[cobirds] RMBO Chatfield Banding Station

[Meredith McBurney]

Hi CoBirders,

Today was opening day at the Chatfield Banding Station and we had a pretty 
typical late April day.  We caught 9 birds in the banding station nets, 8 new, 
plus a return Song Sparrow that was banded in 2007 and has been a regular 
visitor ever since.  We are trying to get a handle on the Nature Center/feeder 
birds, so we caught some birds there as well - 11 White-crowned Sparrows, a 
return Downy from last year and a White-breasted Nuthatch banded in 2007.  
(Both the Downy and the Nuthatch were originally banded in a station net, not 
at the feeder area.)

So, here are the totals:

Downy Woodpecker 1 return, banded 2010
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 return, banded 2007
Hermit Thrush 1
Virginia's Warbler 1
Myrtle Warbler 4
Spotted Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 1 new, 1 return, banded 2007 (probable pair; caught in same net; 
male in breeding condition)
Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow 11

We will be open every day except May 20-21, weather permitting, through 
Memorial Day.  Look forward to seeing many of you!

Meredith McBurney
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Chatfield Banding Station

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[cobirds] Owls at CBR

[Steven Brown]

Hi COBIrders,

During a successful first day today of RMBO banding at Chico Basin Ranch, Bill 
Maynard found a Long-eared Owl in the Russian Olives at the west end banding 
station grove.  We re-found it about 130 pm, along with 2 Barn Owls in the same 
area. 

34 banded birds today!  Many Audubon's and Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warblers, an 
Orange-crowned Warbler, several Ruby-crowned Kinglets, also 2 Am. Robins and 1 
Dark-eyed Junco banded in previous seasons - dates to be determined.

Good birding,
Steve Brown
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Easter Birding (4/24), El Paso County (Caspian Tern)

[Kara Carragher]

Hello CObirders,
 
Easter Sunday was a very birdy day!  My husband Dan and I ran into many birders 
(Bill Maynard, Dan Maynard, John Maynard, and Mark Peterson) while birding El 
Paso County.  The main highlight was a Caspian Tern that flew over Big Johnson 
Reservoir and flew away (this is probably the same bird found first by Bill 
Maynard on Saturday 4/23 at Prospect Lake, Colorado Springs).  The tern 
was seen later in the afternoon again at Prospect Lake by Bill Maynard.  This 
bird did not stay long at each location...a few minutes at most.  
  
Here is the quick Easter (4/24) summary for all the birds observed by myself 
and others, sorry for the tardiness of the post.  Hopefully I did not forget 
anything.    
 
Big Johnson Reservoir

- Caspian Tern- lots of grebes (5 species), dabbling ducks, and mergansers, etc.
- Common Loon
- White-faced Ibis
- American Avocet
- Marbled Godwit
- Wilson's Phalarope
- Willet (over 50)
- Bonaparte's Gull
- Franklin's Gull 
- Baird's Sandpiper 
- American White Pelican (2 large flocks flew over, but never landed)
- Snowy Egret 
- Great Egret 
- Bald Eagle
- Swallows (lots!!!)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (~200 feeding in the farmer's fields below the dam)
 
Private Pond in Fountain/Widefield
- American Avocet
- Black-necked Stilt
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Least Sandpiper
- Baird's Sandpiper
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Stilt Sandpiper
 
Prospect Lake

- Caspian Tern
- Wilson's Phalarope
- Forster's Tern
- Osprey
 
Good birding,
 
Kara Carragher
Colorado Springs, CO
 
 

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[cobirds] Owls Boulder

[Howie]

Spotted the Burrowing owl pair just north west of Boulder Reservoir
and in the same area, a pair of Great Horned Owls.  Also an American
Bittern in wetland areas just to the west of 51st.

Howard Witkin Boulder Colo

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[cobirds] Continuing birds at Cherry Creek SP this afternoon

[Cheryl Teuton]

Not as great of numbers, but continuing variety of shorebirds this afternoon
at Cherry Creek.  At the observation deck area off of the prairie loop,
there were still Semipalmated Plovers, Western and Semipalmated sandpipers,
a Sanderling, a large number of Wilson's phalaropes, Avocets, Willets,
Marbled Godwits, both yellowlegs, and Long-billed Dowitchers.  The Caspian
tern was on the spit at the marina at about 6PM, keeping company with
gulls, Pelicans, Double crested corms and the ongoing Neotropical Corm, but
when we were leaving at about 7PM, a last look in the Southeast corner
showed that the tern had popped up with the gathering gulls there.  Thanks
to Glenn and Loch for reporting this embarrassment of migration riches!

Cheryl Teuton

Aurora

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[cobirds] Dunlin, Spring Park resr, Eagle Cty

[Dick Filby]

 

Hi all

 

Monday afternoon visit to a rainy/snowy Spring Park resr, El Jebel
produced..

 

Star bird: breeding plumaged DUNLIN

Also ran:  a Peregrine stooping at unseen prey.  Result?  unknown

 

. Western and Eared Grebes - many

. Horned Grebe 2

Many ducks including Buffleheads, Common Goldeneye, Redheads, but no
mergansers, and no Blue-winged teal yet

. Barrow's Goldeneye - still at least 35

Other shorebirds, gulls and more!

. Western Sandpiper 13

. Wilson's Phalarope 2

. Wilson's Snipe 1 displaying

. Willet 2

. Marbled Godwit 1

. Greater Yellowlegs 2

. Lesser Yellowlegs 18

. Dowitcher spp 1

. Killdeer 2+

. Bonaparte's Gull 2

. Franklin's Gull 7

. Ring-billed Gull 3

. Tree Swallows 100's

 

Nearby at Blue Lake, El Jebel

 

. Western Grebe 6

. Eared Grebe 2

. Ruddy Duck 3

. Canada Goose 8

. Northern Shoveler 7

. Ring-necked Duck 3

. Mallard 2

 

Nearby.. Ospreys building a new nest because they cannot "turf out" the
Canada Geese (same as per JB earlier), local FOS Vesper Sparrow, 

 

Good birding all

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale, Garfield Cty

 

 

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[cobirds] myriad of birds at Walden Ponds, Boulder County

[fiddlenurs]

Peggy Wait and I birded through the Walden Ponds area and had a great time. No 
rarities but lots of great birds!
White Pelicans-about 100 in feeding frenzies
White faced ibis-30
Yellow headed blackbirds
Red headed blackbirds-scads
Peregrine-male
Osprey-on nesting platform
Golden eagle
Red tailed hawk
yellow rumped warblers, Myrtle and Audobon-hoards
chestnut sided warbler---ok, I swear I saw a pair but didn't get great look
American goldfinches
flickers-wonderful courtship behaviors and "dances"
cinnamon teal
green winged teal
shovelers
scaup (common? greater?)
canada geese
mallards
gadwalls
pied billed grebe-wonderful courtship calls
heard marsh wrens and bitterns
robins
grackles
starlings

anyway, I'm sure I've missed some but it was just such a great time, thought I 
would share. 
thanks, Deb Carstensen, Littleton




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[cobirds] Bonaparte's Gull in Boulder County

[Donna Nespoli]

Watched two Bonaparte's Gulls fishing at Lake McIntosh in Longmont
yesterday, April 24th. They were there all day, one adult and one 1st
year. Photos are on Boulder Audubon's Facebook page. Other birds of
note: Audubon and Myrtle Warbler, flock of Franklin's Gull, Clarke's
and Western Grebe dancing, juvenile Golden Eagle, adult Bald, Spotted
Sandpiper, Leucistic Eurasian Collared Dove, Blue-Winged Teals, lot's
of pelicans and a Canada Goose rumble.

Donna Nespoli
Longmont, Colorado

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Re: [cobirds] Yellow-throated Warbler, Boulder

[migrant44]

Refound, 11:00, this time north of the volleyball net where it was 
first reported.  I had spent almost three hours searching for the bird 
Saturday (right after it was refound by Waltman, Kaempfer, and 
apparently most of the rest the of Boulder County birder population) 
without success.  I must admit that I had developed a fairly intense 
case of bitterness and resentment toward the bird.  So, this morning, 
armed with good binoculars and a bad attitude, I set off track down the 
uncooperative little @#$%!.  Fortunately, I was not otherwised armed, 
or we both might have been in trouble (the bird and I, that is!).  I 
immediately encountered Alec Brown on the trail, who in turn spotted 
the bird and pointed it out to me.  Took about five minutes.  So to 
date, it's Norm 1, warbler 1.  Better than the Nuggets, anyway.  There 
was also a nice red-naped sapsucker working the trees around the area 
where David reported the warbler earlier.


A walk a mile to the west (Warbler Woods) produced surprisingly little, 
except one very cooperative and handsome (beautiful? Not sure of the 
sex) Cooper's hawk.


A quick stop at Mesa Trailhead wasn't much better- a couple of 
butterbutts and a FOY ruby-crowned kinglet.  Doudey Draw was really 
dead- the thicket on the west side of the trail and the two migrant 
traps had nothing at all.


Norm Lewis
avenged against the warbler!


-Original Message-
From: David Waltman 
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Sent: Mon, Apr 25, 2011 9:58 am
Subject: [cobirds] Yellow-throated Warbler, Boulder

Refound 9 a.m. 25 April.  Boulder Creek@ Skunk Creek path, same as 
before.

Also, Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
David Waltman
Boulder

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[cobirds] central weld county

[j.d. birchmeier]

In pursuit of shorebirds and after checking a few local places in Boulder 
County 
(nuttin...)  I wended northwards.

Lower Latham:   irrigation on and water flowing, the marsh is filling up and 
the 
mudflats are ready, but only a half dozen short-billed dowitchers (looking good 
in the fresh feathers), a single willet, and then a flock of 20 or so Least 
Sandpipers flew in, doing that "Every body turn left.NOW" thingie.

Crow Valley: White-Crowned Sparrows, Yellow Rumped Warblers (Myrtle's this 
time) 
and a ton of Robins and A Goldfinches.

West on Hwy 14, about one Lincoln's Sparrow every 20 feet until I hit the burn 
area.

J.D.Birchmeier (Birch)
Longmont

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[cobirds] Boulder Co. Chestnut-collared Longspur is re-findable

[Christian Nunes]

Hi Birders,
 
I reported a CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR near Mesa Reservoir last week. That 
observation was of a bird flying over, and I had little hope that it was 
actually sticking around. But today I was in the same general vicinity and I 
flushed a/the CCLO from the side of the two-track that goes west from the end 
of Kelso Drive. From 51st St., turn W onto Kelso Dr and go all the way down to 
the Open Space gate. From here walk about 1/2 mile west. The two-track goes 
down a little dip, then up onto a flat plateau where the road straightens out. 
The bird was around here. There's a social/cattle trail that goes off to the 
north, and that might be worth walking. Otherwise just walk along the two-track 
and cross your fingers. Being familiar with CCLO flight calls will help (a 
liquid piddy-dip, not a rattle like the others). There's a Burrowing Owl 
closure out at the end of the two-track, so please respect that. Go ahead and 
look for owls, but I haven't seen any there, yet. A few SAGE THRASHERS and 
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES are around. 

Cheers,

Christian Nunes
pajaro...@hotmail.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/christian_nunes/


  

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[cobirds] Boyd Lake - Larimer County

[warru]

We birded today, Monday, at Boyd Lake and saw many migra nts arriving. 

Western Grebe  5 

Gadwall   6 

Greter Yellowlegs  1 

LesserYellowlegs  4 

Loggerhead Shrike  1 

Killdeer  1 

Western Kingbird  3 

Says Phoebe  3 

Mourning Dove 7 

Common Grackles  9 

Song Sparrows  4 

Many Robins, Meadowlarks and Coots. 



Warner and Ruth Reeser - Loveland 

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[cobirds] Colorado RBA for Monday, April 25, 2011

[Ira Sanders]

 

 

Date:   April 25, 2011

e-mail:   r  b...@cfo-link.org 

phone:  303-659-8750 

 

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, April 25, 2011, updated at 
2:00 PM, 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 the 
species in this report) 

Great Egret (Lake, Montrose)

RED-THROATED LOON (Arapahoe)

NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Arapahoe) 

Glossy Ibis (La Plata)

Little Blue Heron (*Adams)

Broad-winged Hawk (Jefferson, Boulder, *Larimer) 

HUDSONIAN GODWIT (Kiowa, Otero, *Boulder)

Short-billed Dowitcher (LaPlata)   

BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE (*Weld, Logan) 

ACORN WOODPECKER (*LaPlata)

VERMILLION FLYCATCHER (Montrose)

Gray Flycatcher (*Boulder)

Yellow-throated Vireo (*Boulder)

SEDGE WREN (Boulder)

Curve-billed Thrasher (Jefferson) 

LUCY'S  WARBLER (Montezuma)

YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (*Boulder)

PALM WARBLER (Boulder)

LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (Bent)

EASTERN TOWHEE (Broomfield)

BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW (*Mesa) 

BLACK-THROATED SPARROW (*Boulder)

BAIRD'S SPARROW (Yuma)

White-throated Sparrow (Jefferson) 

Harris's Sparrow (El Paso, Jefferson, Huerfano, *Boulder) 

GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (Jefferson) 

Summer Tanager (Yuma)

Scott's Oriole (*Montezuma)

 

Adams County: 

--Gilbert reports a Little Blue Heron at the ponds 4 blocks west of 64th and 
Pecos on April 16.

 

Arapahoe County: 

--A juv NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported by Asteriades at the marina at Cherry 
Creek State Park on April 8.  It is associating with Double-crested Cormorants. 
 It has been seen daily through the 21st.

--Teuton reported an alternate plumaged RED-THROATED LOON near the Marina on 
April 19. 

--Walbek reports a Caspian Tern at Cherry Creek State Park on April 25.  It was 
in the east cove.  He and Kilpatrick report 15 species of shorebirds.

 

Bent County: 

--A LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was reported April 20 by Nelson from Tempel Grove.  
To get there, study a map & travel on Highway 287 to Bent County road A (not 
signed).  This is south of the Great Plains Reservoirs (NeeGrande, etc). Road A 
goes west just before the sign for Prowers County. Go west on A and then south 
on the first road. You will then be in Bent County. The mature trees at Tempel 
Grove will loom up in front of you. The bird was still there on 4/21, but very 
shy. The bird stuck around even after most of its favored feeding sites were 
flooded by a sudden, large influx of water into the canal. The Tempel Ranch 
property is off limits, but you may walk  on the path along the canal. As 
always, please do not disturb this very rare warbler. Photographs confirmed the 
ID as Louisiana Waterthrush and will be submitted to the Colorado Bird Record 
Committee of the CFO. Tempel Grove is a stop on the Colorado Birding Trail.

 

Boulder County:

--A  Yellow-throated Vireo was reported by Alex Brown on 4/21 from near the 
intersection of the Boulder Creek Trail and the Skunk Creek Trail, which site 
is just west of where Arapahoe crosses Boulder Creek. Later in the day Kaempfer 
found it a little south of there. It is best found by looking through a flock 
of warblers in that general area.

-- A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was found by Gent, & reported by Schmoker on April 
22 & seen again on the 23rd.  It was above the Boulder Creek Path near the 
Yellow-throated Vireo site. It was by a small pond NE of a three-storied, 
volleyball-netted building on the CU East Campus.

--Wild reports a Blackburnian Warbler in the same area on April 24.

--On 4/21 Floyd reported a PALM WARBLER at the Greenlee Preserve. "The bird was 
in that strip of dense vegetation that runs 

between the south side of Greenlee Reservoir and the north side of Waneka 
Lake." 

--On 4/21 Nunes reported a calling SEDGE WREN "in the extensive cattail marsh 
just south of the Eagle Trailhead on 51st St, about 1/8th mile north of the 
south entrance to Boulder Reservoir." 

 The bird is reported as calling (rarely) and visible (not so much).

-- On 4/24 Alan Bell reported a Hudsonian Godwit from the NW corner of Boulder 
Reservoir. It had an aberrant light crown.

--On 4/22 and 4/23 several Broad-winged Hawks were seen in Boulder County by 
various observers. 

--On 4/23 Nunes reports a calling and tail-dipping Gray Flycatcher in the CU 
Open Space south of Table Mesa. Here's the precise location: 
http://tinyurl.com/3wk47rd

--On 4/24 Ruprecht reports a Harris's Sparrow at the Singletree trailhead at 
the corner of S 3rd Ave and W Thomas St in Original Superior.  (Turn S off of 
Coal Creek Dr onto 2nd Ave, then W on Thomas).

--On 4/24 Gent found an adult BLACK-THROATED SPARROW at the

[cobirds] Cherry Creek Park

[loch kilpatrick]

Hello All
To all more to Glenn's report. Here is some numbers.

WILLET'S    56+   More than I seen in one area in a long time
AVOCET'S   82+
Semipalmated Plover  4-6
Black-necked Stilt    3
Greater Yellowlegs  32+
Lesser Yellowlegs   28+
Solitary Sandpiper   1
Marbled Godwit  8
Semipalmated Sandpiper    4
Western Sandpiper 3+
Least Sandpiper    12+
Baird's Sandpiper   2
Long-billed Dowitcher  9
Wilson's Snipe    1
Wilson's Phalarope    1
Bonaparte's Gull    5
Franklin's Gull  76+
Caspian Tern 1
Forster's Tern  1+
Tree Swallow, 12 +
Violet-green Swallow, 14+
Northern Rough-winged Swallow,34+
Bank Swallow,8+
Cliff Swallow,88+
Barn Swallow121+
American Pipit   3
Yellow-rumped Warbler   45+ BOTH SPECIES
Black-crowned Night-Heron   12
Many Sparrows moving through.
Lots of Western grebes, a few Clarks and 100s of ducks.
A great morning of birding.Good Birding
Loch Kilpatrick Parker Co
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[cobirds] Dark phase Swainson's Hawk

[elena]

A dark phase Swainson's Hawk just flew by the Adams County Justice Center at 
noon today.  Luckily the interpreters' office is on the 6th floor- just west of 
Barr Lake State Park.  

Sent from my iPhone
Elena Holly Klaver 
Ometeotl

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[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (24 Apr 2011) 24 Raptors

[reports]

Dinosaur Ridge
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 24, 2011
---

SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total   Season Total
-- --- -- --
Black Vulture0  0  0
Turkey Vulture   7101108
Osprey   2 24 25
Bald Eagle   0  5 38
Northern Harrier 0  9 12
Sharp-shinned Hawk   4 31 43
Cooper's Hawk4 68 81
Northern Goshawk 0  2  3
Red-shouldered Hawk  0  0  0
Broad-winged Hawk0 21 21
Red-tailed Hawk  0126286
Rough-legged Hawk0  0  2
Swainson's Hawk  0  5  5
Ferruginous Hawk 0  1 11
Golden Eagle 0  2 14
American Kestrel 1152184
Merlin   0  5  6
Peregrine Falcon 1  3  3
Prairie Falcon   1  9 18
Mississippi Kite 0  0  0
Unknown Accipiter1 22 22
Unknown Buteo0 11 25
Unknown Falcon   3 19 21
Unknown Eagle0  1  1
Unknown Raptor   0 10 13

Total:  24627942
--

Observation start time: 07:00:00 
Observation end   time: 14:00:00 
Total observation time: 7 hours

Official Counter:Joyce Commercon

Observers:Bill Wuerthele, Cyndy Johnson, Cynthia Madsen,
  Francis Commercon

Visitors:
We had several hikers who passed through. One gentleman was curious about a
couple of large dark birds he had seen near the ridge.  Per his
description, the birds were likely Turkey Vultures.


Weather:
Sky was 100% overcast all day. Day started out hazy; tops of Green Mt and
Mt Morrison were obscured.  Visibility improved throughout the day,
especially to the East. Heavy clouds West of Mt. Morrison and Westridge all
day, although we could finally see Mt Morrison Towers by noon. Temperature
was 1.5 °C but rose to 6 °C by afternoon.  A snow shower hit us around
12:30 pm. The wind was light and from the north and northeast.

Raptor Observations:
At 11:55 am MST, we had a beautiful Adult Broad-winged Hawk fly directly
over the ridge, (height of flight 1), but it was heading SOUTH, so we did
not count it as a migrant.  We did not see it again. We also saw a
Red-tail, a Sharp-shinned Hawk and a Golden Eagle that were determined to
be locals by behavior. Seven local Turkey Vultures rose south along the
ridge in a kettle near 1:00 pm and headed west behind Mt. Morrison

Non-raptor Observations:
We saw several Western Bluebirds, three Northern Flickers, the local Rock
Wren, an American Robin, Common Ravens, Black-capped and Mountain
Chickadees and a Townsend's Solitaire. We heard Spotted Towhees and Western
Meadowlarks on both sides of the ridge. Early in the morning, six Rock
Pigeons were seen heading north and a few hours later six Mourning Doves
were also seen flying north. Mule deer were seen on the West side of the
ridge below us. A group of Elk were spotted on the West side of the ridge
up the valley somewhat East of Cabrini Shrine.

