Date: March 27, 2011 e-mail: [email protected] phone: 303-659-8759
This is the Coloado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, March 27, 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) TUNDRA SWAN (*Boulder) Thayer's Gull (*Arapahoe, Larimer, Weld) Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Arapahoe, 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 (*Boulder, Jefferson) Northern Cardinal (Prowers) Adams County: --A Harris's Sparrow was reported by Beason at the RMBO office at Barr Lake on March 22. Arapahoe County: --At Cherry Creek State Park on the sandspit near the marina, Andrews reported 2 1st-cyc Thayer's Gulls and 1 ad Lesser Black-backed Gull on March 26. Boulder County: --On February 27, Stiles reported a TUNDRA SWAN at Cottonwood Marsh and on March 26, Nunes reported that the TUNDRA SWAN continues at Cottonwood Marsh. --The GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW was reported by Nunes on the south side of the Teller Farm Parking Lot on March 26. Crowley County: --A 1st-winter Glaucous Gull was reported by Bol at Lake Meredith on March 18. El Paso County: --A Winter Wren and 2 1st-winter Harris's Sparrows were reported by Pals at Fountain Creek on March 21. 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. On March 25, Henwood reported 2 White-throated Sparrows, Harris's Sparrow, and Curve-billed Thrasher at Red Rocks. 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. On March 25, Leatherman reported that the adult male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was in a AUSTRIAN PINE on the city golf course east of the porta potty near the SW corner of Grandview Cemetery. 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: --At Pueblo City Park on March 19, the Arkansas Valley Audubon field trip led by Mark Yeager found a m and f YELLOW-BELLIED 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. 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.
