From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Rare Bird Alert for Colorado October 3, 2009 Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 04:34:30 -0600 Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: October 3, 2009 e-mail: [email protected] phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, October 3, 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. Broad-winged Hawk (El Paso/Pueblo) YELLOW RAIL (Gunnison) HUDSONIAN GODWIT (*Larimer) LAUGHING GULL (Washington) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Weld) Eastern Phoebe (Washington) BLUE-HEADED VIREO (El Paso) Golden-winged Warbler (Larimer) Palm Warbler (El Paso/Pueblo) Hooded Warbler (*Washington) Field Sparrow (El Paso/Pueblo, Washington) White-throated Sparrow (*Weld) PAINTED BUNTING (El Paso/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. El Paso County: --A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was banded by Elwonger at Clear Springs Ranch on September 29. El Paso/Pueblo Counties: At Chico Basin: --A hatch year PAINTED BUNTING was banded by Brown at Chico Basin Ranch on September 27. --A Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Gibbons at Chico Basin Ranch on September 28. --Field Sparrows were reported by Drummond near the corral (El Paso) and near HQ (Pueblo) on September 29. --2 Swamp Sparrows were reported by Drummond near HQ on September 29. --A western Palm Warbler was banded by Gibbons on September 30. Gunnison County: --A juv YELLOW RAIL was reported by Swan at the west end of the walkway at Cooper's Ranch on September 28. Larimer County: --A juv HUDSONIAN GODWIT was reported by Komar at Timnath Reservoir on September 24 and seen again by Komar on October 2. --An adult Golden-winged Warbler was reported by Leatherman in Fort Collins west of the Poudre River and about 2/3 mile north of Prospect on September 30. Washington County: --At Prewitt, Kaempfer reported an Eastern Phoebe and young brown LAUGHING GULL on September 26. On September 27, Roller found 2 LAUGHING GULLS at Prewitt. --A male Hooded Warbler was reported by Roller at Last Chance on October 2 and across the way by the old motel he reported a Field Sparrow. Weld County: --An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was reported by Lefko near the Weld County Landfill near Ault on September 29. --A White-throated Sparrow was reported by Leatherman at Crow Valley on October 2. The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, October 3 will be to Cherry Creek State Park led by Mary Keithler (303-771-1421). Meet at 0800 at the Marina for a half day trip. Lunch optional. Bring scopes. State Parks Pass required. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, October 4 will be to Chatfield State Park led by Ed Holub (303-979-2194). Meet at 0800 at the Swim Beach. Lunch Optional. You may want to stay longer if Ed has other "hot Spots" in mind. State Parks pass required. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
