[cobirds] Welcome back, Nighthawks - Arapahoe

[Jared Del Rosso]

Usually, I'll hear my first Common Nighthawk from my Centennial backyard by 
May 26 or so. A night or two later, I'll see one or more -- over my home, 
neighborhood, and the High Line Canal. Then, for about two weeks the birds 
will pass over my home, before disappearing for the summer.

This year, t took a little longer this year to encounter my first 
Nighthawk, but since June 3 I've heard or seen Nighthawks almost nightly. 
My favorite encounter, easily, was in the evening of June 14, when two flew 
over my house -- low, seeming to feed, but also headed northish. One of the 
birds was incredibly vocal and I heard a single boom, my first time hearing 
this in Colorado.

Last night, (6/16) I heard a single vocalization, but did not see the bird 
who gave it. This  ties the latest date I've seen or a heard a Nighthawk 
over my home in June.

Other observations, of the insectivore variety...

Last Sunday (6/12), I biked the High Line Canal and Little Dry Creek from 
about Colorado Blvd to deKoevend Park. I tallied five singing Cordilleran 
Flycatchers over a four or five mile stretch of the route. I intend to bike 
the route again to see how many are sticking around.

At Natural Grocers at University and Arapahoe, a Say's Phoebe's nest was 
overflowing with young last weekend. I stepped out of the store to see an 
adult phoebe perch on a sign and drop something. A fecal sac, it turned out 
on further investigation.

- Jared Del Rosso
Centennial, CO

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Re: [cobirds] Probable Blk-th Gray Warbler-Huston Park, SW Denver

[Mary Kay Waddington]

Just a word of warning.  Up in the Sangre de Cristos this morning Merlin
told me there was a Black-throated Gray -- and I've seen them here before.
But on tracking it down it was a Yellow-rump.  (But Merlin got the
MacGillavrys right!)

Mary Kay Waddington, Custer County

On Sat, Jun 17, 2023, 10:43 AM Doug Ward  wrote:

> Just took the dogs for a walk up at Huston Park (Athmar Park neighborhood,
> SW Denver, Denver Co.) and had a probable singing BLACK-THROATED GRAY
> WARBLER in a spruce about a half block north of the park on Alcott St.
> This was strictly a “purist”, heard only encounter as I didn’t have my
> binoculars which would have been pointless anyway as I had both of our 80+
> lb, poorly trained dogs who were very excited to get up to the park.  Now
> that I’m back at the house, will head back up with binoculars and try to
> track this guy down and keep the group posted.
>
>
>
> Good Birding,
>
> Doug
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Re: [cobirds] Again with the Crossbills-SW Denver

[Chip Clouse]

I had a larger flock of 35-40 fly over my house just south of Crown Hill
Cemetary at 26th and Carr yesterday morning around 7am and about 6pm on Wed
evening. Lots of conifers in the cemetary but more Spruces than Pines. I
also wasn't able to record them but they didn't sound quite right for Type
II Ponderosa birds I get on my BBS routes.

Cheers,
Chip Clouse
Lakewood

On Sat, Jun 17, 2023, 8:49 AM Doug Ward  wrote:

> Back in Colorado for a couple of weeks (BBS season) and was very surprised
> to have a nice sized flock (10-12) of RED CROSSBILLs fly over our place
> (Athmar Park neighborhood; SW Denver, Denver Co.) earlier this week.  I
> didn’t get a chance to post then, but just this morning (Sat., 17 Jun.’23)
> we’ve had a couple of groups of crossbills circulating around the area.
> Haven’t been able to record any of them yet, but pretty certain they have
> all been “Ponderosa” (Type 2) Red Crossbills based on their calls, plus
> they’re pretty chunky dudes.
>
>
>
> If you are out enjoying this nice break in the weather, keep your ears
> open as these fun guys are out and about in the lowlands currently.
>
>
>
> Good Birding,
>
> Doug
>
> Denver
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[cobirds] Pueblo birds June 17th

[Brandon]

Pueblo City Park is getting some interesting birds for mid June.

Adult Yellow-crowned Night-Heron found on June 15th by Mark Oreskovich at
Lake Joy in Pueblo City Park, he saw it again on June 16th.  Other birders
saw it this morning at the pond east of the Pueblo Zoo.  It flew east, not
sure where it goes, as it isn't in Pueblo City Park most of the day,
usually early in the morning, maybe later in the day too.

Rare for summer, both a Cackling Goose and a Greater White-fronted Goose
are still hanging out today, both present since May.

