[cobirds] Instructive peeps, Walden Ponds, Boulder County, April 30th

2009-04-30 Thread Ted Floyd
Hello, Birders. Hannah and Andrew and I chanced upon a nice flock of peeps at Walden Ponds, Boulder County, earlier today, Thursday, April 30th. They were at Duck Pond, they were close to the shore, and all 3 species were present: 10 alternate Semipalmated Sandpipers, 1 alternate Western San

[cobirds] volunteer to atlas in South Dakota!

2009-04-30 Thread Nancy Drilling
This summer is the second year of data collection for the breeding bird atlas in South Dakota. We invite Colorado birders to help. We have a lot of species that you won't encounter on your Colorado atlas blocks. Some of the specialty species include grassland specialties (Sprague's Pipit, Short-ea

[cobirds] Western Tanager, Wheat Ridge GB, Jeffco

2009-04-30 Thread Paula Hansley
At 8:30 and again at 2:30 this afternoon, I saw a female Western Tanager near Prospect Park. This afternoon she was in a bright green cottonwood directly south of the cormorant nest island. I was standing on the bike path while looking at her. The first time I saw her was about 100 yds to the w

[cobirds] Southern El Paso County 4/30/09

2009-04-30 Thread Mel Goff
Pretty day for birding in southern El Paso county today. Big Johnson Res: 35 species Highlights: Great Horned Owl in cottonwood by the hay field below the dam, Franklin gulls Hanover Road: 28 species Highlights: Swainson's hawk, Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Prairie Falcon, scaled quail Chico Basi

[cobirds] Mute Swans-Weld County

2009-04-30 Thread Rachel Hopper
COBirders, Checked out Lower Latham and Beebe Draw this afternoon. Most interesting find was a pair of Mute Swans in one of the large ponds on County Rd. 48 between 43 and 47 roads (photographed.) Another flooded field along 48 held a couple of Long-billed Dowitchers plus the usual suspects. A

[cobirds] Chico Basin Ranch banding Thursday

2009-04-30 Thread Steven Brown
Hi COBirders, After a slow start this morning, things picked up. After the winds shifted from NW to SE, about 10:00, we started seeing more birds moving around, and caught the most birds. Observed GC Kinglet (unbanded), the RB Nuthatch, and warblers started arriving. HIghlights for the

[cobirds] Spring Arrivals - Broomfield

2009-04-30 Thread Larry Semo
Hello all, Doug Faulkner and I walked a little bit by our office in the Interlocken business park in Broomfield, Broomfield County today during lunch. Interesting finds included: Green-tailed Towhee NASHVILLE WARBLER - a first county record found by Doug Orange-crowned Warbler Bullock's Oriole

[cobirds] Cherry Creek State Park!

2009-04-30 Thread Mike Freiberg
A quick check on the farm pond adjacent to the model airplane field, this morning, yielded: 1 Western Sandpiper 1 maybe 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers A handful of Least Sandpipers Cinnamon Teal 1 Wilson's Phalarope 1 Long-billed Dowitcher and all of the regulars. Cheers, Mike Freiberg Nikon Birding

[cobirds] Re: Crom Lake Shorebirds/Weld

2009-04-30 Thread "Nunn Guy"
On the way to work this morning at Crom Lake: Marbled Godwit - 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper - 2 American Avocet - 16 Killdeer - 2 Wilson's Phalarope - 2 Clark's Grebe - 1 (right next to road) Bank, Cliff and Barn Swallows Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn/CO http://ColoradoBirder.ning.com/-- Home of "NunnCAM"

[cobirds] Whimbrel, Lagerman Res, Boulder Cty.

2009-04-30 Thread Mike Blatchley
Lagerman Res. continues to produce a variety of migrating birds. This morning, one Whimbrel. Mike Blatchley Longmont --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because yo

[cobirds] Pine Warbler/Lamar

2009-04-30 Thread Rachel Hopper
COBirders, Brandon Percival reports a Pine Warbler at Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar, Prowers County. --- Rachel Hopper Ft. Collins Check out the CFO Website: www.cfo-link.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://

[cobirds] FOS Hummers

2009-04-30 Thread Lynn Ackerman
Within the past two days we have had our FOS male black-chinned and male broad-tailed! Lynn Ackerman western Highlands Ranch Douglas County --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this

[cobirds] 29 MAY YARD BIRDS

2009-04-30 Thread VAN A KRISTYN J TRUAN
While filling my hummer feeders in my backyard yesterday, I had a good minute about 6:30 PM. While looking at an Indigo & Lazuli Bunting a Golden Eagle flew over the yard heading north. I got photos of all three. Van Truan Pueblo --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Join us at