[cobirds] Least Bittern at Holcim Wetland, Fremont; RN Grebe at Pueblo Reservoir; other nearby highlights

Greetings All, Today, Tim Smart and I headed down towards the Florence/Canon City/Pueblo Res area for a change of pace. At Holcim Wetlands, we had a LEAST BITTERN repeatedly "singing" from the marsh, though we couldn't lay eyes in it. The woods at the back end of Holcim turned up a Western Scr

[cobirds] Re: Possible Juvenile Krieder's / Lakewood-Jeffco

Further inspection of more guides than the one we had along at the time has me considering juv. Swainson's. Film at eleven. Dave -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.

[cobirds] Possible Juvenile Krieder's / Lakewood-Jeffco

On a walk around Main Reservoir today (Kipling and Florida), Deb and I saw a large, entirely white-headed raptor, with dark moustachial stripes like a falcon today. We were on the Kipling side of the res, looking down at the tops of the light poles this bird was flying one-to-the-next, for a wh

[cobirds] El Paso county - American Avocet (picture)

This bird was in the agricultural pond next to Squirrel Creek road (1 mile east of Link road). There were lots of interesting shorebirds in this pond last year during April but they tend to not stick around for long. http://avoapples.com/birds/IMG_2190_cr.jpg Bill bill_ko...@msn.com Colorado S

[cobirds] REEVE, Bonny Reservoir, 4/8

Vaughan Ashby, a visiting birder from the UK, reports a REEVE (female Ruff) at Bonny Reservoir, seen from the dam this afternoon about 1 PM, with a flock of other shorebirds. He did not get photographs but is quite familiar with the species and reports seeing key field marks including the distinct

[cobirds] Two Toulouse Geese found on private property in East Boulder

Yesterday two Toulouse geese wandered into the yard of a friend. They were caught and now at a small farm on 75th Street (waiting for the owner to claim them). They are in good hands. Please contact me at (303) 939-9273 (not at my listed email)-- if you are the owner. -- You received this message

[cobirds] San Luis Lake Birdz

Lisa and I birded San Luis Lake while the kids played on the dunes. I recently heard that they will not fill San Luis Lake, so the water is very low with lots of shoreline and mudflats. Birding was good with the following: Baird's Sandpiper Least sandpiper Western Sandpiper Bonapartes, Ring-bil

[cobirds] Trumpeter Swan, Duck Lake, Larimer County

This morning, the Trumpeter Swan continued at Duck Lake, along Larimer CR32 (a couple miles west of the Windsor Exit on I25). Its head was quite gray, suggesting a fairly young age, although the body appeared all white. Telescope needed here. Nick Komar Fort Collins CO www.pbase.com/quetzal --

[cobirds] Common Loon (alternate plumage) Pueblo Res. 4/8

There was alternate plumage Common Loon at Pueblo Reservoir this morning, it was in the north east corner of the Reservoir, near the dam.  In Rock Canyon below the dam, there were my first of the spring, singing "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warblers.  Also, I saw my first Bank Swallow of the spring

[cobirds] rabbit hunts in southeastern CO

I made a typo in my response to Virginia Simmons: the period of the hunts that reported killing 32,000 jackrabbits in Prowers and Las Animas Counties should read "1893-1895". The reference for this is: Warren, E. R. 1942. The mammals of Colorado. Second ed., Univ. Oklahoma Press, Norman, 330 p

Re: [cobirds] Nonbirding question

Virginia et al, I suspect the answer to your question is complicated and involves more than one factor. In reading about our two jackrabbit species in Mammals of Colorado (by Fitzgerald, Meaney, and Armstrong), some of the more pertinent factors determining their population levels seem to be:

[cobirds] FOS Violet Green Swallow

My FOS Violet Green Swallows showed up this morning in my Roxborough yard. I've got the hummer feeder out, but no birds yet. Also, a scary number of early grasshoppers! Regards -Greg Pasquariello Roxborough CO Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[cobirds] Western Sandpiper/Weld

Route: Antelope Reservoir=>Crom lake=>WCR 31/84 Marsh=>Weld Dump=>Drake Lake=>WCR 29/80 marsh=>WCR 31/80 pond=>Eaton Cemetery=>Cozzens Lake=>Glenmere Park=>35th Ave; Fst; O st gravel ponds=>Seeley lake=>Neuman's Lake=>Neff Lake 50 species Highlights: Burrowing Owl - 1 @ WCR 100/33 .25 E; 2

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, April 8, 2012

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: April 8, 2012 e-mail: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Birds Alert for Sunday, April 8, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, yo

[cobirds] Nonbirding question

When birdwatching in rural areas in Colorado in Colorado, have you observed a decline in numbers of Jackrabbits in the past 15-20 years? If so, do you have any explanation, anecdotal or scientific, such as predators, disease, climate, human activity, habitat change? Thank you. Virginia Simmon