Re: [cobirds] Purple vs. Cassin's Finches--Purple Finch in El Paso 10/25, 26, 27

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Yes, Duane Nelson, thanks for that pic and your description. 
I have no photos, but based on this thread and Duane's description, I'm now 
convinced that what I had identified as a female Cassin's Finch on 10/25-27 in 
our back yard was actually a Purple. Present 3 days but only for very brief 
visits--it seemed extra skittish. I originally identified it 10/25 (and posted 
to ebird that day and again the 26th) as a female Cassin's; I edited those 
reports tonight, because I do remember thinking on the 25th that it must be a 
partially leucistic Cassin's due to unexpectedly greater & distinctive white 
(in eyebrow & malar) surrounding the brown cheeks. 
I didn't even think of Purple, not being too familiar with them. Was not able 
to get photos. Seeing the thread about Purple Finches (vs Cassin's) on COBirds 
today made me reconsider--especially Duane's contribution, with his photo.
Marty WolfNW Colorado Springs


-Original Message-
From: Susan Rosine 
To: Colorado Birds 
Sent: Wed, Oct 28, 2020 7:24 pm
Subject: [cobirds] Purple vs. Cassin's Finches

What a FANTASTIC comparison picture! Thanks for sharing!
I saw the female Purple today in Broomfield. What a treat; used to see them all 
the time when I lived in Western WA.
Susan Rosine
Brighton, Adams county

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Re: [cobirds] Sandhill Cranes -- El Paso, County

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Last night around 8:30 I heard a group of sandhills (unknown #s) calling while 
flying south in the dark probably roughly over I-25.


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From: 'r.d@me.com' via Colorado Birds 
To: Colorado Birds 
Sent: Wed, Oct 14, 2020 6:23 pm
Subject: [cobirds] Sandhill Cranes -- El Paso, County

Several large flocks flying high over northern Colorado Springs at this time.-- 
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[cobirds] Nashville warbler, El Paso

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I had two Nashville warblers moving quickly thru our oaks yesterday afternoon. 
Brief visit, but was able to have binocs on them most of the time. Beautiful 
little bundles of energy.
Marty Wolf,NW CO Spgs

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[cobirds] Townsend's Warbler, El Paso

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Just now (15 minutes ago) had a Townsend Warbler in the back yard, 
contemplating our "bubbling boulder" fountain from an ornamental cherry above. 
Both a new yard bird and yes (!) a new life bird for me. 
Marty WolfNW Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Lazuli Buntings, El Paso

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eBird flagged my Lazuli Bunting (a male) that appeared out back yesterday. 
Today I've got three beautiful males feeding with the Pine Siskins, House 
Finches, nuthatches & chickadees, two Chipping Sparrows (& one Lesser 
Goldfinch). 
A couple pics of bunting in yesterday's report.  
https://ebird.org/checklist/S67837487 
Marty WolfNW CO Spgs

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[cobirds] Migrant raptors etc yesterday, El Paso

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Hey, CObirders,
I took an afternoon walk yesterday over toward a hogback just SE of the Flying 
W Ranch entrance in NW CO Spgs, in a Mountain Shadows natural common area, and 
over the course of 45 minutes saw a number of migrants heading north along or 
beside the hogback into a stiff N/NW wind. (This ridge is I believe an 
extension slightly north of one where Steve Brown used to do a hawkwatch during 
migration, before the Waldo Canyon fire and then his getting into banding at 
Clear Spring Ranch.)
It started with magpies drawing my attention to a snag up on the ridgetop where 
a large raptor was perched while eating away at its catch; I'd never seen an 
Osprey in this neighborhood but from the distance was fairly sure that's what 
it was. I ended up waiting 40 minutes hoping for it to finish and fly off so 
I'd have the more diagnostic view of it in flight. Plenty of other 
entertainment while I waited:
first a single Kestrel heading north just on this eastern side of the ridge, 
and a male Broad-tailed Hummer whistling by overhead to points northward,then a 
juvenile western Red-tail and a Cooper's Hawk, followed by what I believe was a 
dark juvenile Swainson's Hawk,then two more Kestrel, an unidentifiable (due to 
the distance) couple of swifts, and a handful of Violet-green Swallows,then a 
Turkey Vulture, and two more male Broad-tailed Hummers separately heading north 
overhead...
in addition to local Common Ravens, Crows, a Say's Phoebe, and House Finches... 
and then the Osprey did indeed finish and fly off northward, staying 
accomodatingly above the ridge in my view as it flew and confirmed its 
identity. Tho Birds of the World indicates Osprey will occasionally take small 
reptiles and mammals, I've never seen them catch anything besides fish. I was 
much too far away to decipher its meal, but if it were a fish I'd be curious 
where/how far away it caught it? Sort-of nearby waters include Camp Creek in 
Queen's Canyon, Palmer Reservoir out of which Camp Creek flows, and Glen Eyrie 
reservoirs on the west end of the Mesa SE of the 30th St/Garden of the Gods Rd. 
intersection... How far would an Osprey carry a fish to go eat it on a ridgetop 
in a gusty NNW wind?
By the way, the young male Summer Tanager that first arrived in our back yard 
around 4-5 pm in a storm on 4/16 appears to have finally left sometime after 
3:35 pm yesterday 4/24 (time of my last photo, and I haven't seen it yet today, 
after having daily appearances for each of those 9 days). Maybe after 
sufficient R & sustenance it launched off with those NW winds to find more 
suitable/populated territory to the south and east.
Marty WolfNW CO Spgs

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[cobirds] Summer Tanager hangs around

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Greetings, CObirders,
The young male Summer Tanager that arrived late on the 16th during the storm 
has been hanging around every day since (including today, now the fourth day), 
feeding on seed below our feeders as well as graduating up to the tube feeders, 
and drinking at the water bath. Must be waiting for some good west winds while 
enjoying the "windfall" of easy eats. 
Had my foy Turkey Vulture soar over yesterday, as well as foy Chipping Sparrow. 
Juncos rapidly disappearing. 
eBird lists for Friday & yesterday here (with poor quality pics of the tanager 
included):
Fri 17th    https://ebird.org/checklist/S67483547
Sat 18th   https://ebird.org/checklist/S67484903
Good, safe birding!
Marty WolfNW CO Spgs

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Re: [cobirds] Staying at Home

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And just to reinforce the "stay-at-home" expectations and extent, Gov. Polis 
just now finished a press conference in which he must have said half a dozen 
times, that while we may walk around our neighborhood (maintaining social 
distancing) we should NOT be driving off anywhere EXCEPT for emergency 
situations. 
Certainly needing food or medications (or having to go to work for those whose 
jobs are deemed essential now) are such emergencies, but no, not to go birding.
Good homebirding.
Marty WolfNW CO Spgs


-Original Message-
From: Chris Goulart 
To: cobirds 
Sent: Mon, Mar 30, 2020 12:46 pm
Subject: [cobirds] Staying at Home

I have been a safety professional for about 25 years, and recently transitioned 
to working in the healthcare industry as a safety professional.

