggedly through the heat. Off the heron overlook, a very white-faced Clark's Grebe was with a group of Westerns. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] Holly to Last Chance (Prowers/Kiowa/Cheyenne/Kit Carson/Washington Cos.) 5/21-22
Hi Everyone-- On my way back from KS and OK, I stopped at a few migrant traps. Late on 5/21, I stopped at the Holly Rest Area. A male Black-and-white Warbler was in the olive where the entrance road splits. Sunday morning 5/22, I went to Lamar Community College. A roost of about 20 Turkey Vultures in the bare trees to the south was a new development. At the north end, I saw a male Blackpoll Warbler. A Least Flycatcher was singing near the volleyball court. A Philadelphia Vireo was singing in the depths of the south end, and I got good looks at it (it sounds a lot like a Red-eyed, but a bit softer and with less variation). A Mississippi Kite sat in a cottonwood next to the admin building. A Mountain Plover was just off US 287 at Kiowa CR C (the turnoff for Queens SWA). At the corner of county roads C and 46.5 (just west of the Queens boat ramp), three Red-headed Woodpeckers were on the fence posts. A Northern Waterthrush was in a tiny pond at the Monger Ranch along Cheyenne CR 9, 1.7 miles south of the Kit Carson county line (this was generally a very birdy spot). Last Chance had a singing Tennessee Warbler, two Northern Waterthrushes, and an American Redstart. Not a bird, but still very cool: a large bat with red in the underwing and a red collar was flying around in broad daylight along Cheyenne CR 9. My best guess was a Big Free-tailed Bat. Since I didn't see anyone posting about Crow Valley on 5/20, I am forwarding a report from Sav Saville, a friend of mine who is visiting from New Zealand. --- Excellent day out today. Spent most of the day at Crow Valley and saw pretty much everything that had been found: Veery (maybe 2 birds), Black-throated Green Warbler, Blackpoll, Green-tailed Towhee, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Cordilleran Flycatcher, etc. Only miss was Northern Parula (but I've seen that in Britain!) Heaps of Lark Buntings, Brewer's Sparrows, Horned larks and McCown's Longspurs, and a Golden Eagle, but no Mountain Plover (though 2 were seen on CR96 this morning) or Chestnut-collared Longspur. Total of 62 species for the day. I think the biggest surprise was a Red-headed Woodpecker at the NW corner of the bird route. I so nearly got bogged down at one point but just made it through. --- Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] Golden Ponds (Longmont) 5/15
Hi Everyone-- I spent Sunday morning 5/15 along St Vrain Creek at Golden Ponds in Longmont. I ran into Peter Gent and Steve Mlodinow while I was there. Steve, Steve's friend Tracy, and I refound the male Hooded Warbler (sorry Peter, it started singing just after you left). It sang a few times near the bridge at the dam between 9 and 10 AM and popped up for good views. Other migrants of interest included Olive-sided Flycatcher (sorry Steve, it was after you left), Western Wood-Pewee, Eastern Kingbird sharing a branch with a Western Kingbird, lots of Western Tanagers, a Brewer's Sparrow, and a Bullock's Oriole. The good birds were all in the riparian zone along the creek between the spillway and the dam. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] date error on Prothonotary Warbler--should be 4/16, not 4/15
Hi Everyone-- I got so excited, I put the wrong date down! The Prothonotary Warbler was on Saturday 4/16, not 4/15 as I had posted previously. I'm sorry for any confusion. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] Prothonotary Warbler at Holly Rest Area (Prowers) 4/15, a few other birds 4/17
Hi Everyone-- Marcia Marvin and I just came back from a weekend in Morton County KS, and we saw a few nice birds in Colorado. On 4/15, at the Holly Rest Area, a group of birders from Massachusetts found a bright male Prothonotary Warbler in the trees by the bathrooms, and we got great looks. We spent some time there not seeing Harris's Sparrows, and were unable to refind the warbler when we returned. We found an active Northern Cardinal nest at Lamar Community College. On 4/17, we made a lunch stop at Two Buttes Reservoir. We saw an Eastern Phoebe, and heard a Canyon Wren. We also stopped at Nee Noshe Reservoir, and saw five Marbled Godwits, a Snowy Plover, and a Baird's Sandpiper. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] McIntosh Lake, Union Res 11/14
Hi Everyone-- This morning 11/14, Marcia Marvin and I did some birding around McIntosh Lake and Union Reservoir in Longmont. McIntosh Lake was busy at the west end. We saw 5 Bonaparte's Gulls (1 imm, the others adults), at least 10 White Pelicans, a Common Loon, and a nice variety of regular ducks. Union Reservoir was less busy. A grebe-shaped bird seen from WCR 28 was deep in heat shimmer and could not be identified definitively, but the shape suggested Red-necked. A sunflower field on WCR 3.5 about 1/2 mile north of CO-119 was chock full of blackbirds, with at least 1000 Red-winged Blackbirds (one of which was a pure albino), 1 Yellow-headed Blackbird, and about 50 Common Grackles. A dark-morph Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk was sitting on a utility pole on WCR 3.5 just north of the blackbirds. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
[cobirds] John Martin Res 10/9
Hi Everyone-- I spent Saturday afternoon 10/9 walking through beggars-ticks and sedges at the west end of John Martin Reservoir. The mudflats are still full of shorebirds of twelve species, including at least 5 Pectorals, 20 Bairds, a Stilt Sandpiper, and one Black-necked Stilt. Walking toward the trestle as described earlier, when I came to the creek (south of all the sedges), I found a flock of sparrows that included Savannah, Vesper, White-crowned, Lincoln's, and a bright rusty-winged guy with an olive face and streaked flanks. It also had a big black stripe through the face and a smallish bill, so I could only presume that it was a Swamp Sparrow rather than a Henslow's. My bird sat up in a low bush (looked like rabbitbrush, but a botanist I'm not) and gave killer looks for about 30 seconds before it flew back into the willows. I didn't see the bird again, but I heard some Swamp Sparrow call notes. I could also hear Chestnut-collared Longspurs and Sandhill Cranes overhead. I did not see a Reddish Egret. I am not suggesting a misidentification on anyone's part, but rather that there may be multiple interesting sparrows out there. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
