[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: August 22, 2012 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 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 this species in this report) LEAST BITTERN (Fremont) Little Blue Heron (Adams) Green Heron (Boulder, El Paso) YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Logan) Snowy Plover (*Alamosa) BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (*Morgan) Short-billed Dowitcher (Boulder, Morgan, Washington) RED PHALAROPE (*Ouray) LAUGHING GULL (Adams, Sedgwick) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Washington) ACORN WOODPECKER (Pueblo) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder) EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (Sedgwick) Great Crested Flycatcher (Pueblo) Nashville Warbler (*Adams) Northern Waterthrush (*Alamosa, Boulder, San Miguel) Hooded Warbler (Pueblo) Indigo Bunting (Teller) Adams County: --A Little Blue Heron in transitional phase plumages was reported by Canter at Lowell Ponds on July 19. It was along the shore and on the island of Heron Lake. Lowell Ponds is at 56th and Lowell. On August 13, Gilbert reported that the Little Blue Heron was along the shore of the island in Heron Lake. On August 16 Mlodinow reported the Little Blue Heron was along the shore of Heron Lake. --An adult LAUGHING GULL in alternate plumage was reported by Mlodinow at Barr Lake near the dam on August 16. --A Nashville Warbler was banded by McBurney at the Barr Lake Banding Station on August 20. Alamosa County: --At Blanca Wetlands on August 17, Neldner reported Northern Waterthrush at area 92, 2 Snowy Plovers at area 46 and 3 Snowy Plovers at area 115. You will need a scope to see the Snowy Plovers. Boulder County: --A Green Heron and Northern Waterthrush were reported by Floyd at Walden Ponds on August 11. --An ad Short-billed Dowitcher was reported by Floyd at Panama Reservoir on August 12. --A pair of American Three-toed Woodpeckers was reported by Mlodinow at Settler Park on August 16. Take the Red Rocks trail to the Anemone Trail and follow Anemone Trail. El Paso County: --3 Green Herons were reported by CiCi Lee at Fountain Creek Regional Park on August 18. Fremont County: --A LEAST BITTERN was flushed by Rich Miller from cattails along the S shore of Holcim Wetlands on July 26. On August 12, Chartier refound the LEAST BITTERN by scanning the reeds from the east side. On August 18, Moss reported the LEAST BITTERN at Holcim Wetlands. Logan County: --A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was reported by Mark Peterson at an unnamed pond west of Jumbo on August 13. Morgan County: --2 juv Short-billed Dowitchers were reported by Mlodinow at Jackson Reservoir on August 19. --3 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were reported by Faulkner at Jackson Lake SP in the NE corner on August 21. Ouray County: --A molting RED PHALAROPE was reported by Dexter at Ridgway State Park on August 20. The RED PHALAROPE was refound by Kent Nelson on August 21 where the river comes into the reservoir. Pueblo County: --2 ACORN WOODPECKERS first reported by Van Manen in Pueblo Mountain Park on June 16 were relocated by Percival on August 1. They were in the big dead tree by the Horseshoe Lodge Parking Lot. On August 4, Moss reported that the ACORN WOODPECKER pair were feeding young at the nest in the big dead tree. On August 13, Moss reported that the ACORN WOODPECKER pair remained in the area but were not caring for young. On August 18, Moss reported that the ACORN WOODPECKER pair continues gathering acorns and she refound the Hooded Warbler at Pueblo Mountain Park. -- A Great Crested Flycatcher was reported by Drummond at Chico Basin Ranch on the Pueblo County side on August 19. Chico Basin Ranch is a fee area. San Miguel County: --A Northern Waterthrush was reported by Larry Arnold at the Willow Street Wetlands in Telluride on August 18. Sedgwick County: --A pair of probable EASTERN WOOD-PEWEES was reported by Kaempfer at Lodgepole Creek on the east side of Ovid on August 18. --Vanderpoel spotted a juv LAUGHING GULL on an island in the middle of Jumbo Reservoir on August 18. Teller County: --A molting male Indigo Bunting was reported by Jeff Jones at Manitou Lake on August 19. Washington County: --On August 17, a Short-billed Dowitcher and ad Lesser Black-backed Gull were reported by Kaempfer at Prewitt. The DFO field trip for Saturday, August 25 will be to Rigli Ranch led by Joe Rigli (970-768-7121). Meet the leader at the ranch by 0830. From Hudson, go east on CO 52 until it turns north. Don't turn north, but continue east on Morgan County Road F to CR 14, then turn north for
[cobirds] Possible Golden-winged Warbler at Manitou Lake, Teller County
This morning I believe I saw a Golden-winged Warbler just north and east of the spillway bridge at the lake's outlet. I was looking at a Black-capped Chickadee in some willow shrubs south of the dam. I then saw a grey warbler-sized bird with a golden crown and subseqently I saw golden patches on the wings. All of my looks were brief as this bird was slightly in the willows but the gold on wings and crown was unmistakable. I was unable to get a photo. The area has been quite active with literally hundreds of Yellow-rumped Warblers as well as Lark , Song , Brewers , Lincoln's and Chipping Sparrows. Below is an ebird summary of what I saw this morning. Gary Koehn Colorado Springs Manitou Lake, Teller, US-CO Aug 22, 2012 8:30 AM - 10:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Comments: Long-tailed Weasel, Pine-Squirrels, Abert's Squirrel, Golden-mantled Groundsquirrel, Muskrats. 31 species Mallard 12 Common Merganser 10 Great Blue Heron 2 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Mourning Dove 6 Broad-tailed Hummingbird 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Williamson's Sapsucker 1 Possible adult male flying displaying black and white on back Northern Flicker 3 American Kestrel 1 Western Wood-Pewee 3 Steller's Jay 1 Black-billed Magpie 1 American Crow 2 Common Raven 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 6 Black-capped Chickadee 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Pygmy Nuthatch 4 House Wren 2 Western Bluebird 1 Gray Catbird 3 Yellow Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 30 Chipping Sparrow 4 Lark Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 2 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 6 American Goldfinch 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] CBR, El Paso Co, Wednesday
Hi COBirders, I was at Chico Basin Ranch - the Holmes Grove, this morning doing some preliminary clearing before the banding station opens up after Labor Day. I got pretty good looks at several migrants including: 15 Com Nighthawks, all together, about 1100 Black-chinned Hummingbird female Empid Flycatcher - probably Dusky based on long tail Warbling Vireo Wilson's Warbler - several females Yellow Warbler probably hatch-year male Yellow-breasted Chat Red-breasted Nuthatch - male Western Tanager male and a few Chipping, Lark, and Vesper Sparrows also an adult Brown Thrasher - maybe not a migrant. Western Kingbirds Blue Jay Am Robins It wasn't THICK with birds, but a good variety anyway. It is dry. The only things that appear to be growing well are the unwelcome Russian Olives. Good birding, Steve Brown Colorado Springs (Mountain Shadows) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Re: CBR, El Paso Co, Wednesday
Can someone post helpful cheat sheet ... :-) ... Fall identification tips for our common, not singing empids? Nick K did nice job here for one of them: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo/id-help-3 Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m On Wednesday, August 22, 2012 12:58:53 PM UTC-6, Steve wrote: Hi COBirders, I was at Chico Basin Ranch - the Holmes Grove, this morning doing some preliminary clearing before the banding station opens up after Labor Day. I got pretty good looks at several migrants including: 15 Com Nighthawks, all together, about 1100 Black-chinned Hummingbird female Empid Flycatcher - probably Dusky based on long tail Warbling Vireo Wilson's Warbler - several females Yellow Warbler probably hatch-year male Yellow-breasted Chat Red-breasted Nuthatch - male Western Tanager male and a few Chipping, Lark, and Vesper Sparrows also an adult Brown Thrasher - maybe not a migrant. Western Kingbirds Blue Jay Am Robins It wasn't THICK with birds, but a good variety anyway. It is dry. The only things that appear to be growing well are the unwelcome Russian Olives. Good birding, Steve Brown Colorado Springs (Mountain Shadows) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cobirds/-/62PQpfGx188J. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Changing of the (Avian) Guard, Aug. 22nd
Hello, Birders. It's that time of year... Location: Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County. Date: Wed., Aug. 22nd. At 4:23 a.m. a Chipping Sparrow--symbolic of the great mid-summer nocturnal molt-migration across Colorado--flew over. We'll still be hearing them (increasingly, presumed juveniles) for more than a month, I thought to myself. But it's time for some new players. Sure enough, at 4:26 a.m. I heard the first Wilson's Warbler of the fall. The Wilson's Warbler, with its weird, abrupt, smacking flight call, is for me the symbol of normal fall migration of the sort that I think more of us are accustomed to. In with the new, out with the old! Ted Floyd tedfloy...@hotmail.com Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: [cobirds] Brewster's Warbler... PICTURES
Here is a link to the pictures. Not great, but good enough for confirmation. http://www.acdseeonline.com/share-view/JJ272/OWy4zDfGyfGtK1KHEME2/ Jeff J Jones ( mailto:jjo...@jonestc.com jjo...@jonestc.com) Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff J Jones Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 1:44 PM To: garyko...@gmail.com; cobirds@googlegroups.com Subject: [cobirds] Possible Golden-winged Warbler - YES - Brewster's Warbler... Gary called me this morning after returning from Manitou Lake to discuss what he thought was a golden-winged warbler. I went up after lunch and found the bird precisely where he indicated. However, I believe this to be a Brewster's Warbler, as pictured in Natl Geo 6th Edition. I have several pictures (not that great, but good enough for confirmation) that I will upload shortly and repost with web address. This bird was gleaning the willows just 50 yards east of the spillway of the Manitou Lake dam. So walk 50 yards past the concrete spillway and watch at the edge of the willows. Great looks. You are looking right down on the bird. Lots of yellow, wilson's and yellow-rumped warblers as well. And thought I got a glimpse of a waterthrush at the spillway. Jeff J Jones ( mailto:jjo...@jonestc.com jjo...@jonestc.com) Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gary Koehn Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 12:26 PM To: cobirds@googlegroups.com Subject: [cobirds] Possible Golden-winged Warbler at Manitou Lake, Teller County This morning I believe I saw a Golden-winged Warbler just north and east of the spillway bridge at the lake's outlet. I was looking at a Black-capped Chickadee in some willow shrubs south of the dam. I then saw a grey warbler-sized bird with a golden crown and subseqently I saw golden patches on the wings. All of my looks were brief as this bird was slightly in the willows but the gold on wings and crown was unmistakable. I was unable to get a photo. The area has been quite active with literally hundreds of Yellow-rumped Warblers as well as Lark , Song , Brewers , Lincoln's and Chipping Sparrows. Below is an ebird summary of what I saw this morning. Gary Koehn Colorado Springs Manitou Lake, Teller, US-CO Aug 22, 2012 8:30 AM - 10:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Comments: Long-tailed Weasel, Pine-Squirrels, Abert's Squirrel, Golden-mantled Groundsquirrel, Muskrats. 31 species Mallard 12 Common Merganser 10 Great Blue Heron 2 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Mourning Dove 6 Broad-tailed Hummingbird 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Williamson's Sapsucker 1 Possible adult male flying displaying black and white on back Northern Flicker 3 American Kestrel 1 Western Wood-Pewee 3 Steller's Jay 1 Black-billed Magpie 1 American Crow 2 Common Raven 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 6 Black-capped Chickadee 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Pygmy Nuthatch 4 House Wren 2 Western Bluebird 1 Gray Catbird 3 Yellow Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 30 Chipping Sparrow 4 Lark Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 2 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 6 American Goldfinch 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org http://ebird.org/ ) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] YMCA
Hi All, This afternoon at the YMCA banding site we caught three Wilson's Warblers a juvinile Western Wood Pewee and had a Northern Goshawk fly through. Also this afternoon we had an adult Peregrine chasing crows above the house. Migration has begun. We are also begining our Boreal Owl banding this evening. Hopefully we can cath both Boreal and saw-whet owls. Scott Rashid Estes Park -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Recent Summit County Bird Sightings
Aug 22 a.m.pair of SwansLocation: Farmers Korner on the south shore of Lake Dillon Aug 21 7 pm Great Blue Heron Dillon Preserve on the lake shore as one would walk-into the Preserve. There were fish jumping all around the Heron. Then he dived for a fish, but failed. Possibly a youngster? Flock of Cliff Swallows on telephone wires; lots of cheeping; lots of commotion. They too are such beautiful birds. Very much unappreciated. Aug 10 11Great-crested Flycather What a beauty. Currently, Juncos, Steller's Jays, Pine Siskins in backyard. Think I saw a Green-tailed Towhee but could be wrong. Bonnie BoexDillon, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [cobirds] Possible Golden-winged Warbler - YES - Brewster's Warbler...
I went to look for the Brewster's Warbler after work today. I did not find it but I did find the waterthrush. While I was there the light was poor and not much was moving except a few yellow-rumps and the waterthrush. Robb Hinds Colorado Springs On Aug 22, 2012 1:44 PM, Jeff J Jones jjo...@jonestc.com wrote: Gary called me this morning after returning from Manitou Lake to discuss what he thought was a golden-winged warbler. I went up after lunch and found the bird precisely where he indicated. However, I believe this to be a Brewster’s Warbler, as pictured in Natl Geo 6th Edition. I have several pictures (not that great, but good enough for confirmation) that I will upload shortly and repost with web address. This bird was gleaning the willows just 50 yards east of the spillway of the Manitou Lake dam. So walk 50 yards past the concrete spillway and watch at the edge of the willows. Great looks. You are looking right down on the bird. Lots of yellow, wilson’s and yellow-rumped warblers as well. And thought I got a glimpse of a waterthrush at the spillway. Jeff J Jones (jjo...@jonestc.com) Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gary Koehn Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 12:26 PM To: cobirds@googlegroups.com Subject: [cobirds] Possible Golden-winged Warbler at Manitou Lake, Teller County This morning I believe I saw a Golden-winged Warbler just north and east of the spillway bridge at the lake's outlet. I was looking at a Black-capped Chickadee in some willow shrubs south of the dam. I then saw a grey warbler-sized bird with a golden crown and subseqently I saw golden patches on the wings. All of my looks were brief as this bird was slightly in the willows but the gold on wings and crown was unmistakable. I was unable to get a photo. The area has been quite active with literally hundreds of Yellow-rumped Warblers as well as Lark , Song , Brewers , Lincoln's and Chipping Sparrows. Below is an ebird summary of what I saw this morning. Gary Koehn Colorado Springs Manitou Lake, Teller, US-CO Aug 22, 2012 8:30 AM - 10:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Comments: Long-tailed Weasel, Pine-Squirrels, Abert's Squirrel, Golden-mantled Groundsquirrel, Muskrats. 31 species Mallard 12 Common Merganser 10 Great Blue Heron 2 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Mourning Dove 6 Broad-tailed Hummingbird 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Williamson's Sapsucker 1 Possible adult male flying displaying black and white on back Northern Flicker 3 American Kestrel 1 Western Wood-Pewee 3 Steller's Jay 1 Black-billed Magpie 1 American Crow 2 Common Raven 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 6 Black-capped Chickadee 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Pygmy Nuthatch 4 House Wren 2 Western Bluebird 1 Gray Catbird 3 Yellow Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 30 Chipping Sparrow 4 Lark Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 2 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 6 American Goldfinch 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Chatfield Water Project
Hi Cobirders - The deadline for comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Chatfield Reallocation Project is coming up on Sept. 6. The project, if carried out, would eliminate someof the richest bird habitat in the State, the riparian forests and wetlands along 0.7 miles of the So. Platte RIver just above Chatfield Reservoir, and even more of the same along Plum Creek. Deer Creek would also be affected. The project depends heavily on mitigation, and the mitigation depends on very vague adaptive management measures.One supposed benefit that has been used to sell this project was improved flows in the Platte downstream of Chatfield dam. The DEIS makes clear this won't happen.For more information, I recommend visiting www.SaveChatfield.org for the Audubon point of view and www.chatfieldstudy.org for the Corps of Engineers point of view. Both sites have links to the DEIS and can tell you which libraries have hard copies. Comments by both Hugh Kingery and Joey Kellner are on the SaveChatfield website.You don't have to be an expert to comment! If you bird a lot at Chatfield and want the riparian habitat preserved, you can write a letter to say just that. There are alternatives that received very little consideration in the DEIS, like more intensive water conservation measures, storage in Reuter-Hess Reservoir, use of gravel pits, underground storage in Denver Basin aquifers. The Corps should be encouraged to pursue them. Send a copy of your letter to Gov. John Hickenlooper (136 State Capitol, 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver 80203), to your Congressional Representative, and to your Senators. It's important to speak out if you want to save the irreplaceable birding habitat that will be destroyed at Chatfield. Polly ReetzDenver, coloradoreetz...@juno.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Blue Grosbeak Nest - BCLP - Jeffco
Wanted to share this story with folks. This morning Alison Kondler was riding her bike in Bear Creek Lake Park (BCLP) and discovered a Blue Grosbeak nest. She emailed me from her cell phone between 9:30 and 10:00 A.M. sending a description of the location and a picture of the shrub and nest. The shrub turned out to be a lone small maple clump in shortgrass prairie and approximately 40 yards from any of the surrounding box elder thickets. She indicated she thought the two youngsters in the nest were ready to fledge within a day or two. I received the message about 10:30 A.M., and decided I had better go check things out and complete an atlas card. Arrived about 11:15 A.M. (stayed about 30 minutes). Stood in the shade of a boxelder about 40 yards away and watched. Almost immediately the female Blue Grosbeak showed up with food (grasshopper???) and landed on the north side of the nest bush just a little lower than the nest in the middle of the bush (really a small maple clump). As she moved to the nest, one of the young flew awkwardly straight from the nest to the grove of trees (box elder thicket) to the west and landed on the ground in thick cover. The female then flew to the area, landed on a branch a few feet above the ground, and seemed to coax the youngster to join her. Eventually the fledgling did fly up landing on a branch above and to the right, and then Mom flew up and perched next to the youngster. With the female and youngster hanging out together on a branch, I decided to check the nest. There was still one youngster in the nest and as I got close, this little one flew out only about 20 yards and landed in the grass surrounding the bush. This youngster then made his way on the ground through the grass to some shrubs near the road where his mother joined him. To my surprise and relief (because it didn't fly well on the initial attempt), after a few minutes this youngster took a wobbly flight to the same woods as the first one had done (about 70 -75 yards) and Mom followed him. I left with the Mother tending to the young fledglings as they navigated between the cover of the box elder thicket and the shortgrass prairie to the west of the nest. She certainly has her hands full! The little ones are so vulnerable at this point in their lives. I have seen Blue Grosbeaks in BCLP during the breeding season before, but never have found a nest or made a confirmation for the Atlas Block. What fun to watch the youngsters leave the nest! The latest date for fledged young from the first Atlas is August 22, the same date as today. Some folks surmise that Blue Grosbeaks inclination to dine on grasshoppers (which become more prevalent as summer progresses), encourages them to nest relatively late in the season. How fortunate that Alison discovered the nest - how lucky I was to go when I did - and what a wonderful experience to share. Mike Henwood Morrison BCLP Jefferson county -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Manitou Lake Waterthrush ID help
I have posted a few pictures of the waterthrush that was first seen by Jeff Jones earlier today. We would like for people to provide their opinion on whether this is a Northern or Louisiana Waterthrush. The photos can be viewed on my pbase website. http://www.pbase.com/robbphoto/inbox Thanks. Robb Hinds Colorado Springs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
