[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 17 October 2013

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: October 17, 2013 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, October 17, 2013 sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can skip th

[cobirds] Pomarine Jaeger continues at Chatfield

Terrorizing gulls and putting on quite a show, best viewed from the fisherman's pier/point.  I will post some pictures shortly. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from th

[cobirds] southeast CO yesterday, Chatfield State Park this morning

I checked some of the lakes in Kiowa, Bent, and Otero Counties yesterday and also looked for some land birds. Flagler SWA was rather quiet yesterday morning, so it seems that most of those birds that Mark Peterson reported hunkered down in the wind found an opportunity to continue on their way

[cobirds] Pomarine Jaeger at Chatfield Res this morning (Douglas/Jefferson)

At 7:55 AM this morning Tom Schlosser and I were out at the point on the west of the Marina, close to the Fishermans pier. There were about 40 cormorants and maybe 80 gulls enjoying the morning sun.. sitting on the marina tires. Then I noticed a dark gull-like bird flying directly towards th

[cobirds] "Raptor Alley"/Nunn

Nice way to end my "Federal furlough vacation fun" ... ;-) Red-tailed Hawk - 10 American Kestrel - 10 Golden Eagle - 1 Prairire Falcon - 2 Burrowing Owl - 1 (WCR 100 btw WCR 23 and 27 on southside across from lone tree in field on north) Unidentified - 1 Merlin - 1 Ferruginous Haw

[cobirds] Red Phalarope, Adobe Creek Reservoir, Kiowa County

Birders, Around noon today I found a basic-plumaged Red Phalarope at Adobe Creek Reservoir in Kiowa County. It is in the Southeast corner of the reservoir, almost directly north of the two boat ramps (which are far from water due to low water levels). Drive north to the lake, and east to the

[cobirds] Pueblo birding 10/17

I walked the Rock Canyon side of the River this morning, below Pueblo Reservoir dam.  Highlights:  three White-throated Sparrows, one Black Phoebe, a Gray Catbird, an Osprey, one Wilson's Warbler, two Orange-crowned Warblers, two Hermit Thrushes, a few Mountain Chickadees, a few Chipping Sparr

[cobirds] bad day to be a gull

Folks, I spent 4 hours this morning at Chatfield admiring the Pomarine Jaeger show and have posted some pics of the beast at the following link. A Short-eared Owl flying over the lake was a bit of a surprise! http://www.pbase.com/gwalbek/2013_birds Glenn Walbek Castle Rock, CO -- You receiv