Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: March 13, 2016
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, March 13, sponsored by Denver Field
Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
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I just saw 8 incredible Sandhill Cranes in the plum Creek nature area at
Chatfield. Still flying above right now. Love those sounds they make.
Prehistoric...
Matt C, Littleton
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Ted Floyd reported bushtits nest building at Greenlee Preserve near Boulder
yesterday. I can add a report from Fort Collins. Also yesterday, I was quite
surprised to see bushtits building a nest from the front door of my apartment.
I live about a mile east of CSU in an older residential area.
A trip to Sombrero Marsh in Boulder this morning yielded a marsh wren, blue
winged teal, and a brief glimpse of a swallow (white belly, my hunch is
tree swallow but not positive on the ID). Lots of other good ducks and
birds!
Good Birding,
Laura Steadman
Boulder
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In the woods across Castlewood Canyon Road from the McClain Pit, we heard a
mystery call, sort of like a more musical American Wigeon. After 5 minutes, we
finally saw the source: a pair of Eastern Bluebirds. They moved together, and
first the male & then the female inspected a hole (at the north
A male Osprey has arrived at the platform on 9th Avenue in Longmont. I saw
it today, but a local rancher told me he saw it there yesterday.
Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont
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Dinosaur Ridge
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 13, 2016
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SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total
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Black Vulture0 0
On the nesting *Bushtit* theme, my local flock near my home in Ken Caryl
Valley has divided up and for the last 10-14 days or so I've had sightings
only of pairs or singles. Today a pair was taking drier lint that I put in
a suet cage to use in building a newly started nest that is in a blue
spruce
Hello all,
I spent a marvelous weekend exploring in south eastern Colorado in Otero,
Prowers and Baca Counties with one brief foray into Las Animas County. It was a
gorgeous, sunny and warm (72-79 degrees for the high) weekend. Apparently my
primary goal of the weekend was to test Ebird's fil
