Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: February 10, 2012
e-mail: rba AT cfobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 10, 2012,
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory. If you are phoning in a
Folks,
Some other larophiles chimed in on the pale Thayer's Gull I mentioned
yesterday, suggesting it may be an Iceland Gull. I studied that particular
bird and I don't necessarily disagree, just erroring on the side of caution as
it was in the realm of THGU/ICGU no-man's-land as far as
Good Morning All,
When I arrived at the feeders behind the Red Rocks Trading Post this
morning a couple of minutes past seven, the flock of about 50 Rosy-
Finches were already present on the cliffs to the south. I spread
some seed out on the rock wall and they came in and fed for a few
This morning Cindy Valentine and I saw the Barrow's Goldeneye that Richard
Trinkner had reported earlier on the Platte River just south of 88th in
Thornton. We were walking about a mile south of the parking lot on the paved
path by the River. However, this time we saw a pair of the
Birders,
I took a few minutes late this afternoon to go to Dinosaur Ridge and took a
tub of suet with me to leave for the Roadrunner in case he has survived the
snow and cold. I left the suet up on a ledge near a tree not too far from
the curve. I hope it finds it and I hope it helps.
Ira
