I’m a relatively new birder, but am I wrong in stating that the very first time
I see a bird of a particular species (assuming I properly identify it), that
that sighting counts as a “life bird” for me, no matter where the bird is
and/or where I am when I see it?
Having said that, I completel
Date: February 3, 2019
Compiler: Joe Roller, jroller9 AT gmail.com
Phone: (303) 204-0828
E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, February 3, sponsored by
Denver Field Ornithologists.
Observers have been diligent in reporting sightings and updates on Co
There is a flock of about 20 Black Scoters, including adult males at Pueblo
Reservoir, swimmimg off South Shore Marina tires currently! Never seen
this many in Colorado before. First year Glaucous-winged Gull continues
and the adult Great Black-backed Gull are both sitting on south shore
marina t
You are correct, Karen. A Life Bird is a life bird, geography aside.
People start categorizing the geography of the sighting (local patch,
county, state, country, area (ABA-area, etc.) if they care to do so. If
use eBird, it will categorize for you if you care to look at the
breakdown. To Mark's
Gerfalcon currently on power pole at Trilby and Taft, near landfill. 8:30 a.m.
Robert Beauchamp
Fort Collins
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When I left the Cub Creek Trailhead at 8:55 this morning, the two Canada
Jays were in the stand of trees just to the left of the trailhead sign,
flying between trees & hopping around on branches, occasionally calling.
They first appeared at about 8:20.
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Gyrfalcon continues as of 9:30 am. Perched on a power trip pole just north of
the Larimer County Landfill on Taft Hill Rd. Nice pull-off for parking.
- Joshua Smith
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Hi Everyone,
As of 10:30am 2/3, a Glaucous Gull is at the Larimer Landfill. Several of us
had the Gyrfalcon on a pole along Taft Hill Road, but it flew southeast around
9:45. There is more traffic than usual along Trilby Rd this morning. There is
an auction going on.
Mark Miller Longmont, CO
The flock of 22 Black Scoters didn't stay long at South Shore Marina at
Pueblo Reservoir. Not sure where they went, I had to leave to meet people
at the Nature Center. A couple other birders were also able to see the
first year Glaucous-winged Gull, before it flew off, mid-morning, at the
South S
Mark Chavez's comments were spot on!
Your eBird list is usually an overcount, as it includes birds that
are not on the official Colorado list, as carefully maintained by
the CFO's Colorado Bird Record Committee, the CBRC.
Here is one way to figure out your true, valid CO list, the only way to
com
We observed quite an impressive gathering of ravens in Dillon this weekend. 40
- 50 ravens had marked up an entire snowy hill near the north east arm of the
lake . . . They were snow-bathing, jumping, rolling, sledding, and copulating.
There are lots of cute videos of a couple ravens rolling d
I just wanted to add a quick note that is really minor about listing. If
you do report your totals to the ABA you can count anything on the ABA
checklist in your state totals even if that species hasn't been accepted by
the state records committee. That means for ABA, you can count Pink-footed
and
Andy,
This is NOT my understanding.
You can count those geese on the ABA checklist ONLY if you have
seen them in the states out east where they have been accepted by the state
bird record committees.
Ditto with Mute Swan and Budgerigar. They are established and countable in
some states, but you hav
I could not find any mention of state records committees in the ABA
Recording Rules. Has anyone seen anything saying that records committees
have any say in ABA list totals? Here are the rules I was referring to in
my first email:
For vagrants it seems pretty clear to me that personal judgement
The discussion regarding listing rules got me wondering about which rules we
choose to follow for yardbirds. How many of us use the ABA model as opposed to
the Big Sit model, or some other perhaps?
What do you count? If you happen to be returning from a walk around the
neighborhood, see a No
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