[cobirds] Cherry Crk St Park wipeout/Arapahoe

2010-05-18 Thread Karl Stecher Jr.
This past Friday, May 14, I toured around the park to find it full of migrants...hundreds of sparrows of 7 species, a couple of hundred yellow-rumped warblers, etc. You could drive slowly and kick up 50 or 60 chippings at once. Somewhat fewer numbers were there on 5/15. Larry Modesitt was

[cobirds] May 18, 2010, Rare Bird Alert for Colorado

2010-05-18 Thread JOYCE TAKAMINE
Date: May 18, 2010 e-Mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Joyce Takamine This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes that there

[cobirds] misguided Great tailed Grackle

2010-05-18 Thread mln66
Arapahoe County: Cherry Creek State Park I watched the other day as the Great tailed Grackle present was courting a female red winged blackbird...this went on for about 5 minutes. Interesting behavior! I also noticed that my two bushtits are back at my suet feeder. I am hoping for a couple little

[cobirds] Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Las Animas Co.

2010-05-18 Thread Pinyonjay
This morning at 8 I had a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK here at my home at 1200 Santa Fe Trail in Trinidad. Patricia R. Snider -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobi...@googlegroups.com. To

[cobirds] Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Keenesburg, Weld

2010-05-18 Thread Lauren Hyde
We have a male rose-breasted grosbeak at our feeders right now. He is with 2 male black-headed grosbeaks. Lauren Hyde Keenesburg, Weld County -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to

[cobirds] Lory State Park-Larimer

2010-05-18 Thread Mike Freiberg
To all, Sorry for the belated post, but I took a great hike through Lory State park yesterday and had some interesting birds. The most noticeable was the pair of American Three-Toed Woodpeckers I found near the intersection of Timber and Westridge trails. They recently did quite a bit of tree

[cobirds] Manitou Lake (Teller Co) and Fountain Creek Reg Park last night (no Black-Hawk)

2010-05-18 Thread Jeff J Jones
First, I spent the last couple hours before dark last evening at Fountain Creek Reg Park (El Paso Co) looking for the Common Black-Hawk. Did not find it. It was quite birdy. Blue Grosbeak giving its chink call allowed me to find it. Several Bullock's Orioles. Probably 20 or so Great-tailed

[cobirds] Chico Basin Ranch RMBO banding 18 May 2010

2010-05-18 Thread brian_gibb...@juno.com
Hi Cobirders Migration is still in full swing here, lots of stuff left and a good arrival too. No Connecticut sightings today, sorry. Still very few empids around. I was surprised to see fledged Am Robins today, most nests are just hatching or are on eggs. 90 Birds of 21 species banded

[cobirds] Aiken Audubon Society in Colorado Springs invites you to presentation by Steve Vaughn on North American Hummingbirds

2010-05-18 Thread birdingspacepig
The Aiken Audubon Society in Colorado Springs cordially invites you to join us as Steve Vaughan presents a program on North American Hummingbirds. Steve has traveled throughout the U.S. photographing and observing these fascinating birds. Join Steve as he shares his insights and images from

[cobirds] Friday and Saturday CFO convention trips online now

2010-05-18 Thread Maggie Boswell
Convention attendees: Use this link to find your Friday and Saturday trips. Use your schedule to find departure time. Please be ready 15 minutes early to meet your group and form car pools. http://cfo-link.org/convention/CFO%20trips/2010_trips.php Maggie Boswell -- You received this

[cobirds] RMBO Chatfield Banding, 5/18/10

2010-05-18 Thread M MC*BURNEY
Caught and banded fairly steadily until the rain knocked us out at about noon. Banded 47 birds, 20 species: Dusky Flycatcher 5 Grey Flycatcher 1 House Wren 6 Swainson's Thrush 1 Grey Catbird 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 9 new, 3 returns from prior years Ovenbird (FOS,

[cobirds] trip lists have problems...

2010-05-18 Thread Maggie Boswell
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