The evening of July 7 brought a big thunderstorm with some intense winds.
The road to the Plum Creek Nature Area passes between some tall cottonwoods
before it ends at a washout. As I drove to those trees soon after sunrise
on July 8 I noticed about 50-60 birds feeding on the asphalt and adjacent
d
To avoid confusion, I mistakenly wrote northwest Park in the subject line,
but I mean to write northeast Park. Don't want anyone searching on the
wrong end of the map... --David
On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 7:13 PM, David Suddjian wrote:
> Yesterday morning (July 7) I explored in the northwest corner
I began well before sunrise at Chatfield SP yesterday morning (July 8) and
birded there for a few hours. I was able to learn all about the Chatfield
Mosquito, and now we are intimate acquaintances. But it was worth it, not
only for the Eastern Screech-Owl that called 3 times from Plum Creekâs
fores
Date: 9 July 2014
Time: 1030-1130
It took me a few days to chase down these birds, but I followed up on the
Mountain Plover sightings from Mark Chavez (I believe on the 6th or 7th of
July).
In the same area, I found 3 Mountain Plovers, and I also found and
photographed a McCown's Longspur j
Cobirders,
If you are planning on attending this year's CFO Convention-August 28th to
September 1st in Sterling, Colorado-this is the last week to register before
rates go up. Early registrations are really important to us at the CFO in
order to get accurate headcounts on field trip registrati
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Compiler: Allison Hilf
Date: July 9, 2014
email: r...@cfobirds.org
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday July 9, sponsored by Denver
Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
Red-necked Greb
Five ruddy ducks were seen on Tuesday, 7/8, on Cooley Lake in South Platte
Park. This is a protected (restricted) area. There were two male and three
probable female, versus juvenile, ducks in the flock.
thanks, Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe County, Colorado
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It was pointed out to me that the size difference between Rock and Cactus
is considerable and should be obvious especially if they were seen
together. The bird I saw was only slightly larger than the Rock Wrens
nearby. Also, the length of the tail beyond the primary extension seems to
be shorte
