[cobirds] N Waterthrush, CSR, El Paso Co, Wed.
Hi COBirders, I had a record-breaking day of banding at Clear Spring Ranch today. The hay field across the road from my station is getting deep, and there is a constant coming and going there. To see what might happen I put up some nets by some bushes there, and the floodgates opened. 60 Chipping Sparrows, 7 Black-headed Grosbeaks, 3 Lazuli Buntings, a Blue Grosbeak, 3 Com Yellowthroats, a Lark Sparrow, a Savannah Sparrow, and some rare catches - 2 more Northern Waterthrush (#3, 4 this week), a Clay-colored Sparrow, a female Indigo Bunting, and a Willow Flycatcher. And of note, only six birds were caught in my normal lanes. Sigh. Happy Migration, Steve Brown Colo Spgs -- 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/2AE0D191-D4BC-4E8B-9D94-E1831459C6FA%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Chico Basin Ranch (El Paso, Pueblo), Ramah Res (El Paso)
Work has really interfered with birding this summer, but today I escaped and went to Chico Basin Ranch (El Paso Co, Pueblo Co) (fee area). Kind of summer-ey, kind of fall-ish based on what I saw. Highlights on the El Paso Co side were Scaled Quail, Sora, Sage thrasher, Brown Thrasher (no Curve-billed), Spotted Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe, Red-headed Woodpecker, Common Nighthawk, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Ash-throated Flycatcher consuming a dragonfly, Marsh Wren, Yellow Warbler, about 12 Wilson's Warblers, Common Yellowthroat, Lark Bunting. On the Pueblo Co side highlights were many of the same plus Northern Harrier, Barn Owl, Prairie Falcon, another Red-headed Woodpecker, and a single Bank Swallow. I went the back way (Burrowing Owl, Peyton Highway) up to Ramah Reservoir (El Paso Co) and among other things saw White-faced Ibis, Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Baird's Sandpiper, Wilson's Phalarope, Black Tern, and a Peregrine Falcon ripping up the sky harassing everything in sight. Dan Stringer Larkspur, 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/14736a07-a4b2-4440-af19-a97363b31c38%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Grassland Ecology Trip FULL!
If you would like me to put your name on a wait list, let me know, Pam *This outing is brought to you by the Boulder County Audubon Society* *Grassland Ecology and Grass Identification* Friday, August 19, 2016, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Free: Limited to 24, Reservation required at: piombino@gmail.com Leader: Plant Ecologist, Dr. David Buckner Please plan on joining Dr. Buckner in the field for this special opportunity to appreciate and learn about local grasses and grassland ecology. This morning’s outing will include short walks on the surrounding prairie. Participants are encouraged to bring hand lenses for a closer study of grass structures. Dr. Buckner is a long time specialist in baseline studies of plants and soils and has been a leader in the revegetation and restoration of many variously disturbed sites. Meet promptly at 8:45 at the parking lot on the northeast side of the East Boulder Rec Center, 5660 Sioux Dr, Boulder, CO 80303. We will car pool a short distance to South Cherryvale Road. Bring water, appropriate footwear, hats and the usual field gear. You may also want to bring a snack and any grass manuals you might have. -- 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/CAF2zbdtqjwbnBe3u0FRa29GN4hoVztfxbZZx2yAtqgNfssz9jg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Colorado Birds Summer issue correction
Due to an error on my part, the photos in Tony Leukering's "In the Scope" article in the Summer 2016 issue of *Colorado Birds* (vol. 50, no. 3) were shuffled. Corrected versions of the article and the full Summer issue have been posted to the CFO website (http://cobirds.org), and a correction will appear in the Fall issue. My apologies to our readers and to Tony for fouling up his fine article on Yellow-rumped Warbler identification. Scott Gillihan *Colorado Birds* Editor Farmington, NM -- 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/3f3ac86f-ea4d-49b3-aa75-16dd931fe20b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: Greater Roadrunner - Denver County
Cobirders, This is a remarkable sighting for urban Denver but is it really that unusual? After all, they are the Metro State *Roadrunners.* Although, at this point I am wishing they were the Metro State Couch's Kingbirds Good Birding, Steve Stachowiak Highlands Ranch, CO On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 8:52:49 AM UTC-6, Doug Faulkner wrote: > Hi all, > > A co-worker just texted me that he saw a Greater Roadrunner near the Metro > State campus - specifically on the northwest corner of Speers and Auraria. > I don't have any further details. He's a competent biologist and I don't > have any doubts about this sighting. > > Good birding, > > Doug Faulkner > Arvada, 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/3e2079ab-43b2-4076-8944-cb107b4119da%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Steve Jones at DFO Monday August 22
On Monday night August 22, 2016, Steve Jones will provide Denver Field Ornithologists with a fascinating multimedia overview of the Nebraska Sandhills, well known as a stopover and breeding area for many birds. Steve was a regional coordinator and technical consultant for the Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas.His multimedia presentation matches vibrant images of the Sandhills throughout the seasons with these natural sounds. Signed copies of his new CD, Sandhills Serenade, and his book, The Last Prairie, will be available for purchase after the presentation.DFO meetings are held at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and are free and open to the public. Park on the north side of the building and enter through the security/employee door. More bird books from the Hageman collection will be available for a donation to the DFO grants fund. The meeting starts at 7:30pm. Mary Cay Burger, DFO Membership 10826 E Maplewood Pl Englewood, Co 80111 720.940.8394 mcburg...@juno.com ZCodeSystem How To Tell When A Slot Is Close To Hitting The Jackpot http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/57b4b37bc0684337b1bf4st01duc -- 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/20160817.125544.27796.4%40webmail02.dca.untd.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Pine Warbler in Lamar (Prowers)
