[cobirds] Baltimore Oriole (Possible Pair?)/Greeley

My wife and I did "Birding by Bike" on the Greeley Poudre River between Island Grove to 35th Avenue (1.5 hours out; 20 minutes on return). Total of 51 species. Highlights: Baltimore Oriole - 1-2 (We saw beautiful male sit for us the entire time we watched. We say two because while watching the pe

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Hi, This afternoon we had a pair of Broad-wing Hawks over our yard, then a little later we had a flyover of about 7 American White Pelicans. Suzi Plooster north Lafayette (95 & Arapahoe) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To po

[cobirds] My yard in Weld County

Still many of the birds that came two days ago. To add to the list Male and Female Bullocks Oriole Rock Wren Swainson's Thrush Yellow-breasted Chat What a wonderful three days. Norma Erickson north of Greeley off of Hwy 392 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gro

[cobirds] RMBO Chatfield Banding, Mother's Day

Lots of moms and their families out visiting today. What a great way to spend Mother's Day! Numbers continue in the low 20's.We banded 20, plus we had a Yellow Warbler return from last year and a Grey Catbird from a place unknown; I'll let you know when I find out where he was banded

[cobirds] Re: Three-toed Woodpecker / Park County

Thanks to Deb for pointing out that, of course, we saw Mountain, not Mexican, Chickadees. Freudian slip. Dave On May 9, 4:07 pm, Dave Cameron wrote: > An excellent place for woodpeckers, I guess.  Two years ago this week, > I saw a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker within 100 yards of this sighting.

[cobirds] Bullock's Oriole, Audubon Nature Center, Chatfield

Had one Bullock's Oriole in the parking lot trees at the Audubon Nature Center off Wadsworth today along with two snapping turtles in the pond with the floating pier. Nelson Ford Littleton, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To

[cobirds] Three-toed Woodpecker / Park County

An excellent place for woodpeckers, I guess. Two years ago this week, I saw a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker within 100 yards of this sighting. We also had at least two Red-naped here this weekend, and another upstream. But to back up, Deb and I went camping fri and sat for my birthday, on the jeep roa

[cobirds] WORM-EATING WARBLER -- Pueblo County 5/9

Hi all,   Kelly Shipe found and photographed a WORM-EATING WARBLER today in the tall cottonwood tree above the willows at the Headquarters at Chico Basin Ranch, Pueblo County (fee area) this morning.  The bird stayed way high when five of us (Kelly, Jeannie Mitchell, Aaron Shipe, Gene Rutherford

[cobirds] Cedar Waxwings, migrants -Boulder

I was surprised today to find Cedar Waxwings in my yard today. They are usually here in winter. There are also plenty of Yellow-rumped Warblers. On Friday, we saw a about 50 Chipping Sparrows in the Heatherwood (School) neighborhood, but they all seem to be here in my yard today. My daugh

[cobirds] Fwd: Bobolink , Correction in Jefferson County

Cobirders : According to Google , Colorado Academy is in Jefferson County at least where I located the bird. John Drummond Monument From: jxdru...@aol.com To: cobirds@googlegroups.com Sent: 5/9/2010 2:47:12 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time Subj: Bo

[cobirds] Bobolink , Arapaphoe County

Cobirders : While officiating a field hockey game this morning at Colorado Academy , Littleton I heard and then saw a male Bobolink ( FOY ) . John Drummond Monument -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this g

[cobirds] Carolina Wren, Boulder County, May 9th

Hello, Birders. I saw and heard a Carolina Wren along Bear Creek, Boulder County, earlier today, Sunday, May 9th. The bird was in dense shrubbery centered at 39.997905 N, 105.247999 W. It was hard to see, but it was nicely vocal, giving both the titmouse-like chatter and the insect-like "tuli

[cobirds] Saturday at Jumbo Resevoir and Tamarack Ranch SWA and points west

Another trip to northeastern Colorado produced on Saturday the following: At or near Jumbo 2 Common Loons 1 Osprey 1 Piping Plover (east of dam with 4 semipalmated plovers) 5 Whimbrel 2 Marbled Godwits (Red Lion SWA) 4 Snow Geese many Forster's Terns At or near Tamarack Ranch Eastern

[cobirds] Walden Ponds Boulder Sat. afternoon

Hi all After lunch Saturday I went to Walden Ponds. It soon got cloudy with light breeze. There was one lone White Pelican on the senior fishing pond. Lots of Yellow-rump Warblers here and at Cottonwood Marsh. Cottonwood has high water and all the ducks gone except a few Common Coots.

