Hello birders, At this same location today, a friend and I saw:
2 stilt sandpipers 2 killdeer 2 red-necked phalaropes 1 pectoral sandpiper 1 least sandpiper 1 white-faced ibis several Wilson's phalaropes, American avocets, black-necked stilts, long-billed dowitchers, yellow-headed blackbirds, and red-winged blackbirds Lauren Hyde Keenesburg On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 11:30:29 AM UTC-6, paulopler wrote: > > Evi and I had a bunch of shorebirds at this shallow wetland yesterday. > Among the large number of long-billed dowitchers were 2 stilt sandpipers. > On May 9th at the same place there was a black-bellied plover. > > Paul Opler, Loveland, CO > > > On May 11, 2020 at 2:20 AM [email protected] <javascript:> 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> > > > - COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT, MONDAY MAY 11, 2020 > <#[email protected]_group_thread_0> > - 1 Update > - Black Vulture soaring over Canon City > <#[email protected]_group_thread_1> > - 1 Update > - Migration Weather Advisory: Monday (May 11) Northern Front Range > <#[email protected]_group_thread_2> > - 1 Update > - Black-headed Grosbeak in west Centennial, Arapahoe County > <#[email protected]_group_thread_3> > - 1 Update > - Scissor-tailed flycatcher? > <#[email protected]_group_thread_4> > - 2 Updates > - Western tanager, Roxborough Park, DougCo > <#[email protected]_group_thread_5> > - 1 Update > - Magnolia Warbler, Blackpoll Warblers, Summer Tanager, and others at > Poudre Ponds (Weld Co.) > <#[email protected]_group_thread_6> > - 1 Update > - Summer Tanager Boulder 5/10 > <#[email protected]_group_thread_7> > - 1 Update > - El Paso County Black-necked Stilt > <#[email protected]_group_thread_8> > - 1 Update > - East campus Boulder > <#[email protected]_group_thread_9> > - 1 Update > - Monte Vista Global Big Day Results > <#[email protected]_group_thread_10> > - 1 Update > - Black-chinned Hummingbird - Weld > <#[email protected]_group_thread_11> > - 1 Update > - Norhern Cardinal, Arapahoe County > <#[email protected]_group_thread_12> > - 2 Updates > - Tennessee, black-and-white warblers continue at CU East, Boulder > <#[email protected]_group_thread_13> > - 1 Update > - Willets Galore at Union Res - Weld CO > <#[email protected]_group_thread_14> > - 1 Update > - Cliff Swallows - Delaney Community Farm , Arapahoe County > <#[email protected]_group_thread_15> > - 1 Update > - Bay-breasted Warbler > <#[email protected]_group_thread_16> > - 1 Update > - Leucistic Yellow-headed Blackbird - Boulder County > <#[email protected]_group_thread_17> > - 1 Update > > COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT, MONDAY MAY 11, 2020 > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/93829b8f35ab5d83?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > DAVID A LEATHERMAN <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 11 06:11AM > > Date: Monday, May 11, 2020 > > Email: RBA AT cobirds.org<http://cobirds.org/> > > Compiler: Dave Leatherman, daleatherman@msn.<dot> com > > _________________________________________ > > > > The Colorado Rare Bird Report is an informational service. > > Because of statewide coronavirus “Stay at Home” and “Safer at Home” orders > (depending on where you live), the purpose of this report is to keep > homebound readers abreast of rare bird sightings across the state during > spring migration. It does NOT endorse or encourage illegal travel to see or > "chase" rare birds beyond your own permitted area. > > > > We urge readers to respect state and local restrictions on non-critical > travel and limits on outdoor activities that include birding. Please do all > you can to ensure the safety of others and yourself while birding, > including appropriate PPE and distancing. > > _______________________________________ > > > > Birders have been helpful by reporting updates to COBirds. Thanks! > > CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird > Records Committee at the CFO website. > > (*) indicates new information on a species. > > For more information on birds seen today, go to cobirds.org< > http://cobirds.org/> and scroll to the bottom for “Recent eBird > Sightings.” > > _______________________________________ > > > > Spring migration notes: > > Either it has been an exceptional migration and/or “stay local” has its > benefits, as the roster below verifies. Suffice it to say certain birds we > would all be proud to find/see are seemingly “everywhere”. In the interest > of shortening this report, the following species listed recently are being > removed: White-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Chestnut-sided Warbler, > Tennessee Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Palm > Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Northern Parula, and Summer Tanager. Keep > reporting these birds on COBIRDS. > > ________________________________________ > > > > Rare birds and some out-of-place or out-of-season birds are listed below. > > > > Trumpeter Swan (Las Animas) > > Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe) > > Common Tern (Montezuma) > > Neotropic Cormorant (*Bent) > > MEXICAN WHIP-POOR-WILL (*Fremont) > > Ruby-throated Hummingbird (*Park, *Pueblo) > > Whimbrel (Delta) > > Short-billed Dowitcher (*Bent) > > Arctic Tern (Jackson) > > Reddish Egret (Mesa) > > Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Arapahoe, Denver) > > Mississippi Kite ((Arapahoe) > > Red-tailed Hawk (Adams) > > Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Jefferson, *Weld) > > Gray Vireo (Teller) > > Philadelphia Vireo (*Cheyenne, Jefferson) > > Winter Wren (*Larimer) > > Gray-cheeked Thrush (*Baca, *Bent, Prowers) > > Varied Thrush (*Arapahoe, Bent) > > Bohemian Waxwing (Boulder) > > Common Redpoll (*Gunnison) > > Field Sparrow (Boulder, Broomfield, El Paso, Larimer) > > Sagebrush Sparrow (Denver) > > Golden-crowned Sparrow (Denver) > > Canyon Towhee (Routt, Teller) > > Baltimore Oriole (Boulder, *Eagle) > > Worm-eating Warbler (Kiowa) > > Golden-winged Warbler (Jefferson) > > Blue-winged Warbler (Baca, *Fremont, Otero) > > Prothonotary Warbler (Chaffee, Jefferson, LaPlata, Larimer) > > LUCY’S WARBLER (Mesa) > > Mourning Warbler (Bent, *Prowers) > > Kentucky Warbler (*Chaffee) > > Hooded Warbler (Chaffee, *Jefferson, Kiowa, *Larimer) > > Cape May Warbler (Baca, *Bent, *Prowers) > > Pine Warbler (*Prowers) > > Yellow-throated Warbler (Broomfield, Jefferson, Pueblo) > > Magnolia Warbler (Boulder, Jefferson, *Larimer, Mesa) > > Bay-breasted Warbler (*Larimer, Pueblo) > > Black-throated Blue Warbler (Jefferson, Kiowa, Pueblo) > > HERMIT WARBLER (Bent) > > Black-throated Green Warbler (Jefferson) > > Prairie Warbler (Larimer) > > Scarlet Tanager (Fremont, Rio Grande) > > Northern Cardinal (*Arapahoe, Boulder) > > Painted Bunting (*Baca) > > ___________________________________________ > > > > ADAMS COUNTY: > > --On May 9 a rare Krider’s Red-tailed Hawk was reported from Rocky > Mountain Arsenal Prairie Trail by Cathy Sheeter. > > > > ARAPAHOE COUNTY: > > --On May 10 a heard only Northern Cardinal was reported from Platte River > Park-Northern Wildlife Area by Brian Johnson. > > --On May 10 a Varied Thrush was reported as being “present at feeders for > last 3 days” at a private residence in Greenwood Village by Ann Coe. Refer > to her eBird post. > > --On May 9 a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was reported by Rajkumar > Manikandan from Cherry Creek Ecological Park. > > --On May 8 a Mississippi Kite was seen soaring over Littleton Cemetery by > David Suddjian. [The compiler overlooked this report on the day it was > reported and apologizes]. > > --On May 8 a very late Long-tailed Duck was on Quincy Res, first reported > by G. Stacks. > > --On May 7 a Mississippi Kite was found by David Suddjian > > > > BACA COUNTY: > > --On May 10 at least one of two female type Painted Buntings first > reported from below the dam at Two Buttes Res on May 8 by Joey Kellner, > were refound. > > --On May 8 a Blue-winged Warbler was reported from below the dam at Two > Buttes Reservoir by Joey Kellner. > > --On May 8 a Gray-cheeked Thrush was reported by Joey Kellner below the > dam at Two Buttes Res. > > --On May 5 a heard-only Cape May Warbler was reported high in the trees by > Steve Mlodinow below the dam at Two Buttes Reservoir. > > --On May 5 a