[cobirds] Chimney Swifts on TV

2019-08-26 Thread DAVID A LEATHERMAN
If you are like me, you try to figure out the bird sounds you hear on movie soundtracks or in the background of live TV events (written your book yet, Eric DeFonso?). There has been a little chatter (sorry) about Chimney Swifts on COBIRDS involving the unique rehab of young swifts and their rel

[cobirds] Re: The New Chatfield State Park, Jeffco and Douglas counties

2019-08-26 Thread Bill Schreitz
First, thank you Tom, for posting the website showing the plans for Chatfield. I attended the District Court session and heard the presentations on both sides of the Chatfield Reallocation issue. Reaching the the proposed future water level depends on three seemingly unlikely sources, only two

Re: [cobirds] The New Chatfield State Park, Jeffco and Douglas counties

2019-08-26 Thread Joe Roller
"Chatfield" has gone through three stages: Stage I, starting in geologic time, long ago, through 1975, when the dam was built and the reservoir began to fill. Stage II, from 1975 when water was impounded and the lake filled, until the recent disruptive engineering changes began, aka the "Reallocati

[cobirds] Chatfield SP Douglas Co

2019-08-26 Thread David Tønnessen
Piping and Semipalmated Plovers are still at the Plum Creek area as well as Baird's, Least, and a Western Sandpiper. Northern Waterthrush nearby in the willows. Two Caspian Terns with the gull flock at the marina. David Tonnessen Colorado Springs, CO -- You received this message because you a

[cobirds] Big Johnson Reservoir

2019-08-26 Thread Diana Beatty
COBIRDERS: Below is an update from Aiken Audubon Society's next newsletter about the status of Big Johnson Reservoir in El Paso County - BIG JOHNSON RESERVOIR UPDATE—WATER! Having been parched for the past three years, Big Johnson may get a glimpse of water before the end of 2019. Gary Steen, man

Re: [cobirds] The New Chatfield State Park, Jeffco and Douglas counties

2019-08-26 Thread Ira Sanders
It's my understanding that the water level at chatfield is going to be at that high level maybe, and I repeat maybe, 3 out of 10 years. That of course means you're going to be walking much further to get to the water for 70% of the time. Ira Sanders Golden On Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 6:44 PM Tom Wilberd

Re: [cobirds] News about the Pueblo rehabbed Chimney Swifts

2019-08-26 Thread Lori Pivonka
Yay! Great teamwork sending off our young feathered friends to their mentors! Well done, Lori Sent from my iPad > On Aug 24, 2019, at 8:08 PM, Leon Bright wrote: > > COBirders— >Several days ago I posted a request from Nancy Kelley, a wildlife rehabber > in Pueblo, who needed help with fi

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, August 26

2019-08-26 Thread Gregg Goodrich
Date: Monday, August 26, 2019 E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Compiler: Gregg Goodrich, Highlands Ranch email: gregggoodrich AT gmail.com phone: 303 655-9135 Birders have been helpful by reporting updates to COBirds. Thanks! CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bir