[cobirds] Eastern Phoebes nesting by Canon City Riverwalk

I reported last week that I had been seeing an Eastern Phoebe at the old sewer pond/tank next to the Canon City Riverwalk. Yesterday I saw 2 Eastern Phoebes there. I watched them for about 15 minutes as they brought food to a location under a bridge-like structure with steel girders that extends

[cobirds] Re: cowbird parasitism

I am dismayed to say I have close to 50 cow-birds in my yard at once...it's creepy!  I've seen evidence of their egg-destruction about; robin's eggs on the lawn, etc.  With so many around, it will be a wonder if any of the other birds will be able to raise their own, huh?   I read somewhere, an

[cobirds] White-winged Dove, Bunting hyprid...Huerfano County

Had another White-winged Dove visit today; perhaps it will stay around… and out of trouble. Something happened to the last one’s feet (as if they froze or something; they turned black!) and after several weeks’s hanging around…it disappeared. I also thought, for a moment, another Indigo Bunting

[cobirds] Ovenbird/La Plata County

Cobirders, This morning during the Durango Bird Club's Spring Count, my wife Heather discovered an Ovenbird lurking under scrub oak on the east end of Pastorius Reservoir. The bird was initially viewed by Heather, Leland Flores, Susan Allerton, and myself. It was later viewed and photographed

[cobirds] Walden Poinds, Boulder County, May 30th

Hello, Birders. Hannah and I stopped in at Walden Ponds, Boulder County, earlier this afternoon, Saturday, May 30th. At Duck Pond we saw a plump-'n'-juicy White-rumped Sandpiper, just ripe for the pickin' by BBCers on tomorrow morning's "First Sunday" outing. It was in nice, fresh, alternate

[cobirds] Field Trip tomorrow to Pawnee National Grasslands!

To all birders, Just want to throw another reminder out there that we have a field trip to Pawnee tomorrow (5/31) from 5:30am-1pm. We meet in the Jax Outdoor Gear in north Fort Collins, in the parking lot 10 minutes prior. Mike Freiberg will be leading and we will be carpooling. We hope to see

[cobirds] Highline Canal at Quincy, Cherry Hills Village, Arapahoe Co. 5/30/09

I continue to be surprised by the variety of birds I'm finding in Cherry Hills Village on this visit to Colorado.  This morning, Saturday, I had a nice early walk along the Highline Canal starting where it crosses University, north of Quincy, and heading east and south crossing Quincy and continui

[cobirds] cowbird parasitism

Last year I reported on some cowbird parasitism in nests I was monitoring on the HP Campus at I-25 and Rockrimmon in Colorado Springs (El Paso County). This campus is on the west side of I-25 and abuts the Ute Valley Park. I want to report on current cowbird parasitism here and at my home in Te

[cobirds] Addenum to Addenda

Oops! Make that a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, of course. Virginia Simmons, Del Norte --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

[cobirds] Re: Request for Spring Sightings

Hi all,   Larry Semo mentioned that I am the (southeast subregional editor) in the e-mail below, also in my area that I compile for besides for all the Southeastern Colorado counties, is the San Luis Valley (where the CFO Convention was just held), El Paso and Chaffee Counties.  If you have any

[cobirds] Cherry Creek Saturday AM; NO Least Tern; ONE White-rumped Sandpiper

In the little pond just southeast of the model airplane field at Cherry Creek State Park, Arapahoe County, between 6:30 and 8:00 AM there was NO appearance of the Least Tern, but a White-rumped Sandpiper was a nice consolation prize. Joe Roller **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Abov

[cobirds] Survey Closing Soon

If you haven't already filled out the survey for the Alamosa convention you attended, please do so! Survey closing June 5th. THANK YOU to those that have! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=exbLxrJEzGN5_2b_2fELHg2Dnw_3d_3d Connie Kogler BirdsOTheMorning.com AslansOwn.com Loveland, Colorad

[cobirds] Addenda, Costilla County, etc.

On May 28 I tried to located the Worm-eating Warbler and the Yellow-throated Vireo in Costilla County but failed to find them. I did see 6-8 Orange-crowned and 2 Yellow Warlbers, though. I saw the Swallow-tailed Flycatcher in Blanca, but it flew off in the direction of the wide-open San Luis Val

[cobirds] red crossbill Larimer County

Hi all, Had our second ever appearance of a red crossbill at our platform feeder this morning eating the mix of nuts, cranberries and sunflower seeds Pat -- Pat Hayward Masonville CO at 5435' west of Fort Collins phone: 970/613-0192 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Join u

[cobirds] Rare Bird Alert for Colorado, May 30, 2009

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date:May 30, 2009 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes that ther