[cobirds] Last Chance,Washington County

I obviously missed Dave Leatherman at Last Chance. I did not get out there till latter in the day. Birds seen near the pond : 1, Gray Catbird 1, immature White-throated Sparrow 1, late f. Common Yellowthroat 1, late gorgeous preening Hermit Thrush, in the total open 1, Orange-crowned

[cobirds] Interesting, suspected sub-adult, Rufous-crowned Sparrow

As I noted in my earlier post, one of the sparrows in the group of Rufous-crowned Sparrows was quite dull and with indistinct markings. It showed a reduced amount of rufous/rusty coloration on it's crown (but with a definite black outline next to the rufous/rusty), grayish/brownish supercilium, gr

[cobirds] Canon City Rufous-crowned Sparrows

Yesterday morning I went to the Tunnel Drive area in far western Canon City to see Rich Miller's Golden-crowned Sparrow. I found it after about a minute. It was down the administrative gravel road that can be walked past the barrier. It was in the big thicket of shrubs near where the rocks meet

[cobirds] Lamar and Last Chance on Friday 23October09

I tried for photos of the Red-shouldered Hawk at the Lamar Community College Woods (Lamar, Prowers County) first thing this morning. The bird was not along the powerline at the very north end of the woods as it was two separate times. I walked the entire north end and think I flushed the bird

[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Boulder County, Oct. 22nd

Hello, Birders. Yesterday morning, Hannah and I heard and saw an adult white-and-black-morph White-throated Sparrow on the grounds of the Sunflower School in South Boulder. --- Ted Floyd tedfloy...@hotmail.com Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado --

[cobirds] Re: Black-throated Blue Warbler in Canon City, FreCo

I had no troubles re-finding Rich Miller's male Black-throated Blue Warbler at Veteran's Park in Canon City this afternoon.  It took me like 30 seconds to find it, after getting out of the car, and it was the second bird I looked at.  The bird was almost always moving around, though was easy to

[cobirds] Snow goose, Montezuma County

An immature white phase Snow Goose was at Denny Lake, Cortez, Montezuma County this afternoon (10/23/09). Except for a big flock of American Wigeons at Industrial Pond, there aren't a lot of migrant ducks in this area yet. On a non-bird-sighting topic: Yesterday's Cortez Journal reported on

[cobirds] Black-throated Blue Warbler in Canon City, FreCo

Around noon today I found a male Black-throated Blue Warbler at Veteran's Park in Canon City. Its was feeding in the hackberry trees behind the Tourist Info Center. The were also many Yellow-rumped Warblers around the park. Veterans Park is on US 50 at the west end of town. Earlier this

[cobirds] Re: Estes Park Warbler photos

More photos from Lake Estes at http://www.pbase.com/quetzal/oct2009. Nick Komar Fort Collins CO - Original Message - From: David Waltman To: COBIRDS Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 11:47 AM Subject: [cobirds] Estes Park Warbler photos The following link has photos of the Ye

[cobirds] Estes Park Warbler photos

The following link has photos of the Yellow-throated Warbler and Northern Parula seen at Lake Estes this morning. The warbler photos are not very good poses, but good enough for ID purposes. I have to give credit to Connie Kogler and Nick Komar for the parula ID. I wasn't sure what I was seeing

[cobirds] Re: Y-t warbler, Am redstart, w-t sparrow, Estes Park

I refound the Yellow-throated Warbler and Common Yellowthroat at 8:30 this morning. Connie Kogler spotted it twice before I left about 9:00. The Yt Warbler was feeding high in ponderosa pines in the end 50 yards of Pine Point. I'll post a photo later today. David Waltman boulder Sent fr