Date:9 December 2010
e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org
phone: 303-659-8750
compiler: Joyce Takamine
This is Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, December 9, 2010, at 5 am
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory.
If you are phoning in a
The Black-legged-kittiwake has left Lathrop State Park...it has not been
seen since Sunday.
Polly Wren Neldner
151 County Raod 359
La Veta, CO
Huerfano County
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We've had a first-year male summer tanager visit our seed feeders twice in
the past week, last Friday then again late Tuesday afternoon. We got a
few mediocre pictures, but good enough to allow some experts help us confirm
its identity. We don't have a way to share the pix publicly (no web
Glenn Walbek just called to report a 1st year Iceland Gull (Kumlien's) at
Cherry Creek State Park near the marina. He also reports a couple of Mew
Gulls and a Lesser Black-backed Gull.
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Rachel Hopper
Ft. Collins
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A sharpie just dropped over the top of my roof and tore off after a (possibly
drunk!) starling. I thought they shot across the yard, but the starling came
zooming back with the hawk in hot pursuit. The starling crashed into my
window, the hawk nearly did, and the starling sat huddled in the co
Folks,
As Rachel indicated, there is a 1st cycle Kumlien's Iceland Gull at Cherry
Creek. I found the bird in the water near the marina, actively feeding and
sparing with Herring Gulls. The bird looks perfect to me for Iceland Gull,
smaller than Herring Gull with a smaller head and bill. Pale
Oh my word.
I was sitting at my computer and an oriole landed on my seed tube less than
four feet away from my eyes. My breathing stopped (and maybe my heart) for a
full 15 seconds as I took in the bird before it flew. It was dull all over in
the shade, but I did process a line through the eye.
Hi all,
Sorry for the late notice, but yesterday at Horseshoe Lake in Loveland, there
were a male Long-tailed Duck, a male Barrows Goldeneye and an adult Lesser
Black-backed Gull seen from the east side of the lake.
Also, at Lone Tree Reservoir there was a first year Harris's Sparrow in the
pa
COBirders,
For those of you who are considering the Penrose CBC, please contact me ahead
of time so I can try and have things arranged before the morning of the count.
Here are the details from the Audubon site:
Sunday, December 19thWe will meet at Carl's Jr. in Florence for a 7am
departure. Co
The 57th Denver Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December
18th.
Everyone is invited and encouraged to participate in the annual Denver
Christmas Bird Count (CBC) sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and
the National Audubon Society. The Denver count circle i
Since some people like to come south for the weekend for both the Pueblo
Reservoir CBC and the Penrose CBC, here is the information for the Pueblo
Reservoir CBC which is Saturday, 18 December 2010. The count typically finds
the most species on any Christmas Bird Count in Colorado. The record t
I saw the White-winged Scoter this morning on Baseline Reservoir. I stood
at Baseline & Stearns, looking southwest.
I also saw two ducks yesterday afternoon and this morning napping together
south of the middle of the Cherryvale stretch, variable distances from the
shore. Yesterday I thought t
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