[cobirds] Red phalarope continues

I made a quick trip up to Boulder Reservoir to take a look for the red phal. Unlike most such excursions that I make, I was successful. The bird was seen from the path/road on the dam. It was hanging around in the general vicinity of the northmost couple of floating (fishing?) platforms. Th

[cobirds] Cassin's Kingbird, Panama Res., Boulder County

I decided to search for the Cassin's Kingbird fter work today that Ted Floyd reported on Saturday. I didn't have high hopes, but it was on my way home. Turning from County Line Rd. onto Niwot Rd. I saw a bird flying parallel with me while I was driving west. Sure enough, Cassin's Kingbird. "The

[cobirds] American Pipits west of Longmont

I was walking my dog in undeveloped land west of Silver Creek High School in west Longmont yesterday (9/18) when six American Pipits flew over and landed across the creek and proceeded to forage amid the Kochia and bindweed. I'm guessing they are all this year's youngsters because they were all a b

[cobirds] Prothonotary Warbler Larimer County

The Prothonotary Warbler continues today 9/19 at Lake Estes in the area previously reported. I was able to observe and photograph it for a half hour, 10:45-11:15 AM, when I had to leave. Generally, it was working the edge of the lake past the point methodically, sometimes alone or in the company

[cobirds] CBR Banding Summary- 9/17 & 9/19

Hi CoBirders! We've had some interesting influx patterns for the past few days at Chico- usually pretty slow going early on, leading us to expect a slow day, but picking up late morning. Here are the summaries for Saturday and today: 9/17: Northern Flicker (intergrade)- 1 (first of season) Hammo

[cobirds] RMBO Barr Banding Station Update, 9/19/11

Started busy, then slowed down quickly. For one of the only days this season, Wilson's dominated, plus we had our first mini-flock of White-crowned Sparrows. Fewer recaps; most birds seemed to be new arrivals with minimal fat. Here are the new birds banded (total 29): Downy Woodpecker1

[cobirds] White-winged dove in Trinidad

For the first time since Aug. 1 a White-winged dove showed up at my home in Trinidad on 1200 Santa Fe Trail by Jefferson at 10:00 with Collared Doves Pat Snider 719-846-3174 pinyon...@aol.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group

[cobirds] Prothonotary Warbler glimpsed at Lake Estes, Larimer County, 9/19; also Dusky Grouse in RMNP (too long)

Thanks to Gary Matthews for reporting this fine warbler a few days ago, and thanks to Cole Wild and Nancy Gobris for posting updates and excellent directions. I arrived today at 0645 and searched the Matthews Reeser nature area, finding the "Golden Swamp Warbler" at 0730 in mountain birch shrubs n

[cobirds] Boulder Birds; 19 Sep 2011

I had a couple of nice surprises today. This morning I had a female Northern Flicker at 11,400 feet on Niwot Ridge. The only other birds up there were White-crowned Sparrows, American Pipits and Gray-headed Juncos. No ptarmigan This afternoon I saw and photographed a BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD at

[cobirds] Ovenbird, Am Redstart, CBR Monday

Hi COBirders, Banding report to follow, but we had among the usual suspects 2 more Ovenbirds (1 new, 1 recapture from Saturday) and 2 Am Redstarts, (1 new F and the 1 spankin' M from last week). Today was also a W Tanager day - with about 6 banded. Steve Brown Colorado Springs -- You recei

[cobirds] Thank you for info on stabilized binoculars

Thank you to all who responded with good suggestions for stabilized binoculars for my friend's brother. He now has lots of ideas for a solution to his problem! Your emails were much appreciated! Kay Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D. Niyo Scientific Communications Kay Niyo Photography

[cobirds] Nunn Birds/Weld

Yesterday/or this morning in (Nunn) yard ... Wren-might be Winter but didn't get very long look (yesterday) so I'll call it a "wren"; seemed just as tiny as the kinglets. It was hiding in all of our "shrubbery". Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (both days) "Nunn Woods" and cemetery Townesend's Warbler -

[cobirds] Blue jays sounding like hawks?

Hi all, On Saturday I thought I heard a hawk (that piercing whistle that fades) in my neighborhood, but never saw it. Heard it again yesterday followed by the gurgling noise that blue jays make. So am I hearing blue jays mimicking hawks? If so, they're darn talented! Thanks. -- Kristy Lantz Astr

[cobirds] NE Colorado Sunday

Nine of us explored the north central plains yesterday. The birding was still fairly slow, but there were a few goodies out there. Still many Empidonax flycatchers, catbirds, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, etc. joined by a few Kinglets, Juncos and Townsend's Solitaires for a nice mix of birds during thi

[cobirds] Colorado RBA, Monday September 19, 2011

compiler:  Joyce Takamine Date:   September 19, 2011 e-mail: rba@cfo-link phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, September 19, 2011 updated at 5:00 am, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.  If you are phoning in a message,