09, 2013 1:07 PM
To: Brad Andres; Marilyn Rhodes Rhodes; Lisa Wald; Kay Niyo; Sherman Wing
Subject: La Boheme - Bohemian Waxwings in our yard!
Rare Bird Alert - please post to evergreenbirders or other boards.
1pm Saturday March 9th. Blizzard conditions on top of Conifer Mountain and a
flock of
I saw my FOY Say's Phoebe yesterday hawking insects from the fence line at
the pdog colony (N Table Mt Park) 1 block from my house! I am hoping it is
one of my pair that fledged 7 young last year in a box under my eaves!
Kay
Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific Communications
5651 Garn
I have 1 Pink-sided, 2 Oregon, and 2 Gray-headed Juncos-with a bunny!-eating
millet under my south-facing patio picnic table!
Kay
Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific Communications
5651 Garnet St.
Golden, CO 80403
303.679.6646
k...@kayniyo.com; www.KayNiyo.com
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I photographed the FOY Lesser Goldfinch male at my thistle feeder this
morning. I had just replaced last fall's seed with fresh last week cuz they
won't eat rancid seed. Then I heard a Western Meadowlark singing from a
neighbor's crab apple tree and it flew to one little spot on the dark roof
sur
Yesterday at Prospect Park in Jeffco, I had the same sort of experience that
Meredith did today at Chatfield. Only saw 2 Say's Phoebes, lots of RW
Blackbirds, a few Common Grackles, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, quite a few divers
on the big lakes, and 32+ active Double-crested Cormorant nests on the
islan
Just had a FOY Black-chinned Hummingbird female at my back feeder. Too late
with camera, but she should be back. They have nested nearby for the past 2
years and come to my feeders all summer.
After a couple-week absence due to the snow, my Say's Phoebe pair were back
this morning in their la
I am feeding hoards (have counted 60+ in one flock in my tree) of Brewer's
Blackbirds as well as White-crowned Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Pink-sided
Juncos, etc. I discovered that the blackbirds love dried mealworms and
millet! They aren't too fond of black oil sunflower. Was trying to entice
som
Had a Black-chinned HB male at one of my feeders today. Have also had both
male and female Broad-tailed HBs and a female Black-chinned. So, some
survived the snows.
Kay
Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific Communications
5651 Garnet St.
Golden, CO 80403
303.679.6646
k...@kayniyo.co
A small group birded Lower White Ranch Park OS this morning and had good
looks and songs by the expected suspects: Blue Grosbeak, Lazuli Bunting,
Yellow-breasted Chat, Black-headed Grosbeak, Yellow Warbler, Bullock's
Oriole, Western Wood-Pewee, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Spotted Towhee, Lark and
Vespe
Paula's post just reminded me that I forgot to mention the one Blue Jay that
we saw at lower White Ranch OS P yesterday. I had never seen one there
before.
Also, my Say's Phoebes finally returned after a month's absence during the
many snows, and she is building a nest in the same box she used
Thanks to all for another great CFO convention! A few photos are on my
website. http://www.kayniyo.com/trip_CFO_13.htm
Mary Cay and Tom Burger and I birded our way out to Cortez on May 15,
stopping at Antero and other spots. We toured fascinating Mesa Verde on the
16th. Doug Faulkner led us
Mary, Tom, and I found our FOY 5 Cattle Egrets (with cattle) south of Loloff
and Latham Res in Weld this morning. Checked eBirds and there aren't many
lists for them until June. Lots of the other spp recently reported by Tina
and Norm, except no Red-necked Phalaropes. Avocets appear to be on nes
http://www.kayniyo.com/trip_Unusual_Birds.htm
Due to the late, snowy spring, my Say's Phoebes nested really late. Today
is actually Day 19 posthatch and they are about ready to try their stubby
wings! These photos were taken yesterday afternoon.
Happy 4th!
Kay
Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.
http://www.kayniyo.com/birds_flycatcher.htm
4th row down you can see the "story" and photos of my Say's Phoebes who
raised a brood of chicks again this year, but only 3 this time and too late
for renesting. Due to the snow and cold in April and early May when they
disappeared from my area of N
Four of us went to scope Chatfield Res. after the DFO birding trip to the S
Platte Reservoir and adjacent lakes.
