Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: May 1, 2014 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, May 1, 2014, 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). Long-tailed Duck (*Denver) Barrow's Goldeneye (Eagle) Little Blue Heron (El Paso) GLOSSY IBIS (Adams, Larimer) Broad-winged Hawk (*Prowers) Snowy Plover (Moffat) White-winged Dove (Pueblo) Greater Roadrunner (Las Animas) Black Phoebe (*Delta) Eastern Phoebe (Boulder, *Douglas/Jefferson) SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Sedgwick) White-eyed Vireo (Pueblo) Winter Wren (Jefferson) BENDIRE’S THRASHER (Otero) Golden-winged Warbler (Prowers) Nashville Warbler (*Boulder, *Montrose) Northern Parula (El Paso, Pueblo) Black-throated Gray Warbler (*Douglas/Jefferson, *Larimer, Pueblo) HERMIT WARBLER (Bent) Palm Warbler (*Pueblo) HEPATIC TANAGER (*Prowers) Summer Tanager (Boulder) Fox Sparrow (Gunnison) White-throated Sparrow (Logan) Harris's Sparrow (Delta, Garfield) Indigo Bunting (Pueblo) Rusty Blackbird (Teller) ADAMS COUNTY: --On April 27, Komar reports seeing 4 adult GLOSSY IBIS on the south side of Bromley Lane, just east of Picadilly Rd. east of Brighton CO. They were with a flock of 120+ White-faced Ibis. --On April 25, Otis reports seeing 6 GLOSSY IBIS off Gateway Road leading into Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, they were at the north side pond. BENT COUNTY: --On April 25, Duane Nelson reports a HERMIT WARBLER at Melody Tempel Grove in Bent County. It was re-found by Nelson and shown to Leatherman, and others. BOULDER COUNTY: --On April 26, Pieplow reports an Eastern Phoebe near the St. Vrain crossing (actually a little northeast of there, at the smaller ditch crossing on 63rd at the south end of the farmhouse, about 100 yards north of the east-west portion of the road). This is close to where one was seen repeatedly last summer. --On April 26, Gent reports a male Summer Tanager along Boulder Creek on the east CU campus, which is between 30th St. and the Foothills Parkway. It was found due north of the scoreboard at the CU soccer pitch, but along the creek. It was seen by others on April 27. --On April 29, Gent found a Nashville Warber on the Boulder Creek Trail on CU East Campus. DELTA COUNTY: --Garrison reports the Harris’s Sparrow continues near his feeder at his office in Paonia, on April 26. --A Black Phoebe was reported by Beason at the Old Hotchkiss Sewage Pond on April 28. DENVER COUNTY: --On April 27, Canter reported a Long-tailed Duck at Rocky Mountain Lake. Clouse reported the Long-tailed Duck on April 29, and Rurik reported the duck on April 30. DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES: --On April 28,Suddjian reports the Eastern Phoebe continues immediately east of Kingfisher Bridge, and a second Eastern Phoebe at the Plum Creek Picnic Area at Chatfield SP. --On April 29, Suddjian reported Eastern Phoebe at Kingfisher Bridge and a pair at Plum Creek Picnic Area of Chatfield SP. --On April 29, on the west side upstream from Kingfisher Bridge, Suddjian reported Black-throated Gray Warbler. El PASO COUNTY: --A Little Blue Heron was found by Joy Lake at the county’s Drake Pond (aka Mallard Pond) in Falcon off HWY 24, take Blue Gill Road to Mallard Road to the two pull offs with short trails. The bird was seen yesterday under the willow near the end of the newly built trail that ends at the willow and a bench. The heron also visits a pond upstream on private property that is not visible from public property, the landowner not wanting trespassers there. GARFIELD COUNTY: --Filby reported on April 27 that his yard Harris's Sparrow in Carbondale is still present. If you would like to try to see the bird email him at dickfilby AT hotmail.com. GUNNISON COUNTY: --On April 25, Beason reports singing Fox Sparrows in the morning at