[cobirds] Congrats, Paula Hansley!
Colorado birder Paula Hansley has been awarded Boulder County Audubon’s *Lifetime Achievement Award*. Congrats, Paula, and thank you for helping so many of us know, enjoy, and conserve Colorado birds. Here is a link to the recent BCA newsletter--see page 3 for a great tribute of appreciation for what Paula has done for us over 50 years as a leading Colorado birder. http://www.boulderaudubon.org/pdf/e-OTW_Sep14.pdf I would like to add my particular admiration for Paula’s bravery in speaking up for birds. If she sees a situation where birds are stressed she goes immediately to work, whether it is a road crew upsetting breeding hawks, or cattle disrupting Coal Creek nesting birds, or excessive use of tapes during breeding season. Paula defends birds in her gentle, smiling way, even if that ruffles a few human feathers. One example. Last July Paula noticed a dark-morph Swainson’s hawk nesting in her neighborhood, quite a find. Then she noticed a big, noisy asphalt paving crew mobilized to replace the street below the nest, the next day. (Years ago I used to hire such companies and know that they are tough and impatient. Stopping them at the last minute is like trying to stop General George S. Patton from crossing the Rhine.) Paul stopped them in their tracks! I gave her my informal “Tiananmen Square Award for Bravery in the Face of Heavy Machinery.” The hawks successfully fledged a couple of chicks, and the road got replaced later in the summer. We love you, Paula. Keep up your good work! Tom Wilberding Boulder, Colorado -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/bff72219-9930-466d-816d-9cc991d01cf1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Recent birds at Ken Caryl Ranch and Chatfield (JeffCo / Douglas)
August 23 Among birds noted while birding along Dutch Creek at the Dakota formation hogback in Ken Caryl Ranch (JeffCo) were an Eastern Phoebe (presumed migrant, does not nest there), 2 Sage Thrashers and a MacGillivray’s Warbler. An open space area within the Ken Caryl Valley development had a Blue Grosbeak and 9+ Lazuli Buntings in one flock, with a Willow Flycatcher nearby. August 25 I visited Chatfield. I first birded in the Plum Creek area (Douglas), beginning along the road to the Plum Creek Nature Area, then walking upstream from the end of the road to near Titan Blvd, then looping back along the Highline Canal. A few Lark Buntings were along the road to the nature area, with others in grassland to the south. A Northern Mockingbird was along Highline Canal. Ten Sage Thrashers were noted in the Plum Creek region, scattered here and there. Red-breasted Nuthatches were common. I heard 19 in the Plum Creek region; 2 were in a stand of small planted pines, but 17 were in the cottonwood gallery riparian. Gray Catbirds and other fruit-eaters were common in a few spots where ripe chokecherries were attracting many birds, but numerous other patches looked the same to me but did not have a swarm of birds, and thickets with ripe wild plums were similarly quiet. One patch of chokecherry had the right stuff and had concentrated over 22 catbirds (!!), with robins, tanagers, flickers, waxwings and House Finches joining. Other birds in the Plum Creek area were 2 Red-eyed Vireos, 1 Least Flycatcher, and 2 Willow Flycatchers. A Hairy Woodpecker foraging on a mullein flower stalk in wide open weedy grassland was an out-of-habitat oddity. It was late morning when I made it to the west (JeffCo) side of the South Platte upstream of Kingfisher, and things were generally quiet. But I had 3 more Red-breasted Nuthatches, and 2 Yellow-breasted Chats were still singing. Aug 26 This morning I hiked up the Massey Draw Trail in the Ken Caryl Ranch Foothills Open Space (JeffCo). Red-breasted Nuthatches were numerous there, too, but in the normal Douglas-fir forest mostly. An Ovenbird was in the upper Massey watershed; a lingering bird or a migrant? I spotted 2 Townsend’s Warblers with different mixed flocks. Four 4 Type 4 Red Crossbills were noted. I had my first Clay-colored sparrow of the season. Also noted were 3 Wilson’s Warblers, 4 MacGillivray’s Warblers, 1 Hammond’s Flycatcher, 1 Sage Thrasher, and 1 Golden Eagle. I enjoyed seeing a Rock Wren and Canyon Wren perched together on the same rock. Over the years I've seen the two species in the same immediate area a number of times, but never standing just 2 feet apart. David Suddjian Littleton, CO -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6RooHpdi6vg0v4iig58s6ztm8LVZsGRGWPJRUiK5Qg1PmmQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [cobirds] CFO Welcome Picnic in Sterling
