At about 7:00 this morning, we spotted a Red Throated Loon in breeding
plumage at Cherry Creek State Park. The bird was best seen from the area of
the boat house (we walked down to the small floating dock there). This is
at the more southwest end of the Lake Loop. The bird was actively feeding
This morning there was a male Eastern Towhee singing at Plaster Reservoir
in Broomfield. It was in the SE corner of the reservoir near the viewing
deck. Plaster Reservoir is behind residences in the NE quadrant of Lowell
and 136th Ave.
This is a new Broomfield County bird for me.
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I saw the bird last Monday and got a few shots myself.
Here are two of them
http://www.pbase.com/nikonjeannie/image/134008805
http://www.pbase.com/nikonjeannie/image/134008812
Right near it and the double crested Cormorants was a red breasted
Merganser.
Jeannie Girard
Aurora
On Mon, Apr
On my commute this morning so some behavior that is new for me in my
ten years of being up here. Six Swainson's Hawks roosting on a single
tree (the famous (only) one between WCR 27 and WCR 23 along WCR
100). Pics of them and other morning birds (Burrowing Owls (6 so far,
last year 25+)
Denver Field Ornithologists
April 2011 Field Trips
Wednesday, April 20 Chatfield Reservoir
Leader: Bob Shade, 303-975-2476.
Meet at 0700 at Swim Beach just after the west entrance to Chatfield State
Park. Park pass required (can pay for the day at the entrance kiosk). 1⁄
2 day.
Hello Everyone,
I am visiting Colorado from April 30-May 8 with a couple other
birders. We will be mainly targeting grouse/prairie-chickens and high
altitude species (especially owls). We plan on visiting Wray;
Elkhart, Kansas; Gunnison; Grand Mesa; Hayden/Craig/Steamboat area;
Loveland Pass;
Hi CObirders,
Today, Rick Clawges and I birded a few bodies of water located on Fort Carson.
The weather was a lovely mix of sun, rain, wind, and slushy hail balls.
In no particular order, we observed the following birds:
Hooded Merganser - 1 female
Wilson's Snipe - 7
Black-chinned
Cobirders,
Yesterday, I sought expert advice on the colored band combination I
observed on one of three Hudsonian Godwits at Neenoshe Reservoir in
Kiowa County, Colorado (I failed to mention that two southeast Colorado
birders, Stan Oswald and Janeal Thompson dropped everything and joined
me
Birders,
On my way home from Greeley today I stopped by Plasters Reservoir to search
for the Eastern Towhee. I arrived about 3 pm. There was a couple there
looking for the bird without any luck. They left a little too early as at
about 4 pm, as I was leaving, I heard the Towhee sing from the
Tonight I had 2 Western Kingbirds on the south side of Louviers.This is 3
weeks earlier then I've ever recorded
in 19 years in town.
Tom Halverstadt
Louviers
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Yes, an Eastern Phoebe at the bridge across Plum Creek near the Plum Creek
Delta parking lot. It popped right out to check the song of its species on
the Nat Geo app on my new iPod Touch. (Don't worry I shut it off
immediately.) Also a Peregrine Falcon in the marshland south of the old
nature
Hi all,
Highlights of a great day in the Denver area.
Genesee Park this morning yielded several nice Williamson's Sapsuckers and
all three nuthatch spp..
Red Rocks late morning / early afternoon : all four sparrows at the
Trading Post feeders (Golden-crowned, White-crowned, White-throated
D.F.O. Monthly Meeting
Jeffrey A. Gordon - The New President of ABA
What's New at the ABA? / Birding Quiz Show
Monday, April 25, 2011
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
7:30 p.m.
DFO is pleased to welcome Jeff Gordon to our podium and to Colorado
and the Colorado
Dinosaur Ridge
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 19, 2011
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