Gray-cheeked Thrush was reported by Steve Mlodinow at Turk’s > Pond SWA. > > > > BENT COUNTY: > > --On May 10 Duane Nelson reports the Neotropic Cormorant he found at Lake > Hasty below the John Martin Res dam on March 31 is still present. > > --On May 10 two Short-billed Dowitchers were reported with a small flock > of Long-billed Dowitchers at John Martin Reservoir by John Haycroft and > Donna Stumpp. > > --On May 10 one of two Gray-cheeked Thrushes were refound, first reported > by the Phenegers at Tempel Grove on May 6. > > --On May 8 a Mourning Warbler was reported by Glenn Walbek at Tempel Grove. > > --On May 9 a Cape May Warbler was refound by mob, first reported by > Brandon Percival at Tempel Grove on May 6. > > --On May 5 a Hermit Warbler was reported by the Phenegers at Tempel Grove > west of the CR35 bridge. Despite much effort, this bird has not been > refound. > > --On May 4 a male Varied Thrush was reported along the north side of the > parking/equipment area w of CR35 at Tempel Grove by John Malenich. > > > > BOULDER COUNTY: > > --On May 9 a male Baltimore Oriole was at a private residence along Apple > Valley Road, first reported by Sue Riffe on May 8, seen by many. > > --On May 9 a small flock of Bohemian Waxwings, rare along the Front Range > the last few years, was reported by Duwayne Worthington and Andy Angstrom > at Thorne Nature Experience. The birds flew off and should be looked for in > the area. > > --On May 9 a Magnolia Warbler was found by Bryan Guarante at Garden Acres > Park. > > --On May 9 a Northern Cardinal continues at the Linden and 21st Street > stakeout location. > > --On May 8 a Field Sparrow was at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve by Art > Reisman. > > > > BROOMFIELD COUNTY: > > --On May 6 a Field Sparrow was reported in the Big Dry Creek and Willow > Run Open Space in Broomfield by Jason Cole. > > > > CHAFFEE COUNTY: > > --On May 10 a Kentucky Warbler was refound at Sands Lake SWA, first > reported by Jeff Guy on May 8. > > --On May 6 a Prothonotary Warbler was reported from Sands Lake SWA by > Tyler Wilson. > > --On May 5 a Hooded Warbler was reported from Sands Lake SWA by Tyler > Wilson. > > > > CHEYENNE COUNTY: > > --On May 8 a Philadelphia Vireo was reported from Mitchek Ranch (pvt, bird > from the road), site of Golden-crowned Warbler fame, by Donna Stumpp. > > > > DELTA COUNTY: > > --On May 7 a Whimbrel was reported from Fruit Growers Res by Martha > Springer. > > > > DENVER COUNTY: > > --On May 8 a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron first reported by John Breitsch at > First Creek At Green Valley Ranch (Dunkirk and 53rd) on May 6, continues. > > --On May 5 a Sagebrush Sparrow was reported at Westerly Creek Park by > Jason Bidgood. > > —On May 4 a Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at Sand Creek (Havana St > to Westerly Creek). First reported on April 19 by Jake Shorty. There are no > previous eBird records for Denver County. > > > > EAGLE COUNTY: > > --A Baltimore Oriole was reported by Marjorie Westermann at her feeders on > Tenneessee Park. See her eBird report. > > > > EL PASO COUNTY: > > --On May 6 a Field Sparrow was banded at Clear Springs Ranch by Steven > Brown. > > Note: Chico Basin Ranch is closed to the public, except for dues-paying > members of the birding, hunting and fishing clubs. At the request of CBR, > posts about birds seen there have been removed from the CO RBA. > > > > FREMONT COUNTY: > > --On May 9 a MEXICAN WHIP-POOR-WILL was reheard on the Oak Creek Grade > Road (a continuation of 6th Street in Canon City, which going south out of > town becomes 143 Road and is later called Oak Creek Grade), about 6 miles > south of Canon City, first heard on May 6 by Jerry DeBoar Since there will > probably be much interest in this bird, birders are asked to refrain from > tape playing. > > --On May 10 a Blue-winged Warbler between Sell Lake and Raynolds on the > Canon City Riverwalk, continues, first found on May 9 by Jerry DeBoar. > > --On May 9 a male Scarlet Tanager was along the Canon City Riverwalk > between Sell Lake and Raynolds, found by Mark Peterson. > > --On May 9 a male Scarlet Tanager was