Compiler: Dick Schottler
Date: Report for Sunday, May 19, 2013, updated at 9:15 AM
email: rba AT cobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Report for Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 0915
sponsored by the 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 (* indicates new information on this species
in this report):
Neotropic Cormorant (*Weld)
Glossy Ibis (Weld)
Broad-winged Hawk (*Fremont)
Black-bellied Plover (Weld)
Piping Plover (Phillips)
Whimbrel (*Weld)
Willow Flycatcher (*El Paso)
Yellow-throated Vireo (*Montezuma)
Gray-cheeked Thrush (*El Paso/Pueblo)
Veery (Weld)
Ovenbird (*El Paso, El Paso/Pueblo, Washington)
Northern Waterthrush (El Paso, El Paso/Pueblo, Jefferson, Weld)
Golden-winged Warbler (*Yuma)
Blue-winged Warbler (*El Paso/Pueblo)
Black & white Warbler (*El Paso/Pueblo)
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (*Bent)
Chestnut sided-Warbler (El Paso/Pueblo, Washington)
Blackpoll Warbler (Jefferson)
Nashville Warbler (El Paso/Pueblo)
Northern Parula (El Paso, El Paso/Pueblo, Rio Grande)
Magnolia Warbler (*Yuma)
Townsend's Warbler (El Paso/Pueblo, Washington)
Palm Warbler (El Paso/Pueblo)
PAINTED REDSTART (*Montezuma)
Northern Cardinal (*Jefferson)
Bobolink (Boulder)
*_BENT COUNTY:_*
--On May 16 Nelson reports a female BAY-BREASTED WARBLER at Van's Grove.
*_BOULDER COUNTY:_*
--On May15, Minner-Lee reports several Bobolinks seen in the vicinity of
the Open Space & Mt. Parks Cherryvale admin. bldg.
*_EL PASO COUNTY:_*
--On May 18 Pals reported the following birds of interest seen on the
Bear Creek Regional Park Spring Count: Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush,
Northern Parula, and Willow Flycatcher.
*_EL PASO/PUEBLO COUNTIES:_*
--On May 15, Percival reports the following warblers at Chico Basin
Ranch (hereafter CBR) (fee area): Ovenbird, No. Waterthrush,
Chestnut-sided, Nashville, No. Parula, Townsend's, and western Palm
among others. Also seen were a White-throated Sparrow and Bobolink.
--On May 16, Walbek reports a Blue-winged Warbler seen near the banding
station at CBR.
--On May 16 Brown reports the following among birds banded at CBR: 2
Ovenbirds, 2 Black-and-white Warblers, and a Gray-cheeked Thrush. A male
Black-and-white Warbler was banded on the 17th.
*_FREMONT COUNTY:
_*--On May 19, Moss reported a Broad-winged Hawk at the Canon City
Riverwalk.
*_JEFFERSON COUNTY:_*
--On May 16, Schottler reports that the singing male Northern Cardinal,
first reported on May 10 along the Tree Bridge Trail south of Clear
Creek in the Wheatridge Greenbelt, was still present. The trail starts
roughly 50 yards W of the footbridge over Clear Creek at Prospect Park.
--On May 14, Hackos reports a Blackpoll Warbler at Belmar Park, Lakewood.
*_MONTEZUMA COUNTY:
_*--On May 18, Komar reported the following sightings from CFO
Convention field trips: On May 17, a PAINTED REDSTART was seen briefly
north of Mancos. It was not relocated later. On May 18 a Yellow-throated
Vireo was found in Yellow Jacket Canyon.
*_
PHILLIPS COUNTY:
_*--On May 15, Linfield reports a Piping Plover on a small pool between
CR 41 and the Holyoke airport.
*_RIO GRANDE COUNTY:
_*--On May 16, Rawinski reported a Nashville Warbler and a White-winged
Dove at Home Lake SWA near Monte Vista.
*_WASHINGTON COUNTY:_*
--On May 17, Kellner's group reported male Chestnut-sided Warblers at
the Washington County Golf Course Park in Akron and at Last Chance. A
male Townsend's Warbler was also seen at Last Chance. An Ovenbird was
seen at Prewitt Reservoir SWA.
*_WELD COUNTY:_*
--On May 13 Erthal reported 6 Black-bellied Plovers and 2 Whimbrel seen
along CR 48 south of Lower Latham Reservoir. One Whimbrel was still
present on May 16.
--On May 14, Chavez reported a Veery and Northern Waterthrush at Norma's
Grove.
--On May 15, Leatherman reported 2 Glossy Ibis seen with White-faced
Ibis at Crom Lake (CR 31 1/2 mi s. of CR 90).
--On May 16, Mlodinow reports that a Neotropic Cormorant was seen along
the entrance road to St. Vrain State Park.
*_YUMA COUNTY:_*
--On May 18, Mlodinow reported a Golden-winged Warbler at Stalker Lake
SWA (just west of Wray).
--On May 18, Kistler reported a Magnolia Warbler seen at the Yuma cemetery.
*_
DFO FIELD TRIPS:_*
--The DFO field trip for Saturday, May 25 is to Rocky Mountain Arsenal.
The leader is David Rhoades (303-424-8633). Space is limited - you must
call David to reserve a space and to get directions.
--A second field trip for Saturday, May 25 is "Creative Ways to Learn
Bird Sounds" led by Alison Kondler (303-973-3959). The meeting place is
at Roxborough State Park Visitor Center at 0730. Space is very limited
*- participants must pre-register *during office hours. State Parks Pass
or day fee required*.
*
--The field trip for Monday, May 27 is to the Pawnee Grasslands. The
leader is Chris Owens (home: 303-772-6048*; *cell: 970-481-7271). Meet
leader at 0530 at the RTD Park-N-Ride on the southwest corner of I-25
and highway 66 (exit 243). Please call Chris if you plan to go.
*Please consult the DFO website:
*http://dfobirders.org/wordpress/denver-field-ornithologists/field-trips-and-counts/scheduled-field-trips/may-2013-field-trips/ ,
for information on the field trips and the leaders to call.
Good Birding,
Dick Schottler
Unincorporated Jefferson County
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