Date: 22 January 2011 e-mail: [email protected] phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Allison Hilf This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 7am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
If you are phoning in a message, you can skip the recording by pressing the star key (*) on you phone at any time. Please leave your name, phone number, detailed directions, including county and dates for each sighting. It would be helpful if you would spell your last name. Highlight species include: (* denotes that there is new information on the species in this report). TUFTED DUCK (Boulder) Note, last seen on Monday, January 17. TUNDRA SWAN (Boulder) Long-tailed Duck (Adams, Larimer) Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, Garfield) Thayer’s Gull (*Boulder) ICELAND GULL (Adams) Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Boulder) Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo) Glaucous Gull (Broomfield) White-winged Dove (*Arapahoe, *Huerfano) Curve-billed Thrasher (Jefferson) PINE WARBLER (*El Paso) Swamp Sparrow (*Boulder) White-throated Sparrow (*Jefferson) Harris's Sparrow (Jefferson, Las Animas) GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (*Jefferson) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (*Huerfano, *Jefferson, *Routt) Black Rosy-Finch (*Huerfano, *Jefferson) Adams County: --An ICELAND GULL (1st winter bird) was reported by Wild on the South Platte River near 88th Ave, just to the east of the green and white water tank on January 17 --5 Barrow’s Goldeneye (2 male, 3 female) were reported by Wild on the South Platte River on 88th Ave on January 17. --A Long-tailed Duck was reported by Hundertmark at the Thornton Water Pond on the west side of the Platte River south from 88th on January 9 and was seen by Wild on January 17. Arapahoe County: --A White-Winged Dove was reported by Leigh in the Willow Creek Drainage on January 19 and has been a regular visitor to the area. The drainage area is a southeasterly extension of Willow Creek Park. Walk south along the trail from the park - cross the small bridge and then it is about 400 ft to a junction and a bridge across the main creek. Continue on the trail approximately 1200 feet to the area where the bird has been seen. Boulder County: --A Lesser Black-blacked Gull (1st Cycle) and a Thayer’s Gull (3rd Cycle) were reported by Floyd at Waneka Lake on January 21. --A Swamp Sparrow was reported by Floyd on the west side of Greenlee Preserve on January 21. --An imm. male TUFTED DUCK was reported by Semo and Mlodinow at Golden Ponds in Longmont on January 17. Directions - from Boulder, take the Diagonal (CO 119) to Longmont. To get to Golden Ponds and the Fairgrounds, turn left (north) onto Hover Road. The fairgrounds are on the right just before (south of) the river. To get to the eastern section of the greenway, do not turn onto Hover Road, but stay on CO 199 through the southern part of town all the way to Main Street. Turn left (north) on Main Street and park in the strip mall parking lot on the left (west) side of Main just south of the River. As of January 18, the pond is frozen and there have been no more sightings of the duck. Birders are actively searching open water locations in the vicinity. --An ad TUNDRA SWAN was reported by Gent at the Valmont Power Plant on November 25 and was seen again by Floyd on January 16. Broomfield County: --A juv. Glaucous Gull was reported by P. Plage at the pond south of Highway 7 and east of Lowell Street (Parkside Center Pond) on January 15. Douglas County: --An American Three-toed Woodpecker was reported by Chavaz west of Sedalia on January 16. El Paso County: --On January 8 on the Fountain Creek Winter Bird Count, Pals reported a PINE WARBLER. On January 19 Koehn reported a Pine WARBLER between the trail and Rice’s Ponds. Garfield County: --11 Barrow’s Goldeneyes were reported by Filby on the Roaring Fork River, viewed by looking downstream from the CR100 (Catherine Store road) bridge on January 16. Huerfano County: --All 3 species of Rosy-Finches and a White-winged Dove have returned to the yard of Beverly Jensen in La Veta If you would like to try to see these birds, call her at 719-989-1398. Jefferson County: --On January 19, Anderson reported that the White-throated Sparrow, GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, Curve-billed Thrasher and all 3 species of Rosy-finches were seen at Red Rocks Trading Post. The Harris’s Sparrow was reported by WIld on January 17. Larimer County: --A juv. Long-tailed Duck was reported by Meyer on the Poudre River on January 18 and was seen again on January 20 by Leatherman. Park at the North Shields Parking Lot and walk on the trail directly west until you hit the river Pueblo County: --A Great Black-backed Gull was reported by Sanders at Lake Pueblo Marina on January 16. Routt County: --Gray-crowned Rosy Finches (and a few Brown Rosy -Finches )were reported by Merrill visiting the feeders at the Steamboat Springs ski area feeding station on January 20 and 21. The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, January 22 is to Belmar Historic Park and will be led by Karleen Schofield, 303-936-8661. Meet at 0900 at 800 S. Wadsworth. Turn west on Ohio Avenue from Wadsworth, straight ahead for 2 blocks into Irongate parking area next to the lake. 1⁄2 day trip, easy walking. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, January 23 is to Cherry Creek State Park and will be led by Mary Keithler, 303 771-1421. Meet at 0830 at the marina for 1⁄2 day trip, lunch is optional. Bring scopes for “far-out” waterbirds and treetop hawks scanning for prey. Parks Pass required. 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