[cobirds] Black-throated Gray,Washington cty.

Hi all, I did a little bit of birding at Last Chance, [intersection of hwy. 71 and hwy 36, in Washington cty], on 4/19. Not much was out there to my surprise. The following was seen although I wasn't there long. 1, ad., m., alternate plumage Black-throated Gray Warbler, a little out his ra

[cobirds] kountze lake

Kountze Lake was productive this afternoon. Must have come up at least a foot during the day. Gorgeous Wood Ducks - two males, one female. Great pictures. Quite a few Audubon's Warblers around the inlet, as well as one Myrtle male. One-eyed male W. Bluebird between lake and city hall. Lots of

[cobirds] Pelican, McC longspur, Lake Estes

CObirders, We rounded out our storm birds this morning with a McCown's longspur spotted by Scott Rashid, the third record for Lake Estes, and a high- flying solo American white pelican, seen first by Ann Reichhardt, an early-date record by four days. Vesper sparrows also made their first

[cobirds] Finish up at Lamar, drive home to FC

I birded for a few hours in Lamar (Prowers) this morning before heading back to Fort Collins. Blue sky, wind out of the west, the "weather thing" seemed over and the birds went with it. Lamar High School windbreak: Wilson's Warbler (1m) *Broad-winged Hawk (1a) FOS Riverside Cemetery on Maple

[cobirds] Vermilion Flycatcher - Fremont County

Mark Peterson and I found an adult male Vermilion Flycatcher today (4/19) in Fremont County. To get to the location take the first right after crossing the Arkansas River on Highway 115 if you are heading towards Florence, there will be a sewage plant on your right (east side of the road) and th

[cobirds] Broad-winged Hawk/Bobcat Ridge/Larimer County

Today Nick Van Lanen, Michelle and I hiked up Bobcat Ridge a Fort Collins Natural Area. We tallied the following raptors; Broad-winged Hawk 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 Cooper's Hawk 8 Turkey Volture 15 Red-tailed Hawk 12 ( a couple were residents) American Kestrel 7 (most were residents) Golden Eag

[cobirds] Shorebirds El Paso County

Ramah SWA in extreme NW corner of El Paso County is showing good shorebird habitat currently. Present today were the following: Killdeer (many) Lesser Yellowlegs 12 Greater Yellowlegs 5 Marbled Godwit 1 Baird's Sandpiper 3 Western Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 7 WIlson's P

[cobirds] Raptor Show/Nunn Yard

Quite the raptor show going on right now in our yard--Sharp-shinned Hawk swooped through our backyard and grabbed a House Sparrow; Red- tailed Hawk gave chase to a ground squirrel (who barely made it to its hole; at least four different Northern Harriers have buzzed through our front and back yard

[cobirds] Re: Boulder Bald Eagle band question

I see in the subject of my original post today that I said Golden Eagle and should have said Bald Eagle. I monitor a Golden Eagle nest, and get on autopilot to say Golden when I report on eagles. David Waltman Boulder - Original Message - From: "David Waltman" To: "COBIRDS" Sent:

[cobirds] Boulder Golden Eagle band question

I too have been enjoying the storm birding phenomenon yesterday and today. Many unusual sights and many first of the season birds for me. A very special treat was the Vermilion Flycatcher refound this morning by Christian Nunes, who a couple of us were lucky enough to be walking with when he spo

[cobirds] First of the Season - Bear Creek Lake Park - Jefferson Co.

