Compiler: Ira Sanders
e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: September 17, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, September 17 sponsored by Denver
Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Highlight species include: (* indicates
Hi:
On earlier Cobird post I’ve noted Lesser Black-backed Gulls (LBGU) being
reported.
Since there are very few breeding records for LBGU in North America it would be
useful for late summer-early fall Cobird reports to include the age for the
gull being reported . A documented juvenile LBGU si
A lovely banding day, cool but sunny. Shared it with the CSU Birding Club,
run by banding station alums Francis Commercon and Megan Miller. 31 new
(including our 2nd BLACKPOLL WARBLER of the season - only our 5th since
2005) and 1 return from 2016:
Down Woodpecker 1
Dusky Flycatcher 1
Black-
The DFO field trip up the Coal Creek Canyon and on to the Moffat Tunnel
gained 4 new birds in our quest to beat our May Big Month. Join a September
DFO field trip and help us increase our Big Month total.
We added Northern Goshawk, Clarke's Nutcracker, Band-tailed Pigeon and
Lincoln's Sparrow to t
Hi all,
This past weekend my brother and I visited Lamar and the surrounding area
for a bit of birding. I will list the locations with the best birds, for a
more thorough description would be tedious. Photos can be seen on Ebird
checklists for any of those interested.
Melody Tempel Grove: arri
Today I went around the usual SW Longmont hotspots and I found some
interesting stuff.
At Golden Ponds I was surprised to find a MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE calling with
some BCCH, a very unusual bird for Golden Ponds and some of Longmont as a
whole. There was also a BLUE GROSBEAK, TOWNSENDS WARBLER, a
I never was able to find the "bird" up in the tree despite multiple attempts.
I heard the call off and on through the night, it became less frequent as the
night wore on. Unable to sleep, I still heard it at four this morning.
I went out to look up in the tree to see if I could see anything du
