Date: July 23, 2011 e-mail: rba@cfo-link. phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Joyce Takamine
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, July 23, 2011 updated at 5:00 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 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 this species in this report) YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (*Weld) Broad-winged Hawk (Jefferson) MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD (*Larimer) RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (*Huerfano) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder) Black Phoebe (Fremont, Pueblo) Eastern Phoebe (Douglas, Fremont, Park, Pueblo) SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (*Larimer) White-eyed Vireo (Pueblo) PRAIRIE WARBLER (Jefferson) Indigo Bunting (Pueblo) Scott's Oriole (Garfield) Boulder County: --American Three-toed Woodpeckers were reported by Frye near Gold Hill on July 19. They were 2.5 miles above the intersection of Four Mile Canyon Road and Gold Run in a muddy flat area on the right side of the road. Douglas County: --2 Eastern Phoebes were reported by Andrews at the bridge over Plum Creek at Chatfield SP on July 19. Fremont County: --A Black Phoebe and Eastern Phoebe and their young were reported by Moss on the Canon City Riverwalk near the Sells Lake parking lot on July 18. Garfield County: --A Scott's Oriole was reported by Zerbi 1/4 mile before going into Prairie Canyon on July 17. --2 Scott's Oriole were reported by Zerbi off Baxter Pass Road on July 17. Huerfano County: --A RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD was reported by Nelder at their feeders in La Veta on July 22. Contact her at [email protected] for further information. Jefferson County: --Stachowiak reported that the PRAIRIE WARBLER continues at Corwina Park on July 16. --A young-of-year Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Plage at Welchester Tree Park on July 18. Larimer County: --A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was reported by Wild on Hwy 402 about 1 mile east of Hwy 287 on July 21. --A female MAGNIFICIENT HUMMINGBIRD was reported by Kogler at Tunnel Campground on July 22. Tunnel Campground is 5 mile north of Hwy14 on Laramie River Road. Park County: --An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Drummond on Platte Ranch off of US 9 about halfway between Hartsel and Fairplay on July 19. Platte Ranch is private. To see the bird request permission to look around the ranch with Aimee the ranch owner/manager. Pueblo County: --A White-eyed Vireo was reported by Silverman in Greenhorn Meadows Park, Colorado City on July 18. It was at the west end of the campground where the Park Road crosses Greenhorn Creek into the campground. --A Black Phoebe was reported by Silverman about .25 mile west of the White-eyed Vireo and just downstream on July 18. --An Eastern Phobe was reported by Silverman in Scroggs Canyon about .5 mile east of Crow Cutoff Road on July 16. --Multiple Indigo Buntings were reported by Silverman in Colorado City on July 18. The most reliatable spot is at the Greenhorn Creek Diversion Gate south down an unnamed dirt road just west of mm 132, CO 165. Turn west after crossing outlet ditch to Gate Weld County: --A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was reported by Elens at Glenmere Park in Greeley on June 5 and was seen again by Lefko on June 7. On June 7, Komar reported that the YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON appears to be attempting to nest with a Black-crowned Night-Heron. On June 28 Lefko reported the YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON feeding 2 young. On July 22, France reported that the YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was still on nest The DFO field trip for Saturday, July 23 will be Wilderness on Wheels led by Chris Blakeslee (303-694-4670) and Nina Routh (303-987-8687). Meet the leaders at 0900 at Wilderness on Wheels, Grant, Colorado. Wilderness on Wheels is located 2.5 miles west of Grant on the south side of Hwy 285 at the foot of Kenosha Pass. There is a big sign. Wilderness has a 1-mile boardwalk through riparian and spruce/fur habitats, including active beaver ponds. This boardwalk was built for wheelchair accessibility. The group will also visit the tiny Bailey Great Blue Heron Rookery. Bring snacks and water for this easy-going half day of mid summer birding. The DFO field trip for Sunday, July 24 will be to Golden Gate Canyon Park led by Randy Lentz (303-680-3381). Meet at 0730 at park Visitor Center, just west of CO 93. Main group will bird until lunch. Birding after lunch optional based on weather. 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.
