[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 11 January 2014

2014-01-11 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: January 11, 2014 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 <303-659-6750> This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, January 11, 2014 sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message,

[cobirds] Story on Red-Necked Phalarope on NPR

2014-01-11 Thread Elena Holly Klaver
On this morning's program Morning Edition, available online at www.npr.org, there was an interesting story about what has been learned about their migration. -Elena Holly Klaver, Niwot -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To un

[cobirds] White-winged Scoter, 104th and Monaco

2014-01-11 Thread Glenn Walbek
Adams Co. Glenn Walbek Castle Rock, CO 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 this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googleg

[cobirds] American Dipper Denver

2014-01-11 Thread Norm Erthal
I found an American Dipper under the bridge at Lowell Avenue over Clear Creek. Norm Erthal Arvada, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+

[cobirds] Brown Thrasher, Old Town Fort Collins (LARIMER)

2014-01-11 Thread John Shenot
The Brown Thrasher located by Dave Leatherman in December near Grandview Cemetery is still present. I saw it from the street, in the same private residence backyard on Frey where it apparently has been for a month plus. I walked my dog in Grandview afterwards and saw very few birds and nothing

[cobirds] Aurora Res midday report (Arapahoe)

2014-01-11 Thread Nick Komar
No sign yet of Slaty-backed Gull. Best viewing of gull flock is from east end of dam where there is open water and an ice shelf. Highlights have been: ICELAND GULL 1 2nd cycle Glaucous Gull - 1 ad, 3 juv Thayer's Gull - 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ad California Gull - 1 ad Nick Komar Fort Coll

[cobirds] tundra swan, San Luis Valley

2014-01-11 Thread VIRGINIA SIMMONS
Jan. 11, I saw a tundra swan from bridge across Rio Grande, NW of Monte Vista on 3 West Road. Most of river is frozen over, but swan was standing on dry ground next to water, easily seen from bridge. Virginia Simmons, Rio Grande County -- You received this message because you are subscribed t

[cobirds] Pueblo Res., Pueblo Co. 1/11

2014-01-11 Thread Brandon K. Percival
Hi all, A crowd of birders came to Pueblo Reservoir for an afternoon birding trip today.   Highlights: Pacific Loon - 1 Red-throated Loon - 1 Great Black-backed Gull - 1 adult Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 adults, 2 immature birds Thayer's Gull - 2 adults, 1 juvenile Red-breasted Merganser - 2 ma

[cobirds] Boulder County: Golden-crowned Sparrow, Tundra Swan, rosy-finches, Northern Shrike

2014-01-11 Thread Charles Hundertmark
I headed to Allenspark this morning via Teller Lakes and Valmont Res. In just over 30 minutes around the Teller Lakes parking lot, I couldn't turn up the Golden-crowned Sparrow. The Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow flock it associates with seemed to be hanging out in front of the vacant white house

[cobirds] Sandhill Crane northbound in Adams County Saturday morning, Jan 11

2014-01-11 Thread Joe Roller
A group of a dozen birders had stopped by the roadside to stretch our legs. We were treated by a lone, silent Sandhill Crane flying by - unexpected in mid-winter in this county. Everyone was able to see the bird well as it took a while for it fly from south of us to way north, near the intersection

[cobirds] Cottonwood Canyon, Baca County

2014-01-11 Thread Steven Mlodinow
Greetings All Today I spent 4 glorious hours birding in Cottonwood Canyon centered around the camping area. See the CFO county birding website for directions. The AM was stunning with a wide selection of rarities and good numbers. Rarities included 1 HOUSE WREN 3 Winter Wrens 1 Steller's Jay 4 M

[cobirds] Nor. Goshawk in Littleton

2014-01-11 Thread David Suddjian
This afternoon (1/11) I observed an adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK flying along South Prince Road in Littleton, a little ways north of Jackass Hill Park. It flew over/through yards along the road moving north and zoomed down low in one yard, with collared-doves, robins and house finches irrupting, and then

[cobirds] Re: Cottonwood Canyon, Baca County

2014-01-11 Thread Art Hudak
On Saturday, January 11, 2014 9:13:01 PM UTC-7, Steven Mlodinow wrote: > > Greetings All > Today I spent 4 glorious hours birding in Cottonwood Canyon centered > around the camping area. See the CFO county birding website for directions. > The AM was stunning with a wide selection of rarities a