Tom, thanks for such a thought-provoking, informative and resourceful post. You
draw attention to an interesting situation with respect to the reports of
bobwhite in Boulder County submitted to eBird. Are those legitimate reports, or
should they have been caught and removed by the filtering syst
Hello, Birders.
This President's Day morning, Feb. 16, Andrew Floyd and I were trudging
through the deep and drifted snow in the North Boulder foothills, when what
should appear at the tippy top of a tall tree but a gloriously crimson
adult male *Northern Cardinal.* It was in fact the first bir
Today, Monday 2/16, we encountered a flock of 400-500 or more Rosy Finches in
Silverton who gathered in tall cottonwoods near the corner of Blair St. and 9th
intermittently. The great preponderance are Brown-caps but we were able to
pull out a few Gray-crowns and at least one splendid male Blac
I found an adult male Long-tailed Duck at Windsor Lake amongst 180 Common
Goldeneyes. East side of the lake. Also present were 2 Lesser Black-backed
Gulls and 3 Red-brebreasted Mergansers. Nick Komar in company.
Austin Hess
Fort Collins, Colorado
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Hi Cobirders, My son Bob took me up to Boulder Walden Ponds-Cottonwood Marsh
had a lot of waterfowl including Ring-necked Ducks, Widgeon ,
Redhead, Green-winged Teal,Mallard, Gadwall and two Northern Pintail. Best of
all a Cinnamon Teal (fos). Several groups of Canada Geese and
70 Ring-billed
Neglected to mention in my earlier post re the Denver Field Ornithologists
field trip to Denver City Park yesterday; among the myriad Cackling and
Canada Geese was one goose with a very broad white neck ring. This is
characteristic of the Aleutian subspecies of Cackling Goose, but according
to Sibl
Birders:
Have heard a pygmy owl calling in the evenings twice in the last 5 days. We
have
About 3 inches of snow, which may quiet the bird down as the realization of
the
Lack of spring sets in. Have not seen it yet.
Pinyon jays (12-18) have been around the feeders the last 5 days, but
u
Hello, birders,
If you’re interested in ABA listing, read on; the rest of you are excused.
:-) However, even if you are not a lister, the listing game does expose you
to more serious field ornithology--namely status and distribution. So you
non-listers are welcome to eavesdrop here.
The re
Sponsored by Boulder County Audubon Society
*Saturday, February 21, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.*
"Ducks Along the Platte with 'Davis'!"
We’ll drive down to 88th and Colorado (where you can alternatively meet at
9:20). We will walk along the South Platte River Trail for 2-3 miles. If
it’s good and cold
Birders, there are lots of rosy finches here today. There is also lots of
snow.
Ira Sanders
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Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: February 15, 2015
This is the Rare Bird Alert Sunday, February 15 sponsored by Denver Field
Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
Tundra Swan (*Fremont, Mesa, Pueb
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