[cobirds] Jackson today
Nina Routh and I made a run out to Jackson Reservoir and State Park today, with some interesting results. Arriving fairly early, we decided to try for some migrant songbirds first, and the inlet canal seemed like a good place to start. We advanced across the road and up the canal, and immediately started taking heavy fire. Oops. Dove season. The gunfire didn't do a thing for the ambience, and being unarmed, retreat seemed to be the best strategy. Also productive, as in addition to many of the usual suspects, the parking area produced a bright male Baltimore oriole. He was a surprise in terms of geography and timing, being both off range and about a month late. After congratulating ourselves sufficiently for the oriole, we decided it was time to try for some shorebirds, so we headed up to the SWA on the north end. Here we found a nice little flock of peeps, with the usual Baird's being joined by several semi-palmated and westerns. There were also three semi-palmated plovers, but not much else. The ponds were full of water and totally empty of waterfowl, which seemed odd. Time to check the state park, where we were sure we'd find a plethora of migrants among the Russian olives and cottonwoods. Wrong. After and hour and a half of bird tails, bird wingtips and bird shadows, we conceded the field. I think we must have set some kind of record for the most total crappy looks at birds at one location. After a brief debate as to the chances that any place else on the west side would be likely to have a bird or two, we agreed to take a quick look at the far northwest end, beyond the last parking lot, where a small marsh is surrounded by an olive/cottonwood thicket. Here we once again got a demonstration of the odd nature of birding, as we scored more birds in the first five minutes than in the previous hour plus. Right out of the chute we had a couple of oddities, a pair of female Bullock's orioles and a yellow-breasted chat, at which eBird didn't protest, but certainly raised an eyebrow. Over the next ten minutes we had eight eastern kingbirds, orange-crowned and yellow warblers, a red-tailed hawk, two western wood-pewees, a house wren, Brewer's and clay-colored sparrows and a partridge in a pear tree. Well, no partridge, but all of those others, plus some I am no doubt forgetting, over the course of a hundred-foot walk. It never hurts to try one more spot. Norm Lewis Lakewood, 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/165bc73d95a-1ebd-b7a4%40webjas-vaa152.srv.aolmail.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] 12 Northern Harrier or Mississippi Kite flyovers Cherry Creek SP.
Hi all - went to Cherry Creek State Park. Highlights were the continueing immature Mew Gull at the marina, teal/shoveler quadfecta at the bird observation platform, and a Pectoral Sandpiper also at the observation platform. A good day for Barn Swallows, also. In all, I estimate 150, and that is low. Lastly, there were a group of about 12 hawks flying over Prairie Loop, heading south. In my scope, they were silhouetted in the evening light, and size was impossible to judge. However, they were long tailed and had had somewhat pointed wings; too much so to be a buteo or TV. I think this narrows it down between the Northern Harriers and Mississippi Kites (sounds like a football match). I have heard of Mississippi Kites gathering in large groups. Are Northern Harriers known to gather in groups this size, and do they migrate in Colorado? Overall, assuming both species are concivable in Arapahoe County, which species in more consistent with the hawks' behavior? Ben Sampson Centennial, 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/55cd3108-df9a-45e8-a1a1-327c7cc05ad8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Band Report - Barr Lake Station, 9/8/18
We and about 100 other bird lovers enjoyed banding and the Barr Lake Birding Festival today. It was slow for the first 1-2 hours, when once again the fog rolled in and hung over the Park. Then it cleared and we caught a nice mix of species for our visitors. Highlight of the day was a Marsh Wren, the first caught at the station since 2007. Here's the breakdown of new birds today: Downy Woodpecker 1 Western Wood-pewee 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 (FOS) House Wren 7 new, 1 banded 2017 Marsh Wren 1 (FOS and likely only of season!) Orange-crowned Warbler 12 Yellow Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Aududon's 1 MacGillivray's Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 3 Wilson's Warbler 15 Chipping Sparrow 4 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 We are open 6 days per week (closed Mondays), weather permitting, through October 14. We are opening nets at 6:30 and should have birds back at the station by 7:15. We will close most days by about 11:30. School groups arrive most weekdays at about 9:30. The best time to visit (fewest people, most birds) is before 9:30 weekdays and Sundays. Meredith McBurney Bander Barr Lake Station Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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/45b1839d-97e3-4960-9501-8a4d9bb39b09%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report Chico Basin Ranch - 9/4-9/8