At the Heron Rookery overlook, we found one Common Loon. At the handicapped
fisherperson's point we found a Pacific Loon swimming closely and diving
with another Common Loon. We al
http://www.kayniyo.com/birds_raptor_vulture.htm (Half way down the page)
Recall that last year on the Marston CBC we had a light morph Harlan's
Red-tailed Hawk, Colorado Academy, Denver Co., CO, Marston CBC, 15 Dec 2012
that was confirmed by Brian Wheeler.
And check out Lee Farrell's favorite Ch
Sorry, this got cut off in my last post of Lee Farrell's photo and article
about the Chatfield dark morph red-tailed on p 8 of The Lark Bunting.
http://dfobirders.org/wordpress/denver-field-ornithologists/lark-bunting-dfo
-monthly-newsletter/
Kay
Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific
http://www.kayniyo.com/birds_raptor_vulture.htm (Half way down the page)
Kay
Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific Communications
5651 Garnet St.
Golden, CO 80403
303.679.6646
k...@kayniyo.com; www.KayNiyo.com
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From: Kay Niyo [mailto:k...@kayniyo.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 20
Dave and all,
I am leading the Bow Mar/Marston CBC Sat. Mary Cay and I checked our
hotspots Wed including Centennial Pond and the exact spot the PRWA was seen
before. We walked all along that path in the brushy area. Had an imm
BCNHeron on that northeast back trail of Centennial Pond near th
All,
After having only 5-6 House Finches and a pair of loyal flickers at my
feeders since the late-Sept 16+" of rain that I got just north of Golden, I
finally have lots of birds in this past week's storm and today. I just
counted ~50 juncos of all but white-winged subspp, a few House Finches,
etson Auditorium. Enter through the west door by 7:30 p.m. We
must lock the door a little after that time.
Kay Niyo, DFO Editor
Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific Communications
5651 Garnet St.
Golden, CO 80403
303.679.6646
k...@kayniyo.com; www.KayNiyo.com
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Late yesterday afternoon, I had flocks of >12 Mountain Bluebirds sheltering
from the snow and wind on my two covered porches. I forgot to get some
dried mealworms in anticipation of the storm like I used last spring when
60+ Brewer's Blackbirds helped themselves to the mealworms I spread on the
si
Mary Cay Burger and I had the exact same experience with an oil truck driver
last year when we were parked near the oil well pullout (and not blocking
access). He was very interested in the birds through our scopes, etc. We have
never stopped near the house.
Kay
Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Had my FOY male Black-chinned Hummingbird at my back patio feeder (44
degrees) about an hour ago. Still have not had a Broad-tailed Hummingbird
here yet. I get both spp all summer. Have photographed BTHU nests in the
neighborhood every year, but haven't found the BCHU nests yet. But they
must b
So exciting! Exactly 1 mo late, a SAPH showed up May 1 and began flying up
to the nest box SAPH have been using for 3 yrs! Saw her taking nesting
material up there yesterday morning so I got out my old ball of 70% brown
angora yarn that I never used for knitting (and provided for last year's
nest
FOY male Lesser Goldfinch finally at my thistle feeder today.
Kay
Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific Communications
5651 Garnet St.
Golden, CO 80403
303.679.6646
k...@kayniyo.com; www.KayNiyo.com
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The recent poorwill comments and photos reminded me of a once-in-a-lifetime
experience on June 3, 2004! I lived on Bear Mt at the time and my friends
Carmon Slater and Donald Randall, who still live on Stagecoach Rd in
Evergreen, called me to say "their poorwill" was trapped in the garage
window.
Per the conversations about bird songs lately, here is a fun Cornell Lab of
Ornithol link that my daughter-in-law in MI sent me! My grandkids, ages
4-9, are birders along with their parents and are having fun with this! I
played it and it is a great introductory learning tool of songs and
spectro
Finally, after my Say's Phoebe pair arrived a month late on May 1, four
nestlings have fledged! This is the 4th year they have nested in my boxes,
the 3rd year in this box. 2014 SAPH diary and a few photos 4th row down at
http://www.kayniyo.com/birds_flycatcher.htm
Kay
Kayleen A. Niyo
http://www.kayniyo.com/birds_flycatcher.htm
My four SAPH babies were gone this morning after lining up in the hawthorn
yesterday and sleeping on the hummingbird feeder! I wish them well! See
final diary photos!
