Re: [cobirds] AOU, Changing bird names

Thank you, Diana Beatty. Finally my thoughts exactly expressed on this list, and expressed beautifully.How this discussion ever became either names OR conservation is puzzling indeed. They are not mutually exclusive goals.I believe in both respect and conservation. And personally, since learning

[cobirds] Cordilleran Flycatcher/in Centennial, Arapahoe Cty

Hello, The bird I wrote in about yesyerday returned just now to our neighbors’ back yard across the street. I only heard it singing this time. I looked on Cornell website and now feel it is a Cordilleran Flycatcher. The song on Cornell’s site is identical and I see light outer tail feathers

[cobirds] Please be on the look-out nr Colorado Blvd and Mineral in Centennial, Arapahoe Cty

Hi, We just saw a light yellow-breasted bird (beak to vent)with two wing bars exhibiting flycatcher behavior from our Austrian Pine 15-30 ft from our seats on the deck. I thought Cordilleran, which would be a new yard bird for us. We got no good look at the eye. Good news and bad news. It was

Re: [cobirds] Goldfinch seed feeding behavior

Jim,My regular pair are exclusively in the thistle feeder sock, just more often than ever before.Carol Blackardcarolblackard.comSent from my iPhoneOn May 29, 2023, at 2:13 PM, Jim Tyler wrote: Birders - I’ve noticed a change in Goldfinch (both American and Lesser)

[cobirds] Lamar Community College, Prowers Cry

Hi, all, Today Lamar CC yielded Blue Grosbeak, Northern Cardinal ( w mate hanging with but not well seen), Yellow Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Mississippi Kite, Western Wood Peewee, Gray Catbird (3) Brown Thrasher. Carol Blackard carolblackard.com Sent from my iPhone -- -- You received

[cobirds] So many birds

Hi all. We’re at Hasty Campground and JJ Cty Rd today. We haven’t seen so many birds in a long time, incl. Blue Grosbeaks, Black Terns, Golden Eagle, Western Tanager, Burrowing Owls (4), Bullock’s Orioles, Lark Buntings, Yellow Warblers, Swainson’s Thrushes, Yellow-Rumped Warblers,

[cobirds] Red-headed Woodpeckers

My husband and I always enjoyed a few days at Bonnie Lake State Park before it was drained. We went every year in August mainly to see the Red-headed Woodpeckers, both mature and immature, that had used the old dying cottonwoods in the north side of the lake. Juvenile Swainson Hawks were

[cobirds] Arap Cty suburban sidewalk

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[cobirds] Arap cty suburban sidewalk

Hello, Do y’all think this is a snipe, immature? Found on front sidewalk of house in our neighborhood. There is a trickle of water in a designer stream within a block. Would it have been migrating? It has a bloody splotch on its flank. Predator’s claw? The bill may have gotten broken on its

[cobirds] Black Witch Moth? Arap Cty

Hello, We’re guessing at the ID. It was Not a bird, but apparently a migrant, that absolutely took our breath away yesterday afternoon. A huge dark moth or butterfly bounced around between our large full sized windows and our bird strike lines (installed 2-3 feet out and hanging from our

Re: [cobirds] Pyrrhuloxia diet

ically going up and down the stems > eating early flower buds one after another. > > Jennifer Powell > > Jeffco, near Standley Lake > > > > On 2/14/2022 9:27 AM, 'Carol Blackard' via Colorado Birds wrote: >> Lateral but still birdy shift here: I’ve been watching bu

Re: [cobirds] Pyrrhuloxia diet

Lateral but still birdy shift here: I’ve been watching bushtits picking off and downing buds from our Flowering Quince bushes in March for years, sometimes chickadees. At first I thought they might be going for insect larvae, but I now think it’s the flower buds. Carol Blackard

Re: [cobirds] Pyrrhuloxia diet

Thank you, David for the dietary information on the pyrrhuloxia. Interesting as always. Carol Blackard carolblackard.com Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 13, 2022, at 9:29 PM, DAVID A LEATHERMAN wrote: > >  > Carol, Linda and anyone else interested, I have cut and pasted below the > section on

Re: [cobirds] Pyrrhuloxia YES

I’m curious. Are there any berries in the immediate vicinity? Carol Blackard carolblackard.com Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 13, 2022, at 7:21 AM, Josh Bruening <87211...@gmail.com> wrote: > > All, > > The Pyrrhuloxia is still present this Sunday morning. It showed at 7:12am. > > Josh

Re: [cobirds] Re: [wsbn] Brown-capped rosy finch behavior

I once witnessed a Cooper’s Hawk killing of a juvenile Blue Jay and the grief of its parent that about broke my heart. The Cooper fled over my yard and for some reason dropped its prey. The parent had been chasing and squawking after the Cooper, but stopped and perched on a tree limb when it

[cobirds] Bullock’s Oriole Arapahoe backyard

Good morning. We’ve lived in our house near Colorado Blvd and County Line Road for 30 years and had our very first oriole last year. This morning we had one again. We weren’t very prepared but he (full-blown male) had a peanut, seemed to get it down the hatch, hung around for about 10 minutes,

[cobirds] What a day! Arapahoe County

Hi all, Today In our suburban back yard near Colorado Blvd and County Line Rd we had our usual 3-4 Magpies, 3-4 Blue Jays, 10-12 House Finches, 3-4 Spotted Towhees, a Red-breasted and a White-breasted Nuthatch, 4-6 Juncos, 3 Lesser Goldfinches, and Chickadees (probably both species because both

[cobirds] We love our outdoors, too

Hear hear, John Malenich!! Carol Blackard carolblackard.com Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: [cobirds] Great Horned Owl duet last night

I think duetting during courtship is a little different from what I hear after eggs are hatched and during owlet season. Duetting is often characterized by the “answer” coming on top of the “question”, sort of an eagerness, if you will. Later calls seem more spaced out, more relaxed...and it

Re: [cobirds] Great Horned Owl duet last night

I hear them duetting a lot in spring and summer. I always imagine it’s hunting and owlet feeding related communications. Carol Blackard carolblackard.com Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 5, 2020, at 9:42 AM, 'Peter Ruprecht' via Colorado Birds > wrote: > >  > I believe that nesting pairs will

[cobirds] Not life as usual

Dear birders, I agree with reducing the temptation to chase birds in our time of Corvid-19 crisis. As citizen scientists and Colorado defenders we would do well to shout out our support of strict stay-at-home practices. Carol Blackard carolblackard.com Sent from my iPhone -- You received

[cobirds] Reference book recommendations, please

Hi, all, Juvenile and female hummers are swarming the yard and frying my brain. My long-standing approach has been the same head-in-the-sand approach I take to gull ID , but I’ve finally come to the conclusion that I need a good book on hummingbird ID, especially No American birds, and focused

[cobirds] Chipping Sparrows breeding Arapahoe County

Hi all, Our Centennial, Arapahoe Cty neighborhood now has a pair of breeding Chipping Sparrows. Last summer I oddly kept hearing a Chipping Sparrow sing all through June. This year our first Chipping Sparrow arrived to our ash tree singing exuberantly and unceasingly while other ChSp spent

[cobirds] Cobirds has dropped

I’ve lost cobirds. Can you reinstate me. Carol Blackard carolblackard.com Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

[cobirds] Hermit persists/Arap Cty

Hi, Hermit Thrush here again. Flicks wings a lot. In company of Robins, House Finches, Lesser Goldfinches. Carol Blackard carolblackard.com Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group