[cobirds] Crossbills, Teller county

I don’t have anything unusual to report other than the unusual numbers a birds I saw hiking in Mueller state park today. It might simply be unusual because I wasn’t expecting to see many birds today. I hiked on Outlook Ridge, a trail that starts near the visitor center. Right as I starte

[cobirds] Crossbills & Nuthatches - Elbert & Douglas

Urling and I went on two drives the last four days which turned into Crossbill/Nuthatch trips. Saturday we explored some roads in Elbert County, north of Colo. 86; Comanche Creek, Ridge Road, CRds 150 & 122, and various connectors. Today we heeded Gregg Goodrich's post about crossbills on Colo

[cobirds] Crossbills eating from roadbeds

I watched 3 Red Crossbill eating grit from the dirt lot at south Heil Valley Ranch this week and it reminded me of a winters day some years past watching a sizeable flock of White winged Crossbill pecking away at a roadbed just a few short yards from the Atlantic Ocean. Carl Starace, Niwot

[cobirds] Crossbills & other. Elbert

Yesterday, Feb. 13, Urling & I visited the cemetery & park in Elizabeth. Crossbills continue. While at the Cemetery, we talked to a man who lives across the street, on the south by the walk-in gate, who has feeders. He had lots of birds hanging around, including Red Crossbills, Downy Woodpeck

[cobirds] crossbills

I had a flock of 20 red crossbills in my yard and in the birdbath this afternoon about 2:00,they were in the top of trees and in my birdbath for about 15 minutes... glad that I looked out at the moment! Kate Frost Centennial Near Arapahoe and Quebec -- You received this message because you are s

[cobirds] Crossbills, Antero, etc.

Hello, Birders. I just heard some Type 2 Red Crossbills flying low over Lafayette, eastern Boulder County, this cloudy Wednesday morning (which reminds me, I need to go put out the trash...), Aug. 13th. Probably headed to Chatfield or Cherry Creek. Speaking of Chatfield and Cherry Creek, I'll

[cobirds] Crossbills at Grandview Cemetery on 16December

At about 10:30 am this morning in the extreme nw part of Section 8, I located the female White-winged Crossbill calling ("vred-vred-vred vred-vred vred-vred-vred." and feeding atop a spruce. The male was not with her, as has been reported by Sue Kamal and Paul Slingsby's DFO group of lat

[cobirds] Crossbills at Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins on 10Dec09

Day 19 of the Winter 2009-2010 White-winged Crossbill Visit to Grandview Cemetery: Joe Roller and I found the White-winged Crossbills this morning about 9:15am in west part of Section F. They were by themselves, then joined some Reds. I later saw them three more times, sometimes by themselves,

[cobirds] Crossbills at Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, on 9Dec09

At 8:45 this frigid, sunny morning, a flock of 15 crossbills fed atop the big spruce just west of the Grandview Cemetery entrance (Sections F, E, G, and C). The pair of White-winged Crossbills was embedded with the group, the rest being Red Crossbills (Type 5). No singing, courting, or sparkin

[cobirds] Crossbills at Grandview Cemetery on 7Dec09

I surveyed Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins, today between 9:30am and 12:30pm. The pair of White-winged Crossbills came into Section S (central portion of the cemetery) for about 10 minutes at 10am. I first heard the male on high, he circled into the top of a spruce, soon to be joined by the f

[cobirds] crossbills and swans 12/5

Hi Everyone-- Today 12/5 I went up to Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins. The male and female White-winged Crossbills and maybe 20 Reds were enjoying the spruce nuts. Thanks to Dave Leatherman for keeping watch over them. A Townsend's Solitaire fluttered by while I was there. The crossbills were s

[cobirds] Crossbills at Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins on 30Nov

The pair of White-winged Crossbills at Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins (Larimer County) was seen briefly today around 11:30am in a spruce along the north side of Section 7 (this is generally in the far south part of the cemetery, about midway along the south boundary, about 75 yards in (north)

[cobirds] Crossbills at Grandview Cemetery, Ft. Collins, Larimer Co.

Yes, the pair of White-winged Crossbills were present again today along with a few Red Crossbills. I arrived about 10am and Tom France said they had been seen earlier this morning. I spotted them near the SE corner (Section 8) around 11am where they foraged exclusively in the upper parts of the

[cobirds] Crossbills and Rosies, Brainard Lake, Boulder County

Dear Cobirders, We headed out to Brainard Lake to hike the Jean Lunning Trail along the south side of Long Lake today (11/25). The 2.4 mile hike along the road to the Niwot cutoff trail was busy with type 5 Red Crossbills, Clark's Nutcrackers and Mountain Chickadees. Gray Jays were common alon