Re: [cobirds] Char field Sandspit (Douglas County)

[Tom Behnfield]

I've been asked to give a reminder that during this time of numerous, rich 
sightings at Chatfield (and other spots), we should keep a respectful distance 
from our subjects. It would be best if we stick to the high ground on the 
Sandspit and Plum Creek Delta. 

As one who really enjoys taking photos of the great species we see here, I 
don't want to be "that guy" who spooks the bird and we don't see it again until 
next season! 

Thanks for your help with this, we are having an awesome Fall in Colorado!

And now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Good birding!

Tom Behnfield
Lakewood, CO
behnfi...@q.com

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Re: [cobirds] Char field Sandspit (Douglas County)

[Scott Manwaring]

Still here, seen from southern side of delta before crossing water. In sticks 
with 3 killdeer nearby

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Re: [cobirds] Char field Sandspit (Douglas County)

[Barbara Spagnuolo]

Watching the Turnstone at the Plum Creek delta area right now. A bit muddy walk 
out to the shoreline but worth it.

Barbara Spagnuolo
Highlands Ranch


- Barbara Spagnuolo
Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 10, 2015, at 7:21 AM, Tom Behnfield  wrote:
> 
> 3 Sanderlings and the Ruddy Turnstone.
> 
> Good Birding!
> 
> Tom Behnfield
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[cobirds] Lamar (Prowers) yesterday (10/9)

[DAVID A LEATHERMAN]

Very birdy yesterday in the couple areas I observed in Lamar.

Willow Valley Subdivision private yard east of Willow Creek Park
*Blue-headed Vireo (photos)  finding Rough Stinkbugs on dead limbs of Siberian 
Elm, photos, new for Janeal's yard list.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (estimate 15, could have been more) feasting on hackberry 
psyllids in Northern Hackberry and on the bark of a nearby Siberian Elm
Gray Catbird (1)
Sandhill Crane (few heard at 8:15am, none the rest of the day)
Spotted Towhee (1m in juniper)
Common Nighthawk (at least 75 filtering south, some at very high altitude, at 
dusk)
Chimney Swift (at least 8 migrants seen low thru the trees at dusk)

Riverside Cemetery off Maple Street in northeast part of Lamar
Much action in the tangle of growth that grew along the ditch along the north 
edge of the cemetery, along the east side, and going out to the north from the 
northwest corner, and along the north edge of the alfalfa field north of the 
cemetery.  The dominant plant is Giant Ragweed.  Also lots of action in 
hackberry due to ongoing gall psyllid emergence/overwintering dispersal.

*Swamp Sparrow (1 hatch-year)  northeast corner along ditch, photos
*Nashville Warbler (2) north side along ditch in poplar and ragweed, photos of 
one
*Field Sparrow (at least 3) along north edge of alfalfa field, and in northwest 
corner of cemetery along ditch in ragweed/small elms, photos
Blue Grosbeak (1f/i) getting late
Orange-crowned Warbler (25+) mostly in ragweed, not sure what they are getting 
insectwise (examination showed no aphids or other small morsels)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet/Yellow-rumped Warbler (many in hackberry)

Checked several places today (10/10), not nearly as birdy.

Riverside Cemetery 
*Field Sparrow (2)
Common Yellowthroat (1f)
Nashville Warbler (1)
Common Poorwill (1) photos

Thurston Reservoir north of town (Prowers)
American Coot (thousands)
*Field Sparrow (1) right at the south side boat ramp, photos
Northern Mockingbird (will overwinter?)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (1i)

Upper Queens Reservoir (Kiowa County)
Lesser Yellowlegs
American Coot (thousands)
Herring Gull (2 first-cycle)
Osprey (1) eating large Black Bullhead (catfish)

Tempel's Grove (Bent County)
Swainson's Thrush (1)
Eastern Phoebe (1)
Otherwise VERY quiet (and almost 90 degrees!)

An INCREDIBLE number of Monarchs passing through.  The alfalfa fields are 
aflutter with sulfurs.  Supposed to be 90 tomorrow, cooler on Monday, back hot 
after that.  No rain in forecast.

Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins

  

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[cobirds] Yuma County

[William H Kaempfer]

I am leading a CFO group this weekend to spots in Yuma County and beyond.  
Today we managed to hit 92 degrees, but still had some good birding.  
Highlights included up to 6 Sprague's Pipits at "Pipit Hill" (eBird hotspot) in 
Hale, 3 Osprey at Stalker Pond in Wray, 10 Northern Bobwhite, 3 Burrowing Owls 
and a Grasshopper Sparrow on the Road PP route NE of Wray.  At a private ranch 
near the old Bonny Reservoir we had a LeConte's Sparrow, about a half-dozen 
White-throated Sparrows, at least one Field Sparrow and 6 Eastern Bluebirds.

Bill Kaempfer
Boulder

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Re: [cobirds] Char field Sandspit (Douglas County)

[cogoshawk]

Ruddy turnstone @ mouth of Plum creek, E. Side@1:10. Also some killdeer 
Pelicans, cormorants, etc. 

Good Birding!

Ed Furlond
Evergreen, CO

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[cobirds] Baca, Prowers, Bent, and Kiowa today (Oct 10)

[David Dowell]

Chris Rurik and I camped last night at Two Buttes SWA, hearing a Great 
Horned Owl and various unidentified critters during the night.  Today, we 
birded from Baca to Kiowa Counties.  Our reports of what is passing through 
the region are consistent with Dave Leatherman's.  Orange-crowned Warblers, 
Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and White-crowned Sparrows are particularly easy to 
find.

Two Buttes SWA (Baca Co.) was moderately birdy today.  Some of the 
highlights included:
1 Blue-headed Vireo
1 Blue-headed / Cassin's Vireo
4 Osprey
2 Field Sparrows
4+ White-throated Sparrows
1 Red-naped Sapsucker
2 Eastern Phoebes
1 Blue Grosbeak
lots of Spotted Towhees
A Parks and Wildlife official advised us to start wearing orange already 
because muzzle deer and turkey season began today in southeast Colorado.

At Fairmount Cemetery in southeast Lamar (Prowers Co.), some noisy Blue 
Jays helped us find a Barn Owl.

Tempel Grove (Bent Co.) was quiet indeed.  We did observe two late 
Swainson's Hawks.

At the now surprisingly large Neenoshe Reservoir (Kiowa Co.), we observed a 
Red / Red-necked Phalarope.  We favored Red based on color and structure 
but can't be sure owing to distance.  Other highlights included Scaled 
Quail and Sandhill Cranes.

At Upper Queens / Neeskah Reservoir (Kiowa Co.), we found a very 
cooperative Short-billed Dowitcher.  It seemed to like the west shore, 
about 50-100 yards south of the parking area / former boat ramp on the west 
side.

David Dowell
Longmont, CO

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Station at Barr, 10/10/15

[meredith]

It was a lovely if quiet morning, and we were thrilled to catch our second 
Creeper and our first (since 2012) Golden-crowned Kinglet.  Twenty new 
birds today:

Brown Creeper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Song Sparrow 3 new, 1 return (banded 2013)
Lincoln's Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco, Slate-colored 1
Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 4

Tomorrow/Sunday is our final day - we will take the station down after 
banding.

Meredith McBurney
Biologist/Bander
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 10 October 2015

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:  October 10, 2015
This is the Rare Bird Alert, Saturday, October 910 sponsored by Denver Field
Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

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

Barrow's Goldeneye (Summit)
Red-necked Grebe (*Douglas, Park)
Little Blue Heron (Boulder)
Green Heron (Larimer, Park, Pueblo)
Broad-Winged Hawk (Boulder, El Paso, Kit Carson, Montrose, Weld)
Whimbrel (Weld)
HUDSONIAN GODWIT (Mesa)
Ruddy Turnstone (*Douglas)
Parasitic Jaeger (Morgan)
LITTLE GULL (Larimer)
Sabine's Gull (Douglas, Jefferson, Larimer, Park, *Weld)
Laughing Gull (Pueblo)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larimer, Morgan, Weld)
Caspian Tern (Pueblo)
ARCTIC TERN (Arapahoe, Douglas)
White-winged Dove (Weld)
Greater Roadrunner (Pueblo)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Weld)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Larimer)
Least Flycatcher (Weld)
Eastern Phoebe (Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Weld)
Black Phoebe (Mesa)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Jefferson)
Philadelphia Vireo (Denver)
SEDGE WREN (Kiowa)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso)
Sprague's Pipit (Yuma)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (*Arapahoe, Boulder, Lincoln)
McCown's Longspur (Larimer, Lincoln)
Ovenbird (El Paso)
Nashville Warbler (Adams, Arapahoe, Lincoln, *Prowers)
Magnolia Warbler (Kit Carson)
EASTERN TOWHEE (Arapahoe)
BAIRD'S SPARROW (Lincoln)
Swamp Sparrow (Adams)

ADAMS COUNTY:
--A Swamp Sparrow was banded by Meredith McBurney at Barr Banding Station
on September 29.
--A Nashville Warbler was banded by Meredith Mc Burney at Barr Banding
Station on October 2.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
--A Nashville Warbler was reported by David Hill and Cynthia Madsen at
Parker Jordan Centennial Open Space on September 30.
--At Cherry Creek SP on October Gabriel Wiltse reported ARCTIC TERN and
EASTERN TOWHEE.
--On October 9, Van Remsen reported 7 Chestnut-collared Longspurs at a
field on RD 185 about .5 mile S of Hwy 36.

BOULDER COUNTY:
--An ad Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Bill Hutchinson in Sunshine
Canyon on September 30.
--2 juv Little Blue-heron were reported by Carl Starce at Clover Basin
Reservoir on October 2.
--3 Chestnut-collared Longspsurs were reported by Scott Severs at Lagerman
Reservoir on October 4.

DENVER COUNTY:
--Del Rosso and Rurik reported a Philadelphia Vireo on the western edge of
Denver Botanic Gardens on September 23.  It was near the Japanese Gardens.
  On September 28, Del Rosso reported Philadelphia Vireo at Denver Botanic
Gardens and Cheesman Park.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:
--An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Kathy Mihm Dunning and Joey Kellner at
Chatfield upstream of Kingfisher Bridge on October 3.
--A juv ARCTIC TERN was reported by Glenn Walbek at the Chatfield sandspit
on October 2.  The ARCTIC TERN was seen by several other birders on October
2.  On October 3, Bryan and Kristin Arnold reported ARCTIC TERN and
Sabine's Gull east of the sandspit at Chatfield.  The ARCTIC TERN was seen
by many birder on October 3.  On October 4, Van Remsen reported Red-necked
Grebe and ARCTIC TERN at Chatfield.  On October 5, Mark Chavez reported
ARCTIC TERN and imm Sabine's Gull at Chatfield SP, and Sue Riffe and many
others reported Red-necked Grebe at Chatfield.   On October 6, Michael
Kiessig found a Ruddy Turnstone on the Sandspit along with ARCTIC TERN and
Sabine's Gull at Chatfield.  On October 7, Tom Behnfiled reported Ruddy
Turnstone, ARCTIC TERN, and Sabine's Gull at Sandpit and Doug Kibbe
reported Red-necked Grebe at Chatfield.  On October 8 Scott Manwaring
reported Ruddy Turnstone, Red-necked Grebe and 2 Sabine's Gulls at
Chatfield.  Others missed the Ruddy Turnstone later in the day.On
October 9, Matt Crooks reported Ruddy Turnstone and Bob Shade reported
Red-necked Grebe at Chatfield SP.

EL PASO COUNTY:
--On September 29 an Ovenbird was banded at and on September 28 a
Curve-billed Thrasher was banded by Amanda Ziegelbauer at Chico Basin Ranch
(fee area).
--On October 5, Steve Brown reported a Broad-winged Hawk at Clear Spring
Ranch.
--On October 7, Steve Brown reported Eastern Phoebe at Clear Spring Ranch.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:
--A Great Crested Flycatcher was reported by Gerald Baines at Bear Creek
Greenbelt from S. Kipling Pkwy to S. Wadsworth Blvd on September 25.
--An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Ben Sampson at Chatfield Swim Beach on
September 26.
--An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Gerald Baines at Denver Botanic Gardens
at Chatfield on October 2.

KIOWA COUNTY:
--A SEDGE WREN was reported by Bill Kaempfer at Sand Creek National
Historic Site .25 miles east of entrance gate where CR 2 crosses Big Sandy
Creek on September 26.

KIT CARSON COUNTY:
--6 Broad-winged Hawks and a Magnolia Warbler were reported by David Dowell
at Flagler Reservoir SWA on October 4.

LARIMER COUNTY:
--A juv Sabine's Gull was reported by Austin Hess at Fossil Creek Reservoir
on September 27.
--A non-breeding plumaged ad Sabine's Gulll was reported by Nick Komar on a
farm pond in the NE corner of 

[cobirds] Ruddy Turnstone - Chatfield Douglas Cty

[Steve Stachowiak]

Cobirders,

Remarkably, the bloody turnstone continues on the sand spit at Chatfield. It is 
 walking about with it's normal routine of stoning terns.

Good birding,
Steve Stachowiak
Highlands Ranch, CO

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[cobirds] Char field Sandspit (Douglas County)

[Tom Behnfield]

3 Sanderlings and the Ruddy Turnstone.

Good Birding!

Tom Behnfield

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