Date: March 24, 2011 e-mail: [email protected] phone: 303-659-8759
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, March 23, 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) TUNDRA SWAN (Boulder) EURASIAN WIGEON (Garfield) Thayer's Gull (Larimer, Weld) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larimer, Weld) Glaucous Gull (Crowley, Weld) YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (&Larimer, Pueblo) Black Phoebe (Pueblo) Carolina Wren (*Pueblo) Winter Wren (El Paso) Curve-billed Thrasher (*Jefferson) Bohemian Waxwing (Routt) PINE WARBLER (Larimer) White-throated Sparrow (*Jefferson, Mesa) Harris's Sparrow (El Paso, *Jefferson) GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (*Jefferson) Northern Cardinal (Prowers) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Jackson) Adams County: --A Harris's Sparrow was reported by Beason at the RMBO office at Barr Lake on March 22. Boulder County: --On February 27, Stiles reported a TUNDRA SWAN at Cottonwood Marsh and on March 21, Andrews reported that the TUNDRA SWAN continues at Cottonwood Marsh. Crowley County: --A 1st-winter Glaucous Gull was reported by Bol at Lake Meredith on March 18. Delta County: --4 TRUMPETER SWANS were reported by Robinsong at Sweitzer Lake on March 13. El Paso County: --A Winter Wren and 2 1st-winter Harris's Sparrows were reported by Pals at Fountain Creek on March 21. Garfield County: --A male EURASIAN WIGEON was reported by Dahl on the Casey Concrete Gravel Pond at MM 93.5 on Hwy 6 east of Rifle on March 17. Dahl reported that the EURASIAN WIGEON was NOT on the gravel pond on March 18. 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 23, Willock reported Curve-billed Thrasher, White-throated Sparrow, GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, and Harris's Sparrow at Red Rocks Trading Post. Larimer County: --2 PINE WARBLERS were reported by Bol near the 3 way intersection on the green belt train off of Tradition St coming from Horsetooth in Fort Collins on March 19. --Thayer's Gulls were reported by Mlodinow 1 at Warren Lake and 1 at Lake Loveland on March 19. --On March 23, Leatherman reported that the adult male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER continues at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins. It was seen in several trees just west of the entrance. Mesa County: --A tan morph White-throated Sparrow was reported by Walker at the Big Salt Wash Trailhead in Fruita on March 15. On March 20, Arnold refound the White-throated Sparrow in Fruita. Prowers County: --A male Northern Cardinal was reported by Bol at Willow Creek Park in Lamar on March 18. 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. --At Pueblo City Park on March 19, the Arkansas Valley Audubon field trip led by Mark Yeager found a m and f YELLOW-BELLLIED SAPSUCKER in trees near the building by duck pond on the east side. They found another YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER along the Frisbee golf course creek on the west side of the park in junipers. A Black Phoebe was also seen along the Arkansas River below the park west of the footbridge. --A singing Carolina Wren was reported by Silverman at the Riparian Park in Colorado City on March 23. The park is located on the west side of Colorado Blvd just south of the junction with CO 165 and the Tru-Value Hardware. Routt County: --On March 20, Williams reported 350 Bohemian Waxwings working a 1 mile stretch of the Yampa River south of Steamboat Springs city limits. They were taking an early insect hatch over the river. Weld County: --4 Thayer's Gulls were reported by Mlodinow at the N Weld County Landfill on March 19. --At Black Hollow Reservoir on March 19, Mlodinow reported 1 Thayer's Gull, 1 ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, and 1 1-st or 2nd year Glaucous Gull. Black Hollow is private but can be scanned from CR 19. Th DFO Field Trip for Saturday, March 26 will be to Northwest Metro Lakes led by Chuck Lowrie (303-455-8417). Meet at 0900 at Sloan's Lake Parking area on the SE corner of 25th and Sheridan. Full day trip. Bring Lunch. There will be quite a bit of walking as we will visit lesser-known lakes. If there is a lot of snow, we'll go to lakes that don't require walking or much walking and make it a shorter day. Please PRE-Regisiter with Chuck. This trip is limited to 10 people. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, March 27 will be to the Trinidad Area led by Mark Peterson. E-mail Mark at [email protected] for information. There will be extensive, but mostly easy walking. Full day trip. The next monthly meeting of Denver Field Ornithologists will be on Monday, March 28 at 7:30 pm at the Ricketson Auditorium of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The program will be: A Field Trip: Behind the scenes at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
