[cobirds] Red-necked Phalaropes, Spring Park Resr, Eagle Cty 5/16

[Dick Filby]

Hi all

 

Flushed with the success of finding a Northern Waterthrush yesterday (Silt),
it was impossible to resist the opportunity to get out again this evening. A
short trip to Spring Park reservoir between showers was dry, if a little
chilly, but I was rewarded with as many Tree Swallows as I have ever seen
there.. thousands and thousands and thousands, almost certainly way in
excess of 10,000. And, as usual, in these large flocks there, it seemed to
be all Tree Swallows. I expect there were other species involved, but I
couldn't find them, giving up scanning through the flock when I became
slightly dizzy from following all the fast moving hordes.

 

Highlight however was a tight-knit flock of mobile, pirouetting Red-necked
Phalaropes, many of them females in gorgeous plumage. There were so mobile
that it was impossible to count them accurately, but I settled on 65-70 as
my best attempt.  They spent much of their time on the water, but constantly
flew short distances. As they fed I was reminded of the local dialect name
for them on the Shetland Isles, UK, where they are known as "Pirrie Dukes"
(literally "little ducks").

 

The continuing Common Loon  was sleeping this evening.  Shorebirds have
little feeding area now as the reservoir is almost completely full, with
almost no exposed mud anywhere, but at the north end, close to the road,
there were three Willets and a Long-billed Dowitcher

 

Very few ducks left now, but notable were three Barrow's Goldeneyes and a
few Buffleheads. Several Western Grebes and several Eared Grebes  too, the
latter in gorgeous plumage.

 

Yellow-rumped Warblers seemed on the move, heading west. The Brewer's
Blackbirds are back in force, as are the Savannah Sparrows . 

 

Back home the influx of White-crowned Sparrows continues, with at least 10
in the yard today, along with 2 Lincoln's Sparrows, and a noticeable arrival
of Cassin's Finches today. Several Black-headed Grosbeaks  new in today,
including females. The Pine Siskin flock continues to eat  more than their
allocated budget of Nijer seed, getting thru a few pounds a day! There's a
few Lesser Goldfinches that manage to get a go on the feeders  occasionally!

 

Heading off "north" tomorrow, in search of Polar Bears, so not back anytime
soon!  Enjoy the rest of Spring folks.. wherever you find yourself birding

 

Good birding all

 

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale, Garfield Cty

 

"Every day that you head out in search of nature is a good day - do it
often!"

RAF

 

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[cobirds] Bear Creek Lake Park/Jeffco

[markchavez]

This raining morning, I stopped by both Bear Creek Lake Park.  Before the rains 
started, I found a male Tennessee Warbler and the Blackpoll Warbler from 
yesterday.  I returned to the park later in the day after the rain stopped and 
found the Tennessee again along with yesterday's female Blackburnian Warbler.  
This park continues to have large numbers of warblers among the aphid infested 
wild plum.  Yesterday evening I stopped by Harriman Lake Park(Lakewood) and had 
a Northern Parula.  These two areas have been productive this spring and should 
be checked the next couple of days.

Mark ChavezLakewood-Green Mtnhttp://jaeger29.smugmug.com/

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chatfield Station, 5/16/16

[meredith . mcburney]

We got in a couple of good hours this morning before the rain wiped us out. 
 Caught 24 new and returned birds, 17 species:

Least Flycatcher 1
House Wren 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 1 (FOS)
Gray Catbird 1, banded 2015
Yellow Warbler 3
MacGillivray's Warble 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 new, 1 banded 2015
Green-tailed Towhee 1
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1, banded 2014
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow, Mountain 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Bullock's Oriole 2 (1 adult male, 1 second year male, in same net, which is 
also the net where we caught the pair yesterday)
American Goldfinch 1

Open daily, weather permitting (good possibility we will be rained out 
tomorrow/Tuesday), through June 2, EXCEPT for May 30. It is almost always 
better to visit early in the morning. We are opening nets at 6:30, and most 
days will have birds back at the station by 7:15. There are school groups 
every weekday, arriving about 9:45. We aim to close by noon most days, 
earlier if it is very hot, very cold, or very windy.

Meredith McBurney
Bander/Biologist
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] Douglas County feeder in 30 minutes inc. a Lazuli bunting

[Clint]

13 birds around feeders on Lake Waconda including 1 Lazuli bunting (m), 3 
BH Grosbeaks (2m), 2 Spotted Towhees, 1 Downy Woodpecker (m), 1 
White-crowned Sparrow (m), and Goldfinches, House Finches, C. Grackles, a  
Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Pine Siskins, a contingent of BH Cowbirds, a BC 
Chickadee and a Dark-eyed Junco (gray-headed) still here.

Clint Jones
Larkspur, CO
Douglas County

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[cobirds] Correction, Last Chance, 5/15, Washington County

[Tina Jones]

Sorry for getting folks hopes up for chasing. I meant to say in my previous 
post, 3, Common Yellowthroat were SEEN at Last Chance. I did not see any 
Yellow-throated Warbler at last Chance, as stated in my post. Sorry


Tina Jones

Littleton, CO

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[cobirds] Red-necked Phalaropes, Sloan's Lake, Denver

[Matthew Baker]

Just had ~100 red-necked phalaropes on Sloan's Lake. The birds were very 
active around the middle of the lake, even getting very close to shore on 
the West (Sheridan) side.

This is the 2nd time I've had RN Phalarope here - I had 25 birds in 
September of 2013 spend about 10 minutes trying not to get shredded by 
waterskiiers before taking off and heading south.

Not much otherwise in terms of passerines - a few western wood pewees, 
say's phoebes, brewers sparrows, yellow warbler, and common yellowthroat. 
All 6 swallows are likely out there again, as last weekend I had all of 
them in a single tree- best looks at bank swallows I've ever had...

Matt Baker
Denver, CO

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[cobirds] Boulder Cty - Jay Road Playa shorebird mix and Franklin's Gull

[Peter Burke]

COBirders,
There is a pretty impressive flooded field where Jay Rd. intersects with
the Diagonal Highway, this would be the SE corner. Today at noon I noticed
a Franklin's Gull plus Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Wilson's
Phalarope and 3 peeps that flew off before I could name them.

Sounds like the weather is bringing in good numbers of birds along the
foothills.


Peter Burke

935 11th St. Boulder, CO 80302

(973) 214-0140

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Re: [cobirds] Yellow-billed Cuckoo?

[Joe Roller]

Let us all know what you figure out, about Chatfield, please.

YB cuckoos can be found there most summers where the forest is most dense,
between Kingfisher Bridge and Waterton Bridge,
closer to the latter. Look at e bird map for there to see where best and
most dense habitat lies.

YB Cuckoos are found on almost every summer trip to Tamarack SWA, east of
Sterling.
link to the e Bird data there:

http://ebird.org/ebird/map/yebcuc?neg=true=false=false=Z=1-12=1=12=all=1900=2016

Do you use the CFO County birding website?
That's a great  way to look up good locations for CO specialties like that
bird:

http://coloradocountybirding.org/BySite.aspx?SiteID=690

Jean Tool SWA
or
Tamarack ranch
http://coloradocountybirding.org/BySite.aspx?SiteID=630
Watch for ticks there!

Good luck
Joe Roller,
DFO president


On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Marie Hoerner 
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I was wondering if anybody has relocated the yellow-billed cuckoo that was
> seen in Chatfield SP yesterday, or if anybody knows where it was last
> seen.  It would be a lifer for me, and one that I've tried for in SE
> Colorado, Illinois, Florida, and Mexico without success.  Any information
> would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marie
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[cobirds] Yellow-billed Cuckoo?

[Marie Hoerner]

Hello all,

I was wondering if anybody has relocated the yellow-billed cuckoo that was
seen in Chatfield SP yesterday, or if anybody knows where it was last
seen.  It would be a lifer for me, and one that I've tried for in SE
Colorado, Illinois, Florida, and Mexico without success.  Any information
would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

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5734 S. Ellis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637

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[cobirds] Appendix -- Spring count - RMArsenal NWR - Adams

['Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds]

In my previous post I forgot to mention one exhilirating observation.

We watched ten or so Western Kingbirds and an equal number of Lark Buntings 
feeding along one of the irrigation pipes the refuge uses to jump-start their 
native prairie restoration. A Swainson's Hawk flew right at the center of these 
birds and up scattered 150 or so Lark Buntings & at least 30 Kingbirds.

We always find Lark Bunting flocks fulfilling, and this fulfilled.

(I forgot to mention that we got our first Lark Bunting fix this year on the 
way home from the Lamar CFO convention. More fuilfillemnt.

 

 

Hugh Kingery 
Franktown, CO

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[cobirds] Last Chance, Washington County, 5/15

[Tina Jones]

Last Chance[at the intersection of highway 36 and 71 was not as birdy yesterday 
as I thought it might  be. I think some of the birds there were still land 
bound from Saturday. In no specific order were : 1 gorgeous m. Blue Grosbeak, 
3, Yellow Warblers, 2, Northern Waterthrush [after seeing one, I heard the loud 
call of another nearby], 1, Nashville Warbler, 3, Yellow-throated Warbler, 2, 
Wilson's warbler, 1, Western Wood-Pewee, at least 4, Western Kingbird, 5, 
Red-winged Blackbird, and 2, Lark Sparrow. Many Common Grackle and Eurasian 
Collared Dove were present. The wind was severe and most birds stayed real, 
real, low to the ground. Surprisingly not one Thrush was at Last Chance nor a 
Brown Thrasher.


Happy Birding !!

Tina Jones

Littleton, Jefferson County, CO.

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[cobirds] Spring Counts - Audubon Nature Center trails (Jefferson) & RMArsenal NWR (Adams)

['Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds]

 Swallow dominated our spring counts. As we walked along the Audubon Center 
trails on Saturday they streamed over and over and over, all headed downstream, 
all too high to identify. Our estimate came up with 7
85 but we think we underestimated. Sunday at Rocky Mtn Arsenal we also saw 
large flocks sailing all over the refuge, again mostly too high or too far away 
to identify. On both Saturday and Sunday we IDd 5 species - no Banks. 

We finished on Saturday by watching a Prairie Falcon perched atop a power pole, 
plucking feathers off a Western Meadowlark & consuming it. The developer for 
Sterling Ranch reportedly exterminated the prairie dogs in the colony on South 
Roxborough Road -- we saw none -- but we saw three Burrowing Owls. (We talked 
to a woman who saw 7 there on Thursday.) 

Along the trails we counted 25 Yellow-breasted Chats, 121 Yellow Warblers, but 
only 83 House Wrens. Total species, 81-- higher than for most of our spring 
counts.

For Sunday I don't yet have a list -- A. J. Gest kept it for us and has to 
compile it. Highlights however included 4 Northern Waterthrushes, a Tennesee 
Warbler confirmed by excellent photographs by Prat Pratyaydipta; 3 Stilt 
Sandpipers & 2 Long-billed Dowitchers, and an Eastern Phoebe that's taken up 
residence along the Highline Canal. Lots of towhees, both Green-tailed & 
Spotted.

 

Hugh Kingery 
Franktown, CO

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[cobirds] Bear Creek Lake Park, Big Soda Lake, high density bird count.

[Robert Raker]

The weather yesterday certainly helped consolidate the birds in certain 
areas. I had an unbelievable number of species (40) inside a 100 ft radius 
circle including some rarities and unusual species for the park. The 
winners were the Blackburnian and Blackpoll Warblers (one each) that joined 
the Virginia, Yellow, Yellow-rumped Warblers and Yellowthroats that were in 
larger numbers. Unfortunately I missed the Ovenbird that was seen in two 
different areas of vegetation. In addition, a Rose-Breasted Grosbeak popped 
up his head long enough to get a photo. Sparrows included Clay-colored, 
Brewers, White-crowned, Chipping and Song. Warbling Vireo, American 
Goldfinch, Pine Siskins, Bullocks Oriole, perched Violet-green Swallows, 
along with all the regulars made for an incredibly colorful display of an 
avian breeding bird plumage. Alnd this, all within a 100 ft radius area!

For some pics check out:
http://www.robraker.com/Robs-Natural-World/BearCreekLakePark/Big-Soda-Lake/i-zVxsDtX

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[cobirds] Least Terns at Lake Hasty (Bent County)

[Duane Nelson]

Birders,

I observed two Least Terns at Lake Hasty today, May 16th, only one day 
later than their usual arrival date of May 15th. Lake Hasty is a staging 
area for Least Terns most years, but it contains no nesting habitat. In 
past years, their arrival would have been no big deal, but they have 
become increasingly rare as nesting species in the state, and even their 
continued existence here is far from assured. They are strongly drawn to 
island habitat free of terrestrial predators. From a high of 32 pairs 
statewide in the 1990s, they gradually dropped to 12 nesting pairs in 
2012. Enough young survived to sustain a nesting population, but nesting 
was not as successful as in the 1990s, a period when island habitat 
allowed the production of up to 46 fledged young in the best year.


Nesting has largely been confined to mainland nesting sites for the past 
15 years, and their colonial nesting preference has meant that if 
predators found one mainland nest, they often found them all.


In 2013, the population crashed. Only two pairs of Least Terns nested 
statewide (both unsuccessful). By 2014, only one pair nested 
(unsuccessful). 2015 was even worse. One pair hung around until June 
waiting for water recede, but water rose well into July with our 
historic flooding last year and, for the first time since they were 
discovered nesting in the 1970s, no pairs nested in Colorado.


Floods last summer raised water levels and improved the fishery for the 
minnows the birds feed on. At high water levels, multiple islands exist 
offshore, and these were historic nesting areas. Habitat work controlled 
the vegetation that encroached for the past 15 years, and several 
islands now have suitable nesting habitat, free of both vegetation and 
terrestrial predators. Least Terns finally have multiple secure places 
to nest this year, but adult birds no longer come to Colorado in their 
former numbers. Having even one pair back is a good sign, and hopefully, 
more will follow.


If nesting ensues, I will be willing to provide the same kind of guided 
access I have used to show people Piping Plovers. I don't have a problem 
with people reporting them fishing on Lake Hasty, where they won't nest.


Duane Nelson

Las Animas, Bent County, CO


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[cobirds] Ken Caryl, Deer Creek, Hildebrand, Chatfield on 5/16

[David Suddjian]

I was out this morning in the areas mentioned above before the rain kicked
in, with low overcast, then fog, then drizzle, then rain. There was a nice
variety of species that fell out. Some highlights:

Rattlesnake Gulch Trail at Deer Creek Canyon Park had a male *Black-throated
Gray Warbler*, *Plumbeous Vireo*, 6 *MacGillivray's Warblers*, 2 *Wilson's *and
several *Yellow Warblers*, *Lincoln's Sparrow*, *Black-chinned Hummer* and
others.

Hildebrand Ranch Park had *Cassin's Vireo*, *Dusky Flycatcher* (3), a
female *Nashville Warbler*, *Orange-crowned Warbler*, lots of *Yellows*, a*
YB Chat*, *Green-tailed Towhee*, and several *Western Tanagers*.

At Chatfield SP the Deer Creek Picnic Area had a *Hammond's
Flycatcher*, a *Swainson's
Thrush*, *White-crowned Sparrow *(8), *Clay-colored sparrow*, and my
largest group of *Chipping Sparrows* (55). The Platte near and upstream of
Kingfisher Bridge (checking both sides of the river had a silent *Red-eyed
Vireo*, 10-11 *Least Flycatchers*, 3-4 *Am. Redstarts*, 1 *Northern
Waterhtrush* (song heard only), about 8 *Yellow-breasted Chats*, 2 *Western
Wood-Pewees*, 1 *Eastern Phoebe* (continuing near bridge), 2 *Warbling
Vireos*, and a *Swainson's Thrush*. As expected, there were many *Yellow
Warblers* here (50+) including over 15 that I observed feeding on the
ground. As the clouds lowered there began a steady flow of swallows moving
downstream along the river heading toward the reservoir. These were over
98% *Violet-green*, and one-by-one I tallied 628 VGs passing by me over
about 30 minutes. I guess the lower clouds pushed them down from the hills
and I was there to watch.

At Massey Draw in Ken Caryl Valley there was a *Least Flycatcher*, *Dusky
Flycatcher*, and a *Blackpoll Warbler*.

David Suddjian
Littleton, CO

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[cobirds] Bthr Green Warbler Lamar (Prowers)

[daleatherman]

Northeast corner of Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar. Mostly in junipers. Calling 
and occasionally singing. Bright male.

Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins

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[cobirds] Greenlee Preserve fallout--and I bet it's happening where you are too

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, Birders.

I went out for about an hour in the rain this morning at Greenlee Preserve, 
Boulder County, and there were birds galore: 1 *blackpoll warbler,* 1 *northern 
waterthrush;* *gray, dusky,* and *Hammond flycatchers;* 3 *western 
wood-pewees;* *clay-colored, Brewer,* and *chipping sparrows;* 1 *Lincoln 
sparrow;* 1 *green-tailed towhee;* 1 *black-headed grosbeak* and 1 grosbeak 
spuh; 6 *western tanagers;* 3 *Bullock orioles* and 1 oriole spuh; 4 *Swainson 
thrushes;* 2 *gray catbirds;* and probably some stuff I'm forgetting. There 
were a couple ibis spuh in the grass on the north side of Greenee 
Reservoir, plus the continuing *wood ducks.* Speaking of continuing, 
*bushtits* continue in the area, as does a lovelorn *African collared-dove.*

If you live where it's raining right now, see if you can get out today, if 
just for a little while. I suspect that this land bird fallout is 
widespread.

Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County

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[cobirds] Blackpoll Warbler, First Creek Trail, Denver County

[Johnson, Candice E., MD.]

A male Blackpoll Warbler is feeding in the small trees just west of the new 
airport transit line, where a small wetland exists, as of 8:30 am today. Thanks 
to the recent post which alerted us to the existence of this trail. Also two 
Plumbeous Vireos,  a Common Yellowthroat, and numerous Yellow Warblers in this 
most unlikely & noisy location.
Candice & Tim Johnson, Denver CO


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[cobirds] Rose-breasted Grosbeak - McMurry Natural Area - Larimer

['Aran Meyer' via Colorado Birds]

Nice looking male on the west side of the west pond at McMurry Natural Area.  
Foraging low in young cottonwood trees.  

Aran Meyer

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[cobirds] The Weld County 100(+)

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

Sought out to find 100+ species yesterday in northcentral Weld ... tallied 
103 ... highlights bolded.  Route mainly Nunn to Lasalle.


*Snow Goose (Woods Lake, Severance (Baldridge))* 
Canada Goose 
Mute Swan (F St Pond, Greeley)
Gadwall 
American Wigeon 
Mallard 
Blue-winged Teal 
Cinnamon Teal 
Northern Shoveler 
Green-winged Teal 
Redhead 
Lesser Scaup 
Ruddy Duck 
Ring-necked Pheasant 
Pied-billed Grebe 
Eared Grebe 
Western Grebe 
Double-crested Cormorant 
American White Pelican 
Great Blue Heron 
Great Egret 
Snowy Egret 
White-faced Ibis 
Osprey 
Bald Eagle 
Northern Harrier 
Swainson's Hawk 
Red-tailed Hawk 
Virginia Rail 
Sora 
American Coot 
Killdeer 
Black-necked Stilt 
American Avocet 
Spotted Sandpiper 
Greater Yellowlegs 
Baird's Sandpiper 
Least Sandpiper 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 
Western Sandpiper 
Long-billed Dowitcher 
Wilson's Phalarope 
*Red-necked Phalarope ** (Weld CR 48) - 6* 
Franklin's Gull 
Ring-billed Gull 
Forster's Tern 
Rock Pigeon 
Eurasian Collared-Dove 
Mourning Dove 
Great Horned Owl 
Burrowing Owl 
Belted Kingfisher 
Northern Flicker 
American Kestrel 
Western Wood-Pewee 
Say's Phoebe 
Western Kingbird 
Eastern Kingbird 
Loggerhead Shrike 
Blue Jay 
Black-billed  Magpie 
American Crow 
Horned Lark 
Cliff Swallow 
Barn Swallow 
Black-capped Chickadee 
House Wren 
Marsh Wren 

*Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Weld CR 110)* 
*Ruby-crowned Kinglet** (Weld CR 110)* 
Swainson's Thrush 
American Robin 
Gray Catbird 
European Starling 

*McCown's Longspur (Weld CR 110)* 
Orange-crowned Warbler 
Common Yellowthroat 
Yellow Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 

*Yellow-breasted Chat (Weld CR 110)* 
Chipping Sparrow 
Clay-colored Sparrow 
Brewer's Sparrow 
Vesper Sparrow 
Lark Sparrow 
Lark Bunting 
Savannah Sparrow 

*Grasshopper Sparrow (Windsor Reservoir)* 
Song Sparrow 
Lincoln's Sparrow 
White-crowned Sparrow 

*Western Tanager (Yard)* 
Red-winged Blackbird 
Western Meadowlark 
Yellow-headed Blackbird 
Common Grackle 
Great-tailed Grackle 
Brown-headed Cowbird 
Bullock's Oriole 
House Finch 

*Pine Siskin (Yard)* 
American Goldfinch 
House Sparrow 
Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.ning.com/
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[cobirds] Carolina Wren in Pueblo 5/16

[Brandon Percival]

The singing Carolina Wren found by Rick Clawges on Saturday is still
present in Pueblo.  The bird is along Arkansas River between Reservoir
Drive and Dutch Clark Stadium.  I walked from Pueblo City Park, so like 2
miles east of there on south side of river.  Probably closer places to park
then City Park.  Also on my walk, male Tennessee Warbler, singing Least
Flycatcher, Orchard Oriole.

Brandon K. Percival

Sent from my Android from the field

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 16 May 2016

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:  Joyce Takamine

e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org

Date:  May 16, 2016

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, May 16, 2016, sponsored by Denver
Field

Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.


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

Note / warblers and other migrants on the move.  Go out and find more!!


Mexican Mallard (Huerfano, Rio Grande)

Long-tailed Duck (Alamosa)

Chukar (Montezuma)

Green Heron (Arapahoe, Huerfano, Lincoln)

Glossy Ibis (El Paso, *La Plata, *Morgan, Weld)

Broad-winged Hawk (Bent, *Larimer, Prowers)

Black Rail (*Pueblo)

Snowy Plover (Costilla, *Pueblo)

Whimbrel (El Paso, Morgan)

Ruddy Turnstone (Weld)

Dunlin (Alamosa)

Short-billed Dowitcher (*Weld)

LAUGHING GULL (Alamosa)

Lesser  Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo, Weld)

Caspian Tern (Morgan, Weld)

White-winged Dove (Larimer)

LESSER NIGHTHAWK (Alamosa)

Veery (Bent)

Red-headed Woodpecker (Baca, Crowley, El Paso, Otero, *Weld)

Acorn Woodpecker (Pueblo)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Prowers, Weld)

American Three-toed Woodpecker (Conejos)

Least Flycatcher (Bent, *Elbert, *El Paso, *Jefferson, Prowers)

Gray Flycatcher (*Jefferson, Otero)

Black Phoebe (*Boulder, *Delta)

Cassin's Kingbird (Baca, Jefferson, * La Plata, *Larimer)

Yellow-throated Vireo (Kit Carson, La Plata)

Chihuahuan Raven (El Paso)

Purple Martin (Prowers)

Bewick's Wren (Otero)

Gray-cheeked Thrush (El Paso, Washington, Weld)

Varied Thrush (*Larimer)

Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso)

McCown's Longspur (Weld)

Ovenbird (Boulder, Bent,*Elbert,  *Jefferson, *Pueblo, Washington)

Northern Waterthrush (Adams, Bent, Boulder, *El Paso, *Garfield,
*Jefferson, *La Plata, *Larimer, Otero, *Pueblo, *Weld)

Blue-winged Warbler (El Paso)

Black-and-white Warbler (*Jefferson)

Tennessee Warbler (*Boulder, El Paso, Jefferson, *Larimer, Otero)

Nashville Warbler (Bent, Jefferson, Pueblo, Weld)

MOURNING WARBLER (Washington)

Northern Parula (Arapahoe, Cheyenne, *Elbert, Huerfano, *Jefferson, Morgan,
Prowers, Pueblo)

Magnolia Warbler (*Boulder, Fremont, Jefferson)

Bay-breasted Warbler (Larimer)

Blackburnian Warbler (*Jefferson)

Blackpoll Warbler (*Adams, Boulder, *El Paso, *Jefferson, Pueblo, Weld)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Boulder, Larimer)

Palm Warbler (Yuma)

Prairie Warbler (*Phillips)

Grace’s Warbler (Mesa, Pueblo)

Black-throated Gray Warbler (Baca, *Ellbert, Huerfano, Jefferson, Lincoln)

Black-throated Green Warbler (Bent)

Scarlet Tanager (Larimer)

Summer Tanager (*Elbert, Fremont, La Plata, Otero)

Painted Bunting (Baca)

Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca)

Canyon Towhee (Baca)

Black-throated Sparrow (Conejos)

Grasshopper Sparrow (Huerfano)

Indigo Bunting (Bent, La Plata)

Bobolink (*Arapahoe, El Paso, Huerfano, Jefferson, *La Plata)

Scott's Oriole (Fremont)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (San Juan)

Black Rosy-Finch (San Juan)

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (San Juan)


*For locations you are not familiar with (e.g. "Lower Latham"), please
refer to CFO's Colorado County Birding site for directions:
www.coloradocountybirding.org


ADAMS COUNTY:

---On May 15 a f Blackpoll warbler was reported by Susan Rosine at Rocky
Mountain Arsenal NWR.

---A Northern Waterthrush was reported by Eric DeFonso at Camenisch Park in
Federal Heights on May 11.


ALAMOSA COUNTY:

---On May 14 a Long-tailed Duck, Dunlin, and LAUGHING GULL were reported by
Team Sapsucker at San Luis Lakes.

---On May 12 a LESSER NIGHTHAWK was reported by Tim Lenz at Alamosa NWR, El
Rancho Lane near visitor center.


ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On May 14 a Bobolink was reported by Ben Sampson at Cherry Creek Sp next
to Cottonwood Creek Wetlands.  On May 15, Gene Rutherford reported 2 male
Bobolink at West Marina Parking Lot at Cherry Creek SP.

---On May 12 a Northern Parula was reported by Jared Del Rosso at Marjorie
Perry Nature Preserve in Greenwood Village.  On May 14 a Green Heron and
Norther Parula were reported by cheri Phillips at Marjorie Perry Nature
Preserve.


BACA COUNTY:

---On May 14 a Red-headed Woodpecker, Cassin's Kingbird, 2 Canyon Towhees,
and a m Painted Bunting were reported by Nick Komar in Picture Canyon.

---On May 11 a Black-throated Gray Warbler, 4 Rufous-crowned Sparrows, 6
Canyon Towhees, and 2 m Painted Buntings were reported by David Dowell in
Picture Canyon.


BENT COUNTY:

---On May 11 at Tempel Grove, Dave Leatherman reported Northern
Waterthrush,  Ovenbird, and 2-3 Least Flycatchers.

---On May 10 a m Indigo Bunting and m Nashville Warbler were reported by
Brandon Percival at Van's Grove.

---On May 10 a f Black-throated Green Warbler was reported by Brandon
Percival at Hasty Campground.


BOULDER COUNTY:

---On May 15 an ad m Magnolia Warbler was reported by Peter BUrke on CU
East Campus in Boulder.

---On May 15 a Tennessee Warbler was reported by Peter Burke at Eben G Fine
Park in Boulder.

---On May 14 2 Northern Waterthrush were reported by Joel Such and Neil
Gilbert on Appple Valley Road in Lyons.

---On May 14 a