[cobirds] Long-eared Owl/Larimer

2012-02-09 Thread The Nunn Guy
I finally walked the huge wind break at Wellington SWA on LCR 64 about .25m east of Frontage Road on east side of I25 this morning on commute to work. The wind break is about half-mile long, has very mature trees and you can walk both sides and within it most places. Long-eared Owl - 1 Merlin -

[cobirds] The trumpeter swan , Red-neck grebe are still be seen at valmont ponds in boulder

2012-02-09 Thread lochla...@yahoo.com
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[cobirds] Missed ID Giving, Tundra Swan not Trumpeter Swan

2012-02-09 Thread loch kilpatrick
Sorry for the wrong ID  on the Swan It should of been Tundra not Trumpeter Swan. Hope no one went chasing the Trumpeter.  Thanks Chris Loch Kilpatrick,  Parker Co www.flickr.com/photos/lochkilpatrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado

[cobirds] Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins (Larimer) on 1/9

2012-02-09 Thread Dave Leatherman
In an attempt to collect my thoughts about tonight's talk on Grandview Cemetery (7pm, FC Senior Center, 1200 Raintree), I went to, where else?, Grandview Cemetery for a nice walk. Highlights: CASSIN'S FINCH (1 female) - a species I have seen fewer than 10 times at GC since 1974 (top of a

[cobirds] Lesser Black-backed Gull,Centennial Park, Arapahoe County

2012-02-09 Thread Art Hudak
Hello Birders, I observed the Lesser Black-backed Gull (adult) today about 75' from shore on the edge of the ice shelf. Since my last post about this Gull on 1/5/12 I have observed the Gull on 11 separate occasions at this location. In addition there was an adult Herring Gull and 3rd cycle

[cobirds] Metro Gulls, 02/09

2012-02-09 Thread Glenn and Laurie
Cherry Creek Reservoir: Glaucous Gull (1st cycle) Thayer's Gull (2 adults) Lesser Black-backed Gull (2nd cycle) Anthem Pond: Mew Gull (adult) Lesser Black-backed Gull (2 adults) Thayer's Gull (several adult and 1st cycle birds, 1 was very pale) California Gull (adult) Siena Pond: Mew Gull

[cobirds] Pueblo County raptors etc, 2/9

2012-02-09 Thread Brandon K. Percival
Five birders in four cars drove county roads east of Pueblo this morning, looking for Snowy Owls and other raptors and other birds.  We didn't see any Snowy Owls, though two Peregrine Falcons (Leon Bright and I both saw one, different birds), Merlin, Bald and Golden Eagles, Ferruginous Hawks

[cobirds] More Gulls (Larimer County)

2012-02-09 Thread Nick Komar
Seems to have been a nice influx of gulls to northern Colorado. I heard from others that good numbers of loafing/staging gulls were at Horseshoe and Loveland Lakes in Loveland this afternoon, and that they flew off towards the southwest at the end of the day. I joined Cole Wild at dusk to check