[cobirds] Panama Reservoir

2013-02-24 Thread Steven Mlodinow
Greetings All I ventured forth during yonder sleet-blizzard to Panama Res, which is almost entirely open. The pelican count is now >25 and the Redhead/RN Duck mix is about 1000 birds strong. There were also >500 Common Mergs with a couple RB Mergs tossed in, but the gull mix remains deficient in

[cobirds] Wednesday report Feb. 20

2013-02-24 Thread Robert A. Spencer
Hi Cobirders, No new year birds seen in the yard lately. With storm coming Wednesday I put out more seed about noon. I checked often the birds seemed to be expecting the storm. 1 PM. Northern Flickers 2Male pecked away on one of the suet blocks. Female was on the large drum sorti

[cobirds] Bohemian Waxwings, Boulder

2013-02-24 Thread Robert Martinez
Went looking for the Waxwings yesterday with Rob King from Longmont, went to Crane Hollow road with no luck so we went over to Gunbarrell, the first office park off 63rd and Longbow was a cottonwood tree with about 60-70 Bohemian Waxwings, drove a half block west on Longbow to the Juniper bush at

Re: [cobirds] Black and gray-crowned rosies, larimer

2013-02-24 Thread apanjabi
Changing my estimate to 2/3 blacks. Amazing! Sent from my iPhone On Feb 24, 2013, at 9:56 AM, apanj...@yahoo.com wrote: > Flock of 30+ coming to my feeders near horse tooth Mtn park roughly 1/3 are > blacks (new yard bird). Also a few Hepburns. Surprisingly no brown-caps. > Photos taken. Enj

[cobirds] Feb 25 Doug Faulkner at DFO

2013-02-24 Thread mcburg...@juno.com
At the February 25 meeting of the Denver Field Ornithologists Doug Faulkener will speak on the history and workings of the Colorado Birds Records Committee. He will delve into the CBRC's inner decision-making processes and some of the interesting decisions it has had to make such as the Red-bac

[cobirds] 4 Zonotrichia flock and other goodies, Two Buttes WMA, Prowers County

2013-02-24 Thread Jeffrey Gordon
Dear CO-BIRDers, Greetings from the High Plains Snow Goose Festival in Lamar, CO. Yesterday afternoon, Saturday 23 February, Ted Floyd, Liz Gordon, and I capped a surprisingly birdy visit to the "Black Hole" area just below the dam at Two Buttes Reservoir with a fun taxonomic sweep: a flock in

[cobirds] Black and gray-crowned rosies, larimer

2013-02-24 Thread apanjabi
Flock of 30+ coming to my feeders near horse tooth Mtn park roughly 1/3 are blacks (new yard bird). Also a few Hepburns. Surprisingly no brown-caps. Photos taken. Enjoy the snow! Arvind Panjabi West of Fort Collins Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[cobirds] South Platte Reservoir details - and county!

2013-02-24 Thread Skot Latona
With all the press about sightings at South Platte Reservoir in Littleton's South Platte Park, folks may be wondering why they've never heard of it . . . It's not a well-kept secret, its just a new facility just developing a food-chain. The reservoir was first filled 4 - 5 years ago after the d

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, February 24, 2013.

2013-02-24 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: February 24, 2013 email:rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, February 24, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phon