Greetings All
Basically, all of Crow Valley that does not require crossing the river is open.
It was moderately birdy today, but all usual stuff. North of the gate, there
was a massive hatching of dragons and damsels. The main dragonflies were
White-faced and Striped Meadowhawks and the main
Highlights of a trip today, 29June, to Picture Canyon (9 miles south of Baca M
Rd on 18Rd) were:
PAINTED BUNTING (probably the same one reported earlier this spring by Kaempfer
et al, at least one male calling at several locations both south and north of
the main Picnic Area). I did not hear a
Just had a male Calliope visit the feeder at home near Horsetooth Mtn Park. I
don't keep records of dates but this seems early for them.
Greg Luger
Fort Collins
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Hi All,I was surprised to see an alternate plumage adult Red-necked Grebe
at Groundhog Reservoir in Dolores County at about 10AM today. The bird was
north of the camp ground on the east side of the lake. It was too far out for
photographs and since I was conducting a breeding bird survey,
Sean Walters reported earlier this month that the Town of Timnath had
adopted a policy excluding non-residents from access to Timnath Reservoir
and the town park on the west side of the reservoir.
I've been in touch with town officials on behalf of concerned birders and
in my capacity as chapte
There was a Cassin’s Kingbird about 7 miles south of Smith Reservoir (Costilla
County), by the big white ranch house along the road. This is, so far as I
know, the first summer record for the species in the SLV. No breeding records
in Atlas I, and am anxiously awaiting Atlas II). The handfull of
Deb Carstensen and I found a fall plumage common loon on Cowdrey lake State
Wildlife Area along with lots of baby coots, pied billed grebes, other expected
waterfowl. And sage thrashers galore as the DFO trip reported.
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Elena Holly Klaver
Federally Certified Court Interpreter
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: June 29, 2015
E-mail: rba AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert, Monday, June 29 sponsored by Denver Field
Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLI
On Saturday at 05:00 AM, a group of intrepid birders departed from the Fort
Collins Marriott for a trip to Jackson County for a fun day of birding on a
DFO Sponsored trip. In addition to being a fun day, it was also a very
full day (over 16 hours total). We observed a total of 96 species and