photographed at a feeder in Lincoln > Park (pvt residence) by SeEtta Moss on May 9. > > > > GUNNISON COUNTY: > > --On May 10 an interesting report of a well-described Common Redpoll came > from Drew Kelly who was hiking/climbing in the Raggeds Wilderness Area of > Daisy Pass on his way to Mineral Point. This is about 7 miles nw of Crested > Butte. > > > > JACKSON COUNTY: > > --On May 9 an Arctic Tern was reported from Walden Res by Steve Mlodinow. > > > > JEFFERSON COUNTY: > > --On May 10 a Hooded Warbler was refound at Tucker Gulch and seen by many, > first found May 9 by Bill Eley. > > --On May 9 a Prothonotary Warbler put Tucker Gulch in Golden even more > prominently on the map, found by Michael Lester. > > --On May 9 a Golden-winged Warbler was refound by many at Tucker Gulch, > first found by Terrance Wells on May 7. > > --On May 7 a Magnolia Warbler was reported from Tucker Gulch by Timo > Mitzen. > > —A male Black-throated Blue Warbler first reported by Michael Lester on > May 2 at Tucker Gulch in Golden (stakeout hotspot) was most recently seen > May 5. > > > > NOTE: Red Rocks Park is closed indefinitely because of the COVID-19 > outbreak. > > > > KIOWA COUNTY: > > --On May 9 a Black-throated Blue Warbler was at Upper Queens Res (west end > of CR C), first found by Brandon Percival on May 7. > > --On May 9 a Worm-eating Warbler was refound by mob, first reported by > Brandon Percival at Upper Queens Res. > > --On May 4 a Hooded Warbler was reported from Upper Queens Res by John > Malenich. > > > > LA PLATA COUNTY: > > --On May 6 a Prothonotary Warbler first reported May 4 from Pastorius Res > by David Dunford was reported as continuing. > > > > LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: > > --On May 7 a Trumpeter Swan was reported at Pinon Lake Res by John > Vanderpoel. > > > > LARIMER COUNTY: > > --On May 10 a Winter Wren was reported from a vegetation tangle in the dry > ditch at the southwest corner of Sheldon Lake at City Park in Fort Collins > (intersection of W. Mountain Ave and Bryan) by E.J. Raynor. > > --On May 10 a Magnolia Warbler was reported by Philip Carnehl from Seven > Lakes Park hotspot in Loveland. > > --On May 10 a Hooded Warbler first reported on May 9 along CR5 between Rd > 82 and Rd 92 by Nick Komar and Caleb Alons was refound. > > --On May 10 a Summer Tanager was found in the northwest corner of the > Environmental Learning Center, first reported by Rob Sparks on May 9. > > --On May 9 a Field Sparrow was at Mariana Buttes NA in Loveland by > Christine Sparks. > > --On May 9 a Bay-breasted Warbler was refound at Morey Wildlife Reserve > near the bridge off Cedar Valley Rd in Loveland, first found May 5 by Nick > Komar. > > --On May 7 a Field Sparrow was at Greyrock Commons in nw Fort Collins by > Doug Schwarz. > > --On May 6 a Piping Plover was reported flying from n side to the nw side > of Cobb Lake (pvt, view from 56Rd) by Josh Bruening. > > --On May 8 a Prothonotary Warbler continues Prospect Ponds NA , first > found by Joshua Keller at the diversion dam on May 5. > > --On May 4 a Prairie Warbler in an off-limits portion of Cottonwood Hollow > NA was heard from across the river to the west in Prospect Ponds NA by > Matthew Webb. > > —On May 4 a Hooded Warbler first reported from just east of Hamilton > Reservoir (40.84861, -105.00980) by Matthew DeSaix was seen by the mob. The > nickname for this small wetland is “The Oasis”. The legality of access to > this area needs clerification. > > > > MESA COUNTY: > > --On May 9 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at Horsethief Canyon SWA near > the kiosk by Carol Ortenzio. > > --On May 5 a white morph Reddish Egret was nicely discerned among other > white wader species at the Redlands Parkway Ponds w of Grand Jct. by Carol > Ortenzio. > > —On May 9 a LUCY’S WARBLER at the hotspot “Gateway Cottonwoods” west of > Gateway (town), first found here on April 26 by Kathleen McGinley, > continues and may be nesting. BIRDERS ARE ASKED NOT TO PLAY TAPES. > > > > MONTEZUMA COUNTY: > > --On May 9 a Common Tern was reported in the west end of McPhee Res by > Glen Dunmire. > > > > OTERO COUNTY: > > --On May 7 the Phenegers report a