[cobirds] Panama Reservoir this Morning

2013-02-20 Thread Steven Mlodinow
Greetings All This morning, with some cloud cover allowing good views, I headed off to Panama Reservoir. Numbers of birds were impressive, with >20 Bald Eagles, several hundred Common Mergansers, 5 RB Mergansers, hundreds and hundreds of Redhead, and... 11 AM WHITE PELICANS. Spring migratio

[cobirds] Hoary Redpoll(s), Larimer 2/20/13

2013-02-20 Thread Dan Maynard
Folks, This afternoon before the storm, I visited the Museum of Discovery in Ft Collins where around 70 redpolls continue. I saw one male Hoary Redpoll, and two other possible Hoaries in about an hour and a half. The variation between individual redpolls at the museum is really striking, and I

[cobirds] Red Rocks Tomorrow - Jeffco

2013-02-20 Thread Joey Kellner
You're awesome Mike! Thanks for doing this and helping people see Rosy-fnches. Joey Kellner Littleton, Colorado -- 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

[cobirds] Red Rocks Tomorrow - Jeffco

2013-02-20 Thread mike
Hi All, The snow is coming down pretty good out west along the foothills. Tomorrow should provide a good chance to see the Rosy-Finch flock at the feeders behind the Red Rocks Trading Post in Jefferson County. I will arrive early(before 7 am), sweep some snow and put out seed in anticipati

Re: [cobirds] Boreal Owl in San Luis Valley

2013-02-20 Thread Mark Alt
Boreal Owls are irrupting in large numbers into Northern MInnesota for the past month. Does a similar event happen in the Rockies? > > -- > *Mark Alt* > Denver, CO > * * > * * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubsc

[cobirds] Bent County birds

2013-02-20 Thread Duane Nelson
Birders, With the upcoming Snow Goose festival in Lamar this weekend, birders may want to venture west to John Martin Reservoir. All the ice is off area lakes, and with open water, multitudes of migrants are passing through. From the dam at John Martin Reservoir, I observed an immature Glauco

[cobirds] Boreal Owl in San Luis Valley

2013-02-20 Thread cougar
Last week I received some astounding news! A Boreal Owl was spotted and photographed at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains! I viewed the photo and it is indeed an adult Boreal Owl. This observation is very significant as I’ll explain. In all of the owl surveys I, and others have done in

[cobirds] RFI: Black/Brown-Capped Rosyfinches & South Platte Park Gulls

2013-02-20 Thread Josh Adams
Hello all, I'm a birder from Seattle who will be working just south of Denver Wednesday though Friday and I hope to find a little time to seek out some lifers while in the area. My big needs are Black Rosy-Finch and Brown-Capped Rosy-Finch. I have no idea how doable this is, but I would apprec

[cobirds] Snow Goose Festival, this coming weekend, Lamar, Prowers County

2013-02-20 Thread Ted Floyd
Hello, Birders. Yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, February 19th, Kei and I heard a small group of Snow Geese flying over Lafayette, Boulder County, which reminds me of something... The 11th annual High Plains Snow Goose Festival is upon us! The keynote speaker is Richard Crossley, and the field t