While driving to Gunnison from Silverhorne today, Joe Scott and I had a Snowy
Egret about 5 miles south of Leadville in a small pond adjacent to Hwy 24.
Just prior to that we had seen a Rough-legged Hawk.
In the Buena Vista area, we had a Lewis's Woodpecker and a flock of 30+ Vesper
Sparrows
Both yesterday and today, Joe Scott, a fellow birder from Massachusetts and I
had good luck in finding Rosy-Finches in Summit County.
Today (Thursday), we had one Black Rosy-Finch, 3 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches
(including one Hepburn's subspecies) and 60+ Brown-capped Rosy-Finches. The
birds we
Birding by Ear - Sunday, April 26th at 8:30am Roxborough State Park
One of the more difficult aspects of birding is learning bird sounds.
Luckily you don't have to rely on just your auditory memory to “tune-
in” to the songs and calls of birds. This program will teach you how
to hear with your ey
Spring storms are a great time to look for ducks in mountain counties, so I
headed up to Clear Creek County this afternoon (Thursday). In Empire, I found
three Wood Ducks (two males and one female). They were on the large pond on
the right as you head south from Empire on a dirt road.
O
CO birders,
In light of the forecast for tonight, tomorrow, and up to mid-day Saturday, and
after conferring with Ted Floyd, who would be driving from Boulder County, we
have decided to cancel the ABA birdwalk at Sondermann Park in Colorado Springs
for Saturday morning. Our next scheduled Color
The Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory and the Colorado Mountain Club are teaming
up to present a seminar and hike series to help people recognize the birds they
see through appearance, behavior and song.
The seminar, scheduled for 7 p.m., Thursday, April 23, will take place at CMC’s
headquarter
Chilly stop at NW corner of Boulder Reservoir. Just in time to see
flock of 105 White-faced Ibis land.
Other species included Franklins Gulls, American White Pelicans,
Greater Yellowlegs, American Avocets and the usual waterfowl.
Mike Blatchley
Longmont
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The day, today, was dark and gloomy with a fine drizzle rain falling, an ideal
day for birding.
First Boyd Lake State Park:
Bald Eagles 2
Kestrel hovering over head looking for food.
Killdeer 2
Shovelers 5
Flickers 3
Pelicans 14
Then to the small pond at the north end of Horshshoe Lake:
Woo
COBirders,
There are a lot of out-of-state chicken-watchers dodging snow showers in
CO this month. Besides looking for chickens, they will be trying to see
other species that might not be found in their home state, so maybe
consider reporting western specialty birds that you might not otherwise
Hello, Birders.
I visited Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County, during my lunch break this raw,
drizzly afternoon. There were some nice birds out there, among them:
* 1 alternate adult Thayer's Gull. Just right out there along the shore. Walked
right up to it.
* 1 alternate Semipalmated Sand
Following is a link to a short, slow motion video of two female house sparrows
who were locked in a vicious fight in our yard for more than 5 minutes. Most of
the time they were behind the wall stones of our garden and out of view. They
fought all the way up the hill in our yard and out of sig
Saw my FOS on the deck this morning, just as I was bring out my hummingbird
feeders.
Arvind Panjabi
5700' feet, Larimer County, CO
On the north slope of Milner Mtn
Mountain mahogany shrubland and grassland
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Join us at the 2009 Conve
Hi COBirders,
I scanned the skies from my outpost on the West-side of Colorado
Springs, on the Dakota Hogback, from about 9:15-12:30 today. With the
upslope getting in place, I wondered what I might see moving.
Actually, with winds out of the North, not much. Those that were
heading No
A broad-tailed hummer was seen in Coal Creek Canyon yesterday afternoon:
http://wildobs.com/Jan_JW/2009/4/15/First-Scout
This arrival is about right compared with the last 10 years I've been
keeping track. I see a scout normally the 14th or 15th of April.
Given the current/coming weath
On April 27, 2009 (Monday night), Chris Pague from the Nature Conservancy will
discuss some of the challenges of grassland conservation and the birds that
live in them. Chris will bring his experiences from around the world
(including Mongolia, Mexico, Argentina, and the USA) to discuss this im
Birders,
The female Vermillion Flycatcher was still present at CVCG this am. It was
hanging out near the farm machinery area.
I hope it can survive the storm.
Ira Sanders great...@msn.com
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Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa:
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Yesterday 4/15, had a tree swallow checking out the birdhouses, heard a
canyon wren,
Had golden eagle way overhead, and had a bear come through mid day.
In cleaning out the 34 birdhouses I have up, I found unusual nesting
material in a new,
Slightly larger house than Bluebird, with a 2 in hol
Yesterday morning (4/15) the lake was dotted with birds:
No. Shovellers200+
Bufflehead 2
Ruddy Duck7
Mallard 2
Western Grebe4
Avocet 6
Killdeer Many
White Pelican 5 (circling overhead)
T
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date:April 16, 2009
e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org
phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, April 16, 2009 at
5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory.
Highlight species include (*Denotes that
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