Vermilion Flycatcher, Blue-winged > Warbler and Summer Tanager from Higbee Valley Road south of LaJunta. > > > > PARK COUNTY: > > --On May 10 a Ruby-throated Hummingbird was reported coming to a private > feeder in Pueblo by Chuck Telotte. See his eBird report. > > > > PROWERS COUNTY: > > --On May 10 a Cape May Warbler was found in Willow Creek Park in Lamar by > Brandon Percival. > > --On May 10 a Pine Warbler was reported as “continuing” at Fairmount > Cemetery in Lamar by Brandon Percival. > > --On May 10 a Mourning Warbler was reported from the Lamar Community > College Woods by Brandon Percival and others. > > --On May 8 a Gray-cheeked Thrush was reported from the Lamar Community > College Woods by the Phenegers. > > > > PUEBLO COUNTY: > > --On May 10 a Ruby-throated Hummingbird was reported coming to a private > feeder in Pueblo by Alanna Fenlon. See her eBird report. > > --On May 10 a Yellow-throated Warbler first reported from RoselawnCemetery > in Pueblo on May 7 by Evan Carlson was refound. > > --On May 7 a Black-throated Blue Warbler was reported from the Rock Creek > area below the Pueblo Res Dam on the north side of the Ark. River by Chris > Knight. > > > > Note: Chico Basin Ranch is closed to the public, except for dues-paying > members of the birding, hunting and fishing clubs. At the request of CBR, > birds seen there have been removed from the CO RBA. > > > > RIO GRANDE COUNTY: > > --On May 7 John Rawinski found a male Scarlet Tanager at Home Lake SWA. > > > > ROUTT COUNTY: > > --On May 9 a pioneering Canyon Towhee was photographed at the Yampa River > Preserve by Noah Brinkman. This has to be one of the northernmost records > of this species in CO. > > --On May 9 a Nashville Warbler was at Yampa River Preserve by Noah > Brinkman. > > > > TELLER COUNTY: > > --On May 9 a Gray Vireo was reported among many Plumbeous Vireos on the > Shelf Road by Scott Schaum. > > --On May 9 Scott Schaum reports a Canyon Towhee on the Shelf Road at > Keyhole Rock. > > > > WELD COUNTY: > > --On May 10 a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was photographed in Frederick > between CR11 and CR13 north of Godding Hollow near the Frederick Skate > Park, which is still under construction (40.118, -104.954) by Kristen Davis. > > > > Crow Valley Campground is closed to all human activity (per USFS District > Office). > > ____________________________________ > > > > PLEASE NOTE: Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Denver Field Ornithologists > and other CO birding clubs have suspended all field trips scheduled for May > and June, including the annual Colorado Field Ornithologists convention in > Pueblo (reset for May 2021). > > > > Dave Leatherman, Fort Collins > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > Black Vulture soaring over Canon City > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/35b148a3999db905?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > "SeEttaM ." <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 10 10:11PM -0600 > > While I was birding the Canon City Riverwalk today I spotted this Black > Vulture soaring high above. I dont what is creating the conditions for all > the many rarities these past couple days (ie did climate change cause the > oceans to rise so much that southern Colorado is now a Gulf Coast state) > but keep bringing it on. > > SeEtta Moss > Canon City > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > Migration Weather Advisory: Monday (May 11) Northern Front Range > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/ea0bf5bc5f1a1a0a?