The field trip I led last Saturday was very productive with all 8
participants getting many views of male several male Bobolinks including a
close view at eye level when a first year male flew in less than 40 feet
away from where we stood in a farmer's field (with permission). The males
sang,
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: May 22, 2012
email:rba AT cfobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Birds Alert for Tuesday, May 22, 2012, sponsored
by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If
you are phoning in a message,
Second day with reasonably good numbers and fun birds. 31 banded and 1
return (plus lots of recaps-mostly Yellow Warblers-from earlier days this
season which I'm omitting from the report):
Least Flycatcher1
House Wren 2
Marsh Wren 1 (FOS, likely only 1 of season)
I just had a Summer Tanager land in front of me at Dixon Reservoir. It sang,
then flew off to chase a bee. It looks like a young male - plenty of
orange-yellow feathers on the belly, but the head was rose red. I got a few pix
- nothing special but they support the ID.
If you look for it, it
For those of you who might have missed it, here is the link to a
well-written (but too brief) article about Colorado's
estimable birders, Urling and Hugh Kingery.
http://www.denverpost.com/athome/ci_20657820/colorado-pairs-home-near-franktown-is-bird-watching
Joe Roller,
Denver
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Greetings!
My research group is focused on comparative studies of barn swallows.
We study this species throughout the world with fine-scale, long term
studies ongoing in Colorado. We are always on the look out for
additional populations of barn swallows. If you have swallows breeding
on your
On my way home from the Trinidad convention, I stopped at the Rouse Road site
(Exit 42 off I-25) for a last look at the Hepatic Tanager. While scanning the
lower dry habitat on the north side of the road, I saw what might be a
Black-chinned Sparrow. Other birders in that location should be on
Dear Dr. Safran et al.,
There is a Barn Swallow currently completing its nest on the light fixture
outside my door on a third floor apartment in Colorado Springs, the Oasis
Apartments. This is the third consecutive year at least one Barn Swallow has
nested at the same location (2 pairs the last
Birders,
Today, I found two Scissor-tailed Flycatchers exhibiting courtship
behavior near John Martin Reservoir in Bent County. I considered posting
the location publicly to cobirds, but have decided that since there are
so few nesting records in Colorado (and none to my knowledge during the
Hi all – my wife Kristin and I did a whirlwind tour of SE Colorado
this weekend. Below is a pretty complete list of what we saw – LOTS
of Western kingbirds, lark buntings, horned larks, and Mississippi
kites. Thanks to Dave and Diane (didn’t get their last names) fresh
from the CFO convention
Today's weird weather (windy and warm to start; then cloudy and windy; then
sun, hot and calm by closing) made for a less productive banding session.
15 new birds, 5 returns from prior years, and 7 birds caught previously this
season (not included below):
Black-capped Chickadee 1
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