[cobirds] Re: No Gyrfalcon Today, 12-17
I was unsuccessful in my Gyrfalcon search today as well. However, for birders that are coming to Fort Collins for the falcon, the male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is still continuing in Grandview Cemetery. I saw him today in the pines bordering the the golf course in the south west corner of the cemetery. Photo is on my checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S62402421 Happy Birding Joe Kipper, 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/ec819800-63bb-4972-9606-35c5a911bd8e%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Re: southwest metro margin - JeffCo/Douglas
To add, I understand the Rusty was not observed near the lakeshore when seen on 12/14, but the lakeshore habitat seems like a more likely spot to refund it than the nearby spot where it was found, which we did check. David Suddjian Littleton CO Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 17, 2019, at 2:35 PM, David Suddjian wrote: > > > A DFO outing this morning observed the continuing Varied Thrush near Carmody > Park, JeffCo just minutes after at sunrise. No luck tracking down the recent > Rusty Blackbird at Bear Creek Lake Park. There is still open water there near > in the corner near the dam, perhaps still with some good shoreline habitat > for the blackbird in that area of the lakeshore, but it was hard to see or > out of view from the boat launch area. > > At Chatfield SP we could not locate the White-winged Scoter or the Pacific > Loon, but we did see a Long-tailed Duck and Bonaparte's Gull in > Douglas/Jeffco. Interestingly, the Long-tailed appeared to have asymmetrical > markings on the face, with a normally large brown patch on the right side and > a very small area of brown on the left side. Some poor digiscopes show the > limited brown on the left side, which is mostly the side we saw as it faced > into the south wind with amid a flock of Common Mergs. > https://ebird.org/checklist/S62399001 > > Later we enjoyed great duck viewing at Hine Lake at Robert A Easton Reg. Park > (now very little open water and reduced duck numbers, but still good) and at > Blue Heron Park, JeffCo. I wanted to mention Blue Heron Park (an eBird > hotspot) especially, as there were about 400 ducks (Ring-necked, wigeon and > Redhead dominant) packed into a limited area of open water kept open by > bubblers. The ducks are foraging very actively. A principal food here is > aquatic vegetation (presumably with some invertebrates in it). Redhead and > Ring-necked are diving and bringing it up from below and the wigeon chase > after them as soon as they surface to steal some, as it sometimes takes the > Redhead or Ring-necked several seconds to get it all in the bill and down the > hatch. The stuff must also come up where the bubblers are active, as the > wigeon dabble there. The birds can be viewed at close range in amazing > lighting morning or afternoon. I recommend it as a fun short stop with almost > no walking needed to view. > > David Suddjian > Ken Caryl Valley > Littleton, 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5730CC34-E732-4D36-A833-F5165169A86C%40gmail.com.
[cobirds] southwest metro margin - JeffCo/Douglas
A DFO outing this morning observed the continuing *Varied Thrush* near Carmody Park, JeffCo just minutes after at sunrise. No luck tracking down the recent Rusty Blackbird at Bear Creek Lake Park. There is still open water there near in the corner near the dam, perhaps still with some good shoreline habitat for the blackbird in that area of the lakeshore, but it was hard to see or out of view from the boat launch area. At Chatfield SP we could not locate the White-winged Scoter or the Pacific Loon, but we did see a* Long-tailed Duck* and *Bonaparte's Gull* in Douglas/Jeffco. Interestingly, the Long-tailed appeared to have asymmetrical markings on the face, with a normally large brown patch on the right side and a very small area of brown on the left side. Some poor digiscopes show the limited brown on the left side, which is mostly the side we saw as it faced into the south wind with amid a flock of Common Mergs. https://ebird.org/checklist/S62399001 Later we enjoyed great duck viewing at Hine Lake at Robert A Easton Reg. Park (now very little open water and reduced duck numbers, but still good) and at Blue Heron Park, JeffCo. I wanted to mention Blue Heron Park (an eBird hotspot) especially, as there were about 400 ducks (Ring-necked, wigeon and Redhead dominant) packed into a limited area of open water kept open by bubblers. The ducks are foraging very actively. A principal food here is aquatic vegetation (presumably with some invertebrates in it). Redhead and Ring-necked are diving and bringing it up from below and the wigeon chase after them as soon as they surface to steal some, as it sometimes takes the Redhead or Ring-necked several seconds to get it all in the bill and down the hatch. The stuff must also come up where the bubblers are active, as the wigeon dabble there. The birds can be viewed at close range in amazing lighting morning or afternoon. I recommend it as a fun short stop with almost no walking needed to view. David Suddjian Ken Caryl Valley Littleton, 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6RoqcehBs7%2BzLLsMG%2BKMQKNK1AEu7-b7DNN5ZgcKsBR5%2BFQ%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Will the Colorado Rare Bird Alert Continue in 2020?