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Bryan Guarente <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 10 09:35PM -0600 > > COBirders, > Tomorrow morning (6am) is one of those times that I hope to be really right > because it looks amazing for bird migration into the Northern Front Range > (from Denver through Fort Collins). The low-level winds are funneling into > the Northern Front Range. Think of the Northern Front Range as the small > end of the funnel. The opening of the funnel (the other end) is from > Houston to Del Rio, TX. Let me show it to you here: > > > https://earth.nullschool.net/#2020/05/11/1200Z/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=-105.10,40.19,3000/loc=-105.000,40.000 > (Boulder > is the green circle) > > Track any single streamline that touches the Northern Front Range to its > "origin" and you will get what I mean. I will also attach a few images as > well to show you the funnel at different times. > > Now, this could mean just that the winds happen to be opened up to > migration at that time only, which would be a bummer. But, lo and behold, > the winds are like this starting tonight around Midnight. > > > https://earth.nullschool.net/#2020/05/11/0600Z/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=-105.10,40.19,3000/loc=-105.000,40.000 > (Boulder > is the green circle) > > I think there are multiple other places along the Front Range that have a > chance of getting migratory turnover (most of Eastern CO) and some areas of > lesser convergence (between Pueblo and Rocky Ford) but the best convergence > is up here in the Northern Front Range and points directly into the > mountains which is really nice for meeting the greatest population > densities. > > If you wonder about whether this is starting to occur or not, you can go > check the radar and see how it looks for migration. An easy way to do that > is with Cornell Lab's birdcast: > > https://birdcast.info/live-migration-maps/ > > This is derived from radar imagery and gives you some clear indication that > this is going to be the case tomorrow morning as the winds are starting to > come into line with what is posted in the midnight link above. > > So, my recommendation, as usual, is to get out birding locally (abiding by > all social distancing and local regulations). Prove me right or wrong. > More datapoints = more clarity. Best of luck with the winds and I wish you > great birding tomorrow! > > Thanks, > Bryan > > Bryan Guarente > Meteorologist/Instructional Designer > UCAR/The COMET Program > Boulder, CO > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > Black-headed Grosbeak in west Centennial, Arapahoe County > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/54aeaf554712800e?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > [email protected] <javascript:>: May 11 03:12AM > > Hello Fellow Birders, > Today a male Black-headed Grosbeak showed up at the feeders in my > little townhouse yard near Holly & Arapahoe in west Centennial. He seemed > to prefer the peanut pieces, also ate some suet. Picture attached. > Keep Smilin',Kevin Corwinwest Centennial, Arapahoe County > Sent from my Remington Rand Typewriter via my Rotary Dial Wall Phone > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > Scissor-tailed flycatcher? > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/ea899f925243ed6c?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Kristen Davis <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 10 09:46AM -0600 > > Hi! > > I saw this bird on a walk near my house in Frederick today. A rare sight, > indeed! > Caleb A <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 10 08:10PM -0700 > > Hello, Kristen, > That is indeed a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher! Amazing find, and good work > getting that IDable photo. Note it's ridiculously long tail, salmon > flanks, > black and white tail (white seen easier in flight), and light blue back. > Happy Mother's Day! > *The birds are happy, and so am I* > *~Caleb Alons, Larimer County* > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > Western tanager, Roxborough Park, DougCo > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/eb77d639a0585e1c?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > John Ealy <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 10 05:12PM -0700 > > This very orange Western tanager has been hanging out with about seven > other tanagers in my yard the past two days. Any thoughts on why so > orange? > It has a yellow rump, as Westerns do, but even the wing bar is part > orange, > part yellow. Head has very little red in it. The bird is extremely > skittish > compared to the others. I don't see any hybrids online that look like it. > > [image: WesternTanager3.jpg] > Apologies for the poor photo. All I have is a Nikon Coolpix, and it ain't > so cool. The pic at least shows the orange/yellow streaking on the breast. > I haven't heard him vocalize, so I don't even have that field mark to go > by. > > John Ealy > Roxborough Park, Douglas County, CO > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > Magnolia Warbler, Blackpoll Warblers, Summer Tanager, and others at Poudre > Ponds (Weld Co.) > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/ec001e6beba3c430?