Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: April 12, 2009 e-mail: [email protected] phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, April 12, 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. White-winged Scoter (*Boulder) Barrow's Goldeneye (Summit) Red-necked Grebe (Mesa) Thayer's Gull (Larimer) Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Arapahoe, *Denver) White-winged Dove (*Kit Carson) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan) Black Phoebe (Boulder) Eastern Phoebe (*Adams, Logan) YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (*Yuma) Sage Sparrow (Boulder) Harris's Sparrow (*Jefferson) Northern Cardinal (*Yuma) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Gunnison, San Juan, Summit) Black Rosy-Finch (Gunnison, San Juan) 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. Adams County: --An Eastern Phoebe was found by Peterson at the Old Stone House at Barr Lake on April 11. Arapahoe County: --2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls were reported by Stecher at Cherry Creek State Park on April 11. The gulls were seen from the Lake Loop. Boulder County: --A Black Phoebe was reported by Boswell at Cottonwood Marsh on April 8. --A Sage Sparrow was reported by Szeliga at Walden Ponds -- on the path between Ricky Wieser Wetlands and the private lake to the west on April 8. --Two immature White-winged Scoters (1 male, 1 female) were reported by Nunes at Baseline Reservoir in Boulder on April 11. Gunnison County: --Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches continue to visit the feeder of Linda Powers in Crested Butte at least through April 8. On April 7, there were Gray-crowned and one Black Rosy-Finch and on April 8 there was a pair of Black Rosy-Finches. The address is 324 Whiterock. You can view the feeders from your vehicle. The flock sits in the Cottonwood Trees which surround the house. Jefferson County: --A Harris's Sparrow was reported by Kingery at the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt on April 11. Directions: from the main Prospect Park parking lot, head west about 100 ft along the trail on north side of Clear Creek. Kit Carson County: --White-winged Doves were reported by Smith in Burlington on April 11. Larimer County: --3 Thayer's Gulls (1 ad, 2 1st-cycle) were reported by Komar at Lake Loveland on April 7. On April 10, Komar reported 1 ad Thayer's Gull at Lake Loveland. Logan County: --An Eastern Phoebe and Red-bellied Woodpecker were reported by Leatherman by the CR 4 bridge over the Platte just west of CR 25 on April 7. Mesa County: --A possible Red-necked Grebe was reported by Bradley at a pond at 23.25 Rd north of Redlands Parkway in the Grand Junctions area on April 8. San Juan County: --1 Gray-crowned and 2 Black Rosy-Finches were reported by McConnell in Silverton on April 4. They were seen behind a shop call The Sun House in the 1000 block of Blair Street. On April 7, Beatty reported Rosy-Finches at feeders at 8th and Mineral and 8th and Empire. Summit County: --A Gray-crowned (Hepburn's) Rosy-Finch was reported by Nims on Keystone's North Peak on April 9. --7 Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by Nims at the pond at Angler Mountain Ranch on April 9. Yuma County: --A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was reported by Wood at Bonny Reservoir on the south side of the lake on April 11. --A Northern Cardinal was reported by Smith at Bonny Reservoir on April 11. Sunday, April 12 EASTER -- no field trip scheduled. The DFO field trip for Saturday, April 18 will be to The Arsenal led by David Rhoades (303-424-8644). You must register with the leader for meeting time and place. Half day trip, limited to 9 people, lunch optional. The DFO field trip for Sunday, April 19 will be to Cherry Creek State Park led by Mary Keithler (303-771-1421). Meet at 0800 at the marina. Half day trip, lunch optional. State Parks Pass required. Thank you and good birding, Joyce Takamine Boulder --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
