[cobirds] *No* Magnificent Hummingbird for a week...

[Adam Jack]

COBirders,

It has been a week since our magnificent vagrant was last seen here. It was
suggested that I keep the feeder out (and warmed) just in case she came
back, in case that gave us more information/insight, but there has been no
sight nor sound. She is gone.

I'm taking the feeder down for the season, and remembering a special fall.

regards

Adam
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Re: [cobirds] Probable Common Crane at Muleshoe NWR

[Nathan Pieplow]

As the crane flies, the west Texas Common Crane is directly south of
Colorado right now.  Might have crossed Colorado to get to Texas.  Might be
coming back this way next spring.  Something to keep in mind!

Nathan Pieplow
Boulder

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 9:21 PM, SeEttaM .  wrote:

> This has been posted in Texas with solid birders saying it is likely wild:
>
> < Crane
> associating with roughly 4,000 Sandhill Cranes on Goose Lake at Muleshoe
> NWR. It didn't appear to have any leg bands, so I'm leaning wild origin,
> which isn't all that surprising given the number of Lessers in the area
> from summering locales in Siberia. However, pending acceptance from the
> TBRC, it will be a first state record for Texas! For now I have posted 2
> photos on my Flickr page.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/jboslerbirds/15821481571/in/photostream/
>
> Justin
>
> --
> Justin Bosler
>
>
> Graduate Research Assistant
> Dept. of Natural Resources Management
> Texas Tech University
> Lubbock, TX, USA  79409>>
>
>
> SeEtta Moss
> Canon City
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[cobirds] Re: Tundra Swans at HamiltonRes (Larimer) on 11/18

[David Wade]

At least three of the Tundra Swans were still present in the SW corner of 
> the lake as of 4:30 pm. Unfortunately, the wind, cold and more wind made 
> the viewing less than pleasurable. Along the way, on Larimer Co Rd 15, I 
> saw 12 Sandhill cranes standing in a field of stubble just past the 
> intersection with Owl Canyon Road.
>

David Wade
Ft Collins, CO 

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[cobirds] Probable Common Crane at Muleshoe NWR

[SeEttaM .]

This has been posted in Texas with solid birders saying it is likely wild:

>


SeEtta Moss
Canon City
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[cobirds] Boyd Lake scoters (Larimer)

[Nick Komar]

Cole Wild reports 4 Common Loons and 4 distant scoters in the north end of Boyd 
Lake. He tentatively identified them as Black Scoters. If anyone gets more 
definitive looks, please update this sighting. 

Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO

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[cobirds] Chatfield region mostly, Nov 18

[David Suddjian]

[Douglas]

Went back to Chatfield Reservoir this morning, hoping something new blew
in, but by the looks of it, not much did, except Goldeneye numbers bumped
up quite a bit. At the Marina sand spit an adult *Greater White-fronted
Goose* flew in with a flock of Canadas. A female *Red-breasted Merganser*
was near Plum Creek inlet.

Aurora Rampart Reservoir at the Roxborough entry had 2 female *Black
Scoters*, 1 *Pacific Loon*, and a fair assortment of other waterfowl in
small numbers. A *Prairie Falcon* made a ceremonial pass.

Platte Canyon Reservoir (near crossing of Waterton Road over South Platte)
was fun. Here I had a *Common Loon*, a female *Blue-winged Teal*, 11 *Greater
Scaup*, an unexpected *Greater Yellowlegs* that flew in from the north and
circled the lake area, calling, then moved off to the northeast, nice
counts (for a small reservoir) of 117 *Common Goldeneyes* and 62 *Hooded
Mergansers*, and a *Say's Phoebe*.

[Jefferson]

A *Northern Shrike* was perched at the Audubon Center feeding station area
near the Waterton Canyon trailhead.

Trailmark Lake was about 85% frozen, but the open hole had a throng of
about 1300 ducks frenetically feeding on some aquatic plant (and perhaps
aquatic animals living on the plants). These included about 450 *American
Wigeon*, 400 *Ring-necked Ducks*, 310 *Redheads*, and others including
2 *Greater
Scaup*, and 2 *Nor. Pintail* (my only pintails in the general area over
recent days). I viewed this lake a couple weeks ago, when there was no ice.
There was a moderate number of ducks, but they were mostly loafing or
feeding leisurely. I'd have to assume that same aquatic plant (and
critters?) was there, and even more available. I wonder what changed to
spur the very active foraging I saw today...besides the innate urgency of
an ice hole.

Back home, a *Harris's Sparrow* continues at my Ken Caryl Valley feeding
station

David Suddjian
Littleton, CO

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[cobirds] White-winged Scoter and Black Phoebe in Mesa County

[Luger]

Saw two White-winged Scoters and a Black Phoebe in the NW corner of the boating 
lake at JM Robb-Colorado River State Park, Fruita section.  Seen from the river 
trail.
Greg Luger
Fort Collins

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[cobirds] Tundra Swans at HamiltonRes (Larimer) on 11/18

[DAVID A LEATHERMAN]

After checking on the still-present rarities (wwscoter, blkscoter, and 
longtailedduck) at Douglas Reservoir (Larimer), Georgia Doyle and I went up to 
Hamilton Reservoir associated with the Rawhide Power Plant north of Buckeye 
Road.  There we saw a group of three Tundra Swans swimming in the southwest 
corner and a lone fourth Tundra Swan a little further north along the west 
shore (but still basically the southwest corner of the res).  All were adults.  
Nick Komar loaned me his wonderful Swarovski scope and even with that wonderful 
piece of glass I could not make out any yellow in the lores of these birds (but 
they still might show some with a closer view).

Also, several of us all looked for the "saturated plumaged" (at least on the 
back) harrier at Douglas Reservoir and Nick and Georgia say they may have seen 
it, and report that its underparts, indeed, appeared "normal".

Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
  

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[cobirds] El Paso County Scoters, Long-tailed Duck 11/18

[Lee Farese]

Hi All,

Will Clary and I birded around El Paso County this morning.

We spent about an hour, from 7:30 to 8:30 at Prospect Lake. There is much 
more open water than it sounds like there was yesterday, so birds were a 
bit more spread out. In close to shore was the *Black Scoter*, diving 
frequently along with Buffleheads, Canvasback, Scaup, and a female Ruddy 
Duck. A little ways out we saw a *Surf Scoter*,with a clear white patch on 
the back of its head. We weren't able to find either of the White-winged. 
Large numbers of waterfowl on the lake, constantly stirred up by a Bald 
Eagle.

We then went to Big Johnson Reservoir, and spent a while scoping the water. 
We found the continuing *White-winged Scoter* and *Long-tailed Duck*. Also 
3 Common Loons and a few Clark's Grebes, along with many more expected 
species. Two eagles were present here as well, along with many Red-tails 
and a few Kestrels.

After that we did a brief walk through Fountain Creek Regional Park, where 
highlights were Virginia Rail and several raptors: a very light juv. 
Red-tail, a Cooper's Hawk, a Sharp-shinned bathing in the creek, and a 
Harrier. We found three lingering RC Kinglets too.


Lee Farese
CO Springs

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[cobirds] Scoters, Prospect Lake, El Paso Co

[David Chartier]

Saw one each of surf, black and white-winged scoters this morning about 8am.  
There is still a small opening near the swim beach where I saw the surf scoter. 
 There is another opening out toward the middle where I saw the black and 
white-winged.  I did see both the surf and white-winged dive and not 
re-surface, so I hope they did not get trapped under the ice.

 

David Chartier

Colorado Springs, CO
  

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[cobirds] Sparrow trifecta at Red Rocks today (jefferson cty)

[Joe]

It was warmer today, so our group of seed bearers (Mark Chavez) & other 
shutterbugs did not suffer from exposure while Fox, Harris's & Golden-crowned 
Sparrow, Cassin's Auklet --- I meant Finch & White-winged Junco popped
 into the sunlight at the Red Rocks Trading Post
feeders to pose for stunning photos (click, click, click).

Joe Roller,
Denver

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[cobirds] Birding trip to Pueblo this Satuday

[BKP]

In-case anyone is interested, I'm leading a Aiken Audubon birding trip to 
Pueblo this coming Saturday (22 Nov).  This trip was suppose to happen last 
Sunday, though that trip was postponed due to cold/snowy weather.  If you need 
details on this up-coming trip, please let me know.  Some of the more 
interesting birds that have been seen around Pueblo in the last few days: 
Trumpeter and Tundra Swans, Great and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Red-necked 
Grebe, Common Loons, Bonaparte's Gulls, and Rusty Blackbird.  That list of rare 
birds might get longer, once more places are checked in the next few days. 
Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 18 November 2014

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: November 18, 2014

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert Tuesday, November 18 sponsored by
Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.

Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).

Swan spec (Arapahoe, Boulder, Weld)
Trumpeter Swan (*Pueblo)
Tundra Swan (*Adams, *Douglas/Jefferson, El Paso, Larimer, *Park, *Pueblo)
Long-tailed Duck (*Bent, *Garfield, *Larimer, Park, *Weld)
Surf Scoter (Arapahoe, *El Paso, *Fremont, *Mesa, Park, Weld)
White-winged Scoter (*Arapahoe, *Douglas/Jefferson,  *El Paso, *Larimer,
Park)
Black Scoter (Archuleta, *El Paso, *Garfield, *Larimer, Park)
Long-tailed Duck (El Paso)
Barrow's Goldeneye (*Garfield, Lake, Park, Routt, Summit, *Weld)
Pacific Loon (Douglas/Jefferson, Jefferson,  Morgan, Weld)
Red-necked Grebe (Boulder, Larimer, *Pueblo, Prowers, San Miguel)
Pacific Loon (Boulder)
BLACK VULTURE (Morgan/Weld)
American Golden-Plover (Weld)
Thayer's Gull (Adams, Arapahoe, *Weld)
Lesser  Black-backed Gull (Adams, *Arapahoe, *Bent, Larimer, Morgan, Park,
Pueblo)
Glaucous Gull (*Weld)
Great Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo)
Great Black-backed Gull (Morgan)
COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD (*Mesa)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan, Morgan)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Park)
White-eyed Vireo (Pueblo)
Winter Wren (Boulder, Jefferson, Logan)
Lapland Longspur (Park)
McCown's Longspur (Weld)
Fox Sparrow (*Jefferson)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Boulder, *Jefferson)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (*Park)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (*Park)
PURPLE FINCH (Boulder, Pueblo)
White-winged Crossbill (Boulder)

ADAMS COUNTY:
--At Barr Lake on November 4, Sheeter reported 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
(1 ad, 1 1-st cyc), and 1 1-st cyc Thayer's Gull.  On November 9, Dowell
reported 1-st cyc Thayer's Gull and 1-st cyc Lesser Black-backed Gull.
--A juv Tundra Swan was reported by Sheeter at Adams County Fairground on
November 17.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
--2 Swans were reported by Beltz at Cherry Creek Reservoir off the Lake
Loop on November 13.
--2 Lesser  Black-backed Gulls were reported by Suddjian at Cooley Lake in
South Platte Park on November 14.  On November 16, Suddjian reported 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull at Cooley Lake.
--Two White-winged Scoters were reported flying over C470 near South Platte
Reservoir on November 17.
--At Aurora Reservoir on November 16, Dowell reported 2 Surf Scoters, 1 ad
Lesser Black-backed Gull and 4 1-st cyc Thayer's Gulls.

ARCHULETA COUNTY:
--2 f Black Scoters were reported by Jim Beatty on Hatcher Lake on CR 600
NW of Pagosa Springs on November 6.  They were first found by Dale Knapp on
November 4.  On November 9 Riley Morris reported 2 f Black Scoters at
Hatcher Lake.

BENT COUNTY:
--At John Martin Reservoir on November 17, Duane Nelson reported m
Long-tailed Ducks from Overlook and a Lesser Black-backed Gull.   Duane
reported most of reservoir is frozen.

BOULDER COUNTY:
--A Winter Wren was reported by Floyd at Stearn's Lake downstream from
bridge over Rock Creek on November 8.
--A Pacific Loon was reported by Floyd at Boulder Reservoir on November 10.
--White-winged Crossbill were reported by Mlodinow at the corner of 76th
and Brockway in Boulder on November 12.
--A f PURPLE FINCH visited the feeders of Bryan Guarente in Longmont on
November 12 thru 15.  If you would like to try for the bird, please contact
Bryan at bryan.guarente AT gmail.com for updates and contact information.
--A Red-necked Grebe was reported by Severs at Lagerman Reservoir on
November 13.  On November 15 Frye reported Red-necked Grebe at Lagerman.
--The Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported by Harlan at Teller Farms on
November 16.
--5 Swams were reported by Wilberding at Boulder Reservoir on November 16.

DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES:
--On November 10 at Charfield, Suddjian report 1 - 2 Pacific Loons near the
dam.
--On November 17, Suddjian reported 5 Tundra Swans near the Marina Sand
Spit and an ad White-winged Scoter at Chatfield SP.

EL PASO COUNTY:
--2 Tundra Swans were reported by Big Johnson by Driscoll on November 14.
--On November 14, Bill Maynard reported f Black Scoter and 3 White-winged
Scoters at Prospect Lake in Colorado Springs.  Drummond reported 3 f-type
White-winged Scoters and 1 ad Black Scoter at Prospect Lake on November
15.  On November 17, Hinds reported 3 White-winged Scoters, 1 Black Scoter,
and 2 urf Scoters at Prospect Lake.
--2 White-winged Scoters, 1 Long-tailed Duck and a juv Tundra Swam were
reported by Peterson at Big Johnson on November 16.

FREMONT COUNTY:
--A f-type Surf Scoter was reported by Rich Miller at Valco Pond W of
Mackenzie Ave in Canon City on November 17.

GARFIELD COUNTY:
--At Rifle Gap SP on November 17, Dunning reported 1  Barrow's Goldeneye, 1
Long-tailed Duck, and 3 Black Scoters.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:
--A Winter Wren was reported by Suddjian at Dutch Creek at Dakota Hogback
on November 9.
--A Pacific Loon was reported by Hudak at Harriman Lake on November 13 and
November 14.
--A "Red" Fox Sparrow was reported by