Hello, Birders.
Just a quick reminder that time is running out to sign up for the 2010 CFO
convention, to be held May 21-24 in Fort Collins. Late registration fees go
into effect this coming Sunday, April 25th. Please note that financial support
for youth attending the conference is still
Heard about some Great Horned Owls that had taken up at the Safeway at
Wadsworth and Church Ranch in Westminsters. Sure enough, right above
the entrance to the store up on a brick pillar maybe 15 feet above the
sidewalk sat a pair of GHO's. Store was pretty busy at about 3:30PM
and looked like
Hi all,
Tried posting this twice, but hopefully this will go through. We
had our FOY male Broad-tail hummingbird come looking for the feeders
on Sunday, April 18. He went to two of the three locations where there
are normally feeders, feeders weren't up yet! Timing for arrival is
about right
Date:April 20, 2010
e-Mail: rba AT cfo-link.org
phone: 303-659-8750
compiler: Allison Hilf
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday April 20, 2010 at 8am
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain
Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include (*Denotes that
Paul Slingsby and I visited various North Park locations Saturday through
Monday to visit two breeding bird atlas blocks and several RMBO ColonyWatch
sites. Most large reservoirs (eg Walden Reservoir and the Delaney Butte Lakes)
remained frozen with limited edge thawing. Ponds on the Arapaho
I have uploaded new images to my website. Except for a porcupine, they are
all birds.
Locations:
Kestrels: One on the old chimney was photographed at Chico Basin (fee area).
The other two were at Fountain Creek Regional Park right off the path and
close to the parking lot that leads to where
Hi COBirders,
Monday
Nancy Gobris (Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory) opened the banding station at
Chico Basin Ranch Monday 4/19 to good result - but low numbers. (She was unable
to get internet access yesterday - sorry for the delayed report)A N Parula
was heard singing all day, and
Hi,
Yesterday we went north and checked out Eastlake, McKay reservoirs in
Adams county. Lots birds, none very unusual.
Then we shot up to St. Vrain State Park just off I 25.
There is a large collection of Nests in the Cottonwoods behind the
ponds.
The nests were occupied by about equal
Colette Pitcher told me of the Western Grebe's courtship display at Wood's Lake
and I went tonite. It was great. A total of six birds performed the courtship
display of sprinting across the water and also, holding up the plant material
from the bottom of the lake and loudly calling. It was
