[cobirds] cranes - Centennial/Arapahoe 10/11; yard birds

Yesterday, Thursday 10/11, at 1147 AM, I had 125 cranes high overhead at Holly and Orchard, Centennial/Arapahoe, reorganizing into a V. Might these be the same ones seen shortly before this at 120th? Yard birds of note today (location as above) and recently: today - male and female spotted

[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, El Paso County

COBirders, While at Fountain Creek Nature Center this morning there was a diverse flock of expected birds at the feeders. Among the mixed flock was a first winter / tan-striped White-throated Sparrow foraging on the ground. Is this a big year for WCSPs? Ken Pals -- You received this message beca

[cobirds] Southeastern CO 9-12October

It had been fairly slow in the Lamar area (Prowers) and Bent/Baca Counties Tues thru Thursday of this week. Today was better.\ 9October Palm Warbler (1 western) Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar Chestnut-collared Longspurs (heard)" Indigo Bunting (1f) Riverside Cemetery in Lamar Swamp Sparrow (

[cobirds] Jackson still good, Morgan County

Hello COBirders, I visited Jackson Reservoir this afternoon and found some of the shorebirds mentioned by Joey Kellner & Mark Miller a week ago, including American Golden-Plover. Three flocks of Sandhill Cranes flew overhead--a Bald Eagle too, which riled the shorebirds. A good place to sco

[cobirds] report from Friday morning banding 10/12/12 at Clear Springs Ranch

Cobirders:   Friday 10/12/12 was a busy morning banding at Clear Springs Ranch (CSR)* until the front came in and it was too windy. We banded 32 new birds of 11 different species. We had 11 recaptures from earlier this Fall and We had good recaptures: 2 Gambel’s White-crowned Sparrows, one banded

[cobirds] Flagler SWA, Kit Carson Co.

Folks, Loch Kilpatrick, Kathy Mihm Dunning, Gene Rutherford and I had a great day birding Flagler SWA. The wind was stiff early on but relented some as the day elapsed and temperatures warmed. The number of warblers in eastern Colorado is clearly diminishing as only a few Yellow-rumped Warble

[cobirds] Stellars Jay in west Centennial, Arapahoe County - Denver Southside Suburb

We had a Stellar's jay in our little townhouse yard in west Centennial today, first one ever in the 8 years we've lived at this location. Made me feel a little better since I'm apparently the only person in Colorado who hasn't seen or heard a sandhill crane this migration season. We've been

[cobirds] RMBO--GJ Banding Wk 3

Here is a summary for the third week of banding in Grand Junction. We got rained out today, so we only banded for four days. This week we caught a total of 58 birds from 6 species. All 20 Bushtits were caught on one day, in one net. To see a photo of the Brown Creeper, check out the Rocky Mount

[cobirds] N Boulder finches

Today a bright male Cassin's finch and at least one female made several appearances at our feeders. A shy female Evening Grosbeak was also present. The Harris's sparrow, which was still around yesterday, was not seen today. Alan Bell Boulder -- You received this message because you are subscri

[cobirds] News frm Crow Valley CPGD

Hi 27 species in 2 hours, highlights 2 Golden-crowned Kinglets, about 10 Hermit Thrushes, 3-5 White-throated Sparrows, Mountain and Eastern Bluebirds next to each other on same wire. Only 1 each Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatch, significant decrease in Red-breasted numbers from late su

[cobirds] Sandhil Cranes

On Tuesday Oct. 9 we had a group of about 15 cranes fly over our house in central Denver - heard them first, then sighted them up very high.Polly ReetzDenver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email t

[cobirds] RMBO Barr Banding Station Report, 10/10/12

An incredible day! Working in partnership with the technical wizards from DMNS, we had a live feed into classrooms, showing birds and answering questions from school kids. Three sessions with multiple schools, literally from coast to coast, culminating in a 4th session with kids from Aurora in th

[cobirds] likely PACIFIC WREN in Pueblo on Oct 12

I heard, then saw, and then photographed a likely PACIFIC WREN in Pueblo today.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonsbirdphotos/  The bird was with a flock of other birds, west of Valco Ponds parking lot.  There is a road that follows the telephone poles, it was near where another road heads of

[cobirds] Sapsucker at Last Chance, probably an adult, male Yellow-bellied

I took some sketchy photos of an adult sapsucker at Last Chance today, and among other field marks, there is black surrounding red on the throat. Looks like what field guides show as an adult male YB Sap. In an hour, from 0930 til 1030, I and two others saw neither the Hermit or the Black-throated

[cobirds] Home feeder birds/new today

Hi cobirders, This morning I had a flock of 20 Common Grackles come to the Chokecherry tree and check out the feeder there. It is neat the way they puff out their chest to make a long squack . There were a couple of Redwing blackbirds traveling with them. Also two Black-capped Chickadee

[cobirds] Sandhill Crane/Nunn

Hundreds flying overhead ... also had Rock Wren in yard. Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@goo

[cobirds] HERMIT WARBLER yes @ Last Chance

At 7:18 this morning the Hermit Warbler flew out of the elm by the mailboxes and flew north. I lost out around the area of the fire station. I was not sure if I could walk on there. Todd Deininger Longmont, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colora

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, Friday, October 12, 2012

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: October 12, 2012 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 12, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are