[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 24 November 2014

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: November 24, 2014 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert Monday, November 24 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Tundra Swan (*Douglas, El Paso, Larime

[cobirds] change of venue for Boulder County Long-tailed Duck

This morning in the Longmont area, I did not see a Long-tailed Duck at McIntosh Reservoir, but I did see one at Lagerman Reservoir. Lagerman was ice covered a week ago but is now ice free. An excited group of Ring-billed Gulls, Herring Gulls, Common Mergansers, and Common Goldeneyes was feedi

[cobirds] "Raptor Alley" Trip #1 Results/Nunn

Excellent weather this past Saturday for a fine morning of "raptoring". Great bunch of birders showed up for breakfast and birds. A total of 66 birds seen. Folks were impressed on the birds I "planted" along the trip route ... :-) - Ferruginous Hawk - 8 - Unid Buteo - 7 - Red-tailed

[cobirds] Lots of longspurs in Kiowa County 11/23

Chris Wood sent me a photo of lots of longspurs down at Sheridan Lake, in Kiowa County yesterday afternoon.  I guess 6100+ (maybe like 10,000) Lapland Longspurs, 10 Chestnut-collared Longspurs, and two McCown's Longspurs.     Brandon Percival Pueblo West, CO -- You received this message becaus

[cobirds] Around Longmont this morning

Greetings All Hit a few reservoirs before the winds kicked up Union (WELD) was still fabulously birdy, with many gulls, mergansers and goldeneye. Highlights there included: 3rd year (ongoing) GLAUCOUS GULL 4 Thayer's Gulls (3 adults, 1 juv) 1 PACIFIC LOON 1 Common Loon Ish Reservoir (Boulde

[cobirds] Am Dipper in Adams Cty. today

Hi CoBirders I saw a single American Dipper in Clear Creek at Lowell Blvd. (Adams Cty) this morning about 10:15 am. It was downstream, east of the bridge, viewed from the bike path. Bob Canter, Denver CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Bir

[cobirds] Pueblo West geese 11/24

Margie Joy called me a little bit ago, to let me know about a Greater White-fronted and a Ross's Goose at Cattail Crossing Pond, in Pueblo West.  I went right over there, and both birds with feeding in the grass along McCullough Blvd., across from Vectra Bank in Pueblo West, with Canada and Cac

[cobirds] 5 Black Scoters - Aurora Rampart - Dougco

Birders, I finally got down to Roxborough and though there were no swans, now there are 5 female type Black Scoters there. I had 4 together and the other about 50 yards away. -- Ira Sanders Golden, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds

[cobirds] Adams County Fairgrounds Geese

On the way to the DMV today, I saw that there was a huge flock of geese on the fairgrounds lake, including many white geese. After closer inspection, most of the white geese were Snow Geese, including a couple of blue morphs. I was able to find a handful of Ross's Geese, and one Greater White

[cobirds] Huerfano County Update: Long-tailed Duck, Red-necked Grebe, Common Loon

It took quite a bit of looking, but was finally able to re-locate the Long-tailed Duck and 2 Red-necked Grebes in amongst the mass of Common Goldeneye on Martin Lake at Lathrop State Park. Also found a Common Loon on Horseshoe and a couple of Eastern Bluebirds between the two lakes. Polly Wren

[cobirds] Scoters in Colorado Springs

With help from Mel Goff and Beth Payne, I saw the three scoter species continuing at Prospect Lake, Memorial Park, Colorado Springs: Black Scoter, White-winged Scoter and Surf Scoter. Surf and white-winged were toward the north end and the Black Scoter was more toward the south end. Lake is n

[cobirds] Red Rocks Trading Post, Jefferson County, 11/23/14, 6:45-8:10 AM.

Hello, If your objective is to observe photographers then I highly recommend this location on the weekends if a rare bird has been plastered across the various social sites catering to birding and rare birds. *DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME* if your objective is to observe and study birds. I can only