[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 28 September 2015

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: September 28, 2015 This is the Rare Bird Alert, Monday, September 28 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Green Heron (Park) Red Phalarope (Dougl

[cobirds] psyillid CFO article

Dave Leatherman's excellent CFO journal on hackberry psyillids and birds is archived here: http://cobirds.org/CFO/ColoradoBirds/HungryBird/11.pdf Several brown creepers and RB nuthatches have arrived at Golden Ponds. Scott E. Severs Longmont, CO -- You received this message because you are s

[cobirds] Common Nighthawk & Possible Philadelphia Vireo - Cheesman & Gardens (Denver)

I took my dog for a walk in Little Cheesman around dawn. We were briefly joined by two Common Nighthawk, which flew low, this time over the western (Williams St.) side of the park. They disappeared in that direction. Later in the morning, I went to the Gardens, which were birdy with an assortme

[cobirds] Re: Closure of Crow Valley Campground by the USFS?

Answer from definitive FS source ... Hi Gary, Just wanted to let you know that there is no intention to close the Crow Valley campground at this time. While the Forest Service across the nation is suffering from budget restraints and trying to determine what size of a recreational program w

[cobirds] Snowy Egrets and other ardeids at Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County

Hi, all. Just a quick note here to let folks know that Greenlee "Reservoir" and adjacent Waneka "Lake" are seriously infested right now with seriously photogenic Snowy Egrets and Great Blue Herons and a few Black-crowned Night-Herons. You might reasonably infer that they're attracted by hackbe

[cobirds] Barr Banding Station Update, 9/28/15

After our rather pathetic Sunday, it was nice to return to our leisurely fall banding of last week, with 37 new birds and a great variety of species. Star of the day was a Sage Thrasher (we caught one last year as well; the last one before that was before 2005). Here's the breakdown of the 37

[cobirds] Smartest birds locate best locations

Cobirders, While attending Rockies games since 2007 has been a questionable form of entertainment, Joe Roller was discovered by Fox News in his latest eBird Hotspot, Coors Field. Leave it to Joe to turn debacles into delights. Take a gander at his latest flight of fancy here. You will learn how

[cobirds] Thanks, Todd!

Cobirders, I wanted to extend my thanks, on behalf of the entire CFO Board of Directors, to Todd Deininger for his admirable leadership as Cobirds Moderator over the past many years. Todd has worked hard moderating Cobirds as list manager for at least 5 years now-since 2011 or earlier. Over