Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: November 27, 2011 e-mail: rba@cfo-link phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado rare Bird Alert for Sunday, November 27, 2001 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phone in a message, you can skip the recording by pressing the star key (*) on your 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) TRUMPETER SWAN (Adams, *Eagle, *Larimer, Logan) TUNDRA SWAN (Custer, El Paso) Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe, *Weld) Barrow's Goldeneye (*Eagle) Pacific Loon (*Garfield) Red-necked Grebe POMARINE JAEGER (Douglas/Jefferson) Thayer's Gull (Douglas/Jefferson, Larimer) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Logan, *Pueblo) Glaucous Gull (Douglas/Jefferson, *Pueblo) GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (*Pueblo) COMMON GROUND DOVE (Sedgwick) Greater Roadrunner (*Huerfano) VARIED THRUSH (Arapahoe) BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (*Weld) Palm Warbler (Larimer) EASTERN TOWHEE (*Pueblo) Harris's Sparrow (Jefferson) Lapland Longspur (El Paso, *Jefferson, Sedgwick) Rusty Blackbird (Douglas/Jefferson) STREAK-BACKED ORIOLE (*El Paso) Common Redpoll (Sedgwick) Please note, detailed directions to most of the following locations can be found on the Colorado County Birding Website: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/index.php Adams County: --7 TRUMPETER SWANS were reported by Schmoker at Barr Lake State Park on November 21. Arapahoe County: --A VARIED THRUSH was reported by Schaumberg at his home and adjacent greenbelt in SE Aurora inthe Mission Viejo neighborhood on November 21. The bird was last reported on November 25. The exact address is 3904 S. Idalia St. Please respect private property. --A Long-tailed Duck was reported by Berry at Cherry Creek State Park on November 25. The bird appears to be injured. Custer County: --A TUNDRA SWAN (ad) was reported by Edwards at Lake DeWeese on November 25. Douglas/Jefferson Counties: --At Chatfield State Park: --A POMARINE JAEGER (Juv. intermediate morph) was reported by Kellner on November 19 and was refound on November 26 by Kelllner. The bird has mostly been seen from the Handicapped Fisherman’s access point just NW of the marina. It has also been seen from the Heron Overlook. --A Glaucous Gull was reported by Kellner on November 19, 2 1st-cyc Glaucous Gull were reported by Kellner on November 26. --A Thayer’s Gull was reported by Schmoker at the Plum Creek Delta on November 22. --2 Rusty Blackbirds 1M; 1F) were reported by Schmoker at the Plum Creek Delta (Douglas County side) on Nov. 22. They were refound by Kelner on Nov. 26. They have been seen where Plum Creek enters the reservoir. They were working among the scattered brush piles and have been quite difficult to see. --A Winter Wren was reported by Kellner 1.3 miles upstream from Kingfisher Bridge between 2 gravel ponds. Eagle County: --A TRUMPTER SWAN and Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by Christopher Taylor at Spring Park Reservoir north of El Jebel on November 26. El Paso County: --A STREAK-BACKED ORIOLE was reported by Peterson at Fountain Creek Regional Park on the north edge of Rice's Pond on November 25. --3 TUNDRA SWANS were reported by Koehn at Big Johnson Reservoir on Nov. 23 and on Nov. 24. --A Lapland Longspur was reported by Jones at a cattle water tank on the north side of the road (40' off road), about eight-tenths of a mile west of S. Ellicott Hwy on Nov 22. Garfield County: --A Pacific Loon was reported by Art Dahl at Rifle Gap Reservoir on October 27 and seen again by McConnell on November 26. Huerfano County: --A Greater Roadrunner was reported by Nelder at Lathrop SP on November 26. Jefferson County: --A Harris’s Sparrow (Juv) was reported by Sanders in his front yard in Golden on November 24. --A Lapland Longspur was reported by Kaempfer, calling in a small flock of Horned Larks in Northern Jefferson County along CO 72 about half-way between CO 93 and Standley Lake on November 24. Larimer County: --4 TRUMPETER SWANS were reported by Mathews at Lake Estes on November 19 and most recently on November 26 by Waltman. Waltman reports that one of the swans has non-black legs and feet. --A Thayer’s Gull (juv) was reported by Mlodinow at Lake Estes on November 21. It was seen feeding with crows in the mud towards the west side. --A Rusty Blackbird (imm.) was reported by Mlodinow in Estes Park at the horse stables at Dry Gulch Road and US 34 on November 21. --A Palm Warbler was reported by Levering on Nov 22 within the CSU Gardens (Plant Environmental Research Center or "PERC"), located in the southwestern corner of the CSU campus in Fort Collins (Larimer). Leatherman believes the bird is no longer present but the area is very birdy and worth visiting. The location is along the main n-s sidewalk which connects Lake