[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Lake Station, 9/7/19

2019-09-07 Thread Meredith McBurney
It was cooler longer today, and we caught over twice as many new birds, and twice as many species, as yesterday. Here's the breakdown: Downy Woodpecker 1 Dusky Flycatcher 1 House Wren 2 Swainson's Thrush 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Yellow Warbler 5 Townsend's Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Wilso

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch (El Paso), 9/7/19

2019-09-07 Thread Robert Snowden
The morning began damp and overcast and the birds were very quiet for several hours. Despite the slow start, we saw a steady increase in activity in our nets by the end of the banding day, and we finished with 23 newly-banded birds and 3 recaptures, and at least 12 species: Western Wood-Pewee 1

[cobirds] Bird walk at Greenlee Preserve, Boulder Co., tomorrow, Sun., Sept. 8, at 1pm

2019-09-07 Thread Ted Floyd
Hello, everybody. The City of Lafayette, eastern Boulder County, is sponsoring a bird walk, free and open to the public, tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, September 8. We start at 1pm(ish), wrapping up around 3pm(ish). We'll snake our way along Waneka Lake's west shore, then over to Hecla Pond, then

[cobirds] Situation at Prewitt Reservoir

2019-09-07 Thread David Tønnessen
Birders, I stopped by Prewitt for a couple hours this morning and figured people might want to know that the water levels are low and excellent for shorebirds in the southwestern cove/inlet area, if they didn't know already. Among the 15 species of shorebirds I observed were 40+ Stilt Sandpiper

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, September 7, 2019

2019-09-07 Thread Joe Roller
Date: Saturday, September 7, 2019 E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Compiler: Joe Roller. jroller9ATgmail.com Phone: 303 204-0828 Birders 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