[cobirds] Lamar (Prowers) on 30Sept2022

[Dave]

Highlights today were:

At Lamar Community College Woods
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay
Barn Owl (2)
Dark-eyed Junco (3)
Carolina Wren
Hermit Thrush
(MacWarbler - pretty sure I heard one)
Usual Specialties (Northern Cardinals, White-winged Doves)

Fairmount Cemetery
Field Sparrow (in big flock of Chipping Sparrows eating grass seed right at the 
main entrance)
Sora (yes, an immature, walking in the grass among the headstones, resting next 
to headstones as if tired)

Memorial Drive at Woodland Drive
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (seen at 4:15pm, probably the same bird reported se 
of Walmart last Tuesday by a friend of Mark Peterson, and this morning around 
11am at Memorial/Woodland by V. Roumi (thank you, Tina), maybe spends time in 
trees when not on roadside wires).

Dave Leatherman


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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Banding Report, 9/30/22

[Meredith McBurney]

Another leisurely day, with 25 new birds caught.  It got hot again by late 
morning; hoping for milder weather tomorrow.  Here's today's birds:

House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Hermit Thrush 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler, uncertain 1
Wilson's Warbler 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Green-tailed Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Brewer's Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1

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Meredith McBurney
Bander, Barr Lake Station
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] Patch birds - Douglas

['Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds]

After walking the conifer patch, while Urling talked to the mail delivery 
woman, I briefly saw in immature Red-headed Woodpecker. It perched in a dead 
cottonwood for 10 seconds, then flew off, and we couldn't find it again.
We also recorded our first Pink-sided Juncos today, along with most of the 
usual species. A lot of corvids (Steller's, Blue, Scrub, magpie, crow & raven.
 
Hugh Kingery

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[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists (30 Sep 2022) Raptors

[reports]

Dinosaur Ridge - Denver Field Ornithologists
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 30, 2022
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SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total   Season Total
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Black Vulture0  0  0
Turkey Vulture   0  0  0
Osprey   0  1  1
Bald Eagle   0  0  0
Northern Harrier 0  1  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk   0  1  1
Cooper's Hawk0  6  8
Northern Goshawk 0  0  0
Red-shouldered Hawk  0  0  0
Broad-winged Hawk0  1  1
Red-tailed Hawk  0  6 14
Rough-legged Hawk0  0  0
Swainson's Hawk  0  4  7
Ferruginous Hawk 0  0  0
Golden Eagle 0  5  5
American Kestrel 0  6  8
Merlin   0  0  0
Peregrine Falcon 0  1  1
Prairie Falcon   0  0  2
Mississippi Kite 0  0  0
Unknown Accipiter0  0  0
Unknown Buteo0  0  0
Unknown Falcon   0  0  0
Unknown Eagle0  0  0
Unknown Raptor   0  0  0

Total:   0 32 49
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Observation start time: 07:30:00 
Observation end   time: 10:00:00 
Total observation time: 2.5 hours

Official Counter:Ajit Antony

Observers:Liza Antony

Visitors:
A couple walking up the trail remarked about the "heavy camera" equipment I
was carrying. I explained that it was a 'scope and told them of and showed
them the hawk watch location.
A mountain biker (presumably riding north on the Hogback Trail) confused as
to where the trail had "disappeared" – I showed him where it had turned
off downhill.


Weather:
The predicted forecast today on weather.gov was for light winds from the
W>SW>SE with strong NW winds after 3 PM, while earth.nullschool.net
expected light winds from the West. At the watch there were Level 3 winds
from the WSW which dropped to Level 2 in the next hour followed by East
winds at the same (lack of) intensity. There was excellent cloud cover
60-70% with reasonably good clear visibility to 16 km.

Raptor Observations:
We ended the month (paraphrasing and with apologies to T.S. Eliot
https://tinyurl.com/mt7zj8r7) not with a bang, and not even a whimper. 
When we got to the watch there was an adult Eastern RT perched on 1 of the
3 poles north of the watch. Another non-migrant RT as well as a Western
adult RT (with darker underwings and a dark throat) were the only raptors
of any kind seen today. No migrants at all.
Kerrie Lagon a hawk enthusiast had emailed me yesterday morning at 10:24 AM
MDT "I just want to let you know that I’m driving down University at the
corner of University and Orchard there was a kettle of turkey vultures 60
circling in the thermals along with one Swainson's and one hawk that was
dark morph with white on the tip of his wings and they were circling and
circling and then they took the thermals and headed southeast towards the
corner of Holly and Arapaho Open space which is where they usually kettle
up.  I wanted to let you know and that this is a phenomenal I see every
year around my house." I scanned with binoculars and my scope in that
direction and did not see any hawks there, though it's difficult finding
any hawks against the background of trees and houses, none were seen just
above the horizon either in the direction (which would be just north of
Marston Reservoir).
This together with the COBirds post by Doug Ward 2 days ago
https://tinyurl.com/4k7bn36p suggests that there is a migratory raptor
movement but away from Dinosaur Ridge.
On a recent bird walk with Joey Kellner and discussing the dearth of SH at
the watch (compared to Manzano Mountains HawkWatch NM where they've had
1644 SH this month including a day with 497, and the Commissary Ridge
HawkWatch  WY which has had 393 SH including a day with 166; and these hawk
watches are South and North respectively, and quite a ways west of Dinosaur
Ridge) he told me that SH form staging groups of 75-100 on the eastern
plains of Colorado c. 90 miles east of Denver.


Non-raptor Observations:
Mountain Chickadee 1, Townsend Solitaire 3, Blue Jay 2, Barn Swallow 1,
House Finch 6, Black-billed 

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Chico Basin Ranch 9/30/22

[Chicobander]

The Fall Season for Chico Basin Banding Station has come to a close. 
Thirteen Species of birds captured today with a surprising catch of a late 
Yellow-breasted Chat. 
Here is the Catch of the Day:
*26 New Birds*
Wilson's Warbler -5
Orange-crowned Warbler -3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet -2
Yellow-breasted Chat -1
Chipping Sparrow -1
Lincoln's Sparrow -2
Pink-sided Junco -2
Spotted Towhee -3
Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow -3
Hermit Thrush -1
Gray Catbird -1
American Robin -1
Blue Jay -1

*3 Recaptures*
Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow -2
Pink-sided Junco

All the best to you for a great fall season and winter birding!
Have a good weekend,

Julie Shieldcastle
Chico Basin Ranch
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] Sabine's Gull at Union Res (Weld) 9/30

[Mark Miller]

Hi Everyone,

An immature Sabine's Gull is at the south end of Union Reservoir this
morning 9/30, loosely associating with the flock of Ring-billed Gulls. A
rough count of Western Grebes came to 1350.

Mark Miller
Longmont, CO

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