Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: August 29, 2009 e-mail: [email protected] phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, August 29, 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. NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Bent, Larimer) YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Logan) Short-billed Dowitcher (Phillips) LAUGHING GULL (Larimer, Weld) Sabine's Gull (Larimer) American Three-toed Woodpecker (*Boulder, Custer/Huerfano) Black Phoebe (*Delta) Eastern Phoebe (Pueblo) Tennessee Warbler (Pueblo) BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (Boulder) Northern Waterthrush (*Jefferson, Pueblo) 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 juvenile Neotropic Cormorant was reported by Komar at the west end of John Martin Reservior on August 25. Boulder County: --Several American Three-toed Woodpeckers were reported by Dunning in Wild Basin on August 25. The easiest to access were at the junction of the backpacker campsite trail and Tahosa Campsite path. --A BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER was reported by Szeliga at Betasso Preserve on August 25. --An American Three-toed Woodpecker was reported by Szeliga at Brainard Lake on August 27. Custer/Huerfano Counties: --2 American Three-toed Woodpeckers were reported by Percival on Greenhorn Mountain Road on August 23. Delta County: --A Black Phoebe was reported by Garrison at Pleasure Park on the Gunnison River on August 28. Pleasure Park is between Hotchkiss and Delta on CO 92 at MM 13. Jefferson County: --A Northern Waterthrush was reported by Henwood at Bear Creek Lake Park near the NW Cove at Pelican Point on August 28. Larimer County: --A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported by Komar in a small pond near Timnath Reservoir between County Roads 76 and 78 on August 14. The bird was observed again on August 26 by Griffin. --An adult Sabine's Gull was reported by Mammoser at Timnath Reservoir on August 23 and seen again on August 26 by Komar. --An adult LAUGHING GULL was reported by Hopper at Timnath Reservoir on August 24. Logan County: --An adult YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was reported by Peterson at Jumbo Reservoir on August 23. The bird was in the southwest corner of the lake. Phillips County: --A Short-billed Dowitcher was reported by Peterson at the Road 29 and Road 6 ponds on August 23. Pueblo County: Percival reported the following west of Valco Ponds parking lot on August 26: Tennessee Warbler, Northern Waterthrush and Eastern Phoebe. The Tennessee Warbler was re-found by Percival on August 27. Weld County: --A LAUGHING GULL was reported by Deininger near the intersection of CR 23 and CR 10 on August 26. The DFO field trip for Saturday, August 29 is to the Wheat Ridge Green Belt, led by Jackie King (303-287-1644). Meet at 7:30 am at Prospect Park Lake near the permanent restrooms, south of West 44th Ave, just east of Robb St. This is an excellent area to see warblers as well as shore and water birds. This will be a half day trip so lunch is optional. Leader is using a scooter for mobility so this trip is accessible and will involve easy walking. Call the leader if going. The DFO field trip for Sunday, August 30 is to Northeastern Colorado, Prewitt and Jackson Reservoirs, led by Joey Kellner (303-978-1748). Meet the leader at 0530 at the Division of Wildlife, 6060 N. Broadway -- Exit I-25 at 58th Ave, go west 2 blocks to Broadway, then north 2 blocks to parking lot on the right. Habitat Stamp for State Wildlife Areas and State Parks Pass required. This is an all day trip so bring lunch and plenty of water. Be sure to bring insect repellent and sunscreen. Call the leader if going. Everyone is invited to the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory annual Barbeque on Saturday, August 29th at the Old Stone House at the north end of Barr Lake, Adams County. There will be Birds walks, an auction, educational seminars, children's events and a keynote address by Bill Schmoker. To learn more and to register, go to www.RMBO.org and find the link "BBQ with the birds." Click that to see flyer with a schedule of all the events and a map. Thank you and good birding, Joyce Takamine Boulder --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
