During the last few days of 2013, I came to this area for a funeral (Henry
Paulsen, whose widow Linda and daughters Isa and Emily (Isa drew cover of CFO
Journal in the 1990s) birders may know from visits to their farmstead north of
Lamar on Prowers CR SS). I spent the 1st over at Lake Hasty bel
Hi Folks,
Meant to post yesterday, but had an interesting city bird yesterday in a
*Merlin* perched atop a telephone pole in central Colorado Springs (the
corner of Cache La Poudre and Nevada). The bird was perched atop a
telephone pole eating, was eventually chased away by crows but took its
c
There was an adult male Mexican Duck in Greeley at Glenmere Park this PM.
It is most likely the same bird that reproduced at this location this
summer creating some Mallard x Mexican Duck intergrade offspring, however
this male, himself, appears to be all Mexi without any green on his head,
no
Hi all,
I finally started my Colorado birding for 2014, in the last two days (very
little birding yesterday and a little more birding today). My first five days
of the year, were in West Texas, with one day of an unexpected visit to Houston
(because of Flight Delays, getting back to Colorado).
Good weather means great raptors!
Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.ning.com/
Mobile - http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m
On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 1:52:55 PM UTC-7, Expat_09 wrote:
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> Please join Boulder County Audubon and Gary Lefko for an outing on the
> eastern plains to look
Please join Boulder County Audubon and Gary Lefko for an outing on the
eastern plains to look for wintering Birds of Prey.
“RAPTOR ALLEY” WITH THE “NUNN GUY”
Saturday, January 11, 2014: Join Gary Lefko, Nunn resident and
knowledgeable eastern plains birder, for a trip down raptor alley. It will
COBirders,
Since last year's Colorado invasion by redpolls, we can ask the question
where are they now? Here's a link to an interesting article published in a
Fairbanks, Alaska newspaper:
http://www.newsminer.com/features/outdoors/the-sound-of-silence-fairbanks-bi
rd-count-a-quiet-one/article_6
I try to make note each year of how early males start singing, and who's
first.
Often I hear Chickadees starting the 'hey sweeties' very early, but not yet
so far. I did just hear a House Finch singing his heart out this morning,
in the vicinity of Simms and Belleview, in Littleton, making hi
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: January 8, 2014
email: rba AT cfobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750 <303-659-6750>
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, January 8, 2014
sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory.
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