Street (south end) with Pitkin Street (north end) thru the main part of the gardens very near Lake Street. --A COMMON REDPOLL was reported by Leatherman at Grandview Cemetery very late in the afternoon on Nov. 24. The bird preferred an area near one of the last patches of snow from the recent storms.If you come into the cemetery, cross the bridge over the ditch and turn south, the small snow pile is just north of the first big shrub (a persian-type lilac) you see on the west side of the ditch (which is just north of another little bridge crossing the ditch into the parking lot for the cemetery shop buildings.) --A TRUMPETER SWAN (juv.) was reported by Bol and Leatherman at Dixon Reservoir on November 19 , 20th and 21 (Biggerstaff). It has moved and was last reported on November 23 by Komar two miles north to College Lake. Unfortunately , there is restricted access to this lake. Pueblo County: --Pueblo Reservoir: --A Great Black-backed Gull (adult) was reported by Percival at the south shore marina tires on November 16 and by Huffstater on November 26. --A Lesser Black-backed Gull (adult) was reported by Percival at the south shore marina tires on November 16; 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (1 ad, 1 juv) were reported by Huffstater on November 26. --A 2nd-cyc Glaucous Gull was reported by Huffstater at the south shore marina on November 26. --An EASTERN TOWHEE was reported by Huffstater at Valco Ponds on November 26. It was west of the parking lot. Go down the path heading west from the parking area, past the railroad tie bridge. It was in a small Russian Olive thicket on the left past the bridge. Sedgwick County: --A COMMON GROUND-DOVE was reported by Mlodinow and Smart near Julesburg on November 12 and has been seen as recently as November 21. Directions: Take I-76 to US-385. Go n. towards Julesburg. There are two bridges over the river. Between these, there is a road to the east and to the west. The road to the west leads to an area closed due to deer hunting. The road to the east leads to an island of land between the two parts of the river. It is mostly sandy soil with a few trees, much sparse grass, and a few dense bushes. There are several ponds and other areas where birds can drink. --A Common Redpoll and Hundreds of Lapland Longspurs were reported by Mlodinow at Sand Draw State Wildlife Area on November 20. The Common Redpoll was seen by Wilberding on Nov. 21. Weld County: --A BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER was reported by Leatherman on private property in Greeley on November 19 and was heard as recently as Nov. 26 by Mlodinow. The bird is foraging in the backyard of the home of Ruth and Milton Dick, 2125 15th Street. This address is at the junction of 15th STREET, and 22nd AVENUE about a block northwest of the Northern Colorado Medical Center near the UNC campus and not far from Glenmere Park. The bird is viewable from the alley on the north side of the house. The pines somewhat overtop the alley and if you park on 22nd or just into the alley e of 22nd Ave. at the northwest corner of their backyard, you may be able to view the bird from your car. It also comes down out of the pine trees and has been seen on several occasions in a grape vine heavily-laden with fruit growing on a low fence on the north side of the alley opposite the northeast corner of the Dick's back fence. This grape vine would also be viewable from a car parked in the alley just e of 22nd. Some of the pertinent neighbors on the north side of the alley north of the Dick's yard know about the bird and are reservedly OK with visitors. Visitors should be respectful of all concerned in this neighborhood, not go in any backyards, not block the alley, or not block access to parking from the alley by these neighbors to the north. --A Long-tailed Duck (juv) was reported by Leatherman at Union Reservoir on November 25 and seen again on November 26 by Mlodiow. The DFO Field Trip of Sunday, November 27 is co-sponsored by the American Birding Association and it will be the FIRST ANNUAL GREAT BOULDER CAPER. Leader: Ted Floyd. Meeting time is 0700. TENTATIVE meeting location is the main Cottonwood Marsh parking lot at Walden Ponds, off 75th St. HOWEVER, this location is subject to change. The trip leader will e-mail you if the location changes, Bring snacks, water, and warm clothes. *RSVP by e-mail only required. e-mail Ted Floyd ([email protected]) to participate in this field trip. We will visit various sites in Boulder County. Our itinerary will be dictated by weather and other condifions. *CARPOOLING strongly urged. (Drivers of single-occupant vehicles will be rieiculed and humiliated throught the day.) *Although this is a full-day trip, there will be opportunities to bail out at several points during the day. Good Birding, Joyce Takamine -- 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.
