Hi all,
Getting a little carried away here, but I thought I'd write a quick update
before getting some rest. (Hoping for a snow day tomorrow and a canceled
rehearsal :-).
I spent several hours this evening mining for data on the CBRC pages on
CFO's website (what a great resource, special thanks to
Hey Thomas and all. A fun exercise for us dedicated yard watchers.
28 years of watching
163 species currently
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Long-eared Owl
Black throated Sparrow
Bobolink
Long-billed Curlew
We own our property south of Monte Vista and not far from the Refuge. Our
backyard BIG DAY
Birders, I was going to pass on this until someone involved in the yard bird
discussion implored to me post highlights of my 1+ acre yard in Las Animas,
Bent County CO, where I've lived since 2000. My yard list currently stands at
195 species. Many of you have been to my yard, since I love posti
I'm in Larimer County on the Big Thompson River.
7 years
moderate birder - lots of feeders year round
83 species
most memorable - wave of migrating Western Tanagers in May stopped by a
snowstorm
foothills riparian habitat - 1 acre
Some Favorites - always hard
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American Di
This has been fun to see what's shown up in yards. I do this daily by
participating in the e-bird yard tallies, but I've noticed that many of
these fantastic lists people have been sending in, are not included! I'd
like to recommend that people go to eBird, click "explore", go down to
"yard birds
COBirders
You can easily add the weather to your eBird checklist. Copy your eBird
checklist ID which is in the upper left corner of your checklist and then
paste it into the RainCrow weather link below.
https://raincrow.app/
Hit the “Get Weather” button and then hit the “Copy to clipboard” on th
Courtney speaking of intergrade Northern Flickers, spurs me to comment
that, not for the first year (maybe the third?) I've had several male
intergrades around the neighborhood, yard & feeders (along with at least
three female Red-shafteds) during the late fall & winter (this fall/winter
without *a