Date: July 27, 2011 e-mail: rba@cfo-link. phone: 303-659-8750 compiler: Joyce Takamine
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, July 27, 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 (*Delta, Fremont, Pueblo) Eastern Phoebe (Douglas, Fremont, Park, Pueblo) SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Larimer) White-eyed Vireo (Pueblo) Bell's Vireo (Yuma) 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. Delta County: --A Black Phoebe was reported by Cooper at the entrance to the old Hotchkiss Sewage Lagoon on July 26. 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: --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 reliable 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 23, Edwards reported that the YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON stood nearby the nest and sat on the nest but no evidence of young. Yuma County: --Bell's Vireo was reported by Edwards at Bonny Reservoir on July 25. The DFO field trip fo Saturday, July 30 will be to Mount Evans led by Bob Shade (303-975-2476). Meet at 0800 at Filius Park. Go west on I-70 to Evergreen exit, then to first Bergen Park turn off and go right to Filius Park. From there will consolidate cars to drive up Echo Lake and Summit Lakes. Bring lunch and clothes for all kinds of weather. Will bird until about mid-afternoon. 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.
