Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: January 9, 2012
e-mail: r...@cfobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, January 9, 2012 sponsored
by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If
you are phoning in a message, you can skip the
Yesterday afternoon, the Long-tailed Duck reported by Bill Kaempfer
was easily viewed in the SE bay of Duck Pond in City Park at a
distance of about 20'.
Chuck Lowrie
lowr...@mindspring.com
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On Saturday morning, 1/7/2012, Bill, Todd and I were admiring the
previously reported Long-tailed Duck at Duck Pond at the Denver Zoo/
City Park. Bill Kaempfer suddenly noticed with horror an odd duck that
had the head of one thing and the body of another. Other fearful
monsters of this strain:
Hi All,
Stopped by Bear Creek Lake Park (BCLP) just east of Morrison this
morning to try and locate the two Harris's Sparrows seen earlier in
the winter. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. Just as I
pulled into the entrance of the parking lot at the Boat Launch area,
I
Greetings All,
Sorry for the delayed report, but got home late last night and was at work
early this morning.
Tim Smart and I headed out for NE Colorado yesterday. No Megas, but a good day
of birding, with several uncommon-rare species and HUGE numbers at Jackson and
Jumbo Reservoirs.
High
Early this afternoon (12:58 PM) in mild, sunny weather, I hiked up to
Dinosaur Ridge
and saw a Greater Roadrunner. This was a great experience and it was
especially fun,
as it took a little detective work to close it on it.
The bird was first seen last August by the sharp-eyed Dino Ridge tour
Many people were looking for the Snowy Owls near 138th Ave and Harvest Rd
today, but Mary Burger and I did not find them. I had seen them yesterday
and got lousy, distant 400-mm photos of the snowy juv and the head of the
adult snowy that had just flown to the south side of 138th Ave. I just
COBirders,
I have updated the Lifetime County Lists. As always, if you find any mistakes
please let me know as soon as possible. The Horizontal Lists will be coming as
soon as I can get them finished. There is a lot of work to be done on these as
I am still catching up on the changes to the
