[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams Co

2009-10-24 Thread Ira Sanders
Birders, Some of the sightings on our bird walk this a.m. at Barr Lake State Park were: 1 - Great Horned Owl (roosting near the 1st benches on the Niedrach trail) 12 - Black-bellied Plovers (8 were flying around and the others were on the shore along the Niedrach trail and seen from the board wa

[cobirds] Boulder/Weld Cty. Lakes, Loons, Scoters and more

2009-10-24 Thread Mike Blatchley
Bob Zilly, Mary and I went on a multi-lake tour today, hitting a dozen Boulder and Weld county lakes. Most predominant species seen today--Western Grebe's everywhere. Never seen this many in my life, much less in one day. Highlights as follows: Baseline Res: 2 SURF SCOTER (female), reported by C

[cobirds] Morgan County today

2009-10-24 Thread PERGRN
Jackson Reservoir was home to over a thousand Franklin's Gulls, which I thought was a large number this late in the year for that location. There was one Clark's Grebe among a hundred Westerns. An Eastern Screech Owl responded to playback just across the road from the Visitor's Center on the

[cobirds] SE Colorado 10/24 (KENTUCKY WARBLER)

2009-10-24 Thread Brandon K. Percival
Hi all,   Mark Peterson and I birded today in Southeastern Colorado.   BACA COUNTY: Cassin's Finch - 1 at Cottonwood Canyon Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2-3 at Cottonwood Canyon Evening Grosbeak - 1 at Two Buttes Reservoir, below the dam Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 at Two Buttes Reservoir, below the dam

[cobirds] Cherry Creek Res today

2009-10-24 Thread Kayleen A Niyo
Mary Cay Burger and I birded Cherry Creek Res this morning. Oddest find was one Cattle Egret (photographed) hanging out with ~150 American White Pelicans on a spit of sand on the SW side of the lake! It, or another one, circled over us when we were in the Cottonwood Wetlands on the west side o

[cobirds] Barr Lake Oct 24th

2009-10-24 Thread Dave Cameron
1 Eastern Meadowlark (possibly Lillians...?) Lots of good raptor activity-- Bald Eagles (4), Red-Tails, (6), Harriers (6) On the water: Innumerable Western Grebes and Ring-Billed gulls; many ducks (Pintails, Shovelers, Gadwalls, Bufflehead, Am. Wigeons, Redheads, Ring-Necked.) Large rafts of R

[cobirds] Yard Weld Co

2009-10-24 Thread Norma Erickson
Just had a beautiful White-throated Sparrow at my window. The three stripes on the head were quite yellow. I guess by the book they are to be tan. Norma north of Greeley Off of HWY 392 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Co

[cobirds] bushtits/Centennial/Arapahoe; other"stuff"

2009-10-24 Thread Karl Stecher Jr.
After an absence of 5 or 6 months, I just had 8 bushtits at my suet feeder (near Orchard and Colorado Blvd) yard bird: white-thr sparrow on 10/21 I saw what were probably A Hilf's 100 or so sandhill cranes before 9 AM 10/22; they were in 2 V formations, headed southeast, just south of Cherry Cr

[cobirds] Canon City birds

2009-10-24 Thread David Chartier
The black-throated blue warbler was easily found this morning at Veteran's Park in Canon City. It was with a flock of yellow-rumped warblers. There was also a flock of about twenty cedar waxwings. At Tunnel Drive, I spent about two hours looking for the golden-crowned sparrow without succ

[cobirds] Lake Estes Warblers refound

2009-10-24 Thread Cole Wild
I refound the Yellow-throated Warbler and Northern Parula this morning (10/24) at Lake Estes. The Yellow-throated was seen on three different occasions between 7:30 and 11:00. The Parula was seen on two occasions, but wasn't seen after after 9:00. Other intesting birds: 1 Common Yellowthroat 1

[cobirds] Northen Parula photos from Estes Park

2009-10-24 Thread blueskyhkd
http://picasaweb.google.com/blueskyhapkido/NothernParula# Todd Deininger Longmont, CO --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ You received this message because