Compiler: Allison Hilf
Date: September 7, 2014
email: r...@cfobirds.org
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, September 7, 2014 sponsored by
Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
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Birders,
Yesterday afternoon as we were getting ready to leave the house and I was
about to pull the car out of the garage, every bird at our feeders took off
in a panic and great flurry of wings. I then saw a large accipiter
approaching the yard from the north. I first thought a juv female Coop
Lots of migrant/winter influx activity today at Grandview Cemetery in Fort
Collins (Larimer).
Highlights included:
Red Crossbill (at least 30 flying in small flocks this way and that, mostly in
spruce, sometimes in Douglas-fir, occasionally in American Elm (I think the
latter is either a site
There was a nice mixed flock of warblers at Snakeskin Picnic Area below the dam
at Pueblo Reservoir this morning. They ranged from the bridge at the picnic
area to the parking lot just west of there. Included were:
Prothonotary warbler
Tennessee warbler
Townsend's warbler
Wilson's warbler
Yel
I have been stopping by Grasmere Lake, the southern water body in
Washington Park, at Downing and Louisiana, almost daily for a couple of
weeks, counting American White Pelicans as their numbers grow - from 4 to
21, now plateauing around 19-21.
While there this morning I saw an adult Black-crowne
Very interesting, Joe, and thanks for the naturalist info. I've never seen
a swimming BCNH, but here is a Google image of one, looking very duck-like.
http://ronreznick.photoshelter.com/image/Ix5z8Qm2fQlk
Good find!
Tom Wilberding
Boulder, CO
On Sunday, September 7, 2014 12:53:34 PM UTC-6,
Greetings All
I arrived at sunrise (about 6:30) where Curtis Road turns to Drennan Road. Just
to the south, I had 3 adult Baird's Sparrows within 45 minutes before reaching
the 90-degree bend in Drennan. I then drove the distance to Hemmingway and
back. On the way back, I thought that I had ju
Chris Owens, Dick Schottler, Dean Shoup, Kathy Mihm-Dunning and I birded NE
Colorado today and we were able to re-find the Buff-breasted Sandpiper on
Weld County Road 105 north of the Morgan County line. Photos are at the
link below.
Also found at this location was a nice Savannah Sparrow (photos
