Compiler: Allison Hilf Date: October 11, 2009 e-mail: [email protected] phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 7am 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. COMMON BLACK-HAWK (*Montrose) Broad-winged Hawk (Larimer) Short-billed Dowitcher (*Logan, *Weld) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larimer) GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (Mesa) Sabine's Gull (Adams, *Archuleta, Boulder, Larimer) Eastern Phoebe (*Washington) Magnolia Warbler (Larimer) Black-throated Blue Warbler (Washington) BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (Weld) Harris's Sparrow (*Washington, *Yuma) White-throated Sparrow (Pueblo, Washington, *Yuma) 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: --A juv Sabine's Gull was reported by Gibbons at Barr Lake on October 4. Roller reports seeing it again on October 8. Archuleta County: -- A juv Sabine's Gull was reported by Beatty at Piedra Branch of Navajo Reservoir on October 5. It was seen again during a Durango Bird Club trip on October 10. Boulder County: --A juv Sabine's Gull was reported by Pieplow at Boulder Reservoir on October 5 and was last reported by Waltman on October 9. Larimer County: --A Magnolia Warbler was reported by Kogler at Dixon Reservoir on October 9. --A Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Kogler near Salyar and McMurray, north of FTC on October 9. --2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (1adult,1second cycle) reported by Komar at Horesetooth Reservoir on October 8. --A juv Sabine’s Gull was reported by Komar at Timnath Reservoir on October 6. Logan County: --A Short-billed Dowitcher was reported by Peterson at Jumbo Reservoir on October 9. Mesa County: --An imm Glaucous-winged Gull was reported by Lambeth at Highline Lake on October 5. Montrose County: --A POSSIBLE COMMON BLACK-HAWK was reported by Crutcher on the south end of the Uncompahgre Plateau, near Sanborn Park and close to an old white schoolhouse in Unit 61 Hunting Area on October 9. Pueblo County: --A White-throated Sparrow was reported by Percival at Valco Ponds on October 4 and seen again on October 9. Washington County: --A female Black-throated Blue Warbler and a White-throated Sparrow were reported by Kellner at the Last Chance rest area on October 9. --A Harris's Sparrow was repoted by Peterson near the Last Chance Rest area at the yard south of Hwy 36 along 71 on October 9. --An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Peterson at Prewitt Reservoir on October 9. Weld County: --2 Short-billed Dowitchers were reported by Kaempfer at Union Reservoir on October 10. --A BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER was reported by Roller at Crow Valley in the cedars in the southwest corner on October 8. Yuma County: --A Harris's Sparrow and a White-throated Sparrow were reported by Peterson on Phillips CR 2 between Hwy 59 and CR 31 on October 9. The DFO birding event for Sunday, October 11 with be "The Big Sit" at Heron Overlook, Chatfield State Park with Joey Kellner (303-978-1748). Come and join Joey any time after dawn and bird as long as you want. Bring chairs, food, drinks, binoculars, scopes and other essential birding equipment. Dick Ashford, raptor enthusiast and President of the Board of the ABA, will be giving a presentation on hawks at the Chautauqua Community House, Boulder County, at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15th. This "Hawk Talk" is jointly sponsored by Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory and the ABA, and representatives from both organizations will be in attendance. Hope to see many of you there! Thank you and good birding, Allison Hilf Denver, CO Sent from my iPhone= --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
