Re: [cobirds] Video clips of Cape May Warbler from earlier this week in Pueblo

[DAVID A LEATHERMAN]

SeEtta et al,

Those look like the same aphids that have been attracting a lot of the late 
warblers along the Front Range.  I think it is the Powdery Pine Needle Aphid 
(Eulachnus rileyi or related species in the same genus).  Other warblers I have 
confirmed eating this same aphid of late are Blackburnian in Longmont, 
Yellow-rumped in Longmont, Yellow-rumped in Denver West Office Park, Palm 
Warbler in Denver West Office Park (per communication from Mark Chavez), 
Unknown warbler (probably Orange-crowned) in Denver West Office Park.  In 
autumn's past, I have seen a Blackburnian in Greeley, a Bay-breasted and 
Northern Parula in Boulder and a Pine in Loveland going for this same aphid.


Nice photos and videos of a nice find by Brandon and Uncle Van in Pueblo City 
Park.


Dave Leatherman



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Sent: Friday, November 23, 2018 9:14 PM
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Subject: [cobirds] Video clips of Cape May Warbler from earlier this week in 
Pueblo

I got a couple of very nice short video clips that show the Cape May Warbler 
that was seen earlier this week in Pueblo City Park as it vigorously foraged in 
the needles of a pine tree.  And I got a photo showing the warbler going after 
some apparent food item that I do not recognize, maybe insect larva.  (maybe 
Dave Leatherman knows what it is).  I have uploaded these and a few more pics 
to my Birds and Nature 
blog.


SeEtta Moss
Canon City
http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com


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[cobirds] Video clips of Cape May Warbler from earlier this week in Pueblo

[SeEttaM]

I got a couple of very nice short video clips that show the Cape May
Warbler that was seen earlier this week in Pueblo City Park as it
vigorously foraged in the needles of a pine tree.  And I got a photo
showing the warbler going after some apparent food item that I do not
recognize, maybe insect larva.  (maybe Dave Leatherman knows what it is).
I have uploaded these and a few more pics to my Birds and Nature blog.



SeEtta Moss
Canon City
http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com

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[cobirds] Great Boulder Caper 11/23/18

[Luke Pheneger]

Hi all,

Today 24 birders took part in the annual Great Boulder Caper.
We started our endeavor at Cottonwood Marsh where introductions were
constantly interrupted by the VERMILLION FLYCATCHER showing off near the
parking lot. Once we were done enjoying the flycatcher we continued on into
Walden and Sawhill where we came across a multitude of interesting species
including a NORTHERN SHRIKE, NORTHERN HARRIERS, and a pair of GREAT HORNED
OWLS.

As we continued closer to the “Boulder Creek @ 75th street” area we began
to notice the wind becoming a little more uncomfortable, blowing the
occasional hat off of ones head. This minor inconvienience wouldn’t stop us
from finding: CEDAR WAXWINGS, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, 2 GOLDEN EAGLES, and
the well known Walden Ponds HARLAN’s HAWK.

After a quick meeting to discuss our possibilities of various alcids we
ventured to a few different lakes, as we figured passerines would not be
likely with the 25 MPH winds. The highlights were 2 HERRING GULLS and  a
wonderful flyby adult CALIFORNIA GULL at McIntosh Lake, 2 HERRING GULLS at
McCall Lake, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, FERRUGINOUS HAWK, and a SNOW x
CACKLING GOOSE hybrid at Lagerman Reservoir.

For our final stop for the day, picking through a few thousand CACKLING
GEESE at Dodd Reservoir didn’t seem like too bad of an idea. This yielded A
GREATER WHITE FRONTED GOOSE, a SNOW GOOSE, and a few more hybrid geese.

So congrats to those that made it through the entire day, a total of six of
us! Not bad given the weather conditions!

Good Birding,
Hope to see you on the Caper Next Year!
Luke Pheneger

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[cobirds] Re: Fort Collins Black Friday Birding Frolic

[robert beauchamp]

We had a fabulous turnout for the first annual Fort Collins Black Friday 
Birding Frolic, despite the windy conditions this morning. Twenty-eight 
folks turned out, including a few elementary aged birders, a couple scouts 
working on their badge, and others enthusiastic to be outdoors today. We 
began on Rigden Reservoir (Arapahoe Bend NA) where a flock of seagulls (the 
bird, not the band) provided some good views while they fed on small fish 
and crayfish on the east shoreline. Ring-billed, California, and Herring 
Gull, sadly no Bonapartes. There were also a good number of Common 
Goldeneye on the water. By the way, never call a gull a seagull around 
serous birders, it really gets their goat. :)   Another highlight, 
particularly for the kiddos, was a Great-horned Owl that was flushed from 
the riverbank. 

