[cobirds] Bluebird flocks

Here in Golden on this snowy morning I've heard and seen several flocks of mainly Mountain Bluebirds flying overhead. One massive flock of 150+ birds, which alighted in the trees across from my yard, was mixed Mountain/Western (70/30). The huge flock departed south, downhill, towards downtown

[cobirds] seagull at Big Johnson Reservoir - El Paso County

COBirders, Here is a photograph of an adult basic Chroicocephalus philadelphia from St. Patrick's Day that was found on the 16th by Aaron Driscoll, my FOS. At Adams Open Space, also in El Paso County there were two Eastern Bluebirds on the east side of the property and a calling Osprey

[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge (16 Mar 2016) 3 Raptors

Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 16, 2016 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0

[cobirds] Golden Eagle sky-dancing at Roxbourgh

Ann Troth and I saw a Golden Eagle sky-dancing on February 17th on Carpenter Peak trail at Roxbourgh State Park. I took a video with my iPhone. One of the most amazing flight displays I have ever seen. It is just a tiny speck at the start of the video right in the middle of the screen. But it does

[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge (19 Mar 2016) 14 Raptors

Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 19, 2016 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0

Re: [cobirds] Digest for cobirds@googlegroups.com - 5 updates in 4 topics

Larimer County The Yellow-throated Warbler continues to visit our backyard feeders here in Fort Collins, near City Park. I have learned that there has been a Yellow-throated Warbler visiting a yard just two blocks from here on several occasions since January, so I suspect this is the same bird.

[cobirds] Pueblo (Pueblo County) birds 3/19

Pueblo, (Pueblo County) birding today 19 March 2016, along with the Hugh and Urling Kingery, Mark Yaeger, and the Denver Audubon Master Birders, we saw a male Yellow-headed Blackbird, Curve-billed Thrashers, Great-tailed Grackles, Scaled Quail, a female Lesser Goldfinch in Pueblo West, Osprey

[cobirds] Turkey vulture, Arapahoe County

There was a turkey vulture circling my place today in unincorporated Arapahoe County, just outside of Littleton. I didn't remember seeing other posts about vultures except those further south so I thought I'd throw this in. I still have some of the smaller forms of geese, Richardsons and Lesser

[cobirds] Red-throated Loon - Highline Lake SP - Mesa County

Definitely a Red-throated Loon at Highline Lake SP (probably a young bird as there was no white speckling on back). Had good look today with Dave & Diane Trappett with sun at our back and loon swimming in calm water next to flotilla of Western Grebes. Yesterday was windy with lots of waves and not

[cobirds] Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, El Paso Cnty

Hey, COBirders, I've got a female (1st-year?) yellow-bellied sapsucker in & out of a Ponderosa pine in my back yard late this morning (still here now). Marty Wolf, NW CO Spgs 719-5481932 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group.

[cobirds] status of birds so far in the food web of the NCAA Tourney

By my calculations, so far birds are 4 for 7 in the survive-and-advance food web world of the NCAA men's basketball tourney. Duke Blue Devils beat the University of North Carolina-Wilmington Seahawks. L Kansas Jayhawks beat the Austin Peay Governors. W Iowa Hawkeyes beat the

[cobirds] Sky-dancing Golden Eagles

COBirders-- If you haven't checked out the sky-dancing eagles yet, here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koWpTZ8Jo-s

[cobirds] Eagle in flight

Hi Did you ever want to fly like Eagle. Go to the Lab of Ornithology web site and click on Golden Eagle sky-dancing, utube.com. The video sure convinced me to consider putting my name on the waiting list for the "next life” to become a Golden Eagle. Apparently I seem to lack the tech skills

[cobirds] Lincoln Co. arrivals

Folks, Once again I am performing surveys in Lincoln Co. this spring season. Some of the recent arrivals include: Four Mountain Plovers seen today in a sprouting winter wheat field. This is a week earlier than last year and the earliest I have seen this species in Colorado. Three Sage

[cobirds] Greater Yellowlegs "in" Nunn/Weld

Hi all On NW corner of Hwy 85/Weld CR 100 is flooded "pit" on N side of Weld CR 100--been around for about two years ever since they built out the oil and gas services industry on north. Today it had a Greater Yellowlegs in it (photo

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 19 March 2016

Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: March 19, 2016 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, March 19, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Mute

[cobirds] Another Osprey in Longmont

This morning, a male Osprey arrived at the platform on N 75th, just south of Nelson Road in Longmont. This is the earliest arrival for this nest since it was erected four years ago. Kat Bradley-Bennett Longmont -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[cobirds] eBird checklist distance

Hi all: Below, please find the link to the new post on the Colorado & Wyoming eBird blog about distance traveled for eBird checklists. http://cowyebird.blogspot.com/2016/03/ebird-checklists-and-miles-traveled.html I would appreciate someone forwarding this to the Western Colorado listserve.

Re: [cobirds] Digest for cobirds@googlegroups.com - 5 updates in 4 topics

Fort Collins, Larimer County There was a Yellow-throated Warbler at one of our feeders here in our backyard near City Park in Fort Collins, yesterday March 16th. John Todd On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 1:27 AM, wrote: > cobirds@googlegroups.com >

[cobirds] Grebe ID

A few days ago I saw several Horned Grebes at Boulder Reservoir. I also viewed one or two confusing birds that I reported as Horned/Eared Grebe. Kenn Kaufman's Facebook page notes that at this time of the year as birds have begun to molt out of winter plumage "it can be tougher to ID things

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 17 March 2016

Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: March 17, 2016 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, March 17, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Mute

[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge (17 Mar 2016) 6 Raptors

Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 17, 2016 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0