Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: November 15, 2012
email: rba AT cfobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, November 15, 2012,
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory.
Birders,
A Steller's Jay appeared at my feeders in Las Animas, Bent County this
morning, November 15th. One hundred miles east of the mountains, this is
noteworthy, and may augur more sightings away from the mountains,
perhaps as far east as Kansas and the Oklahoma panhandles.
The male
Birders,
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Some good casual birds in Roxborough Park today. First, a textbook
White-winged Junco on my feeder, followed by a Golden Eagle soaring over the
open space and east toward N Roxborough Park Rd. Then at lunch, a nice light
Ferruginous Hawk at the intersection of Waterton and Rampart Range.
At approximately 2:45 this afternoon, while in my office on the phone I noticed
a small dark bird flycatching in a barren honey-locust about 40 feet outside my
office windows on the south side of Regent Administrative Center (Broadway and
Regent Drive in Boulder). After a few forays, the bird
Today Norm Lewis and I birded at Timnath Reservoir (eastern Larimer) and drove
into the western part of the Pawnee Grasslands. Highlights follow.
Timnath Reservoir
White-fronted Goose (1)
Ross's Goose (8)
Snow Goose (10+)
White-cheeked Geese (hard to estimate but over 10,000)
Horned Grebe (1)
After much staring at pictures and various guides people have pointed me to
I think this is actually a Tundra swan for these reasons:
1, Sharp prominent curves in bill around gape
2. In all of my pictures there is evidence of the yellow teardrop marking
on the lore. It looks like a
A lone juvenile Pacific Loon kept me glued to Martin Lake at Lathrop State
Park for most of the morning.
All of my previous experience with this species has been non-breeding
adult plumage. I kept following it around the lake lugging my spotting
scope with me, checking and re-checking the
Denver Field Ornithologists
November 2012 Field Trips
Saturday, November 17 Roxborough State Park
Leader: Doris Cruze, 303-798-8072
Meet leader at 0800 at the Visitor’s Center for a three and a half-hour
walking tour on an easy trail. Participants should see golden eagles and
species
Cobirders,
It looks like it might be a good winter for redpolls here in Colorado. It
would be nice if observers would include the type of habitat the birds are
being observed in, if they are associating with other species and the types
of plants the birds are feeding on when the birds are
Steve et al,
The Common Redpolls seen today about 1.7 miles west of Norma's Grove by Norm
Lewis and me were eating wild sunflowers (probably Helianthus annuus) seeds
extracted from the flower heads along a dirt road in open shortgrass prairie.
In my experience, this is a common scenario
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