COBirders,
I visited Scott Rashid this morning in wintery Estes Park - his feeders
were being guarded by hungry Blackbirds including 4 Yellow-headed - one of
which he managed to trap and band. A bit later, a flock of 28 Common
Redpoll flew in, but were flushed - presumably by a Cooper's Hawk that
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: April 18, 2013
email: rba AT cfobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750
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Hello, Birders.
Yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, April 17th, Hannah and Andrew and I enjoyed a
dramatic 120 seconds of birding at Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County:
* At 4:37 p.m., during the period of peak intensity of yesterday's winter
storm, we came upon a flock of 14 beautiful Mountain
On our way home from seeing the longspurs of eastern Boulder County, we
were surprised to see three additional McCown's Longspurs with a flock of
Horned Larks on the Larimer section of Blue Mountain Road. They were along
the road between Colard Lane and Spring Gulch Drive.
Joel and Marcel Such
NW
In my suburban neighborhood, I somehow get almost no sparrows in spring,
unless a small flock of chippings comes by. The fall is different,with good
stays by white-crowneds, and some visits by chippings, Brewer's, and clay
colored. But I have had a nice Lincoln's sparrow in the yard for the
Only three McCown's this morning at 7am and Horned Lark numbers are way
down.
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Longmont, CO
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As of 8:30 this morning, large numbers of McCown's, a few Chestnut-collared,
and a Lapland on 115th south of Oxford. Four hours of missing Lapland
yesterday and 5 minutes with success today. There's a bit if luck involved in
this game.
David Waltman
Boulder
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My route to work was Hwy 85 to Ault and across to Fort Collins.
Between Nunn and Ault HUGE flocks of Horned Larks line the road. I
stopped for one flock saw 5 Chestnut-collareds and 4 McCown's among
hundreds of Horned Larks. Didn't have time to stop every 5 minutes
with new flocks appearing ...
Well if one male McCown's Longspur along west fishing road makes a fallout.
Also present were Horned Larks and a Mountain Plover standing in the snow.
Just saw an Orange-crowned Warbler in Rock Canyon in the Osprey Picnic Area.
Brandon K. Percival -- Pueblo West, CO -- Sent from my phone.
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I photographed the FOY Lesser Goldfinch male at my thistle feeder this
morning. I had just replaced last fall's seed with fresh last week cuz they
won't eat rancid seed. Then I heard a Western Meadowlark singing from a
neighbor's crab apple tree and it flew to one little spot on the dark roof
The adult Golden-crowned Sparrow and adult Slate-colored Fox Sparrow
still remain at the feeders behind the Red Rocks Trading Post as of
this morning at 7:00 AM
Mike Henwood
Morrison
Jefferson County
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Yesterday I posted a sighting of Yellow-headed Blackbirds. I posted a video on Facebook at www.frontrangebirding.com Select community at the top of page then select "Facebook" from the pulldown window.I made several videos and photos but the glass is tinted so the yellow on the birds appears more
Saw an all-light-tan gull early this afternoon snoozing on the barrier logs at
the Cherry Creek State Park Marina. It had the overall look of a 1st winter
Glaucous-winged Gull. Got only a brief look at the dark bill. That's as much as
I know and I'll leave the heavy larid lifting to the gull
Drove Niwot to N115th to Oxford to N119th to Pipit on the ay home today.
Most birds on the side of the road were not Horned Larks or longspurs.
Oxford had the best number of Horned Larks, but late afternoon it gets too
busy to stop onthe side of the road.
I did have 2 *McCown's Longspur* on
Folks,
I went back to Chatfield this morning after Joey's afternoon success yesterday
and found 3 species of longspurs, 18 McCown's, 4 Lapland and 1
Chestnut-collared. There were 2 Long-billed Curlews a Burrowing Owl, a
Broad-winged Hawk, a Merlin and a Peregrine Falcon. Later, Mark Chavez
I saw three species of longspur in the area north - northeast of Panama
Reservoir today
between 10:30 am and 2:30 pm. McCowan's Longspurs were in the greatest
numbers (several dozen), Chestnut-collared (~6 -- good looks through my
spotting scope at 3 males and 1 female on the north side of Oxford
We will meet at the East Boulder Rec. Center at 7:30 am as planned, then
decide by
group vote where to go. The Fowler Trail is too snowy and icy to hike on
at this time.
If longspurs are still being seen on Friday, we could try to see them and
then
go to Walden/Sawhill for more birding.
Paula
Hi All,
Between 3 and 5 this afternoon Rec Trail was very active. Seems to be good right after bad weather. Heard but couldn't find SANDHILL CRANES. Saw lots of loud Crows, Ravens, Gulls (lots of Franklin's and some I couldn't ID), MOUNTAIN and WESTERN BLUEBIRDS, 2 WHITE-FACED IBIS,
Hello cobirders!
Just wanted to join the group that has been seeing Longspurs associated with
the large Horned Lark flocks in Boulder County. I had my best views north of
Oxford on N 119th (map data included with photo). There were many McCown's and
I only saw a few Chestnut-collared's. I
Right at Overland Park Pond (corner of Florida Avenue and the Platte River), I
had a Peregrine Falcon at about 6 PM tonight. The Falcon was up in the
Cottonwood trees just south of the pond.
Sage Thrashers were mixing with Robins south (about 50 to 100 yards) of the
pond on the bike trail.
Please send me some details about where you plan to go, when you will
return, etc, so I can make an informed choice about going. I have not heard.
Maybe I missed the memo.
Many thanks,
Joe
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:36 PM, nert...@comcast.net wrote:
Lets meet at DOW at 6:30.
Norm
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Birders,
This morning I went to Red Rocks to try for the Fox Sparrow again. This
time I had success. I got there at 8 am and the sparrow made his first
appearance at 8:05. He showed up again a few minutes later and then put in
a cameo when Dick Schottler arrived.
No Golden-crowned Sparrow.
I found 15 or more Hermit Thrushes in less than 15 minutes in only a
hundred feet in and around the Sell's Lake parking area for the Canon City
Riverwalk. I subsequently found 2 more Hermit Thrush almost 3 miles east
of there near the McKenzie Ave parking area for the Riverwalk plus one more
on
It was a chilly, calm day after the storm today in Huerfano County. With
12-15 inches of fresh snow on the ground decided it would be a great day to
bird. Went to Wahatoya/Daigre Lakes, Lathrop State Park then ended up at La
Veta Town Lakes. There were a few shorebirds, several large mixed flocks
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