Date:February 6, 2010
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compiler: Joyce Takamine
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 5 am
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory.
Highlight species include (*Denot
COBIRDERS,
I had a Merlin in my neighborhood just west of the Denver Tech.
Center yesterday afternoon from 4:00 pm to sunset. This is near
E. Orchard and S. Quebec.
From Orchard drive south on Quebec to Caley (stoplight). Turn
west on Caley, drive 2 blocks to Newport (stop sign). T
Hi all,
Pueblo Reservoir continues to have a few rarities, that were seen by many today.
Long-tailed Duck - 1 male, with a long tail, near the iceline on the west side
of the reservoir. Seen from the SWA on NW side of the reservoir and also seen
from a long ways aways looking west from
Walter Szeliga reports an adult male Barrow's Goldeneye at Erie
Reservoir in Boulder County this morning, along with about 2000 gulls
that he's going to check out more closely.
Nathan Pieplow
Boulder, Colorado
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The Golden-crowned Sparrow is still at the visitors center at Red Rocks. Sarah
Burbank and I first spotted it about 1:20 today. It seems very shy and
disappears quickly. Our viewing was hampered by all the folks out enjoying the
nice day-the flock was spooked off quite a few times while we w
Dear Cobirders,
As Nathan already posted, I had one adult male Barrow's Goldeneye
at Erie Reservoir along with about half-a-dozen Common Goldeneyes,
including two first Spring males. The large gathering of Gulls
consisted mostly of Ring-billed Gulls with a few adult Herring and
Thayer's and one
Drove down to John Martin Reservoir Monday and camped out. Nice afternoon,
but snow on the ground. Hoping to see some Bald Eagles. No BE's there. Lots
of Owl hoots during the night. About dawn I woke up to the strangest
sound. Like a huge hissing noise. I thought the dam was breaking or
somet
Birders,
Yesterday, 2/5, I tried again for the RS Hawk at Windsor. This time I had it
fly by although on the other side of the trees and then straight away. Not the
most gratifying look.
Today, 2/6, Tammy and I started at Banner Lakes SWA to try for Long-eared Owl.
We found 1.
There was also
Full (video) episode here, too:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/hummingbirds-magic-in-the-air/video-full-episode/5475/
Thanks
Gary Lefko, Nunn/CO
http://ColoradoBirder.ning.com/ -- Home of the "Nunn Guy"
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Hi all:
At this time of year, its nice to think about great birds of the past and the
new challenges ahead. I wanted to give some followup and challenges that lie
ahead in the San Luis Valley.
Scott's Oriole was a wonderful surprise bird of the 2009 Convention. Was this
sighting more accidenta
This afternoon there was a flock of male and female Northern Shovelers in
the open water and on the ice west of the Gazebos at Kuntze Lake (west of
Wadsworth and Ohio) in the Lakewood Civic center. There was also at least 1
pair of Common Goldeneye, along with the typical Geese and Gulls.
You can appraoch to within 2 miles of Guanella Pass from Grant, Colorado. The
road is closed at Duck Lake.
You can hike the remaining two miles to the top of the pass without snowshoes.
By hiking a half mile east from the pass on snowshoes, we were able to find 5
White-tailed Ptarmigan just s
He is still there as of 2/6/10 at 4 p.m. What a sight to behold.
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Tom Wilberding and Todd Deininger joined me in an outing to Wray and Phillips
County today.
On the way east, just before getting to Ft. Morgan there was a flock of mixed
white geese flying. As we continued east on US 34 we found about 15 Mountain
Bluebirds in the cemetery at Platner between
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