[cobirds] El Paso county --- RED KNOT

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CoBirders,
There is currently a RED KNOT in the northeast corner of Big Johnson. This is 
only the second record for El Paso county that I am aware of.

Mark PetersonColorado Springs 

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[cobirds] Vermilion flycatcher(s) --- El Paso and Baca counties

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COBirders,
This morning what is presumably a returning bird from the pair that bred last 
year was at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs. Hopefully, they will be 
successful breeders at this location again.
On Wednesday on private property in Baca County, there was a male Vermilion. It 
was occasionally displaying.

Mark Peterson Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Crowley County --- PURPLE SANDPIPER

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COBirders,
There is currently a PURPLE SANDPIPER at Lake Henry. This would be a 2nd state 
record. See the pin drop for the current location.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2aAhmtcXWSixgC9t8


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[cobirds] Yuma county --- Fallout in the Hale area 8/29

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COBirders,
On my way back into Colorado I birded Foster Grove, Hale Crossroads, and Hale 
Ponds. Here is the same map that Bryan provided but with the green circle in 
the area of Hale Crossroads (I think):
https://earth.nullschool.net/#2021/08/29/0900Z/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=-101.84,39.28,1484/loc=-102.141,39.631

As I arrived at Foster Grove, it was 56 degrees and completely overcast. It was 
not super birdy but it did produce a CASSIN'S VIREO, TENNESSEE WARBLER, and an 
AMERICAN REDSTART as highlights.
The next stop was Hale Crossroads. This is not a very big area but I spent over 
three hours at this location. Not only were there several rarities but the 
local birds also had family groups all over which just added to the experience. 
The highlights for me were:

24 Red-headed Woodpeckers3 Olive-sided Flycatchers1 Alder Flycatcher6 Great 
Crested Flycatchers4 Cassin's Vireos7 Red-eyed Vireos9 Baltimore Orioles3 
Ovenbirds3 Black-and-white Warblers1 Nashville Warbler2 Mourning Warblers (1ad, 
1 imm.)6 Common Yellowthroat16 American Redstarts9 Yellow Warblers2 
Chestnut-sided Warblers2 Townsend's Warblers1 Black-throated Green Warbler1 
Canada Warbler8 Wilson's Warbler
It was amazing in there and I wonder what all I missed.
The last stop was at Hale Ponds, I only really worked the area near the 
southwestern-most pond and right the by the river. I probably should have 
worked the river more but I as running out of time. Highlights were:
2 Olive-sided Flycatchers4 Great Crested Flycatchers3 Cassin's Vireos3 Red-eyed 
Vireos1 Black-and-white Warbler4 Common Yellowthroats13 American Redstarts1 
Blackburnian Warbler3 Yellow Warblers3 Wilson's Warblers
Very fun day on the eastern edge of the state!

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[cobirds] Jackson county --- ARCTIC LOON

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CoBirders,
Steve Mlodinow reports an ARCTIC LOON in probable first summer plumage at the 
east end of Walden Reservoir. For comparison, there is also a COMMON LOON in 
the area.
Here is more information on the location:
https://cobirds.org/CountyBirding/County/BySite.aspx?SiteID=121=30


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[cobirds] Phillips county --- MOTTLED DUCK

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COBirders,
There was an apparent MOTTLED DUCK just west of Highway 59 and east of county 
road 3, along county road 18 in Phillips county late Monday evening.  It was 
hanging out with some Mallards and a single Wood Duck.  There were some other 
species there but they were not with the Mottled Duck group.  

I was really just heading to the nearest pavement as the roads in the area are 
very muddy and some of the roads have been close to impassable.  I had no plans 
to stop but as I was passing by I noticed a very dark duck standing on the 
shoreline so I stopped to look.  I took a few quick photos then they all flew.
If you have any desire to come out to look, I just caution that the roads have 
been extra muddy.  It did dry up yesterday afternoon and there is no rain in 
the forecast for the area for a couple of days so I think the roads should be 
much better.  There is a lot of water around with one of the recent rain storms 
accumulating to over 3 inches in the Fleming area.


