[cobirds] Nice video on the Colorado Birding Trail

2015-11-11 Thread Scott Severs
Hip music too! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hz0glaxovt8 -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this

[cobirds] Re: Sage grouse news, good or bad?

2015-11-11 Thread Larry Modesitt
Nice summary, Tom, pointing out the differing viewpoints that well-meaning people and conservation groups have about the issue. Bird Conservancy of the Rockies also supports the voluntary approach. Our view is that most land is held privately, so great efforts must be made to work with private

[cobirds] Aiken Audubon Program Tonight at 6:30 PM

2015-11-11 Thread Debbie Barnes
November 11 / Ted Floyd (note that this is the 2nd Wednesday of November) The Ten Coolest Birds in Colorado [image: ted_floyd_web] Everybody loves Top 10 lists. How about a list of the 10 Coolest Birds in Colorado? And what is

[cobirds] Barr Lake - Greater White-fronted Goose

2015-11-11 Thread Gregg Goodrich
2 Greater White-fronted Geese on island west of visitor center at Barr Lake in Adams county. The Snow Goose is still there today as well. Around 500 mostly Cackling I believe since the snow and fronted look bigger to me. 2 distant photos on the eBird check list below. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/c

[cobirds] Sage grouse news, good or bad?

2015-11-11 Thread Tom Wilberding
I just got Boulder County Audubon’s newsletter, that mentioned the following: “On Sept. 22, 2015 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared that the Greater Sage-Grouse was no longer in need of Endangered Species Act Protections, provoking deep apprehension among conservation scientists……Im

[cobirds] Arctic Tern - Boulder Reaservoir - Boulder County

2015-11-11 Thread John Vanderpoel
Peter Burke reported a possible Arctic Tern at Boulder Res. so I drove over to get a look. It's a juvenile plumaged Arctic Tern feeding actively with fifteen or so Bonaparte's Gulls on Boulder Res.. They were all flying into a stiff wind (50 mph) so were basically flying in place giving me an opp

[cobirds] Red-necked Grebe -- Pueblo Res. (Pueblo) 11/11

2015-11-11 Thread Brandon K. Percival
On the water out from West Fisherman's Road to the west at Pueblo Reservoir, Pueblo County, I saw a Red-necked Grebe and three Common Loons this morning (11 Nov).  Yesterday (10 Nov), there were seven on Common Loons on Pueblo Reservoir.  Bonaparte's Gulls were scattered around the lake, probabl

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 11 November 2015

2015-11-11 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: November 11, 2015 This is the Rare Bird Alert, Wednesday, November 11, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Tundr