[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, August 26, 2013

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: August 26, 2013 email: rba AT cfobirds.org http://cobirds.org/ phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, August 26, 2013, sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a

[cobirds] Evening Grosbeaks Jeffco

We had a nice visit at our feeders from 10 to 12 male, female, and immature Evening Grosbeaks yesterday (Sunday). Great fall visit. A 15-bird flock of Band-tailed Pigeons showed up on Saturday. Sent from my iPad JoAnn Hackos Evergreen Jefferson County -- You received this message because you

[cobirds] Bill K's Jungle Tour - NE Colorado

Cobirds: I saw an add for Bill Kaempfer's Jungle Tours in NE Colorado - it said .see exotic birds, snakes, lizards, and beautiful wild scenery. .I decided to bite on this one, not wanting to miss a chance at seeing some interesting flora and fauna. Besides that it

[cobirds] Mini-yard Fallout This AM/Nunn

Birds are on the move up here ... Wilson's Warbler 3-4 (two days) Brown Thrasher Lark Sparrow - 7 (been around a week now) Blue Grosbeak - 2 Loggerhead Shrike - 2 Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m -- You received this message

[cobirds] Blanca Shorebirds Update

This is kinda like my report from 2 weeks ago. Shorebirds are in in good numbers and varieties. Lisa and I had 14 species of shorebirds including Willet, Snowy Plover, Solitary, Least, Baird’s, Western and Stilt Sandpipers, Gr and Les Yellowlegs, and Long-billed Dowitcher (Alamosa County). Many

[cobirds] Caspian Tern, Reddish Egret in Bent County

Birders, An adult Caspian Tern fished and loafed (no miracles, though) on and around a tiny island just offshore from the Lake Hasty swim beach in the late morning on August 26th. The subadult white morph Reddish Egret has remained at private Verhoeff Reservoir since it moved there from

[cobirds] NOCO Nature Festival-Formerly Northern Colorado Birding Fair-Volunteers needed

Hello all! By permission of the moderator, I would like to make everyone aware of this years event on Saturday, September 21st at Fossil Creek Reservoir in Larimer County from 9am-3pm. In order to reach a greater audience, the planning committee for the event has decided to change the event

Re: [cobirds] CO DOW

Good afternoon! I have a serious interest in this issue, since I lead monthly birding outings for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. This month's trip is to, of course, Prewitt. After reading Steve's post, I realized that this would be a great opportunity to have another of my famous

Re: [cobirds] CO DOW

A WORD TO THE WISE: Just to supplement Norm Lewis's excellent post, IF you are exempt from being required to carry a valid fishing or hunting license OR carry a valid Access Pass BECAUSE OF YOUR LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE, MATURITY, SAGACITY AND WISDOM (in other words, old age) then YOU MUST BE ABLE TO

Re: [cobirds] CO DOW

Does all of this mean that a CO annual parks pass doesn't cover access to Prewitt etc? And that I now need to carry my fishing license, which resides in my fishing vest so that I always have it handy when stopped on the river , now has to be ever present on my person? Passport required as well?

[cobirds] Lakewood Woodpecker NOT an Arizona Woodpecker

This was a simple, honest mis-identification which can happen to anyone. The homeowner has a great feeder set-up, a birdy yard and was pleasant company while a couple of birders sat watching her feeders and figured out the ID problem. Maybe next time. Joe Roller, Denver -- You received this

Re: [cobirds] CO DOW

Joe- are you tellin' me you're over 64? I think I'm gonna need to see some ID, my friend. Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: Joe Roller jroll...@gmail.com To: Norm Lewis migran...@aol.com Cc: Steven Mlodinow sgm...@aol.com; Colorado Birds cobirds@googlegroups.com

[cobirds] Last Chance, CO - Washington County

I decided to see how Last Chance was faring this afternoon on the way home from work and to my surprise there was still water in the little pond. The vegetation also is thriving in some places providing some ok understory. Considering that temps were still in the high 90's while I was there

[cobirds] Timnath Reservoir - LARIMER

Timnath Reservoir was teeming with birds this afternoon. Species that I considered highlights were 2 Wilson's Snipe and 1 Pectoral Sandpiper in the NE corner of the reservoir. Huge numbers of geese, ducks, grebes, herons, cormorants, pelicans, coots and gulls. A single White-faced Ibis. No

Re: [cobirds] Last Chance, CO - Washington County

Wow, that sounds great. I'm happy that at least part of the area survived the flooding and that so many birds are there. Nice. Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County Sent from my iPhone On Aug 26, 2013, at 8:35 PM, BirdNerd's Email markrminner...@gmail.com wrote: I decided to see how