Hi Van,
Your mystery bird actually sounds just exactly like a Rock Wren to me. The
bobbing behavior is very distinctive for them.
And they're on the move now; I had two in my backyard yesterday and one this
morning. (It's pretty common to have them here during migration; they seem to
like our
Buteos are never boring! Even our most common one, the Red-tailed, has
variation both subtle and dramatic for a lifetime of interest and wonder. I
have appreciated hearing everyone's perspectives on Dave's bird.
I wanted to note that a few weeks ago Chris Petrizzo and I saw a similar
immature
Cobirds,
I stopped by Little Gaynor Lake this morning, where there are now buggy and
sloppy (and smelly) mud flats. Due to heat waves visibility was not optimal,
but it was fairly easy to see a loose group of 15 or so Calidris sandpipers. I
think most were Least, but there were 4 similar-pluma
I think the second bird is a Spizella sparrow, like Chipping or Brewer's.
Note the unmarked breast and belly, and the dark line through the eye.
Spizellas have fairly long tails with distinct notches. I think the notch is
just exaggerated in this case by the way the bird is holding its tail.
Cross-posting from Boulder County Nature-Net:
Without getting further into the discussion of whether it's appropriate to name
birds (or plants, or mountains, or towns ...) after people, let me add just a
few (mostly tongue-in-cheek) observations about what happens if bird names
change.
I wonder
Hi Cobirds,
Chris Petrizzo and I birded a few places around Boulder today, with one
highlight being the Cherryvale Trailhead area. In the nearby grassy fields,
especially between there and Hwy 36, we saw at least 14 Bobolinks. At one
point I had five in one binocular view. Chris also saw a co
I also expect to find a lot of Gnatcatchers in April and May in my patch along
Coal Creek in Superior. But this year, despite being out more than usual, I
have seen exactly zero. There were a few in the low foothills along Plainview
Rd in northern Jefferson County earlier this week so it's no
It will be interesting to see what the parents do with the owlets when the
oldest owlets begin branching. But GHO's are very good parents for the most
part.
Scott Rashid
Estes Park
On 5/8/2020 3:46 PM, 'Peter Ruprecht' via Colorado Birds wrote:
Hi Cobirders,
I've be
Hi Cobirders,
I've been watching a Great Horned Owl nest near my house in Superior. The
nestlings are getting pretty big and starting to move out of the nest and onto
nearby branches. However, a couple nights ago I thought I saw a small fluffy
white head sticking up among the much bigger other
If you were really lucky at, say, Pueblo Reservoir, you might be able to see
six grebe species. Which would be 20 Hat Tricks in one shot! (I think that's
right for "six choose three" but my last math class was a long time ago...)
Three loons or three doves would be reasonable to expect there
I believe that nesting pairs will hoot to each other when they switch
incubation duties, bring in food, etc. Usually this hooting is less extensive
than during courtship and territory establishment. Do you know if you have a
nest nearby?
I also occasionally hear hooting at any time of the ye
Today I took a look for the rarities that had been reported along South Boulder
Creek during the Boulder CBC. The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was briefly out in
the open on Old Tale Road a few houses south of Arapahoe. However, there were
no blackbirds of any kind, including Rusty, to be seen in
What a thrilling thing to see!
I know this is totally anecdotal, but it's seems like I'm hearing more and more
about shrikes hunting in suburban yards. Maybe in 10 years they'll be here in
town all the time, just like the Cooper's Hawks have converged around the
buffet stations in the suburban
The reservoir itself and much of the land around it is private, but there is
suitable viewing from Cherryvale Rd on the west side, and from the trail
heading SW from the nearby Dry Creek trailhead.
Also out there this morning were about 20 Western Grebes, about 20 Pied-billed
Grebes, an imma
Looking at a red necked grebe at the north side of Baseline res. A scoter and a
common loon were here earlier but we don't see them right now.
Peter Ruprecht , with Chris and Karen
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Argh! Why is it always that 10 minutes after you ask for help, you figure out
what the problem was?
Never mind!
Peter
On Saturday, June 29, 2019, 1:46:52 PM MDT, 'Peter Ruprecht' via Colorado
Birds wrote:
Dear techy birders,
I'm compiling data for a local breeding
Dear techy birders,
I'm compiling data for a local breeding bird survey for which the observation
data has been recorded in eBird. Using the eBird API, I can easily download
all the data for the relevant checklists in JSON format. However, it would be
easier to work with these checklists if th
Viewing a probable red throated loon in winter plumage at 89th Ave pond on s
Platte river.
Peter Ruprecht and Chris Petrizzo
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I have a vague recollection of seeing a large but somewhat blurry flock of
pink geese, but that may have been following an exposure to Wild Turkey, Grey
Goose, and Old Crow. Not sure what it would take to induce an entire flock of
Barnacle Geese, or if they'd be countable under those circumsta
60-80 just flew SW over NW Superior. 3:15pm. They were pretty low and
passing in and out of the cloud cover - very loud and dramatic.
Peter RuprechtSuperior
On Tuesday, October 9, 2018, 2:55:25 PM GMT-6, Luke Pheneger
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Just had a flock of about 80 Sandhill Cranes fly overhead
During a break in the drizzle today I walked along the Mayhoffer-Singletree and
Meadowlark trails in Superior. The east section of the M-S trail up to the
stone benches had a nice variety of passerines including several that either I
or eBird thought were unusual: Cassin's Vireo (2), Green-tail
There was a nice variety of resident songbirds and grounded migrants this
afternoon along the Mayhoffer-Singletree trail in Superior.
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L2317659 The most interesting for me was a male
blackpoll warbler, but there were also Swainson's thrushes and several flocks
of spiz
That is a neat looking bird! We had one that looked very similar at our house
in Superior several years ago, including the fully brown crown. Aside from the
lack of saguaros in our neighborhood, I convinced myself that it was not a
Gilded due to the round spots on the "thighs", which in theor
Several large flocks flew SW over the NW part of Superior at 6:35. And I hear
more coming now at 6:42.
Peter RuprechtSuperior
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Hi cobirders,
I've received a reputable report of a male Eastern Towhee, seen yesterday in
the Marshall Mesa area by a visiting birder who is well-experienced with the
species. He didn't get photos.
The bird's location was described as being just to the north of the Community
Ditch trail, near
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