[cobirds] Western Lincoln County, 5/1

[Chris Selvig]

Impatient for birding and herping, I took a late afternoon/early evening trip 
out on back roads in Lincoln County this afternoon.

Of note:
-FOS Vesper Sparrows, in groups of 8-10.
-a dead Peregrine Falcon.  It was next to a Quonset hut with numerous Rock 
Pigeons inside, so my guess is it misjudged a dive and hit the building.
-a sizable colony of Burrowing Owls, at least 8 seen in a fairly quick scan.
-a Golden Eagle
-FOS House Wren.

Of non-avian note: an unusually grumpy Prairie Rattlesnake.

Chris Selvig
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Mississippi Kite - Pueblo

[Leon Bright]

COBirders-  A FOY (for me) Mississippi Kite flew near the Colorado State
Fairgrounds in Pueblo today, about noon. Soon they should be numerous and
nesting.

Leon Bright, Pueblo

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[cobirds] Common Loon - Barr Lake SP - Adams CO

[Ira Sanders]

Birders
 There is an alternate plumage Common Loon at Barr Lake state park. We saw
it today at the Southwest end of the Lake east of the gazebo.  Apparently
it has been there for several days.
Ira Sanders
Golden

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[cobirds] Re: SE Colo 4/25 to 28

[mvjo...@gmail.com]

Thanks Dan. Hope things will pick up. Hope to be down there soon.

John Rawinski
Monte Vista, CO

On Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 7:55:41 PM UTC-6 Dan Stringer wrote:

> I went to SE Colorado with Michael Kiessig and Chuck Aid Sunday the 25th 
> through today. Here's some info on how spring is progressing, in case 
> anyone will be going there soon. 
>
> In Bent County, Hasty Campground area was active with Chipping, Vesper, 
> and Lark Sparrows, American Goldfinches, only 2 Western Kingbirds, only 1 
> Mountain Bluebird on the road in. Many Yellow-rumped Warblers, mostly 
> Myrtle, one early Yellow Warbler and one Wilson's. Melody Tempel Grove was 
> very quiet, the irrigation ditch is dry. The south shore of Adobe Creek 
> Reservoir had 10 shorebird species, 51 Marbled Godwits being the highlight. 
>
> In Kiowa County, Neegronda and Neenoshe reservoirs had few shorebirds, 
> Upper Queens boat ramp area hosted 6 shorebird species, with an eye-opening 
> 108 American Avocets shoulder-to-shoulder. Lower Queens reservoir was dry.
>
> In Otero County, I saw shoreline at Lake Cheraw for the first time in 4 
> years, there were 9 shorebird species including 2 Snowy Plovers, and a good 
> number of Yellow-headed Blackbirds which seem to have shown up late this 
> year. Holbrook Reservoir was bone dry, Rocky Ford SWA was very quiet.
>
> In Prowers County, Thurston Reservoir had no shoreline, good numbers of 
> birds on the water and 5 swallow species. Lamar CC Woods early a.m. hosted 
> Brandon Percival therefore it was productive, 2 vocal Carolina Wrens, 1 
> carrying nest material, were the highlight of my 4 days. A Common Poorwill, 
> a Black-chinned Hummingbird, a few Chimney Swifts, only 1 Mississippi Kite 
> so far, numerous Northern Cardinals, warblers were many Yellow-rumped, 
> mostly Audubon, several Orange-crowned, 1 Yellow, 3 Wilson's, 1 Virginia's, 
> 1 Nashville, 1 Northern Parula on the north end and 1 on the south end.
>
> In Baca County, on Road M 1 Common Nighthawk was heard, in Carrizo Canyon 
> were 2 pair of Eastern Phoebe nest-building and the usual area specialties. 
> Two Buttes Reservoir was completely dry, the Black Hole area below in hot 
> mid-afternoon was very quiet.
>
> There were more dry areas than I've seen before, from small ditches / 
> ponds / playas to large reservoirs, the years-long drought is continuing 
> and the moisture on the front range etc. is repeatedly not making it down 
> there. It's early for warblers, vireos, and many other birds but it's 
> pretty fun to observe that the switch is being slowly flipped and there are 
> daily changes in trees, plants, insects, and birds.
>
> Dan Stringer
> Larkspur, CO
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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Chatfield Banding Station Report 5-1-21

[Meredith McBurney]

I was just reading Colin's report on Chico banding as an e-mail message 
from Megan Miller, who is banding in Utah this spring, came in, saying it 
was slow there as well ("Yesterday we caught 1").  Interesting and unusual 
situation.

