[cobirds] Re: Long-tailed Ducks, Larimer County

2015-04-08 Thread Georgia Doyle
The Long-tailed Ducks were still at Walmart Pond at Harmony Rd and I-25 this morning and afternoon. We saw three individuals -- two males and one female. Photos by Dave Dahms on are on my Flickr page https://www.flickr.com/photos/108741736@N05/16464635853/in/photostream/ https://www.flick

[cobirds] Chatfield area and Ken Caryl area Apr 8 (Jefferson/Douglas)

2015-04-08 Thread David Suddjian
My first *Broad-tailed Hummingbird* of the season visited my ready-and-waiting feeders at my Ken Caryl Valley home early this morning. At Chatfield SP the Swim Beach had 38 *Franklin's Gulls*, 2 *Bonaparte's* and growing numbers of *Western Grebes *and *Am. White Pelicans*. An *Audubon's Yellow-ru

[cobirds] Thank You

2015-04-08 Thread DAVID A LEATHERMAN
In my last post about Weld County I forgot to acknowledge the Alabama birder mentioned but unnamed in a previous COBIRDS post who has helped several of us find various birds of late. His name is Larry Hancock. The man knows his stuff. He is the one who discovered the congregation of both Ches

[cobirds] Weld County on 4/8

2015-04-08 Thread DAVID A LEATHERMAN
First stop was the pasture/pdog town e of Weld CR57 just s of SR14 - NO Mountain Plover, the target of the day. I got to Crow Valley Campground by mid-morning and checked Briggsdale after that. Highlights were: Water in Crow Creek Merlin (female, which actually vocalized at one point while

[cobirds] Zone-tailed Hawk/Kit Carson county, April 8th at 4:45 pm

2015-04-08 Thread Amy Dobbins
Hello, I am posting this for Riley and Heather Morris, of Durango, CO, who are on the road today. While driving through the town of Burlington, Riley and Heather id'd a Zone-tailed Hawk "hanging loosely with 12 Turkey Vultures floating above Burlington. Obvious white band mid-tail. Wingtips

[cobirds] A Boulder Audubon Walk at Rabbit Mt. that turned into a Hawk Watch [Boulder County]

2015-04-08 Thread Carl Starace
Birders, As I arrived at Rabbit Mt.,[just south of Lyons], this morning, about 7:30, I was met by John Breitsch who had just seen 74 American Kestrel pass within about 45 minutes. Wow.Just not something either of us expected today.We then continued to count Kestrels for another 40 minutes and

[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (08 Apr 2015) 40 Raptors

2015-04-08 Thread reports
Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 08, 2015 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0

[cobirds] Red Crossbill, Cheesman Park, Denver

2015-04-08 Thread Jared Del Rosso
The flock of red crossbill is back in the northeast corner of Cheesman Park, Denver. Jared Del Rosso Denver, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email

[cobirds] First Annual Pikes Peak Birding Festival

2015-04-08 Thread Pam Piombino
Here is the link to this event: http://pikespeakbirdingandnaturefestival.org/ Best, Pam Piombino -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsu

[cobirds] Re: Boulder Broad-tailed Hummingbird

2015-04-08 Thread John Ealy
We, too, had a male broad-tail at our feeders in Roxborough Park on April 7. It's the earliest we have seen in our five years here. Our previous earliest here was April 19, 2013. My wife, who has been keeping records for 30 years, puts feeders out in mid-March, and we have seen broad-tails as e

[cobirds] Black-and-white Warbler - Garden of the Gods Park - El Paso County

2015-04-08 Thread Bill Maynard
COBirders, I saw/photographed my FOS female Black-and-white Warbler in Garden of the Gods Park (El Paso County) today, 8 April, at about 11:00 a.m. It was foraging in Gambel's oaks between Parking Lots #6 & #7 and the main permanent cement trail, westernmost part of the Central Garden. She c

[cobirds] unsuccessful search for Brown Pelican (Weld Co.)

2015-04-08 Thread David Dowell
I searched ponds and lakes from St Vrain SP and Union Reservoir out to Lower Latham Reservoir this morning and have been unable to re-find the Brown Pelican found by Dawn Albright on Monday at St Vrain SP (appeared in ebird alerts early this week, strangely not there now). There are plenty of

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 8 April 2015

2015-04-08 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: April 8, 2015 This is the Rare Bird Alert, Wednesday, April 8, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Tundra Swan (Pueblo) BRANT (Rio Grande) Long-