[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow, Jefferson Co.

2012-10-28 Thread Tina Jones
One adult White-throated Sparrow [white-striped] was seen in my yard today at 4400 Bow Mar Dr., Littleton. Seems to be a major fall for these Sparrows. If the bird stays I'll post again, although they seem to be pretty easy to find this year. Happy Birding!Tina JonesLittleton, Jefferson Coun

[cobirds] Greater White-fronted Geese and dark Harlan's Hawk back in Canon City today

2012-10-28 Thread SeEtta Moss
The flock of 8 Greater White-fronted Geese that I posted earlier this week were back in the ag fields on the east side of MacKenzie Ave about a 1/2 north of the Arkansas River--about 6 pm. Earlier today I spotted a dark Harlan's Hawk flying over Canon City. It was distant so views were through my

[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow Arap County

2012-10-28 Thread carol-blackard
The backyard just keeps giving: adult White-throated Sparrow and two Brown Creepers plus Townsend's Solitaire and Spotted Towhee. Also juncos are back in style (7 in the yard today) Carol Blackard (303) 740-6072 carol-black...@comcast.net www.carolblackardphotography.com -- You received this m

[cobirds] Sunday Mountain Lakes

2012-10-28 Thread Joey Kellner
Lisa Edwards, Charlie Lawrence, Steve Larson and I run "the big loop" today through the mountains to see what birds might be visiting the lakes. Lake George: Lots of Ring-necked Ducks (as John Drummond pointed out yesterday) A variety of ducks. Plamann Lake: Few birds, nothing of note Eleven Mil

[cobirds] Poudre River, Fort Collins (Larimer) on Sunday 28Oct2012

2012-10-28 Thread DAVID A LEATHERMAN
I walked the Poudre River in eastern Fort Collins (Larimer) today from Prospect south from Sharp Point Drive to the Environmental Learning Center (including the pond to the south of the ELC parking lot [this pond needs a name]), backtracking a bit, crossed over the river to the City-owned Cotto

[cobirds] Report of trip to Chico Basin Saturday.

2012-10-28 Thread Robert A. Spencer
Hi Cobirders. Sorry for late report . Got home late yesterday and was at Church all morning. My helper has been learning birds for a couple years. Tina drove my car down and back and was thrilled to see birds at Chico Basin. We got to the ranch about 10:30AM Not a lot of land bird activity

[cobirds] Interesting Sparrow / Denver

2012-10-28 Thread Dave Cameron
Just thinking out loud, I post this mainly to alert fellow suburbanites to keep their eyes peeled. Yesterday morning, still in my robe, I went out to fill the feeders. As I wrestled with one, trying not to spill a scoop of sunflower with one hand while not getting snow on my slippers with t

[cobirds] Pueblo City Park, (Pueblo County), Oct 28

2012-10-28 Thread Brandon K. Percival
Mark Yaeger and I walked around Pueblo City Park from 930am to 11am.  There were a lot of birds.  The best things were ten Red Crossbills, an Evening Grosbeak, two Pygmy Nuthatches, a Yellow-shafted Flicker, and six Chipping Sparrows.  There were plenty of other small birds, including Red-breast

[cobirds] snowgoose-Windsor --Weld Co.

2012-10-28 Thread Joan Glabach
We have a blue-phase snowgoose on Windsor Reservoir.  If anyone needs it for a list our number is 970-686-1251. Joan Glabach -- 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 un

[cobirds] Eaton Owling adventure for Halloween?

2012-10-28 Thread Kathy Sharpe
My apologies to the gentleman whose phone number I inadvertently posted in the subject line of my earlier post. Here is the post again with a more appropriate subject line. On 10/27/2012 9:43 PM, Kathy Sharpe wrote: Hello Cobirders, I just talked with this Mom from Eaton who has a fun idea f

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, Sunday, October 28, 2012

2012-10-28 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: October 28, 2012 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, October 28, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you