Date: 7/7/25 11:56 am From: Chase Konkle <chase.konkle...> Subject: [cobirds] Re: Yellow-billed Magpie in El Paso County?
I'm from the Dallas Texas area visiting extended family here in Colorado
Springs/El Paso county. I've taken the opportunity to do a bit of birding
to see some birds I don't often get to see. Since I'm somewhat unfamiliar
with the species of birds around here I didn't think much of it when I saw
a Magpie with a yellow bill assuming they were fairly common around here. I
was shocked to learn that a Yellow-billed Magpie sighting is quite rare in
Colorado, but I'm sure that is what I saw. I didn't just get a small
glimpse of it from a far, in fact I noticed it enough to point it out to my
wife. I saw it on 7/1/25 between 1:35-1:45pm near Pulpit Rock Park while
sitting in a dirt parking lot off of N. Nevada Avenue that sits between
Winslow BMW of Colorado Spring, to the North, and Mountain Lion Park and
Mountain Lion Fieldhouse, to the south. I hope you find this interesting.
Chase K.
On Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 12:08:08 PM UTC-5 <behn......> wrote:
> Hi all, I haven't posted on Cobirds in eons, but today I saw a second
> report of a Yellow-billed Magpie on eBird in the Springs from I believe the
> same person who reported it a couple of weeks ago. This time again, the
> yellow bill is mentioned. Has anyone in El Paso County tried to verify
> this? I understand that it would be a fairly mega-rarity, but... If not a
> YBMA, what is it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom Behnfield
> Lakewood
> <behn......>
>
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