Date: 29 January 2011
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: 303-659-8750
compiler: Allison Hilf
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 8am
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).
TUNDRA SWAN (Boulder)
Long-tailed Duck (Adams, Larimer, *Pueblo)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, *Delta, Summit)
BLACK-TAILED GULL (*POSSIBLE - Arapahoe)
Thayer's Gull (Broomfield)
ICELAND GULL (*POSSIBLE - Pueblo)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Broomfield, *Pueblo)
Great Black-backed Gull (Arapahoe, Boulder, *Pueblo)
Glaucous Gull (Broomfield, *Pueblo)
White-winged Dove (Arapahoe, Huerfano)
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (Las Animas, Larimer)
American Three-toe Woodpecker (Larimer)
Black Phoebe (*Pueblo)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Jefferson)
PINE WARBLER (El Paso)
Swamp Sparrow (Boulder)
White-throated Sparrow (Delta, Jefferson)
Harris's Sparrow (El Paso, Fremont, Jefferson, Las Animas)
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (Jefferson)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Huerfano, Jefferson, Routt, Summit)
Black Rosy-Finch (Huerfano, Jefferson)
Adams County:
--6 Barrow's Goldeneye were reported by Kaempfer on the South Platte River at
88th Ave on January 22.
--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. It was seen by Chavez on January 25. just
north of Florida Ave.
Arapahoe County:
--A POSSIBLE Black-tailed Gull was reported by Beltz at Cherry Creek State Park
on January 27. The bird was not relocated on January 28.
--An adult Great Black-Backed Gull was reported by Keithler at Cherry Creek
State Park on January 23.
--A White-Winged Dove was reported by Leigh in the Willow Creek Drainage on
January 19 and was seen again on January 26. 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:
--An adult TUNDRA SWAN was first reported by Gent at the Valmont Power Plant on
November 25 and was seen as recently as January 23.
--A Swamp Sparrow was reported by Floyd on the west side of Greenlee Preserve
on January 21 and was seen by Kaempfer on January 22.
--A Great Black-backed Gull was reported by Smart at the Valmont Power Plant on
January 22.
Broomfield County:
--A Glaucous Gull, a Lesser-Black Backed Gull and 4 Thayer's Gulls were
reported by Kaempfer at the pond south of Highway 7 and east of Lowell Street
on January 22.
Delta County:
--17 Barrow's Goldeneye were reported by Garrison at Confluence Park on Jauary
28.
--A White-throated Sparrow was reported by Garrison at the Forest Service
office in Paonia (9403 N. Rio Grande) on January 27 and 28.
El Paso County:
--On January 8 on the Fountain Creek Winter Bird Count, Pals reported a PINE
WARBLER and a Harris's Sparrow. On January 22 Pals reported the PINE WARBLER
between the trail mile marker 18 and the sewage treatment box with the yellow
rails. On January 23 Maynard reported that two Harris's Sparrows are regularly
being seen at Fountain Creek Regional Park, usually in the dry irrigation ditch
near the Rice's Pond southernmost kiosk, they are also also being reported near
the south side feeders at the Nature Center.
Fremont County:
--2 Harris's Sparrows (1st year) were reported by Moss in a field just outside
of Florence on January 23.
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 26, Cameron reported that the White-throated Sparrow, Harris's
Sparrow, Curve-billed Thrasher and all 3 species of Rosy-finches were seen at
Red Rocks Trading Post. The GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW was reported by Cameron on
January 25.
Larimer County:
--A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was reported by Leatherman at Grandview Cemetery
(at the west terminus of Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins) on January 26 and was
seen again by Biggerstaff on January 27. If you come west on Mountain Avenue
past the cemetery office and in the main entrance, go across the ditch bridge,
make an immediate right (heading north) and parallel the ditch for a hundred
yards or so until reaching a 90-degree curve in the extreme northeast corner of
Section A. Between the road curve and the ditch is a big, double-stemmed Scots
Pine (the only true pine in the immediate area). The bird was difficult to
observe near the upper part (within ten feet of the top of the tree) of the
main (thicker) trunk.
--A juv. Long-tailed Duck was reported by Meyer on the Poudre River on January
18 and was seen again on January 24 by Leatherman. The duck was about a half
mile north of where the path going west from the North Shields Pond Natural
Area parking lot meets the river. The duck was by itself in a pool of water
below a dam north of the Sterling Natural Area, which is just north of NSPNA
(our City Natural Areas people are fond of names and signs). From the NSPNA
parking lot, walk west to the river (dam/spillway here) and then north on the
dirt path out of NSP NA into Sterling NA (a painless, unnatural transition) and
keep going north to a green bridge which crosses the river ("Notice - No
Trespassing" sign on the west side of this bridge). Look north from the middle
of the bridge to a distant dam marked by considerable orange tarping. The bird
was in the river pool just south of the orange-tarped dam. The bridge is
public, the
riverbank next to where the duck was sitting is not.
--2 American Three-toed Woodpeckers were reported by Rashid in the Cow Creek
area of RMNP on January 27. The woodpeckers were just south of the Ranch in
the trees at the corner as you enter the woods.
Las Animas County:
--A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was reported by Vanderpool feeding in the
Cottonwood Trees alongside the park with the baseball diamond in the front of
town (?Trinidad?) on January 26.
Pueblo County:
--A female Long-tailed Duck was reported by Percival at Pueblo Reservoir on
January 25.
--One of two Black Phoebe's wintering below Pueblo Reservoir Dam was reported
by Percival on January 25.
--2 Glaucous Gulls, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, and a Great Black-backed Gull
were reported by Percival at Pueblo Reservoir on January 28. On January 27,
Percival reported 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and the Great Black-backed Gull,
as well as a possible ICELAND GULL.
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 top of Mt. Warner (just off the Bar UE Chairlift) on January 20 and
continue to be seen as of January 24.
Summit County:
--Approximately 25 Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by McConnell at the Blue
River Water Treatment Plant in Silverthorne on January 23.
--Gray-crowned Rosy-finches were reported by McConnell in Silverthorne at Blue
River Drive on January 23.
The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, January 29 is to South Platte Park - Carson
Nature Center, led by Ed Holub (303-979-2194). Meet at 0800 at Nature Center
parking lot, (north of Mineral Avenue, 1 block west of Santa Fe Drive, behind
Aspen Grove shopping center.) Raptors and waterfowl plus winter visitors and
permanent residents at the Center"s feeders.
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, January 30 is a Birds of Prey Driving Tour, led
by Kathanne Lynch (303-968-4750). 10:00am - 1:00pm Auto carpool loop tour from
Lagerman Reservoir near Longmont. Register with Leader before Thursday, January
27. Limited to 20 participants or 5 cars.
Good Birding,
Allison Hilf,
Denver, CO
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