[cobirds] Re: Trumpeter Swan, Adams

[Brian Johnson]

The Trumpeter Swan at Lower Derby was still present today at 4:20 PM at the 
far northern end of the lake.
Brian Johnson
Englewood Coo

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[cobirds] CBC Season

[William H Kaempfer]

Tomorrow is the start of Christmas Bird Count season.  I hope that every 
CO-birder has selected a nearby CBC to join (or, if you're like me, nine nearby 
CBCs to join).  I participated in my first CBC 38 years ago in Longmont. I wish 
that I had kept track, but I'm sure that I am over 250 at this stage.  I had a 
blast on that first one, and while it sure seemed that I was a pain in the you 
know where as I kept asking my block leader to slow down and show me that Cedar 
Waxwing or Canyon Wren that he had called out, I now know that he probably 
really enjoyed it, too.

One of the real joys of Colorado is how varied the state is from place to place 
and CBCs give an opportunity to so many different facets of the early winter 
bird life of Colorado.  Tonight I'm staying in Sterling awaiting tomorrow's 
count.  John Martin Reservoir is also tomorrow which is interesting as there 
are only three other counts in Colorado further east than Sterling and John 
Martin.  But here I am in the Quality Inn right off I-76.  Oh, by the way, 
there are a total of 7 of us counters in the hotel which means that we are 
having an nice little impact on the Sterling tourist economy.  Add to that the 
14 or so of us at lunch tomorrow at the Sterling Wonderful House (a Chinese 
restaurant that seems to be present in lots of Colorado's little eastern plains 
towns) and I think we are making an impact.

So tomorrow will be windy, but I'm happy to report that with 14 or so 
participants, Sterling will be at the second highest participant count every, 
and this is the 16th year in a row for the count and 19th overall.  We average 
about 68 species, but I saw thousands and thousands of  waterfowl on the 
grossly underbirded North Sterling Reservoir at sundown tonight, including 4 
American White Pelicans.

Will they be there tomorrow?  I hope so, but I sure want to get out really 
early before the winds start building to 25+ MPH by late morning.   I hope we 
don't get blown away, but with 14 counters in 6 teams and all this warm 
weather, I hoping for a record number of species, which would be 75.  I'll let 
you know how we do tomorrow night.  I'll still be in Sterling as it's not too 
far away from Weldona/Ft. Morgan that I'll be doing on Friday.

Bill Kaempfer
Boulder (usually, but Sterling right now)


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[cobirds] Intermediate Snow Goose Larimer County

[COBirds]

Another interesting bird was an intermediate Snow Goose (white x blue) at 
the Environmental Learning Center pond, just on left-hand pond as you drive 
in.  I saw it yesterday (seen while looking for the Harris's Hawk).  Looked 
like a fairly typical intermediate.  I had not seen one in a while.

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[cobirds] Re: Harris’s Hawk in Fort Collins

[COBirds]

>
> To reiterate what Nick said, the Fort Collins Christmas Bird Count "count 
> week" started today and will continue until Tuesday.  Of course we hope to 
> get it on the count Saturday, but please let us know if you see the 
> Harris's Hawk, or any other unusual bird for that matter, in the Running 
> Deer Natural Area or north and west of there.  We did have a Harris's Hawk 
> on the count in 1994, so this would be second (I am not sure on the 
> specifics of that sighting).  With so many eyes, a Sora, Swamp Sparrow, any 
> warbler, or the like would be good to hear about.  Thanks
>
Tom Hall (FtCollins CBC Compiler)
redbea...@msn.com 

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[cobirds] Re: Harris’s Hawk in Fort Collins

['The "Nunn Guy"' via Colorado Birds]

Hi all

Ditto, 1pm-1:45pm)  two of us drive-by-birding and scanning areas at 
Running Deer-Prospect Ponds-Visitor Center-Archery-Rigden 
Reservoir-ELC-area.

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.club/



On Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 12:27:39 PM UTC-7, Austin Hess wrote:
>
> Searched for over 3 hours and walked 5.5 miles around Riverbend Ponds 
> Natural Area, Running Deer Natural Area, and the Colorado Welcome Center 
> without spotting the Harris's Hawk this morning (12/13/17). 
>
> Austin Hess
> Fort Collins, Colorado 
>

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[cobirds] Pacific Loon—Cherry Creek Res (Arapahoe Co)

[Bob Righter]

Hi

A Pacific Loon, patrolling around in the North west section of the reservoir, 
was first spotted by Randy Lentz.