I would agree with all of the statements urging being very conservative when it 
comes to travel for the time being. I understand that means missing spring 
migration, but any exposure at this juncture is really not acceptable.  I would 
also agree with the sentiment that posting about birds that are likely to make 
people take risks in going to see them is not advisable.

Personally, I would go so far as to say that this google groups list should be 
suspended until all shelter in place orders have been lifted.  Telling people 
about the location of interesting birds will only serve to motivate people to 
travel to those locations to try to see them. Unfortunately, as some people 
have pointed out, the chances of a traffic crash or other situations where you 
find yourself exposed to people cannot be completely eliminated when you are 
out birding. The only way to truly eliminate the risk is to just stay at home.

Please do not find yourself going to local hotspots to go birding. I know we 
may all think that we can self isolate, but you still have to potentially 
interact with other people and the chances of spreading the virus right now are 
just too high. Remember, it’s not just about your own personal exposure, it’s 
also about being a potential vector for spreading the virus to others.

Thanks,

Chris Goulart

Aurora, Colorado




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Re: [cobirds] Interpretation of state-wide Public Health Order (NO SIGHTINGS)

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Hear hear Matt! Well said. Coloradans don't need to go any deeper into this 
epidemic. Only YOU (and me and each and every one of us) can prevent and 
flatten this exponentially spreading fire. Just stay home.
Marty WolfNW CO Spgs


-Original Message-
From: Matt Newport 
To: allisonhilf 
Cc: sebastianpatti ; Colorado Birds 
; u5b2mt...@gmail.com 
Sent: Sun, Mar 29, 2020 8:05 pm
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Interpretation of state-wide Public Health Order (NO 
SIGHTINGS)

Allison,Thank you.
As a healthcare worker and someone at high risk should I contract the virus, I 
implore all birders to not be traveling around the state birding. NOW IS NOT 
THE TIME. I have been watching this post all day, seeing people posting on 
social media behaving and not behaving the restrictions across the country. 
Towns across the nation are asking visitors to not come play in their 
communities, states are asking if coming from other states to self quarantine, 
the list goes on. It scares me to my core to think that my hospital here in 
Denver could face the same as those in states already hit extremely hard, if we 
ALL do not play our parts to stop the spread. Emergency room doctors and nurses 
are being exposed unknowingly to trauma patients whom have the virus. REMEMBER 
that you can have the virus, be asymptomatic, and spread it to anyone. 
REMBERER, if you are asymptomatic with the virus, decide to go look for a rare 
bird outside your city, you get in a car crash and expose the frontline 
providers in the ER in another town or rural community you have defeated the 
entire purpose of shelter in place. STAY HOME!! Bird you neighborhood parks, 
your yard, etc...Colorado is being spared a huge outbreak so far, but lets all 
do our part to keep it that way.
Given the discussion here today and the desire for people to obviously try 
justifying their chasing...I would call for a no posting of the rare bird 
report for the next few weeks to stop the temptation.
Matt NewportAurora, CO


On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 7:16 PM Allison Hilf  wrote:

Susan and others, 
If it makes you feel any better/worse I'm a retired Attorney.   The law is 
clear, recreational activities are permitted in your neighborhood and region.   
The legal definition of REGION within a State is generally considered a County 
or City, if otherwise not defined.   Given the State is dividing COVID-19 data 
available to public via COUNTY, I would say region means at furthest the COUNTY 
which you live in.   
A precise definition should not be required.  People are supposed to be on the 
road to purchase food, medications, get medical help, assist others whom they 
care for, etc.  IF the seriousness of the above restrictions doesn't imply stay 
off the road as much as possible to birders, I don't get it.    
Allison HilfAurora, CO





On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 11:18 AM Sebastian Patti  
wrote:

Send in the lawyers and the judges!!
Sorry, cabin fever.
sebastianpa...@hotmail.com 
Sebastian T. Patti 
770 S. Grand AvenueUnit 3088Los Angeles, CA 90017 
CELL: 773/304-7488

From: cobirds@googlegroups.com  on behalf of Susan 
Rosine 
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020 11:45 AM
To: Colorado Birds 
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Interpretation of state-wide Public Health Order That's 
a good question. What is my region? 
I've been mostly birding from my car. I do get out and walk around if there are 
NO humans around. I carry lots of hand sanitizer in my car, mainly to use at 
the gas station.
Thank you everyone for responding to my questions. I don't want to be breaking 
any laws!
Susan Rosine
Brighton 

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[cobirds] Fyi: All Colorado Parks and Wildlife Campgrounds Closed Effective March 26 Until Further Notice

[macawolf via Colorado Birds]

State parks themselves and their trails are still open. Also closed, however, 
are USFS campgrounds AND yes, trailheads. (Scroll down to bottom)
Marty WolfNW CO Spgs


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Re: [cobirds] I like Hugh Kingery's idea of an "anti-pollution" formula.

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 Yes, thanks Hugh, and Joe too-- 

Definitely something to consider among globe- or even state-trotting rarity 
chasers and devoted birders, the irony of which I've often thought about! 

Joe: "The main point is to get a buddy or three to join you for longer trips." 
And/or drive an electric vehicle (does that get a zero, or some decimal <1?) or 
at least a hybrid (a much more difficult calculation that). Or you plant a tree 
for every whole number in your Joe-score.

