[cobirds] Boulder County Hawks 11/21/15

I took a short tour around the Lagerman Reservoir area of Boulder County last past Saturday. Lots and lots of raptors were out, including 8 Red-Tails and 1 Harlan's (sitting on the new Osprey nest on a utility pole just west of Lagmerman and west of the county-built Osprey platform), 1

[cobirds] Siskins continue, COS

Hi COBirders, I had another, but smaller, arrival of Pine Siskins in my yard in NW Colorado Springs this morning, and banded 40 new birds. That makes 185 new siskins banded in the last 10 days, and only a dozen or so recaptured birds from banding earlier this week. I’ve also captured about 25

[cobirds] Tennessee Warbler still present in Fort Collins

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 23 November 2015

Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: November 23, 2015 This is the Rare Bird Alert, Monday, November 23, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).

[cobirds] Tennessee Warbler and Clay-colored Sparrow - PERC - Ft. Collins, Larimer CO

Birders, As I posted earlier, the very chubby Tennessee Warbler is still present at the same location on the CSU campus. Also present and seen by Dave Leatherman and myself, is a late Clay colored Sparrow. It was with a flock of Juncos and we saw it on the grass directly east of the warbler

[cobirds] Re: Pair of Falcons? near Eastlake at 126th and Lafayatte

Eric, I haven't seen these, but this is only a few blocks away from where I live and I can head over there when I'm back in town on Thursday and look. Seems unlikely that it would be two Peregrines. Have you ruled out American Kestrels? Adam Vesely Thornton, CO On Monday, November 23,

[cobirds] Various spots near the Jefferson / Douglas / Arapahoe interface

The highlight at Chatfield Reservoir was 6 *Tundra Swans* initially on the water near the Original Heronry Overlook (Jefferson/Douglas), but nearly as soon as I got the scope on them they took flight and went off to the north. They were wonderfully large. A juv. *Greater White-fronted Goose* was

[cobirds] TN Warbler continues at PERC Gardens, CSU in Fort Collins (Larimer) on 22Nov

As Ira mentioned, the Tennessee Warbler continues her mission to become least aerodynamic long-distance migrant on the Planet. Watch for it to star in its own reality show "Biggest Gainer" on the Animal Channel. Here are a few observations that might help anyone trying for this bird tomorrow,

[cobirds] Snow geese on diagonal

Hello all; A few Snow geese are in a mixed flock of Canada geese on the diagonal between Boulder and Longmont. The flock is located north of IBM (Hwy 52)on the west side of 119. Good birding! Tracy Pheneger Longmont -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[cobirds] Fwd: [NATURE-NET] Audubon Interludes with Nature

These outings help fund our youth ornithology scholarships to Hog Island ME. Sign up for a great outing and help support a young scientist! Scott Severs Longmont -- Forwarded message -- From: *mary balzer marybalz...@gmail.com [NATURE-NET]*

[cobirds] Pair of Falcons? near Eastlake at 126th and Lafayatte

Hello Folks, I have regularly been seeing one raptor in Thornton hanging out on a street lamp on 126th in between Lafayette and Washington for a year or two. Yesterday went for a closer look with the binoculars and noticed there were two. Their habit it is to fly and perch back and forth