Re: [cobirds] Walden Ponds, Saturday morning

2021-03-13 Thread Charles Hundertmark
Two things struck me in Richard’s report. First, I made a brief stop at Teller Lake 5 this morning and noticed the same preponderance of Green-winged Teal in the mix of ducks. Second was the presence of 8 Killdeer. I also had 2 Killdeer along Crane Hollow Road yesterday. Killdeer are scarce in B

[cobirds] Re: Red-Tail with a plastic band--looking for info

2021-03-13 Thread Stephen Price
Thanks for all the comments! I've also has some off-line emails about this. A couple of those have said this is not a band style used by falconers. The most promising lead says that raptors get relocated from DIA, and are marked with bands like this. This is done by the USDA, and I will try

[cobirds] Walden Ponds, Saturday morning

2021-03-13 Thread Richard Pautsch
I went out to Walden at 9:30 this morning and spent an hour checking the ponds with a friend from Boulder Bird Club before the precip got going. Didn't find any early migrants, but there were differences in the birds present today from what I'd seen there on Sunday and Monday mornings: Many more G

Re: [cobirds] Re: Migration Weather Forecast -- Major Weekend Storm

2021-03-13 Thread Bryan Guarente
Camille (and likely others), earth.nullschool.net can be set to "current" mode or "now" mode by clicking on the "Earth" button in the bottom left, then in the row labelled "Control" there is the button that says "Now". That is your button to set the webpage to your computer's current time. Note

[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists (13 Mar 2021) Raptors

2021-03-13 Thread reports
Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Mar 13, 2021 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture

Re: [cobirds] Re: Migration Weather Forecast -- Major Weekend Storm

2021-03-13 Thread Kevin Ash
I'd recommend starting with the excellent webinar Bryan did for Colorado Field Ornithologists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr5fWjOF7Ys Kevin Ash Colorado Springs On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 11:34 AM Camille Schiraldi wrote: > How can I set up this wind map, so I can check out current conditio

[cobirds] Re: Migration Weather Forecast -- Major Weekend Storm

2021-03-13 Thread Camille Schiraldi
How can I set up this wind map, so I can check out current conditions at any given time & place. TIA On Friday, March 12, 2021 at 1:34:53 PM UTC-7 Bryan Guarente wrote: > Cobirders, > The northern portion of the state is in for some wild snow amounts > (depending on who you believe). With thi

Re: [cobirds] Lincoln’s Sparrows early? El Paso Co.

2021-03-13 Thread Ira Sanders
Steve I had 1 Lincoln's Sparrow yesterday in the yard. Ira Sanders On Sat, Mar 13, 2021, 9:42 AM Steve Brown wrote: > Hey COBirders, > > I have had a couple of Lincoln’s Sparrows in my yard in NW COS, one 3/8 > that I banded, and another one seen this morning (unbanded). Looking over > local eb

[cobirds] Lincoln’s Sparrows early? El Paso Co.

2021-03-13 Thread Steve Brown
Hey COBirders, I have had a couple of Lincoln’s Sparrows in my yard in NW COS, one 3/8 that I banded, and another one seen this morning (unbanded). Looking over local ebird records for March, I haven’t seen reports before about 3/20. These seem pretty early in my experience. Anybody else? Als