[cobirds] Posting

2012-11-24 Thread Deb Carstensen
Emails are a potentially hazardous way to try to convey humor or any type of emotion for that matter. I could see the humor in Joe's post right away but could also understand that other people did not see or, perhaps, appreciate it. 90% of the people who post to Cobirds and respond to

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, Saturday, November 24, 2012

2012-11-24 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: November 24, 2012 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, November 24, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird

Re: [cobirds] Resolving the feeding the birds with the Brambling problem

2012-11-24 Thread stevenelarson
Thank You Nicolle! Steve Larson Northglenn, CO - Original Message - From: Nicolle Martin nicolle.h.mar...@gmail.com To: urra...@comcast.net Cc: COBIRDS cobirds@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 12:06:02 AM Subject: Re: [cobirds] Resolving the feeding the birds

Re: [cobirds] Resolving the feeding the birds with the Brambling problem

2012-11-24 Thread Connie Kogler
Maybe if folks had not covered the bridge with seed, creating a potential hazard, but rather along the bushes and grasses on either side of the bridge the hammer would not have come down so hard. It sure is interesting, Paul, that they used an ordinance that actually permits birdfeeding

[cobirds] 59th DENVER CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2012

2012-11-24 Thread Joey Kellner
Count Leader/Compiler: Joey Kellner (303-978-1748), vir...@comcast.net Compilation (and potluck) meeting: 5:00 pm, South Platte Park classroom, 3000 W. Carson Dr. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate in the annual Denver Christmas Bird Count (CBC) sponsored

[cobirds] Re: Plan to work things out with the Rangers and Manager at BCLP

2012-11-24 Thread birderbob
Thought for the day - When they outlaw bird seed, only outlaws will have bird seed . . . . Bob Santangelo Wheat Ridge On Friday, November 23, 2012 3:35:44 PM UTC-7, Joe Roller wrote: Tom and other birders, Are you sitting down? I am serious for a change. No joke, this is serious. I

[cobirds] Colorado Springs CBC - Dec. 15

2012-11-24 Thread Ken Christie Pals
COBirders, The Colorado Springs CBC is scheduled for Saturday, December 15 with records kept for the three days before and after for birds not seen on count day. More than twenty teams will be birding different areas in the count circle. If you want to participate, please send an e-mail to me

RE: [cobirds] Resolving the feeding the birds with the Brambling problem

2012-11-24 Thread Ira Sanders
What hazard? Birds in front of bicycles??? And little birds at that. On my way east. Have fun with this one. Ira Sanders Golden, CO From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Connie Kogler Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 6:51 AM To: COBirds COBirds

Re: [cobirds] Resolving the feeding the birds with the Brambling problem

2012-11-24 Thread Connie Kogler
No, the hazard of someone slipping and falling while running fast on slippery millet. Connie Kogler Loveland,CO AslansOwn.com -- 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.

[cobirds] Forwarded: a note of appreciation from a Massachusetts birder

2012-11-24 Thread Joe Roller
Joe, I saw your post to CO birds. Thanks for working on the seed issue. I tend to agreed that feeding the wildlife is not a great practice but in this case the impacts seem minimal. I flew from Massachusetts to see the Brambling, paid my fee for two days, and saw it on the second day thanks to a

[cobirds] Pueblo Nature Center Nov 27

2012-11-24 Thread Brandon K . Percival
The AVAS field trip at Pueblo Nature Center had some surprises. A RED FOX SPARROW right at the Nature Center near the feeders and a Winter Wren and Hermit Thrush west of the Nature Center. I got photos of the sparrow. Brandon K. Percival -- Pueblo West, CO -- sent from my phone. -- You

[cobirds] No brambling

2012-11-24 Thread Tom McConnell
Not seen as of 1110am. Common Redpoll seen at site -- 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 email to

[cobirds] Re: Pueblo Nature Center Nov 24

2012-11-24 Thread Brandon K. Percival
Today is Nov 24th, I put the wrong date on previous e-mail from my phone.  I'll get a photo of the Red Fox Sparrow on the flickr site soon.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonsbirdphotos/ Brandon Percival Pueblo West, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[cobirds] The great birdseed smuggling ops

2012-11-24 Thread Kathy Sharpe
Thanks to Joe Roller et al for a good chuckle, especially Joe's expressions of remorse. I enjoy very much the humor and eloquence of the frequent posters, as much as the great information provided. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds

[cobirds] 1 Snow and 1 Ross Goose with thousands of Canada Geese, Boulder County

2012-11-24 Thread Cara Stiles
I was driving on Valmont to Teller Farms (with my dogs, Ted), and on the N side of Valmont, E of 75th, and about .5 miles W of the driveway into Teller, there were 2 massive groups of Canada Geese, several thousand in each group by a cursory count. One group had a Ross Goose and the other had a

[cobirds] redpolls, tundra swans, pelican - Boulder County

2012-11-24 Thread JohnT
Cobirds: Several things of note: Steve Frye's Wild Bird Center outing found about 40 common redpolls at Baseline Reservoir this morning. Look for them feeding on the ground along Cherryvale Road on the west side of the reservoir. As of 10:30 am they were still there, feeding in

[cobirds] Highland Lake, Weld - Bald Eagles and assorted water fowl

2012-11-24 Thread Pauli Smith
A pair of mature Bald Eagles have been fishing and hunting ducks, geese, and a few fish on Highland Lake for two weeks now. They are usually seen either along the southeastern shore or northern shore areas. They roost in the tall cottonwoods on the north shore, but I see them all the time in my

[cobirds] Baseline Redpolls continue at 2:45,Boulder County

2012-11-24 Thread James
The flock of Common Redpolls are still present as described earlier. Paula Hansley I observed the skittish group along the SW shore of Baseline Res at approximately 2:45. James Lamoureux Superior CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds

[cobirds] Female Harrier at Walden Ponds

2012-11-24 Thread elena
Yesterday afternoon there was a female Harrier soaring over Cottonwood Marsh at Walden Ponds, the first one there I have seen in a really long tine, at least a few years. There is also an odd Mallard hybrid, maybe a domestic escape (a feral duck?) in the first pond that Cara said has been

[cobirds] White-winged Scoter, Denver CO.

2012-11-24 Thread Tina Jones
The juvenile/1st winter White-winged Scoter was still at Marston Reservoir today, in the south end of the lake. All 4 common Grebes were present. No Clark's or Red-necked were seen. Ruddy Ducks and lot's of Common Mergansers, with 2 Red-breasted Mergansers were also present. One Common Loon

[cobirds] Common Redpoll, No Brambling - BCLP - Jeffco

2012-11-24 Thread mike
Hello All, Arrived back in town this afternoon and joined a small group of birders between 4:30 and 5:00 P.M. to watch for the Brambling. The Brambling did not show, but there was a female Common Redpoll that made several appearances. The Common Redpoll(also reported earlier in the week

[cobirds] Boulder Weld Co. Wanderings Today

2012-11-24 Thread William Schmoker
Folks, Today I had the pleasure of an outing with one of the real power birding couples in the country, good friends Chris Wood Jessie Barry. We tooled around Boulder and Western Weld Counties, mostly checking water bodies but hitting other habitat in-between lakes. While transiting from

[cobirds] El Paso county --- Long-tailed Duck

2012-11-24 Thread Mark Peterson
COBirders, On my way to my nephews basketball games in Widefield today I made a quick stop at Big Johnson reservoir and found a female type LONG-TAILED DUCK.  Duck numbers have dropped considerably at this location over the past couple of weeks.  After the games I walked at Fountain Creek