[cobirds] Canon City update: Red-naped Sapsucker, American Dipper and Black Phoebe

2012-09-26 Thread SeEtta Moss
Yesterday I again saw a very early (for this elevation) American Dipper in the Arkansas River, this time west of 1st Street where I also saw a Black Phoebe again. Also in this area about a dozen Cedar Waxwings fed noisily in the trees. The Canon City Riverwalk has been quiet for the past several

[cobirds] Florence River Park Tuesday: Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Black & Eastern Phoebes and White-throated Swifts

2012-09-26 Thread SeEtta Moss
I returned to Florence River Park yesterday and found it very birdy (best in a long time). There were still good numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers feeding on the leaf mining insect infestation (more on that in a later post) with continuing Orange-crowned and Wilson's Warblers. The Eastern Phoebe

[cobirds] report from Wednesday 9/26/12 morning banding at Clear Springs Ranch

2012-09-26 Thread David Elwonger
Cobirders: It was a nice Fall morning but slow banding at Clear Springs Ranch (CSR).* We banded 5 new birds of 3 different species. We had 7 recaptures from earlier this Fall. Our list: Blue Jay, 1 Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow, 3 Hermit Thrush, 1 Plus Recaptures: Banded at CSR this

[cobirds] CBR pictures for Tuesday, Wednesday

2012-09-26 Thread Steven Brown
HI COBirders, If you would like to view a Picasa album of pictures from CBR for Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak, here is the link< https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=sbrown37&target=ALBUM&id=5792638909131467249&authkey=Gv1sRg

RE: [cobirds] Arctic Tern continues at Chatfield

2012-09-26 Thread Ira Sanders
Birders, The tern was present after 2:00 today. Ira Sanders Golden, CO From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of jun...@comcast.net Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:58 AM To: cobirds@googlegroups.com Subject: [cobirds] Arctic Tern continues at Chatfie

[cobirds] Arctic Tern continues at Chatfield

2012-09-26 Thread jun...@comcast.net
Seen from the shore west of fisherman's pier. Glenn Walbek Castle Rock, CO Sent from afield -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send em

RE: [cobirds] owl question

2012-09-26 Thread larry arnold
Scott, Apologies for totally botching my first answer to your RFI! My sane response (I hope) follows below at / I'm hoping we can meet someday - I've really enjoyed reading your posts on COBIRDS! During one winter about ten years ago we had a Northern Pygmy-owl /NOPO/ routinely in our

[cobirds] CBR Wednesday - Rose-breasted Grosbeak

2012-09-26 Thread Steven Brown
Hi COBirders, Oops - in all of the excitement today - I forgot the last bird we caught at noon - a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak - our FIFTH banded since Saturday! Pics available soon, as well. Steve Brown Colo Spgs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[cobirds] Swainson's Hawk Behavior - Jefferson County

2012-09-26 Thread mike
Hi All, As we were eating breakfast this morning with a guest from Alaska, we observed an adult male light morph Swainson's Hawk walking and eating earthworms on the golf fairway behind our house. I'm not sure if the bird was one of the pair that mated in the area this summer or a recen

[cobirds] CBR, El Paso Co, Wednesday - Black-throated Blue WarblerS, Scarlet Tanager

2012-09-26 Thread Steven Brown
Hi COBirders, full report to follow. It was DEAD this morning at Chico Basin Ranch. Only one banded thrush between 7:00 and 9:00! Then a new wave arrived about 9:30, and we caught and banded TWO Black-throated Blue Warblers (both hatch-year males. That was real fun (pics available soon), then

[cobirds] Arctic Tern pics

2012-09-26 Thread Glenn and Laurie
Folks, Joe Roller had located the ARTE just before I arrived. It was west of the fisherman's pier and best viewed from the edge of the lake there. It never came in close to shore as these pictures demonstrate. Instead it stayed on the center buoys and fished the middle part of the west lake,

[cobirds] Good Mixed Flocks Larimer

2012-09-26 Thread Elaine Coley
Hi All, I couldn't find Rachel Hopper's Yellow-throated Warbler, but I've had a few real good mixed flocks along the trail between Taft and Wilson in Loveland the last couple of days. The Woodbine (Virginia Creeper) has good berries and so do the Russian Olives. Here's a list of what I've seen:

[cobirds] Palm Warbler continues at Belmar, Jefferson County Sept 26

2012-09-26 Thread Douglas Kibbe
At least one of the Palm Warblers previously reported continues at Belmar Historic Park in Lakewood. The bird was seen lurking in the willows near the wooden viewing platform on the southwest corner of the Lake before moving along the shore to the west. Numerous Yellow-rumped and Orange-crowned

[cobirds] Re: Question: Burrowing owls anywhere?

2012-09-26 Thread The "Nunn Guy"
Not too many Burrowing Owls around this time of year. There was one at WCR 100/WCR 33 .25m E of intersection on WCR 100 on N. Also, one at WCR 96/37 about .5m S on WCR 37 on W. WCR=Weld CR At DIA loop there are a few: BURROWING OWLS at the prairie dog town at 3.4 miles east of Tower Road &

[cobirds] Re: Question: Burrowing owls anywhere?

2012-09-26 Thread kickback
Hi Christine, If you get any good replies I would appreciate it if you would forward them to me. I have unsuccessfully looked for burrowing owls at Big Johnson and Chico Ranch but I need some specificity so i can find them in these multi-thousand acre expances! Thanks Bill Kosar bill_ko.

[cobirds] ARCTIC TERN continues at Chatfield State Park (Jefferson/Douglas)

2012-09-26 Thread Joey Kellner
Glenn Walbek reports that the adult alternate plumaged Arctic Tern is still present. The bird alternates between flying around the center of Chatfield Reservoir (not yet observed coming near shore) and standing on one of the bouys in the center of the reservoir. The best viewing can be from on

[cobirds] Question: Burrowing owls anywhere?

2012-09-26 Thread birdingspacepig
September 26, 2012 I received a telephone message yesterday evening from a local film maker. She wanted to know if burrowing owls were still in the area and where she could go to film them? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you! Christine A. Bucher Perched on the edge of Palmer Park, C

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, Wednesday, September 26, 2012

2012-09-26 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: September 26, 2012 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, September 26, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are pho