[cobirds] Re: Scissor-tail Flycatcher @ La Junta (Otero County)

2019-07-01 Thread jim thompson
Scissor-tail Flycatcher seen & photoed about 4:00 pm this afternoon in same area at LJ's Homestead loop entrance rd On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 9:38:19 PM UTC-6, jim thompson wrote: > > Scissor-tail Flycatcher seen and photo this evening sw of La Junta along > Homestead Loop entrance road...

[cobirds] Baca county --- YELLOW-GREEN VIREO (6/25/2019)

2019-07-01 Thread 'Mark Peterson' via Colorado Birds
COBirders, First, I truly apologize for not getting this out sooner!  I basically made a mistake in the field and didn't catch it until late last night.  Last Tuesday afternoon/evening I was at Two Buttes where birding was secondary to what I was doing.  While busy doing my thing I heard a vire

Re: [cobirds] Lazuli Bunting Behavior, El Paso County

2019-07-01 Thread Nathan Pieplow
Linda, No, this is not typical behavior. According to the literature, most Lazuli Bunting males should know only a single songtype. Song matching is unknown in the species. In this case, I'd recommend repeating the experiment, if you can -- but this time making an audio recording before and after

[cobirds] Lazuli Bunting Behavior, El Paso County

2019-07-01 Thread linda hodges
Greetings, cobirders, Might you be able to help explain some curious behavior I recently encountered? A few weeks ago, at Sondermann Park in Colorado Springs, I thought I heard a male Lazuli Bunting (LAZB) singing. As I wasn't sure of my ID, I briefly played its song, which was similar but dif

Re: [cobirds] Timberline Sparrow ??

2019-07-01 Thread Joe Roller
There is an eBird checklist box for: *Brewer's Sparrow (Timberline) (Spizella breweri taverneri) * and records of that subspecies from nearby Utah and New Mexico, although it is much more prevalent farther north, eg, Canada. Nice eBird map of sightings is: https://ebird.org/map/timspa3?neg=true&en

Re: [cobirds] Timberline Sparrow ??

2019-07-01 Thread Steingraeber,David
Rick Wright's taxonomic treatment is, by his own admission, eclectic and non-standard. In the "Taxonomy and Classification" section (p. 3) of his Introduction, he states, "In answering the vexed question of which "kinds" of sparrows should be given separate treatment here, we have taken a decide

[cobirds] Red-necked Phalarope and Burrowing Owls [ Weld ]

2019-07-01 Thread 'The "Nunn Guy"' via Colorado Birds
Hi all Saturday ... - Red-necked Phalarope - 1 [ Beebe Draw/Weld CR 40 ] - Burrowing Owl - [ Weld CR 47 btw 44/46 on west (2+); Weld CR 42 and 44 (8+) ] - Franklin's Gull - 2 [ Beebe Draw/Weld CR 42 ] along with Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs and Spotted Sandpiper - Lark Sparr

Re: [cobirds] Timberline Sparrow ??

2019-07-01 Thread Ira Sanders
My understanding is that there was a dna study done and the Timberline did not meet the criteria to be a separate species. Ira Sanders On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 6:37 PM Megan Miller wrote: > Here is a blog post about them from 2014 which includes songs. > > http://earbirding.com/blog/archives/4764

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for July1 , 2019

2019-07-01 Thread 'John D' via Colorado Birds
Date: Monday , July 1 , 2019Compiler:  John Drummond jxdrummo AT aol.comPhone: (703) 629-1151 E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Observers have been helpful by reporting updates to COBirds. Thanks. CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee at the CFO websi

[cobirds] Re: Black Swift nesting failure??

2019-07-01 Thread Erik Hendrickson
I believe this is consistant with obervations of Black Swifts at Black Canyon from 1996-2017, as reported in "Breeding Phenology and Success of Black Swifts in Box Canyon, Ouray, Colorado" in the Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Vol. 119, No. 4, pgs. 678-685, 2007 by Sue E. Hirshman, Carolyn Gunn