RE: [cobirds] Historical perspective on Bohemians?

In 2007, the still-pretty-nascent Salida CBC reported 3,025 Bohemian Waxwings in and around town. As I recall, it was the high count for the state that year. A tiny claim to fame for this lovely little mountain CBC. Tina Mitchell Then, Lakewood/Coaldale, CO Now, Oceanside, CA -- -- You recei

RE: [cobirds] Re: Help us locate groups of swallows!

I’m replying to the whole group in case others can find groups of swallows: amandama...@greenwoodwildlife.org Tina Mitchell Oceanside, CA/formerly, Lakewood, CO From: cobirds@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Gary Bowen (Thornton) Sent: Tuesday, September

RE: [cobirds] Bird sound quiz

Hi, folks— To my ear, this sounds like late July/August at our house in pinyon-juniper habitat in Frémont County—the incessant begging calls of young Black-headed Grosbeaks. We don’t live there anymore, but the sound immediately transported me back. Tina Mitchell formerly Lakewood/Coaldale; c

RE: [cobirds] BBS recommendation

Hi, folks— Another voice chiming in in favor of adopting a BBS route. I write a bi-monthly column for Colorado Central. One of my favorite columns featured the BBS route my husband and I ran over Marshall Pass Road in central Colorado for 5 years. It took some reassurance from our friend Dua

[cobirds] FW: Hummingbird identification question

tips. Thanks to all who offered an opinion. Tina Mitchell Lakewood, CO -Original Message- From: Sheri L. Williamson [mailto:sh...@fieldguidetohummingbirds.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 1:46 AM To: Mitchell, Christina Subject: Re: Hummingbird identification question Hi, Tina, Th

[cobirds] help with hummingbird ID

Hi, folks- I'm a volunteer at Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and we have a female/juvenile hummingbird that doesn't quite seem to fit the Sibley description for a Calliope Hummingbird (p. 296) but also does fit it in some ways. We don't see many Calliopes (especially the challenging

Re: [cobirds] Possible Ash-throated Flycatcher nest box, Howard, Fremont County

We had a home in Coaldale, about 5 miles east of Howard, for over 20 years and had ~100 nest boxes on our 39 acres of pinyon/juniper habitat. Every year we would have at least 2 Ash-throated Flycatcher pairs use our nest boxes--sometimes as many as 4 or 5.When we atlased the Howard block fo

[cobirds] 2nd Breeding Bird Atlas

Bill (and anyone else who might be interested)— You asked, “Great Egret is only listed [in the BBA] as having bred along Boulder Creek 8 miles East of Boulder. Is this still the case? 1998 was a long time ago now and the data was from a few years before that at least.” You can access the mapp

[cobirds] eBird appreciation

Hi, folks- I'm a volunteer at Greenwood Wildlife Rehab Center and I want to send out a huge thanks to all who enter their sightings into eBird, especially this time of year. As summer wanes, Greenwood always has a number of young birds that are ready to be released. For some species, the area

[cobirds] Lark Sparrow information?

Hi, group- Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center has an adult Lark Sparrow (originally from the Greeley area) that is likely to be ready to release in the next day or two. I've checked eBird for sightings in 6 Front Range counties and found a very small handful of reports of single birds in

[cobirds] Canada Goose gosling

Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center has just taken in a very young Canada Goose gosling. (It possibly could be a Cackling Goose, but how would you know at such a young age?) It is between tennis-ball and softball size; if it stretches its neck out fully, it's roughly 8" tall. At this poi

[cobirds] Recall: spam question

Mitchell, Christina would like to recall the message, "spam question". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, se

[cobirds] RE: spam question

elease them each day. From: Bell, Cathy Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 3:54 PM To: Mitchell, Christina Subject: RE: spam question Yes, you can add that address to your Contacts in Outlook and that should do the trick. If you've already done that, let me know. From: Mitchell, Christ

[cobirds] Common Redpoll--western Frémont County

I had been wondering if the redpoll irruption might drip over into our area. Lo and behold-this morning, a male Common Redpoll spent several minutes elbowing his way into the thistle feeder amidst House Finches, Pine Siskins, American Goldfinches, and Dark-eyed Juncos. Tina Mitchell Coaldale,

[cobirds] mixed raptor group--Chaffee County

Today at about 1:45, we saw an interesting flock of raptors on the move along County Road 301 just a bit north of the Fisherman's Bridge parking area along the Arkansas River. Zell counted 2 light-morph Rough-legged Hawks, 2 dark-morph Rough-legged Hawks, 8 Red-tailed Hawks, and 1 sub-adult Gol

[cobirds] Cliff Swallow sightings-Boulder County?

I'm a volunteer at Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. The staff are looking for potential release sites in Boulder County for a Cliff Swallow. A colony would be ideal, although the few really recent sightings noted on E-bird show just an individual or 2. So at this point, any sightings

[cobirds] Northern Saw-whet Owl, Frémont County

We have more than 100 nestboxes on our ~40 acres of pinyon/juniper habitat about 18 miles east of Salida. This season, a Northern Saw-whet Owl raised a brood of 3 Saw-whet-lets in one of the boxes-a first for us in 12 years of providing/monitoring nestboxes. You can either read the story and s

[cobirds] FW: Results from the Salida CBC

Greetings, list folk- I'm forwarding this message on behalf of Andrew Mackie, compiler of the Salida CBC. It was held on Sat., 12/18 with decent weather in most of the circle (snowing in the mountain portion), no snow cover, and lots of open water. In addition to the "new for the list" specie

[cobirds] Chipping Sparrow sightings?