Some of us then headed over and walked the Poudre River Trail between the 
ELC and Prospect Ponds. We ran into another enthusiastic group of birders 
looking for the Winter Wren (no luck), The Fox Sparrow (no luck), and the 
Rusty Blackbird (no luck), but were treated to a close up view of a 
Red-tailed Hawk snacking on what can only be described as a small furry 
mammal (too big for a mouse, vole perhaps?). We also had a hybrid 
Snow-Canada Goose in one of the ponds. 26 species total.

By the end of the morning, the remaining birders were salivating for 
thanksgiving leftovers and a mid-afternoon nap.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Robert Beauchamp
Fort Collins

On Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 7:15:34 PM UTC-7, robert beauchamp wrote:
>
> Looking to work off those Thanksgiving calories and enjoy a less 
> competitive Black Friday experience? Join us Friday morning for our first 
> annual Fort Collins Black Friday Birding Frolic. 
> Let's meet at Rigden Reservoir (Arapahoe Bend Natural Area) this Friday at 
> 8:00 a.m. We’ll check out what is on the water and among the riparian 
> corridor. As time permits, we can explore some other local hotspots that 
> have been hopping with good birds these past few days. Feel free to bring 
> the in-laws, or perhaps you are the in-laws, in which this will be a great 
> escape. :)
>
> No need to RSVP. Meet at the natural area parking lot at the corner of 
> Horsetooth & Strauss Cabin Rd., Fort Collins.
>
> Robert Beauchamp
> Fort Collins
>

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[cobirds] Jefco Denver Botanical Gardens Swan

[Frank Farrell]

Currently there is Swan East of Corn Fields, viewable from Wadsworth.  Photos 
seem to indicate Trumpeter. Viewing from road is not recommended.  Gardens are 
not open.

Frank Farrell
Morrison, Co

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[cobirds] Re: Palm Warbler and Black Scoter at S Platte Reservoir, JeffCo

[David Suddjian]

Palm warbler at SW corner now. West side of entry road at first left turn. 
Among the various fences and shrubs. Currently feeding on the ground right off 
the road edge.

David Suddjian 
With DFO group
Littleton Co

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> On Nov 21, 2018, at 6:51 PM, David Suddjian  wrote:
> 
> The Palm Warbler was the first bird I saw as I arrived at the top of the berm 
> to view the southwestern bay of South Platte Park Reservoir just before 
> sunset this evening. It flew up from weeds along the interior reservoir slope 
> right at the southwest corner, perching atop a line of fence that runs down 
> the slope into the water. It flew off to the north and went down somewhere on 
> the berm slope. A female Black Scoter was also in the JeffCo portion, diving 
> often and under water 90% of the time.
> 
> David Suddjian
> Ken Caryl Valley
> Littleton, CO
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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bir Alert for Friday, November 23 at 6:08 AM

[Joe Roller]

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 23, sponsored by
Denver Field Ornithologists.

Rare, out of place and out of season species include: (* indicates new
information on this species)


Tundra Swan  (Delta, Mesa)

Eurasian Wigeon  (Montezuma)

Mexican Duck  (Kiowa, Weld)

Surf Scoter  (Arapahoe, Jefferson, Ouray)

White-winged Scoter  (Chaffee, Park)

Black Scoter  (*Arapahoe, *Jefferson, Park)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  (Fremont, Larimer, Pueblo)

Black Phoebe (*Jefferson)

Vermilion Flycatcher  (*Boulder)

SEDGE WREN  (*Eagle)

Golden-crowned Sparrow  (Boulder)

Rusty Blackbird  (*Arapahoe)

Black-and-White Warbler (*Larimer)

Prothonotary Warbler (*Jefferson)

CAPE MAY WARBLER  (Pueblo)

Blackburnian Warbler  (*Boulder)

Palm Warbler  (Broomfield, Jefferson, Larimer, Pueblo)


ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On November 13 at South Platte Reservoir, Mary Keithler, Cynthia Madsen,
& David Hill reported Surf & Black Scoters. The Black Scoter was seen Nov
22.

