Date:April 15, 2010
e-Mail: rba AT cfo-link.org
phone: 303-659-8750
compiler: Allison Hilf
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday April 15, 2010 at 7am
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain
Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include (*Denotes that
Cobirds:
Just posted on Boulder County Audubon website:
Friday, May 14 to Sunday, May 16
Pawnee Grasslands Birding and Wildlife
Camping, birding and wildlife viewing in the grasslands northeast of
Boulder. We will camp at Crow Valley on Friday and Saturday nights,
and explore, hike,
There is a Great Horned Owl nest east of Handle and Baggett roads, which is
east of Ellicott and south off of Hwy 94 and the Baggett intersection (just
east of mile marker 19). It was quite a surprise to see an owl in the nest,
as it has always been used by Red-tailed Hawks - or so I thought.
Hi all,
Just checked a Northern Saw-whet Owl nest and found two chicks and three eggs.
My guess is that the first egg hatched on the 13th and the other hatched this
morning because the egg shell was still in the nest box in large sections.
Also in the box were two whole Deer Mice and three
This evening, Margie Joy and I saw 6 Marbled Godwits at the shorebird spot at
the SWA on the NW side of Pueblo Reservoir. This morning, there was a Solitary
Sandpiper along the Arkansas River in Rock Canyon.
Good birding,
Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO
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Cobirders:
On April 13, 2010, I observed two adult Mourning Doves with two fledglings in
our backyard. Again on the 14th, one fledgling. This evening (April 15), June
and I saw one fledgling with one adult, and I was able to photograph them. All
observations were of birds feeding on the lawn.