Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: April 26, 2009 e-mail: [email protected] phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, April 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. BROWN PELICAN (*Crowley, *Montezuma) LITTLE BLUE HERON (Prowers) Green Heron (*Arapahoe, *Otero) GLOSSY IBIS (*Arapahoe, *Boulder, *Douglas/Jefferson, La Plata) Snowy Plover (*Montezuma, *Otero) Dunlin (*Weld) Short-billed Dowitcher (*Lincoln) Caspian Tern (*Montezuma) Broad-winged Hawk (Douglas/Jefferson) Black Phoebe (*Montezuma) Eastern Phoebe (*Baca) VERMILION FLYCATCHER (Fremont) LUCY'S WARBLER (*Montezuma) Northern Parula (*Boulder, *Larimer) Black-and-white Warbler (*Boulder) Summer Tanager (Mesa) Fox Sparrow (*Montezuma) Swamp Sparrow (*Pueblo) Sage Sparrow (Larmier) Rusty Blackbird (Washington) 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. Arapahoe County: --A Green Heron was reported by Dunning at Cherry Creek State Park on April 24. It was best seen from the 12-mile House Picnic Area. --A GLOSSY IBIS with White-faced Ibis was reported by Walbek at Cherry Creek State Park on April 25. It was in the pond along the road near the model airplane field. Baca County: --An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Kaempfer in Carrizo Canyon on April 25. --An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Kaempfer at Two Buttes on April 25. Boulder County: --A GLOSSY IBIS was seen at Lagerman Reservoir on April 23 by Blatchley. --A GLOSSY IBIS was reported by Harlan at Prince Lake #2 on April 25. --A Northern Parula was reported by Zilly at Pella Crossing near Hygiene on April 25. --A Black-and-white Warbler was reported by Tomas in Ash Trees in his backyard. He is willing to let birders in the yard if they are home. The address is 1280 Doric Drive, Lafayette. This is south of Waneka Lake. Take South Boulder Road. Turn north on Centaur Village Drive, then east on Carla Drive, and north on Doric Drive. If they are not home, the trees can be seen from Ceres Drive. The warbler came at least twice on April 25. Crowley County: --A BROWN PELICAN was reported by Bill Maynard at Lake Meredith on April 25. It was seen from the north side of the lake. Douglas/Jefferson Counties: --A dark-morph Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Sanders at Chatfield near Kingfisher Bridge on April 20. --A GLOSSY IBIS with a flock of White-faced Ibis was reported by Schmoker at Chatfield State Park on April 19. The ibis were seen about 1/4 mile upstream from the Plum Creek nature area (flooded) parking area. The GLOSSY IBIS was seen again on April 25 by Kellner. La Plata County: --A GLOSSY IBIS among White-faced Ibis was seen at Pastorius Reservoir by Allerton on April 24. Larimer County: --A Sage Sparrow was reported by Roederer at Endovalley in Rocky Mountain NP on April 22. It was seen along the road about 100 yards west of the closure gate. --A singing male Northern Parula was reported by Wild along the Big Thompson River in Loveland on April 25. Directions: Park at the Barnes Softball Fields (from Hwy 402 take US 287 north about 1 mile). The fields are on the west side of the road. Walk west, cross bridge, follow trail which goes under S. Railroad Ave. The bird was about 200 yards west of the road. Lincoln County: --A Short-billed Dowitcher was reported by Roller at Schafer Reservoir which is south of Hugo on April 25. For directions see the Colorado County Birding Website. Mesa County: --A Summer Tanager was reported by Cooper at Highline Lake SP near the campground on the west side of the lake on April 24. Montezuma County: --A BROWN PELICAN was reported by Deininger on Totten Reservoir which is east of Cortez on April 25. Garrison reported that the Pelican was gone in the afternoon. --3 Black Phoebes were reported by Garrison in McElmo Canyon on April 25. --A Snowy Plover was found by Morris at McPhee Reservoir on April 25. For directions see the Colorado County Birding Website. --A Caspian Tern was found by Deininger at the west end of McPhee Reservoir on April 25. --LUCY'S WARBLERS were reported by Beatty in Yellowjacket Canyon on April 25. --A Fox Sparrow was reported by Deininger on the west side of Cortez in willows on April 24. Otero County: --4-5 Snowy Plovers were reported by Maynard at Lake Cheraw on April 25. --A Green Heron was reported by Maynard at Rocky Ford SWA on April 25. Prowers County: --An adult LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen at Thruston Reservoir on April 23 by Percival. Pueblo County: --A Swamp Sparrow was reported by Schaum at Chico Basin Ranch (fee) in the SW corner of Rose Pond on April 24. Washington County: --A pair (1m, 1f) of Rusty Blackbirds was reported by Kellner at the bridge on Hwy 36 just west of Last Chance on April 24. Weld County: --An alternate plumaged Dunlin was reported by Kellner at Latham on the south side of CR 48 on April 24 and it was seen again by Trinker on April 25. The DFO field trip for Sunday, April 26 will be to Dowdy Draw/Mesa Trail in Boulder led by Christian Nunes (303-931-9131). Meet at 0800 for 1/2 day moderate hike with the Boulder Bird Club. Go west from Hwy 93 on Hwy 128 towards Eldorado Canyon to Dowdy Draw trailhead on the left. Varied habitat. Wear Hiking boots and be ready for changeable weather. The monthly meeting of Denver Field Ornithologists will be on Monday, April 27 at 7:30 pm at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Chris Pague from the Nature Conservancy will speak on "World Grassland and Bird Conservation Challenges." 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