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[cobirds] Re: Logan county --- HUDSONIAN GODWITs

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COBirders,
The Godwits were still at "this" location this morning. I apologies but I was 
off on the east/west road. They are just south of county road 20 right along 
county road 79.
Here are the precise coordinates:
40.568374,-102.838153

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  On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 11:52, Mark Peterson wrote:   
COBirders,
This morning near Saint Peter, I had 5 HUDSONIAN GODWITs in a flooded field. 
They were south of county 16 along county road 79.

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[cobirds] Logan county --- HUDSONIAN GODWITs

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COBirders,
This morning near Saint Peter, I had 5 HUDSONIAN GODWITs in a flooded field. 
They were south of county 16 along county road 79.

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[cobirds] Lincoln county --- Buff-breasted Sandpiper

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COBirders,
Last night right before sunset there was a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER at the far 
east end of Evilsizer lake.  It was only occasionally visible as it moved in 
and out of the tall grasses. There were at least nine species of shorebird and 
possibly more as I could see some in the tall grasses but they were too 
obstructed to make much of them.  See below for information on Evilsizer and 
its location:
https://coloradocountybirding.org/BySite.aspx?SiteID=686=38

Mark PetersonColorado Springs

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[cobirds] Colorado Bird Records Committee update

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COBirders,
The committee has finished voting on the PINK-FOOTED GOOSE found by Dr. Steven 
Mlodinow and the recent WHITE-TAILED KITE found by Jill Smith.  Both records 
have been accepted, congratulations to both Steve and Jill.  The official state 
list has not been updated yet to reflect this but should be in the coming week. 
 

The BARNACLE GOOSE records (there are two) are still being considered.  We are 
waiting on some more information that might shed more light on these records.
The CBRC website has a new feature.  We can now send out notifications for each 
record once we have them voted on and ready to publish.  So, a lot of you may 
be receiving these in the near future, don't be surprised when the records are 
from years past as we will be sending those out as well.  Thank you to Ann 
Johnson (webmaster) for implementing this for us.

The committee is still on target to be caught up through all 2018 by the end of 
the year.  At which point we will almost be to the point where we can vote on 
all records as they come in.  This has been a long process and we are nearing 
our goal.
Thank you to everyone who submits records to the CBRC, we truly appreciate all 
of your efforts!  I would also like to thank all of the committee members who 
volunteer their time to make this happen.  Also, thank you to Peter Gent who 
has been putting in extra effort to getting the records published in the 
journal, Colorado Birds.  Last but not least, thank you to Lisa Edwards who is 
the CBRC secretary and helps to make all of this happen.
If you would like to see a list of the committee members, please visit the CBRC 
site, on the home page look for the big check mark with the words Committee 
Members next to it.  You can also poke around and see all the other things that 
are available on the site.

https://cobrc.org/

Thank you to all involved,Mark Peterson

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[cobirds] Baca county --- YELLOW-GREEN VIREO (6/25/2019)

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COBirders,
First, I truly apologize for not getting this out sooner!  I basically made a 
mistake in the field and didn't catch it until late last night.  

