[cobirds] Chatfield this morning

2016-10-08 Thread greg
Last week I had my Swarovski scope and Manfrotto tripod stolen from my garage, so please be on the lookout if you see something on Craigslist or similar. Today, however, I took my new scope out to Chatfield for a quick spin. Wasn’t very birdy today, but of note was a juvenile gull with long win

[cobirds] Chatfield this morning

2013-10-16 Thread Glenn and Laurie
Folks, Chatfield is loaded with birds... mostly grebes, ducks and lots of gulls. I happened to see some gulls being chased around by a juvi jaeger. I was at the heron overlook and the bird was half a mile away, so I drove to the fisherman's pier. The jaeger was floating about 100 yds. out wh

Re: [cobirds] Chatfield this morning

2011-06-14 Thread Glenn and Laurie
The pair of Eastern Phoebes at the Plum Creek footbridge have been there since mid-April. They have a nest underneath the east side of the bridge and have been carrying food to the nest for several weeks. I suspect little Eastern Phoebes will fledge any day! As far as I know, this is the firs

RE: [cobirds] Chatfield this morning

2011-06-14 Thread Wayne Wathen
; Subject: [cobirds] Chatfield this morning > To: cobirds@googlegroups.com > > At approximately 9am, the Western Gull was seen near the South Platte River > delta at Chatfield Reservoir. A bit later, it was observed on the delta from > the heron overlook. Later attempts to locate th

[cobirds] Chatfield this morning

2011-06-14 Thread Will Burt
At approximately 9am, the Western Gull was seen near the South Platte River delta at Chatfield Reservoir. A bit later, it was observed on the delta from the heron overlook. Later attempts to locate the bird were unsuccessful. At approximately 11:15am, two Eastern Phoebes were seen from the ped