[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 27 March 2014

2014-03-27 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: March 27, 2014 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, March 27, 2014, sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can skip the re

Re: [cobirds] Re: Flycatcher?

2014-03-27 Thread Ira Sanders
Mark I commend you on your well written reply. It is good to see that someone with better writing skills than I has answered this abomination with thoughtfulness and care no matter how moronic the precipitating post to CoBirds. Paula, you just keep listening for all those wonderful sounds of sprin

[cobirds] Re: Help to indentify please

2014-03-27 Thread vorticity (Rick Taylor)
I am going to go with Palm Warbler. It would be interesting to know if it was pumping its tail, a key distinguishing feature. But yellowish throat, longer tail, some faint streaking on breast, faint brown throat stripe, rufous cap, eye line, no complete eye ring, Rick Taylor Colorado Springs

Re: [cobirds] Re: Help to indentify please

2014-03-27 Thread Brandon K. Percival
It is a Horned Lark. -- On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 6:53 AM MDT vorticity (Rick Taylor) wrote: >I am going to go with Palm Warbler. It would be interesting to know if it >was pumping its tail, a key distinguishing feature. But yellowish throat, >longer tail, some faint

[cobirds] Re: Some JeffCo birds, and one Arapahoe sighting

2014-03-27 Thread Tom Wilberding
In response to Art's comment, relax, Art! David Suddjian is a renowned, expert birder from California. Per Google: http://tiny.cc/2w0ddx Welcome to Colorado, David, and thanks for sharing your very helpful sightings and observations with COBirders. Some birders are more skilled than others; they

[cobirds] Re: Help to indentify please

2014-03-27 Thread vorticity (Rick Taylor)
Brandon is correct. Oh, I'm a dummy. Rick Taylor Colorado Springs (El Paso Co) CO On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 8:52:12 AM UTC-6, census2000 wrote: > While in Wilmington Ohio (Clinton County) last week I got several photos > of a bird I can't identify ... > I asked a local Ohio bird list for

[cobirds] Re: Flycatcher?

2014-03-27 Thread Amber Carver
Ditto. I bird by sound first, sight second. It behooves all birders with good hearing to learn the songs and calls of birds, because ID's are usually faster and more accurate if you are familiar with vocalizations. And you miss out on a hell of a lot of birds if you ignore the ones that are

[cobirds] Banner Lakes SWA- Weld

2014-03-27 Thread Cathy Sheeter
I birded Banner Lakes SWA for a few hours this AM. Highlights included a pair of Long-eared Owls, a Barn Owl (thanks Bill Hutchison for the tip on that), and my FOS Blue-winged Teal (at least 7). Almost every expected species of duck was one one pond or another (with some movement between pond

[cobirds] Wray CO

2014-03-27 Thread Jennifer Hyypiō
I'm picking up a birding friend from DIA heading to Wray for Greater Prairie Chickens this Saturday. She comes in at 10am. Looking for birding spots to and from Wray. Have books but like personal info. Put "Wray" in subject line contact off cobirds. Thanks in advance Jennifer Hyypiö Douglas Co

[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (27 Mar 2014) 9 Raptors

2014-03-27 Thread reports
Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 27, 2014 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0