Marty Wolf,NW CO Spgs
 
 
-Original Message-
From: Joe Roller 
To: Colorado Birds 
Sent: Thu, Jan 23, 2020 10:13 pm
Subject: [cobirds] I like Hugh Kingery's idea of an "anti-pollution" formula.

The whole idea is to get the biggest bang for your buck!So I'll propose a 
formula to minimize the miles driven (and the exhaust pipe pollution) to see a 
bird.
The Formula:miles driven per birder divided by species seen 
leads to drive alone to Bonny and see 50 species and drive back = 300 miles 
divided by 50 species = 6.0 - a high number - not goodBut make the same trip 
with 4 birders in a car : 300 miles driven divided by 50 species, DIVIDED by 4 
birders, so a score of 1.5 per birder - much better.
The idea is to have the lowest number, so driving 2 miles alone to see 50 
species would be 2/50 = .04  a low number -very good
Seeing 10 species at a feeder, zero miles, would be ZERO miles, zero pollution, 
which is the lowest score possible.
A Big Year in Denver County by bicycle:zero miles of tailpipe pollution for 150 
species.   Again ZERO
Or do what I do - take a nap. Zero miles, zero birds. Wow! ZERO.
The main point is to get a buddy or three to join you for longer trips.
 "Let's Go Birding!"
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Re: [cobirds] The New Chatfield State Park, Jeffco and Douglas counties

[macawolf via Colorado Birds]

Karl et al-- and the beat goes on... You may or may not know about Aurora's & 
Colorado Springs' longterm joint water project to put a second dam on Homestake 
Creek immediately adjacent to the Holy Cross Wilderness Area in Eagle County. 
Gotta keep up with our endless growth! Currently awaiting approval to do 
geological test-drills at possible dam sites. If approved and the test-drills 
are favorable, they'll then need permission from Congress to impact the 
Wilderness Area. Then full-steam ahead for the dam/Whitney Reservoir within 25 
years. Here's a few links:
https://www.aspentimes.com/news/aurora-colo-springs-seek-to-drill-on-lower-homestake-creek-dam-sites/https://sentinelcolorado.com/news/state-and-region/reservoir-scheme/
https://www.csindy.com/TheWire/archives/2019/07/23/colorado-springs-utilities-plans-new-reservoir
Marty Wolf,NW Colorado Springs

-Original Message-
From: Karl Stecher Jr. 
To: Ira Sanders ; jroller9 
Cc: Tom Wilberding Boulder CO ; cobirds 

Sent: Tue, Aug 27, 2019 4:03 am
Subject: Re: [cobirds] The New Chatfield State Park, Jeffco and Douglas counties

In the 70s, there was a push to dam up Waterton Canyon.  This led to the best 
bumper sticker I have ever seen:  Frankly, my dear, we don't need a dam. Karl 
StecherAurora   From: "Joe Roller" 
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 3:45 AM
To: "Ira Sanders" 
Cc: "Tom Wilberding Boulder CO" , "cobirds" 

Subject: Re: [cobirds] The New Chatfield State Park, Jeffco and Douglas 
counties "Chatfield" has gone through three stages:Stage I, starting in 
geologic time, long ago, through 1975, when the dam was built and the 
reservoirbegan to fill.Stage II, from 1975 when water was impounded and the 
lake filled, until the recent disruptive engineering changes began, aka the 
"Reallocation Project". Those will be recalled as "the golden years" with much 
more habitat for birds than ever before.Stage III, from completion of that 
project until some other project comes along. When I moved to Denver in 1974 I 
strolled along the S Platte River upstream of the looming dam, through what 
would become the bottom of a big reservoir, dry shod, through dry farmland with 
a few buildings. No lake, no shore, scant habitat, not much, just the river.I 
love Chatfield SP and the habitat that the dam and reservoir created, but try 
to keep in mind that BEFOREthere was a reservoir, there was a small river 
through dry land. Things change. I asked Thompson Marsh what he thought about 
the dam and the reservoir, and he observed, "When people move to Colorado, they 
like to have a drink of water and a flush toilet when they arrive." He 
recognized the reality of the situation. My two cents,Joe Roller, Denver  On 
Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 12:16 PM Ira Sanders  wrote:
It's my understanding that the water level at chatfield is going to be at that 
high level maybe, and I repeat maybe, 3 out of 10 years. That of course means 
you're going to be walking much further to get to the water for 70% of the 
time.Ira SandersGolden On Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 6:44 PM Tom Wilberding 
 wrote:
Driving around Chatfield today I wondered why are all the new roads, paths, and 
parking lots SO FAR from the water. Then I scrolled through the following maps 
showing the future water level, and see that it is very close to the new 
parking lots. https://chatfieldreallocation.org/project-map/

For example, the Plum Creek Day Use parking lot is shown about thirty feet from 
the water, not .67 miles as it exists now. When the water will be raised, where 
the additional water will come from, and how it will affect many trees which 
will be underwater, I don't know.

I think Chatfield is still a work-in-progress. Hope the final product will be 
beneficial to birds.

Tom Wilberding
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Re: [cobirds] Blue Grosbeaks galore, SE Co

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We had a FOS male Blue Grosbeak in our yard in NW CO Springs--which was also a 
new yard bird (our 120th)--in the wake of this storm. We got about 6" of very 
wet snow, after mixed rain/sleet/snow yesterday (1.2" total liq. precip. in 24 
hrs, much needed). Fun day with birds, including a very early am/hungry magpie 
pouncing on a house finch, killing & eating it; 3 Mountain Bluebirds, 8 Lesser 
Goldfinches, 2 Black-headed Grosbeaks, 6 Gray-headed Juncos back down from the 
higher foothills, 2 Lazuli Buntings, 1 beautiful male Western Tanager, 1 
Green-tailed Towhee, 3 beautiful male Evening Grosbeaks, a Pine Siskin, 
Chipping Sparrow, and a Hermit Thrush (one of which was yard bird #119 back on 
5/6).
Blue Grosbeak stayed around all day.
Marty WolfNW Colorado Springs


-Original Message-
From: Eric DeFonso 
To: cobirds 
Sent: Mon, May 20, 2019 7:42 pm
Subject: [cobirds] Blue Grosbeaks galore, SE Co

Perhaps not on the same level as the Western Tanager explosion, but in my last 
3 days here in SE Colorado while doing surveys (and birding in between them), 
I've noticed a distinct uptick in Blue Grosbeaks. In fact I can't remember ever 
coming across them so frequently virtually everywhere I go. I often spot them 
milling about in dirt roads, pecking at the gravel or so it seems. At any rate, 
I've had them in Baca County (Picture Canyon, Carrizo Canyon, dozens on the 
road to and inside Cottonwood Canyon), Las Animas (Villegreen Rd), and Prowers 
(several singing and fighting at Lamar CC).
Good birding!
---Eric DeFonso
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Re: [cobirds] Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird - Boulder

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We too had a female broad-tailed this morning in the snow and yeserday morning 
at the one feeder we left up--after not having had a single hummer for 3.5 
weeks now. This is why I left this feeder up... 


