[cobirds] Re: 499 & 500 [or 503] ?

A pair of Monk Parakeets inhabited our Potter Highlands neighborhood and frequented our feeders for at least two years in the late eighties until a neighbor, tired of their calling, shot them with her BB gun. Gail had called the Rare Bird Alert when we first noted them and was told that they were not reportable because they were escapees unable to survive and breed in our climate.

- Chuck Lowrie, Denver

On Sunday, July 27, 2014 3:30:10 PM UTC-6, ouzels wrote:

            None of the speculators about Colorado's 500^th bird(s) addressed one possibility: It already happened.
 
            Over the years the CFO Records Committee has looked at 1000s of records with professionalism, thoughtfulness, and thoroughness. To crack the barrier the Records Committee only has to re-visit some rejected records.

 

            CAROLINA PAROQUET: 1805.

When the Pike expedition (was it Pike?) saw these birds along the Arkansas River, had they crossed that magic line?

 

            PILEATED WOODPECKER: 1940s or 1950s.

Reported near the Maroon Bells by Justice William O. Douglas. Can you doubt the word of a Supreme Court justice? But – he didn't submit a Rare Bird Form.

 

            MONK PARAKEET: 1983-1985.

When we lived in Denver, a Monk Parakeet spent a whole winter in the Congress Park neighborhood. This wary bird even built a nest along the alley at 11^th & Clayton. It showed up at our feeder on a 20-below-zero winter morning.

            1970's: Two seen along Platte River bikeway for a couple of months.

 

            RED-BACKED HAWK: 1987-1994.

For eight years a Red-backed Hawk/Buzzard summered on a ranch north of Gunnison. It mated with a Swainson's Hawk and produced at least one young. Observed by dozens (hundreds probably) of people including former President & wife, Jimmy & Rosalind Carter.

 

            BLACK-HOODED CONURE: 1995.

No RBF, probably. Attended feeders in a subdivision south of Chatfield for 2 months in 1995. Observed on a Fall Count.

 

Hugh Kingery
Franktown, CO

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