[cobirds] Swainson's Thrushes on the move tonight

Nocturnal migrants calling their "heep" notes flying under a low cloud deck. At least one Veery. Check it out if you can! Scott -- Scott Severs Longmont Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe

[cobirds] FOS American Goldfinch Ken Caryl Jeff CO

Hi again! Boy, today was birdy at my house. After the 2 male Black-headed Grosbeaks arrived today (and I got to hear their boozy Robin-like song in person), I had a Pine Siskin show up that I've never seen at my feeders and then a male AMGO with his little olive mate showed up. I've always had L

[cobirds] 7 Warbler Afternoon at Bear Creek Lake Park (Jefferson County) (Fee Area) Today

Aaron Shipe, Art Hudak & I were treated to 7 Warblers today at Bear Creek Lake Park Big Soda Lakes North Trail (Jefferson County) today. Species included Yellow-rumped, Yellow, Common Yellowthroat, Virginia's, Blackburnian, Tennessee, & Black-throated Gray. Other sightings included Bullock's Or

[cobirds] Belmar treasures including a female Black-throated Gray Warbler

Had a lot of birds today at Belmar Park, the highlight being a female Black-throated Gray Warbler making her way through the tops of the trees on the north end of the park. See three pics at: http://www.robraker.com/Robs-Natural-World/Other-Front-Range-Lakes/Belmar-Park/i-6HJ9GvH Also had some

[cobirds] Telluride, San Miguel County, bird walks: Saturday, May 21

Hey, all. Just a quick note to let you know that The Nature Conservancy in Colorado will be hosting two public bird walks this coming Saturday, May 21, in and around Telluride, San Miguel County. Leader is Yours Truly. Details here: http://www.tellurideinside.com/2016/05/telluride-literary-arts

[cobirds] Prairie Warbler continues 5/17

The *Prairie Warbler *continued through the day at Massey Draw in Ken Caryl Valley, appearing around 9 am, and then as late as 5:30 pm, seen by a few others besides me. [See note below about visiting]. Other warblers there were *Yellow*, *Wilson's*,* MacGillivray's*, *Virginia's*, *Audubon's*, *Ye

[cobirds] Tempel's Grove (Bent) on 5/16

Blue-winged Warbler (singing male), Gray-cheeked Thrush and 3 male Blackpolls. All w of CR35. Dave Leatherman Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group an

[cobirds] Western Tanagers

3 Male Western Tanagers and a female appeared in my backyard in Highlands Ranch (Douglas County) yesterday (5/16) afternoon. They continue to feed on suet in my backyard today (5/17) and have brought a few of their friends along. I've seen up to 5 Males and 3-4 Females throughout the day. They

[cobirds] Sombrero Marsh - pharalopes, herons and a sora

I noticed that a couple of people reported a small flock of red-necked pharalope on Sombrero Marsh yesterday, so I went out there this morning to take a look. At first, there were none to be seen, but there were eight Great Blue Herons, some working the reeds on the west end, a couple out in t

[cobirds] Re: Big Day by Bike -- May 14

Way to go, Chris! Doug Swartz and I did a Big Day by bike on the 14th as part of the Fort Collins Audubon Society Birdathon. We well understand the challenges you faced (we also had to deal with a tire puncture) and the rewards. Doug and I purposefully limited ourselves to the Poudre River cor

[cobirds] Black-headed Grosbeaks Ken Caryl JeffCO

Hi all! Just had a bright spot in this otherwise dreary day. Two male BHGR showed up at my seed feeder and hung out for about 5 minutes eating sunflower seeds. Pretty exciting and crazy because I saw my first lifer of these a year ago almost to the day at the same feeder location. Yay!! Happy B

[cobirds] Red-necked Phalarope -- Bluff Lake Nature Center, Denver County

It pains me to post this... Chris Wood and Jessie Barry report 21 Red-necked Phalarope from Bluff Lake in the Stapleton Neighborhood of Denver. I won't be returning from WA until this evening, so I hope they stick around until tomorrow! This is a new bird for the Bluff Lake bird list, which cu

[cobirds] Veery/Lee Martinez Park/Larimer

This morning at Lee Martinez Park I had a Veery. This was a bright individual with weak spots, pale eyering and white belly. Best views are on a dirt path that crosses a stream just north of the Bike Trail (see map).I have made a map of the site in case folks want to chase this bird. *http

[cobirds] Spring Count goodies for Longmont area

I had two areas to cover in this year's Spring Bird Count. Foothills Audubon Bird Club covers the Longmont, Berthoud, Loveland, Ft. Collins areas. We covered west of Longmont from Hwy 287 to Hwy36, between Hwy 52 and Hwy 66. Like I said, a BIG area! Although my count partner and I didn't have t

[cobirds] Big Day by Bike -- May 14

Hello all -- On Saturday I made my first attempt at a Big Day on Bike. My route was basically St. Vrain Mountain - Allenspark - Old St. Vrain Road - Lyons - Longmont - Union Res - Sandstone Ranch, with lots of additional stops thrown in. In the weeks leading up to it I had no time for scouting

[cobirds] Yesterday in Weld County: Hudsonian Godwit and Lewis's Woodpecker

Greetings All Yesterday, Kathy Mihm-Dunning, Jon King, and I birded from Crow Valley to Union Reservoir, finishing our day about 6 pm, soggy and chilled. During the course of the day, we stumbled across 145 species. The rarest birds included a gorgeous breeding-plumage HUDSONIAN GODWIT (and

Re: [cobirds] Least Terns at Lake Hasty (Bent County)

Yippee! I salute both the terms and the Duane! Sent from my iPhone > On May 16, 2016, at 2:19 PM, Duane Nelson wrote: > > Birders, > > I observed two Least Terns at Lake Hasty today, May 16th, only one day later > than their usual arrival date of May 15th. Lake Hasty is a staging area for >

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 17 May 2016

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