[cobirds] Boulder Reservoir Scoters: Boulder County (10/17/10)

On an afternoon outing with a friend from Texas, I went to Boulder Reservoir and found three scoters. Initially, I assumed these were the Black Scoters previously reported, but in reality these were three SURF SCOTERS. All birds displayed the double white spots on the face, but nothing on the

[cobirds] Larimer Lakes

In preparation for a field trip on Nov 13, I am beginning to visit the dozens of lakes in southeastern Larimer County, to determine which lakes are “hot” and which are not. Today I visited Warren Lake in Fort Collins, Timnath Reservoir in Timnath and Cobb Lake in Wellington. Comments and highlig

[cobirds] Golden-crowned Kinglets at Grandview Cemetery

Just a quick report of FOS-at-low-elevation Golden-crowned Kinglets at Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins (Larimer) this afternoon. I think there were two birds, maybe three, on the move from n to s, working their way from spruce to spruce. Also, White-throated Sparrow, Mountain Chickadee, cal

[cobirds] Red Rocks Golden-crowned Sparrow Still There

After Bob Brown's earlier post about the Golden-crowned Sparrow, this may be old news or good news. The bird was still at the Red Rocks Trading Post about noon today, and still at the east feeder in the back yard. By the time we arrived, it may have been sated from earlier feeding. Its trips to t

[cobirds] Ferruginous hawk Colorado Springs

I saw this hawk just east of the airport on Drennan road. I guess they are not a rarity but I have not seen them around the springs. It was interacting (for want of a better word) with a red tailed hawk. The 2nd picture at a better angle did not come out that well but that's how it goes. http://av

[cobirds] late common yellowthroat at Manitou Lake - Teller Co

Birding was quite dead today at Manitou Lake in Teller Co. Only 4 species of birds - Pied-billed Grebe, White-crowned Sparrows, Black-capped Chickadee and a very late common yellowthroat, imm plumaged. My latest for Manitou Lake over 20+ years is September 2nd. Jeff J Jones (

[cobirds] Golden-Crowned Sparrow at Red Rocks

Cobirders, The Golden-crowned Sparrow put in a brief appearance at about 0945 this morning. Bird activity at the Trading Post has shifted to the feeder to the east and that's where I saw the Golden-crowned. Bob Brown Highlands Ranch -- You received this message because you are subscribed to th

[cobirds] DFO Monthly Meeting - Tues, Oct 19th (Day & date CHANGE)

To: COBIRDS by Kay Niyo, for Chris Blakeslee who is away D.F.O. Monthly Meeting Scott Rashid and Small Mountain Owls Note day & date change! Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Note meeting location change! DMNS Planetarium (use west doors) Denver Museum of Nature and Science 7:30 p.m. What DFO bi

[cobirds] Mr. Bill

Hi all: The solution for Mr. Bill Mystery Quiz #368 has been posted at www.cfo-link.org. Last week's quiz is still current, with the deadline for submitting answers tonight at midnight MDT. Enjoy, Tony Leukering Villas, NJ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Go

[cobirds] shrike

Hi all, There has been a Northern Shrike in our yard for that past few days, it has been chasing juncos. hasn't caught any yet, but he/she doesn't seem to want to give up. Also the owl banding is doing well, we have caught 42 saw-whets so far. Slightly higher than the 26 that we caught last ye

[cobirds] RMBO Barr Banding Station Report, Final Day, October 16

Hi Cobirders, On our final day of fall 2010 banding at Barr, we caught 12 new and 5 recaps: Downy Woodpecker 1 Brown Creeper 2 Spotted Towhee 3 recaps Song Sparrow 1 Gambel’s White-crowned Sparrow 4 new, 1 recap Slate-colored Junco 1 new, 1 recap Oregon Junco 1 recap Pink-sided Junco 2 House S

[cobirds] October 17, 2010, Rare Bird Alert for Colorado

Date: October 17, 2010 e-Mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Joyce Takamine This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*De