[cobirds] Chestnut-sided Warbler, Lake Estes area, Larimer Co.

Enjoying a nice visit at our vacation home in Estes Park, I've been tracking the influx of migrants iton the Estes Park area since we arrived last Tuesday to several days of snow and cold.   Today during a late morning walk at Lake Estes and the Matthews-Reeser Bird Sanctuary at the Lake, we met

[cobirds] Nashville Warbler Estes Park, Larimer Co, and other observations

We are enjoying another nice visit to the Estes Park area.  I haven't had anything noteworthy to post until today, though I have been seeing lots of good birds. Each morning I take an early long walk around the west end of Estes Park to bird and buy a newspaper.  On this morning's walk, I was pl

[cobirds] Canyon Wrens, Gem Lake RMNP, Larimer Co. 11/16

I'm not in Colorado right now, but I'm passing along a sighting of two Canyon Wrens, singing, on the Gem Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park.  Our daughter and some friends hiked the trail on Saturday and got to see and hear the birds.  eBird shows Canyon Wrens aren't reported up in this

[cobirds] Interesting Crow Observation, Estes Park, Larimer Co.

We're enjoying a nice wintry Thanksgiving visit at our place in Estes Park.  I want to share an interesting observation.  On this very windy and cold Saturday morning I eschewed my usual morning walk down to buy the newspaper (a daily excuse to do some early birding) and drove instead.  On the wa

Re: [cobirds] Yard list questions: How many of CO's 520 species have been seen (or heard) from a yard?

Thomas, A great idea. I'm a Maryland resident, but we have a vacation home just outside Estes Park, Larimer County.  The house is west of downtown Estes Park surrounded by mainly ponderosa pine on the northwest-facing slope of a small "mountain" at about 7,600 feet above sea level. I've been ke

Re: [cobirds] Mute Swans

The Broadmoor has had resident Mute Swans for many years, their birds, not wild.  For those who use eBird, if you "Explore Species" for Mute Swan in El Paso County, you won't see any sightings, though many of us have reported the Broadmoor birds, because they are not wild and, therefore, correc

[cobirds] Magnolia Warblers, Matthews-Reeser Bird Scantuary, Estes Park, Larimer Co. 5/21

Enjoying our first visit to Colorado in 18 months, it's been nice to get back to birding in the Estes Park area. I was birding later in the afternon today, May 21, in the Matthews-Reeser Sanctuary at Lake Estes.  It was slow for a while, then, as often happens, a flurry of activity at the place