Just a reminder...
Come experience a thrilling account of 12 days and 429 species. Despite civil
unrest, road blockages and cancelled returning flights from La Paz, Aiken
member John Drummond successfully covered Bolivia's topographic diversity and
great variety of habitats.
The birders
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Caveats: NONE
Found a Swamp Sparrow yesterday near a small pond in the El Paso county
portion of Ft. Carson. The bird was in tall dried weeds not far from
teasel and cattails. A Song Sparrow was also present. Both species
responded to pishing. The Swamp Sparrow
Hi All,
This is not exactly a rare bird, but I've had a Ferruginous Hawk two days in a
row along Indiana St just north of 86th Parkway while driving to work. The bird
was perched on a tall power pole, makes for great photo opportunity.
Chishun Kwong
Superior, CO
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Colorado Field
Greetings,
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory will be accepting counts of Barrow's
Goldeneyes again this year from 20 November through 28 November (includes
this weekend and next). This will be the eleventh year of the count! This
is not a statistically rigorous endeavor, but it should provide
Hi all,
Yesterday there was a Lesser Black-backed Gull at Douglas Res. along witht the
Pacific Loon and the Long-tailed Duck.
Scott Rashid
Estes Park
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Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/
Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/
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This evening (11/19) I watched the gulls come into their roost at Lake
Loveland. I saw 6 species of gulls which involved Ring-billed, California,
Herring, Thayer's (3 adults), Lesser Black-backed (1 adult), and Bonaparte's
(32).
The interesting ducks were Barrow's Goldeneye (1 male, 1 female)
While leaving Coal Creek Bowling Center in Louisville, two Ravens were
perched on a slanted part of the roof. One was delicately grooming the
other on the breast feathers . Carefully sliding its beak down each
separate feather. First time I have ever seen this in 20 years of birding.
Suzi
