[cobirds] Another plea to respect private landowners

2012-02-23 Thread Charles Hundertmark
I received emails today from two Denver Field Ornithologists board members about a conversation they had with a local birder when they were looking for the Snowy Owl east of Barr Lake. The gist of the conversation was that one or more landowners in the area continue to have problems with birders t

[cobirds] Greater Roadrunner Sighted at Dinosaur Ridge February 22 - Jefferson County

2012-02-23 Thread CloverLane
Cobirders, Good news! Dinosaur Ridge's bus driver, Sue, reported seeing the Roadrunner. They posted this on Facebook yesterday. "Rascal the Roadrunner was just spotted on the East Side of Dinosaur Ridge near the footprints. She's never been spotted that far down! But it's good to know she

[cobirds] roommate wanted at convention

2012-02-23 Thread scraig10
Hi Cobirders - I'm planning to attend the CFO Convention in Trinidad, and want to stay at the Holiday Inn headquarters. But the cost of a single room is a bit pricey. I'm looking for a roommate (or roommates) to share the cost. I'd like to room with a female, non-smoker from Thursday night thro

[cobirds] Habitat Stamps at SWA

2012-02-23 Thread John Rawinski
Saw some previous discussion on this. It is my understanding that birders using SWA DO NOT need to have a Habitat Stamp in their possession. This requirement that everyone must have one was lifted a year or so ago. (For me it matters not as I am a sportman and have to get one with my licenses an

[cobirds] 1500 Cranes at Monte Vista Refuge

2012-02-23 Thread John Rawinski
Lisa and I did a quick trip to the refuge this morning. A good number of Cranes are in as well as Cackling and Canada Geese, Pintail, mallards and hawks. Birds are spread out and many more Cranes are likely in the eastern San Luis Valley which did not receive nerarly the snow we had on the west

[cobirds] Colorado National Monument (Mesa) on 20-22Feb2012

2012-02-23 Thread Dave Leatherman
I snuck in three visits to Colorado National Monument during a recent Extension Service workshop and had the following highlights (none of them unusual for the place but fun for an east-slope visitor): Loggerhead Shrike (1a) along Monument Drive leading from near downtown Grand Junction to the

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, February 23, 2012

2012-02-23 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: February 23, 2012 e-mail: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, February 23, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a mess