At Chatfield, we were back up to 9 today,  with the star of the show being 
a White-throated Sparrow, a first for the station and our 102nd species in 
16 years!  He (and it was a "he" - based on wing and tail length) was first 
seen moving around on the ground in the bushes immediately behind the 
banding station, and then, happily for us, he moved over to the net area.  
Here is the breakdown of all 9:

Black-capped Chickadee 1 new , 1 banded 2015
Wilson's Warbler 1 (FOS)
Spotted Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
American Goldfinch 2 (male and female, caught together)

We are open six days per week (closed Tuesdays) through May 30. While some 
COVID related restrictions remain in place, there are opportunities most 
mornings for the public to visit, but reservations are required.  Visit 
https://denveraudubon.org/events/ 

 for 
more information and to sign-up.  Because each hour-long session is limited 
to 10 people, we anticipate selling out most mornings, so register soon if 
you are interested!

Meredith McBurney
Bander, Chatfield Station
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Chico Basin Ranch Banding Report 4/30 and 5/1

[colin....@birdconservancy.org]

We opened our banding station at Chico Basin Ranch yesterday, and much like 
other banding stations in CO we've been off to a slow start here. Yesterday 
(4/30) we banded 5 birds, which was among the slowest of days historically 
out here until today (5/1) when we banded just 3 birds and had 1 recapture. 
We did, however, get an early Dusky Flycatcher, hopefully a sign of more 
migratory birds to come. Here are our totals for the past 2 days:

Yesterday:
Hermit Thrush - 1
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
Yellow-rumped 'Myrtle' Warbler - 2
Orange-crowned Warbler - 1

and today:
Blue Jay - 1
Orange-crowned Warbler - 1
Dusky Flycatcher - 1
American Robin - 1 recapture originally banded 5/6/2019

We are open 3 days per week (Friday - Sunday) through May 30th. Chico Basin 
Ranch is once again open to the public and visitors are welcome at the 
banding station, click here 
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details on visiting!

Colin Woolley
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists (01 May 2021) 16 Raptors

[reports]

Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: May 01, 2021
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SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture0  0  0
Turkey Vulture   3  3152
Osprey   0  0 26
Bald Eagle   0  0 21
Northern Harrier 0  0  4
Sharp-shinned Hawk   2  2128
Cooper's Hawk4  4102
Northern Goshawk 0  0 10
Red-shouldered Hawk  0  0  0
Broad-winged Hawk2  2 32
Red-tailed Hawk  2  2348
Rough-legged Hawk0  0  1
Swainson's Hawk  1  1 11
Ferruginous Hawk 0  0  9
Golden Eagle 0  0  9
American Kestrel 2  2121
Merlin   0  0 12
Peregrine Falcon 0  0 11
Prairie Falcon   0  0 22
Mississippi Kite 0  0  0
Unknown Accipiter0  0 11
Unknown Buteo0  0 18
Unknown Falcon   0  0  7
Unknown Eagle0  0  0
Unknown Raptor   0  0  7

Total:  16 16   1062
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Observation start time: 08:30:00 
Observation end   time: 13:00:00 
Total observation time: 4.5 hours

Official Counter:Carol Cwiklinski

Observers:Steve Small, Susan Blansett

Visitors:
Birgit Arvin arrived just as we were watching the woodpecker. Other people
strolled by but no other bird watchers stopped.


Weather:
Today started out sunny and warm with a good south wind. Eventually clouds
increased and the temperatures cooled for a very comfortable day. The winds
appeared to be forming a vortex over the ridge, Rooney Vally North winds
and observation South winds. This unfortunate pattern seemed to discourage
migrants from using the ridge

Raptor Observations:
We had a few easy to see raptors early but very quickly birds began flying
very high. In spite of excellent cloud cover, we located only a handful of
raptors in the afternoon moving very, very high west of observation. 

Non-raptor Observations:
Lewis’s Woodpecker perched on the power line pole for several minutes,
Pygmy nuthatch, western kingbird, yellow-rumpled warbler, broad-tailed
hummingbird, cliff swallow.

Report submitted by DAVID HILL ()
Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists information may be found at:
http://www.dfobirds.org


More site information at hawkcount.org:  
https://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=123


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