[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: August 22, 2012 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, August 22, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning

[cobirds] Possible Golden-winged Warbler at Manitou Lake, Teller County

This morning I believe I saw a Golden-winged Warbler just north and east of the spillway bridge at the lake's outlet. I was looking at a Black-capped Chickadee in some willow shrubs south of the dam. I then saw a grey warbler-sized bird with a golden crown and subseqently I saw golden patches

[cobirds] CBR, El Paso Co, Wednesday

Hi COBirders, I was at Chico Basin Ranch - the Holmes Grove, this morning doing some preliminary clearing before the banding station opens up after Labor Day. I got pretty good looks at several migrants including: 15 Com Nighthawks, all together, about 1100 Black-chinned Hummingbird female

[cobirds] Re: CBR, El Paso Co, Wednesday

Can someone post helpful cheat sheet ... :-) ... Fall identification tips for our common, not singing empids? Nick K did nice job here for one of them: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo/id-help-3 Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile:

[cobirds] Changing of the (Avian) Guard, Aug. 22nd

Hello, Birders. It's that time of year... Location: Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County. Date: Wed., Aug. 22nd. At 4:23 a.m. a Chipping Sparrow--symbolic of the great mid-summer nocturnal molt-migration across Colorado--flew over. We'll still be hearing them (increasingly, presumed

RE: [cobirds] Brewster's Warbler... PICTURES

Here is a link to the pictures. Not great, but good enough for confirmation. http://www.acdseeonline.com/share-view/JJ272/OWy4zDfGyfGtK1KHEME2/ Jeff J Jones ( mailto:jjo...@jonestc.com jjo...@jonestc.com) Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands From: cobirds@googlegroups.com

[cobirds] YMCA

Hi All, This afternoon at the YMCA banding site we caught three Wilson's Warblers a juvinile Western Wood Pewee and had a Northern Goshawk fly through. Also this afternoon we had an adult Peregrine chasing crows above the house. Migration has begun. We are also begining our Boreal Owl banding

[cobirds] Recent Summit County Bird Sightings

Aug 22 a.m.pair of SwansLocation: Farmers Korner on the south shore of Lake Dillon Aug 21 7 pm Great Blue Heron Dillon Preserve on the lake shore as one would walk-into the Preserve.

Re: [cobirds] Possible Golden-winged Warbler - YES - Brewster's Warbler...

I went to look for the Brewster's Warbler after work today. I did not find it but I did find the waterthrush. While I was there the light was poor and not much was moving except a few yellow-rumps and the waterthrush. Robb Hinds Colorado Springs On Aug 22, 2012 1:44 PM, Jeff J Jones

[cobirds] Chatfield Water Project

Hi Cobirders - The deadline for comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Chatfield Reallocation Project is coming up on Sept. 6. The project, if carried out, would eliminate someof the richest bird habitat in the State, the riparian forests and wetlands along 0.7 miles of

[cobirds] Blue Grosbeak Nest - BCLP - Jeffco

Wanted to share this story with folks. This morning Alison Kondler was riding her bike in Bear Creek Lake Park (BCLP) and discovered a Blue Grosbeak nest. She emailed me from her cell phone between 9:30 and 10:00 A.M. sending a description of the location and a picture of the shrub and

[cobirds] Manitou Lake Waterthrush ID help

I have posted a few pictures of the waterthrush that was first seen by Jeff Jones earlier today. We would like for people to provide their opinion on whether this is a Northern or Louisiana Waterthrush. The photos can be viewed on my pbase website. http://www.pbase.com/robbphoto/inbox Thanks.