[cobirds] Rare Bird Alert for Colorado November 21, 2009

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date:November 21, 2009 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include

[cobirds] Article on rosy-finch identification in the current issue of Birding magazine

Hello, all. In my opinion, one of the least-appreciated bird ID problems in the ABA Area is the rosy-finch complex. Okay, we in Colorado know all about it. But, in general, the rosy-finches have been neglected. For example, in the latest edition (no. 5) of the National Geographic Guide,

[cobirds] Thayer's Gull still in Routt Co

The Thayer's Gull was still at Stagecoach Reservoir yesterday (11/20). It was observed in the inlet canal on the SE side of the Reservoir. Catamount Lake is freezing very fast -- Stagecoach still has a fair amount of open water. Good Birding, Allison HIlf Denver, CO (currently in Steamboat

[cobirds] white-THROATED, not white-crowned sparrow

Sorry for the slip in my previous post. The sparrow is a white-throated sparrow, apparently a tan-striped adult. No white-crowned sparrows around right now. Alan Bell Boulder -- Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding:

[cobirds] Northern Shrike, El Paso County

This morning at Sondermann Park in Colorado Springs I saw a Northern Shrike on the Western Loop Trail. It flew west, into distance, a small dark mammal dangling from its beak. Good birding, Allan Burns west side of Colorado Springs -- Colorado

[cobirds] Long-tailed Duck, Boulder Co

All, Joanie Kleypas and I saw the first-year Long-tailed Duck at Lagerman Res northeast of Boulder this morning with a flock of Common Goldeneyes. There was also an immature Thayer's Gull at Lagerman Res, and a Common Loon at Valmont Res, Cheers, Peter Gent. -- Colorado Field

[cobirds] Longmont area, Boulder and Weld Counties, Nov. 21st

Hello, Birders. Hannah and Andrew and I visited several lakes around Longmont earlier today, Saturday, Nov. 21st. At McIntosh Lake, Boulder County, we saw 1 White-winged Scoter, probably a first-cycle female. The bird was keeping company with the big flock of mergansers and goldeneyes near

[cobirds] White-throated sparrow, El Paso Cnty

I had a first-winter (or tan-striped morph?) white-throated sparrow today in my back yard, feeding alongside a couple of white-crowns lots of juncos, house finches spotted towhees... dodging the scrub blue jays. Also a lone female Cassin's finch, which hadn't been represented here since