[cobirds] Gray crowned rosy finches, Weld County

2020-12-26 Thread Elena Holly Klaver
While doing a northern section of the Nunn CBC today, I found a flock of about 50-60 gray crowned rosy finches. They were flying back and forth between two farm houses at the intersection of County Road 37 and County Road 128, north of the border of the Pawnee National Grasslands. Because ther

[cobirds] Re: Birding Oklahoma

2020-12-26 Thread Ben S
Hello John, Keep in mind I've only spend a couple days birding in OK. Sooner Lake on the west side of the lake is one of the most relaible. It is where I got my Smith's Longspurs. They tend to stay in the grass though, so not easy to see at first. LeConte's Sparrows are there as well, usually i

[cobirds] Re: Chrismas Count at Rawhide Power Station Saturday January 2, 2021

2020-12-26 Thread Joe Kipper
Doug, I don't have your personal email and the new google groups format will only allow me to hit "reply all." I am interested in accessing the power plant property to view waterfowl, as well as participating in the rest of the count. My personal email is joe.kippe...@gmail.com if you want to c

Re: [cobirds] Re: Bird ID Binoculars

2020-12-26 Thread Chip Clouse
IMHO, the price would be worth it, even for the CL optical system (which is Swarovski's lowest grade that goes CL, SLC, EL, brand new amazing NL) IF the objective size was bigger to allow in more light. A 25mm objective is the same as a compact binocular and we all know that a 32mm mid-size is con

[cobirds] Re: Fort Collins CBC - Larimer

2020-12-26 Thread Caleb A
Hi Tom! Is there a google sheet with the totals like there were from the compilation last year? I have friends and family curious to know what I was up to all that time ;) *The birds are happy, and so am I* *~Caleb Alons, Larimer County* On Saturday, December 26, 2020 at 10:44:14 AM UTC-7 Tom Ha

[cobirds] Fort Collins CBC - Larimer

2020-12-26 Thread Tom Hall, Fort Collins
The Fort Collins Christmas Bird COunt was held Dec. 19th. We had a great day with 93 participants despite the new Covid rules, which were followed. We got 100 species, which has only been done a couple times. Rarities included 5 Trumpeter swans, two Red-breasted Mergansers, a late Turkey Vul

[cobirds] Re: Birding Oklahoma

2020-12-26 Thread Carl Bendorf
John, have you tried mapping Smith's Longspur in eBird (see link below) and then enter "Oklahoma, USAT" in the location box at the upper right and then keep zooming in until you see individual reports? Seems you can quickly start to see where most of the reports are coming from. https://ebir

[cobirds] Larimer County Gryalcon

2020-12-26 Thread Tom Hall, Fort Collins
I saw a gray phase gyr on the South Valley Loop Trail, about 3/4 mile south of Arthur's Rock Parking Area. We were on east side when it came over the small cliffs to east on the west side of Horsetooth Reservoir. It flew across the valley and seemingly landed back in a nook on the opposite side

[cobirds] Re: White Winged Crossbill - Breckenridge

2020-12-26 Thread John Malenich
Hi Debbie, Looks good for a White-Winged Crossbill to me. Has it continued to visit your feeder? John Malenich Boulder, Colo. On Friday, December 25, 2020 at 8:48:19 AM UTC-7 dty...@gmail.com wrote: > I have tried to post the photo, but can't figure out how to do it. Any > advice? I have

[cobirds] Re: Bird ID Binoculars

2020-12-26 Thread Deb Evers
So, would you be paying that much for the ID capability, for the built-in apps, for the digital camera (which will only store 10 photos), for the Hotspots, for the name Swarovski on the side of it, or what? Because it seems way overpriced for a monocular, IMHO. On Saturday, December 26, 2020 a

[cobirds] Re: Bird ID Binoculars

2020-12-26 Thread Deb Evers
So, would you be paying that much for the ID capability, for the built-in apps, for the digital camera (which will only store 10 photos), for the name Swarovski on the side of it, or what? Because it seems way overpriced for a monocular, IMHO. On Saturday, December 26, 2020 at 7:59:10 AM UTC-7

[cobirds] Re: Bird ID Binoculars

2020-12-26 Thread mvjo...@gmail.com
Thanks Adrian. That is what I was looking for. Happy holidays... On Friday, December 25, 2020 at 11:26:52 AM UTC-7 mvjo...@gmail.com wrote: > A few years ago I read an article about the future of birding. In it, they > talked about binoculars that would identify birds in the viewscreen, > proba