Does anyone know the date/contact info for the Black Forest Bird Count? I'd like to do that one. Thanks.
Joan Larrabee 719-576-4598 > Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:51:20 -0700 > Subject: [cobirds] Colorado RBA, Sunday, December 18, 2011 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Compiler: Joyce Takamine > Date: December 18, 2011 > e-mail: rba@cfo-link > phone: 303-659-8750 > > This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, December 17\8, 2001 > 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 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) > > BRANT (Douglas/Jefferson, Otero) > TUNDRA SWAN (Delta) > TRUMPETER SWAN (Delta) > Surf Scoter (*Pueblo) > White-winged Scoter (*Pueblo) > Long-tailed Duck (Denver, El Paso) > Barrow's Goldeneye (*Pueblo, Summit) > RED-THROATED LOON (Larimer) > Pacific Loon (*Pueblo) > Thayer's Gull (Boulder,Larimer, *Pueblo) > ICELAND GULL (Larimer) > Lesser Black-backed Gull (Arapahoe, Larimer, *Pueblo) > Glaucous Gull (Douglas/Jefferson, Larimer, *Pueblo) > GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (Bent, *Pueblo) > White-winged Doved (*Pueblo) > YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (Prowers, *Pueblo) > Black Phoebe (*Pueblo) > Winter Wren (Boulder) > VARIED THRUSH (Jefferson) > Curve-billed Thrasher (Bent) > PINE WARBLER (Arapahoe) > Swamp Sparrow (Bent, *Pueblo) > Field Sparrow (Bent) > White-throated Sparrow (Boulder, *Pueblo) > Harris's Sparrow (Jefferson, *Pueblo) > GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (Jefferson) > Lapland Longspur (Douglas/Jefferson, Sedgwick) > Snow Bunting (Bent) > Indigo Bunting (Bent) > Rusty Blackbird (Bent, *Pueblo) > > 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 > > Arapahoe County: > --An ad m PINE WARBLER was reported by Becky Campbell coming to her > suet feeder in the backyard on December 8. Pollock reported on > December 15 that the PINE WARBLER continues to visit ther suet > feeder. Please contact Campbell at 303-771-0897. > --A Lesser Black-backed Gull was reported by Niyo at Centennial Pond > on December 14. > > Bent County: > --On the John Martin CBC on December 14, Duane Nelson reported: > 1 1-st winter f Indigo Bunting, > 1 ad GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL > 1 Curve-billed Thrasher > Rusty Blackbird > 5 Field Sparrow > Swamp Sparrow > 1 Snow Bunting. > > Boulder County: > --A Winter Wren was reported by Heinrich on December 9 along Boulder > Creek west of 75th. It was feeding in one of the sewage treatment > plant outlets. On December 15, Blackford found the Winter Wren along > the bank of Boulder Creek. > --A first winter White-throated Sparrow was reported by Boswell along > Boulder Creek west of 75th on December 10. > --2 Thayer's Gulls (1 1-st cyc, 1 3-rd cyc) were reported by Kaempfer > at Valmont Reservoir on December 11. > > Delta County: > --A young TUNDRA SWAN was reported by Garrison around 10am on December > 11 on ice at a pond across from Escalante SWA but was gone when he > returned later. On December 13, Garrison reported that the swan was back. > --2 TRUMPETER SWANS were reported by Garrison at Confluence Park in > Delta on December 16. > > Denver County: > --A female type Long-Tailed Duck was reported by Wuerthele at Duck > Lake in City Park on November 22 and was relocated by Wuerthele on December 7. > > Douglas/Jefferson Counties: > --At Chatfield State Park: > --2 "pale-bellied" Atlantic BRANT were reported by Komar at Chatfield in the > SW > corner on November 30. On December 14, Kibbe reported that the BRANT > were at the mouth of Plum Creek. > > El Paso County: > --A Long-tailed Duck was reported by Driscoll on a lake by I-25 and S > Circle Drive on December 10. On December 12, Enbody reported that the > Long-tailed Duck continues at the Doubletree Hotel Pond. > > Jefferson County: > --Henwood reported that the GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW continues at Red > Rocks Trading Post at least through December 16. > --At Bear Creek Lake Park, Henwood reported 2 Harris's Sparrows (1 ad, > 1 1-st yr) on December 5. On December 16, Henwood relocated the both > Harris's Sparrows at Bear Creek Lake Park. > --A male VARIED THRUSH was reported by Chavez on the west side of > C-470 along Bear Creek on December 11. If looking for this bird, park > in the small parking area on Soda Lakes Road on the left side of > Morrison Road, west of C-470. > > Larimer County: > --An ad basic RED-THROATED LOON was reported by Leatherman at Rawhide Power > Plant on December 2 and 3. Chavez reported on December 10 that the > RED-THROATED LOON continues at Rawhide Power Plant. > --On December 9 at Lake Loveland, Komar reported 6 juv Thayer's Gulls, > 6 (2 1-st cyc, 1 2-nd cyc, 1 3-rd cyc, 2ad) Lesser Black-backed Gulls, > 4 1-st cyc Glaucous Gulls and 1 1-st cyc > ICELAND GULL. On December 10 at Lake Loveland, Komar reported 1 > Glaucous Gull, 3 Thayer's Gulls, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and 1 > ICELAND GULL. On December 11 at Lake Loveland, Komar reported 3 > Lesser Black-backed Gulls (1 ad 1 3-rd cyc, 1 2-nd cyc), 2 Thayer's > Gulls (juv), 2 Glaucous Gulls (juv) plus 3 mystery gulls. > > Otero County: > --On the Rocky Ford CBC on December 15, Oswald reported that Nick Moore > and Mark Peterson found a BRANT at Lake Cheraw. > > Prowers County: > --A juv YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was reported by Leatherman on > December 10 in a Scots Pine at 605 Willow Valley Drive which is east > of Willow Creek Park. The tree and sapsucker are viewable from the > street. > > Pueblo County: > --On the Pueblo Reservoir CBC on December 17, Percival reported: > 1 Surf Scoter, 1 White-winged Scoter, 4 Barrow's Goldeneyes, 1 > Pacific Loon, 2 Thayer's Gulls, > 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 Glaucous Gull, 1 GREAT BLACk-BACKED GULL, > 50 White-winged Doves, 1 Greater Roadrunner, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED > SAPSUCKER, 4 Black Phoebe, > 1 White-throated Sparrow, 1 Harris's Sparrow, 7 Rusty Blackbirds. > > Summit County: > --At the Blue River Water Treatment Plant in Silverthorne, Nims > reported 13 Barrow's Goldeneyes on December 17. > > Christmas Counts start on December 14. Here are some of the early counts: > > Date Circle Compiler > > 12/18 Evergreen/Ida Springs Brad Andres > 12/18 Penrose Mark Peterson > 12/18 Gunnison Arden Anderson > 12/18 Durango Susan Allerton > 12/18 Grand Junction Paul Didier > 12/18 Westcliffe Jane Pederson > 12/18 Salida Andrew Mackie > 12/18 Boulder Bill Schmoker > 12/18 Delta Dennis Garrison > 12/19 Weldona/Fort Morgan Bruce Bosley > 12/20 Pueblo Brandon Percival > 12/20 Sterling Gary Matthews > 12/21 Fountain Creek Daniel Maynard > 12/24 Rawhide Energy Station Douglas Kibbe > 12/24 Spanish Peaks David Silverman > 12/26 Cortez Carolyn Gunn > 12/29 Flager William Kaempfer > 12/31 Great Sand Dunes NP Phyllis Pineda Bovin > 12/31 Hotchkiss Jason Beason > > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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