[cobirds] Corvid Challenge

2016-07-25 Thread William H Kaempfer
Well, it's not exactly like being the first to document breeding by BAIS in Colorado, but here is a challenge for you in you are in the Boulder area, especially in the evenings, over the next few weeks. The Meadows Branch of the Boulder Public Library is nestled on the back side of the Meadows

[cobirds] San Luis Valley Summer Highlights

2016-07-25 Thread mvjohnski
Thought I would follow up and bring you up to date on some of the summer highlites here in the San Luis Valley First of all, we had pretty good spring and early summer moisture patterns. The snowpack was at or slightly above average. The snowpack combined with plentiful early rainfall made

[cobirds] Re: Report from CFO Field Trip for Baird's Sparrow

2016-07-25 Thread Scott Severs
Thanks to Nick Komar for his thoughtful reply to my query. His CFO trip was carefully coordinated to lessen impacts to ground-nesting species. If you haven't been to Soapstone, think of what Pawnee NG was 30+ years ago and go visit. Good Birding Scott E Severs On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at

[cobirds] Black-Chinned Hummer in Longmont

2016-07-25 Thread Kat Bradley-Bennett
I got a thrill Saturday afternoon when a male Black-Chinned Hummingbird came to my feeder in West Longmont. Kat Bradley-Bennett -- 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

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 25 July 2016

2016-07-25 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org Date: July 25, 2016 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, July 25, 2016, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species) Gunnison