Bob Righter
Denver CO

Sent from my iPad

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[cobirds] Snow and Greater White-fronted Geese - Boulder County

[Peter Burke]

I thought I would swing by Boulder Res. to see the reported Trumpeter Swan,
but I wasn't able to locate it. There were three Snow Geese on the west
side of 51st, which is on the way to the reservoir from the Diagonal. Dodd
Lake had a Greater White-fronted Goose hanging with 800+ Canada/Cacklers.

Good birding,
Peter



Peter Burke

300 Forest Ave. Boulder, CO 80304

(973) 214-0140

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[cobirds] Re: Harris’s Hawk in Fort Collins

[Austin Hess]

Searched for over 3 hours and walked 5.5 miles around Riverbend Ponds 
Natural Area, Running Deer Natural Area, and the Colorado Welcome Center 
without spotting the Harris's Hawk this morning (12/13/17). 

Austin Hess
Fort Collins, Colorado 

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[cobirds] snow goose, 48th and Ward, Jefferson County

[PH Stoltz]

Hey all,

I saw a snow goose while driving north on Ward Road at 48th this morning 
about 9:30am.  It was mixed in with a flock of about 20 Canadian geese.  I 
believe there may also have been a second one, a juvenile, in the group as 
well.  The flock was on the east side of Ward, between 48th and 49th.  I 
pulled into a parking lot for a quick picture (attached...that's Ward Rd in 
the background).

Thanks, Peter
Peter Stoltz
Denver, CO



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[cobirds] Harris's Sparrow, but no Sapsucker - westish Arapahoe Co.

[Jared Del Rosso]

This morning (12/13), I took my newly adopted dog, Andre, to Chapel Hill 
Memorial Gardens. There, we saw the Harris's Sparrow that Cynthia Madsen, 
Dave Hill, and I first saw at the cemetery on December 3. It seems to be 
visiting feeders at an adjacent home, along with a collection of juncos, 
House Finches, towhees, and chickadees. 

Afterward, my other dog (Iggy) and I walked around the Big Dry Creek Trail 
to see if we could relocate the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that Mary O'Connor 
found there several days ago. We couldn't, despite inspecting a heap of 
trees surrounding the one the sapsucker was originally in. We had, though, 
a nice collection of montane birds -- Pygmy Nuthatches, a Mountain 
Chickadee, and a Brown Creeper -- in the area pines. We also had a Redhead 
at Cherry Knolls Pond near the creek; this was our first time seeing one in 
this pond. 

- Jared Del Rosso
Centennial, CO


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[cobirds] Juv Trumpeter Swan @ Boulder Reservoir

[Christian Nunes]

Thomas Heinrich found a juvenile Trumpeter Swan at the NW side of Boulder 
Reservoir yesterday. It’s still here this morning, although it just flew 
towards the SE bays.

Christian Nunes
Lyons, CO

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 13 December 2017

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine
e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:  December 13, 2017

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday,  December 13 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 now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families
has changed.

Greater White-fronted Goose (Arapahoe, Bent, Denver, El Paso, Weld)
BRANT (Douglas)
Trumpeter Swan (*Adams, *Boulder, Larimer, Montrose, Routt)
Tundra Swan (Adams, Boulder, Park, Weld)
Wood Duck (Jefferson)
Greater Scaup (*Delta, Jefferson)
Surf Scoter (Logan, Ouray, Routt)
White-winged Scoter (Grand, Mesa, Montezuma, Routt)
Long-tailed Duck (Mesa, Summit, *Weld)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Chaffee, Garfield, Grand, Larimer, Pueblo, San Miguel,
Summit, *Weld)
Hooded Merganser (*Pitkin, Summit)
Northern Bobwhite (Logan)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld)
Red-necked Grebe (*Arapahoe)
Sora (Arapahoe)
Sandhill Crane (*Delta, Montezuma, Ouray)
Black-legged Kittiwake (Sedgwick)
Mew Gull (Pueblo)
Iceland Gull (Kiowa, Weld)
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (Larimer)
Glaucous Gull (Bent, Logan, Weld)
Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo, Weld)
Pacific Loon (Boulder, Weld)
Double-crested Cormorant (Delta)
American White Pelican (*Arapahoe, Otero)
Great Egret (Delta)
HARRIS’S HAWK (*Larimer)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Arapahoe)
Peregrine Falcon (Fremont)
Least Flycatcher (Jefferson)
Hammond’s Flycatcher (Boulder)
Pinyon Jay (Chaffee)
Steller’s Jay (Mesa)
Chichuahuan Raven (*El Paso)
Violet-green Swallow (Mesa)
Pygmy Nuthatch (Arapahoe, Morgan, Phillips)
Carolina Wren (Pueblo)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Arapahoe, Boulder, Mesa, Pueblo)
Hermit Thrush (Mesa)
Gray Catbird (El Paso, Weld)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso)
Brown Thrasher (Boulder)
Northern Mockingbird (Logan, Weld)
American Pipit (Archuleta, Mesa, Pueblo)
Evening Grosbeak (Fremont)
Rosy-Finch (Teller)
Gray-crowned Rosy- Finch (Weld)
PURPLE FINCH (Logan)
Common Redpoll (Arapahoe, Weld)
Red Crossbill (El Paso, Weld)
European Goldfinch (Boulder)
Lapland Longspur (Logan, Weld)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Jefferson, Otero, Pueblo)
Swamp Sparrow (Boulder, Weld)
White-throated Sparrow (Mesa, Otero)
Harris’s Sparrow (Adams, Arapahoe, Denver,  Jefferson, Larimer)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (*Weld)
Rusty Blackbird (Weld)
Black-and-white Warbler (Larimer)
Common Yellowthroat (Broomfield)
Yellow Warbler (Mesa)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Pueblo)
Prairie Warbler (
Pueblo)
Summer Tanager (Mesa)
Northern Cardinal (Logan, Otero)

ADAMS COUNTY:
---On December 9 at Barr Lake North end, Ira Sanders reported 3 Tundra
Swans (2 ad, 1 juv).
---On December 9 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Lower Derby Lake, Bruce
Snyder reported Trumpeter Swan.  On December 10 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal
NWR Lower Derby Lake, Eric DeFonso and many other birders reported
Trumpeter Swan at Lower Derby Lake.  On December 11 at Rocky Mountain
Arsenal NWR Lower Derby Lake, John Breitsch, g Stacks, Frank Farrell, and
Eric DeFonso reported Trumpeter Swan.  On December 12 at Rocky Mountain
Arsenal NWR Lower Derby Lake, Candice Johnson, Larry Versaw, and G Stacks
reported Trumpeter Swan.
---On December 11 at First Creek at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Myron
Gerhard reported juv Harris’s Sparrow.

ADAMS/DENVER COUNTIES:
---On December 9 at First Creek, the DFO Field trip led by John Breitsch
reported Harris’s Sparrow which crossed the county line between
Denver and Adams county.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On December 5 at Cherry Creek Campground, Bob Righter reported Greater
White-fronted Goose.
---On December 8 at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Jared Del Rosso reported
Harris’s Sparrow.
---On December 8 at Cherry Creek SP 12 Mile Trail, Christy Payne reported 2
Sora and 2 Common Redpoll.
---On December 8 at  Big Dry Creek Trail between Dry Creek and Arapahoe
Blvd, Mary O’Connor reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and 2 Pygmy
Nuthatch.  On December 10 at Big Dry Creek trail from Dry between Dry Creek
and Arapahoe Blvd, Jared Del Rosso reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and 4
Pygmy Nuthatch.  On December 11 at Big Dry Creek Trail from E Dry Creek Rd
to E Arapahoe Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 4 Pygmy Nuthatch.
---On December 9 at Cherry Creek SP near marina, Chris Goulart reported
Red-necked Grebe.  On December 10 at Cherry Creek SP, Rebecca Laroche and
Diane Roberts reported Red-necked Grebe.  On December 11 at Cherry Creek SP
Marina and nearby dam, Monday Birders and Candice Johnson reported
Red-necked Grebe; Monday birders also reported 21 American White Pelicans.
On December 12 at Cherry Creek SP, Cheri Phillips reported Red-necked Grebe
and 24 American White Pelicans.
---On December 10 at Cherry Creek SP, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher.

ARCHULETA COUNTY:
---On December 7 at Navajo SP, Jim Beatty reported 22 American Pipits on
shore at Windsurf Beach.

BENT COUNTY:
---On December 11 at Verhoeff Reservoir (private), view from Hwy, Jane
Stulp