---On November 13 at Cherry Creek SP, Bob Righter & Tom Wilberding reported
a pair of Rusty Blackbirds.

--- On November 20 the Tuesday Birders saw a Rusty Blackbird at the east
edge of the Swim Beach at Cherry Creek SP; it continues through Nov 22.


BOULDER COUNTY:

---On November 15 at Walden Ponds, Leslie S reported a Vermilion
Flycatcher, seen daily through November 22.

---On November 13 in SW Longmont, near Airport Rd & Dry Creek Greenway,
Scott Severs reported a 1st winter Blackburnian Warbler.  It continued
through Nov 18 in pines near there, then again on November 22.

---On November 13 at CU South, Matt Hofeditz reported a Golden-crowned
Sparrow south of the parking lot for Tennis Complex. It continued through
Nov 18.


BROOMFIELD COUNTY:

---On November 19 Thomas Sather found a Palm Warbler at Parkland St. Ponds,
which can be found by going south from Hwy 36 on Hwy 121 one block, then
left on Uptown Ave & wind around to reach the ponds on the left.


CHAFFEE COUNTY:

---On November 18 Sally Waterhouse reported a White-winged Scoter at Sands
Lake SWA; it was seen again on November 19 & 20.


DELTA COUNTY:

---On November 13 at G50 Rd Bill Harris reported 2 Tundra Swans, which
continued through Nov 18.


EAGLE COUNTY:

---On November 15 at Lake Creek Village Wetland, Eric Culbertson reported a
SEDGE WREN, which has continued through November 22. There have been only
two previous West Slope records on eBird!


FREMONT COUNTY:

---On November 19 Jerry DeBoer reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Rouse
Park.


JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On November 14 at Bear Creek Lake Park—Big Soda Lakes N Trail, Chuck Aid
& Michael Kiessig reported 2 Black Scoters, seen again on Nov 20.

---On November 13 at South Platte Reservoir SW Bay, Cynthia Madsen and
others reported Surf & Black Scoter in the bay and Palm Warbler at the edge
of the parking lot. The Palm Warbler was seen again near there on Nov 21.
The Surf Scoter was seen on Nov 19; the Black on Nov 20 through 22..

---On November 18 Santiago Tabares reported a Palm Warbler at the South
Platte Res SW Bay hotspot, “...in bushes on western side of fence western
side of the reservoir on west side of road along hill where the Tropical
Kingbird was seen last month.”

---On November 18 Mark Chavez, Rob Raker & Frank Farrell found a Palm
Warbler at Denver West Office Park.

---On November 20 Burke Angstman reported a Palm Warbler at the boat launch
area at Bear Creek Lake Park; still there on Nov 21.

---On November 21 Daniel Horton reported a Prothonotary Warbler and Black
Phoebe at the “Clear Creek Trail--Golden to I-70” eBird hotspot. Both were
seen again on Nov 22.


KIOWA COUNTY:

On November 18 Steve Mlodinow reported a Mexican Duck (*Anas diazi*) at
Lower Queens Reservoir.


LARIMER COUNTY:

---On November 16 at Grandview Cemetery John Shenot reported a
Black-and-white Warbler. He found it again on Nov 22 in a mixed species
flock in area 9.

---On November 18 David Wade reported an imm Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at
Grandview Cemetery.

---On November 20 Andy Bankert found a Palm Warbler at Running Deer Natural
Area in Fort Collins. It hung out in the shrubby area to the east of the
trail that heads due south from the parking lot and was seen again on
November 21.


MESA COUNTY:

---On November 15 at Highline Lake SP, Kathleen McGinley, Mike Henwood, and
Eileen Cunningham reported 5 Tundra Swans, seen again on Nov 17 & 18.


MONTEZUMA COUNTY:

---On November 16 at Industrial Park Pond, Brenda Wright, Coen Dexter, &
Erik Hendrickson reported a Eurasian Wigeon, which continued through
November 21.


OURAY COUNTY:

---On November 19 Brenda Wright reported that the Surf Scoter continues,
present for over two weeks at Ridgway Reservoir.


PARK COUNTY:

---On November 14 at Eleven Mile SP David Tonnessen, Mark Peterson & Lisa
Edwards reported 8 White-winged Scoters & 5 Black Scoters. Joey Kellner
reported that both scoter species continued in similar numbers there on Nov
18.


PUEBLO COUNTY:

---On