Larimer County The Yellow-throated Warbler continues to visit our backyard feeders here in Fort Collins, near City Park. I have learned that there has been a Yellow-throated Warbler visiting a yard just two blocks from here on several occasions since January, so I suspect this is the same bird. John Todd
On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 2:33 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/cobirds/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/cobirds/topics> > > - Digest for [email protected] - 5 updates in 4 topics > <#578101533210776349_group_thread_0> - 1 Update > - Lincoln Co. arrivals <#578101533210776349_group_thread_1> - 1 Update > - Grebe ID <#578101533210776349_group_thread_2> - 2 Updates > - Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 16 March 2016 > <#578101533210776349_group_thread_3> - 1 Update > > Digest for [email protected] - 5 updates in 4 topics > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/1452a641aee77448?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > John Todd <[email protected]>: Mar 17 12:50AM -0600 > > Fort Collins, Larimer County > There was a Yellow-throated Warbler at one of our feeders here in our > backyard near City Park in Fort Collins, yesterday March 16th. > John Todd > > Back to top <#578101533210776349_digest_top> > Lincoln Co. arrivals > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/790dd265160db36c?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Glenn Walbek <[email protected]>: Mar 16 05:21PM -0700 > > Folks, > > Once again I am performing surveys in Lincoln Co. this spring season. Some > of the recent arrivals include: Four Mountain Plovers seen today in a > sprouting winter wheat field. This is a week earlier than last year and > the earliest I have seen this species in Colorado. Three Sage Thrashers > were observed in various locations, usually involving wood (fences, wood > piles). Lastly, I observed a couple of thousand McCown's Longspurs during > the past 2 days. They are using last year's stubble fields and this year's > wheat fields, adjacent to short grass prairie. I noticed longspurs in > amazing numbers last spring in this area and this spring appears to be > beginning the same. I am certain a few McCown's and Chestnut-collared > Longspurs overwintered here with thousands of Lapland Longspurs, but the > numbers of McCown's I am seeing now is way too great for wintering birds. > There are a handful of Chestnut-collared Longspurs mixed in, and may be > the over-wintering population. The longspurs are mostly in breeding > plumage. I was hoping to get some looks at Lapland Longspurs in breeding > plumage before they flew north, however I have not seen nor heard any in 2 > days of surveying. Spring has arrived. > > Should you plan to look for birds south of Arriba, please stay on county > roads. Not surprisingly, the birds frequent the gravel roads during > inclement weather. > > Glenn Walbek > Castle Rock, CO > > < > https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R8qRTQCZLVw/Vun0Vw-IWoI/AAAAAAAAACY/7NAHrhJcR8Av4V9sGLW1NeydnCO26Aofw/s1600/moup101.JPG > > > Back to top <#578101533210776349_digest_top> > Grebe ID > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/6078f192e3b58d86?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > David Waltman <[email protected]>: Mar 16 03:25PM > > A few days ago I saw several Horned Grebes at Boulder Reservoir. I also > viewed one or two confusing birds that I reported as Horned/Eared Grebe. > Kenn Kaufman's Facebook page notes that at this time of the year as birds > have begun to molt out of winter plumage "it can be tougher to ID things > like Eared Grebes vs Horned Grebes." He goes on to say that Shakespeare > understood this. Kaufman says "That's why, in Shakespeare's play 'Julius > Caesar,' a soothsayer utters the famous line: 'Beware the ID's of March!'" > I "liked" that. > David Waltman > Boulder > Ted Floyd <[email protected]>: Mar 16 12:30PM -0700 > > Tony Leukering has a fine article on how molt timing can help us ID > Horned/Eared grebes at this time of year: > > http://cobirds.org/CFO/ColoradoBirds/InTheScope/26.pdf > > Ted Floyd > Lafayette, Boulder County > > On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 9:25:35 AM UTC-6, David Waltman wrote: > Back to top <#578101533210776349_digest_top> > Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 16 March 2016 > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/c30cbf09c9974857?