[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 27 December 2018

2018-12-27 Thread Joyce Takamine
Date: December 27, 2018 Compiler: Joyce Takamine E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, December 27, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists. Rare, out of place and out of season species include: (*) indicates new information on this species; CAPITAL LET

[cobirds] Gyrfalcon Larimer County

2018-12-27 Thread Andrew Bankert
The Gyrfalcon came through the landfill around 10:15 this morning and then sat on one of the large power poles on Trilby Road for a while before flying off to the west to chase some Rock Pigeons and then flying northeast and out of sight over Cathy Fromme Prairie. The Glaucous and Nelson's Gulls w

[cobirds] Including age when reporting rare gulls

2018-12-27 Thread Robert Righter
Hi: It could be helpful to birders when reporting rare birds to include the age of the bird, particularly with gulls, notable the large, white-headed gulls, also helpful when reporting terns, and very important when reporting Jaegers. These categories of birds arrive sporting a multiple array o

[cobirds] Oops, not Snow X Cackling

2018-12-27 Thread Leon Bright
COBirders-- Brandon just informed me that this bird has already been identified as a "lesser" type of Canada with unusual plumage. My mistake, for not being current with e-bird. Leon Bright, Pueblo -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" g

[cobirds] Re: Larimer County gull report

2018-12-27 Thread Steven Rash
I took a crack at the landfill on X-mas eve... There were certainly a lot of different gulls out there. I have attached a couple of photos of the closest one I could find to the reported Slaty. Is this the same bird you guys have been seeing? Unfortunately wasn't able to get a picture of the pr