Date: March 17, 2011 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8759
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 5 am, 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 your 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) TRUMPETER SWAN (Delta) Barrow's Goldeneye (Eagle) Glaucous Gull (Douglas/Jefferson, Larimer) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larimer) Thayer's Gull (Douglas/Jefferson) White-winged Dove (Huerfano) YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (Custer, Larimer) Black Phoebe (Pueblo) Curve-billed Thrasher (Jefferson) Bohemian Waxwing (Routt) White-throated Sparrow (Jefferson, *Mesa) Harris's Sparrow (Fremont, Huerfano, Jefferson) GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (Jefferson) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Jackson) Custer County: --A possible YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was reported by Rich Miller on Greenwood Road in Wetmore on March 12. Delta County: --4 TRUMPETER SWANS were reported by Robinsong at Sweitzer Lake on March 13. Douglas/Jefferson Counties --On March 11, Walbek reported a 1-st cyc Glaucous Gull and Thayer's Gull on ice at the Platte River Delta in Chatfield. Eagle County: --Twelve Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by McConnell on the Fryingpan River near Seven Castles on March 7. They were between MM 5 & 6 on Fryingpan River Road. Fremont County: --2 Harris's Sparrows were reported by Moss feeding along CR 119 east of Florence on March 7. Huerfano County: --On March 8, Nelder reported Harris's Sparrow and White-winged Doves in her yard. Contact her at pollyw...@gmail.com if you want to try to see the birds. Jackson County: --300+ Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches were reported by Leatherman at Moose Visitor center on CO 14 on March 15. Jefferson County:. --On March 13, Henwood reported Curve-billed Thrasher, White-throated Sparrow and Harris's Sparrow at Red Rocks Trading Post. Larimer County: --On March 6, Leatherman reported that the ad and juv YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS were back in their usual spots at Grandview Cemetery. The ad was in the Pine Grove east of the porta potty in the SW corner and the juv in Scots Pine in the NE corner. On March 10, Leatherman reported that both the ad male and juv YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS were in the Austrian Pine Grove east of the porta potty in the SW corner of Grandview. On March 11, Leatherman reported that the juv YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was in a Scots Pine in the NE section of Grandview - Section M. On March 13, Teuton reported that the ad male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was seen in the SW corner of Grandview Cemetery. --2 Glaucous Gulls were reported by Wild on March 8 on a pond at the Ready Mix Cement Company on Namaqua Road in Loveland. One was a 1-st winter and 1 ad. --2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (1 ad, 1-st cycle) were reported by Komar at Warren Lake on March 13. Mesa County: --A tan morph White-throated Sparrow was reported by Walker at the Big Salt Wash Trailhead in Fruita on March 15. Pueblo County: --Black Phoebes were reported by Chartier at Valco Ponds west parking lot in Pueblo on March 12. Jeff Jones reported a Black Phoebe at Valco Ponds on March 14. Routt County: --A flock of 14 Bohemian Waxwings was reported by Williams just south of Lake Catamount on March 7. The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, March 19 will be a Beginner Birders Welcome Trip to South Platte Park led by Richard Holmes Anderson (303-757-4582). Meet the leader at 0800 at the Carson Nature Center north or Mineral Ave, 1 block west of S. Santa Fe Drive. This trip welcomes non-DFO members as well as members. Children are welcome. Please PRE-REGISTER by calling the number above. Space is limited to 20 people. Half day trip. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, March 20th will be Morgan County Hotspots led by Norm Erthal (303-917-2596). Meet at 0700 at Division of Wildlife - 6060 North Broadway -- Exit I-25 at 58th Ave, go west 2 blocks to Broadway, then north 2 block to parking lot on right. Will carpool and head out to Jackson Reservoir, then hit other Morgan County Hotspots. Birders are advised to call the leader before the trip. This will be an all day trip returning to DOW around 5 PM. Bring lunch, water, snacks, and a spotting scope if you have one. Dress for weather. This field trip will be co-led by Norm Erthal and Bruce Bosley of Morgan County. Norm needs to leave by 1 pm so Bruce Bosley will take over and birders will return on their own to DOW by 5 pm. Good Birding, Joyce Takamine Boulder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