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Joyce Takamine <[email protected]>: Mar 16 04:08AM -0600 > > Compiler: Joyce Takamine > e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org > Date: March 16, 2016 > This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, March 16, sponsored by Denver > Field > Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. > > Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). > > Mute Swan (Weld) > Trumpeter Swan (Archuleta, Weld) > Tundra Swan (Garfield, Park) > Eurasian Wigeon (*La Plata) > Long-tailed Duck (El Paso, Jefferson, Washington) > Barrow's Goldeneye (Chaffee, Garfield, Jefferson, Park) > Chukar (El Paso) > Thayer's Gull (Boulder) > Great Black-backed Gull (Boulder, El Paso) > Burrowing Owl (Denver, El Paso) > ACORN WOODPECKER (Pueblo) > Red-belllied Woodpecker (Bent, Prowers) > Williamson's Sapsucker (Archuleta, Jefferson) > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Bent, Jefferson) > American Three-toed Woodpecker (Jefferson) > Eastern Phoebe (Larimer) > Black Phoebe (Chaffee, La Plata, Montrose) > Chihuahuan Raven (Arapahoe, Baca) > Gray Catbird (Boulder, El Paso, Jefferson) > Curve-billed Thrasher (Otero) > COMMON MYNA (Eagle) > Chestnut-collared Longspur (Fremont, Kiowa) > McCown's Longspur (Baca, Kit Carson) > Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca) > Canyon Towhee (Baca, Otero) > Black-throated Sparrow Fremont) > Sagebrush Sparrow (La Plata) > Northern Cardinal (Boulder, Prowers) > Rusty Blackbird (El Paso) > Great-tailed Grackle (El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer) > > ARAPAHOE COUNTY: > --A Chihuahuan Raven was reported by Gene Rutherford on February 29 at E > Yale and E Jewell in Aurora. > > ARCHULETA COUNTY: > --A m Williamson's Sapsucker was reported by Ben Bailey and Byron Greco on > March 10. > --A Trumpeter Swan was reported by Barbara Johnson at Pagosa Lake on March > 12. > > BACA COUNTY: > --On March 12 at Carizzo and Cottonwood Canyons, Gloria Nikolai reported > Chihuahuan Ravens, 3 Rufous-crowned Sparrows, Canyon Towhee, and McCown's > Longspur. > > BENT COUNTY: > --At Lake Hasty on March 13, Gloria Nikolai reported Red-bellied > Woodpecker. > --At a cemetery N of John Martin on March 13, Gloria Nikolia reported > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. > > BOULDER COUNTY: > --On March 8, Phil Thorpe reported a singing male Northern Cardinal on Iris > Ave between 4th St and 6th St. > --A Great Black-backed Gull was reported by Jack and Ryan Bushong at > Boulder Reservoir on March 12. > --An ad Thayer's Gull was reported by Ted Floyd at Greenlee Preserve/Waneka > Lake in Lafayette on March 12. > --A Gray Catbird was reported by Holden Maxfield, Jack and Ryan Bushong in > Louisville on March 13. > > CHAFFEE COUNTY: > --On March 8, Van Truan reported m Barrow's Goldeneye and Black Phoebe at > Sands Lake SWA in Salida. > > DENVER COUNTY: > --A Burrowing Owl was reported by Adam Vesely at 11345 Trussville near DIA > on March 4. On March 5, Cheri Phillips and Renee Casias reported Burrowing > Owl near DIA at fire training center. On March 6, Kim Mauritz reported a > Burrowing Owl at 114th and Trussville. On March 8, Tom Behnfield > reported Burrowing Owl at 112th and Trussviille in the Fire Dept enclosure. > > EAGLE COUNTY: > --3 COMMON MYNA were reported by Ryan Marsh on Colorado River Road in > Gypsum on March 7. Are they escapees or wild birds? > > EL PASO COUNTY: > --A Gray Catbird was reported by Tyler Stuart at Sinton Pond in Colorado > Springs on February 22. On March 3, Alan Versaw reported Gray Catbird at > Sinton Pond. > --At Big Johnson on February 24, Mark Peterson and Alan Versaw reported > Long-tailed Ducks and Burrowing Owl. On March 3, Mark Peterson reported > Long-tailed Duck at Big Johnson. On March 5, Aaron Driscoll reported 2 > Long-tailed Ducks at Big Johnson. On March 5, Chris Brobin reported > Burrowing Owl at Big Johnson. On March 9, Alan Versaw reported Long-tailed > Duck and Burrowing Owl at Big Johnson. > --On March 5, Jesse Casias and Adam Vesely reported Rusty Blackbird at 8790 > Birdsall Road. On March 7, Cheri Phillips reported 2 Rusty Blackbirds on > Birdsall Road. > --On March 6, Jesse and Renee Casias reported 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls > and 2 Great Black-backed Gulls at Big Johnson. > --On March 14, Alan Versaw reported Great-tailed Grackle at Mallard Pond. > --On March 15, French Steward reported Chukar on N Calhan Hwy. > > FREMONT COUNTY: > --On March 7, S of Florence on CR19 on backside of Federal Prison, Mark > Peterson reported Black-throated Sparrow and Chestnut-collared Longspur. > > GARFIELD COUNTY: > --On March 4, Sue Riffe and Gwen Moore reported 3 Tundra Swans and 22 > Barrow's Goldeneyes near Carbondale on CR 106. > > JEFFERSON COUNTY: > --On March 1, David Suddjian reported 2 Long-tailed Ducks at Chatfield SP > just south of North Boat Launch parking area and David Hill reported 3 > Long-tailed Ducks near the swim beach at Chatfield. > --On March 1, Gerald Baines reported Gray Catbird at Main Reservoir in > Lakewood. > --On March 3, Tim Mitzen reported a f Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Norm D > Memorial Park in Golden. It was actively feeding around the playground > area. The