Kay
Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific Communications
5651 Garnet S
Fun observations, Linda! I have had the same experience with my nesting
SAPHs and Western Scrub-Jays. The Say's just need a little help to become
aggressive! I hope your nestlings fledge successfully soon!
Also my SAPHs just escaped, I hope, my Sharp-shinned Hawk who is probably
the local one
I received an email from Eric Grossman (ericpgross...@comcast.neet). He
said "I will be in Denver area the weekend of October 25/26 and would love
to do some bird photography but wondering if you could recommend someone who
could guide me, happy to pay for the service. Appreciate any help you can
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From: Kay Niyo [mailto:k...@kayniyo.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2014 9:56 PM
To: CO-Birds listserv (cobirds@googlegroups.com)
Cc: 'ericpgross...@comcast.neet'
Subject: Out-of-town birder/photographer wishes assistance
I received an email from Eri
I am not a hawk expert either! But I agree with Joe. Adult Cooper’s based on
the head shape, eyes, tail, and horizontal breast streaking, etc. I wished I
had the photo in PhotoShop so I could lighten it a bit. Would guess that the
breast would tend to show a little more rufous orange in the
The Roxborough State Park field trip scheduled for 8:00 a.m. on Sunday,
November 16, 2014 with Doris Cruze has been canceled. The weather forecast
is for snow and bitter cold, with a morning low in the teens.
Kay
Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific Communications
5651 Garnet St.
Golde
My little feeder birds have been hunted the past week by a Sharp-shinned
Hawk on the 11th and a Cooper's Hawk and a Northern Shrike on the 16th. I
suspect the adult sharpie might be the same one what hung out in my locust
tree all last winter, Nov-Feb. The Cooper's has already devoured a rock
pig
The DFO RMBO's Annual Barrow's Goldeneye Count on Nov 23 led by Paul
Slingsby has been cancelled due to the expected storm.
Kay
Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific Communications
5651 Garnet St.
Golden, CO 80403
303.679.6646
k...@kayniyo.com; www.KayNiyo.com
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A friend in IA just posted this info that may be of interest for the COBirds
discussion of goshawk preferred prey. "This afternoon there was an immature
Northern Goshawk in our back yard in Boone County. It sat in a tree near the
house and the bird feeders, but didn't show as much interest in the
60 degree day at Red Rocks Trading Post yesterday at 2 with just the usual
birds and White-throated Sparrow active. The Prairie Falcon was on its
usual lone-tree perch overlooking the post. Shocker was a gray and white
cat lounging in the shrubs where the sparrows always appear from. A woman
on
Due to the weather both DFO field trips for Saturday and Sunday, February 21
and 22 have been cancelled.
Kay
Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific Communications
5651 Garnet St.
Golden, CO 80403
303.679.6646
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Several birders watched about 30 rosy-finches swirl from treetop to treetop
around Ira and Tammy Sanders home from about 10:30 to noon today. We found
at least one black, one brown-capped, and the rest gray-crowned. One or two
gray-crowned landed on a tray feeder in front, but the flock was kept
I agree! Thanks Mark, Joyce, and all! Printed out a 2-sided version for my
computer desk to look spp up when needed. Compared the lists quickly and
figure I will have a tough time finding some of them! No finches at the end.
Hummers are way up front. No way are guide books going to be kept
At noon had a flock of rosys land in tree across the street and some landed
on my feeder tray right outside my DR window! (N side of N Table Mt) I was
sitting 4 ft away and didn't dare move to get camera. Shovelers scared them
away. Just now prior to dusk, they were on my patio snarfing up blac
I used the “warm hand” method this fall in the huge heavy rain/gale winds we
had in the Golden area. I was on the phone with Ann Johnson and noticed a tiny
saturated brown lump LEGO in the street in the heavy cold rain and being blown
toward the “river” running in the gutter. A car almost ran
I also suggested the following to Ira and Tammy:
On your sad story, have you thought of switching to thistle feeders that use
screening instead of the metal ones? That is what I have always used and the
finches cling to them and move around with no problems. I had never seen metal
ones wit
I agree totally with gwen and duane. Have these people not ever read the ABA
birding ethics? Such behavior is not that of an ethical birder who thinks only
of a stressed, lost bird's well being. Stay away if they can't bird like a real
and ethical birder.