Do you look at the Colorado Rare Bird Alert (RBA) from time to time? If you find it useful, please consider helping to keep it going. Last December, stalwart compiler Joyce Takamine completed an amazing 13 years assembling the daily Colorado RBA. Eager to continue this service to Colorado birders and visitors, a team of volunteers has continued to post daily updates for the past year. Thanks to Allison Hilf, Gregg Goodrich, John Drummond, David Leatherman and Patrick O’Driscoll for this service. We are now recruiting more compilers to share the load and keep this birding aid going strong. There are three target audiences for the Colorado RBA: 1) Active Colorado birders who want to know where rare birds can be found. 2) Visiting birders from out of state who want some help finding rarities. 3) “Armchair birders” who enjoy knowing what’s around but cannot go afield as much as they used to. Birders in each group have given us positive feedback about the value of the Colorado RBA, but volunteer help is needed to keep it going. Opportunity knocks! Will you sign up to become an RBA compiler, too? We are looking for birders with enough experience in Colorado to know a rarity from merely uncommon or expected species. Two guides help us with this: the eBird Colorado Rare Bird Alert and the Colorado Bird Records Committee’s official checklist of the 511 bird species recorded in the state. The initial time commitment is quite reasonable and provides you with a chance to see if you enjoy the work as much as the rest of us do. We provide a complete "how-to" guide to get you started, and an experienced compiler will be right at your side until you get up to speed. Typically, new compilers need only a day or two to get the hang of it. After a one-week trial period, you can sign up for as little as one week each quarter. The time involved varies from less than an hour a day during slow periods to up to two hours during peak migration. Novice compilers are assigned slower weeks to start. If you use the RBA, please help with the RBA! For more information or to volunteer, contact me. Joe Roller, Denver jroll...@gmail.com (303) 204-0828. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUCpQ3jN81cABD-NZXHtk923gBhKjamB4xhLq0JNp9wWvw%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] No Gyrfalcon Today, 12-17
I just got back from a unsuccessful stakeout for this falcon. I was parked along the side of the road from 7:20-untill about 9:10 with out any luck. I saw plenty of ravens fly around but that was all. 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/27ad657d-0e94-4407-a6ce-2eb4117a6de1%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Date: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 E-mail: r...@cobirds.org Compiler: Gregg Goodrich gregggoodr...@gmail.com Phone: 303 655-9135 Birders have been helpful by reporting updates to COBIRDS. Thanks! CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee at the CFO website. (*) indicates new information on a species. For more information on birds seen today, go to cobirds.org and scroll to the bottom for “Recent eBird Sightings.” Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include: Trumpeter Swan (Boulder, Delta, Jefferson, *Mesa) Tundra Swan (*Arapahoe) White-winged Scoter (*Douglas, *Jefferson) Long-tailed Duck (*Adams, Boulder, Jefferson, Weld) Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo) Least Sandpiper (Douglas, Weld) Glaucous Gull (Larimer, Pueblo) Great Black-backed Gull (Adams, Pueblo) Pacific Loon (Douglas, Jefferson, Pueblo) Yellow-billed Loon (Arapahoe) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*Arapahoe, Boulder, Larimer, Prowers) GYRFALCON (*Larimer) PACIFIC WREN (El Paso) Varied Thrush (*Jefferson) Rusty Blackbird (Boulder, Jefferson, Pueblo) Yellow Warbler (Pueblo) Pine Warbler (Logan) Wilson Warbler (Boulder) __ ADAMS COUNTY: —On Dec 16 a Long-tailed Duck was reported by Adam Vesely on the 16th at the lake east of the South Platte and north of 88th Ave and seen from the International Hearing Dog business road. —On Dec 13 a Great Black-backed Gull was reported at Lake Ladora in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR by Al Guarente. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: —On Dec 16 a Tundra Swan was reported at Centennial Park by Bez Bezuidenhout on the 16th. —On Dec 15 a Yellow-billed Loon was reported at Aurora Res by Ben Lagasse on the 15th. —On Dec 14 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported by the Denver CBC at Bowles Grove Park (Federal and Bowles) by Colleen Nunn and Thomas Holub on the 14th. BOULDER COUNTY: —On Dec 15 a Wilson Warbler was reported at White Rocks Trail area by Christian Nunes on the 15th. —On Dec 15 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported by Nathan Pieplow on the 15th In pines along Old Tale Road south of Arapahoe, about halfway to McSorley Lane. —On Dec 15 a Rusty Blackbird was reported by Nathan Pieplow on the 15th on Cherryvale Road at the cattle trough. —On Dec 14 four Tundra Swans were seen at Boulder Res by Bill Schmoker. —On Dec 12 two Trumpeter Swans aswimming were reported from Waneka Lake by Randall Siebert. DOUGLAS COUNTY: —On Dec 16 a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP. First reported by Tony Leukering. —On Dec 14 a Least Sandpiper was seen below Chatfield Dam by Joey Kellner. —On Dec 13 a Pacific Loon (probably the same one seen on the Jeffco side), was reported from the Marina Sandspit at Chatfield SP by Bea Weaver. EL PASO: — On Dec 14 a PACIFIC WREN was reported from High Drive by Bear Creek by Kara Carragher & Cody Ensanian. *Coordinates: 38°49'03.6"N 104°53’39.9"W* *Birders should park at one of the two trailhead parking areas and not along the road. This wren appeared darker and rufous overall than the paler Winter Wren. The pale sides of the neck lacked patterning, and the throat was nearly was warm as the breast.* JEFFERSON COUNTY: —On Dec 16 a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP-N Boat Ramp area. Joey Kellner first reported the bird Nov 29. —On Dec 16 a male Varied Thrush was seen at a private home near Carmody Park, Lakewood. For details, please see the note Joe Roller posted Dec 14 on Cobirds. Visitors are welcome, with some reasonable guidelines from the homeowner. —On Dec 14 two Trumpeter Swans were reported at Conifer Community Park at Beaver Ranch by Bez Bezuidenhout. —On Dec 14 two Trumpeter Swans were reported by Kellner at Chatfield SP. —On Dec 14 a Pacific Loon was reported at Chatfield SP-N Boat Ramp area. First reported Dec 8 by Joey Kellner. —On Dec 14 a Rusty Blackbird was reported from Bear Creek Lake Park--Boat Launch Area by Mary Geder. LARIMER COUNTY: —On Dec 16 a Gyrfalcon was observed near the Larimer County Landfill in SW Fort Collins. First reported on Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. *Please post updates to CObirds*. —On Dec 14 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported from the NW corner of the golf course just south of Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins. First reported by David Leatherman. Probably the same individual seen in the cemetery in November. —On Dec 11 an adult Glaucous Gull was reported at the Larimer Co Landfill by Amanda Spear. LOGAN COUNTY: —On Dec 15 a Pine Warbler (imm) was reported from Row 11 at Tamarack Ranch SWA . First reported on Dec 12 by Norm Erthal. This is the first CO eBird record away from the Front Range & the Arkansas Valley for Dec through Feb. MESA COUNTY: —On Dec 16 a pair of Trumpeter Swans continue at Highline Lake SP. First reported on Dec 5 by Don Marsh. PROWERS COUNTY: —On Dec 12 a young male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported from the nort