Green Herons bred successfully, four fledged young and adults are around.

I heard a singing Parula on June 15th, finally saw it today, and it is a
Northern Parula.

A Red-eyed Vireo has been singing since mid May in the park.

A pair Mississippi Kites are in the park, which is normal and we're seen
today.

Mark Yaeger found a female Summer Tanager on June 16th and last week Evan
Carlson photographed a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Pueblo City Park.

At Valco Ponds in Pueblo, singing Red-eyed Vireo there as well and a pair
of Indigo Buntings today on June 17th.

Brandon K. Percival
Pueblo West,  CO

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[cobirds] Correction-Townsend's Warbler, SW Denver

[Doug Ward]

I stand corrected.  Actually located a nice singing male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER
just now (~10am, Sat., 17 Jun.'23) in roughly the same spot I thought I'd
heard a Black-throated Gray earlier.  This guy is giving two songs, the
typical quick, buzzy, high pitched song as well as a slower, clearer version
I had confused for the Black-throated Gray - just occurred to me I should
have tested Merlin out to see what the algorithm returned, maybe later.  As
I indicated in my previous post, this guy is about a half block north of
Huston Park on Alcott St. (SW Denver, Denver Co.).  If you'd like more
information, please let me know separately.

 

Good Birding,

Doug

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[cobirds] Re: RFI: Steller's Sea Eagle

[Erik Hendrickson]

Where do we contribute funds to repair the fellow's hard drive?

On Friday, June 16, 2023 at 9:07:14 AM UTC-6 John Shenot wrote:

> I spoke this morning with a not-very-serious birder who saw a very large 
> bird in fall of 2020 at Dixon Reservoir (Larimer) that he struggled to ID. 
> He claimed to be familiar with Bald and Golden Eagles, including immatures, 
> and Ospreys. Saying he felt sure it was not one of those, he looked around 
> on the internet but the only thing he could find that looked right 
> was Steller's Sea Eagle - a species he learned had never been observed 
> anywhere remotely close to this part of the world. He convinced himself it 
> couldn't be that, it had to be something else like a "mutant bald eagle", 
> and let the mystery fade. Until he learned about the vagrant sea eagle seen 
> that year in Alaska (before his mystery bird sighting) and Texas (after his 
> sighting).
>
> FWIW, his description of the bird he saw matched the field marks 
> for Steller's Sea Eagle. I don't know the guy but he didn't strike me as a 
> hoaxer, or someone seeking glory.
>
> I'm only posting this to ask if anyone else ever heard anecdotal stories 
> or speculation about that famous sea eagle perhaps migrating across/over 
> Colorado? Obviously there are no documented sightings but I didn't know if 
> there were any rumors?
>
> And finally, the fun part: this guy says he had pictures but his hard 
> drive died. He is trying to find a part so he can restore the hard drive. 
> If he succeeds with that, and shares a photo, I'll let this community know 
> of course. Until then, it's just an intriguing story.
>
> John Shenot
> Fort Collins, CO
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[cobirds] Probable Blk-th Gray Warbler-Huston Park, SW Denver

[Doug Ward]

Just took the dogs for a walk up at Huston Park (Athmar Park neighborhood,
SW Denver, Denver Co.) and had a probable singing BLACK-THROATED GRAY
WARBLER in a spruce about a half block north of the park on Alcott St.  This
was strictly a "purist", heard only encounter as I didn't have my binoculars
which would have been pointless anyway as I had both of our 80+ lb, poorly
trained dogs who were very excited to get up to the park.  Now that I'm back
at the house, will head back up with binoculars and try to track this guy
down and keep the group posted.

 

Good Birding,

Doug

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[cobirds] Again with the Crossbills-SW Denver

[Doug Ward]

Back in Colorado for a couple of weeks (BBS season) and was very surprised
to have a nice sized flock (10-12) of RED CROSSBILLs fly over our place
(Athmar Park neighborhood; SW Denver, Denver Co.) earlier this week.  I
didn't get a chance to post then, but just this morning (Sat., 17 Jun.'23)
we've had a couple of groups of crossbills circulating around the area.
Haven't been able to record any of them yet, but pretty certain they have
all been "Ponderosa" (Type 2) Red Crossbills based on their calls, plus
they're pretty chunky dudes.

 

If you are out enjoying this nice break in the weather, keep your ears open
as these fun guys are out and about in the lowlands currently.

 

Good Birding,

Doug

Denver

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