[cobirds] Broad-winged Hawks Highlandlake/Mead

A group of six Broad-Winged hawks just came through my yard, grabbed two hapless Red-Winged Blackbirds from near my feeder and the two lucky hawks are munching on their lunch in an Ash tree not far from the feeder. The other four are hunting my alfalfa fields. Pauli -- You received this messa

[cobirds] Black-necked Stilt, Clover Basin res., Longmont, Boulder County

I stopped by the drained Clover Basin Res. at 6:45 this morning. 1- Black-necked Stilt 2 - American Avocet 4 - Semi-palmated Plover 2 - Black-bellied Plover, one in breeding plumage 2 - Killdeer 4 - Spotted Sandpiper 1 - Great Blue Heron 2 - Mallard 4 - Great-tailed Grackles, furthest ea

[cobirds] Cherry Creek State Park - Common Poorwill

While birding along the leaf-strewn, shoreline path between the Prairie Loop and the Mountain Loop at CCSP, I flushed a Common Poorwill at about 0945 today. Otherwise, I found few migrants - just a dozen widely scattered Yellow-rumped Warblers and the previously seen Great-tailed Grackle, which

[cobirds] Bullock's Oriole - Waneka Lake - Boulder County

It seems to be a tradition here. Almost every year I get my first Bullock's at Waneka on Mother's Day. Male heard singing between the main lake and Greenlee Preserve. Also at least two House Wrens madly going at it. Not much else of note. Randy Siebert Lafayette -- You received this message beca

[cobirds] Migrant Report for 9 May, Twin Lakes, Gunbarrel

Dear Cobirders, I headed out to bird Twin Lakes this morning with Elena Holly Klaver. The birding started off slowly, with fewer Warblers than I have seen the past few days. Mostly Yellow-rumped Warblers, Common Yellowthroats, and what appears to be a now resident Yellow Warbler. Ther

[cobirds] Lair o' the Bear Park -- Saturday 5/8

We saw a Blackpoll Warbler at Lair o¹ the Bear on Saturday morning in a mixed flock with a Yellow Warbler, Lincoln¹s Sparrow, and Yellow-rumped Warbler. Also an Olive-sided Flycatcher among the regular suspects. JoAnn Hackos Evergreen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to t

[cobirds] Re: Poudre river birding, Larimer (5/8)

Hello all! I was just about to report many of the same birds at the same places as Eric just did. Additions were two singing Virginia's Warblers and a singing MacGillivray's Warbler, 1 Gray Flycatcher, 1 Least Flycatcher and several empids that weren't talking or I just couldn't hear them over th

[cobirds] Boulder Black Phoebe on the move

Walter Szeliga reports that the Black Phoebe just took off high in the air and disappeared to the south from Twin Lakes. The next likely habitat to the south is the Boulder Creek & 75th street area of Walden Ponds, so people might want to take a look along the creek there. Nathan -- You receive

[cobirds] Whimbrel - Barr Lake - Adams Co

Birders, Sorry for the late post. Yesterday, 5/8, there were 2 Whimbrels at mile marker .5 at Barr Lake. They were found by Dick Schottler. They were sleeping on a log just off shore. Ira Sanders Golden, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Col

[cobirds] Black Phoebe, Boulder, 5/9

Walter Szeliga just called to report a singing Black Phoebe this morning along the irrigation canal just east of Twin Lakes Road, just southeast of the Twin Lakes themselves. This is at 40.062622, -105.193579. Nathan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

[cobirds] Poudre river birding, Larimer (5/8)

I treated myself to a couple hours of birding at Running Deer Natural Area and along the Poudre River trail just north of Prospect Road in Fort Collins this morning. Nothing especially rare, but lots of species (60 total) and quite birdy overall. Highlights include 2 Broad-winged Hawks 2 Forster's

[cobirds] RMBO Dinosaur Ridge Hawk Watch - 5/8/10

The official volunteer portion of RMBOs hawk watch finished on May 7, but my heart was committed to one more more count on the ridge. And that was also true of Roger Rouch, Karen Clark and Joe Lupfer. We ended up seeing 11 species of migrant raptors, and 19 migrating individuals. We had a four falc

[cobirds] Thornton - Rock wren, Green-tailed towhee

I was looking out my window at the usual house sparrows and house finches at my feeders and noticed something different fly in. It turned out to be a green-tailed towhee. Only a few minutes later, I had a rock wren as well. I just moved here last summer, so I don't know how common these birds are

[cobirds] May 9, 2010, Rare Bird Alert for Colorado

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, May 8, 2010 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes that there is new information for this species in this report) Barrow's Goldeneye (*Eagle) Little Blue Her

[cobirds] Eastern Boulder County, May 8th

Hello, Birders. After a nice trip "north of the border" to the Cheyenne, Wyoming, area yesterday, Saturday, May 8th (details at http://tinyurl.com/2bd97sa), Andrew and I stopped in at the Jim Hamm Nature Study Area, Boulder County. It was fairly birdy in the Russian Olives and other plantings