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Jack Bushong <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 10 04:29PM -0700 > > Hi all, > Today around noon my brother and I observed a stunning male Magnolia > Warbler in a flock of Yellow-rumpeds about 20 yards east of N 35th Ave at > Poudre Ponds. Further down the trail (closer to N 25th Ave), there were > two > male Blackpoll Warblers along the river plus a female Summer Tanager. Also > at Poudre Ponds were at least three lingering Cackling Geese and a Caspian > Tern. > > Other interesting birds of note included a small flock of Short-billed > Dowitchers (ID'd by flight call) and three White-rumped Sandpipers at the > Weld CR 59 wetlands. > > Good Birding, > Jack Bushong, > Louisville, CO > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > Summer Tanager Boulder 5/10 > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/feaf46c526d9b5fc?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Luke Pheneger <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 10 04:55PM -0600 > > This early afternoon I found a Summer Tanager along Nimbus Rd near N 41st > street in Boulder County. > > > Luke Pheneger > Longmont > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > El Paso County Black-necked Stilt > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/cc3693de001460c6?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > kickback <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 10 03:26PM -0700 > > There was a Black-necked Stilt at Big Johnson Reservoir this afternoon > (Sunday) that could be easily seen from the west unpaved area (where all > of > the birders seem to be) parking lot in the shallows next to the south > shore. I have only seen this bird in Galveston previously but I guess they > are not that rare for Colorado. > > Happy Mother's Day! > > Bill Kosar > Colorado Springs > El Paso County > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > East campus Boulder > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/11857b6cddbb56f2?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > goldenplover <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 10 02:40PM -0700 > > On 5-10-20I saw a Nashville warbler about 30 yards up the main > trail(heading west) from the small bridge. Happy Mother’s Day! Bill Fink > Longmont > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > Monte Vista Global Big Day Results > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/4e3c7fc980b80962?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > John Rawinski <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 10 12:23PM -0700 > > I spent a full day conducting the Global Big Day in my locality. Weather > was wonderful and very few winds. I ended the day with 100 species. All > within Rio Grande County. > Best birds were: > > 2 Scarlet Tanagers (male and female different locations) > 2 Northern Waterthrushes (2 in different locations. One was at > Shriver-Wright SWA) > 1 Osprey > 1 Peregrine Falcon > 6 Red Crossbills > 1 Gray Catbird > 1 Sora > 2 Virginia Rail > 1 Red-necked Phalarope (MV Refuge) > 1 Bittern > > John Rawinski > Monte Vista, CO > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > Black-chinned Hummingbird - Weld > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/15f2f9636d4251f6?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Joey Angstman <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 10 11:35AM -0700 > > Just had a black-chinned hummer visit my feeder in Greeley. I’ve never had > any hummingbirds in Weld during Spring before, I’m glad I put my feeder up > anyway. > > Joey Angstman > Greeley, CO > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > Norhern Cardinal, Arapahoe County > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/781bec03532e5b09?