Re: [cobirds] Re: New AOU order

Does this mean the CFO checklist is auto-sync'ed to the eBird (and hence Clements) taxonomy? Just curious - I note that the 2016 Clements updates are now released as of today, and I assume the CFO checklist will then be revised shortly again. For example, the CFO checklist at the moment (6pm, Aug

[cobirds] Re: Can someone help ID this bird?

Thank you all for your input! The responses as a whole including a couple of outside expert birders I've spoken with are leaning a little more to the hybrid. Margo On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 3:06:07 PM UTC-6, margo171 wrote: > > Unfortunately he was backlit, these are the best photos I

[cobirds] Black Swift, Boulder County

All, In order to run in a new pair of hiking boots, I went to the Wild Basin area of Rocky Mountain National Park this morning. I didn't see or hear the family of Stub-tailed Wrens at Calypso Cascades, which was last reported by Christian Nunes. However, at Ouzel Falls there was what I presumed

[cobirds] Request/Info: sightings of wing tagged American White Pelicans

All - See below info on an Am. White Pelican banding project at the Great Salt Lake. Not only were 500 young birds banded and wing tagged this year, but there are a bunch of adult birds with satellite transmitters, incl. one that was NW of Greeley last evening. Links below are to blogs about

[cobirds] 2016 AOU checklist explained

COBirders-- For the many readers of this forum who may not know much about how the Checklist is formulated, one source for understanding the process is found by using this link: http://www.audubon.org/news/here-are-biggest-changes-aou-checklist-north-ame rican-birds Leon Bright Westcliffe

Re: [cobirds] Can someone help ID this bird?

Indigo bunting, possibly with some lazuli genes mixed in. Arvind Panjabi Fort Collins Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 9, 2016, at 11:04 PM, Joey Angstman wrote: > > Juvenile male Blue Grossbeaks are much more tan or brown on their bellies and > backs. > > Joey Angstman >

Re: [cobirds] Re: New AOU order

eBird is currently running its annual taxonomic update, still in progress now, but it is expected to be completed shortly. In the meantime some things on birder's lists temporarily do funky things as the work is in progress. http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/taxonomy2016/ David Suddjian

[cobirds] Re: New AOU order

Thanks for the info. I notice that Western Scrub Jay has been removed from my Colorado lists and has not been replaced by Woodhouse's Scrub Jay. I noticed quite a few on my "Needs List" this morning. I changed it in my first checklist of the year that contained Western Scrub Jay, but it has

[cobirds] Larimer hotspots

A few locations worth visiting for interesting birds and there were county include the following: 1. Timnath Reservoir. The mud flats at the East Bay, viewed from CR1/CR13, host several species of shorebirds and hundreds of gulls and other waterbirds right now. Highlights yesterday included 3

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 10 August 2016

Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org Date: August 10, 2016 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, August 910sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species) NOTE:

[cobirds] Olive-sided Flycatcher at Brush Hollow SWA, landbird migration has begun

I found an immature Olive-sided Flycatcher sallying after insects at Brush Hollow State Wildlife area this afternoon. It had indistinct wing bars indicative of worn adult plumage. I got two reasonable pics of it that I have uploaded to my Birds and Nature blog.