Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date:December 17, 2012
email: rba AT cfobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, December 17, 2012,
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory. If you are
Hello CoBirders,
Around 9 this morning my family and I went over to Lake Loveland to make
another attempt (after a week and a half of searching) to see the Brant.
Not that long after we arrived, we were able to spot it with a few other
geese that were standing on an ice shelf off of the north
Folks- scores of volunteers fanned out across 30 territories yesterday for the
71st iteration of the Boulder CBC. It will be a while before the tally is
final, but we have a preliminary 109 species found on the count, with three
more ticked for count week. We added one species to the historic
COBirders,
I watched the Colorado Springs female Acorn Woodpecker for about 30 minutes
this a.m. As reported previously, it was found by the Marty Wolf party on
Saturday's Colorado Springs CBC. Although I first saw the woodpecker
pecking on a low branch of a silver maple along Willow Circle
CO Birders,
Just received this fascinating post by Matt Wetrich, Carroll Co., IA biologist,
about the release of a satellite-tracked Snowy Owl. The new facility and SOAR
project is new since I left IA! Bob Anderson of Raptor Resource Project has
helped along with many others.
Should
Greetings all!
Last night I got a call from Debbie Barnes about a Eurasian Wigeon found on
Sunday’s CBC by Bill and Dan Maynard.
This morning we followed her directions and came upon a small pond that had
about 16 wigeons in it. We parked and had just found the Eurasian Wigeon in the
group
Staging gulls this afternoon at Lake Loveland included:
Ring-billed Gull – approx. 400
Herring Gull – 18
California Gull – 2
Lesser Black-backed Gull – 2 (1 ad, 1 1st-cycle)
Vega Gull – 1 adult
The candidate Vega Gull is discussed and photographed at
http://www.pbase.com/quetzal/mysterygullae.
Hello COBIRDERS,
For birders who utilize Family Radio Service (FRS) walkie-talkies (channel
11-22 the Birder Channel) here is some food for thought -
Channel 11-22 has been designated as the Birder Channel, however, since
finding this split frequency on your device often poses a challenge
I saw a single American Dipper in Clear Creek just east of Lowell Blvd.
(Adams Co.) today at 4:05 pm This is the regular location. I was looking
off of the Lowell bridge near 55th Pl.
Also saw an American Kestrel from same spot.
Bob Canter, Denver Colo.
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