Date: June 17, 2010
e-Mail: r...@cfo-link.org
phone: 303-659-8750
compiler: Joyce Takamine
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 5 am
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory.
Highlight species include (*Denotes that
It appears that orchard orioles are expanding their range a little bit
westward. I've seen a few show up at Lon Hagler Reservoir southwest of
Loveland in the past several years. Within the last few weeks I have
spotted at least three separate males singing in the cottonwoods. And this
morning,
With the Wednesday Roadrunners group of the Boulder Bird Club, we found 5
Orchard Orioles along the White Rocks Trail across from Teller Farms. There
were only a couple of Bullock's Orioles found which is becoming the norm
along this trail in recent years. It is nice to have a place where the
-- Forwarded message --
From: Suzi PLOOSTER sploos...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:01 PM
Subject: Nemesis blackbird/Erie
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Read all about the nemesis blackbird at Colorado National Golfcourse in
Erie. Great story. Interesting bird behavior!
COBirders,
If you are interested learning more about what natural foods birds eat
(not suet and seeds), you are invited to read two excellent articles by
Dave Leatherman in the June on-line version of the American Birding
Association's publication, Winging It. You can find them both here,
I observed a white-winged dove today flying from Village at Skyline on Lower
Gold Camp Rd. in Colorado Springs across the road into Bear Creek Park at about
5pm. It flew into the area where the dog park is located.
David Chartier
Colorado Springs
