[cobirds] Reminder: Fremont County Eurasian Wigeon is on private property

[SeEttaM .]

Now that the ice has melted on Canon City's eastern Valco pond the Eurasian
Wigeon is likely even further back and maybe not viewable from the side of
the road where it has been previously seen. Today a light colored Prius was
in the parking lot and as I drove by I saw a distant birder trespassing far
inside the property .  Be aware the property owner is not concerned with
birders seeing their target species.  He is a strong private property
rights proponent.

SeEtta Moss
Canon City

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[cobirds] Long-eared Owl at Ken Caryl Valley JEF

[David Suddjian]

A male *Long-eared Owl* was calling for a while this evening from Massey
Draw near my home in Ken Caryl Valley. This is the first time I've heard
the species in the immediate area of my home, although I have had
Long-eared in the hills within 2-3 miles west of my home, and once at the
Lyons hogback to the east. An iPhone recording is uploaded to this eBird
checklist.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32976212

David Suddjian
Ken Caryl Valley
Littleton, CO

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[cobirds] RE: Golden Eagle - Mead, Weld

[Pauli Driver-Smith]

Several people have contacted me with questions and most think that this is a 
juvenile Bald Eagle. I know that the photo is bad but we only had our cell 
phones and this was the best one. As I told some of them, I did question if it 
was a Golden or not, but the more that I think of it, there are some things 
that just don’t jive with what I know about young Bald Eagles. We get a lot of 
young and mature Bald Eagles here on Highland Lake, so I am used to seeing 
them. This bird was not even close to the color they are. For one thing, there 
was no white spotting (I don’t know a better word for it) on its body color 
that is very indicative of a juveniles I’ve seen. I didn’t see any white all, 
but then I did not see it flying. It was very comfortable just sitting quietly 
on the branch.  It was very golden in color with a darker golden brown on the 
wings. It was also much larger than the size of a mature Bald Eagle, perhaps 
even as much as twice the size. I’m talking huge! Oh, and it didn’t have the 
yellow bill that I am used to seeing in Bald Eagles, it looked more grey to me, 
at least what I could see.

I’m pretty much a newbie and at times so off base I’m in another state, but 
hopefully, I am now describing it better than what the photo would just 
indicate.

Thanks, Pauli


I believe that this might be a Golden Eagle. It was spotted just east of old 
Town Mead on CR 32 near the intersection of CR 13. It flew into a tree outside 
my friend’s home. It was still there at nightfall. I’ve never seen one up close 
before so if I am wrong, please tell me.

Pauli Smith
Highlandlake/Mead, Weld, Colorado
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Re: [cobirds] Golden Eagle - Mead, Weld

[Todd Deininger]

With that large bill, Bald Eagle.

On Dec 11, 2016 5:48 PM, "Pauli Driver-Smith" 
wrote:

> I believe that this might be a Golden Eagle. It was spotted just east of
> old Town Mead on CR 32 near the intersection of CR 13. It flew into a tree
> outside my friend’s home. It was still there at nightfall. I’ve never seen
> one up close before so if I am wrong, please tell me.
>
>
>
> Pauli Smith
>
> Highlandlake/Mead, Weld, Colorado
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[cobirds] Golden Eagle - Mead, Weld

[Pauli Driver-Smith]

I believe that this might be a Golden Eagle. It was spotted just east of old 
Town Mead on CR 32 near the intersection of CR 13. It flew into a tree outside 
my friend's home. It was still there at nightfall. I've never seen one up close 
before so if I am wrong, please tell me.

Pauli Smith
Highlandlake/Mead, Weld, Colorado

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[cobirds] Ross's and Hybrid Goose, Boulder

[Jack Bushong]

Hi all, 
Just now I had a Ross's Goose and an apparent Greater White-fronted x Canada 
Goose at Hodsgon-Harris Reservoir just outside of Louisville, CO. 

Jack Bushong, 
Louisville, CO

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[cobirds] Rosies at Allenspark 12/11

[snowy.owlets]

Hi Everyone,
I drove up to the Fawn Brook Inn in Allenspark today 12/11. Snow was coming 
down thick and fast, and a flock of about 100 rosy-finches swirled around the 
feeders. Mostly Gray-crowned, with Hepburn's, Brown-capped, and two Black mixed 
in.
Mark Miller Longmont, CO 


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RE: [cobirds] Black Scoter S Platte Res Arap Cty

[William H Kaempfer]

Now also Long- tailed duck.
Bill Kaempfer
Boulder



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 Original message 
From: Steve Stachowiak 
Date: 12/11/16 7:47 AM (GMT-07:00)
To: Colorado Birds 
Subject: [cobirds] Black Scoter S Platte Res Arap Cty

Cobirders,

A first winter Black Scoter can be found in the northeast corner of the 
reservoir.   A scope is required to view the bird at its current location.

Good birding,
Steve Stachowiak
Highlands Ranch, CO

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[cobirds] Black Scoter S Platte Res Arap Cty

[Steve Stachowiak]

Cobirders,

A first winter Black Scoter can be found in the northeast corner of the 
reservoir.   A scope is required to view the bird at its current location. 

Good birding,
Steve Stachowiak
Highlands Ranch, CO

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 11 December 2016

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:  Joyce Takamine
e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:December 1`, 2016
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, December 1`, 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, & the order of families has
changed.

