Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: November 18, 2015
This is the Rare Bird Alert, Wednesday, November 18, sponsored by Denver
Field
Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
Surf
Speaking of eating crow, I recently uncovered this passage in Archibald
Menzies' journal from his voyage with Vancouver into Puget Sound in 1792:
“…passing on our right a high sandy Cliff in which a species of Diver
burrowed very numerously like Swallows, we saw more of them in the Cliffs
of a
Hi all
Surprisingly I watched a (light adult) Swainson's Hawk, still in the area,
fighting through the gusting winds near Wellington SWA. Maybe it will
stick around for a CBC-area. :-) We had a 45mph gust in Nunn this morning.
Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.ning.com/
Mobile: ht
We recently put a blog post together explaining the banding we are doing at
Gunnison Island. Toward the bottom is specific information on banding, such as
where to report sightings, what information to include with the sightings, and
what colors of tags one might expect. I invite you to read i
Passing along some info. Peter Pereira posted a photo to a Cornell Bird
Facebook page asking for ID of a Myiarchus flycatcher from Roxborough SP,
Douglas Co., and the photo was taken yesterday (11/17/15). Looks more
brown-crested than ash-throated (because of back color), but there's just
one pho
Folks,I spoke to Peter Pereira. The myiarchus photographed yesterday was just outside the arboretum at Chatfield, now known as the Denver Botanical Garden. I and others suspect this is a Brown-crested Flycatcher, likely the same one from 3 weeks ago (see Mark Chavez's posts). Should you happen t