After being stranded in the mountains for a day I was able to get out to Bear Creek Lake Park this morning. FOS birds included: Osprey Sage Thrasher Chipping Sparrows Vesper Sparrows Yellow-rumped Warbler - beautiful Audubon male Yellow-headed Blackbirds Burrowing Owl was reported on 4-18, but

[cobirds] Re: Greeley Poppin' With Birds/Weld

Missed a few spring arrivals ... in Latham area Western Kingbird Borwn-headed Cowbird Wilson's Phalarope - dozen or so Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn/CO http://ColoradoBirder.ning.com/ -- Home of "NunnCAM" On Apr 19, 1:35 pm, "\"Nunn Guy\"" wrote: > Birding by Bike (43 species) 9am-1100am; 4.m r/t; I

[cobirds] Greeley Poppin' With Birds/Weld

Birding by Bike (43 species) 9am-1100am; 4.m r/t; Island Grove to 35th Ave) Hermit Thrush (between Island Grove and 25th Ave) Snowy Egret Yellow-rumped Warbler - lots Wood Duck - 2 Cliff, Barn and Bank Swallows White-crowned Sparrow - lots singing up and down the trail Black-crowned Night Heron Am

[cobirds] Glossy Ibis @ Chatfield SP- Douglas Co

Folks- My dad Jim & I found a Glossy Ibis with a few dozen White-faced Ibis about 1/4 mile upstream from the Plum Creek Nature Center parking area at Chatfield SP. Note that this is not the Plum Creek Delta parking area, instead the next road above it (its end is flooded by a beaver pond.)

[cobirds] Birding at Chatfield Reservoir Sunday morning

I birded at Chatfield for several hours on Sunday morning. Had FOS Rock Wren, FOS House Wren(2) and FOS Yellow-rumped Warbler. The main reason that I have posted is a followup on Ted Floyd's comments on birding phenomena. I probably saw over 500 American Robins, and over 500 Vesper Sparro

[cobirds] Vermilion Flycatcher still present, Walden Ponds

Dear Cobirders, Christian Nunes just called to let me know that the Vermilion Flycatcher is being seen right now (11:20 AM) along the east side of Sawhill Pond #5 at the Walden Ponds/Sawhill Complex. Look at the maps at the entrance to Sawhill for the pond numbers, number 5 is the l

[cobirds] Vermillion Flycatcher

Christian Nunes just called to say that he had been able to find the Vermillion Flycatcher seen yesterday at Sawhill Ponds again this morning. It was on the strip of land between the two ponds just to the west of the gate leading from Walden to Sawhill. Bill Kaempfer Boulder --~--~-

[cobirds] Common Loons Arvada JeffCo

Hello Checked a ton of water from Coors Pond to Standley Lake this morning and found Common loon at three locations. One at Arvada Reservoir where birders are allowed to drive in for free, one at the newer reservoir along Highway 72 between Indiana and Highway 93, and one in the northwest corn

[cobirds] Re: Black Phoebe not

Aw...surely you are not receiving flack for a mistake!  Everybody makes mistakes...even experienced and reliable birders.  I bet every single person who chased 'your bird' has made a similar misidentification.   It's unfortunate; but shame on anybody who pokes fun at, humiliates or chastises

[cobirds] Black Phoebe not

CObirders, To all of you who chased this bird, I apologize if it was a wet bluebird. it was sitting apart from the bluebirds in the field and to the west of me on the fence and even seemed to be sitting up straighter. I must admit that the images on Nick Komar's website look like the bird. The

[cobirds] McCown's Longspur/Nunn Yard

We just had a McCown's Longspur flyover twice and we finally got to see him in our driveway. We had both McCown's and Chestnut-collared (one each) last year during spring. "Birding by Bike" this morning--Greeley-Windsor Poudre River trail. Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn/CO http://ColoradoBirder.ning.c

[cobirds] Storm birds: A few thoughts

Hello, Birders. I've enjoyed all the reports thus far of the many birds put down in the recent storm. Especially the reports of very high numbers of common spring migrants. To paraphrase something that Chris Wood recently said to me, "Rarities are okay, but phenomena are especially cool."

[cobirds] Boulder & Weld Counties, April 18th

Hello, Birders. Hannah and I poked went birding in the rain yesterday, Saturday, April 18th. Here's what we found: Boulder Reservoir, Boulder County. 2 Peregrine Falcons and 2 male Great-tailed Grackles. Also 225+ Redheads, 900+ American Coots, 1 Turkey Vulture, 4 Ospreys, 35+ American Avo