Greetings again-- Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center has a Chipping Sparrow that is ready for release ASAP. If you've seen any recently--especially in the Front Range area, although any could be helpful, if sightings are few--I'd appreciate your sending me a private e-mail. Thanks as al

[cobirds] Wood Duck sighting?

Greetings, all-- Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center has a Wood Duck that is ready to be released. If you have seen Wood Ducks recently, I'd appreciate your sending me an e-mail privately. The duck came from Greeley. But if we can find a few compatriots, the precise location doesn't par

[cobirds] Western Kingbird sighting?

Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center has a Western Kingbird that is ready for release. It's getting late. But if anyone has any recent sightings in the Front Range area (Boulder County would be ideal), it would be helpful. Thanks in advance. Tina Mitchell Volunteer, GWRC -- You receive

[cobirds] Cedar Waxwing sightings?

I am writing on behalf of Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center again. A lone Cedar Waxwing is ready to be released. Is anyone seeing a group anywhere in the Front Range? The bird was found in the Boulder County area, but finding a flock somewhere would be a reason to request a waiver of t

[cobirds] sightings of Black-headed Grosbeaks or Say's Phoebes?

I'm a volunteer at Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and we have a Black-headed Grosbeak and 4 Say's Phoebes that are ready to be released. If you are currently seeing groups of either of these birds, I'd appreciate it if you'd drop me a line off-list. By law, wildlife are supposed to b

[cobirds] White-breasted Nuthatch 2nd broods?

Birds of North America Online says this about 2nd broods in White-breasted Nuthathches (WBNU): Neither renesting after nest failure, nor more than one brood per season, reported. The dates in the first CO Breeding Bird Atlas show late nesting not to be uncommon: nest building, as late as 7/10

RE: [cobirds] FW: [BIRDCHAT] Denver birding opportunities

, Denver On Apr 2, 2010, at 8:54 PM, Mitchell, Christina wrote: > A request forwarded from the BIRDCHAT list. > > Tina Mitchell > Coaldale/Lakewood, CO > > From: National Birding Hotline Cooperative (Chat Line) > [birdc...@listserv.ariz

[cobirds] FW: [BIRDCHAT] Denver birding opportunities

A request forwarded from the BIRDCHAT list. Tina Mitchell Coaldale/Lakewood, CO From: National Birding Hotline Cooperative (Chat Line) [birdc...@listserv.arizona.edu] On Behalf Of David Rintoul [drint...@ksu.edu] Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 3:52 PM To: bi

[cobirds] Western Bluebirds?

I'm writing on behalf of Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center again. (Many thanks to all who responded to me about places to release the Yellow-rumped Warbler and the Gray Catbird last week! The Yellow-rumped was released in the Boulder area and the catbird is likely to travel down to Cano

[cobirds] Boulder/Longmont area catbirds or yellow-rumps?

I'm writing on behalf of Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. They have a rehabilitated Gray Catbird and a Yellow-rumped Warbler that are ready to be released. Have people been seeing either of these species in the Boulder/Longmont area recently so they might be able to hook up with fello

[cobirds] Sandhill Cranes, western Fremont County

>From 11:45 - noon today, we watched a group of 38 Sandhill Cranes catch a >thermal over the northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains. While they gained >altitude, a group of 8 appeared from the north, hitched a ride on the same >thermal, and caught up with the larger group. Even though they were p

[cobirds] Sandhill Cranes--western Fremont County

In the spirit of "Crane Watch," we just had a flock of about 70 Sandhill Cranes fly over our house in central Colorado (the eastern slope of the northern end of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains). They were at about ~18,000' and appeared to be following the Sangres southeast, perhaps heading to

[cobirds] 2nd brood of Ash-throated Flycatchers?

I monitor nest boxes on our 39+ acres of pinyon/juniper habitat in central CO, about 18 miles east of Salida. We have had 3 Ash-throated Flycatcher (ATFL) clutches so far this season, all beginning at about their regular time for our area (egg-laying in late May). This past Friday, I found a n

[cobirds] Virginia Rail and Sora in western Lakewood/Jeffco

This morning, just before 7 a.m., a Virginia Rail was calling in the wetlands at the northwest corner of Smith Lake. Around the same time, a Sora was calling in the wetlands at the west end of Kendrick Lake. Both lakes are quite high; the wetlands areas near the bike paths that are often dry c

[cobirds] Mountain Bluebirds at Chatfield/ Jeffco-Dougco

Hello, list- A portion of Ira Sander's message on Saturday about birding at Chatfield caught my interest. There were bluebirds almost everywhere with the biggest concentration of Western Bluebirds east of the marina... As Tammy was rescuing wet and cold Mountain Bluebirds that were trying to

[cobirds] closure on the Denver/Boulder cormorant RFI

Greetings again- Anybody need Double-crested Cormorant for their Feb. Denver County list? Many, many thanks for the myriad responses from the list about locations of Double-crested Cormorants in the Denver/Boulder area. Most people suggested the "spa also known as Valmont Reservoir" in Boulder

[cobirds] cormorants in the Denver/Boulder area?

Greetings- I am writing on behalf of the staff at Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Longmont. They have rehabilitated a Double-crested Cormorant that is now ready for release. If anyone has recently seen cormorants in the Denver/Boulder area, could you write me off-list? Thanks in