[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies (03 Mar 2021) 1 Raptors

Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 03, 2021 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vultu

[cobirds] W-f Goose, Huston Park, SW Denver Co.

Just finished walking the dogs up at "the park" (aka Huston Park, SW Denver, Denver Co.) and had an immature GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE mixed in with a migrant flock of CANADA GEESE. In with this group were two (2) interesting "tweener" Cackling/Canadas which I found more interesting than the Whi

[cobirds] Re: Brant in Arapahoe County

Sorry, I forgot to sign my name. This is Geoff Stacks. On Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 11:34:04 AM UTC-7 Geoff Stacks wrote: > > I just walked around Quincy Reservoir in Aurora for the first time this > year. It opens each year on March 1st. I saw a Brant hanging out with some > Canada geese. H

[cobirds] Brant in Arapahoe County

I just walked around Quincy Reservoir in Aurora for the first time this year. It opens each year on March 1st. I saw a Brant hanging out with some Canada geese. Here's a link to my eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S82687878 It was on ice near open water directly across from the par

[cobirds] Barn swallow observed...

Hello, A friend has reported nest building activity at the 2 barn swallow nests she has on her house (they've been nesting on her house for 5+ years). Has anyone else observed barn swallows in the area yet? She sent pictures to me - in one nest, the lining material has been partially removed,

[cobirds] Re: Feedback on gull IDs

Hello Jenny! I'm a fellow unsure-about-gulls-in-general birder, but I agree with your identifications! The photo of the Lesser Black-backed Gull is a keeper! I think in addition to their colors, note how the Lesser Black-backed Gull just has a different--look overall than the California Gull. I

[cobirds] Evergreen Audubon March Virtual Chapter Meeting

Apologies for the short notice but I wanted to alert the COBirds Community to Evergreen Audubon's next virtual Chapter meeting via Zoom this Thursday March 4, 2021. A link with further details and a Zoom link follow. All are welcome! Good birding, Ed Ed Furlong, Education Director, Evergree

[cobirds] Re: Feedback on gull IDs

Correcting my own post: I meant to say no visible window in the *primaries* Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 2, 2021, at 8:20 AM, Jenny Shelton > wrote: > > Hello group, > I finally braved my first attempt at identification of some young gulls I > photographed yesterday at Cherry Creek SP. I wo

[cobirds] Feedback on gull IDs

Hello group, I finally braved my first attempt at identification of some young gulls I photographed yesterday at Cherry Creek SP. I would appreciate some feedback because I’m still pretty insecure about my ID skills. Thanks so much to Nick Komar for the workshop on Sunday! From that information

[cobirds] Leucistic Bird Photos wanted

Hi All, The summer issue of Colorado Birds will have an article on leucism: “A partial loss of pigmentation in a human or other animal, resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, fur, or feathers but not the eyes.” (https://www.thefreedictionary.com/leucistic) We are i