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Brian Johnson <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 10 09:01AM -0700 > > I'm currently listening to a Nothern Cardinal singing in the Northern > Wildlife area. This is upstream of Reynolds Landing. The bird is somewhere > in the deep foliage across the river from the trail in the North West part > of the trail. For the life of me I can't locate it however. > Good birding > Brian Johnson, Englewood, CO > Brian Johnson <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 10 09:49AM -0700 > > Just to give an update. This is the wildlife area north of Carson Nature > Center. It's a ebird hot spott named Northern Wildlife area. Reynolds > Landing is the closest park. I tried calling it and pssing but no luck. Its > happy apparently on the other side of the river tormenting me. Its appers > to be moving around that area. > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > Tennessee, black-and-white warblers continue at CU East, Boulder > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/81527d605661a276?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Laura Steadman <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 10 10:33AM -0600 > > Good birds continue at CU East Campus / Boulder Creek Path in Boulder. > > *Tennessee Warbler* seen by *many* in a cottonwood at an intersection west > of the scoreboards. > > *Black-and-white warbler* hanging out just to the west of the confluence > and skunk creek ponds area, right along the bike path. > > *Northern waterthrush* and *green-tailed towhee *at the little wood bridge > area near the ponds. > > Lots of bullock’s orioles and western tanagers, too! > > Good birding, > Laura Steadman > Boulder > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > Willets Galore at Union Res - Weld CO > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/981877f8585e9099?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Susan Rosine <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 10 09:16AM -0700 > > Police officers also don't get excited if you tell them there's a > Loggerhead Shrike in a tree, and an owl's nest at the intersection. Just > sayin'. > Susan Rosine > Brighton > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > Cliff Swallows - Delaney Community Farm , Arapahoe County > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/be3a15da317af302?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Ken Wat <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 10 09:02AM -0600 > > 100's of Cliff Swallows at the bridge by the farm. Very awesome to watch > going in and out of the nests there. > > Ken Wat > Aurora, CO > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > Bay-breasted Warbler > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/80c4cfb8ad3c74e7?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Robin Allison <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 09 09:28PM -0600 > > Robin Allison Jasper > Sent from my iPad > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > Leucistic Yellow-headed Blackbird - Boulder County > <http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/b44f005107f91712?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Ted Floyd <[email protected] <javascript:>>: May 09 08:59PM -0700 > > Not all whitish blackbirds are leucistic! Here's an odd one, a common > grackle, I found this sunny Sat. morning, May 9, at Greenlee Preserve, > Boulder County: > > [image: CoGr.JPG] > > I think it spent the night at the base of a Great Blue Heron rookery... > > Ted Floyd > Lafayette, Boulder County > > On Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 1:40:48 PM UTC-6, Megan Jones Patterson wrote: > Back to top > <#[email protected]_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. You can change your settings on the group membership page > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/cobirds/join> > . > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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