[cobirds] Eastern Bluebirds, Arapahoe County

2020-03-21 Thread Brian Johnson
Today I was out walking along my patch, the South Platte River Trail from Bowls upstream to Northern Wildlife Area, and on my way back home I saw four birds fly into a tree, I at first thought them Western Bluebirds but quickly realized they were in fact *Eastern Bluebirds*. That was a patch

[cobirds] Birds in Winter, a review

2020-03-21 Thread Brian Johnson
Hi, Recently I got done reading, Birds in Winter, surviving the most Challenging Season by Roger F. Pasquier. I wanted to let people here now about it since I found very interesting and thought others might be interested. Thanks David for letting me know I can post this. One thing in the book

[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies (21 Mar 2020) 3 Raptors

2020-03-21 Thread reports
Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 21, 2020 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black

[cobirds] Mountain Bluebirds!

2020-03-21 Thread Kat Bradley-Bennett
About a dozen Mountain blBluebirds were moving through the Blue Skies Park and Skyline High School area in west Longmont yesterday and today. It’s also a female northern harrier working the area just east of all that development that’s going in. Kat Bradley-Bennett Longmont -- You received

[cobirds] Red Breasted Merganser, Larimer County

2020-03-21 Thread Libby Edwards
This afternoon there was a lone male Red Breasted Merganser among about 50 common mergansers on the eastern pond, just south and east of the Fort Collins bike trail parking lot on Taft Hill Road. The eastern pond is the second pond south of the bike trail, between the bike trail and Lincoln

[cobirds] Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (probable) Arapahoe

2020-03-21 Thread Mary Kay Waddington
A couple weeks ago I had a female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in my yard for just a few minutes -- then it was gone. Today I saw (just as briefly) what I assume is the same bird. Female Sapsucker, no red on the nape and I think (but am not sure) I caught a glimpse of a white throat. It seems to sit

[cobirds] FOS cinnamon teal Teller Lake Boulder Co

2020-03-21 Thread elena
On the Teller a lake closest to the White Rocks trail parking lot along with a whole lot of other folks (ducks) My FOS cinnamon teal. Stay healthy and good birding. Sent from my iPhone Elena Holly Klaver Federally Certified Court Interpreter Conference Interpreter English <> Spanish 303 475

[cobirds] Osprey etc. at Lagerman - Boulder Cnty

2020-03-21 Thread Chip Clouse
Cobirders, I haven't seen any reports yet this year so this may be the 1st day back for the Osprey at Lagerman. It was actively defending the platform from nearby Bald Eagles more intent on prairie dogs I presume. There was also a flock of 21 Mountain Bluebirds on the west side and a single

[cobirds] Re: 100 plus bluebirds at Chatfield in snow fallout (Jefferson)

2020-03-21 Thread 'Rosanne Juergens' via Colorado Birds
Thank you for posting this Bob! They're still there. I saw only Mountain Bluebirds this morning on the flats between the Marina parking lot and the lake. Didn't catch any Westerns. Also, one male Common Merganser with two fem/imm. On Friday, March 20, 2020 at 3:28:06 PM UTC-6, Bob Shade

[cobirds] Gulls at Cherry Creek SP

2020-03-21 Thread Mitchell Bailey
A brief stop at the Cherry Creek SP Marina just before sunset yielded thousands of gulls. The lighting was low, and I am not great with gull identification, but I did pick out at least 5 lesser black backed gulls. Also present were dozens of herring sized gulls, and one immature gull that

[cobirds] COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT for Saturday, March 21, 2020

2020-03-21 Thread 'Allison Hilf' via Colorado Birds
Date: Saturday, March 21, 2020 Email: RBA AT cobirds.org Compiler: Allison Hilf; ahilf AT me.com Phone: (303) 888-5110 _ Birders have been helpful by reporting updates to COBirds. Thanks! CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the