[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, June 4, 2012

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: June 4, 2012 email:rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, June 4, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message,

[cobirds] Black-chinned Hummingbird x Ruby-throated Hummingbird hybrids

Hello, Birders. Here's an interesting recent paper from Colorado Birds' sister publication in Oklahoma: http://tinyurl.com/bqb6rhc This is the key result: During the course of this study, 30 adult male Ruby-throated hummingbirds, 77 adult male Black-chinned hummingbirds, and 11 male hybrids

[cobirds] Vireos at Chatfield seen sitting down on the job!

Each day since the unusual pairing of a female Yellow-throated Vireo with its mate, a male Plumbeous Vireo, was discovered on May 31, each parent has been seen sitting patiently on their cup-like nest, high in a cottonwood tree. Observers at the Chatfield State Park site have avoided terminal

[cobirds] Bird ID?

http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo/unidentified-bird-1 Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To view this discussion on the web visit

[cobirds] Black-chinned Sparrows - more begging

Hi all, Larry Arnold asked me to fwd this to CObirds... Please reply to him at larnol...@bresnan.net From Larry Arnold: Black-chinned Sparrows - more begging Not the sparrows, ME! I'm submitting a write-up to the Colorado Bird Records Committee and I would like to include ALL

[cobirds] Re: Black-chinned Sparrows - more begging

County? Town?? Karl Stecner Centennial Dick Filby writes: Hi all, Larry Arnold asked me to fwd this to CObirds... Please reply to him at larnol...@bresnan.net From Larry Arnold: Black-chinned Sparrows - more begging Not the sparrows, ME! I'm submitting a

RE: [cobirds] Re: Black-chinned Sparrows - more begging

Ah, yes, oops.. Larry was referring to: Colorado National Monument / Mesa Cty same as the well-watched 2011 birds (@ Devil's Kitchen) -Original Message- From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Karl Stecher Jr. Sent: 04 June 2012 18:14 To:

[cobirds] Dickcissel - E. Boulder County, 4 Jun 2012

While biking along 111th St north of Prince Lake #2 and south of Isabelle Rd (I don't recognize Leon Wurl Pkway), I heard an odd call/song. I stopped and after a couple of minutes, a Dickcissel showed up on the fence singing loudly; popped out of the alfalfa field on the west side of the road.

[cobirds] Yard bird #72 - Summer Tanager - Teller County

Just had yard bird #72 visit my Canada Cherry tree and my feeder platform - 1st spring male Summer Tanager. Didn't stick around long. Didn't expect that. Jeff J Jones ( mailto:jjo...@jonestc.com jjo...@jonestc.com) Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands -- You received this

[cobirds] Cuckoo, Great Crested Flycatcher, Rose-breasted Grosbeak Fort Morgan

On my way to my Brush and Yuma area BBS routes Saturday, I stopped at the Riverside Park in Fort Morgan. While walking the trail along the South Platte, I heard a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Attempting to get a glimpse of the elusive bird, I was distracted by another call. The author of this call was

[cobirds] Black-chinned Sparrows feeding fledgling, NT Canyon, CO Nat'l Mnmt, Mesa Cty

Today, Dan and I were in Colorado National Monument(Mesa County) seeking out west slope specialties,and after checking out the Devil's Kitchen area we decided to try our luck in No Thoroughfare Canyon. We were following a singing Gray Vireo up the trail when we were stopped by an unfamiliar

[cobirds] Fw: Black-chinned Sparrows feeding fledgling, NT Canyon, CO Nat'l Mnmt, Mesa Cty

Sorry, The first message failed. -Forwarded Message- From: Cheryl Teuton Sent: Jun 4, 2012 5:44 PM To: "cobirds@googlegroups.com" Cc: w...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Black-chinned Sparrows feeding fledgling, NT Canyon, CO Nat'l Mnmt, Mesa

[cobirds] Say's Phoebes nested again in 2012, Jefferson

My Say's Phoebes nested again this spring! But unfortunately they chose the old nest box under the eaves over my patio that they have never used and is beyond the reach of my ladder! They had three nest box choices! So, I have to attempt to photograph from a ladder on the sidewalk 20 ft away.

Re: [cobirds] Black-chinned Hummingbird x Ruby-throated Hummingbird hybrids

Excellent article on this hybridization. Thanks to Ted Floyd for sharing the article. SeEtta Moss Canon City On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 6:16 AM, Ted Floyd tedfloy...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello, Birders. Here's an interesting recent paper from Colorado Birds' sister publication in Oklahoma: