[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, Saturday, December 1, 2012

Compiler:Mary Driscoll Date: December 1, 2012 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, December 1, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are

[cobirds] American Dipper near Lowell Ponds and water quality

Hi CoBirders I was able to find an American Dipper in Clear Creek at Lowell Blvd. (Adams Co.) today at 9:53 am. A Belted Kingfisher and Mallards were also present. This stretch of Clear Creek is subject to heavy suds, including earlier this week. So I suspect the dippers are no better at

[cobirds] Long-tailed Duck - El Paso County

COBirders, The female-type Long-tailed Duck and the male Barrow's Goldeneye were still at Big Johnson Reservoir this morning. Both birds required some patience to find, but gave very good views and then they disappeared most likely behind the dam and I could not refind them. These most likely

[cobirds] scoters and loons at Marston Res.

Cobirds: At Marston Reservoir this morning, Dec. 1st: Two white-winged scoters. A third un-identifible scoter too far away to see - it had a very dark overall cast - almost charcoal color. All 3 scoters were traveling together. A Common loon in close. Another loon very far

[cobirds] Re: Boulder goodies, including Lapland Longspurs

According to the USGS site: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/homepage/swan.cfm this is why the collar is U856 and not 958n: *Tundra Swan* - gray, black or blue collars - gray collars used on wintering birds in the Atlantic Flyway - black collars used on migration routes - blue

[cobirds] RFI: Rosy-Finches near Woodland Park

Hello all, I will be visiting Colorado this December.  I am hoping somebody could tell me where a reliable location to find Rosy-Finches near Woodland Park is. Thanks, Aiden Moser, NH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post

[cobirds] SE Colorado CBCs schedule

COBirders, You may find details for the eleven Christmas Bird Counts in the Arkansas Valley Audubon Chapter's area (almost one fourth of our State) on our website, www.socobirds.org. Just click on the link on the homepage. All are invited to participate in any of these great counts! Leon

Re: [cobirds] American Dipper near Lowell Ponds and water quality

I was able to find an American Dipper in Clear Creek at Lowell Blvd. (Adams Co.) today at 9:53 am. A Belted Kingfisher and Mallards were also present. This stretch of Clear Creek is subject to heavy suds, including earlier this week. So I suspect the dippers are no better at judging pollutant

[cobirds] Common Redpoll - BCLP - Jeffco

Hello All, Michael Kiessig and I enjoyed watching a female Common Redpoll??? near the Boat Launch area in Bear Creek Lake Park this morning. The bird was with a large flock of American Tree Sparrows plus a few Song Sparrows and some House Finches. The area is directly east of the road

[cobirds] Golden-crowned Sparrow - Red Rocks - Jeffco

Hello All, Michael Kiessig and I threw some seed out at the feeders behind the Red Rocks Trading Post and the Golden-crowned Sparrow appeared after about 10 minutes. This was around 8 A.M. Mike Henwood Morrison Jefferson County -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

[cobirds] Lesser Prairie-Chickens proposed for TE listing by USFWS yesterday

Great news-yesterday USFWS has *proposed* Lesser Prairie-Chickens for TE listing! It now goes through the process of accepting comments on the proposed listing. And now that there is some real 'push' there are folks working to get some real conservation efforts that could be voluntary that might

[cobirds] Harlan's Hawk - C470 Quincy - Jeffco

Hello All, Around 11:15 A.M. Michael Kiessig and I saw a Harlan's Hawk sitting on a light pole on the west side of C470 between W. Quincy and W. Belleview Avenues. As soon as we stopped the car (at some distance), the bird left the light pole, did some circling and then flew toward the

[cobirds] Boulder Swan Variability and U856

I took this photo this morning in Boulder - I finally got the banded swan in the same frame with two other adult Tundras : http://www.flickr.com/photos/63892538@N04/8234679643/in/photostream This is why a few of us who have seen him think Trumpeter when we first see him. When I was out earlier

[cobirds] El Paso County birding

I visited Falcon today and found the dunlin on the edge of the pond on Lambert. I then went to Turkey Creek Ranch where I found red-naped sapsucker and Williamson's sapsucker. There was also a juvenile sapsucker in the same tree as the red-naped, but I did not get a good enough look at it

[cobirds] Re: Continuing Fox Sparrow, Walden Ponds, Boulder

The Fox Sparrow was there this afternoon between about 230-245PM. I had been at the spot with James Lamoureux yesterday but was not able to get a clear look at the bird even though I was only about 20 feet from James; bad angle. Anyhow, persistence paid off; got some nice looks and I ran into

[cobirds] Marston Reservoir, Denver Co.

There is indeed one more White-winged Scoter. Joe Roller and I were both over on the western side of Marston. Joe got his scope on the third Scoter way before I did. We saw the Surf Scoter which is far out in the lake with 2 White-winged Scoters. The 3 are close together in the central

[cobirds] BARN SWALLOW 75th/Boulder Creek (Boulder County)

At 4 pm today (Dec 1) a BARN SWALLOW was flying over the Boulder Sewage treatment plant busily feeding off the abundant insect swarms. This location is along the path next to Boulder Creek west of N. 75th Street. The bird was near the eastern end where the big black pipe crosses the creek. The

[cobirds] Need gull ID assistance (pictures)

I am not sure about this gull's ID, I think maybe 1st winter ring-billed but it just looks different. Seen at the lake by the Doubletree hotel in Colorado Springs. http://www.avoapples.com/birds/IMG_3325_cr.jpg http://www.avoapples.com/birds/IMG_3347_cr.jpg Thanks for any comments Bill

Re: [cobirds] Need gull ID assistance (pictures)

Bill, this would indeed be a first-winter Ring-billed Gull. Nick Komar Fort Collins CO From: kickback Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2012 8:08 PM To: cobirds@googlegroups.com Subject: [cobirds] Need gull ID assistance (pictures) I am not sure about this gull's ID, I think maybe 1st winter