[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 1 February 2016

Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: February 1, 2016 This is the Rare Bird Alert, Monday, February 1 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Trumpeter S

[cobirds] South Platte Res and vicinity, Arapahoe, Jefferson Feb 1

I stopped in at S. Platte Res. first thing this morning. Open water continues in the Arapahoe portion. Three* Long-tailed Ducks* are still there. The male was spending lots of time on the surface for a change, power-swimming along the margin of the open water, while the two females were underwater

[cobirds] Redpoll - Golden - Jeffco

Birders The Redpoll is here. I have NOT seen any Rosy's this morning. The Harris's was reported yesterday. -- Ira Sanders Golden, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails fro

[cobirds] CFO Convention: General information available online

Hello, Birders. The announcement (we used to call it the "brochure") for the CFO Convention in Lamar, Prowers County, May 5-9, 2016 is available online: http://cobirds.org/CFO/Conventions/Next.aspx Printable PDF version here: http://cobirds.org/CFO/Conventions/Brochures/2016.pdf Please note t

[cobirds] RE: Crown Hill Area Goose

There has been a Snow Goose reported on ebird from Crown Hill and the adjacent Paramount Park. I was able to get photos of this strange looking large bird on the 25th. The bill definitely is lacking the grin patch on the bill. The bill and legs are a bright orange like a Greater White-fronte

[cobirds] Say's Phoebe (Denver),

Hi While visiting my 103 year old father-in-law at Clermont Park retirement digs, there was a Say’s Phoebe working under the eaves for ___? Of interest the Say’s Phoebe was first discovered for Science on the 1820 Steven Long Expedition while the expedition was in an area that is know Pueblo R

[cobirds] A puzzle - Douglas

A puzzlement. The setting: We live in an area below an extension of the Castlewood Canyon cliffs, one of 16 homes scattered along a mile-long road. Several of the homes have bird feeders,though not as faithfully filled as ours. On top of the cliffs, a half mile away, a subdivision developme

[cobirds] Christian's magical longspur

Hello, Birders. This is a note of local interest--and universal irony. Yesterday afternoon, Sunday, Jan. 31, Andrew Floyd and I ran into--literally, almost ran into--Christian Nunes on the trail at Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County. Christian told us he'd heard a lapland longspur flying over L

[cobirds] more Lappies Loafing over Longmont

I stepped out to experience the heavy snow band over Longmont and two Lapland Longspurs were calling (rattles and tew calls) overhead possibly disoriented by the snow and the glow of the city lights. I'm going outside to listen again. . . Scott E. Severs Longmont, CO -- You received this messag