Roaring Judy Fish Hatchery near Almont and Neversink Trail at Curecanti National Recreation Area west of Gunnison. JEFFERSON COUNTY: --McBurney reports banding a Winter Wren, first ever for this station, at the Chatfield Banding Station on April 27. LARIMER COUNTY: --On April 28, Lyon reports a flock of GLOSSY IBIS in a slough by a large stack of hay bails, west of CR 9 and CR E in Wellington. --Biggerstaff reports a Black-throated Gray Warbler at Dixon Reservoir/Pine Ridge Natural Area in west Fort Collins, on April 28. On April 29, Panjabi reported Black-throated Gray Warbler at Dixon Reservoir. --On April 25, Panjabi reports a (second year?) male Black-throated Gray Warbler, 25 m past the wooden bridge in Spring Canyon, about 1/4 mile before the falls. MOFFAT COUNTY: --Luke reports a Snowy Plover at the County Maintenance Shop Pond off 1st St. in Craig, on April 26, his first in Moffat, which is special, the Snowy Plover was seen again on April 28 by Luke. OTERO COUNTY: --On April 25, Komar reports a possible BENDIRE’S THRASHER, south of Higbee on Hwy 109 in a cholla field. Had the jizz of a Curve-billed Thrasher but smaller and straighter-billed. Will share photos when they become available. Precise location was entered on eBird. Three Greater Roadrunners were seen on the drive between La Junta and Cottonwood Canyon. PROWERS COUNTY: --A m Golden-winged Warbler was seen by many at the Lamar Community College Woods this afternoon on April 26, by the Lewis party. --On April 25, Leatherman reports 2 active nests of Red-bellied Woodpeckers, two male Northern Cardinals, at Lamar Community College Woods. --On April 29, Moss reported a Broad-winged Hawk in Lamar. --A f type HEPATIC TANAGER was reported by Severs at Lamar Community College south of cement bench on April 30. --A Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Moss at Lamar Community College Woods (LCCW) on April 30. PUEBLO COUNTY: --Percival reports a White-eyed Vireo and a Black-throated Gray Warbler at the extreme east side of Osprey Picnic Area, Rock Canyon, below Pueblo Reservoir dam in Pueblo, CO, on April 28. --A Northern Parula was seen at Rose Pond, at Chico Basin Ranch by Nikolai on April 26. --Percival reports a White-eyed Vireo at Chico Basin Ranch Headquarter willows, on April 26. --A Western Palm Warbler was reported by Percival close to the Arkansas River, east of Cottonwood Picnic Area below Pueblo Reservoir Dam on April 30. SEDGWICK COUNTY: --On April 26, Mlodinow reports a SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER just on the side of the road by the campground on the Sedgwick side of Jumbo Res. It flew off into the campground proper after allowing for some nice photos. YUMA COUNTY: --On April 26, Mlodinow reports a Black-throated Gray Warbler in the junipers that make up the "Lens Farm Shelterbelt" just e of US 385 along CR 54. Perhaps Yuma's first. DFO Field Trips: Saturday May 3, 2014 South Platte River Trail Leader: Jackie King, 720-381-3314 Meet leader at the parking area at 88th and South Platte River Trail at 9 a.m. From I-76 take E. 88th Ave. exit, go west on 88th for 1.6 miles then turn south at Colorado Blvd. Turn left again into the parking lot for the South Platte River Greenway Trailhead. This trip will be a half-day trip so bring water and snacks; lunch is optional. We will walk along the trail and see which migrants are there as well as enjoy the many resident birds that should be back. Leader uses a wheelchair for mobility so it will be accessible and easy, level walking. Good trip for new members and novice birders. Sunday May 4 Brett Gray Ranch, Lincoln County Coleaders: Mark Amershek and Bruce Neuman This trip is full. Good Birding, Joyce Takamine Boulder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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