[cobirds] McIntosh Lake 8/15
Hi Everyone, I was at McIntosh Lake this morning 8/15. The Lilian's Meadowlarks were present, but hard to find, back at the NW corner (on the loop trail between the bridge and the junction with the trail that goes to the Agricultural Preserve). A few Western Meadowlarks were also in the area, and they were the only ones singing. The Lilian's did a fair bit of calling, and the little clucky notes they made sound very different from Western. I also got a brief view in the scope of a young Bobolink. A few migrants were about, including Western Wood-Pewee, Yellow Warbler, and Brewer's Sparrow. A Great Egret was on the north shore of the lake, and several of us watched an Osprey fly to a utility pole with a fish so big it could barely stay in the air. Mark Miller Longmont, 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/006701d0d7b1%243c7fdc20%24b57f9460%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Larimer County
Cobirders, While eating dinner this evening and watching hummingbirds come and go from our feeder, a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird made at least three visits between 6:45 - 7:00 p.m.. We also had a male Black-chinned and several Broad-tailed hummers. Not seeing any Rufous or Calliopes. Birders are welcome to visit and try for a sighting. Reply privately if interested. Ken Pals Fort Collins -- 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/CABcRwwGL9Mo2M0qs8sQ4dg7ubezFKKgjPgmfESmCzwkwPRNcCQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Larimer hotspot
The farm pond just north of the northeast corner of Horseshoe Lake in Loveland is drawn down and chock full of birds. Late this afternoon it hosted over a thousand birds, including an amazing number of Franklin's Gulls. I estimated 750 of them. This spot will be worth checking out over the next few weeks. Nick Komar Fort Collins Sent from my iPhone -- 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/C93A3A48-62BA-4E8D-B2BB-2CB507F9C1D4%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 15 August 2015
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: August 15, 2015 This is the Rare Bird Alert, Saturday, August 15 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Barrow's Goldeneye (Clear Creek) Red-necked Grebe (Jefferson) Little Blue Heron (Weld) YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Jefferson) Glossy Ibis (Jefferson) Upland Sandpiper (Douglas, Larimer, Prowers) Whimbrel (Alamosa) Thayer's Gull (Douglas) Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Sedgwick) Caspian Tern (Alamosa, Boulder, El Paso, Weld) Black Swift (Pueblo) Red-headed Woodpecker (El Paso, *Jefferson) Williamson's Sapsucker (Larimer) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder, Larimer) EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (Logan) Least Flycatcher (Douglas) Gray Flycatcher (El Paso, *Yuma) Black Phoebe (Boulder, Jefferson, San Miguel) Eastern Phoebe (Douglas/Jefferson, Jefferson) Great Crested Flycatcher (*Prowers) Bell's Vireo (Logan) Purple Martin (Mesa) Canyon Wren (Park) Chestnut-collared Longspur (Larimer) McCown's Longspur (Larimer) Hooded Warbler (Douglas) BAIRD'S SPARROW (Larimer) Fox Sparrow (*Gunnison) EASTERN (LILIAN'S) MEADOWLARK (*Boulder) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Clear Creek) ALAMOSA COUNTY: --On August 11, John Rawinski reported 1 Caspian Tern and 2 Whimbrels at Blanca Wetlands. The Whimbrels were on pond 114. BOULDER COUNTY: --An EASTERN (LILIAN'S) MEADOWLARK has been found by Johanna Beam at McIntosh Reservoir in the NW corner. It has been seen with 2 young. On July 30, Johanna Beam and Todd Deininger reported ad EASTERN MEADOWLARK at McIntosh Reservoir. On August 1, Johanna Beam and Richard Taylor reported EASTERN MEADOWLARK at McIntosh Reservoir. On August 2, Todd Deininger reported EASTERN (Lilian's) MEADOWLARK and Caspian Tern at McIntosh Reservoir. On August 6, Connie Takamine reported EASTERN (Lilian's) MEADOWLARK at McIntosh Reservoir. On August 10, Steve Mlodinow reported EASTERN (Lilian's) MEADOWLARK at McIntosh Reservoir. On August 12, Todd Deininger reported EASTERN (Lilian's) MEADOWLARK at McIntosh Reservoir. On August 14, John Drummond reported 3 EASTERN (Lilian's) MEADOWLARKS (1 ad, 2 juv) at McIntosh Reservoir. --2 American Three-toed Woodpeckers were reported by Joe Weufert in Ward on August 5. --A Black Phoebe was reported by Joyce Takamine along Boulder Creek west of 79th St. on August 11. It was not at the bridge. Take the dirt path to the west and look in vegetation along the north side of creek. CLEAR CREEK --On August 8 at Echo Lake, Scott Someshoe reported f Barrow's Goldeneye with 6 young. --At Mount Evans on August 8, Scott Somehoe reported Brown-capped Rosy-Finch. DOUGLAS COUNTY: --On August 4 at the Marina Sandspit at Chatfield SP, Gabriel Wiltse reported Upland Sandpiper, Thayer's Gull, and Hooded Warbler. --On August 4, David Suddjian reported 4 Least Flycatchers at Chatfield SP. EL PASO COUNTY: --At Ramah SWA, Mel Goff reported 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers and a fly-by Caspian Tern on August 3. Take bug repellent. --An ad Gray Flycatcher was reported by Steve Brown at Clear Spring Ranch on August 13. GUNNISON COUNTY: --3 Fox Sparrows were reported at Anthracite Creek on August 12 by Jon Horn and Bill Harris JEFFERSON COUNTY: --On July 14 Scott Somershoe reported Black and Eastern Phoebe at Waterton Canyon. On July 24, Scott Somershoe and Lynn Saver reported Black and Eastern Phoebe at Waterton Canyon between canyon mouth and Waterton Rd. On August 4,m Mary O'Connor reported Black and Eastern Phoebe at Waterton Canyon. On August 10, David Suddjian reported Black and Eastern Phoebe at Waterton Canyon from Waterton Road to overhead pipes. --An imm Red-necked Grebe was reported by Jerome Cech on Partridge Open Space on W 82nd Ave on August 2. --On August 4, David Suddjian reported 6 Least Flycatchers in Chatfield SP. --4 Red-headed Woodpecker were reported by George Mayfield on Stony Pass Road near Wigwam Creek on August 6. On August 9, Scott Manwaring reported Red-headed Woodpecker on Stony Pass Road near Wigwam Creek. On August 14, Scotte Somershoe reported 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers at Stony Pass road near Wigwam Creek. --On August 6, Benjamin Peter reported an ad YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at Tabor Lake in Wheat Ridge Greenbelt on August 6. It was on the south side of the lake off the bike path. On August 7, Anton Morrison reported Ad YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at Tabor Lake in Wheat Ridge Greenbelt. Todd Deininger found the YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON in a tree next to Tabor Lake the morning of August 7. On August 8, Matt Crooks and many other birders reported YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at Tabor Lake. On August 9, Mackenzie Goldthwait and many other birders reported YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at Tabor Lake. On August 10, David Suddjian, Scott Somershoe, Dean Shoup, Joe Roller, Chris Rurik, and Frank Farrell reported YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON. On August 11, Tim Ryan, Wendy Wibbens, and Jessi Oberbeck reported
[cobirds] Cedar Waxwing, CSR, El Paso Co, Saturday
Hi COBirders, While a waxwing isn’t a CO rarity, the single one I saw this morning high in a snag seemed VERY early in migration. Banded birds today were again sparse. A migrant Yellow Warbler, and hatch-year local nesting House Wren, Song Sparrow, and Com Yellowthroat. Maybe next week! Steve Brown Colorado SPrings -- 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/52CE1F19-7EBE-45B8-9AC1-D291F4894761%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Park County Aug 13
I began with a exploration with many stops out Lost Park Road (CR 56) with some side trips out NF roads. The beginning two miles of the road - passing through South Park prairie on the wet side of the spectrum - had the largest number of *Savannah Sparrows* I've yet encountered in park, with over a 120 seen near the road. This species is a fairly numerous breeder in this wet area and there were many young seen, so I suspect these are largely or wholly the local breeders. Along with them were 3 *Lark Buntings* and 2 *Grasshopper Sparrows* (both good for Park), a good number of *Vesper Sparrows*, some *Lark Sparrows*, and a flock of 8 *American Pipits*. The latter were the first I've seen in the lowlands (9,000') of Park County this season, down from the mountain heights. Working further in I encountered 13 *Gray Jays* along Lost Park Road (including 2 at the campground at the end of the road). A very good area for this species is in the spruce/fir with lodgepole forest from 13-15 miles in from Hwy 285. There were also *Am. Three-toed Woodpeckers* (including a family group, 1 *Townsend's Warbler*, 1 *Veery*, and frequent detections of Type 5 *Red Crossbills*. Wet Lost Park with its low willows and some yellow-flowered shrub had a great abundance of *Lincoln's Sparrows* (the local breeders with many fledged young). Some *Pine Grosbeaks* and *Gray Jays* were at the end of NF Road 134 (a much too rocky route). An *American White Pelican* circling to gain height over CR 39 was interesting over the spruce/fir and bristlecone pines. It looked extra lovely all by itself against the blue sky as I was listening to crossbills, RB Nuthatches and such. The upstream end of Tarryall Reservoir had 2 *Baird's Sandpipers*, and 1 *Western Sandpiper*. A family of *Common Mergansers* had 7 small young. The species is not a common breeder in Park (based on my observation so far), and it seemed late to me for such small young. But this fits the pattern of new broods appearing in late summer in Park. Indeed, visiting other water sites later this day there were many broods of dabblers and divers that were new and not present on checks 10 days earlier. Working down CR 77 with just a few stops, Twin Eagles Campground had an *Orange-crowned Warbler* (good for Park) and some *Gray Catbirds*. Near the junction with NF Road 213 there I saw 4 Type 2 *Red Crossbills* eating currents from the shrubs there. Saw the same thing near by last year. The currents in general are a big draw right now for robins, solitaires, Sage Thrashers, and bluebirds, so why shouldn't the crossbills join in? Lake George had a low diversity of waterbirds, but a *Sora* and *Virginia Rail* both called from the cattails, and the marsh upstream of the lake had a *Marsh Wren*. Highlights at Eleven Mile Reservoir included a *Black Tern* and *Lesser Yellowlegs*. Also present were *American Avocets*, *Wilson's Phalaropes*, *Northern Pintail*, and *White-faced Ibis*. The *Western Grebes* are nesting off the Platte inlet on a large mat of floating vegetation (polygonum?). They seem to all be sitting still, with no young evident yet. CR 59 at the South Platte crossing near Hartsel had a *Western Kingbird* (a very uncommon migrant in Park), and 4 *Soras *were calling from the sedge marsh. One strolled out into view. The pond at Trout Creek Ranch northwest of Hartsel had a challenging-to-ID cross section of duck families. The most interesting for me was a new brood of *Ring-necked Ducks*, as this was the first breeding evidence for this species that I've encountered on my visits to Park. Two *Soras* piped up. The pond along Hwy 285 near Fairplay had the same birds as recently minus the Common Goldeneye. It was a delight to have close views of a new brood of *Eared Grebes* peaking out from the feathers atop one parent, with the other offering bits of food to the young riders. This is the third location where I've seen nesting Eareds in Park this season, all in the region easterly from Fairplay. They nested at Eleven Mile Reservoir last year, but don't seem to be doing so this year. A *Solitary Sandpiper *was at the pond along Hwy 285 south of Como. Over at the pond along CR 34 at 4.3 miles in from Hwy 285 about half of the *Eared Grebes* have finished nesting and the numbers of adults have dropped, and other adults are tending broods of young over half grown. A number of new *Ruddy Ducks *were here, mostly males, indicating some movement, and 4 *Northern Pintails* were also new here. 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/CAGj6Rop-Cg%2B2Cfpw1gu%2BudHXXHfb06f5tu3eiA0mrnXWzL1YWA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options,