Last Tuesday afternoon/evening I was at Two Buttes where birding was secondary 
to what I was doing.  While busy doing my thing I heard a vireo occasionally 
singing that I thought was a Red-eyed Vireo BUT it sounded a bit off.  It was 
across a pond from me so I continued doing my thing until it finally came over 
to the side I was.  I decided I would go check it out just in case.  The bird 
was not giving me great views at first, it was mostly hidden by leaves and 
almost always facing me directly.  However, from what I could see I thought it 
MIGHT be a YELLOW-GREEN VIREO (YGVI).  I worked at getting some photos and a 
recording, just in case.  Then it wandered back to the north.  Not having any 
experience with YGVI, I looked at an app to see how to tell it apart from 
Red-eyed.  I thought in the field that the face was too contrasting and decided 
it was a Red-eyed Vireo and went on about my business.
Last night right before calling it a night, I was pulling photos off of the 
camera and came across the vireo and immediately got a sick feeling in the pit 
of my stomach.  I sent a few photos off last night and this morning to see what 
a few others thought and the consensus is that it is a YELLOW-GREEN VIREO.
I had to work in SE CO today so after work I spent some time looking for the 
bird but was unable to find it.  I did find a singing RED-EYED VIREO at the far 
east end.  The bird may still be there and was just silent today while I was 
there.  It was at the west end right near the "swimming hole" aka "the black 
hole" the entire time I was there last Tuesday.
Again, I apologize for my mistake.  Hopefully it is still around and can be 
refound!


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[cobirds] Harris's Hawk, Larumer county

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The hawk is currently hiding low in the trees on the southeast side of the 
cement plant. It is "visible" from Horsetooth road right near Topminnow natural 
area.

Mark Peterson Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Pueblo county --- 3 jaegers

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COBirders,
There are currently three jaegers at Pueblo reservoir, they appear to be two 
LONG-TAILED and one PARASITIC.  All at the east end of the reservoir.

___Mark PetersonColorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county --- RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD

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COBirders,
I have had an immature male RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD coming to my feeders all 
day today.  Amazingly enough, I have had a Ruby-throated three years in a row 
now.
I have also had at least six BROAD-TAILED, four RUFOUS, and four CALLIOPE 
HUMMINGBIRDs at the feeders today.
Here are some photos of the Ruby-throated: https://tinyurl.com/yadqmqxa


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[cobirds] Bent county --- Carolina Wren

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COBirders,
Early this morning I made a quick stop at Van's Grove 
(https://coloradocountybirding.org/BySite.aspx?SiteID=1092) and along with a 
handful of mostly migrants I heard a CAROLINA WREN singing from the northeast.  
If you want to look for this bird, there is a two-track that goes along the 
east side of Van's Grove and splits as you go north.  It was up the right fork 
which parallels "Van's marsh" and the power lines.  The bird was between the 
third and four power poles.

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[cobirds] Bent county --- WHITE IBIS and Least Terns

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COBirders,
Just a quick update, the WHITE IBIS continued this evening at Gageby Creek and 
Bent county road JJ (AKA Van's Marsh).  As Duane mentioned, if you go down the 
two track road that is just to the west of the marsh area you can get a bit 
closer.  Be aware that if you choose to drive down this road you may get 
scratches on your vehicle in a couple of spots.
As I headed back towards Lamar I made a quick stop at the end of road 20 where 
you can see the far west end of John Martin reservoir.  There was a family of 
four LEAST TERNs working the area, one adult and three youngsters.  The adult 
was actively hunting and then feeding the youngsters what it would catch.

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[cobirds] Washington county, Akron Golf Course -- 5/13/2018

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COBirders,
Sorry for the late post!
Yesterday afternoon I planned on making a quick stop at the Akron Golf course 
(not technically on the golf course) and my planned 20 minutes turned into 
about an hour.  I started near the northwest corner or the inlet of the lake 
and while looking at a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER flew in and 
as I sat there it just kept working along the inlet and came within feet of me. 
 I then continued and a little ways east of there was a BLACKPOLL WARBLER.  I 
was approaching my 20 minutes already so I headed east and was in the alley way 
along the east shore of the "reservoir" and found a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, it 
was the least cooperative as far as photos go of all the goodies.  I was 
finally almost back to my starting point when a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER popped 
up.  It worked around in the tree right in front of me before moving towards 
the inlet.  I decided to take one more look around the inlet and found one more 
rarity, a BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER was working in the cottonwoods.
Needless to say, the 20 minutes turned into an hour.
One other note, I had a BOBOLINK near Sterling today (5/24/2018).