At Fairmount Cemetery on Memorial Drive in the southeastern part of Lamar (Prowers) yesterday (8/16) I had a very active, very ratty-looking Pine Warbler high in pines at Fairmount Cemetery. It moved from pine to pine to pine and eventually flew off, apparently to the north. I would guess it was a first fall bird but it could have been an adult in the middle of pre-basic molt. Had I not seen a bird like this at this location on about this date several years ago, I would have been hard-pressed for an ID. Blotches of yellow on the breast amid an otherwise grayish body, weak, wide wingbars, biggish warbler with biggish bill, longish tail, and thought I saw a flash of white in the tail a couple times. Never gave a great look and definitely not chaseable. Fairmount also had a robust population of at least 5 Olive-sided Flycatchers, a few pewees, and I heard a couple orioles, presumably Bullock's on the move or at least stirring. Heard a Northern Cardinal at Lamar Community College Woods while I was collecting Dipogon wasps from cottonwoods south of the tennis courts. Dave Leatherman 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/DM5PR06MB2747C9E83B9E734B0F53BD2EC1140%40DM5PR06MB2747.namprd06.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Greater Roadrunner - Denver County
Hi all, A co-worker just texted me that he saw a Greater Roadrunner near the Metro State campus - specifically on the northwest corner of Speers and Auraria. I don't have any further details. He's a competent biologist and I don't have any doubts about this sighting. Good birding, Doug Faulkner Arvada, 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/CAFDjppW4azQsOshdAxT4-4OhWuBtkfXxaPtHekyjNg0L%2BH7%2BYw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: White Dove Along the river (Arapahoe County)
Thanks for the help from every one. I believe now this was not at all a white dove but a leucistic Rock Pigeon, I was mistaken when I said it had a black wing tip, that turned out to be the tail. Thanks again, Brian Johnson Englewood 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/6c9bd075-a1d9-46d4-9231-50d67eef0019%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 17 August 2016
Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org Date: August 17, 2016 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, August 17, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species) NOTE: The RBA is using the new AOU checklist and the order of the famillies has changed Mallard (Mexican) (Larimer) Barrow's Goldeneye (*Clear Creek) Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Gunnison) White-tailed Ptarmigan (Eagle) Dusky Grouse (Boulder, Montezuma) Sharp-tailed Grouse (Logan) Greater Roadrunner (Baca, Otero) Black Swift (Boulder) Snowy Plover (Alamosa) Piping Plover (Douglas) Whimbrel (Alamosa) Mew Gull (*Larimer) WESTERN GULL (Washington) Thayer's Gull (Washington) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Washington, Weld) Caspian Tern (Larimer) NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Montrose) Green Heron (Huerfano, Larimer, Mesa) Lewis's Woodpecker (Boulder) Red-headed Woodpecker (Arapahoe, Boulder, Logan, Washington) Red Bellied Woodpecker (Logan) Williamson's Sapsucker (Mesa) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder, Eagle, Larimer, Montezuma) EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (Logan) ALDER FLYCATCHER ( Weld) Least Flycatcher (Washington, Weld) Gray Flycatcher (El Paso, *Gunnison, *Kit Carson, Larimer, Mesa) Great Crested Flycatcher (Lincoln) Cassin's Kingbird (Denver, Lincoln) Chihuahuan Raven (Otero) Pacific Wren (Boulder) Bewick's Wren (Montezuma) Carolina Wren (Washington) Chestnut-collared Longspur (Larimer) McCown's Longspur (Larimer, Lincoln, Weld) Northern Waterthrush (El Paso, Larimer) Magnolia Warbler (Washington) Grace's Warbler (Mesa) Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Otero) BAIRD'S SPARROW (Larimer) Northern Cardinal (*Kit Carson) *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. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On August 14, Gene Rutherford reported Red-headed Woodpecker on CO 36 west of Byers. BACA COUNTY: ---On August 14, 2 Greater Roadrunners were reported by Chris Goulart on CR 8. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On August 7 at Heil Valley Ranch, Carl Starace reported 3 Lewis's Woodpeckers and 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers. ---On August 6 in Shadow Canyon, Andy Cowell reported m American Three-toed Woodpecker in the lower part of the canyon and a Dusky Grouse at the top of the canyon. ---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. On August 10, Peter Gent reported a juvenile Black Swift on nest under the overhand west of Ouzel Falls in Wild Basin of Rocky Mt NP. CLEAR CREEK COUNTY: ---On August 16, 4 Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by Nick Varvel at Echo Lake. 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. EAGLE COUNTY: ---On August 12, 3 White-tailed Ptarmigan (1 ad, 2 young) were reported by Scott Dieni on Deming Mt at about 12,000 ft, NE of summit. ---An American Three-toed Woodpecker was reported by Bob Righter on Cross Creek Trail about 4 miles south of Minturn on July 28. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On August 11 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown reported that he banded a Northern Waterthrush. On August 13, Steve Brown banded a second Northern Waterthrush. ---On August 11 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), Diane Morton reported a Gray Flycatcher. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On August 16 a Gray Flycatcher was reported by Bob Spencer on Spainero Mesa Road. ---On August 12, 4 Gunnison Sage-Grouse were reported by Gary Koehn on Rd 26 (Sapinero Mesa Road). One bird was about 1/4 mile off Rd 26 on Rd 3014c and 3 were on Rd 26 at Mile 6. HUERFANO COUNTY: ---On August 10, Polly