Dear Conventioners, Looking for a ride to the CFO convention in Sterling? My birding van has room for four more passengers. I will depart Fort Collins/Loveland about 1 pm on Thursday and make a birding stop en route to Sterling, probably at Crow Valley campground. Return will be Monday via Prewitt Resrvoir or Jackson Lake S P. Reply privately to this email to make arrangements. Nick Komar Fort Collins CO Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 26, 2014, at 5:41 AM, William H Kaempfer > wrote: > > To COBirders who registered for the Welcome Picnic at the CFO Sterling > Convention. > > Here is a map to the picnic at Columbine Park, Thursday, August 28, 2014, > 5:30 pm: https://goo.gl/maps/pabYA > (West side of U.S. highway 6, south of Delmar Street, south part of town.) > > When you arrive at Columbine Park’s South Picnic Pavilion please pick up your > nametag/registration envelope, and a t-shirt if you ordered one. > If you have any convention questions at the picnic, please look for one of > our friendly Welcome Committee members with an ASK ME! nametag: Joe Roller, > Lisa Edwards, Larry Modesitt, Lynne Miller, and Chris Owens. > > After dinner, Mayor Dan Torres, Jr. will welcome us to Sterling. I will also > introduce our banquet speaker, Jon L. Dunn, make a few announcements, and > field any questions. > In recent years this complimentary picnic has become a very popular start to > CFO’s annual convention. I look forward to greeting you at Columbine Park in > Sterling! > > Bill Kaempfer > President, Colorado Field Ornithologists > -- > 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/F90B1155A81D474890D22EEFFFA7CAE51C1C3DE92A%40EXC4.ad.colorado.edu. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/89E2C77B-774C-416A-A04F-97A822ADAF30%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] CFO Welcome Picnic in Sterling
To COBirders who registered for the Welcome Picnic at the CFO Sterling Convention. Here is a map to the picnic at Columbine Park, Thursday, August 28, 2014, 5:30 pm: https://goo.gl/maps/pabYA (West side of U.S. highway 6, south of Delmar Street, south part of town.) When you arrive at Columbine Park's South Picnic Pavilion please pick up your nametag/registration envelope, and a t-shirt if you ordered one. If you have any convention questions at the picnic, please look for one of our friendly Welcome Committee members with an ASK ME! nametag: Joe Roller, Lisa Edwards, Larry Modesitt, Lynne Miller, and Chris Owens. After dinner, Mayor Dan Torres, Jr. will welcome us to Sterling. I will also introduce our banquet speaker, Jon L. Dunn, make a few announcements, and field any questions. In recent years this complimentary picnic has become a very popular start to CFO's annual convention. I look forward to greeting you at Columbine Park in Sterling! Bill Kaempfer President, Colorado Field Ornithologists -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/F90B1155A81D474890D22EEFFFA7CAE51C1C3DE92A%40EXC4.ad.colorado.edu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 26 August 2014
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: August 25, 2014 email: r...@cfobirds.org This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert Monday, August 25 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Mississippi Kite (El Paso) Snowy Plover (*Alamosa) Mountain Plover (Park) LITTLE GULL (Arapahoe) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Logan, Sedgwick) Band-tailed Pigeon (Park) Greater Roadrunner (Pueblo) WHIP-POOR-WILL (La Plata) Black Swift (Montrose) White-throated Swift (Larimer) ACORN WOODPECKER (Pueblo) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Larimer, Mesa) Gray Flycatcher (*Fremont) Black Phoebe (Fremont, Pueblo) Great Crested Flycatcher (Washington) Bell's Vireo (Logan) Common Raven (Boulder Larimer, Montezuma) Purple Martin (*San Miguel) Pygmy Nuthatch (Boulder, Larimer, *San Miguel) Bewick's Wren (*San Miguel) American Dipper (*San Miguel) Western Bluebird (Boulder) Fox Sparrow (Mesa) Lesser Goldfinch (Boulder, Larimer, Montezuma) ALAMOSA COUNTY: --Snowy Plovers were reported by Rawinski on August 24 at Watchable Wildlife Area at Blanca Wetlands. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: --A juvenile plumaged LITTLE GULL was reported by Walbek at Cherry Creek SP in the middle of the lake on August 14, August 15, August 17 and August 19. BOULDER COUNTY: --On August 16 on the Bird Walk led by Steve Frye at Betasso Preserve they reported 40 Pygmy Nuthatches, 4 Lesser Goldfinches, 1 Common Raven and 10 Western Bluebirds. EL PASO COUNTY: --A Mississippi Kite was reported by Goff at Adams Open space in Fountain on August 21. FREMONT COUNTY: --Gray Flycatchers were reported by Moss at Red Canyon Park 10 miles N of Canon City on August 16. There was a family of four plus an additional 3 Gray Flycatchers. On August 20, Moss found two Gray Flycatcher families at Red Canyon Park. On August 23, Moss refound 2 Gray Flycatcher families at Red Canyon Park. LA PLATA COUNTY: --A WHIP-POOR-WILL was found by Larson and Remsen S of Durango on Hwy 140 near the state line on August 16. LARIMER COUNTY: --On August 22 at Lory SP, Komar reported American Three-toed Woodpecker, White-throated Swift, 6 Common Raven, 6 Pygmy Nuthatch, and 6 Lesser Goldfinch. LOGAN COUNTY: --A Lesser Black-backed Gull was reported by Mlodinow at Jumbo on August 16. --4+ Bell's Vireos were reported by Kaempfer in hedgerows at Little Jumbo on August 16. MESA COUNTY: --On August 18, Stigen reported 3 American Three-toed Woodpeckers on Grand Mesa on the Crag Crest trail. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: --On August 18 at Lone Dome Recreational Area, Remsen reported Common Raven and Lesser Goldfinch. MONTROSE COUNTY: --7-8 Black Swifts were reported by Dexter in Nucla flying low over a farm pond on August 22. PARK COUNTY: --2 Mountain Plovers were reported by Suddjian at James Mark Jones SWA off CR 15 on August 19. --2 Band-tailed Pigeons were reported by Suddjian near Bailey on August 19. PUEBLO COUNTY: --On August 16, Moss reported 4 ACORN WOODPECKERS in pines at Pueblo Mountain Park. --A Greater Roadrunner was reported by Moss on Siloam Road in West Pueblo County on August 16. --A Greater Roadrunner was reported by Percival at Pueblo Reservoir W of North Picnic Road on August 21. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY: --On August 24 at Miramonte Reservoir, Floyd reported Purple Martin, Pygmy Nuthatch and Bewick's Wren. --On August 25 Floyd reported an American Dipper by the river in Telluride. SEDGWICK COUNTY: --A Lesser Black-backed Gull was reported by Walbek at Jumbo Reservoir on August 22. WASHINGTON COUNTY: --2 Great Crested Flycatchers were reported by Mlodinow at the inlet Channel at Prewitt on August 20. The next monthly meeting of Denver Field Ornithologists will be on Monday, August 25 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Ricketson Auditorium at 7:30 pm. Bob Shade will give a program on Birds of Japan. DFO Field Trips: The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, August 31 will be to Prewitt and Jackson Reservoir led by Joey Kellner (303-978-1748). Meet the leader at 0530 at the Colorado Parks and Wildlife, 6060 N. Broadway. Exit I-25 at 58th Ave, go west 2 blocks to Broadway, then north 2 blocks to parking lot on right to carpool. Habitat Stamp for State Wildlife Areas and State Parks Pass required. this is an all-day trip so bring lunch, plenty of water, and bug spray. Good Birding, Joyce Takamine Boulder -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHtstTcDA2VMUyVY8EpaTZ3TYDtt7ifGbKi7pS-0LTxWCiJ3%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
