compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: October 6, 2011 e-mail: rba@cfo-link phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, October 6, 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) RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (Yuma) Broad-winged Hawk (Weld) American Golden-Plover (Logan/Sedgwick, Washington, Weld, Yuma) Dunlin (Weld) RUFF (*Larimer) Short-billed Dowitcher (Washington) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Washington) Sabine's Gull (Boulder) Least Tern (*Mesa) White-winged Dove (Otero, Yuma) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Weld) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Mesa) Eastern Phoebe (Adams, Lincoln, Washington, Yuma) Cassin's Kingbird (Yuma) Carolina Wren (Washington) Winter Wren (Prowers, Washington) SEDGE WREN (Pueblo) Yellow-throated Vireo (Washington) BLUE-HEADED VIREO (Prowers,*Pueblo, Washington) PHILADELPHIA VIREO (Adams, Yuma) Tennessee Warbler (Morgan, Pueblo) Nashville Warbler (Lincoln, Prowers, Washington) Magnolia Warbler (El Paso) Palm Warbler (Pueblo, Weld) Ovenbird (Washington) CANADA WARBLER (Prowers) LE CONTE'S SPARROW (Larimer, *Pueblo) White-throated Sparrow (Logan/Sedgwick, Prowers, Pueblo, Washington, Weld, Yuma) Field Sparrow (Weld, Yuma) Harris's Sparrow (El Paso, Logan/Sedgwick, *Pueblo) Lapland Longspur (Weld) Northern Cardinal (Prowers) Adams County: --A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was banded by McBurney at Barr Lake Banding Station on October 3. --An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Mlodinow at Barr Lake north of the banding area on October 4. Boulder County: --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: Chico Basin Ranch (fee area) --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. --An imm Harris's Sparrow was reported by Bill Maynard south of the banding station at Chico Basin on October 4. --An ad LE CONTE'S SPARROW was reported by Drummond at the wet sedge meadow below Upper Twin Ponds on October 5. --A juv Harris's Sparrow was reported by Drummond a HQ pond on October 5. Larimer County: --A LE CONTE'S SPARROW was reported by Wild at Timnath Reservoir on the NE side in cattails on October 4. --A probable RUFF was reported by Komar at Timnath Reservoir on October 5. 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. Mesa County: --6+ American Three-toed Woodpeckers were reported by Stigen on Grand Mesa on October 2. They were along the West Bench Trail. --3 Least Terns were reported by Stigen at Corn Lake on October 5. 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 BLUE-HEADED VIREO. Pueblo County: --A Palm Warbler was reported by Lee at Pueblo reservoir on the N side of the river, a 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. --A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was reported by Percival east of Valco Ponds on October 5. Washington County: --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. --At Prewitt on October 2, Mlodinow reported 1 ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, Eastern Phoebe, Carolina Wren, 2 Nashville Warblers, and 4 White-throated Sparrows. --A Winter Wren was reported by Mlodiow at a wooded crossdike at the base of the lake at Akron Golf Club 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. Yuma County: --At Bonny Reservoir on October 3, Mlodinow reported 1 eastern imm RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 1 American Golden Plover (SW shore), 1 Eastern Phoebe, 1 Cassin's Kingbird (Foster's CG), 2 White-throated Sparrows. --At Stalker Lake outside of Wray on October 3, Mlodinow reported PHILADELPHIA VIREO (Parking Area), 8 Field Sparrows, and 1 White-throated Sparrow. --2 White-winged Doves were reported by Modlinow in Eckley on October 3. 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