Please join us on Tuesday Oct 27 at 7:15 for Boulder County Audubon's next
program.
The Webs of Life: Arachnids - ONLINE MEETING
Spiders, like snakes, are an animal group of which humans seem instinctively
afraid. That is unfortunate because they truly are both remarkable and
important. Jo
A female and 2 male Purple Finches came by our feeders north of Boulder this
afternoon. The female was around for a while, so I was able to study it. It
seemed somewhat in between the e and w varieties pictured in Sibley. Crest;
bill not as sharply conical as a Cassins; whitish underparts with d
A while back when I was getting serious about birding, I posted to this
list that I'd found a flock of Purple Finches in Lyons; a few of you then
introduced me to Cassin's Finches. :-) :-)
I promptly sent out a correction.
But now I have redemption, and today found what certainly seems to be a
Hi all
I finally got all three "wild" Mute Swan in the same pond and in a group
photo shoot! Years of trying-they seem to always be separated in adjacent
ponds ... for me.
Photo below.
Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/birds
Doug, Brenda, et al,
With almost all wintering birds, if they have a problem, the problem isn't the
temperature, it's food and open water availability. I agree with everything
you said, Doug. Any flying insects in the middle of winter when temps are
below freezing are almost assuredly chironom
Hey all,
Matt Baker spotted an American Golden Plover at Sloans Lake, north shore,
near Xavier and Byron around noon today. Several folks (include myself and
Eric Dinkel) got great looks. Eric has photos.
Other rare birds: greater yellowlegs, pectoral sandpiper.
Thanks, Peter
Peter Stoltz
Thank you David and Caleb for your replies to the question of
Mallard/Mexican/hybrid ID! I appreciate your insight, observations, and
the discussion of details to note when considering IDs of this sort. I've
had a couple other replies off-list both in support of Mallard x Mexican
hybrid as well.
Sorry to have missed the earlier thread on this and thanks to Elena for
bringing it to my attention. Seems the consensus is that it was a hybrid.
David T.: I'd be grateful for the link to the FB discussion that you
mention.
Willem
Boulder
On Monday, October 26, 2020 at 9:26:45 AM UTC-6 Char
A female Broad-tailed hummingbird briefly visited our backyard on Oct. 22.
Irridescent green back. Green spots on whitish throat, without the
black/rosy throat patch of males. Buffy/tan flanks. Faint eye ring.
Appeared briefly at a large flower pot with zinnias and sweet william
catchfly. Br
Brenda,
Sorry I didn’t get back to you earlier, just checking in now. It would be
interesting to know what species, but wouldn’t panic, hummingbirds of all
flavors are remarkably durable. It would probably cause more stress to try and
bring it into captivity than leaving it alone.
We
Nice set of comparative photos to support the discussion.
Chuck Hundertmark
Lafayette, CO
> On Oct 26, 2020, at 9:20 AM, wwi...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Last Friday, I saw what looked to me like a male Mallard x Mexican Duck
> hybrid. Yellow bill, brown head with darker crown, dark eye line, and b
Last Friday, I saw what looked to me like a male Mallard x Mexican Duck
hybrid. Yellow bill, brown head with darker crown, dark eye line, and brown
tail coverts all seem to suggest male Mexican Duck. However, white in tail
and partial upcurve of central tail feathers seem to suggest male mallard
Hey COBirders,
I closed the CSR banding station for the season Saturday, after a very slow
morning. I had entertained the idea of reopening after the freeze this week,
but it seems most of passerine migration has fizzled out here. Only two Hermit
Thrush were banded Saturday.
As I said earlier
Brenda, that hummer is not going to survive and I suspect it’s missed the
migration. I’d get him to a rehabber.
I am not an expert on birds at all, so this is just my two cents worth.
Debbie Tyber
Breckenridge
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Please join Denver Field Ornithologists for the October program - 2
Wheelin' in the 5-Mile Radius. Chris Rurik is the featured speaker. He will
open a window into the 5MR birding phenomenon and birding by bicycle. Chris
will illustrate the beauty of "birding where you're at" with stories from
h
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