Marty Wolf
NW CO Spgs.
6626' eleva.



-Original Message-
From: Curt Brown --- Boulder, CO 
To: Colorado Birds 
Sent: Wed, Oct 10, 2018 12:47 pm
Subject: [cobirds] Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird - Boulder



Even with heavy snow falling, one of our female BTLH is still hanging around 
feeding from the salvia and zauschneria plants.  We stopped filling feeders a 
couple weeks ago.  Hope she makes the journey south OK.


Curt Brown
Boulder CO

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Re: [cobirds] American Three-toed Woodpecker, Gold Hill, Boulder Cnty

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And for those looking in the other, lower side of the state, in Rio Grande 
Cnty, I found ATTWs on my BBS route in the San Juans on 6/28 & 6/29 at two 
spots: on Forest Service Rd 360 about 13 miles south of South Fork; and about 
20-21 miles southwest of Del Norte on Forest Service Rd 329 east off of CR 14 
(southwest & south of Fuchs Reservoir). 


ATTWs used to nest in large spruce at the top just west of the reservoir and 
also across the valley to the south, but most of the large Engelmann Spruce in 
the region have died in the last few years from spruce beetles (i.e. their 
larvae), and some of their nest trees were logged two years ago. There are 
still plenty of standing dead spruce in the region, on slopes too steep to be 
logged easily, so I hope the habitat remains suitable for ATTWs in years to 
come.




Marty Wolf
NW CO Spgs



-Original Message-
From: Chip Clouse 
To: cobirds 
Sent: Sun, Jul 8, 2018 1:56 pm
Subject: [cobirds] American Three-toed Woodpecker, Gold Hill, Boulder Cnty



I just had 2 counter-drumming ATTWs at about mm10.4 west of Gold Hill on my BBS 
route.


Chip Clouse
Golden (currently Gold Hill Rd)

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Re: [cobirds] Vermillion at Rocky Mountain Arsenal

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For the record, with these several Vermilion Flycatchers reported this spring 
along or east of the front range, another (the fourth?) was seen in the 
foothills on May 2 by some friends who live on a small ranch on the South 
Platte River, roughly 11-12 miles SW of Roxborough St Pk "as the crow flies"... 
By their description of their "mystery bird's" appearance and behavior I 
suspected another Vermilion, and showed them the picture in Sibley, which they 
agreed had to be the bird. They have smartphone pics of it, but not very good 
quality. I encouraged them to submit the sighting on ebird last week, but 
apparently they haven't done so.

Marty Wolf
NW CO Spgs


-Original Message-
From: David Blue 
To: burrowingowlsusan 
Cc: Colorado Birds 
Sent: Sun, May 13, 2018 3:12 pm
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Vermillion at Rocky Mountain Arsenal



The Vermilion Flycatcher is at the northwest end of the pond on the Arsenal 
portion of the First Creek trail (NW of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR—First 
Creek hotspot), immediately south of E 64th Ave. 


David Blue
Erie, CO




On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 12:19 PM Susan Wise  wrote:

Maikel just texted me a photo of a Vermilion Flycatcher at 
(39.8128337,-104.7983520)

Found by David Blue during the annual Kingery Spring Count.

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[cobirds] The sad tale of Nigel the gannet

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Poignant lesson of human intentions gone awry...

https://gizmodo.com/nigel-the-bird-found-dead-next-to-the-concrete-partner-1822655398


Marty Wolf,
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Re: [cobirds] CO Springs rare birds - yes

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Varied Thrush still there (100 yds south of Starsmore Nat. Ctr., in & along 
west bank of iced-over South Cheyenne Crk, just off southerly end of parking 
lot off S. Cheyenne Rd) at 2:45. Feeding among a dozen or more robins. 


Marty Wolf
NW CO Spgs



-Original Message-
From: Chip Clouse 
To: cobirds 
Sent: Wed, Jan 10, 2018 1:36 pm
Subject: [cobirds] CO Springs rare birds - yes



COBirders,
I found the Red-breasted Sapsucker and Varied Thrush in exactly the spots Paula 
Hansley described in her post yesterday. It was certainly worth the time as 
both presented very well. I'll now be driving until midnight on my way to the 
Wings Over Willcox birding festival in AZ but I've now seen 4 new CO birds this 
morning. Not a bad start!


Happy birding,
Chip Clouse
Golden

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[cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker, Yes! (Mirada Rd, COS)

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Four or five of us got a great show around 2:30. The bird was perched about 8' 
up on the western-most large limb of the cottonwood tree adjacent to the three 
Austrian pines, & stayed fairly stationary & in plain sight for close to 10 
minutes, occasionally preening & stretching, before slipping around to the back 
side of the limb, and then disappearing back into the Austrians. 


Marty Wolf
NW Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, El Paso Cnty

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Greetings, CObirders,


I had a female yellow-bellied sapsucker in my large Ponderosa pine feeder tree 
in the back yard yesterday, feeding from old taps and making new ones. Possibly 
the same individual who spent a day here last year on March 19, as it too only 
stayed for a day and went back & forth between my tree and two other Ponderosas 
up on the ridgeline east of us. We went to a funeral after lunch, and had no 
sign of it once we got back.


Also a continuing hybrid junco-- a gray-headed with pink sides.


Here's a link to my ebird report, with photos of these two birds: 
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34994076


Marty Wolf
NW CO Spgs,
6656'

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[cobirds] Eurasian Collared Dove is sitting on nest today

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Yep, as of 1:15 pm one of the pair (male in daylight hrs?) is sitting on the 
nest, presumably uncubating eggs. 