Today concluded the first week of fall banding at Chico Basin Ranch. The totals for the week (Tuesday through Saturday) were 162 birds banded of 26 species. The most notable bird was a first year male Mourning Warbler. Here is the summary of newly banded birds for the week: Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 3 Wilson's Warbler: 79 House Wren: 6 Orange-crowned Warbler: 18 MacGillivray's Warbler: 2 Western Flycatcher: 3 Spotted Towhee: 1 American Robin: 4 Brown Thrasher: 10 Clay-colored Sparrow: 3 Yellow-breasted Chat: 1 Blue Jay: 1 Least Flycatcher: 1 American Redstart: 2 Willow Flycatcher: 1 Yellow Warbler: 2 Cassin's Vireo: 2 Lincoln's Sparrow: 2 Swainson's Thrush: 2 Dusky Flycatcher: 6 Western Wood-Pewee: 6 Mourning Warbler: 1 Hermit Thrush: 2 Northern Mockingbird: 1 Hammond's Flycatcher: 1 Chipping Sparrow: 2 You are welcome to visit the banding station. I'll be banding through the first week of October and nets will be open 6 days a week (Monday through Saturday). Next week I will be opening nets at 6:40 and banding until 11:40 weather permitting. Kim Geissler Bander Chico Basin Ranch Station Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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/48b33f1e-b091-41c2-9067-9af9d820feee%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Boulder Bobolink Trail Blackburnian continues
Blackburnian still present at same location as of ~2:30pm. John Malenich Boulder, 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/cbd7301b-a9eb-4908-a034-dede9775d1bf%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Boulder Bobolink Trail Blackburnian continues
Saw the Blackburnian briefly at about 1:30 from the paved bike trail, just arounda bend from the N parking lot (if I step to the east side of the bike trail I can see cars). Red-eyed vireo also continues. Laura Steadman Boulder -- 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/CAO%3DXtdk5wRj-Vx_oN0fM6pYHOrN_-1_LMkJmXicbxQusb5YbxQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] El Paso Eastern Wood-Pewee
Greetings, Around 9:40 this morning in Memorial Park, downtown Colorado Springs I IDed an Eastern Wood-Pewee on the basis of relatively bright wingbars and almost entirely orange lower mandible. eBird checklist and further details can be found here. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48368333 This bird and most of the passerine activity was occurring around the Veterans Memorial and YMCA parking lot while I was present. Other noteables were Cassin's Vireos and a female Lark Bunting, not common this close to the foothills. My time was limited, so there could be other fun passerines around. Happy migration, David Tonnessen Colorado Springs, 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/d484cdba-e084-4410-8fd0-320ac5ac9043%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Blackburnian Warbler
Hi all, I have a female Blackburnian Warbler at Bobolink Trail in Boulder, Colorado. Probably about 1/4 mile S of the trailhead. Red-eyed Vireo in the area as well. -- 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/cf06019a-de87-4a2a-8a8f-84e3ac528cef%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Hooded Warbler at Welchester Tree Grant Park (Jefferson)
was seen again at 8:40 AM. A beautiful male. It responded to playback chips of this species. In the thickets over and near the stream on the trail close to the stream (north side) close to the upstream bridge. I was able to point out the location to four other birders; for one of whom it was a life bird, and for another Colorado #399. Welchester seldom seems very "birdy" to me but a couple of years ago there was a singing Blue-winged Warbler and I have seen Rose-breasted Grosbeak there. Bob Shade Lakewood -- 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/CAFwvYHokAozFCdfc8aBCoGaZ-OomREY_tSDkV1Zt6%3DsyxA%3DMgQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Upland Sandpiper flyover Pueblo West
I seemed to have better luck finding interesting birds, when I am not birding recently, then when I have been able to go birding. This morning, while working in the yard, a calling flyover Upland Sandpiper came by! I think this is my 2nd one for my yard in Pueblo West. Earlier in the week, I saw my first ever White-breasted Nuthatch for my yard, which is up to 171 species of birds now! Brandon Percival Pueblo West -- Brandon K. Percival Pueblo West, CO Sent from my Android -- 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/CA%2BXeEuUeu7FaBSvUfp7AVV-_Rw4ZZNekxHjaPEyeDoVR4eW7%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 8 September 2018
