[cobirds] Broad-winged Hawk, El Paso Co.

COBirders, Fountain Creek Regional Park was very slow for migrants yesterday (too warm, sunny?). Amongst the migrant dribble, I did have moving through a first year, light phase Broad-winged Hawk. Cordially, Steve Getty, Colorado Springs -- You received this message because you are

[cobirds] Golden Ponds 10/8

I went over to Golden Ponds today hoping to catch any late migrants or birds just starting migration. Here were the highlights- Possible Cackling Goose: in a flock Canada Geese looked much smaller as it flew over but I couldn't refind it in any of the ponds. Wood Duck: Female in the private lake

[cobirds] Re: Large Gull on Baseline Res - ID unknown

Well, I have had a few replies, and the most common suggestion is that it is a first-year Herring Gull. It does look very much like one of the photos on allaboutbirds.org, so I have no reason to doubt that this is a pretty solid ID. I don't remember where I saw it, but I completely agree

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Lake Station, 10/8/17

Slow day before the storm - wind off and on probably didn't help. Nice range of birds but only 14 banded: Blue Jay 1 Brown Creeper 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Hermit Thrush 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 3 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's

[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Centennial (Arapahoe)

This afternoon, I spent some time in the back of my yard, looking for a small song bird that I'd earlier seen up in the trees. That was probably a House Finch, but the leaf litter below those trees was busy. Moving in after a Spotted Towhee was a White-throated Sparrow, both scratching around

[cobirds] Chico Basin Ranch Banding Report - Final Summary

Well that's a wrap folks. We finished up the 2017 season on Friday after a bit of a rollercoaster week. We started the week well with 61 and 62 birds banded on Monday and Tuesday but followed it up with only 7 birds on Wednesday as rain forced us to close the nets after 45 minutes. Thursday

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, October 8, 2017.

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, October 8, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species) NOTE: The RBA is now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families has changed.