Saw both fly into the tree & hop over toward the nest together around 8:30 am, 
with no more trips for nesting material. Every now & then the mate pays a visit 
(maybe with food in his/her crop??) or maybe just checkin' in. Well hidden 
within the spruce branches. So in about two weeks if all goes well there may be 
one or two hatchlings--around Jan. 11th. No wonder this species spread so far & 
wide, so quickly! I wonder how many clutches they'll have thru the new year.


Marty Wolf
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[cobirds] Nest-building by Eurasian Collared Doves today

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Hi, Cobirders,


I was a little surprised by a pair of Eur. Collared Doves this morning building 
a nest from 8-9 am, in 32 F... 


Birds of North America online says they breed from February to October, but 
will do so year-round in warmer climates. I know we had a warm fall, right into 
November, but lately it hasn't been so warm. The winds had died down finally 
(for 6 hours or so, as it turned out), so maybe it felt downright balmy & got 
them twitterpated for a spell... They were on the south-facing (sunny) side of 
a spruce, so maybe the micro-climate there added to their confusion? Our new 
Second CO Breeding Bird Atlas indicates breeding between late January thru the 
end of August. I haven't taken a close look to see what progress they made, but 
after more than a dozen trips I witnessed by the presumed male with single 4-6" 
pieces of grass stem, they seemed to stop the activity. Either came to their 
senses, or finished the job?? I'll have to look more closely tomorrow.


Marty Wolf,
NW CO Spgs

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Re: [cobirds] Male Calliope, Jefferson County

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I had a male calliope earlier this morning at my home feeder also (El Paso 
Cty). 


Marty Wolf
NW CO Spgs



-Original Message-
From: Tina Jones 
To: cobirds 
Sent: Mon, Jul 4, 2016 11:28 am
Subject: [cobirds] Male Calliope, Jefferson County



I think I am possibly getting Brandon's birds showing up in my yd. Brandon, are 
you telling your hummers to head north then head east to Littleton? Yes, I just 
saw an ad. male Calliope Hummingbird, at my feeder. More important is, like  
the arrival of my other 2, Rufous recently, this date is the EARLIEST I have 
had any sex of Calliope show up while migrating south.


In 2015, I only had 3, f. Calliope, that I saw, go through my yd. I have no 
idea what happened to this specie last summer. Rufous were somewhat in smaller 
numbers last year  in my yd. Did anyone else notice Calliope numbers were down 
the summer of 2015  These facts are for my yard only.


Happy Birding!!
Tina Jones
Littleton, Jefferson County, CO.


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[cobirds] Meanwhile, the real Madness

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Fun pie-chart on birding, from a couple of North Carolina youth. Buzzer-beater 
loss to 'Nova? ...meh... (actually an old post, but good)


http://birdersconundrum.blogspot.com/2015/03/pie-chart-how-birders-spend-their-time.html


Marty Wolf
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[cobirds] Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, El Paso Cnty

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Hey, COBirders,


I've got a female (1st-year?) yellow-bellied sapsucker in & out of a Ponderosa 
pine in my back yard late this morning (still here now). 


Marty Wolf,
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[cobirds] Yel-rumped Warbler, El Paso Cnty

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Cobirders,


Just before noon today in Red Rocks Canyon Open Space, south of the frozen 
pond, I came across a yellow-rumped warbler (1st-winter male Audubon's I 
think). Competed for my attention with a flock of male H. sapiens that were out 
on the ice of the pond, had cut a 4' x 6' hole in the ice and were jumping into 
& scrambling out of the icewater dressed in some kind of white suit (methinks a 
Search & Rescue training?). 
Also had Canyon Wren, Sharpie (with Robin), Kestrel. ebird list below. Here's a 
link to some poor-quality pics of the warbler. To view pics as a slideshow, 
click the box left of "Name" then click on "View" in top options-bar.


http://www.mediafire.com/?d82yw4fbaw86p


Marty Wolf,
NW CO Spgs


eBird Report - Red Rock Canyon Open Space, Jan 25, 2016

Red Rock Canyon Open Space, El Paso, Colorado, US
Jan 25, 2016 9:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.7 mile(s)
Comments: Temp. in 30's F; clear to overcast.
16 species

Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  2
American Kestrel  1
Western Scrub-Jay  4
Black-billed Magpie  10
American Crow  4
Common Raven  1
Mountain Chickadee  6
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Canyon Wren  2
Townsend's Solitaire  3
American Robin  4 One was freshly caught (& still alive) in the talons of a 
sharp-shinned hawk
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)  1 1st-winter male 
Dark-eyed Junco  12
Spotted Towhee  2

View this checklist online at 
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27121828

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)



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[cobirds] Acorn Woodpecker, El Paso Cnty

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CoBirders,


For the 4th consecutive winter now a female Acorn Woodpecker has migrated north 
to sw Colorado Springs, and can be viewed at the usual spot & time (Dec-March?) 
along Cheyenne Blvd between the two ends of Willow Circle--mostly in or behind 
the side yard at 1804 Cheyenne Blvd. I discovered she was back again on Friday, 
and on Saturday my CO Spgs CBC's Area 11 crew was able to see & hear her again 
for count-day.


This is private property, but as long as you stay on the side of Cheyenne Blvd 
or on Willow Circle you can quietly view this bird. There is a wooden privacy 
fence around the side and back of the yard, and a line of inflatable 
snowmen/grinches/etc across the front. From Willow Circle most can probably see 
the necessary feeders over the fence, or you can discreetly peer between the 
inflatables out front. If at first you don't succeed, take a coffee & treat 
break (or breakfast) across the street at Sacred Grounds coffee shop, then try 
again. 


Apparently the bird has excavated a winter-vacation roosting home in one of two 
large trees behind the 1804 lot, just along the northeast edge of Willow 
Circle, and when flying in from elsewhere in the neighborhood it often stages 
from these two trees down to the many feeders in the 1804 yard. The owner, 
Michael Finlay, thinks the bird is caching whole peanuts rather than its 
species' typical acorns, but also likes to dine in-yard on suet and peanut 
butter. Please visit respectfully, individually or in very small groups. The 
neighborhood hosts have apparently named her "Ruby," and are very proud but 
protective.


