[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 9 April 2015
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: April 9, 2015 This is the Rare Bird Alert, Thursday, April 89 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Tundra Swan (Pueblo) BRANT (Rio Grande) Long-tailed Duck (El Paso, *Larimer, Mesa) Barrow's Goldeneye (Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Park) Pacific Loon (Montrose) NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Weld) Broad-winged Hawk (Montrose) ZONE-TAILED HAWK (*Kit Carson) Black Rail (Bent) Snowy Plover (Otero) Mountain Plover (El Paso, Washington, *Weld) Thayer's Gull (Larimer) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Crowley, El Paso, Larimer)) Glaucous Gull (*Weld) Caspian Tern (Delta) ACORN WOODPECKER (Pueblo) Williamson's Sapsucker (Pueblo, Teller) Black Phoebe (Boulder, Mesa, Ouray) Eastern Phoebe (Boulder, Douglas, *Jefferson, Larimer, Yuma) Vermilion Flycatcher (Pueblo) Carolina Wren (Otero) Canyon Wren (*Boulder, Weld) Lapland Longspur (Prowers) Chestnut-collared Longspur (El Paso, Washington, *Weld) McCown's Longspur (Washington, *Weld) Sagebrush Sparrow (Alamosa) Fox Sparrow (Montose) Swamp Sparrow (Montrose) Golden-crowned Sparrow (Boulder) Northern Cardinal (El Paso) Rusty Blackbird (*Jefferson) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Jackson, Jefferson) Black Rosy-Finch (Douglas, Jefferson) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Jackson, Jefferson) ALAMOSA COUNTY: --Sagebrush Sparrows were reported by Blackburn on LN 6 on April 4. BENT COUNTY: --2 Black Rail were reported by Peterson at Fort Lyon Marsh Complex at CR HH and CR 16 on March 29. BOULDER COUNTY: --On March 29, Nunes reported Golden-crowned Sparrow at Teller Farm. --On April 3, Floyd reported Eastern and Black Phoebe at 75th St Bridge over Boulder Creek. On April 4, Steadman reported Eastern Phoebe and Black Phoebe at 75th St Bridge over Boulder Creek. On April 5, Minner-Lee reported both Eastern and Black Phoebe at 75th St Bridge over Boulder Creek. On April 6, Dowell reported Eastern Phoebe and Black Phoebe at 75th St Bridge over Boulder Creek. --On April 8, Starace reported a pair of Canyon Wrens at Rabbit Mountain. CROWLEY COUNTY: --A Lesser Black-backed Gull was reported by Chris Wood at Lake Henry on March 26. DELTA COUNTY: --A Caspian Tern was reported by Robinsong at Fruitgrower's Reservoir on March 31. DOUGLAS COUNTY: --An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Kellner at Plum Creek Picnic Area at Chatfield SP on March 28 and March 29. On March 30, Gen Moore reported Eastern Phoebe at Plum Creek Delta on March 30. On April 2, Eastern Phoebe was reported by Matt Crooks on Douglas county side of Chatfield. On April 3, Chavez reported Eastern Phoebe at Plum Creek Delta at Chatfield. On April 4, Bob Spencer reported Eastern Phoebe at Plum Creek bridge at Chatfield. On April 5, Kellner reported Eastern Phoebe at Plum Creek Delta at Chatfield. --A m Barrow's Goldeneye was reported by Schottler swimming on bay between Marina Sandspit and Plub Creek Delta on April 1. --4 Black Rosy-FInches were reported by Glynn on Rampart Range Rd at Hwy 67 on April 5. EL PASO COUNTY: --A pair of Mountain Plovers was reported by Drummond in a field S of intersection of Ellicott Hwy and Squirrel Creek Road on March 28. On March 30, Driscoll reported 3 Mountain Plovers at the intersection of Ellicott Hwy and Squirred Creek Road. --3 Mountain Plovers were reported by Walbek in Ramah (15618 - 16498), Ramah Hwy on March 30. --2 Mountain Plovers were reported by Driscoll at Hanover Road and Milne Road on March 30. --On March 31, Goff reported 2 Mountain Plovers on Squirrel Creek Rd across from red brick ruins of a school. On April 2, Rick Taylor reported Mountain Plover about 500 ft N of red brick school ruins at NW corner of Squirrel Creek Road and Squirrel Creek Place. On April 5, Matt Clark reported 2 Mountain Plovers at Squirrel Creek Road N of Squirrel Creek Place. --On April 2, Koehn reported 2 Mountain Plovers N of Hanover Road about .7 miles E of Milne Road. --On April 2, Peterson reported Mountain Plover and 4 Chestnut-collared Longspurs on Drennan Road. --A f Northern Cardinal was reported by Tyler Stuart in Sondermann Park about 1/4 m N of Cable roadblock on March 30. On March 31, Richard Taylor reported Northern Cardinal at Sondermann Park. --On April 3, Goff reported Long-tailed Duck at Big Johnson. --On April 4, Drummond reported 4 Mountain Plovers at the intersection of Squirrel Creek Road and S Ellicott Hwy. On April 5, Matt Clark reported 5 Mountain Plovers at Squirrel Creek Road and S Ellicott Hwy. On April 6, T. Ryan reported 3 Mountain Plovers at Squirrel Creek Road and S Ellicott Hwy. JACKSON COUNTY: --4 Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by Leatherman at Lake John on March 31. --Leatherman reported 2-3 Brown-capped Rosy-Finchese at Mosse Visitor Center at Gould on March 31. JEFFERSON COUNTY: --Ira Sanders reports Gray-crowned, Brown-capped and Black Rosy-Finches coming to his front yard at 314 DeFrance Ct in Golden on December 29.
re: [cobirds] Long-tailed Duck/Walmart Pond Natural Area :-)
Were they in the car to get out of the wind? (my apologies, Gary) Karl Stecher Centennial From: The \Nunn Guy\ colorado.bir...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2015 2:02 PM To: cobirds@googlegroups.com Subject: [cobirds] Long-tailed Duck/Walmart Pond Natural Area :-) NE corner of I25/Harmony Road in Fort Collins I found two of three easily sitting in car ... strong winds there now. Photos: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m -- 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/3e0fa44a-0cfa-4759-8b6e-ff899efb94 38%40googlegroups.com. 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/dafff6606f4d4d39ae961d5bfe796c08%40idcomm.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Authors and contributors wanted!
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[cobirds] Long-tailed Duck/Walmart Pond Natural Area :-)
NE corner of I25/Harmony Road in Fort Collins I found two of three easily sitting in car ... strong winds there now. Photos: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m -- 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/3e0fa44a-0cfa-4759-8b6e-ff899efb9438%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Spring arrivals (El Paso County)
COBirders, I heard my FOY Broad-tailed Hummingbird at Sondermann Park this morning. Also of note, at Big Johnson Reservoir yesterday, I saw 1 Mountain Plover, 1 Burrowing Owl, 6 American Avocets, and 2 Black-necked Stilts, all from the trail along the east side of the reservoir. Enjoy the spring, Tyler Stuart Colorado Springs, 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/CAGhGWmWW1Ben2%3DRHz_Tgrj%2BDb8fU%2BkSiUNuouSbtmuWmda193A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