Date: September 8, 2018 Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, September 8 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Note that the RBA is using the new AOU checklist. Rare and out of range species for the last seven days include: (*indicates new information on this species) Greater White-fronted Goose (Larimer) Mexican Duck (Archuleta) Bufflehead (Boulder) Northern Bobwhite (Larimer) Virginia Rail (*Pueblo) Sora (*Pueblo) Black-necked Stilt (Mesa) American Avocet (*Washington) Black-belllied Plover (Morgan, Washington) Semipalmated Plover (Larimer, *Washington) Piping Plover (*Washington) Long-billed Curlew (Morgan) Marbled Godwit (Larimer, *Washington) Stilt Sandpiper (Larimer, *Washington) Sanderling (*Larimer) Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Larimer) Pectoral Sandpiper (Larimer, *Washington,) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Larimer, Mesa, *Pueblo, *Washington) Western Sandpiper (Mesa, Washington) Solitary Sandpiper (*Adams, Boulder, La Plata, Larimer, Mesa, *Pueblo, Washington, Yuma) Willet (Larimer) Wilson’s Phalrope (San Miguel) Red-necked Phalarope (*Washington) Sabine’s Gull (*Washington) Herring Gull (Larimer) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Weld) Caspian Tern (Larimer, Morgan) Black Tern (Kiowa, *Washington) Common Tern (*Washington) Little Blue Heron (Weld) Green Heron (Weld) YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (*Yuma) White-faced Ibis (Routt, Summit) Mississippi Kite (Adams, El Paso, Phillips) Rough-legged Hawk (*Adams) Lewis’s Woodpecker (La Plata) Red-headed Woodpecker (*El Paso) Red-naped Sapsucker (Weld) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso, *Pueblo) Hairy Woodpecker (El Paso) Merlin (Boulder, Chaffee, Mesa) Olive-sided Flycatcher (El Paso, *Pueblo) Willow Flycatcher (Adams, Mesa, Yuma) Least Flycatcher (*Pueblo) Hammond’s Flycatcher (Denver, El Paso) Gray Flycatcher (Boulder, Denver, *El Paso, Larimer, Weld) Dusky Flycatcher (Adams, *El Paso, Ouray, Yuma) Cordilleran Flycatcher (El Paso, Mesa, *Ouray) Black Phoebe (Mesa) Eastern Phoebe (El Paso) Great Crested Flycatcher (*Pueblo) Cassin’s Kingbird (Boulder, El Paso, Larimer) Blue-headed Vireo (*Pueblo) Eastern Kingbird (Archuleta, Eagle, Larimer) Loggerhead Shrike (Eagle) Bell’s Vireo (Phillips) Gray Vireo (La Plata) Cassin’s Vireo (Archuleta, El Paso, Jefferson, La Plata, *Ouray, *Pueblo) Canada Jay (*Mesa) Pinyon Jay (El Paso,) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (El Paso, La Plata, Larimer) Violet-green Swallow (Weld) Bushtit (Larimer) Brown Creeper (Yuma) Marsh Wren (Arapahoe, Larimer) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (El Paso, La Plata, Larimer, Mesa, Phillips, *Pueblo, Weld) Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso, *Pueblo) Brown Thrasher (El Paso, Phillips) Sage Thrasher (*El Paso, Jackson, Jefferson, *Pueblo American Pipit (*Mesa) Cassin’s Sparrow (Denver) Chipping Sparrow (*El Paso) Clay-colored Sparrow (*Adams, Archuleta, Boulder, Denver, Eagle, *El Paso, *Larimer, *Pueblo, Yuma) Brewer’s Sparrow (*Adams, *El Paso, Larimer, *Mesa, *Pueblo) Lark Bunting (*Adams) Savannah Sparrow (Larimer, *Pueblo) Fox Sparrow (Slate-color) (*Ouray) Orchard Oriole (Adams) Baltimore Oriole (Prowers) Ovenbird (Adams, El Paso, *Larimer, *Pueblo) Northern Waterthrush (*El Paso, La Plata, Phillips) Black-and-white Warbler (Weld) Orange-crowned Warbler (Larimer) Nashville Warbler (Adams, Jefferson, La Plata, *Larimer, Ouray) Virginia’s Warbler (El Paso) Hooded Warbler (*Jefferson) Northern Parula (La Plata) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Boulder) Blackpoll Warbler (*Jefferson, *Larimer, Phillips) Black-throated Gray Warbler (El Paso) Townsend’s Warbler (El Paso, Larimer) Northern Cardinal (Yuma) Indigo Bunting (Yuma) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On September 4 at Barr Lake SP Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Nashville Warbler and Ovenbird. On September 5 at Barr Lake SP Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Willow Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Nashville Warbler, and 27 Clay-colored Sparrows. On September 6 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Dusky Flycatcher and Ovenbird. On September 7 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded 2 Clay-colored Sparrows. ---On September 3 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek John Breitsch reported Orchard Oriole. ---On September 5 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Cathy Sheeter reported 2 Mississippi Kites. On September 7 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Candice Johnson reported Solitary Sandpiper, Rough-legged Hawk, 6 Clay-colored Sparrow, 3 Brewer’s Sparrow, and 3 Lark Bunting. ARCHULETA COUNTY: ---On September 4 at Echo Canyon Lake SWA, Ben Bailey and Lindell Dillon reported 2 Mexican Duck, Cassin’s Vireo, Eastern Kingbird. ---On September 5 at 351 Hermosa, Pagosa Strings, Beck Runte reported Clay-colored Sparrow. BENT COUNTY: ---On September 4 at Van’s Grove, Mark Peterson reported Carolina Wren. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On September 5 at Little Gaynor Lake, Dean Shoup reported Bufflehead. ---On September 5 at Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder, Bill Kaempfer
