Date: June 5, 2010
e-Mail: [email protected] phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Dick Schottler This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 9:30 pm 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): LEAST BITTERN (Boulder) Little Blue Heron (Boulder) TRICOLORED HERON (Fremont) Black Rail (Otero) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Douglas, Kit Carson) LESSER NIGHTHAWK (Boulder) EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (Larimer, Pueblo, Washington) VERMILION FLYCATCHER (Bent) SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Bent) White-eyed Vireo (El Paso, Larimer) Yellow- throated Vireo (*Jefferson,Weld) Carolina Wren (Boulder) Magnolia Warbler (Larimer) Black-throated Blue Warbler (Kit Carson) Blackpoll Warbler (*Weld) American Redstart (Larimer) Hooded Warbler (Larimer) Summer Tanager (Baca) 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. Baca County: --On May 25, Maynard reported a pair of Summer Tanagers from Carrizo Canyon. Both were seen again on May 30. Bent County: --On May 24, Nelson reported a sub-adult male VERMILION FLYCATCHER at an abandoned homestead in Toonerville. Drive south on Colorado Highway 101 to where the pavement ends, turn west, and look in trees near the homestead. Maynard relocated this bird on the 25th. This is private property, and should not be entered without permission. --On May 25, Maynard reported a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER about 14.5 miles south of Las Animas. When you pass mile post 14, start looking for a homestead on the left. Boulder County: --A Carolina Wren found on May 30 by Floyd was still preent along the Centennial Trail on June 1. Look and listen for the wren about 200 feet south of the south end of Old Yale Rd. On May 29, Guarente reported a LESSER NIGHTHAWK at Walden Ponds. It was around the northwest corner of Duck Pond, also around the building where all the trails converge. --A Little Blue Heron reported by Lamoureux at Cottonwood Marsh in the NW corner on May 16 continued at least through May 29. --On May 24, Arp reported a LEAST BITTERN from the second Sawhill Pond west of the intersection of the road/trails/sign just a short distance beyond the end of the boardwalk. The bittern wasseen again on the 29th. Douglas County: --On May 30, Halverstadt reported a Yellow-billed Cuckoo from the Dupont Open Space in Louviers. El Paso County: --On May 30, Luck reported a White-eyed Vireo at Clear Springs Ranch. Fremont County: --A TRICOLORED HERON was reported by Miller at Holcim Marsh on May 18. The marsh is about a mile west of the Holcim cement plant on SR 120, near Penrose. The heron was seen again on May 29. Jefferson County: --Cameron reported a Yellow-throated Vireo at Chatfield State Park seen on June 4. To look for the Vireo, from the Audubon Discovery Center trailhead, walk to the bird-banding station and continue east to the river then turn north on the trail. It was seen about 20-50 yards north along the trail. Kit Carson county: --On May 30, Breitsch reported a singing male Black-throated Blue Warbler from below the dam at Flagler SWA. They also report a Yellow-billed Cuckoo from below the dam. Larimer County: --On May 25, Dillion reported a White-eyed Vireo on Cub Lake trail in RMNP. --An EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE was reported by Leatherman at Grandview Cemetery on May 22. A second bird was reported the following day. --On May 24, Roederer reported a female Hooded Warbler just before the parking lot at Sprague Lake off of Bear Lake Rd. in RMNP. Also at this location later in the day others discovered a Magnolia Warbler and an American Redstart. Pueblo County: --On May 26, Percival reported a female Blue-winged Warbler from the eastern end of the Osprey Picnic area along the river. Maynard was able to relocate this bird along the bike path near the wooden bridge east of the Osprey Picnic area. --On May 26, Percival reported an EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE singing along the gravel trail on the west side of Osprey Picnic Area near the river. Maynard was able to relocate this bird just south of the parking lot. Washington County: --On May 25, at Prewitt Reservoir, Jones reported an EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE from the inlet canal in the southeast corner. Dunning reports the continued presence on May 29. Weld County: -- Leatherman reported a singing male Blackpoll Warbler seen at Crow Valley campground on June 4. Sparks reported a Yellow-throated Vireo at Crow Valley CG (northwest corner) on June 1. Good Birding, Dick Schottler -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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