Date: April 21, 2011, updated at 3:37 AM
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This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, April 21, 2011, updated
at 0610,
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)
RED-NECKED GREBE (Arapahoe)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (*Arapahoe)
Glossy Ibis (*La Plata)
Broad-winged Hawk (Jefferson)
HUDSONIAN GODWIT (*Kiowa)
Dunlin (Arapahoe)
Short-billed Dowitcher (LaPlata)
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE (Weld)
Curve-billed Thrasher (*Jefferson)
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (*Bent)
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Prowers)
EASTERN TOWHEE (Broomfield)
BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW (*Mesa)
White-throated Sparrow (*Jefferson)
Harris's Sparrow (El Paso, *Jefferson)
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (*Jefferson)
Arapahoe County:
--Andrews reported a Long-billed Curlew and a breeding plumage RED-NECKED
GREBE at Cherry Creek Reservoir on April 16th; they were seen again on the
17th.
--A juv NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported by Asteriades at the marina at
Cherry Creek State Park on April 8. It is associating with Double-crested
Cormorants. It has been seen daily through the 20th.
Bent County:
--A LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was reported April 20 by Nelson from Tempel Grove.
To get there, travel on Highway 287 to Bent County road A. This is south of
the Great Plains
Reservoirs (NeeGrande, etc). Go west on A and then south on the first road.
The mature trees at Tempel Grove will loom up in front
of you. Park and look up and down the canal from the bridge. The Tempel
Ranch property is
off limits, but you may walk on the path along the canal. As always, please
do not disturb
this very rare warbler by approaching too closely or playing tapes.
Photographs of the bird
were said to confirm the ID as Louisiana Waterthrush.
Broomfield County:
-- A male Eastern Towhee was reported by Zorawowicz from the southeast
corner of
Plaster Reseroir on April 19. Sanders saw it in the same place later in the
day. This is a first county record, I believe.
Jefferson County:
--On April 9, Henwood reported Curve-billed Thrasher, White-throated
Sparrow, GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, and Harris's Sparrow at Red Rocks Trading
Post. Bob Spencer reported these again on April 17, and they were there on
the 20th.
-- On April 16 the Schmokers reported 4 Broad-winged Hawks including one
dark
morph at the Dinosaur Ridge Hawkwatch site, southeast of the intersection
of
I-70 and Morrison Road. Now is prime time to see these and other raptors
there.
Kiowa County:
-- A trio of Hudsonian Godwits was reported by Duane Nelson from NeeNoShe
on April 18. One of these was color banded. Duane learned from several
helpful
researchers that the banded bird was a male, banded on Chiloe Island, CHILE,
15 months ago,
January, 2010. This is stunning news. Access is from US 287 between Wiley
and Eads.
The west boat ramp entrance is signed and is north of Cottonwood Road (Kiowa
County Road 41.2).
Go east until it is clear that you will get stuck in the mud by proceeding
farther. These birds were
one day wonderful, as at mid-day April 19, they were NeeNoMore. HOWEVER,
Nelson reported 3
Hudsonian Godwits, probably different individuals, not color banded, at
nearby NeeGronda (aka NeeGrande) Reservoir on the 20th.
LaPlata County: --Beatty reported a Short-billed Dowitcher from Pastorius
SWA on 4/19.
Allerton reported that Reynolds, Rees and Rees found a Glossy Ibis among
many White-faced Ibis
on the 20th at Pastorius.
Mesa County: --A BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW was reported by Frid (an Ontario
birder) on
Devil's Kitchen Trail in Colorado National Monument on April 9. On April
11
Stigen and Arnold were able to relocate a singing BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW
about 300 m up the Devil's Kitchen Trail in a wash beyond Big Sage in an
open area with native bunch grasses. On April 12, Trappett and many other
birders were able to see the bird. On April 13, Shoffner reported the
BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW in late afternoon. On April 13, Wild reported
hearing
another BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW across the road from the trail parking area.
On April 14 Tischbein reported flushing the sparrow from bunch grass. On
April 15, Gent reported the BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW in the usual spot. On
April 16, McConnell reported that the sparrow was seen by many
birders. Still there on 20th.
Parking is limited in the area. Please do not park along the road or off
road. Please stay on trails and use restraint in approaching the bird.
Dogs are not allowed in the monument. Directions courtesy of Larry Arnold:
use the East entrance to CNM. After passing through the East Entrance
station go about .2 miles and you will see a road to the right leading to
the Devils Kitchen Picnic Area. Stay on the main road; on the left side
there is a small parking lot at the Devil's Kitchen Trailhead. Use that
lot
if space is available. If space is not available there, use the picnic
area
parking. Take the trail. Look and listen for the bird where the trail
levels off in a large sagebrush meadow.
Prowers County:
--Turnbull reported a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at the Holly Rest Area
along Highway 50. It was found on April 16 by Andrea Perko and Marjorie
Watson
and seen by 18 people touring Colorado from Massachusetts. It was
photographed. Mark Miller also saw and reported it.
Weld County: --A 1st-cyc BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was reported by Wild at
Windsor Lake- on April 7. It persisted at least through the 16th.
The next DFO meeting is coming up soon --
Jeffrey A. Gordon - The New President of ABA
What's New at the ABA? / Birding Quiz Show
Monday, April 25, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
We appreciate the reports by birders visiting the Centennial State this
month.
Good Birding.
Joe Roller, Denver
Please call me at 303 204-0828 with reports or corrections.
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