Parking loot is on the west side of Ford St just north of Texas > St. > --On March 7, David Suddjian reported f Barrow's Goldeneye N of Deer Creek > Inlet at Chatfield SP. > --On March 11 at Falcon Ridge Cub Creek (S of Evergreen) Chuck Aid reported > f Williamson's Sapsucker, and 3 American Three-toed Woodpeckers (2m, 1f). > --On March 12 Laura Steadman reported Great-tailed Grackle at Lower Church > Lake. > > KIOWA COUNTY: > --On March 11 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported > Chestnut-collared Longspur. > > KIT CARSON COUNTY: > --7 McCown's Longspurs were reported by Hugh Kingery on CR 10 near Flager > on March 12. > > LA PLATA COUNTY: > --A m Eurasian Wigeon was reported by Riley Morris in a field south of > Pastorius Reservoir in Durango on March 3. On March 4, Jason St. Pierre > reported Eurasian Wigeon in field south of Pastorius Reservoir and Ryan > Votta and Vic Zerbi reported the Eurasian Wigeon on the water in a small > open area. On March 5, Amy Dobbins and Jim Beatty reported Eurasian Wigeon > at Pastorius Reservoir. On March 6, Beth Wolff reported Eurasian Wigeon at > Pastorius Reservoir. On March 7, Jason St Pierre reported Eurasian Wigeon > at Pastorius Reservoir. On March 13, Jim Beatty reported Eurasian Wigeon > at Pastorius Reservoir. On March 15, Tom Behnfield and James Turner > reported Eurasian Wigeon at Pastorius Reservoir. > --A Sagebrush Sparrow was reported by Jason St. Pierre at the corner of CR > 136 and CR134 about 40 minutes SW of Durango. > --A Black Phoebe was reported by Katy Shirley at Weasel Skin Bridge (CR > 214) on March 12. > > LARIMER COUNTY: > --An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Nick Komar and Brad Biggerstaff on the > CDC Campus in Fort Collins on March 10. > --A Great-tailed Grackle was reported by Nick Komar at Ryan Gulch Reservoir > on March 13. > > MONTROSE COUNTY: > --On March 6, Coen Dexter reported that Black Phoebes have returned early > to nesting sites at Uravan and along the San Miguel River. He and Brenda > checked five sites and all sites had Black Phoebes. > > OTERO COUNTY: > --4 Curve-billed Thrasher were reported by Chris Gilbert in Vogel Canyon on > March 5. > > PARK COUNTY: > --On March 5, Steve Mlodinow reported 6 Tundra Swans and 3 Barrow's > Goldeneyes (2m, 1f) at Elevenmile Reservoir. > > PROWERS COUNTY: > --On March 11, Gloria Nikolai reported 2 m Northern Cardinals and a > Red-bellied Woodpecker at Lamar Community College Woods. > > PUEBLO COUNTY: > --On March 5, Gloria Nikolai and Adam Vesely reported ACORN WOODPECKER at > Pueblo Mountain Park. > > WASHINGTON COUNTY: > --A f Long-tailed Ducks was reported by Bill Kaempfer on the S side of CR > 59.5 just east of US 6 on March 12. This is the middle road into Prewitt. > > WELD COUNTY: > --On March 1, Amy Bauer reported Trumpeter Swans at North Star Reservoir at > CR 19 and CR 8. If you would like to see the swans call her at > 720-252-8900. On March 1, Dan Stringer was able to scope the swans from CR > 8 and confirmed that they appear to be Trumpeter Swans. > --On March 3, Barbara Webb reported a pair of Mute Swans in Homestead Park > in Greeley. > > DFO Field Trips: > The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, March 19 will be to Chatfield State Park > led by Ed Holub (edmund.holub AT gmail.com; 303-979-2194) Meet at 0800 at > swim beach by entering west entrace of park of S Wadsworth, 1.5 mles south > of C-470. State Parks pass or day pass required. Half-day trip. Dress > for weather. Register online or contact leader. > > The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, March 20 will be to Cherry Creek State Park > led by Mary Keithler (mkeithler AT yahoo.com; 303-771-1421). Meet at 0800 > at west marina parking lot. State Parks pass or day pass required. Will > carpool to various stops and walk 1-2 miles. Bring > binoculars,water,snacks, and sunscreen. Scopes are useful. Register > online or contact leader > > The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, March 20 will be to Roxborough State Park > led by Doris Cruze (cruzeduo AT aol.com; 303-798-8072). Meet at 0815 at > Visitor Center. Directions: Take S Wadsworth Blvd past Chatfield SP to > Waterton Rd on left. Take Waterton Rd 1.6 miles east to North Rampart > Rnage Road. TUrn right and go south 2.3 miles to ROxborough Park Rd. TUrn > left (east) onto Roxborough Park Rd and the turn immediately right (south) > on Roxborough Rd and follow signs to the Park (2.2 miles). State Parks > pass or day pass required. > Will walk Fountain Valley trail, a 2.3 miles loop trail. Bring > binoculars, water, and snacks. Dress in layers for changing weather > conditions. Register online or contact leader. > > Good Birding, > Joyce Takamine > Boulder > Back to top <#578101533210776349_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. 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