[cobirds] Colorado RBA, Thursday, June 10 2011

Date: June 10, 2011 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Joyce Takamine This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 10, 2011 updated at 5:00 AM, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a

[cobirds] Red-headed Woodpecker Larimer County

This is a late post as I was headed out of the country and just returned. On May 31, an adult Red-headed Woodpecker was seen at Owl Canyon Road and SH 287 - a quarter mile from the junction (second house on left heading east). A first for me for Larimer. Tom Hall Livermore, CO -- You received

[cobirds] Broad-winged Hawk - Welchester Tree Park - Jeffco

Birders, The Broad-winged Hawk first found by Lewis continues at Welchester Tree Park as of this a.m. This is the light morph bird. I was not fortunate enough to see the other hawk described by Schottler yesterday but at one point this morning I thought I heard 2 separate hawks calling. There

[cobirds] Lake Estes -- Ovenbird and Chestnut-sided Warbler

I think the clear day in Estes Park while it was overcast in the valley all day yesterday worked in our favor. We saw an ovenbird and a female Chestnut-sided Warbler in the marshy area of the Matthews-Reeser Sanctuary this morning. The ovenbird actually sang briefly at times. I think there

[cobirds] Re: Yellow-crowned Night Heron attempted nesting at Glenmere Park (Weld Co)

The YC Night Heron was posing today on a log; the headline in the Tribune drew a few additional birders as well. One thing I thought was odd was one of the cormorants drying themselves off near the YCNH, The picture is here and the distinct white border around the throat sac is something I'm not

[cobirds] Western gull on swim beach, 5:00 p.m.

As of 5:00 p.m. when I left, the western gull was on the swim beach at Chatfield, mixed in with the geese and few remaining sunbathers. From sometime before 3:00 until just before 4:00, it had been on the Plum Creek delta, then swam out about 50 feet before flying to the north and then west. I

[cobirds] Eagle County sighting

I was hiking up Meadow Mtn near Vail.Ipassed a small marshy area at about 8500 ft and heard a Virginia Rail.I have never had this bird up here in the mtns. Justin Dee Vail Co. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this

[cobirds] FOS Lesser Goldfinches in Woodland Park today

We had our first Lesser Goldfinch pair up here in Woodland Park this morning. Dave _ From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Leon Bright Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 3:15 PM To: COBIRDS Subject: [cobirds] Lesser Goldfinch pair with fledgling(?) in

[cobirds] Broad-winged Hawk/Chestnut-sided Warbler - Welchester Park - Jeffco

Birders, As Tammy hadn't seen the Broad-winged Hawk yet, we went over to Welchester Tree Park about 6 pm and before we could find the hawk, Tammy found a singing female Chestnut-sided Warbler. We first had it near the entry bridge over the little canal and when we left, it was in the SE part of

[cobirds] Chestnut-collared Longspur , Weld County

Cobirders : Bob Shade and myself found a new sign at the gate into the field that traditionally holds Chestnut-collared Longspur , SE quadrant of the intersection of Weld CR 114 and US 85 . You now need to OBTAIN PERMISSION before entering the field , either by telephoning