[cobirds] Tunnel Road, Canon City 10/17

Hi Everyone-- Today 10/17 I did some birding in Canon City. Although the weather was wonderful, there didn't seem to be many birds about. The Tunnel Road Sewage Ponds had four Greater White-fronted Geese, possibly a family group. The Tunnel Road Hiking Trail is closed (again), but I saw three Can

[cobirds] Lamar (Prowers) on 17October09

Riverside Cemetery, Lamar (Prowers) Field Sparrow (1, not sure of race) shrubs northwest of northwest corner Major activity in hackberry because of psyllid hatch (Y-r Warbler (20+) and Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1) Great-tailed Grackle (several flying over) Pine Siskin (few) Fairmount Cemtery,

[cobirds] Common Loon, 11 Mile Reservoir, Park County, Colorado

Hello COBirders, I hit 11 Mile Reservoir today. I started the day with a Rough-legged Hawk circling the prairie at the entrance of the reservoir. 50+ Western Grebes populated the lake and I noticed a loon was also out on the water but I didn't have a scope with me so I put my canoe in and got th

[cobirds] North Weld County

Route: Nunn-WCR 27 (Raptor Alley)-Crom Lake-Drake Lake-walked NE Windsor Reservoir shoreline-Timnath Reservoir/Park-total of 53 species. Highlights: Golden Eagle - 2 (Nunn) Red-tailed Hawk - 22! Merlin - 1 (Nunn) Northern Harrier - 6 Yellow-headed Blackbird - 1 (Drake Lake) Mountain Bluebird - 8

[cobirds] White-throated sparrow, N. Boulder

An adult white-throated sparrow was working the brush piles in our yard, N. Boulder county, this afternoon. The flock of a dozen or more western bluebirds that have been around the last two weeks were absent yesterday and today. Alan Bell Boulder --~--~-~--~~~---

[cobirds] Flicker at cage feeder

Hi cobirders. Yesterday I saw a Flicker trying to get into the round cage feeder hanging at edge of the patio. It is designed to let small birds only get into it to get at feeding ports in the center which I put Sunflower seed. The Flicker was there quite awhile trying to figure it out and w

[cobirds] McCown's Longspur, Lagerman, Boulder County

Hello all, This noon I took a break from grading student portfolios to take a quick walk around Lagerman Reservoir north of Boulder. On the south side of the reservoir, near where the dam starts, a fisherman flushed a pretty large (30+) flock of American Pipits and Horned Larks off the rese

[cobirds] Harris-hunting Sharpies

Hi All We have 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks in our area and the way they hunt reminds me of Harris' Hawks. One flies out to where the little birdies are sheltering, then the other comes flying behind it, hoping to catch what might flush. They are real smooth. Elaine Coley, Loveland --~--~

[cobirds] Sabine's Gull and Arctic Tern Update, Cherry Ck SP, Arapahoe Co.

We did not find the Arctic Tern at Cherry Ck. SP yesterday afternoon, but did refind the Sabine's Gull. It was not at the Marina, where it was seen Thursday, but at the east boat slip/refuge, sometimes know at the jet ski ramp. It was flying west of the spit, and landed in front of the pel

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert - October 17, 2009

Compiler: Allison Hilf Date:October 17, 2009 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday October 17, 2009 at 7am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes th