[cobirds] Evening Grosbeaks - Chaffee CO - North Fork Reservoir

2016-06-12 Thread Ira Sanders
Birders, Today Tammy and I were with her family on a very rough drive up Chaffee County RD 240 near Maysville, CO. There is a campground on 240 where the good road ends and the 4 wheel drive rd starts. It was at this point that we had about 12 Evening Grosbeaks. At the end of the 4 wheel drive roa

[cobirds] Eastern Meadowlark - Rocky Mountain Arsenal (Adams)

2016-06-12 Thread Kathy and Jeff Dunning
Hi all - Yesterday, I got an email by way of a friend of a friend of a friend of a bird that looked good for Eastern Meadowlark at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. The photo was taken by Steve Rash who thought is sounded weird for the meadowlarks he was familiar with. Steve pointed me to the north si

[cobirds] NW CO Part 1; Jackson County and a bit of Larimer County

2016-06-12 Thread buntingrobinjay
I got back from a trip to North West Colorado, camping at Gates of Lodore Dinosaur National Monument and Pearl Lake State Park. Since I birded in three different counties I will break up my report into three parts for the counties. I began and ended by trip in beautiful Jackson County. On my

[cobirds] Eastern Screech Owl at Van Bibber

2016-06-12 Thread John Haycraft
Had a successful owling excursion last night with Gary and Greg Witt at Van Bibber Open Space in Arvada. We went in the hopes of finding the Eastern Screech Owl that's been seen there recently. Found a Great Horned Owl at the western end, but the highlight was TWO Eastern Screeches about a quar

[cobirds] Jefferson County, RED CROSSBILL and other species at Genesee Mountain Park

2016-06-12 Thread kathanne . lynch
Cobirders: All winter and spring has been an irruptive time for the RED CROSSBILL at Genesee Park (I-70, Exit 254, south side of highway 2 miles to Group Picnic area and Flagpole). Today we witnessed one adult male feeding one young. Listen for them, and perhaps you will see them in flight o

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 12 June 2016

2016-06-12 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org Date: June 12, 2016 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, June 12, 2016, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species) Pacific Lo