KayKayleen A niyo...@kayniyo.c
When I lived on Bear Mt at 8200’ a few years ago, my resident crows soaked lots
of bread in my bird bath on my deck. They also brought potato chips and soaked
them! There were very few homes on large acreages up there so I have no idea
where they were getting all the potato chips! Someone mus
Male Black-chinned (FOS 4/20) and male Broad-tailed Hummingbirds (FOS 4/23)
survived 10" snowstorm (still snowing) and are hanging out close to
hummingbird feeder. FOS Say's Phoebe was trying to find insects around
garage this afternoon. Two Gray-headed Juncos here all day eating millet
along wit
Ann Johnson, Iowa web developer of the CFO, DFO, and Evergreen Audubon's
Bear Creek Atlas Project websites, and I traveled up to Evergreen, Echo
Lake, and Summit Lake yesterday. Highlights included the Barrow's Goldeneye
hen with her 10 very small ducklings at Echo Lake. I think this might be
the
My next door neighbor is hearing a Great Horned Owl between 10-12 p.m. in our
HOA just north of N Table Mt. He is from Duluth, MN and knows them well. I
played the Sibley calls on my phone for him and, Yep, that is exactly what he
heard and he said it sounded like it was on top of one of our r
To clarify: Allison’s APRIL 25th trip is currently full, but her MAY 16th trip
only has one person signed up! The May trip can be found on p 5 of the May
Lark Bunting at http://dfobirds.org/LarkBunting/LB.pdf and you can sign up at
http://dfobirds.org/FieldTrips/UpcomingTrips.aspx.
Thanks
I watched a crow in IA raid a robin’s nest repeatedly and fly off each time (4
times) with a nestling, probably to feed its own nestlings. Poor robin parents
harassed the crow each time, but not much they could do. That was the end of
that nesting effort. Presumably they started over. Common
FOS male and fem Broad-tailed Hummingbirds on feeder today.
FOS black-backed Lesser Goldfinch male on thistle feeder May 1. Females
also arrived.
FOS American Goldfinches on thistle feeder April 20.
But, alas, my Say's Phoebes did not return to my box to nest after 4 yrs
raising kids here.
I had a female Rufous Hummingbird at my feeder yesterday afternoon. I was
not fast enough for a photo, but am watching for it to come back. Got good
looks through the bins. On Bear Mt in Evergreen, they didn't arrive until
July 4. She was exactly like all the females I got every year up there w
I learned the hard way in IA with my bluebird trails that both House Sparrows
and House Wrens are notorious for killing Eastern Bluebirds and other birds in
nest boxes. If you run a bluebird box trail in a state east of CO (perhaps in
eastern CO also), you have to pull out House Sparrow (not pr
Just heard and then counted about 40 sandhills flying S over Hwy 93 just
west of N Table Mt. They kept circling as if looking for a spot to land,
but kept going south toward Golden conversing as they flew. Such cool
birds.
Kay
Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific Communications
5651 G
A quick way to check for “currently reported” birds in your area is to click on
the website home pages of DFO http://dfobirds.org/ or CFO http://cobirds.org/
and look at BirdTrax, the “Recent eBird Sightings” app that is constantly
updating. Scroll down in BirdTrax and you will see the Great-cr
Donald Randall and I dipped this afternoon on Ira's redpoll for 30+ min even
tho Ira said he had seen her just before we got there. But we got the 3
Long-tailed Ducks at the S Platte Res about 3 p.m.
Kay
Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific Communications
5651 Garnet St.
Golden, CO 80
Just had my FOY Black-chinned Hummingbird at my feeder! Raining and cold,
so he is hanging out in the tree next to the feeder for quick access!
And FOY black-backed Lesser Goldfinch male at thistle feeder yesterday.
Kay
Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific Communications
5651 Garn
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