[cobirds] Female Tufted and luck

CObirders, Julie and I will tread, lightly or not, with Doug on the Tufted Duck being a female. We looked at as many field guides as he did, I'm sure, the bird being a lifer for us and the word being that it was an immature male. All evidence points to female for us, too. She has quite a

[cobirds] Birds at Chatfield State Park and Red Rocks

After a morning visit to Red Rocks Trading Post the highlights were: 2 spotted towhees 1 song sparrow 1 curve-billed thrasher 2 mountain chickadees 1 white-throated sparrow 1 sharp-shined hawk 90 gray-crowned rosy-finches 3-4 black rosy-finches 1 white breasted nuthatch (that we heard) 1 red breast

[cobirds] South Platte, Denver, between Evans and Florida

Saturday, while on an Audubon field trip with Cindy Valentine and ten other birders, we saw the female Long-tailed Duck; Northern Pintails; and an American Dipper. The Long-tailed Duck was next to the footbridge, just north of the Platte River and Florida. Other birds we saw included: Amer

[cobirds] Female Tufted Duck?

Hi all, I got in big trouble the last time I countered someone's identification of a bird as a male instead of female, so I'll tread lightly here, but isn't the Longmont Tufted Duck a female instead of the reported immature male? All of my field guides indicate that immature male Tufted should

[cobirds] Red Rocks - Trading Post - succes with Thrasher and Rosy Finches

Thank you to everyone who sent me directions to get to the Trading Post in Red Rocks. I made the drive up today and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Having never been there before I made sure to visit the Visitor's Center and the Amphitheater as well. Nothing like playing tourist in your own backyard

[cobirds] Tufted Duck Photos - Longmont

Hi All, We have a story and some photos of the Golden Ponds (Boulder County) Tufted Duck at . . . sweatysanderlings.blogspot.com/2011/01/perfect-storm.html FYI, this is a communal blog with some other youngish birders and records our birding while running exploits. We happened to be running at Go

Re: [cobirds] Tufted Duck records for Colorado

Hey Brandon,, Really great that you can access these records so easily.. What fun we had with those first Tufted Ducks. The first one was at Waneka Lake in Lafayette. Dwayne Nelson called me to check it out and it definitely was a Tufted Duck. The next day was a DFO which trip we led. I too

[cobirds] Interesting birds in Denver area 1/17

This morning (1/17) Sol Miller and I decided to chase some of the birds that has been reported recently on cobirds. Interesting birds include: Red Rocks (Jefferson County) 7:05 to 9:15 Golden-crowned Sparrow - Seen for about 10 seconds at around 8:45ish. Harris's Sparrow - Seen with the Go

[cobirds] Tufted Duck Longmont

The Tufted Duck is still in the open water at the 2st pond from the parking lot. As of 4:30 pm. Photos can be seen at the flickr site below.   Aways good to see and talk to some good birding friends.Good Birding Loch Kilpatrick Parker Co www.flickr.com/photos/lochkilpatrick -- You rec

[cobirds] Golden Ponds directions

as posted on the County Birding web site 1.. Directions - From Boulder, take the Diagonal (CO 119) to Longmont. To get to Golden Ponds and the fairgrounds, turn left (north) onto Hover Road. The fairgrounds are on the right just before (south of) the river. The entrance to Golden Ponds is

[cobirds] Tufted Duck records for Colorado

I think there are only two accepted records of Tufted Duck for Colorado. One adult male at Walden Ponds, Boulder County, 21-23 March 1997, found by Myron Plooster. One adult male at Barr Lake, Adams County, 28 March 2000, found by Karleen Schofield. So, today's bird at Golden Ponds in Longmont

[cobirds] Tufted Duck, Longmont (Boulder County)

Larry Semo and Steve Mloninow found an immature male, Tufted Duck at Golden Ponds in Longmont. http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/county/bird_a_county.php?name=Boulder#361 Glenn Walbek Castle Rock, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Bir

[cobirds] Red Rocks nice comment.

Hi all who get to go to Red Rocks. I am fortunate to live only 20 minutes away. PATIENCE is best. The winter staff don't seem to have the snack bar operating but they can make hot chocolate and coffee. The back porch is open after 9AM It is a Colorado Welcome Center too. Earlier and any

[cobirds] Harris's Sparrow

Hello all I just happen to look out at my feeder and notice a harris's sparrow coming in, Is been a couple of weeks since the first sighting at my feeder. Good Birding Loch Kilpatrick Parker Co www.flickr.com/photos/lochkilpatrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[cobirds] Re: At Red Rocks (Jeffco), "birder" is a bad word

Tom - Thank you for taking the time to reveal this disturbing news. "Hot spots," such as the current situation at Red Rocks, can be "overbirded." With so many birders at one spot, a few can make it bad for all, now and in the future. Or the sheer number of birders can overwhelm an area, su

Re: [cobirds] Acorn Woodpeckers/La Plata County

Great post, Peter! It made me smile. Tony Leukering Topic: Acorn Woodpeckers/La Plata County Peter Derven Jan 16 07:29AM -0700 ^ Just a note to confirm the little troop of Acorn Woodpeckers soldier on along upper Meadow Road in Rafter J sub-division above Durango in La Plata Coun

[cobirds] Mr Bill

Hi all: I have posted the solution to last week's Mr. Bill Mystery Quiz (www.cfo-link.org). Enjoy, Tony Leukering Villas, NJ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com.

[cobirds] At Red Rocks (Jeffco), "birder" is a bad word

Sorry to send an email like this with a shocking title, but it is not meant for shock value; it is meant hopefully as a wake up call to an unfortunate reputation birders have developed with the staff at Red Rocks. I had quite a surprise this afternoon upon making casual conversation with the lad

[cobirds] Lifetime county lists now available

COBirders, The latest Lifetime county lists are now available on the CFO website. The Horizontal lists will be available as soon as possible. If you have not seen the CFO website in a while I recommend checking it out. To get to the county lists go to the CFO home page: