compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: October 3, 2011 e-mail: rba@cfo-link phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, October 3, 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) Broad-winged Hawk *(Weld) American Golden-Plover (Logan/Sedgwick, Washington, *Weld) Dunlin (Weld) Short-billed Dowitcher (*Washington) Sabine's Gull (*Boulder) Caspian Tern (Boulder) White-winged Dove (*Otero) Red-bellied Woodpecker (*Weld) Eastern Phoebe (*Lincoln) Winter Wren (*Prowers) SEDGE WREN (Pueblo) Yellow-throated Vireo (*Washington) BLUE-HEADED VIREO (*Prowers, *Washington) Tennessee Warbler (Morgan, Pueblo) Nashville Warbler (*Lincoln, Prowers, *Washington) Northern Parula (Larimer) Magnolia Warbler (El Paso) Palm Warbler (Pueblo, Weld) Blackpoll Warbler (Montrose) Prothonotary Warbler (Larimer) Ovenbird (Washington) CANADA WARBLER (Prowers) White-throated Sparrow (Logan/Sedgwick, *Prowers, Pueblo, *Washington, *Weld) Field Sparrow (Adams, *Weld) Harris's Sparrow (Logan/Sedgwick) Lapland Longspur (Weld) Northern Cardinal (Prowers) Adams County: --A Field Sparrow was banded by McBurney at Barr Lake Banding Station on September 29. Boulder County: --3 ad Caspian Terns were reported by Nunes at Baseline Reservoir on September 29. --2 Caspian Terns were reported by Mlodinow at Panama Reservoir on September 29. --A Sabine's Gull was reported by Plage at Lagerman Reservoir on October 1 and on October 2, Fink reported that the Sabine's Gull continued at Lagerman. El Paso/Pueblo Counties: --A SEDGE WREN was reported by Bill Maynard at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area) on September 30 in the same wet sedge meadow where he found the LE CONTE'S SPARROW earlier. --A tan-striped White-throated Sparrow was reported by Bill Maynard at small Headquarters Pond at Chico Basin on September 30. --A Magnolia Warbler and Ovenbird were reported banded by Webber at Chico Basin Ranch on September 30. Larimer County: --A male Prothonotary Warbler was reported by Matthews at the east end of the bird sanctuary at Lake Estes on September 16. On September 27, Matthews reported the Prothonotary Warbler about 50 yards east of the east end of the sanctuary fence in River Birch. There is a number 14 painted on the sidewalk. On September 28, Leatherman saw the Prothonotary Warbler about 75 yards E of pine peninsula on S side of trail. At 9:30am on September 29 Matthews reported that the Prothonotary Warbler was near number 14 on the path and it was later seen in Cattail Corner. --A Northern Parula was reported by Biggerstaff at Dixon Reservoir on September 21 and 22. On September 29 Biggerstaff refound the Northern Parula at Dixon. Lincoln County: --At Kinney Lake SWA on October 1, Deininger reported Nashville Warbler and Eastern Phoebe. Logan/Sedgwick Counties: --An American Golden Plover, White-throated Sparrow, and Harris's Sparrow were reported by Kellner at Jumbo on September 30. Montrose County: --A Blackpoll Warbler was reported by Dexter in Nucla on September 29. It was at 4th Ave & Dexter Street. Morgan County: --A Tennessee Warbler was reported by Mlodinow at Jackson SP past the western entrance but before the toll booth on October 1. Otero County: --A fly over White-winged Dove was reported by Deininger in Rocky Ford on October 1. Prowers County: --A Nashville Warbler was reported by Moss on September 30 and October 1 at Lamar Community College Woods (LCCW). --On October 1 at LCCW, Moss reported CANADA WARBLER, White-throated Sparrow and 2 Northern Cardinals (1 ad, 1 juv). --On October 2 at LCCW, Moss reported Winter Wren and probable BLUE-HEADED VIREO. Pueblo County: --A Palm Warbler was reported by Lee at Pueblo reservoir on the N side of the river, s short distance E of bridge that goes north over river from Snake Skin area on September 25. Percival reported a "Western" Palm Warbler on October 1 near the Snake Skin area. --A Tennessee Warbler was reported by Hinds at Rock Canyon at Pueblo Reservoir on October 1. Washington County: --An American Golden Plover was reported by Arp at Prewitt on September 29. --At Prewitt on September 30, Kellner reported a RED PHALAROPE and American Golden Plover in the west end in "bay" near inlet canal. --On shore near inlet canal at Prewitt on October 2, Kellner reported a molting juv Short-billed Dowitcher. At the inlet canal grove at Prewitt, Kellner reported 1 Nashville Warbler, 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 1 Yellow-throated Vireo, 3 White-throated Sparrows (2 tan, 1 white) on October 2. Weld County: --On October 1 at BYO Playa, Mlodinow reported 3 American Golden Plovers, 1 Dunlin, and 1 Lapland Longspur. The BYO Playa straddles CR 75 between CR 100 and 102. On October 2, Komar reported 2 American Golden Plovers at BYO Playa. --A Palm Warbler and Red-bellied Woodpecker were reported by Righter at Crow Valley CG on October 1. At Crow Valley on October 1, Mlodinow reported 1 White-throated Sparrow and Broad-winged Hawk. On October 2 at Crow Valley, Kellner reported 1 Broad-winged Hawk, 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1 Field Sparrow, and 1 "tan-stripe" White-throated Sparrow. --Along the hedgerow on Hwy 14 on October 2, Kellner reported 1 "tan-stripe" White-throated Sparrow and 1 Field Sparrow. 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.
