[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, August 18, 2013

2013-08-18 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: August 18, 2013 email: rba AT cobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, August 18, 2013, sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can skip the re

[cobirds] White winged Dove South Pueblo

2013-08-18 Thread cougar
I was on Pueblo Blvd near south Lowes recently and had a White-winged Dove fly by. May have been seen by others but just wanted to mention it. John Rawinski Monte Vista, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from

[cobirds] Trip to NE Colorado

2013-08-18 Thread William H Kaempfer
This past Friday afternoon and Saturday I took a trip to northeast Colorado primarily to scout for a field trip that I will be leading for CFO next weekend (Saturday 8/25 and Sunday 8/26). If you are interested in joining on that trip, please go on line to the CFO website at http://cfobirds.org

[cobirds] Valco Ponds this a.m.

2013-08-18 Thread Paul Hurtado
I took a walk with my dad this morning, and had a few nice birds between the Valco Ponds parking lot and the hatchery ponds farther up the river. 38 Species in total. Details at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14952432 Highlights include: * Ladder-backed Woodpecker* -- 1 (not too u

[cobirds] Jackson Reservoir - Morgan County (White-rumped Sandpipers?)

2013-08-18 Thread Chris Rurik
Hello fellow CoBirders -- Went birding by bike around Jackson Reservoir and Andrick Ponds today. Most intriguing was a pair of probable White-Rumped Sandpipers at the north shore. I saw them only in flight, for about 5 seconds, with a group of about 8 Baird's Sandpipers. They were roughly the s

[cobirds] El Paso county Wilson's snipe (picture)

2013-08-18 Thread kickback
I saw this Wilson's(?) snipe in the drainage ditch next to the culvert under Stapleton Rd at the sw corner of Stapleton and Lambert in Falcon. He was very a very cooperative poser which does not seem typical for snipes, might be a juvenile based on bill length. http://avoapples.com/birds/IMG