Report submitted by Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (jeff.bi...@rmbo.org)
Dinosaur Ridge information may be found at:
http://www.rmbo.org/


Site Description:
Dinosaur Ridge is the only regularly staffed hawkwatch in Colorado and is
the best place in the world to see migrating Ferruginous Hawks. Dinosaur
Ridge may be the best place in the country to see the rare dark morph of
the Broad-winged Hawk (a few are seen each spring). Hawkwatchers who linger
long enough may see resident Golden Eagles, Red-tailed Hawks and Prairie
Falcons, in addition to migrating Swainson's, Cooper's and Sharp-shinned
Hawks, American Kestrels and Turkey Vultures. Peregrine Falcons and
Ferruginous Hawks are uncommon; Northern Goshawk is rare but regular.
Non-raptor species include Rock Wren, and sometimes Bushtit, Western
Bluebird, Sandhill Crane, White-throated Swift, American White Pelican or
Dusky Grouse. Birders are always welcome. 
The hawkwatch is generally staffed by volunteers from the Rocky Mountain
Bird Observatory from about 9 AM to around 4 PM from the first week of
March to the first week of May

[cobirds] Caspian Tern, Cherry Creek State Park

[Glenn Walbek]

This morning Bob Brown and I got word of a possible Caspian Tern at the east 
end of Cherry Creek.  A few minutes later, the Caspian Tern landed on the 
sandbar in the east cove.  In addition to the tern, 15 species of shorebirds 
were seen between yesterday and today.  The park is very birdy!

Glenn Walbek
Castle Rock, CO
http://www.pbase.com/gwalbek/2011_birds

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[cobirds] RE: CORRECTION - Manitou Lake - Teller Co - 4 new FOS and 1 new location bird

[Jeff J Jones]

After getting home and downloading the pics, the western sandpiper legs no
longer looked as black as I had remembered and there was no indication of
webbing between the toes on a couple pics that happen to capture the feet in
fair detail. I asked a few folks to review and the answer seems to be least
sandpiper instead. Those legs sure looked black at 7am this morning. Good
thing I took pictures. It is still a first for me at Manitou Lake.

 

Pictures:

http://www.sendpix.com/albums/11042517/1700250001474ade8f1dc7cf25346ced0
41b9065f3/ 

 

Jeff J Jones

(  jjo...@jonestc.com)

Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands

 

From: Jeff J Jones [mailto:jjo...@jonestc.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 10:02 AM
To: 'CObirds List'
Subject: Manitou Lake - Teller Co - 4 new FOS and 1 new location bird

 

Cold, overcast and snow/sleet/ice overnight. Still sort of that way this
morning at 7am.

 

New bird for me for Manitou Lake was Western Sandpiper. Got good pics. The
lesser yellowlegs was still there. But no solitary sandpiper.  Spotted
Sandpipers seem a bit late; haven't seen my first yet at the lake.

 

3 FOS are: Canvasback, Eurasian Collared-Dove, and Savannah Sparrow. 39
species in all.

 

White-faced Ibis (~4) continue in the marsh and around the lake. Holding out
hopes for a first breeding record. Seems to be the same group there for a
while now. Unusual.

 

Up to 142 species for the lake lifetime (~23 years) and 62 so far this year.
I really haven't birded the surrounding woodlands or stream yet as they are
more productive starting in mid-May.

 

Jeff J Jones

(  jjo...@jonestc.com)

Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands

 

FIRST SIGHTINGS: World: 0, Location: 1, Annual: 4, World Annual: 2

Species: 39 - Subspecies: 2 - Forms: 40

Total Records: 40

 

DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS - 8

Canada GooseBranta canadensis

Gadwall Anas strepera

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos   

Blue-winged TealAnas discors 

Cinnamon Teal   Anas cyanoptera  

Green-winged Teal   Anas crecca  

Canvasback  Aythya valisineria   

Common MerganserMergus merganser 

 

GREBES - 1

Pied-billed Grebe   Podilymbus podiceps  

 

HERONS, BITTERNS - 1

Great Blue HeronArdea herodias   

 

IBISES, SPOONBILLS - 1

White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi   

 

RAILS, CRAKES & COOTS - 1

American Coot   Fulica americana 

 

PLOVERS - 1

KilldeerCharadrius vociferus 

 

SANDPIPERS, SNIPES - 3

Lesser Yellowlegs   Tringa flavipes  

Western Sandpiper   Calidris mauri   

Wilson's Snipe  Gallinago delicata   

 

