[cobirds] March 17, 2010, Rare Bird Alert for Colorado

Date:March 17, 2010 e-Mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Joyce Takamine This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes

[cobirds] Crane Festival Results

Hi all: Well the Monte Vista Crane Festival is completed. Attendance was normal to perhaps slightly below normal. When I gave the welcome to the Friday evening program I surveyed the 110 attendees at that session as to where they came from. The majority of folks had traveled more than a 100 mil

[cobirds] Bald Eagles Weld County north of Greeley

11 Bald Eagles near by Bald Eagles are on the move. Five sitting in the trees and flying out and back at Neff Lake along HWy 392 and WCR 31. At Carbody Lake (west of Seeley Lake) three on the ice. Comical to see them land on the thin ice, it does not hold and they move around gingerly. Seeley L

[cobirds] Union Reservoir opening up

Union Reservoir in Weld County east of Longmont is slowly opening up. Bald Eagles (up to 14) and gulls (lots of Ring-billed and Herring) are finding lots of fish snacks. The first Pelican of the year and a large group of Common Mergansers in a hole in the middle of the ice pack. Jim Hamm p

[cobirds] Bald Eagles - Highland Lake, Weld Co

We have between 3 and 4 pairs of mature bald eagles, as well as at least 6 juveniles on the lake. They have been here for at least two weeks, which is very unusual for us. Usually we see only one or two pairs in the spring, and they only hang around for a few hours. They are catching fish as the

[cobirds] March 2010 D.F.O. Fieldtrips -- Join Us!

Denver Field Ornithologists March 2010 Field Trips Saturday, March 20Birding by Snowshoe: Boulder's High Country Leader: Bill Schmoker, mailto: bill.schmo...@gmail.com. Meet leader at the Brainard Lake Trailhead above Ward (http://tinyurl.com/Brainard) at 0800. Be prepared t

[cobirds] White Ranch Open Space, Jefferson Co - MOBL

I should have listened to John Drummond who said there weren't many migrants at Chico Basin Ranch! A friend and I this morning at 10 went up to lower and upper White Ranch Open Space on Hwy 93 across from N Table Mt and found practically zilch! Lower WROS had a pair Mountain Bluebirds and Uppe

[cobirds] Barr Lake

Not the birdiest day today at Barr, but a few things-- the GB Herons have begun nest-building in earnest. Cormorants are also filling the rookery trees. One Cinnamon Teal, one Virginia Rail (heard only), the Bald Eagle pair are expecting again, as they're now sitting the nest. One nice flyover by

[cobirds] owl attacks eagle, Broomfield County

This afternoon just south of the Stearn's Lake on Cradleboard Trail (Broomfield County) a great horned owl attacked an adult bald eagle that had landed in the owl’s nest tree where another owl sat on a nest. The eagle flew to ground near a fence & stayed there for over an hour looking prope

Re: [cobirds] Barr Lake

Watch the news.The lake could become contaminated as a result of a sewage spill at DIA. Pam norris Englewood, Co. 80113 From: Dave Cameron To: Colorado Birds Sent: Wed, March 17, 2010 5:10:41 PM Subject: [cobirds] Barr Lake Not the birdiest day today at Barr,

[cobirds] Bald Eagles - Highland Lake, Weld Co

I saw one of the mature bald eagles take down a Canada goose in mid flight today. I just happened to look up at the right time while walking around Highland Lake. I've been treated to several days of watching the eagles fish, but this is the first time I have seen them actually go after a goose

Re: [cobirds] owl attacks eagle, Broomfield County

Hi Carol, Yes definitely, the owl could have, and probably did, hit the eagle. Great Horned Owls can be very protective around their nests and won't hesitate to attack anything that they think may be a threat to their young. Scott Rashid Estes Park - Original Message - From: R

[cobirds] id help

Greetings Coloradoans. I'm visiting from Oklahoma and still relatively new to birding. The reason for my post came during a visit to Colorado Springs on 16 March, in a park called Ute Valley, I think. It's at the corner of Centennial and Vindicator. I was at the top of the ridge of Ute Valley and

[cobirds] Spring migration notes 3/17

Had a dusk flight of two dozen Sandhill Cranes over Boulder Res tonight, a killdeer, two plastic owls guarding water treatment ponds (fooled me), plus a fun observation of a big brown bat methodically searching for flying bugs at Tom Watson Park. Plus a fair number of gulls pushing north too. Best

[cobirds] State of the Birds USA 2010 Report on Climate Change

(This post is really from me, unlike the one distributed earlier this week from a spammer who hijacked my old email address) Last week Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar releasedthe State of the Birds USA 2010 Report on Climate Change which was produced by a highly