Re: [cobirds] Barr Lake (Adams) the other day

2020-02-16 Thread Ira Sanders
To all, The pelicans have been at Barr Lake all winter. Hope the ice melts for them. Ira Sanders Golden On Sun, Feb 16, 2020, 10:45 AM Dave Cameron wrote: > We took out-of-town visitors to Barr Lake the other day, hoping to show > them the 100+ Bald Eagles that had been reported. The lake was

[cobirds] Arapahoe Co.: Gulls at South Platte Reservoir

2020-02-16 Thread Michael Lester
Hi all, At least 2 Glaucous, 1 Lesser Black-backed, and 1 Thayer’s among Ring-billeds and Herrings on the Arapahoe side of South Platte Reservoir. 2 Long-tailed Ducks still present, as well. JeffCo is currently 100% frozen. Michael Lester Littleton Sent from my iPhone -- You received this

[cobirds] eBird - Mis-plotted checklists near Fruita

2020-02-16 Thread Kathy and Jeff Dunning
Dear Colorado eBirders (if you don't use eBird, you can gleefully delete this email), This email is in response to concerns I have heard from several parties about several mis-plotted eBird checklists in Mesa County (or as one person put it, "Mesa County Exotics"). In December I noted a couple of

[cobirds] Ferrugenous Hawk, Dark Morph,Jefferson County

2020-02-16 Thread Bil Ford
Dark morph Ferrugenous Hawk, Deer Creek Canyon Road just west of Wadsworth Blvd. Near the entrance to Denver Botanical gardens present now on power pole nearest C-470. First seen by Mike Ames and photoed by many birders. I accidentally deleted first post. Sorry. New to this. Bil Ford, Lakewood

[cobirds] Re: American Dipper South Platte Park Mineral Bridge

2020-02-16 Thread 'Rosanne Juergens' via Colorado Birds
Hi Jan, Thanks for the heads up about the American Dipper. I found it today around 11:45am. It was underwater for a time then popped up onto its favorite little rock mid bridge structure. I did not see the phoebe, but I noted last year having seen one at Carson on February 16th. So right on ti

[cobirds] Pacific Wren Bear Creek Lake Park

2020-02-16 Thread Meg Reck
Five birders saw the Pacific Wren just now to the right of the trail before reaching the stream. Meg Reck Arapahoe Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving email

[cobirds] Barr Lake (Adams) the other day

2020-02-16 Thread Dave Cameron
We took out-of-town visitors to Barr Lake the other day, hoping to show them the 100+ Bald Eagles that had been reported. The lake was frozen so we "only" saw 15 or 16 of them. What we found interesting was 9 Am. White Pelicans standing around on the ice, this early in the year, ...and several

Re: [cobirds] CFO Convention May 7-11 Field Trips Preview

2020-02-16 Thread Ann Reeves
Diana, thank you so much for posting this link! I'm from the Philadelphia area, and will be visiting Colorado during the week of the convention. Now I'll be able to research the field trips before the registration starts. I'm looking forward to meeting some Colorado birders and birding new places

[cobirds] Ferrugenous Hawk, Dark Morph,Jefferson County

2020-02-16 Thread Bil Ford
A dark morph Ferrugenous Hawk has been hanging at this location for about a month. Seen and photographed by several birders frequently at the same location. First photographed by me on January 17th. Deer Creek Canyon Road west of Wadsworth near the entrance to the Denver Botanic Gardens. Thanks