Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: January 26, 2009 e-mail: [email protected] phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, January 26, 2009 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes that there is new information for this species in this report. Trumpeter Swan (*Huerfano) Tundra Swan (Delta, Huerfano) Surf Scoter (Pueblo) White-winged Scoter (Boulder, Pueblo) Long-tailed Duck (Pueblo) Barrow's Goldeneye (Pueblo) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Pueblo) GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (Pueblo) Glaucous Gull (Boulder) White-winged Dove (Bent) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Prowers) Bohemian Waxwing (Morgan) EASTERN TOWHEE (Bent) Swamp Sparrow (Bent, Morgan) White-throated Sparrow (Mesa) Lapland Longspur (Logan/Morgan, Pueblo, *Weld) Northern Cardinal (Prowers) Snow Bunting (Logan/Morgan, *Weld) Rusty Blackbird (Huerfano) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Boulder) To skip this recording to leave a message, press the star key at any time. Please leave your name, phone number, detailed directions including the county, and dates for all sightings. It would be helpful if you would spell your last name. Bent County: --A female EASTERN TOWHEE was reported by Van Truan at the Wood Thrush Grove at Roads JJ & 16, east of Fort Lyon on January 21. --A White-winged Dove was reported by Leukering along JJ Road near Fort Lyon on January 24. Boulder County: --An adult Glaucous Gull was reported by Floyd at Prince Lake No 2 on January 23. --Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches were reported by Kaempfer at Fawnbrook Inn in Allenspark on January 24. --3 female type White-winged Scoters were reported by Nunes at Baseline Reservoir in Boulder on January 24. Delta County: --McConnell refound the juvenile Tundra Swan at Confluence Park in Delta on January 24. It was on the Gunnison River east of the Hwy 50 bridge. Huerfano County: --An adult Tundra Swan and juvenile swan were reported by Moss at Lake Trinidad on January 24. --4 swans were reported by Moss on Lake Maria (private) but viewable from road east of Trinidad on January 24. On January 25, Percival reported 6 swans on Lake Maria including 4 Trumpeter Swans (3 ad, 1 juv) and 2 sleeping unidentified swans. --2 Rusty Blackbirds (1m, 1f) were reported by Leukering on the sw corner of Horseshoe Lake in Lathrop SP on January 24. Logan/Morgan Counties: --A Snow Bunting and several Lapland Longspurs were reported by Wild on Logan CR 61 on January 21. Further on the same road, but in Morgan County and Called CR GG, Wild reported a large flock of Lapland Longspurs and 1 Snow Bunting. This second spot is approximately 100 yards east from where CR GG meets up with Hwy 71. Mesa County: --A White-throated Sparrow was reported by Cooper at Corn Lake State Park on January 23. If you enter the park by vehicle, drive along the north shore of the lake until you reach the final parking lot. There, a (muddy) earthen path intersects a paved one at the west edge of the lake. The sparrow was right along the dirt path with some juncos. Morgan County: --A Bohemian Waxwing was reported by Wild at Jackson Lake State Park in the Russian Olives on the west side of the reservoir on January 21. --A Swamp Sparrow was reported by Wild at the marsh on the south side of the road on CR AA, west of Jackson Lake State Park on January 21. Prowers County: --A male Red-bellied Woodpecker was reported by Leatherman at the south end of Lamar Community College woods on January 13, and see again on January 21 by Truan. --A male Red-bellied Woodpecker was reported by Leukering in Willow Creek Park in Lamar on January 24. --At Lamar Community College Woods on January 24, Leukering report a singing male Northern Cardinal and a calling Red-bellied Woodpecker. Pueblo County: --An adult male White-winged Scoter was reported by Percival at Pueblo Reservoir on January 22 and 23. --A female Surf Scoter was reported by Percival at Pueblo Reservoir on January 22. --2 Long-tailed Ducks were reported by Percival at Pueblo Reservoir on January 22, and 4 were reported by Percival on January 23. --5 Barrow's Goldeneyes (3 m, 2 f) were reported by Percival at Pueblo Reservoir on January 23. --2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls were reported by Percival at Pueblo Reservoir on January 22 and one adult was reported by Percival on January 23. --An adult GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was reported by Percival at Pueblo Reservoir on January 22. --Lapland Longspurs (30+) were reported by Percival at Pueblo Reservoir on January 22. Weld County: --Hopper reported a Snow Bunting on January 24 and Lapland Longspurs on January 25 at CR 23 near CR 118. The DFO field trip for Saturday, January 31 will be to Ponderosa Pine Preserve in Aurora led by Mary Ann Bonnell. Get information and sign up at 303-739-2428. The DFO field trip for Sunday, February 1 will be to Cherry Creek Reservoir led by Mary Burger (303-771-3431). Meet the leader at 0800 at the west entrance of the park near Cherry Creek High School. Bring snack, lunch, and drinks as trip will be a 3/4 day trip. Dress warmly, State parks pass required. The next monthly meeting of Denver Field Ornithologists will be on Monday, January 26 at Ricketson Auditorium in Denver Museum of Nature and Science at 7:30 pm. Dr Hugh McIssac of the University of Denver will give a presentation on Avian Navigation. Thank you and good birding, Joyce Takamine Boulder --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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