[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, February 16, 2013.

2013-02-16 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: February 16, 2013 email:rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, February 16, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phon

[cobirds] Indian Peaks Winter Census in Ward

2013-02-16 Thread William H Kaempfer
I took a group this morning up to Ward along the Peak to Peak highway in Boulder County to do the annual Indian Peaks winter census. Amazingly this is the 32 consecutive year for this count which was first held as a CBC in January, 1982. Winds were howling, but the temperatures warmed to a rea

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2013-02-16 Thread Nelson Ford
Thanks, Steve. I'll see if I can change those entries. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this g

[cobirds] El Paso Co. Bohemian Waxwings 2/16 Sat

2013-02-16 Thread Kathy
Nina Ogilvie and I headed out along Hwy 115 near Barrett rd around 10:30 am for the BOWAs but did not see any. On our way back to town, we stopped at Turkey Crk Rec. Area on Ft. Carson and at the playground farthest east with the metal fence around the 'playstation' we saw about 30 BOWAs at noon

[cobirds] Cortez Convention, what a bargain!

2013-02-16 Thread Tom Wilberding
Hello birders, Victor Emmanuel Nature Tours, a top-rated birding group, led a tour of western Colorado for four days in early June last year. The cost was $1,495 per person for birding, lodging and meals, assuming double occupancy. (VENT runs excellent tours, well worth it.) In contrast, the

[cobirds] Morgan County Today: 78 species

2013-02-16 Thread Steven Mlodinow
Greetings All, Today, David Dowell and I wandered around Morgan County and bumped into birds everywhere. Jackson Reservoir has a good bit of open water. Highlights there include TUNDRA SWAN (ad, neck band, n access) AM BLACK DUCK X MALLARD (male, n access) RUSTY BLACKBIRD (male, alt plumage, a