[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 24 May 2016

Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org Date: May 24, 2016 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, May 24, 2016, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Note / warb

[cobirds] Colorado Big Day -- 232

Greetings from Ithaca, As many of you know, I had the great fortune to do a big day in Colorado with Jessie Barry, Marshall Iliff, Tim Lenz, Brian Sullivan, and Andrew Farnsworth, colleagues and good friends who I’m privileged to work with at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. We had a tremendous day

[cobirds] Re: White-eyed Vireo - deKoevend Park (Arapahoe)

This morning, Gary Witt and I watched the White-eyed Vireo sing and feed near the walking bridge that connects the South Suburban Ice Arena to deKoevend Park in Centennial, CO (Arapahoe). This is just a bit south of where the bird has been since the 18th. I regretted not having my camera with m

[cobirds] Re: Colorado Big Day -- 232

Congrats to Chris Wood and his team for breaking the Colorado Big Day record by a lot!  Also, thanks to his group for finding birds in Pueblo County on 14 May, which helped Pueblo County reach 218 species of birds on that day, a record total number of species for the Annual Pueblo County Spring

[cobirds] Yellow-throated Vireo in Bent County

Birders, Spring migration is not quite done in southeast Colorado. This morning, at Van's Grove on the NW side of John Martin Reservoir, I had a singing Yellow-throated Vireo, singing Chestnut-sided Warbler, and singing American Redstart. Within minutes of seeing these birds, it got quiet, an

[cobirds] Rufous-crowned sparrow ? need id help Gross Reservoir, Boulder County, CO 5 23 2016

[cobirds] Black Swift in Pueblo 5/24

I had a little time to go to Osprey Picnic Area in Rock Canyon, below Pueblo Reservoir dam in Pueblo County, after some clouds came in from the north this morning (around 8:45am). I noticed a good number of swallows flying around, and looked way high up in the clouds, and picked out one Black Swif

Re: [cobirds] Rufous-crowned sparrow ? need id help Gross Reservoir, Boulder County, CO 5 23 2016

Chipping Sparrow seems more likely. The mustache stripe is much darker in Rufous-crowned. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubsc

[cobirds] Re: Warbling Vireo split?

Guess who was back at Walden Ponds, Boulder County, earlier this Tuesday evening, May 24: http://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/2936 (Him and his friends.) Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County On Friday, May 20, 2016 at 2:33:32 PM UTC-6, Scott Severs wrote: > > By Ken Kaufmann and featuring T

[cobirds] Cherry Creek SP (arapahoe)

Red-headed Woodpecker and Common Loon clearly seen today at CCSP. The woodpecker was in the trees on the shoreline at Tower Loop and the Loon was diving near Dixon Grove "point". Many other very nice birds, in addition, on a lovely Spring day there. Jill Boice -- You received this message b