[cobirds] Snowy Plover correction

2011-04-02 Thread Brandon K. Percival
Sorry to bother you all with this, I need to clarify something in my SE Colorado (Otero/Crowley) 4/1 post from yesterday.  I wrote Snowy Plover - 4 at Lake Cheraw -- this beats the early date of April 2nd from the same location a few years back.  I was referring to the early date for the

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, April 2, 2011

2011-04-02 Thread Joyce Takamine
Date: April 2, 2011 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8759 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 5 am, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can

[cobirds] Cranes in San Luis Valley, March 31 April 1

2011-04-02 Thread Purpfinch
Cobirders, Thanks for Ted's thorough info on Cranes in San Luis Valley. On March 31 and the morning April 1, Mary and I saw the immense gathering of SANDHILL CRANES feeding at the Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge. Drive south on State Road 15 from town-center in Monte Vista about 6

[cobirds] Re: Snowy Plover correction

2011-04-02 Thread The Nunn Guy
Myself and I am sure many other birders support this comment == It would be nice if there would be something similar for early and late dates for all the birds in Colorado for the entire state ... :-) Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ On Apr 2, 3:40 am, Brandon K. Percival

[cobirds] Black Phoebe in Otero County

2011-04-02 Thread Duane Nelson
Cobirders, This morning, I headed to the Higbee area south of La Junta. One of the blocks I am doing for the Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas II project is the southeast section of the Higbee 7.5 minute topographic map. While intrepid birders are well aware of the great birding opportunities near

[cobirds] Colo Spgs Hawkwatch, Sat 4/2

2011-04-02 Thread Steven Brown
Hi COBirders, Excellent flying day here early. Warm, sunny and calm, accompanied by much soaring, then windy again after 11:00, and sightings diminished. In addition to soaring birds, it was busy over the foothills with people flying as well - F-16's, military helicopters, military transports,

[cobirds] 3-toed WPs in RMNPark

2011-04-02 Thread Denise Bretting
About 9 a.m. this morning along the Gem Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park, about a mile from the Lumpy Ridge trailhead, I heard, then spotted, a pair of three-toed woodpeckers along with a pair of hairy woodpeckers thoroughly covering an infested ponderosa pine and a few nearby pines.

[cobirds] Mountain Plovers -Lincoln County

2011-04-02 Thread John Vanderpoel
Yesterday while returning from Prowers County, my brother Bill and I decided to search for some Mountain Plovers in Lincoln Co. We found two pair in the overgrazed short grass prairie just south of J Rd about 200 yards east of where it ends at 17 RD. This is west of State Hwy 71. The two pair

[cobirds] Boulder BC 1st Sunday

2011-04-02 Thread Peter Plage
Tomorrows BBC First Sunday bird walk at Walden Ponds is variously listed as starting at 8 or 9 a.m. It starts at 8. We will make some provision for 9 a.m. arrivers. Everyone welcome. Lots of waterfowl sill present. Pete Plage Broomfield Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message

Re: [cobirds] Re: Snowy Plover correction

2011-04-02 Thread Mike Blatchley
Early and late arrivals for the state, an individual county, or even a particular birding location. This and so much more can be extracted from eBird. Unfortunately it may not reflect all written records maintained by county or state bird committees. In addition to current sightings,