Date: October 3, 2010
e-Mail: [email protected]
phone: 303-659-8750
compiler: Joyce Takamine
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, October 3, 2010 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
Pacific Loon (Boulder)
Red-necked Grebe (*Rio Blanco)
BROWN PELICAN (Bent)
Broad-winged Hawk (Boulder)
Sabine's Gull (*Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, *Douglas/Jefferson)
Caspian Tern (Boulder, Logan/Sedgwick)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (*Phillips)
Eastern Phoebe (*Logan)
Winter Wren (*Washington)
SEDGE WREN (*Logan)
SPRAGUE'S PIPIT (*Boulder, *Logan, *Washington)
Magnolia Warbler (*El Paso/Pueblo)
Palm Warbler (*Phillips, *Washington)
Blackpoll Warbler (Weld)
Ovenbird (*El Paso/Pueblo)
LE CONTE'S SPARROW (*Phillips, *Washington)
White-throated Sparrow (Boulder, Washington, Weld)
SMITH'S LONGSPUR (*Washington)
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Arapahoe County:
--A juv Sabine's Gull was reported by Brown at Cherry Creek Reservoir in the SE
corner on October 2.
Bent County:
--2 BROWN PELICANS were reported by J. Nelson at John Martin Reservoir on
September 28. The birds were just below the southwest face of the dam.
Boulder County:
--A SPRAGUE'S PIPIT was reported by Nunes in south Boulder on September 29 and
30 and was seen again on October 2 by Guarante.
--The Pacific Loon first reported by Blatchley on July 10 at MacIntosh Lake in
Longmont, was seen as recently as September 28 by Sanders.
--A Broad-winged Hawk (adult) was reported by Severs at Bald Mountain on
September 26. Severs also reported a Broad-winged Hawk (juv) in SW Longmont on
September 26.
--Boulder Reservoir: 6 juv Sabine's Gulls were reported by Kaempfer on
September 26. Sanders reported one adult and 4-5 juv Sabine's Gulls on
September 28. Waltman reported at least 3 Sabine's Gulls on September 29.
--3 adult Caspian Terns were reported by Kaempfer at Six Mile Reservoir on
September 26.
--A White-throated Sparrow was reported by Boswell on September 28. The bird
was seen at the northern most part of the Sanitas Valley trail. The sparrow
was picking along the path that leads to the housing development.
Denver County:
--2 juv Sabine's Gulls were reported by Jones at Marston Reservoir on September
27.
Douglas/Jefferson Counties:
--2 juv Sabine's Gulls were reported by Kellner at Chatfield Reservoir on
October 2.
El Paso/Pueblo Counties:
--At Chico Basin Ranch on October 2, Brown reported that a hatch year male
Magnolia Warbler and an Ovenbird were banded.
Logan County:
--An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Wild at Prewitt Reservoir on October 2.
--A SPRAGUE'S PIPIT was reported by Wild on CR 64.5 west of CR 93 on October 2.
--1 SEDGE WREN was reported by Wild at Jumbo On October 2
Logan/Sedgwick Counties:
--2 Caspian Terns were reported by Kellner on the island in the middle of Jumbo
Reservoir on October 1.
Phillips County:
--At Haxtun City Park, Wild reported a Palm Warbler and Red-bellied Woodpecker
on October 2.
--A LE CONTE'S SPARROW was reported by Wild at Frenchman Creek SWA on October 2.
Rio Blanco County:
--7 Red-necked Grebes were reported by Dahl at Rio Blanco Lake on October 2.
Washington County:
--2 ad White-throated Sparrows (tan morph) were reported by Jones at Last
Chance on October 1.
--A Palm Warbler was reported by Wild at Prewitt in the grove by the boat ramp
on October 2.
--At Prewitt below the dam Wild reported the following on October 2: 1
SPRAGUE'S PIPIT, 1 Winter Wren,
1 SMITH'S LONGSPUR, and 1 LE CONTE'S SPARROW.
Weld County:
--On October 1, at Crow Valley Campground, Kellner reported a Blackpoll Warbler
just past the gate at the north end and 4 White-throated Sparrows along the
south drainage inside the campground.
The DFO field trip for Sunday, October 3 will be to Chatfield State Park led by
Ed Holub (303-979-2194). Meet at 0730 at the swim beach. From C470, take
Wadsworth south 1.5 miles to park entrance. Lunch optional, but you may want
to stay longer if Ed has other "hot spots" to check out. (State Parks Pass
required).
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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