[cobirds] 100+ Birds Banded at Barr, 9/15/15

2015-09-15 Thread meredith
Things were hopping today! 111 birds banded, plus we caught a House Wren banded last year and 30 birds already banded this season for a grand total of 142 birds. Not surprisingly, there were lots of Wilson's, but also some variety. Here's the breakdown on the new birds: Dusky Flycatcher 1 Bla

[cobirds] Sabine's Gull in Pueblo (not El Paso) county

2015-09-15 Thread Gary Koehn
Sorry about that. The Sabine’s Gull seen this morning at Chico Basin Ranch headquarters lake was in Pueblo, not El Paso county Gary Koehn Colorado Springs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and s

[cobirds] Sabine's Gull at Chico Basin Ranch, El Paso County

2015-09-15 Thread Gary Koehn
At 11:45 this morning I saw an adult Sabines Gull flying over Headquarters Pond. I watched him for about 3 minutes until he left and headed south. The bird was unmistakable with striking black and white wing pattern and white tail. There have been several reports of Sabine’s Gull at Big Johns

[cobirds] Western Scrub-Jay & others, Denver Botanic Gardens (Denver)

2015-09-15 Thread Jared Del Rosso
To keep this conversation going...scrub-jays seem to be all around Denver this fall. I've seen one at the Gardens on the 7th and 13th, and ebird is showing additional sightings around central and south Denver over the past week. The bird (or these birds) at the Gardens haven't acted much like s

[cobirds] Western Scrub-Jay, Unincorporated Arapahoe County

2015-09-15 Thread Mary Driscoll
Speaking of Western Scrub-Jays, we have had one in the past, was even here for one of the Audubon's Christmas Feeder counts. We hadn't seen it for a while, it just showed up as Dave was cleaning our birdbath. Don't know if it will hang around or not. Mary & Dave Driscoll Unincorporated Arapahoe

[cobirds] Weld-Morgan Co birds, 14 Sept 2015

2015-09-15 Thread Scott Somershoe
All, I started out yesterday morning towards Crow Valley Campground, Weld Co. but stopped to watch large numbers of blackbirds come out of a marsh at sunrise at Weld CR60 1/2 where it bends left (North) and turns into CR37. Ribbons of Red-wings were seen before I got to the marsh and then saw ~7-8,

[cobirds] [CO BIRDS] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for September 15, 2015

2015-09-15 Thread Mary Driscoll
Compiler: Mary Driscoll Date: September 15, 2015 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, September 15, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). RED SHOULDERED HAWK (Logan) Americ