Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date:November 29, 2009
e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org
phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 5 am
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory.
Highlight species include
Bob Righter periodically sends us an historical gem; here's one that appeared
in the Nov. 23 2009 issue of High Country News, attributed to a 1995
publication, just reissued, by Fred Quartarone, who interviewed 111 old-timers
about endangered Colorado River fish, Historical Accounts of Upper
Yes, the pair of White-winged Crossbills were present again today along with a
few Red Crossbills. I arrived about 10am and Tom France said they had been seen
earlier this morning. I spotted them near the SE corner (Section 8) around 11am
where they foraged exclusively in the upper parts of
Late this afternoon -- at dusk -- several skeins of Snow Geese flew over our
house -- 260 altogether, I'd estimate. Today they headed sort of SSW, and some
skimmed over Castlewood Canyon.
I heard some yesterday, maybe at 4 p.m. but never saw them, and saw a handful
two or three days before
