Thanks, Linda, for bringing our attention to these two sick/injured geese. I
may be able to arrange for dead birds to be tested for avian influenza, so I
would appreciate receiving any reports privately of accessible, relatively
fresh carcasses of birds. You can send reports directly to my email
While unsuccessfully looking for the Tufted Duck at Golden ponds in
Longmont we came upon 2 sick or injured Geese in between ponds 2 and
3. From afar the first goose we spied looked to be caught in fishing
line because it flapped wings but went no where. When we got close
with a knife to cu
In response to Norman's request about open water near Longmont, Heron Lake at
Pella Crossing has some open water with lots of various ducks. I scanned it
for the Tufted Duck on my lunch break today, but didn't see it there, but is
maybe worth another look.
Tony Wilk
Longmont, CO
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Juv. Long-tailed Duck hanging out in the Poudre River with a group of
C. Goldeneyes (10). If you park at the North Shields Pond parking lot
and walk on the trail directly west until you hit the river (check dam
right there), the group was hanging up in this area and a little
further upstream. I h
At about 5pm this evening I saw the Leucistic Red-Winged Blackbird back at
the Twin Lakes in Gunbarrel. Here is the link to the pics. Not the
greatest pics with my point and shoot in bad lighting. We also saw the mama
and papa GH Owls in their usual spot near the lake. They were flirting, I
beli
Thanks Bryan, greatly appreciated!
Glenn Walbek
Castle Rock, CO
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Norm and other interested parties,
Here is a link to a quick trip I made around the area looking for open water
this afternoon. I have mapped all of the locations I passed and their amount
of
open water.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=204169457769602036467.00049a278359
Press release on the three whoopers found dead in Georgia late last month.
http://www.fws.gov/southeast/news/2011/11-004.html
Dennis Garrison
Paonia, Delta County
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For those of us who did not have a chance to see the Tufted Duck
yesterday, could those who live in the area please post any open water
they know of so it can be looked for in likely places.
Norman Erthal
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Hi all,
So much for field guides, at least North American-based ones. In none of the
guides I looked at (Nat Geo, Sibley, Complete Guide Birds of NA, and some other
more obscure ones) did the illustration or text indicate that immature males
could be brown. However, after looking at several
As of 10:30 no TUDU was found at Golden Ponds and the hole in the ice w as
frozen over from this morning. All the ponds west of Golden Ponds and south of
Ninth Ave are frozen over.
Izaak Walton Park on Sunset has open water and only goldeneyes. Union Res. is
completely frozen. Th e grave
COBirders,
I asked Peter Pyle (author of "Identification to North American Birds") to
look at my pics of the Tufted Duck: http://www.pbase.com/hopko/tufted_duck
and to give me his expert opinion on age and sex. It is his conclusion that
this bird is a first-year male as previously determined by La
I am leaving work and was going to go by Golden Ponds, anyone sighted the duck
today? Elena Klaver
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Elena holly klaver
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Date: 18 January 2011
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phone: 303-659-8750
compiler: Allison Hilf
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 7 am
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory.
If you are phoning in a message, you c
Unless otherwise noted, these events are held at the Unitarian
Universalist Church of Boulder, 5001 Pennsylvania Ave. (off 55th St.
between Arapahoe and Baseline) and begin at 7:15 PM.
Scheduled Programs and Events:
Tues. January 25: Bill Schmoker, "100 Years of Boulder Christmas Bird Counts"
Wh
Searched before work today at Golden ponds with no luck. Not much light when I
left at 6:45, but Sue Riffe searched after I left and did not find it either.
Most ponds in the area are frozen.
Todd Deininger
Longmont, CO
"Only the muddy fox lives"
Todd Deininger
Longmont, CO
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