[cobirds] Mountain Chickadee & more

Hi all, Things as of today have calmed down birdwise in my yd. But up till today a few changes occurred. After the on & off rains of last week I had alot of Hummingbirds arrive in my yd.,9/23-9/26. Generally at this time of year I have from 4-5 hummers in the yd. BUT 9/23, I'm guessing I ha

[cobirds] Yard and overhead Weld county

This report is not as spectacular as some of you are sending, but has been fun for me. In the lst two days I have had 3 bird misters going. It draws in the Robins who in turn draw a lot of other shy birds to the water. Townsend's Solitairehere for several days White-crowned Sparrows Ruby-cro

[cobirds] Sandhill Cranes - Colo Spgs, Sunday night

Hi COBirders, Hot-tub birding is highly recommended. After seeing the posts from up North about the passage of cranes, we heard three waves go by tonight (from the spa), at about 9:00. We are against the foothills, here, North of Garden of the Gods in NW Colorado Springs. Good Birding,

[cobirds] RMBO Barr Lake Station, 9/25-27/09

We had nice weather on Friday and Saturday, and capture numbers on the good side for this season - which means well below average for a typical season at Barr. Friday we banded 17 birds and recaught a Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow that we first banded in 2007. Saturday we banded 22. Sunday was

[cobirds] White-winged Dove, Boulder

Hi all, This morning at about 7:30 AM I heard the local White-winged Dove sing precisely once outside my house. I thought I heard it once at about 6:30 AM on Friday, but I wasn't sure at the time. It must have been the bird, though. Before that I hadn't heard it or seen it in the area sin

[cobirds] Sandhills fly over Boulder

Tonight at exactly 6:30 about 250 Sandhill Cranes flew over north Boulder. You could sure hear them coming! Richard Trinkner AP History and Economics Boulder High School 1604 Arapahoe Ave Boulder, CO 80302 mobile: 720-938-5950 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Colorado Field

[cobirds] Sandhill Cranes/Nunn

We just had 200-300+ Sandhill Cranes do a flyby over our house. Also, of interest we have rabbit roadkill out front hosting Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk and Northern Harrier in last two hours. Pix and video of all below. http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo http://coloradobirder.ning.com/video

[cobirds] RMBO banding Chico Basin Ranch, Sunday

HI COBirders, Since the ranch was closed yesterday, and since there had been two consecutive clear nights, I opened nets this morning to see if anything new had shown up. Well, yes, something new had arrived, but not from the direction expected. At 12:30 I banded and released a Hatch -year

[cobirds] Two LAUGHING GULLS at Prewitt Reservoir

Thanks to Bill Kaempfer's report, I was motivated to drive up to Prewitt Reservoir early this morning and quickly found the brownish first cycle LAUGHING GULL he had seen yesterday with Todd Deininger. It was a Washington county bird for me. Thanks! I was excited to find another LAUGHING GU

[cobirds] Rare Bird Alert for Colorado September 27, 2009

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date:September 27, 2009 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight