[cobirds] Unexpected Woodpecker Show at Heil Valley Ranch

[Carl Starace]

My wife and I headed for Heil Valley Ranch this morning and nearly changed
our location due to the hordes of cyclists streaming down Neva Road. Boy
are we glad we stayed the course! We'd gone about a half mile down the
entrance road,[past all the old sheds], when we spotted a Lewis's
Woodpecker crossing in front of us. It perched atop a Ponderosa just as
another came into view. A third Lewis's followed within several minutes,
these were both juveniles.As we walked along the road, getting better
vantage points, Sally suddenly yelled "Red Headed". We watched not one, but
two Red Headed Woodpeckers fly to different perches. Now all the birds were
on the same side of road, all seen within about 15 minutes  and within 50
yards. Quite the show.Carl Starace  and Sally Swain,  Niwot

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[cobirds] Hummers - Golden - Jeffco

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,
The hummingbird circus continues at our house.  There are 3 feeders out
front and 2 in back.
Birders welcome.

-- 
Ira Sanders
Golden, CO

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[cobirds] Olive-sided Flycatchers & Others - deKoevend Park - Centennial (Arapahoe)

[Jared Del Rosso]

This morning, my dog and I took a long walk around deKoevend Park. I was 
surprised to spot two, possibly three, Olive-sided Flycatchers in the 
middle of the park, perched high over what I believe is Big Dry 
Creek...just beyond the Goodson Rec Center's back parking lot. Approximate 
location is marked on Google Maps by a spot called "Creek Play 
," which is only visible if you zoom in 
quite a bit. Near that spot I also saw a single, male Lark Sparrow. A Lark 
Bunting, my first in west Arapahoe Co., was in a privately-owned field 
behind / east of deKoevend Open Space, visible from the High Line Canal 
Trail on the east side of the park. Four Swainson's Hawks were on the west 
side of the park. Three were perched low -- on the open space's fencing and 
a building's roof. I think two of the birds were first-year birds. There 
were plenty of hummingbirds, but I never could get good looks at any and 
didn't pick out anything other than Broad-tails. One Turkey Vulture flew 
over. 

I was disappointed to see, however, that a prominent, bare / deadish tree 
on the western portion of the High Line Canal Trail, near where the trail 
meets Franklin Street, was recently removed. The tree was a favored 
perching spot of many of the park's birds, including Olive-sided Flycatcher 
(in May), Western Kingbirds (May / June), magpies, robins, flickers, and 
Mourning Doves.

- Jared Del Rosso
Centennial, CO

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[cobirds] Results of Del Norte Birdwalk

[mvjohnski]

We had a wonderful morning in Del Norte along the Riverwalk Trail. A total 
of 6 ladies enjoyed the birding and we even had one gal from Colorado 
Springs. 
 
We enjoyed sharpening our birding skills by seeing and hearing birds. We 
listened to songs, even though it is fall migration and birds are more 
subdued. We also practiced spotting birds and describing them when we saw 
them. Some of the highlights included:
 
Gray Catbirdnumerous in the thick willow habitat. 
Yellow Warbler
Red-naped Sapsucker
Williamson’s Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Flicker, Red-shafted
Song Sparrow
Western Wood-pewee
American Goldfinch
BC and Mtn Chickadees
Many American Robins
and many persons “favorite” Black-billed Magpies. 
 
and  a fawn Mule Deer suckling on its mother! What a sight! 
 
We ended up with about 25 species for the morning. Great day out and 
about
 
John Rawinski
Monte Vista, Colorado

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 7 August 2016

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:  Joyce Takamine
e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:  August 7, 2016
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, August 7, sponsored by Denver Field
Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

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

Mallard (Mexican) (Larimer)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Garfield)
Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Mesa)
Dusky Grouse (Mesa, Montezuma)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Logan)
Green Heron (Larimer)
Snowy Plover (Alamosa)
Piping Plover (*Douglas)
Upland Sandpiper (Logan)
Whimbrel (Alamosa)
Mew Gull (Larimer)
WESTERN GULL (*Washington)
Thayer's Gull (Washington)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Morgan, *Washington)
Black Swift (Boulder)
Red-headed Woodpecker (*Logan, *Washington)
Red Bellied Woodpecker (Logan)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Mesa)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder, Eagle, Mesa, Montezuma)
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (*Logan)
Least Flycatcher (Washington, *Weld)
Gray Flycatcher (Gunnison, Larimer, Mesa)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Lincoln)
Cassin's Kingbird (Denver, Douglas, Lincoln)
Pacific Wren (Boulder)
Carolina Wren (Washington)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (*Larimer)
McCown's Longspur (*Larimer, Lincoln, Weld)
Northern Waterthrush (Larimer)
Magnolia Warbler (Washington)
Grace's Warbler (Mesa)
BAIRD'S SPARROW (*Larimer)
White-winged Crossbill (Boulder)

*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

ALAMOSA COUNTY:
---On August 2, Gregg Goodrich and Anna Troth reported 15 Snowy Plovers at
Blanca Wetlands on pond just before Mallard Parking Lot.

BOULDER COUNTY:
---On July 30,  Bill Kaempfer reported 4 White-winged Crossbills flying
over Niwot Ridge.
---On June 24 a singing stub-tailed wren (Winter/Pacific) was reported by
Steve Mlodinow in Wild Basin of Rocky Mt NP just N of bridge that leads
away from Calypso Cascade towards Ouzel Falls.  On June 28, a Pacific Wren
was reported by Bill Rowe just below Calypso Cascades in Wild Basin of
Rocky Mt NP.  On July 4, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Pacific Wren at
Calypso Cascades in Wild Basin of Rocky Mt NP.  On July 9 at Wild Basin in
Rocky Mt NP, David Dowell reported Pacific Wren, Black Swift on nest, 2
American Three-toed Woodpeckers.  On July 16, at Wild Basin, Ouzel Falls in
Rocky Mountain NP, Nick Moore reported Pacific Wren.  On July 19 Tim Mitzen
reported Pacific Wren near Calypso Cascades in Wild Basin of Rocky Mt NP.
On July 23 Chris Gilbert reported Pacific Wren at Ouzel Falls in Wild Basin
of Rocky Mt NP.  On July 20, Todd Deininger reported Pacific Wren at
Calypso Cascades in Wild Basin of Rocky Mt NP.  On July 24 Christian Nunes
reported 2 Black Swifts and 4 Pacific Wrens at Wild Basin of Rocky Mt NP.
On July 29, Sue Riffe reported Pacific Wren, 2 American Three-toed
Woodpeckers and 7 Black Swifts at Wild Basin of Rocky Mt NP.

DENVER COUNTY:
---On August 1 a Cassin's Kingbird was reported by Doug Kibbe at Westerly
Wetlands.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On August 6 an imm Piping Plover was reported by Joey Kellner at Marina
Sandspit at Chatfield SP.
---On July 29 2 Cassin's Kingbirds were reported by David Sheppard in Lone
Tree.  They were east of Monarch Blvd and south of Rocky Heights Middle
School.

EAGLE COUNTY:
---An American Three-toed Woodpecker was reported by Bob Righter on Cross
Creek Trail about 4 miles south of Minturn on July 28.

GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On July 28, a f Barrow's Goldeneye with 3 ducklings was reported by Jo
Ann Riggle at Trappers Lake and Leon Thurmon reported F Barrow's Goldeneye.

LARIMER COUNTY:
---On August 5, David Wade found a 2nd-cycle Mew Gull at Horsehsoe
Reservoirand Nick Komar reported a Mallard (Mexican) at Horseshoe Reservoir.
---On August 5, Jim Nelson reported a Northern Waterthrush at
Matthews-Reeser Bird Sanctuary in Estes Park.  The bird was on the est side
of the pine cover peninsula.
---On August 1 and 3 a Green Heron was reported by Richard Herrington at
Running Deer Natural Area.
---On July 31, a Mallard (Mexican) was reported by Sean Walters at
Horseshoe Reservoir.
---On July 11 BAIRD'S SPARROWS were reported in a news release at Soapstone
Prairie Natural Area.  Biologists from Bird Conservancy of the Rockies have
confirmed the presence of male and female BAIRD'S SPARROWS on the
grassland.  Best place to search for the sparrows in on the Pronghorn Loop
Trail, especially the easternmost 2 miles.  On June 15, Norm Lewis reported
3 BAIRD'S SPARROWS at Soapstone Prairie.   On July 13, Brandon Nooner,
David Wade, and Nick Komar reported 12 McCown's Longspurs and 6 BAIRD'S
SPARROWS at Soapstone Prairie on the Pronghorn Loop Trail.   On July 14,
Anna Troth and Gregg Goodrich reported BAIRD'S SPARROW at Soapstone Prairie
NA.  On July 15, Steve Mlodinow reported 15 Chestnut-collared Longspurs, 2
McCown's Longspurs, and 8 BAIRD'S SPARROWS; Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 3
McCown's and 6 BAIRD's SPARROWS at Soapstone Prairie NA.  On July 15, Nick
Komar reported