[cobirds] Jeffco

2010-01-20 Thread Ira Sanders
Birders, Today, 1/20, I checked Red Rocks: the Golden-crowned Sparrow is still there The woodpecker site west of Sedalia: No woodpeckers at all but had Red Crossbill flyover The Lewis's Woodpecker site on HWY 85 by Louviers: 1 Lewis's on the snag. Ira Sanders Golden, CO

[cobirds] Snowy Owl, El Paso County

2010-01-20 Thread SUKE C LEE
I drove by Peyton on my way home; "Snowie" was still there on a roof top, off Prairie View Ln, about 3:30 this afternoon. It's great to have this bird so close by! Cecile Lee Elbert, CO

[cobirds] High Plains Snow Goose Festival, Feb. 25-28, 2010

2010-01-20 Thread rostrhamus
Hi Birders, The note about Monte Vista reminded me of this event I saw this in the local Audubon newsletter: http://www.highplainssnowgoose.com/index.html Coming up in Lamar. Key note attendees: Pete Dunne, Ted Floyd. Saw thousands of white geese there a couple of weeks ago, so this looks fun.

[cobirds] Monte Vista Crane Festival

2010-01-20 Thread John Rawinski
Hi all: Just wanted to let folks know that the annual Monte Vista Crane festival is scheduled for March 12-14, 2010 in Monte Vista. It should be another fun event with bird tours, educational lectures, crafts and of course thousands of sandhill cranes. You can find out more about the dates, lod

[cobirds] RE: Murkowski Amendment/THREAD CLOSED

2010-01-20 Thread Rachel Hopper
COBirders, This thread is closed. No more posts about this subject. Thanks. --- Rachel Hopper List Manager Ft. Collins Check out the CFO Website: www.cfo-link.org

[cobirds] Genesee Mountain Park

2010-01-20 Thread Bob Brown
Cobirders, Genesee Mtn. Park was hopping today. I parked in the lot just before where the chain is across the road. There were many Mountain Chickadees, Red Crossbills, Pine Siskins, Dark-eyed Juncos, and Pygmy Nuthatches. I saw single Brown Creepers, Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches, as

[cobirds] Murkowski Amendment

2010-01-20 Thread Paula Bard
CoBirders: Just a little more background info in the Murkowski amendment, since Karl Stretcher voiced concerns about the Audubon alert. I had assumed that this was pretty urgent, rather bird-habitat related, and that an Audubon alert would not be terribly controversial for an ornithology list serv

[cobirds] Murkowski Amendment

2010-01-20 Thread Bruce Gill
The Murkowski amendment to the Clean Air Act is simple. Following is the amendment in its entirety. Effective during the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, none of the funds made available for the Environmental Protection Agency under this Act may be expended- (1) to re

[cobirds] snowy owl

2010-01-20 Thread pygmyowl
Hi all, For what its worth, I have been in contact with a snowy owl bander in Saskatchewan and showed him some photos that I took yesterday of the snowy. His reply to me was... "Hey Scott, Thanks for the pictures. I've learned to hedge my bets as far as sexing and aging Snowies, but your b

[cobirds] January 20, 2010, Rare Bird Alert for Colorado

2010-01-20 Thread JOYCE TAKAMINE
Date:January 20, 2010 e-Mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Joyce Takamine This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denot