[cobirds] November 11, 2010, Rare Bird Alert for Colorado

2010-11-11 Thread JOYCE TAKAMINE
Date:11 November 2010 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Joyce Takamine phone reports: 303 659-8750. If you phone in a message, you can skip through the recording by pressing the star key (*) on your telephone at any time. Please leave your name, phone

[cobirds] Bonanza at Red Rocks - Jefferson County

2010-11-11 Thread mike
Rob Raker and I paid a visit to the Red Rocks Trading post this morning. We arrived at about 7:15 a.m. and spent the next hour watching and observing all the birds coming to the feeders. Our bonanza took place between 7:45 and 8:00 at the west side feeders. We had the Golden-crowned

[cobirds] Error - Red-naped Sapsucker - Red Rocks

2010-11-11 Thread mike
My apologies, folks. The bird we saw and that I reported at Red Rocks this morning was definitely a juvenile Red-naped Sapsucker. Sorry for the error and confusion. I will do a better job of proofreading down the road. Mike Henwood Morrison Jefferson County -- You received this

[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Eve Grosbeak, ElPaso

2010-11-11 Thread macawolf
Greetings, COBirders, Beautiful crisp day with the full array of the usual winter birds here in NW CO Spgs, but with the addition of a pair of evening grosbeaks and a single 1st-winter white-throated sparrow. Got pics of both, but haven't uploaded from the camera yet... Marty Wolf 2220

[cobirds] Albino House finch, Boulder County

2010-11-11 Thread Sandi Zeigler
An albino house finch showed up with a flock of 15 today when it was snowing. I have two photos at: http://gallery.me.com/sandizei or I can send them. Are albinos common in this species? We are in Longmont, Pleasant Valley subdivison near the Ute Creek Golf Course. Sandi Zeigler -- You

[cobirds] very dark Red Tailed Hawk, Weld

2010-11-11 Thread elena
On Monday and Tuesday morning of this week, there was a very dark Red Tailed Hawk on a pole along Highway 52 just west of County road 23. Since I was driving to a job, and because of traffic, I could not stop. On the way back yesterday afternoon, I was looking for it, and found one very

[cobirds] Cherry Creek Res - Arapahoe County

2010-11-11 Thread Ira Sanders
Birders, Tammy and I checked out Cherry Creek today but didn't find much but we did spot a pair of Bierlings. At the reservoir: Nothing of note Rufous Red-tail morph We looked for the Dipper but dipped on it. Ira Sanders Golden, CO -- You received this message because you are