BRANT (Sedgwick)
Trumpeter Swan (Garfield)
Tundra Swan (Arapahoe, *Boulder, Denver, El Paso, *Jefferson, La Plata,
Pueblo)
EURASIAN WIGEON (Fremont)
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK (Weld)
Mallard (Mexican intergrade) (Pueblo)
Surf Scoter (Adams, *Arapahoe, Weld)
White-winged Scoter (*Arapahoe, Pueblo)
Black Scoter (Arapahoe, Bent)
Long-tailed Duck (*Arapahoe, Bent, Routt)
Barrow's Goldeneye (*Arapahoe, Archuleta, Eagle/Pitkin, Mesa, Routt, Weld)
Red-necked Grebe (Boulder, *Pueblo)
Greater Roadrunner (Bent)
Sandhill Crane (Fremont)
Dunlin (Arapahoe)
Greater Yellowlegs (Otero)
Mew Gull (*Arapahoe, Weld)
Thayer's Gull (*Arapahoe, Bent, Boulder, Douglas)
ICELAND GULL (Arapahoe)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Arapahoe, *Pueblo)
Glaucous Gull (*Arapahoe)
Great Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo)
Red-throated Loon (Boulder, Douglas, *Pueblo)
Pacific Loon (Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver)
Great Egret (Delta)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (El Paso)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*Larimer, Prowers, Pueblo)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso, *Pueblo)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (San Miguel)
Black Rosy-Finch (San Miguel)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (San Miguel)
Lapland Longspur (Arapahoe, Bent, Denver, *Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson)
Palm Warbler (Denver)
Pine Warbler (Prowers)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Mesa)
Rusty Blackbird (Adams, Arapahoe, Pueblo)
EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Adams)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Weld)

*For directions to unfamiliar locations (e.g. "Lower Latham"), please
refer to CFO's Colorado County Birding site:  www.coloradocountybirding.org

ADAMS COUNTY:
---On December 1 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Brian Berry reported
EASTERN MEADOWLARK and 2 Rusty Blackbirds.
---On December 2 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Andrew McGann and Michael
Lanzone reported Surf Scoter.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On November 29 at Cherry Creek SP, Cheryl Teuton reported 3 Rusty
Blackbirds on beach in cove in SE corner.  On December 1, Dean Shoup
reported 1 Rusty Blackbirds at Cherry Creek.  On December 2, Loch
Kilpatrick, Mary Keithler, Cynthia Madsen and David Hill reported 5 Rusty
Blackbirds at Cherry Creek SP.  On December 3, Bill Kaempfer, Bez
Bezuidenhout, and Scott Somershoe reported Rusty Blackbirds at Cherry Creek
SP.  On December 4, Mary Driscoll, Gene Rutherford, and Art Hudak  reported
Rusty Blackbirds at Pelican Point at Cherry Creek SP.
---On December 2, Glenn Walbek, Cynthia Madsen, David Hill, and Brooke
Miller reported ad Mew Gull at Cherry Creek SP.
---On December 3, Glenn Walbek and Bill Kaempfer reported ad Glaucous Gull
at Cherry Creek SP.
---On December 3, Scott Someshoe reported ad Mew Gull at Marina, 1st-cyc
Thayer's Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull at Cherry Creek SP.  On December 4,
Gene Rutherford and Art Hudak reported the following at Cherry Creek SP:  2
Mew Gulls, 2 Long-tailed Ducks, Thayer's Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull,
and ad Glaucous Gull.   On December 7, Loch Kilpatrick reported Mew Gull,
Thayer's Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, and Glaucous Gull at Cherry Creek
SP.
---On December 5 at Cherry Creek SP, John Drummond reported ad ICELAND
GULL, Glaucous Gull, 1st-cyc Thayer's Gull, and 2 Lesser Black-backed
Gulls. On December 6, Chris Gilbert reported ICELAND GULL and Lesser
Black-backed Gull at Cherry Creek SP.
---On December 7 at Cherry Creek SP, Mark Chavez, Art Hudak, Loch
Kilpatrick, Scott Somershoe, and Jim Arnett reported Dunlin at Cherry Creek
on Sandspit below Pelican Point parking lot.  On December 7 at Cherry Creek
SP, Scott Somershoe, Jim Arnett, and Adam Vesely reported 5 Tundra Swans at
Cherry Creek SP.  On December 7, Cheri Phillips reported 10 Tundra Swans
and Lapland Longspur at Cherry Creek SP.  On December 8, Aaron Tucker
reported 1 Tundra Swan from the Swim Beach at Cherry Creek SP.
---On December 9 at Aurora Reservoir, Glenn Walbek and Kathy Mihm Dunning
reported 2 Mew Gulls (1 ad, 1 1-st cyc), 2 Thayer's Gulls, ICELAND GULL
(probably Cherry Creek gull), 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (ad), and
Glaucous Gull.  On December 10 at Aurora Reservoir, Glenn Walbek and David
Dowell reported 1 f-type Surf Scoter, 2 f-type White-winged Scoters, 1
Long-tailed Ducks, 1 Barrow's Goldeneye, 1 1-st-cyc Mew Gull, 6 Thayer's
Gulls, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 1 Glaucous Gull.

ARCHULETA COUNTY:
---On December 2, Byron Greco reported a pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes on San
Juan River Walk in Pagosa Springs.

BENT COUNTY:
On November 23 Duane Nelson reported a Long-tailed Duck (f) at Lake Hasty.
On December 2, Duane Nelson reported f Long-tailed Duck at Lake Hasty.  On
December 6, SeEtta Moss reported Long-tailed Duck and 2 Greater Roadrunners
at Lake Hasty.
--On December 3 at