PIGEONS, DOVES - 2

Eurasian Collared-Dove  Streptopelia decaocto

Mourning Dove   Zenaida macroura 

 

KINGFISHERS - 1

Belted Kingfisher   Megaceryle alcyon

 

WOODPECKERS - 2

Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis 

Northern FlickerColaptes auratus 

 

CROWS, JAYS - 3

Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia

American Crow   Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common RavenCorvus corax 

 

SWALLOWS, MARTINS - 3

Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor  

Northern Rough-winged Swallow   Stelgidopteryx serripennis   

Barn SwallowHirundo rustica  

 

TITS, CHICKADEES - 1

Black-capped Chickadee  Poecile atricapillus 

 

NUTHATCHES - 1

Pygmy Nuthatch  Sitta pygmaea

 

DIPPERS - 1

American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus

 

GOLDCRESTS, KINGLETS - 1

Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula

 

THRUSHES - 2

Western BluebirdSialia mexicana  

American Robin  Turdus migratorius   

 

STARLINGS - 1

European Starling   Sturnus vulgaris 

 

NEW WORLD WARBLERS - 2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) coronata Dendroica coronata coronata  

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) auduboni  Dendroica coronata auduboni  

 

BUNTINGS, NEW WO

[cobirds] Jeff Gordon to speak at DFO tonight

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, Birders.

Just a quick reminder that tonight's speaker at the monthly Denver Field 
Ornithologists (DFO) meeting will be Jeff Gordon, President of the ABA. Jeff is 
a fantastic speaker, and his presentations are a wonderful combination of 
hilarious and educational. You'll have a great time tonight, and you'll learn 
more about birds in the process. 

The DFO meeting will be in the Ricketson Auditorium of the Denver Museum of 
Nature & Science. Free parking on the north side of the museum; enter from the 
west side of the building. Arrive between 7pm and 7:30 for socializing, etc. 
Again, the presentation is TONIGHT, Monday, April 25th.
 
Get more details here:

http://www.dfobirders.org/

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Editor, Birding
 
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Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/2wkvwxs
 
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[cobirds] Manitou Lake - Teller Co - 4 new FOS and 1 new location bird

[Jeff J Jones]

Cold, overcast and snow/sleet/ice overnight. Still sort of that way this
morning at 7am.

 

New bird for me for Manitou Lake was Western Sandpiper. Got good pics. The
lesser yellowlegs was still there. But no solitary sandpiper.  Spotted
Sandpipers seem a bit late; haven't seen my first yet at the lake.

 

3 FOS are: Canvasback, Eurasian Collared-Dove, and Savannah Sparrow. 39
species in all.

 

White-faced Ibis (~4) continue in the marsh and around the lake. Holding out
hopes for a first breeding record. Seems to be the same group there for a
while now. Unusual.

 

Up to 142 species for the lake lifetime (~23 years) and 62 so far this year.
I really haven't birded the surrounding woodlands or stream yet as they are
more productive starting in mid-May.

 

Jeff J Jones

(  jjo...@jonestc.com)

Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands

 

FIRST SIGHTINGS: World: 0, Location: 1, Annual: 4, World Annual: 2

Species: 39 - Subspecies: 2 - Forms: 40

Total Records: 40

 

DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS - 8

Canada GooseBranta canadensis

Gadwall Anas strepera

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos   

Blue-winged TealAnas discors 

Cinnamon Teal   Anas cyanoptera  

Green-winged Teal   Anas crecca  

Canvasback  Aythya valisineria   

Common MerganserMergus merganser 

 

GREBES - 1

Pied-billed Grebe   Podilymbus podiceps  

 

HERONS, BITTERNS - 1

Great Blue HeronArdea herodias   

 

IBISES, SPOONBILLS - 1

White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi   

 

RAILS, CRAKES & COOTS - 1

American Coot   Fulica americana 

 

PLOVERS - 1

KilldeerCharadrius vociferus 

 

SANDPIPERS, SNIPES - 3

Lesser Yellowlegs   Tringa flavipes  

Western Sandpiper   Calidris mauri   

Wilson's Snipe  Gallinago delicata   

 

PIGEONS, DOVES - 2

Eurasian Collared-Dove  Streptopelia decaocto

Mourning Dove   Zenaida macroura 

 

KINGFISHERS - 1

Belted Kingfisher   Megaceryle alcyon

 

WOODPECKERS - 2

Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis 

Northern FlickerColaptes auratus 

 

CROWS, JAYS - 3

Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia

American Crow   Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common RavenCorvus corax 

 

SWALLOWS, MARTINS - 3

Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor  

Northern Rough-winged Swallow   Stelgidopteryx serripennis   

Barn SwallowHirundo rustica  

 

TITS, CHICKADEES - 1

Black-capped Chickadee  Poecile atricapillus 

 

NUTHATCHES - 1

Pygmy Nuthatch  Sitta pygmaea

 

DIPPERS - 1

American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus

 

GOLDCRESTS, KINGLETS - 1

Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula

 

THRUSHES - 2

Western BluebirdSialia mexicana  

American Robin  Turdus migratorius   

 

STARLINGS - 1

European Starling   Sturnus vulgaris 

 

NEW WORLD WARBLERS - 2

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) coronata Dendroica coronata coronata  

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) auduboni  Dendroica coronata auduboni  

 

BUNTINGS, NEW WORLD SPARROWS & ALLIES - 3

Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis

Song SparrowMelospiza melodia

White-crowned Sparrow   Zonotrichia leucophrys   

 

OROPENDOLAS, ORIOLES & BLACKBIRDS - 1

Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus  

 

Birder's Diary - www.BirdersDiary.com - 4/25/2011

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[cobirds] Yellow-throated Warbler, Boulder

[David Waltman]

Refound 9 a.m. 25 April.  Boulder Creek@ Skunk Creek path, same as before.  
Also, Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
David Waltman
Boulder

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[cobirds] Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lake County spring migrants

[Tim Kalbach]

Lake County 4-24-2011.  More spring snows & more interesting high
elevation birds!  I finally got down to check Twin Lakes late Sunday
and found the following:

15 Great Blue Herons (unprecedented high count), a pair of Hooded
Mergansers (very uncommon here); 175+ Franklin’s Gulls, 5 Ring-billed
Gulls, 4 Long-billed Dowitchers, 2 Semipalmated Plovers, 2 Least
Sandpipers, and a shifting, splitting, re-combining flock of peeps
including about 30 birds, most of which were Semipalmated Sandpipers
with a couple standout Western Sandpipers.  I suspect Semi Sands are
rather infrequent here in the central Rockies.  I’m familiar with all
the peeps and had good direct comparison with Western and Least.  Size
and shape alone ruled out Baird’s or White-rumped.

Crystal Lakes also had 43 Ring-billed Gulls, more than I’ve seen
previously.  Weekend total of 86 species is the best I’ve done in
April here, despite almost constant snow and only a few hours spent
birding.

Tim Kalbach
Leadville, CO

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[cobirds] Photo Link for Black-legged Kittiwake

[Mary & Dave]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mloving/5652272188/in/photostream/



This link should work, sorry about the other one.  Must be an iPhone issue.

Thanks,

Mary Driscoll
Unincorporated Arapahoe Co.


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[cobirds] Black-legged Kittiwake Flickr: Your Photostream

[Mary Driscoll]

This link should work.  Sorry about the other one, must be an iPhone issue.

Thanks,

Mary Driscoll
Unincorporated Arapahoe Co.



http://www.flickr.com/photos/mloving/

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[cobirds] Huerfano County - Saturday 23 Apr 2011

[Yeti Man]

On Saturday 4-23-11, we traveled down to Walsenburg to visit my wife's
parents.  They live approx. 6 miles west of Walsenburg on Highway 160,
in the Navajo Ranch subdivision.  They have five feeders spread out
around the house.
A very busy day at the feeders!

Bluebird, Western
Bushtit
Dove, Eurasian collared
Dove, Mourning
Finch, Cassin's
Finch, House
Goldfinch
Grackle, Common
Grosbeak, Evening - first sightings for my daughter and wife!
Heron, Great blue - fly over on it's way to Lathrop State park.
Junco, Dark eyed
Magpie
Nuthatch, White breasted
Sisken, Pine
Sparrow, Chipping
Sparrow, House
Sparrow, White crowned
Titmouse, Juniper
Vulture, Turkey

Didn't get a chance to go to Lathrop, but if we did, we probably would
have seen all the birds shown in Polly Neldner's cobird entry on
4-23-11.

Aaron Driscoll
Colorado Springs

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