compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: August 28, 2011 e-mail: rba@cfo-link phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, August 28, 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) LEAST BITTERN (*Fremont) REDDISH EGRET (Bent/Kiowa) Green Heron (Boulder, Fremont) RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (*Yuma) Sabine's Gull (Logan/Sedgwick) ARCTIC TERN (Larimer) YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (*Washington) Black Phoebe (Fremont) Eastern Phoebe (Logan) Great Crested Flycatcher (Logan, *Yuma) Cassin's Kingbird (Weld) White-eyed Vireo (El Paso) Bell's Vireo (Phillips) Black-and-white Warbler (Logan/Sedgwick, *Washington) PRAIRIE WARBLER (El Paso) Northern Waterthrush (Custer) Indigo Bunting (Fremont) Bent/Kiowa Counties --The sub-ad dark morph REDDISH EGRET first reported by Duane Nelson on August 2 was relocated by Duane Nelson on August 20 at the north tip of Tern Island in Adobe Creek Reservoir. On August 24, Nelson reported that the REDDISH EGRET was again at the north tip of Tern Island. Boulder County: --1 Green Heron was reported by Floyd at Walden Ponds on August 19. Custer County: --2 Northern Waterthrush were reported by Percival and the Arkansas Valley Audubon below the dam at DeWeese Reservoir on August 20. El Paso County: --A PRAIRIE WARBLER was banded by Elwonger at Clear Springs Ranch on August 20. --A singing White-eyed Vireo was reported by Drummond close to the Palmer Lake Reservoir Trail Head Parking Lot on August 23. It was along Monument Creek in dense willow carr. The parking lot is accessible from Palmer Lake via South Valley Road and the one way Old Carriage Road. Fremont County: --A LEAST BITTERN was reported by Rich Miller on August 3 & 4 at the cattail marsh at Holcim Wetlands. Miller also reported a Black Phoebe on August 4. On August 21, Bill Maynard reported 2 LEAST BITTERNS at Holcim, a male and female. Maynard also reported 2 Black Phoebes and 1 Green Heron. On August 22, Percival reported LEAST BITTERN and 2 Green Herons at Holcim Wetlands. On August 24, Drummond reported seeing 4 fly bys of the LEAST BITTERN and a perched view of a female type bittern and also 2 Black Phoebes at Holcim Wetlands. On August 27, Teuton reported seeing the LEAST BITTERN fly across the marsh 4 - 5 times at Holcim. . Larimer County: --A possible ARCTIC TERN was reported by Wild at Timnath Reservoir on August 21 and again on August 22. Logan County: --An Eastern Phoebe and Great Crested Flycatcher were reported by Dan Maynard at Duck Creek SWA on August 26. Logan/Sedgwick Counties: --A Sabine's Gull was reported by Dan Maynard at Jumbo Reservoir on August 26 and a male Black-and-white Warbler was at the campgound on the east side. Phillips County: --A calling Bell's Vireo was reported by Dan Maynard across the road from Frenchman Creek SWA on August 26. Washington County: --A possible YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was reported by Erthal at Prewitt Inlet Canal on August 25. --A Black-and-white Warbler was reported by Erthal at the inlet canal at Prewitt on August 25. --A Black-and-white Warbler was reported by Erthal in the town of Cope on August 26. Weld County: --A family of Cassin's Kingbirds was reported by Mlodinow at Norma's Grove on August 20. Norma's Grove is east of the intersection of CR 57 and CR 100. Yuma County: --A Great-crested Flycatcher was reported by Erthal at Bonny Reservoir on August 26. --A young RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was reported by Dan Maynard soaring over Bonny Reservoir on August 27. The DFO field trip for Sunday, August 28 will be to Prewitt and Jackson led by Chris Owens and Jim Petri (303-772-6048). Meet the leaders at 0700 at Jim Hamm Park. From I-25 take Exit 240. To reach the park, go west four miles on CO 119 to Boulder-Weld County Line Road, then north two miles to Jim Hamm Park at 17th Ave. Bring lunch, water, appropriate clothing. Will need State Parks pass and habitat pass for Prewitt. Call the leader if your are going. The DFO field trip for Sunday, August 28 will be to Wheat Ridge Green Belt led by Patti Echlemeyer (303-233-4947). Meet the leader at 0800 at Prospect Park Lake south of West 44th Ave just east of Robb St. for a leisurely, half-day trip on wheelchair accessible trails. Bring drinking water and snacks. 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.
