[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, May 30, 2013

2013-05-30 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: May 30, 2013 email: rba AT cobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, May 30, 2013 sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can s

[cobirds] Boulder County - Ovenbirdz

2013-05-30 Thread Michael Morton
Yesterday I heard four separate Ovenbirds singing away on the Skunk Creek Trail in City of Boulder Open Space. This morning I heard three of them in the exact same spots. They are impossible to miss if you take the Skunk Creek trail from Deer Valley and walk back to where the trail hits the p

[cobirds] Bobolinks Douglas County

2013-05-30 Thread picapica
Cobirders, Yesterday Dan Stringer and I saw six male Bobolinks at their traditional location south of Castlewood Canyon Road just west of the Winkler Ranch entrance. Bob Brown Highlands Ranch -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. T

[cobirds] Mountain birds still on the plains in Pueblo 5/30

2013-05-30 Thread Brandon K. Percival
This morning for a hour, I walked around the eastern end of the Osprey Picnic Area, below Pueblo Reservoir dam in Rock Canyon, Pueblo County.  The most interesting birds were the mountain birds, that don't breed here in Pueblo, which should be up in the mountains by now.  I saw a singing male Wi

[cobirds] Northern Parula, etc., Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County, May 30th

2013-05-30 Thread Ted Floyd
Hello, Birders. Early this Thursday morning, May 30th, I saw a beautiful second-year female Northern Parula hanging out with a flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers. The warbler flock was in the cottonwoods at the northwest corner of Waneka Lake, which is basically the southwest corner of Greenlee Pr

[cobirds] Followup on Brandon's mountain birds

2013-05-30 Thread Ted Floyd
Hello, Birders. Thanks to Brandon Percival for these interesting observations: > This morning for a hour, I walked around the eastern end of the Osprey Picnic > Area, > below Pueblo Reservoir dam in Rock Canyon, Pueblo County. The most > interesting > birds were the mountain birds, that don'

[cobirds] RFI: Mt. Plovers in South Park

2013-05-30 Thread CorvidColo
Dear COBIRDERS, If any of you have recent (last couple of years) experience finding Mt. Plovers in South Par, I would really appreciate anything you would be willing to share about where and how to find these elusive birds.  A friend and I are very interested in trying to find some there, and a

[cobirds] Red-headed Woodpecker/Nunn

2013-05-30 Thread The "Nunn Guy"
Saw a lovely Red-headed Woodpecker this morning in "Nunn Woods" (WCR 108/Hwy 85 SW corner). Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ (77 June birding events) Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Co

[cobirds] June 2013 D.F.O. Fieldtrips -- Join Us!

2013-05-30 Thread CorvidColo
Denver Field Ornithologists June 2013 Field Trips   Saturday, June 1 Lair o’ the Bear Park (Jefferson County) Nina Routh, 303-987-8687 Lair o’ the bear is located west of Morrison, Colorado, about halfway between Idledale and Kittredge. Meet at 8 a.m. at Lair o’ the Bear.

[cobirds] RMBO Banding Station Report, Chatfield, 5/30/13

2013-05-30 Thread Meredith
VERY SLOW day. The winds died down long enough to give us a calm and cool morning, but the birds were quiet. Caught only 7 new birds, plus 7 others banded earlier this season. Here are the 7 new: Gray Catbird 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Spotted Towhee 1 L

[cobirds] Weld wanderings

2013-05-30 Thread Norm Lewis
Had a museum group out today, and we managed a few sightings of interest. We began at Norma's Grove in the rising wind and didn't find much except one warbling vireo. At Crow Valley we began with a Roller sighting, followed by the previously reported herd of Swainson's thrushes. We didn't ra

[cobirds] Colorado Spring 2013 Bird Photos

2013-05-30 Thread Brandon K. Percival
Hi all, The spring season is almost over, and it was quite a fun time for birds in Colorado.  Here is a link to a set of photos from Spring 2013 from Colorado.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonsbirdphotos/sets/72157633821866966/ I want to thank my friends who let me ride in their vehicles

[cobirds] Colorful Yard Birds

2013-05-30 Thread Glenn Hageman
Common Goldfinch - Several couples for over a week. Black-headed Grosbeak - Male yesterday. Both male and female today. Not too bad for intercity. Glenn and Jeane Hageman - Denver - Just north of George Washington High School. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo