[cobirds] Re: Benefits of Keeping the Original Bird Names.

2023-11-06 Thread mille...@gmail.com
Whether the mischaracterization of John McCown in this message as a "brave hero who took the deadly risk to speaking against the Confederacy?" is deliberately provocative or just ignorant I can't begin to diagnose, but it is certainly "fact-free." McCown is indeed credited with calling the Conf

[cobirds] Juncos and thistle feeders - Jefferson

2023-01-23 Thread mille...@gmail.com
Good morning, Yesterday while I was observing the thistle feeder that hangs outside my living room window, I saw a slate-colored junco eating from the tube. Normally dominated by the local house finches, I've seen a junco or two on the tube during our worse storms this year, but this was the fi

[cobirds] Loon Trio at Marston Reservoir, Denver County, 11/10

2022-11-10 Thread mille...@gmail.com
Good morning everyone, I saw reports from Norm Lewis on eBird last night that there were two *Yellow-billed Loons* present at Marston, so since I had some time free this morning I figured I'd chase what would be a lifer for me. I started out on the west side, where I immediately found the fema

[cobirds] Yellow-bellied Sapucker @ Bear Creek Greenbelt, Jefferson County

2022-03-26 Thread mille...@gmail.com
Good morning everyone, I decided to squeeze in a quick morning trip today to the west side of my patch along the Bear Creek Greenbelt in between Estes Street and Old Kipling in the hopes of seeing the Eastern Phoebe that has been present the past couple of days. No luck on the phoebe, but I did

[cobirds] RFI: Red Rock Canyon Open Space, El Paso and CO Springs suggestions

2020-09-17 Thread mille...@gmail.com
Hi all, I'm thinking about getting out of my Jeffco-Denver-Boulder bubble this weekend and heading down to Red Rock Canyon Open Space and perhaps another site or two around town. Being unfamiliar with both, I'm hoping someone may be willing to clue me in on any "birdier" trails in the open spac