Hello, Birders.
Hannah and Andrew and I had a nice time yesterday, Monday, December 27th, up in
the general vicinity of Allenspark, Boulder County. In Allenspark, we saw 3
Hepburn's Rosy-Finches, 1 Black Rosy-Finch, and 4 rosy-finch spuhs. Also 12
Gambel's Chickadees, 2 White-winged Juncos, a
Someone mentioned I shouldn't keep it a secret how many Evening
Grosbeaks I have in my yard these days. While it's been said La Veta
is
becoming the 'sure bet' for these pretty birds, my yard has usually
has
at least a few. While I've mentioned many times about the Rosy-
Finches,
apparently I've no
About that post...I'm so sorry for how it turned out; I copied and
pasted the list from my blog and didn't realize all the links would do
THAT! I beg your pardon for the mess!
Also, somehow I ended up on the wrong page with the wrong bird and at
a different time; do not imagine we've got a Summer
I briefly met up with Brandon and Van this morning, and saw the bird briefly
after they left - just long enough to snap these two (horrible!) photos.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pauljhurtado/5299538312/
I also uploaded some additional recent bird photos (YB Sapsucker, Merlin, WW
Dove, hybrid
Some friends of mine in Divide have reported their Rosy-Finches are back.
They are most regularly present from 7:30am - 9:00am. And then tend to leave
for the day. However, the flock of about 500 came back from 11:00am-Noon
yesterday. The map below shows the location of the yard with the feeders an
Hello co-birders,
All are welcome to join me and others for the Louviers section of the Douglas
County Christmas Bird Count, this Sunday January 2nd. We will meet at 8:00 am,
at the Louviers post office. We will explore the town of Louviers, as well as
the Dupont open space properties. RSVP
It's estimated that between a hundred million and a billion birds die
annually from collisions with windows and other architectural glass in
buildings. Each of us can prevent our homes and birdfeeder placement
from being part of this tragedy.
Please go to http://library.fws.gov/Bird_Publicati
We have the Boulder Bird Club scope and would like to get it into the
hands of one of the members for use on 1st Sunday, Jan. 2 at Walden
Ponds since we will be unable to attend that day.
Please let us know so we can arrange something.
FYI, we will be going out Wed. morning, Dec. 29 with the
This morning at Martin Lake (dam area) @ Lathrop State Park, mixed in with
several dozen Mountain Bluebirds were several Eastern and Western Bluebirds.
Not often we have all 3 species down here in one place!
Polly Wren Neldner
Lathrop State Park
Walsenburg, Huerfano County
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Today I saw and photographed a light-morph Harlan's Hawk at 75th and St. Vrain
Road, Boulder County. This is likely the same individual that has been at that
spot for several winters. Bill Schmoker wrote an article in Colorado Birds
about the bird. Remarkably, the same individual was photographe
Cobirders,
I arrived at the footbridge crossing the Arkansas River below and north
of Pueblo City Park at 10:00 a.m. this morning. I walked downstream on
the north side of the river to the major stream that comes in from the
north, and upstream to Pueblo Boulevard. I did not hear or see the
P
The last few hours of the evening (12/28) Sol Miller and I decided to check for
interesting birds on the lakes in southwest Loveland in Larimer County. Lots of
open water for the upcoming CBC on the 1st, we were doing a little pre-count
week birding (count week starts tomorrow). The few interest
cobirders :
Two Glaucous Gulls ( 1 st cycle ) , Thayer's Gull ( 1 st cycle ) and
Red-necked Grebe continue at Chatfield SP this morning seen in both counties
over a period of an hour. Did not locate the Long-tailed Duck.
An hours observation at Red Rocks Trading Station around midday
Diana and I saw a male Mandarin Duck (undoubtedly escaped bird) in Boulder
Country Club, Boulder. It is on the east side of Country Club Drive. See
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=207318813703207624094.00049883caec6c097702f
for precise location.
Michael King
B
Now THIS is CBC weather==>Saturday "feels like" 15F high and -11F low!
NunnCAM (remote sensing ground camera) up and running (nothing unusual
EXCEPT caught an American Kestrel on it!) The kestrel sits atop
telephone pole waiting on the House Sparrows (200+) at ground feeding
area. We've seen Ame
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