[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 22 April 2014

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: April 22, 2014 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, April 22, 2014, sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can skip the

[cobirds] Access to the birding area below Two Buttes dam has improved

For many months, access to one of Colorado's best migrant traps and scenic areas was Closed to Human Activity. (I thought about going there in my gorilla suit, but I took a tablet and a nap and forgot about it). Foot traffic is now welcome there, but vehicles are not allowed, and must be parked

[cobirds] Wed, April 23, DFO trip is full, with a waiting list

If you have not been exchanging emails with me about this trip, please DO NOT show up at the designated meeting place at 05:20 tomorrow. *The trip is full. with a waiting list, and we have changed the meeting spot, so maybe next time.* Thanks, Joe Roller -- You received this message because

[cobirds] Marbled Godwit/Crom Lake

Two Marbled Godwits this morning at Crom Lake along with Wilson's Phalarope (1), Greater Yellowlegs (1), Spotted Sandpiper (1), Killdeer (3) and American Avocet (12). Godwit photos: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile:

[cobirds] Pueblo birding 4/22

Highlights: Pueblo City Park: Indigo Bunting - 1 singing male, Frisbee Golf Course, near the creek Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 Green Heron - 2 at the Pond Rock Canyon, Osprey Picnic Area: Wilson's Warbler - 1 male Lazuli Bunting - 1 male Pueblo Reservoir (from Sailboard launching Area):

[cobirds] Black-throated Sparrow, Hanover, El Paso County, 4/22/14

Hi, Cobirders. I am sure the subject line has raised a couple of eyebrows already. At 8:10 a.m. this morning Beth Payne and I were leaving the parking lot of the Hanover Fire Station heading south to Chico Basin Ranch. About 100 yds. down the road we stopped to watch a Canyon Towhee scratching

[cobirds] Marston Res in Denver -- Wilson's phalarope

On a trip to Marston his afternoon, no terns seen but we did have great looks at 3 female Wilson's phalaropes in breeding plumage, as well as a Bonapartes gull. They were all on the south side shore, seen from the park off of jay road. Laura steadman Broomfield -- You received this message

[cobirds] Last Chance, Washington Co. - few migrants

I took the long way back from Limon to pass through the famed migrant trap. In spite of the place buzzing with bird activity, there were few birds of note. A single chipping, a Lincoln, and a couple of white-crown sparrows. Among the common grackles and blackbirds there was a pair of

[cobirds] Birdsong Identification Presentation - Rocky Mountain Arsenal

Location: Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center Auditorium Date: Saturday April 26th, 2014 Time: 9:00am Presenter: Alison Kondler The most beautiful music in the world is created by birds. Their songs easily brighten our day and instantly move us closer to nature, but

[cobirds] Roaring Fork Tuesday / Snow Leopard interruptions

Hi all, One of the fun things about staying home, and working at the desk (the only place you'll see any Snow Leopards round here is on the brochure pages I've been writing for 2015!) has been watching spring unfold in the Roaring Fork valley, albeit from a rather stationary viewpoint thus far.