[cobirds] Owls and Bats

2015-07-14 Thread cougar
Took the family up to see the 200,000 Mexican Freetailed Bats at the Orient Mine near Villa Grove last week. Was surprised to find 2 Long-eared Owls frolicking in the entrance to the cave as evening approached. The bats put on a wondrous display as they headed out into the vast Valley. During

[cobirds] Re: Sora -- Florissant Fossil Beds N.M. (Teller)

2015-07-14 Thread Amber Carver
I was up there Sunday too and did not find it to be slow, but perhaps that's because I wasn't expecting to see any birds at all. I was pleased with the very cooperative Williamson's Sapsuckers (2+ pairs); family of Mountain Bluebirds; White-breasted, Red-breasted, and Pygmy Nuthatches in the

[cobirds] Re: Sora -- Florissant Fossil Beds N.M. (Teller)

2015-07-14 Thread Amber Carver
As Nick Komar correctly pointed out, they were Gray-headed, not Pink-sided. I was just testing you all :-) -Amber On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 9:28:35 AM UTC-6, Amber Carver wrote: I was up there Sunday too and did not find it to be slow, but perhaps that's because I wasn't expecting to

Re: [cobirds] Black Phoebe (and phoebe trifecta), Waterton Canyon, Jeff Co.

2015-07-14 Thread David Suddjian
Thanks to Scott's lead I saw the Black Phoebe at 1 pm. It was focused around the small fenced area past the second shed. It seemed like it might be paired with the Eastern Phoebe, which I saw carrying food to a likely nest site within that smaller fenced area. Also had a male Lazigo bunting

[cobirds] Rufous and Calliope Hummers - Golden - Jeffco

2015-07-14 Thread Ira Sanders
Birders, Both Rufous and Calliope have started showing up at our feeders in Golden. Some Bullock's are still here at the jelly feeder. Everyone is welcome to check out our yard and feeders. For those of you who have been here before, there has been a change in road configuration: The stop light

Re: [cobirds] Re: Denver has two new eBird hotspots - Coors Field and Sports Authority Field at Mile High (restricted access)

2015-07-14 Thread stevenelarson
Hi All, I've only had Orioles, Cardinals and Blue Jays. Steve Larson Northglenn CO - Original Message - From: Ira Sanders zroadrunne...@gmail.com To: tedfloy...@hotmail.com, Joe Roller jroll...@gmail.com Cc: COBirds cobirds@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 11:24:41 AM

[cobirds] House Wrens increasing in Denver

2015-07-14 Thread Robert Righter
Hi all The House Wren has always been an infrequent spring and fall migrant in our neighborhood in Denver. Last summer a few House Wrens were noted in our backyard. This summer the House Wren has blanketed not only our backyard but the whole neighborhood’s backyards, to where the wren the now

[cobirds] Black Phoebe (and phoebe trifecta), Waterton Canyon, Jeff Co.

2015-07-14 Thread Scott Somershoe
All, I headed out this morning on a wild phoebe chase to see if I could refind a Black Phoebe at Waterton Canyon, Jefferson Co. that was posted by someone on the Colorado Bird Photography Facebook page the other day. After some serious wandering around trying to find the spot in the photos, I

Re: [cobirds] Re: Denver has two new eBird hotspots - Coors Field and Sports Authority Field at Mile High (restricted access)

2015-07-14 Thread Ira Sanders
I add Burrowing Owl 5/5/95 at Coor's Field (catching bugs in the lights) as well as Kestrel and family later that year. Ira On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 7:01 PM, Ted Floyd tedfloy...@hotmail.com wrote: Brilliant, Joe. My Coors Field eBird list: 1 Mallard 1 Coors Field US-CO 24-Jul-07 2 Rock