[cobirds] Yellow-billed Cuckoos in Baca and Bent Counties

This afternoon I found a Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Van's Grove this afternoon and got some good photos. I also found one on Sunday in Cottonwood Canyon but only heard it giving the 'coo' song and could not locate it visually. I have uploaded photos of today's cuckoo onto my Birds and Nature blog

[cobirds] El Paso county Pacific loon at Big Johnson

The Pacific loon that Ken Pals had reported at Big Johnson was in the dam area at about 6 PM on Wednesday, June 5. The pictures are not great but it definitely looks like a Pacific loon, http://www.avoapples.com/birds/IMG_9196_cr.jpg http://www.avoapples.com/birds/IMG_9206_cr.jpg http://www.a

[cobirds] Ovenbirds in Rist Canyon (Larimer) on 5June2013

I went up Rist Canyon (Larimer) west of Bellvue today and did a brief inventory mostly by ear of birds at the old USFS Picnic Area (roughly MP13, I think, on LCR52E). As you may know or remember from last summer's posts, this area largely escaped the ravages of the High Park Fire. Today at l

[cobirds] Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, Louisville, Boulder County

This morning the Boulder Bird Club Wednesday Roadrunners birded in Louisville and found 2 Male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. One was at a backyard feeder along the Callahan Open Space (viewable from the bike path) in north Louisville. The other one was in the top of a tree not far south of the

[cobirds] Pectoral Sandpiper -- Pueblo Reservoir, Pueblo Co. 6/5

Hi all, I stopped by the southeastern corner of Pueblo Reservoir, Pueblo County today (5 June), where there were some shorebirds.  One Pectoral Sandpiper, four White-rumped Sandpipers, two American Avocets, and Spotted Sandpipers.   Yesterday (4 June), in the same location, I saw one Semipalmate

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, June 5, 2013

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: June 5, 2013 email: rba AT cobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, June 5, 2013 sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can