Here's a link to a couple of pics: 
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1smz5c0uy11tktm,wwl4ia9ib26c6r8/shared


Marty Wolf
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Re: [cobirds] Fun with Flickers

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Several years ago when my CO Spgs Area 11 CBC crew first spotted the female 
Acorn Woodpecker along Cheyenne Blvd in mid-Dec., it and a N. Flicker were both 
clinging to and working along the fascia on front of the roof overhang of a 
house, picking at or lapping up some unknown grubs or eggs (or dripping water 
from snow on the roof shingles??), from under the slight shingle extension 
beyond the fascia boards. As subsequent sightings mostly occurred on or en 
route to/from a neighboring house's suet cages, I figured the roof-edge 
attraction must have been dripping water, but I've always wondered... Has 
anyone ever looked closely at that type of surface; are there sometimes 
sufficient numbers of eggs or hatched grubs there that could make it a 
repeatable food attraction for woodpeckers? 


Marty Wolf,
NW CO Spgs



-Original Message-
From: David Suddjian 
To: Colorado Birds 
Sent: Sun, Dec 6, 2015 3:33 pm
Subject: [cobirds] Fun with Flickers



This is not a report of unusual birds, but I've had three recent observations 
of interesting Norther Flicker behavior that I thought would be fun to share.


In my yard a few days ago a flicker was attracted to suet hanging in a cage 
from the end of a branch. Apparently deciding he didn't want to, or couldn't, 
land on the cage itself, he perched directly over it, more than a body length 
away. He hung down and pointed his body and neck straight down and extended his 
tongue to the suet. The tongue darted in and out to a length that appeared to 
be over two lengths of the bill as he licked the suet. I'm not sure how much he 
got from the licking, but he stuck at it for several minutes. Other times 
flickers simply land on the cage and get bill fulls of suet; I'm not sure why 
this one did other wise. But it was fun to see that long pink tongue darting 
out so far!


About a week ago two flickers spent most of two hours foraging under the eaves 
of two moderately large buildings on the grounds of St.Mary Catholic Church in 
Littleton. They were after some morsels where vertical outside walls met roof 
overhangs. I've seen flickers work such niches before, but never in such a 
dedicated fashion over such a long period.


Lastly, yesterday a young female Cooper's Hawk perched in a tree near my home 
and was mobbed by three flickers that came to gather round its perch, taking a 
variety of aggressive postures, with much bobbing and bill pointing, some wing 
flashes, and a bunch of raucous calls. They never came less than 2 feet from 
the hawk, which seemed annoyed but unmoved.


David Suddjian
Littleton, CO

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Re: [cobirds] Great Blue Heron hunting prairie dogs??, Boulder County

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My wife watched one a week or so ago, at the duck pond NW of the COS Fine 
Arts Center, catch and struggle with swallowing a bat, which it eventually did. 
These herons remind me of the old lady who swallowed a fly...


Marty Wolf
NW Colorado Springs



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Sent: Tue, Jun 18, 2013 10:22 pm
Subject: RE: [cobirds] Great Blue Heron hunting prairie dogs??, Boulder County


I watched a Great Blue Heron catch and eventually swallow a smallish muskrat at 
Gilbert Water Ranch near Phoenix in April (the drowning part didn't really work 
here but it clamped down around the neck after several  dunks and eventually 
cut off its air  while standing tall out of the water.). I have also watched 
them catch mice in dry fields north of Boundary Bay, BC. It wouldn't surprise 
me!  Exciting!!!
Chip Clouse
Arvada, CO
On Jun 18, 2013 7:08 PM, William H Kaempfer william.kaemp...@colorado.edu 
wrote:


Many years ago at Little Gaynor Lake along Oxford Rd. west of US 287 in Boulder 
County, I not only saw a Great Blue Heron capture a baby prairie dog, but then 
take it, while it dangled from its bill, to the lake and drown it before 
flipping it up in the air to catch and swallow it.
 
Bill Kaempfer
Boulder
 
From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Paula Hansley
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 5:01 PM
To: CObirds
Subject: [cobirds] Great Blue Heron hunting prairie dogs??, Boulder County
 

In Daughenbaugh Open Space north of Cherry St. and Coal Creek in Louisville, I 
saw an amazing sight Sunday evening:  a GBH stalking baby prairie dogs!  I 
didn't see it catch one, but I couldn't help but imagine the heron trying to 
swallow a prairie dog.  It might not be so different from swallowing a large 
frog, though.

 

Paula Hansley

Louisville

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[cobirds] El Paso, Great Horned Owl nesting spectacle

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CObirders,


For those in the vicinity, or just of general interest regarding the 
human-avian interface, we've got a real public display of an active Great 
Horned Owl nest with (it appears) two well-developed nestlings. The nest tree 
is right on a somewhat busy suburban intersection in NW Colorado Springs (smack 
between the intersection of Centennial and Vindicator, and a Walgreens shopping 
center parking lot)--catercorner from  oh-so-close to the NW tip of large Ute 
Valley Park (surely much more natural, sensible owl habitat). This pair wanted 
the publicity I guess. Here's a link to a handful of pics I took.


http://www.mediafire.com/?g490bvii9wh2p


Marty Wolf
NW Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Lazuli buntings, El Paso

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In the west bluffs of Ute Valley Park in NW CO Spgs, two FOY bluing-up male 
lazuli buntings. Also 23 other species, including a handful of juncos still 
(gray-headed, pink-sided, an Oregon, Cassiar), pair of bushtit, broad-tailed 
hummer males, violet-green swallow, Townsend's solitaire, American goldfinch...


Marty Wolf,
NW CO Spgs

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[cobirds] N. Mockingbird Harris's Sparrow, El Paso

[macawolf]

Fun to see several other CBC results including sightings of N. Mockingbird... 
In the N. Cheyenne Canyon section of the COS CBC on Saturday, I had a 
mockingbird right near the Ridgeway parking lot for Stratton Open Space (SW 
COS)... unusual even during the summer I think, in the foothills. I at first 
assumed it was N. Shrike, which I've seen there previous years, but was 
pleasantly surprised on then seeing the details in my binocs! 


Also, late yesterday I had an immature Harris's sparrow at one of my feeders in 
the back yard (NW COS). Haven't seen it yet this a.m., but hoping it'll still 
be around.


Marty Wolf,
6633' in NW Colo. Spgs.

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[cobirds] FOS Lincoln's Sparrow, El Paso

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I had my FOS sighting of a Lincoln's Sparrow last Wed, 3/16, in my back yard. 
It's continued to be present daily since. This is about 2 weeks+ earlier than 
my previous years' FOS LISP sightings.


Marty Wolf,
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[cobirds] Possible hybrid chickadee, El Paso

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Hey, COBirders,


I've been having regular visits at my feeders since mid-January, of a possible 
hybrid mountain x black-capped chickadee. It has the more typical plumpness  
faint buff coloration on the flanks of a black-cap, along with more white in 
the edges of secondaries  wing coverts than the usual mountain--but has the 
thinnest white eyeline, very different from the typical mountain.  


Finally got some pics uploaded onto Mediafire... Try this link  
http://www.mediafire.com/?80tsr75d2wp71   see what you think.


Marty Wolf
6633' in the foothill scrub of NW CO Spgs



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Re: [cobirds] Differentiating Chihuahuan from Common Ravens

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While it may be that common ravens are most often seen in small groups, 
I've come across conventions of up to 40+ of them hanging out  
carrying on together atop a knoll at around 11,400' on the south slope 
of Pikes Peak (in late May)...


Marty Wolf


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Sent: Sun, Feb 13, 2011 4:15 am
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Differentiating Chihuahuan from Common Ravens


While looking at ravens on a recent southeastern Colorado CBC, a very 
experienced birder commented to me that these were likely Chihuahuan as 
they were in a flock (12-15 birds), and that Common Ravens were 
generally more solitary in nature. Birds of North America Online 
touches on this briefly, calling Chihuahuan an extremely social bird 
and that Common Ravens tend to be found solitary or in pairs. I've 
been thinking about this lately as I look at ravens in my part of the 
state where both species occur, and now this recent Cobirds thread 
prompts me to ask: Is this something we can reliably consider in 
addition to the other characteristics we use in trying to separate the 
two species? And this leads me to a broader question: How much weight 
can we give behavior in identifying birds generally?Margie JoyPueblo 
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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Eve Grosbeak, ElPaso

[macawolf]

Greetings, COBirders,


Beautiful crisp day with the full array of the usual winter birds here in NW CO 
Spgs, but with the addition of a pair of evening grosbeaks and a single 
1st-winter white-throated sparrow. Got pics of both, but haven't uploaded from 
the camera yet... 


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Re: [cobirds] Colorado Migrations

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Many good points from Christian and Bryan! 


One (somewhat dated and forgotten) resource which sort of puts it all into 
something like a calendar, or at least a visual through-the-year (and by 
regions in CO) record, is the section of bar-graphs in the back of Harold 
Holt's A Birder's Guide to Colorado (ABA, 1997). Now if that format could be 
accessed online, with live update capabilities, and sortable by month or 
week, it might almost be as good as a calendar... though I like the plain old 
calendar concept.


I have sets of old yellowing notebook-records dating back to 1974 in CO, which 
I hope some day (or month+) to input into ebird... In '85 I started making up 
(by hand) a scatter-plot of all species involved at that point (down the 
Y-axis), through the year (on the X)... with species arranged chronologically 
by sightings (early-in-the-year at top, progressing down to species seen later 
in the year at the bottom), so I could look vertically down any given month (or 
week) and see what's possible, when the most likely sightings were, etc. Turned 
into a poster-size document, a bit overwhelming to create and modify. Lots of 
cool trends/relationships showed up, though--much like Holt's gar-graphs, only 
with species sorted by time of appearance instead of AOU list/genetics. At that 
time I think our household computer was an apple IIe (or was it a 
IIc?)--anyway, I couldn't figure how to get my data plotted digitally (and I 
still can't--though someone at ebird assured me it could be done there if I 
just input it. Hope so!) Now I just need to retire, so I can get caught up on 
the important stuff!


Marty Wolf


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From: Bryan Guarente dafekt...@yahoo.com
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Cc: Christopher Wood pinic...@gmail.com
Sent: Wed, Sep 29, 2010 12:33 pm
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Colorado Migrations (long-winded, no sightings)


Gary, Christian, Chris (if you are listening), et al.,
I totally agree with Christian on this one.  eBird is a fantastic source of 
information and should be useful for Gary's desired outcome (original email 
below), however I must point out something that has been frustrating me for the 
last few weeks on eBird.  A personal desire of mine would be to have a calendar 
of all the possible species in my area of interest marked with the date of 
their highest count or highest number of checklists reporting that species so I 
could say to myself, Oh yeah, it is time to go looking for murrelets! or Oh 
yeah! It's jaeger week! (similar to Discovery Channel's Shark Week)  The user 
interface of histograms is great if you have a specific bird you are hunting 
for, but when you want to ask yourself Where should I go birding, and what 
should I look for this time of year? that question is not easily answered from 
the histograms without a lot of scrolling or without diving into a single 
species account.  One may argue that you can look at the high counts data in 
chronological order, but chronological order includes year, so the earliest 
record in terms of years is listed first.  If the data was ordered by month 
then day and year was ignored (Jan 1st of any year comes before Sept 13th of 
any year), then it would be much more useful.  

The important part here to me is that the expert user of eBird who is an expert 
birder in that location can easily pare down the list in their head to get the 
information they want.  However, the inexperienced birder/eBirder doesn't have 
that internal database to readily pull from.  This may be a 
recently-moved-to-the-area birder, a novice, or a person who just hasn't had 
enough interest until now to look for those specific dates (my personal boat).  
I personally glean this kind of information from posts others have made to 
COBirds: the best time for Sabine's Gulls in Northern Colorado is the second 
and third weeks of September, the best time for murrelets is the first or 
second week of November (I actually forget), the best time for nocturnally 
migrating Upland Sandpipers is the last week of August or the first week of 
September.  But wouldn't it be nice if we just had that on a calendar?  Sure I 
could use my personal calendar to put the date of the high counts or most 
checklists submitted with that species, but then it wouldn't alter with time as 
more data gets entered.  

