[cobirds] August 19, 2010, Rare Bird Alert for Colorado

Date: August 19, 2010 e-Mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Joyce Takamine This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include

[cobirds] RFI on Black Swifts

Birders, Is anyone presently seeing Black Swifts anywhere? I have a friend from Chicago coming out today and that is one of his target birds. I saw the earlier posts but nothing for about a week. Thanks Ira Sanders great...@msn.com -- You received this message because you are

[cobirds] Timnath Reservoir - Larimer County

Birders, Yesterday, Wednesday, I stopped by Timnath Reservoir for about an hour at 11:15. There had been quite a turnover in birds in one day. On Tuesday there had been quite a few Long-billed Dowitchers and a couple of Short-billed and no Greater Yellowlegs. Yesterday there were no Dowitchers

[cobirds] Denver towhee, Weld sandhills

Last evening at the Denver Botanic Gardens, Ron and I saw an adult spotted towhee dart across a path, then dart back the other way and hide under a bush. Then we saw a tiny puffball of a fledgling left looking up at us from the mulch...on August 18! Another realistic touch by the very

[cobirds] Mineral - Chesnut-collared Longspur

Hi All, Yesterday I had a female/immature Chesnut-collared Longspur in Mineral County. It was south of the Mineral County Airport near Creede in a partially developed subdivision. It was associating with a flock of larks with at least one American Pipit. This bird is rare in SW Colorado.

[cobirds] Nighthawk migration, Louisville, Boulder, County

At 5:35 this evening a large flock (~40) of Common Nighthawks flew over my Louisville house going south! Paula Hansley -- 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] Reddish Egret Update

First thing this morning I was able to relocate the Reddish Egret (White Morph) in the same location described by Duane Nelson yesterday in Bent County. At about noon Duane and I was also able to locate it almost exactly where I last saw it in the morning. Great find Duane!! Other interesting

[cobirds] Do Cooper's take squirrels?

I had a great, amusing look this morning near US 85 and Titan Road of a Juvenile Cooper's Hawk wanting really badly to take down a squirrel that was fearlessly sharing a split-rail fence with it. The squirrel was much more concerned with the huge walnut he'd found than the predator following him

[cobirds] RFI on Brown-capped Rosy-finches

Hey all, Can anyone give me some tips on finding the Rosy-finches on Mt. Evans? Thanks Ira Sanders Golden, CO great...@msn.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to

[cobirds] Weld Co - Lower Latham Dunlin - Pawnee

Birders, Today I took a friend to the grasslands in search of a Mountain Plover, and actually found one. It was in a plowed field on the south side of the road west of Grover and east of WCR 77. There were some piles of dirt by the gate to the field. It was at the south end of the field. We