Re: [cobirds] Barr Lake State Park Eagles, Eagls everywhere, plues a Rusty Black bird, Adams County

2021-02-10 Thread Jen Toews
Kathy -- thanks for sending a link to the app. It sounds like that could be very helpful in IDing raptors and I will check it out. On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 8:48:53 AM UTC-7 grb...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks for the pointer to the app! > > Gary Brower > Unincorporated Arapahoe County >

Re: [cobirds] Mute swans Boulder County

2021-02-10 Thread 'Alexander Brown' via Colorado Birds
The Lagerman Mute swans are ornamental birds placed on that pond by humans.   They both have fairly obvious metal bands on their legs. Alex BrownBoulder On Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 06:44:57 PM MST, 'William Fink' via Colorado Birds wrote: I just want to ask the same question as

[cobirds] Mute swans Boulder County

2021-02-10 Thread 'William Fink' via Colorado Birds
I just want to ask the same question as Ira Sanders re Mute swans -the mute’s at Lagerman are constantly being reported to ebird and I have never seen them anywhere else besides swimming placidly around on their farm pond-does anyone think these are wild birds? Thanks Bill Fink. Longmont Sent

[cobirds] Chico Basin to be kept intact

2021-02-10 Thread hiker...@gmail.com
Birders, It delights me to announce that the Colorado State Land Board today unanimously agreed to keep Chico Basin Ranch intact once the current lease expires on Dec 31, 2024. That means a continuation of one lease for one 87,000-acre parcel. In addition, they’ve decided to put the

RE: [cobirds] Joe Roller Memorial Green Big Year update and January wrap up

2021-02-10 Thread Dave Hyde
What fun! Your stamina is amazing. I think you’ll have a great Big Year! – Dave Hyde/Larimer Cty. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Scott Somershoe Sent: Monday, February 8, 2021 12:24 PM To: Colorado

Re: [cobirds] Mute Swans

2021-02-10 Thread 'The Nunn Guy' via Colorado Birds
Hi all eBird seems to have/track Colorado reports of Mute Swan ... https://ebird.org/species/mutswa/US-CO and Weld County, https://ebird.org/media/catalog?taxonCode=mutswa=US-CO-123=p. Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/

Re: [cobirds] Barr Lake State Park Eagles, Eagls everywhere, plues a Rusty Black bird, Adams County

2021-02-10 Thread Gary Brower
Thanks for the pointer to the app! Gary Brower Unincorporated Arapahoe County > On Feb 10, 2021, at 8:44 AM, KATHY HOLLAND wrote: > > Jen, > > I just found out about a cool APP last night for ID'ing raptors. It's called > Raptor ID by HawkWatch International and it's free! Gobs of photos

Re: [cobirds] Re: Barr Lake State Park Eagles, Eagls everywhere, plues a Rusty Black bird, Adams County

2021-02-10 Thread KATHY HOLLAND
Jen, I just found out about a cool APP last night for ID'ing raptors. It's called Raptor ID by HawkWatch International and it's free! Gobs of photos and in all color morphs. Kathy Holland Centennial, CO > On 02/09/2021 3:19 PM Jen Toews wrote: > > > I was also at Barr

Re: [cobirds] Mute Swans

2021-02-10 Thread Gerard Koehn
> On my visit there last week, I was told by one of the Broadmoor guards that > the Black Swans suffered an untimely death during the bad hailstorm that went > through there a few years ago. They apparently "did not have enough brains to > get in out of the hail” and were killed. At least this

Fwd: [cobirds] Mute Swans

2021-02-10 Thread Suke C Lee
Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: Subject: Re: [cobirds] Mute Swans  The Broadmoor Hotel had a Black Swan for a few years long ago. Beautiful but not wild either, unfortunately. Marie Cécile Lee Elbert, CO Sent from my iPhone On Feb 9, 2021, at 6:14 PM, Ira Sanders wrote: 

[cobirds] Re: Barr Lake State Park Eagles, Eagls everywhere, plues a Rusty Black bird, Adams County

2021-02-10 Thread Jen Toews
I was also at Barr Lake on Monday and had a similar experience. We counted 32 eagles at the gazebo alone and saw a ton more on the way there. My low estimate on eBird was 40 but we were thinking we probably saw between 50 and 55. The sun was hitting the mallards' and redheads' heads just right