Date: 1 February 2011
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: 303-659-8750
compiler: Allison Hilf
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 6am,
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)
TRUMPETER SWAN (Lake)
Long-tailed Duck (Adams, Larimer, Pueblo)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, Delta, Douglas, *Summit)
Dunlin (Adams)
BLACK-TAILED GULL (*POSSIBLE - Arapahoe)
Thayer’s Gull (Broomfield)
ICELAND GULL (*POSSIBLE - Pueblo)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Broomfield, Pueblo)
Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo)
Glaucous Gull (Broomfield, Pueblo)
White-winged Dove (Arapahoe, Huerfano)
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (Las Animas, Larimer)
American Three-toe Woodpecker (Larimer)
Black Phoebe (Pueblo)
Carolina Wren (Yuma)
Curve-billed Thrasher (*Jefferson, Pueblo)
PINE WARBLER (El Paso)
White-throated Sparrow (Delta, *Jefferson)
Harris's Sparrow (El Paso, Fremont, *Jefferson, Las Animas)
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (*Jefferson)
Northern Cardinal (Yuma)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Huerfano, *Jefferson, Routt, Summit)
Black Rosy-Finch (Huerfano, *Jefferson)
Adams County:
--4 Barrow’s Goldeneye and a Dunlin were reported by Gent on the South Platte
River at 88th Ave on January 30. The Dunlin was on the island in the river
right under the green and white water tank. The Goldeneyes were about 100
yards south.
--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.
--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 30.
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. The Lesser-Black-backed Gull was reported by Gent on January 30.
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.
Douglas County:
--2 Barrow’s Goldeneyes (1m, 1f) were reported by Spellman in Parker at Twenty
Mile Road and Main Street on January 30.
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 31, Henwood reported that the GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, Harris’s
Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Curve-billed Thrasher and all 3 species of
Rosy-finches were seen at Red Rocks Trading Post.
Lake County:
--3 TRUMPETER SWANS (first reported in November by Kalbach) were reported by
Kalbach at Twin Lakes (near the power plant) on January 29 and were seen by
McConnell on January 30.
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 and by Letterman on January 30. 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 is difficult to observe near the upper part (within ten feet
of the top of the tree) of the main (thicker) trunk. Leatherman recommends
driving slowly north from the entrance along the ditch, thru the corner to
locate the tree, then parking at least 50 yards west of it. Scan the north
side of the pine trunk about half way up for the bird from inside your car. If
present, it will probably allow slow approach on foot to within about 20 yards,
then will start playing hide and seek.
--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. The Great
Black-backed Gull was reported by Kosar on January 30. On January 27, Percival
reported 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and the Great Black-backed Gull, as well
as a possible ICELAND GULL.
--A Curve-billed Thrasher was reported by Koasar at Pueblo Reservoir, by the
marina, on January 30.
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:
--32 Barrow’s Goldeneyes were reported by Floyd at the Blue River Water
Treatment Plant in Silverthorne on January 28.
--Gray-crowned Rosy-finches were reported by McConnell in Silverthorne at Blue
River Drive on January 23.
Yuma County:
--A Carolina Wren and a male Northern Cardinal were reported by Newport at
Bonny State Park, east of Foster’s Campground on January 29.
There is no DFO Field trip for Saturday, February 5.
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, February 7, is Northeastern Colorado Raptors,
and will be led by Joey Kellner (303-978-1748). Meet leader at 6:30am at the
Colorado Division of Wildlife parking lot, 6060 N. Broadway. Exit I-25 at 58th
Street, go west 2 blocks to Broadway, then north to parking lot on the right.
All day trip, bring layers of clothes and lunch.
The DFO Field Trip for THURSDAY, February 10, is to South Valley Park and marks
the initiation of “Thursday theme walks” Not so much a “guided walk” as a
roundtable. Meet at 9:30. Will bird until about 2:00. Bring lunch. South
Valley is a small park but offers a variety of habitats. The group will
consider the winter feeding strategies of birds it sees. To get to South
Valley, take C-470 to Ken Caryl Avenue, exit westbound. Go a short distance and
turn left onto South Valley Road and proceed to the park’s north parking area.
Try to call coordinator Jill Boice at 303-863- 7580 if you are interested (but
not required).
Good Birding,
Allison Hilf,
Denver, CO
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