[cobirds] Re: Boulder Winter Wren ID

A thought on that which I think bears mentioning... Having been there as David took the excellent photos aforementioned, I must add this comment. He showed us some of his shots as we compared them to Sibley's, and I asked if he was 'pushing' his exposures, as I thought they looked paler than the

[cobirds] Boulder Wren correction

I saw the Wrens at St.Vrain River and 63rd on SATURDAY, not Sunday. Cecile Lee Elbert, CO -- Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado

[cobirds] Wrens

Hello birders, It's me again. I just looked at the wren photos on flickr taken taken by David. The wren we saw by the bridge was much darker than this wren on the photographs. It did not have such a whitish front. Also, the behaviour of the 2 wrens was much different. The first wren was in and

[cobirds] Wren(s)

Just to complicate things a little... On Sunday, there were TWO wrens at St.Vrain River and 63rd Street. The first one I saw was upstream on the west bank across the pile of dead wood near the little water fall; the second came in from the west with some chickadees and was on the west bank, near

[cobirds] Boulder Winter Wren ID

I have had several comments regarding my Winter Wren photos taken today in Boulder. All believe it is an eastern Winter Wren. One person said it doesn't look like the same wren that they saw at the same location a couple of days ago. Walter Szeliga noted the differences from the 10 November wes

[cobirds] owl

Hi all, While hiking the Cowcreek trail in RMNP this afternoon, I found two Northern Pygmy-Owls. One was vocalizing on the Gem Lake trail, just south of where it meets the Cowcreek Trail. The other was on the Cowcreek trail about 500 yards west of the Ranch buildings. Scott Rashid Estes

[cobirds] Boulder Winter Wren Photos

The following link has fair photos I took this afternoon of the Winter Wren at 63rd and St. Vrain Creek. I'd like comments from people with expertise on western vs. eastern Winter Wren. It's my understanding the split is a done deal but has not yet been formally announced, so being able to ID th

[cobirds] Barrow's Goldeneye count results

Colorado Birders, The total number of Barrow's Goldeneyes (BAGO) tallied for the count this year was 163 at 16 sites. Many of the sites that have had large counts in the past were not visited this year and it seems that some sites (i.e., Jerry Creek Reservoir in Mesa County), that usually have BA

[cobirds] Boulder Winter Wren, etc.

I returned to 63rd at St. Vrain Creek today about 1:00 p.m. Dave Cameron and Deb were there and had seen the Winter Wren about 2 minutes before I got there. After a few minutes, the bird returned to the west bank on the north side of the bridge and later worked its way under the bridge and to th

[cobirds] Grandview Cemetery crossbills on Dec 1

I saw the White-winged Crossbills twice this morning for a total of about 15 seconds. At 8:15am they were with 3 Red Crossbills in the top of a spruce in the extreme southeast corner. The quintet bombed off together to the northeast almost instantly after I got onto them. About 9:30am the pai

[cobirds] birding road trip 11-20-09 to 11-30-09

My girlfriend Anna and I went on a road trip from Rapid City, SD through eastern Wyoming and then down into Colorado and then through Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and finally back to PA, where we live. We saw 105 species of birds on our trip and 14 species of mammals. I got

[cobirds] Request for Observations

Hello all, The fall reporting season for Colorado Birds and North American Birds (NAB) has come to an end. Colorado Birds is the quarterly journal published by the Colorado Field Ornithologists and North American Birds is published quarterly by the American Birding Association. The fall season e

[cobirds] Rare Bird Alert for Colorado December 1, 2009

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date:December 1, 2009 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes

[cobirds] Fossil Creek Reservoir, Boyd Lake (Larimer County)

Sightings from Monday morning, Nov 30, 2009. Boyd Lake State Park - Bonaparte's Gull - 63 at Marina; great photo op Northern Shrike - 1 at Marina Common Loon - 1 from northmost parking lot Fossil Creek Reservoir- Cackling Goose - 1000+ Greater White-fronted Goose - 3 Snow Goose-1 Ross' Goose -