[cobirds] Dark intermediate morph Ferruginous Hawk on Wildlife Drive at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR

2024-02-16 Thread Ajit Antony
We took our 8 year old grandson Oliver --who loves raptors and is excellent at finding them -- on a raptor trip and saw a beautiful adult dark intermediate morph Ferruginous Hawk at the end of the Wildlife Drive at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR. Being dark morph, it was difficult to identify -- the

[cobirds] HMANA (Hawk Migration Association of North America) Winter Raptor Survey from Bennett to Jackson Lake

2024-02-14 Thread Ajit Antony
We conducted a new survey route we created this winter season to add to the 3 surveys we did in 2022-2023 when we moved from New York to Denver. This one went from Bennett to Jackson Lake taking local mainly dirt roads. We completed this route in December 2023 and January 2024, doing the last one

Re: [cobirds] Re: December Winter Raptor Survey, and sighting of a mystery buteo

2023-12-19 Thread Ajit Antony
hes on its dorsum as it flew, correctly IDd by Liza my wife and partner in the winter raptor surveys that we do. Ajit Antony Central Park, Colorado On Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 10:21 AM 'kevygud...@aol.com' via Colorado Birds < cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Perhaps the mystery buteo is a l

Re: [cobirds] Melanerpes lewis over Ken Caryl Valley, JeffCo this afternoon

2023-11-02 Thread Ajit Antony
Very witty, David, regarding your proposed name for the species! Ajit Antony Central Park, Co On Thu, Nov 2, 2023, 5:17 PM David Suddjian wrote: > I was surprised to look up to see the bird soon-to-be-formerly-known-as > Lewis's Woodpecker flying south over my neighborhood. I have ha

Re: [cobirds] Blue jay fools Merlin/ GrayCatbird imitating Least Flycatcher

2023-06-24 Thread Ajit Antony
something that's relatively subliminal to your hearing. Try it next time. Ajit Antony Central Park, Colorado On Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 8:12 PM Chip Clouse wrote: > And I was recently birding in the foothills where I watched a Red-tailed > hawk flyover calling repeatedly. Merlin ID'd it as

Re: [cobirds] Blue jay fools Merlin/ GrayCatbird imitating Least Flycatcher

2023-06-23 Thread Ajit Antony
of it as a deficiency of Merlin, but marveled at the perfect ability of a mimid. Ajit Antony Central Park, Colorado On Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 5:41 PM elena wrote: > Merlin is a wonderful tool, but it’s certainly not as good as experienced > ears. I watched Merlin (and, I confess, myself at first) be

Re: [cobirds] Black-throated Sp. ARAPAHOE CTY

2023-04-15 Thread Ajit Antony
That's one of the species Brian Guarante predicted. Right on! Ajit Antony Central Park, Colorado On Sat, Apr 15, 2023, 7:59 AM rosanne juergens wrote: > Seen in same spot as reported yesterday. here at 7:45 this morning > > -- > -- > You received this message because you

Re: [cobirds] Large committee of vultures in the skies above Fort Collins

2023-04-11 Thread Ajit Antony
When they are resting in a tree or on the ground, vultures are called a committee, and whilst feeding, they are known as a wake." https://birdfact.com/articles/what-is-a-group-of-vultures-called Ajit I Antony Central Park, CO On Sat, Apr 8, 2023, 6:19 PM Ajit Antony wrote: > At the Dinosaur Rid

[cobirds] Creating a shorter URL

2022-12-15 Thread Ajit Antony
Hi Bill and everyone else. There is a simple way to shorten a long URL. All you have to do is copy the URL, go to tinyurl.com and paste the long string of letters of the URL and click Make a tiny URL. I used your long string and got https://tinyurl.com/34m9w7t5 instead. Ajit Antony Central Park

Re: [cobirds] Red Phalarope - Union Res

2022-10-16 Thread Ajit Antony
We are looking at the Red Phalarope from the South shore. It is at the Northwest corner of Union Reservoir. Thanks for posting it on CO Birds -- John and Nick. Ajit & Liza Antony Central Park CO On Sun, Oct 16, 2022, 8:59 AM Nicholas Komar wrote: > Great find John! The Red Phalarope is still

[cobirds] Final totals of raptors at Dinosaur Ridge on April 2

2019-04-03 Thread Ajit Antony
Turkey Vulture 8 Osprey 4 Northern Harrier 3 Sharp shinned 7 Cooper's 7 Swainsons Hawk 1 Red tailed Hawk 76 Ferruginous Hawk 3 Golden Eagle 1 American Kestrel 6 Peregrine Falcon 2 Total 118 Results thanks to Carol Cwiklinski. Ajit Antony -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge Hawks April 2. 38++ raptors

2019-04-03 Thread Ajit Antony
As East Winds were predicted (favorable for migration) for the Dinosaur Ridge Hawk Watch we decided to go and help the counter today. We are experienced hawk watchers from the Mount Peter Hawk Watch in New York State. At the watch we met Carol Cwiklinski who said that there are no volunteers on

[cobirds] Pink-footed Goose

2018-12-19 Thread Ajit Antony
The Pink-footed Goose was at the northwest corner of Milavec Reservoir at 10:45 a.m. We saw it for about 10 minutes and it flew off with the Cackling Geese to west of the pond on the golf course which is north of the reservoir. There were also a juvenile Greater White-fronted Goose and another