So how many of you know that the best week to find Arctic Loon, Whooping Crane, 
Ancient Murrelet, and Common Ground Dove in Colorado is the second week of 
November?  (This took some time and plenty of scrolling for me to figure this 
out)  It is somewhat odd to think about it that way, but why not have all those 
species on your radar when you are out or thinking about going out birding?  It 
will make you stop for those second glances at birds which you may think are 
just the usuals (Common Loon, Sandhill Crane, some sort of diving duck or 
grebe, or your local doves).  These are the kinds of data 

[cobirds] El Paso/NW COS yardbirds

[macawolf]

Cobirders,


Before it got sunny today I had two FOS chipping sparrows  a ruby-crowned 
kinglet in the yard. The chippers were alongside two still-overwintering 
white-crowned sparrows  7 juncos of three varieties, and the usual year-round 
resident spotted towhee, jays, magpie,  both chickadee types... while six 
bushtit are still hanging around together, and a handful of siskin  lesser 
goldfinch.



Walked through Ute Valley Park this afternoon  found virtually nothing.


Good to read about everyone's sightings. Enjoy!


Marty Wolf

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[cobirds] Article on Corvid Intelligence

[macawolf]

Greetings, COBirders,


FYI, there's an interesting article in the March 2010 issue of Discover 
magazine about ongoing research on intelligence in corvids, especially 
scrub-jays. If this doesn't come through as a link, just copy  paste it into 
your browser...


http://discover.coverleaf.com/discovermagazine/201003/?pg=46pm=2u1=friend


Most of it is about work done by a psychologist who has been running a series 
of controlled experiments on scrub-jays over many years... 



Best of birding...


Marty Wolf
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Re: [cobirds] Snowy Owl (El Paso)

[macawolf]

From 4:35-5:10 pm he was hunting from the power poles along the north 
(actually NW) side of Hwy. 24, just across the highway from Scott Rd. turnoff. 
Sue from Boulder, you left just 3 minutes too soon... I was just pulling away 
when he flew up from the ground just a couple hundred yards from where we were 
parked, swooped across the highway and then up onto a pole, 7-8 poles SW of 
Scott Rd. Very cooperative, let me drive right adjacent, across the road,  
watch  take pics. Another car with a couple birders (Jeannie  ?) pulled up 
behind me, as we pulled forward each time he swooped out to a prey prospect 
and then ahead a couple poles. Never did make a catch while we watched. Very 
beautiful bird. He demonstrated twice as I watched, that he can rotate his 
head some 225-230 degrees either direction from forward. Amazing creature... 
so large  magnificently ghostly, as the light was fading. What a privilege. 
Thanks, Bill, for posting,  for great directions.


Marty Wolf of CO Spgs





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Sent: Sun, Jan 10, 2010 5:13 pm
Subject: [cobirds] Snowy Owl (El Paso)


COBirders,
 
 
At least 30 people saw the El Paso County Snowy Owl today, Sunday, first 
spotted this A.M. perched atop a roof by Susan Craig and Dave Elwonger.  The 
bird spent much of the day in a new and lightly populated neighborhood with big 
houses, perched on fence posts and roof tops, occasionally flying, sometimes 
stretching its neck, sometimes bobbing its head up and down before pursuing 
rodents.  Although perhaps not as exciting as watching Mandarin Ducks, this 
lightly marked (adult male?) Snowy Owl entertained novice and expert birders 
alike.  Today, as least, the bird preferred a residential neighborhood with 
lots of grasslands and open spaces.  To search this area, drive east of Falcon 
on HWY 24 to the first road east of Elbert Road, Scott Road W.  Turn to the 
south, right if coming from the west, and then again at the next right, and 
then right again onto Prairie View Ln.  Check roof tops and fence posts 
anywhere in this area. Look for whitewash on rooftops for favored perches.
 
Thanks to Snook Cippoletti, the original finder, who twice found this bird and 
alerted birders to its whereabouts.  At one point in the P.M., camera motor 
drive clicks seemed louder than the celebratory conversation, high fives, and 
knuckle bumps.
 
 
 Bill Maynard
Colorado Springs




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[cobirds] White-throated sparrow, El Paso Cnty

[macawolf]

I had a first-winter (or tan-striped morph?) white-throated sparrow today in my 
back yard, feeding alongside a couple of white-crowns  lots of juncos, house 
finches  spotted towhees... dodging the scrub  blue jays. Also a lone female 
Cassin's finch, which hadn't been represented here since winter before last. 


Marty Wolf
in NW CO Spgs

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[cobirds] Lesser Goldfinch feeding fledgling, NW CO Spgs

[macawolf]

Cobirders,

Seems late for atlasing/breeding codes on October 7, but I had a black-backed 
male feeding a noisily begging, wing-fluttering fledgling this afternoon. It 
definitely took me by surprise, but I see now in BNA this could occur as off 
peak behavior through most of October... 

I've had a few each of white-crowned sparrows and juncos down from the 
mountains, presumably, during the past week.

Looking forward to seeing what this weekend's wintry storm may bring!

Marty Wolf
@ 6633' in NW COS

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[cobirds] Re: Rockies hawk?

[macawolf]

I missed this one, but over the years have seen large falcons (peregrine and/or 
prairie) a number of times at the various Denver stadiums during games. They 
like the high boxes  perches around the edges of the stadium, and can be seen 
swooping or stooping from there. I've never seen them go as far down as the 
field surface, though. That would have been great to see! 

Marty Wolf
Colo. Spgs.

In a message dated 07/28/09 06:29:29 Mountain Daylight Time, kmczbirds writes:
My husband siad he saw something take another bird in midflight above the 
stands behind homeplate back in June while at a game at the stadium, it 
happened just after dusk (although the field was like day with all the lights). 
Kathy Miller
Colorado Springs


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Sent: Mon, Jul 27, 2009 6:51 pm
Subject: [cobirds] Rockies hawk?


In the 8th inning of yesterday's Rockies game there was apparenty an event in 
the outfield where a hawk came down and scooped something up in front of 40 K 
fans.  I was in the car listening to the radio and there was a gasp ouy of the 
crowd. The radio announcer just said a hawk caught a bird or a rodent... anyone 
at the game or know what happened???

Pete Plage
Broomfield






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