[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, Sunday, December 2, 2012

Compiler:Mary Driscoll Date: December 2, 2012 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, December 2, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are

[cobirds] New Yard Bird/Nunn

Common Redpoll (#109) hanging out with our usual 30-40 House Finches and 6-10 American Goldfinches. Our winter Sharp-shinned Hawk is seen weekly now, too, last four weeks. Habitat description and yard bird list: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/notes/My_Yard_Birds Now we continue our wait for

[cobirds] Southern Colorado White-winged Doves

COBirders, With regard to White-winged Doves, Ken Pals' statement, Might we have nesting WWDOs soon on Colorado Springs' westside. could very well come to fruition if it isn't true already. For several years Pueblo's Sunset Park neighborhood has been home for some 200 WWDOs that now are

[cobirds] Boulder County Birds on 12/2

I did a big loop through Boulder County today, heading into the mountains first and then back through the western edge of the plains. Noteworthy birds included a flock of 250 noisy Bohemian Waxwings about ½ mile east of Barker Dam outside of Nederland (there was also a very late Mourning Dove

[cobirds] Very dark buteo, Erie - has anyone else seen this?

I spotted a VERY dark buteo along County Line Road between Jay Rd and Erie Parkway at about noon today. It flew up from the grasses about 30 ft west of County Line and took off to the south. The bird was so dark-colored that I briefly thought it was a Raven. It was bigger than a Raven with a

[cobirds] Pueblo and Fremont Highlights

Greetings All, Just finishing a glorious day of birding in Pueblo and Fremont Counties with Nick Moore. We started at Pueblo City Park where we were delighted to have the company of Brandon Percival. We then went with Brandon to Pueblo Res, and from there on our own to Fremont. Birds were

[cobirds] Dunlin still present El Paso County

Observed the Dunlin in Falcon today at noon. Still on the mudflats next to the Killdeer. Pictures can be seen here www.thejoyofbirds.com Steven Grogger Peyton CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send

[cobirds] Larimer/Weld highlights (including several unusual gulls)

The FCAS field trip today (4 of us) observed 57 species, including the following highlights (mostly viewable thru scopes) in Larimer County, unless denoted Weld County: Hamilton Res: Locked gate at 7:15 am. Ferruginous Hawk nearby North Poudre Res. #3, and adjacent cornfields: “White-cheeked”

[cobirds] Jefferson and Boulder Counties

Steve Miller and I did some birding in Jefferson and Boulder Counties. We could not locate the Rusty Blackbird at 75th and Boulder Creek. We did find the following: Wheat Ridge Greenbelt south of Bass Lake SWAMP SPARROW Virginia Rails--many Marsh Wren 75th and Boulder Creek American Dipper

[cobirds] Goose hybrid?

I was at Parkfield Lake today in eastern Denver looking for a Ross's Goose. I came across this goose during my search. I am very inexperienced with this goose, and especially its hybrids. Any ideas as to what this goose is? It kept its head tucked for the whole time I was there except for

[cobirds] Little Gull, Windsor Lake, correction

In my post about the Little Gull at Windsor Lake I mistakenly said at the close of daylight the bird headed to the northwest. It headed NORTHEAST in the direction of the Weld County Landfill or Lake Erie. Sorry for the error. Dave Leatherman Fort Collins Send