Good birding,
Mark PetersonColorado Springs

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[cobirds] RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, El Paso County --- Please read

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COBirders,
I am JUST the messenger and not trying to be the birding police.  Late this 
evening a gentleman from the Broadmoor stopped to see what was going on and to 
inform us that a permit is required to photograph any Broadmoor property.  Now, 
the bird was mostly on what is apparently private property but the Broadmoor 
does own property on both sides of the road.  The gentleman was not sure if 
that was their property or not but did not believe so.  However, when he was 
there the bird was most definitely on Broadmoor property (the gold course).
If you plan on going to see this bird and want to photograph it, just make sure 
not to point your cameras towards the Broadmoor without a permit.  You can 
obtain a permit at the front desk if you would like, that is found at the main 
entrance to the Broadmoor.  I did let them know that there may be a lot of 
people around tomorrow and he was going to inform security.

The bird did move around a bit, visiting at least five trees.  Two different 
pines (the Scot's Pine on the golf course) and three deciduous trees.  So if 
you are there and do not see the bird right away, I recommend just hanging out 
and watching and it will most likely fly to another tree where hopefully you 
see it.


Good luck and GREAT FIND DAVID!!!
Mark Peterson

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[cobirds] Penrose CBC preliminary results, 134 species

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COBirders,
First, I would like to thank all the dedicated participants that helped make 
this count what it is.  The count couldn't happen without them and I would also 
like to thank my parents for providing the treats that keep my participants 
going throughout the day ;).
I admittedly thought it was going to be somewhat of a down year given the lack 
of waterfowl around, I was obviously wrong.  We had the most water related 
birds we've ever had on the count, including two that were new for the count, 
RED-NECKED GREBE and CLARK'S GREBE.  The only thing we missed that we usually 
get was Greater Scaup.  The other highlights were:
5 species of Grebe
Spotted Sandpiper5 species of owlNorthern Pygmy-owl
Long-eared Owl (new for count, long overdue)
Williamson's and Yellow-bellied SapsuckersPeregrine FalconBlack and Say's 
PhoebeSix species of WrenCommon Yellowthroat (new for count)Harris's 
SparrowWhite-throated Sparrow (I think there were 3 or more)Lincoln's 
SparrowSwamp SparrowRufous-corwned SparrowRusty BlackbirdGray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (new for count)
Common Redpoll
Not only did we exceed our usual number of unexpected species, we also didn't 
miss any of our more expected species, except maybe Rough-legged Hawk but I 
think this will be the third year in a row that we have missed it.


Good birding,
-Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Park county highlights

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COBirders,
Glenn Walbek and I headed up to Park county today to do a bit of birding.  We 
got a bit of a late start (my fault), so only focused on the three large bodies 
of water.  It was supposed to be clam for the first half of the day and as we 
arrived the water was like glass, ten minutes later...not so much.  We did see 
a high temperature of 57 degrees which made the wind not so bad.  

Here are the highlights from each:
Antero reservoir:
4 Tundra Swans (or so they appeared to be, very distant)3 Surf Scoters1 Black 
Scoter2 Pacific Loons2 Common Loons
5 Bonaparte's Gulls
Spinney Mountain reservoir:
Lighting and wind made this location very hard to bird so we probably missed 
things that we just could not see.  We only had one real highlight here.1 
Glaucous-winged Gull (1st cycle)
Elevenmile reservoir:11 Surf Scoters, including an adult male of off Howbert 
Point.
6 White-winged Scoters
1 Long-tailed Duck2 Pacific Loons9 Common Loons5 Bonaparte's Gulls1 Iceland 
Gull (1st cycle, Thayer's)1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (adult)3 Lapland Longspurs
I should also mention that we stopped at Lake George on the way up and had a 
single SWAMP SPARROW.

-Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Lincoln county --- CONNECTICUT WARBLER, 10/3/17

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Hi Cobirders,
First, I apologize that this is another bird on private property but I still 
wanted to get the word out.
Late yesterday evening, there was a CONNECTICUT WARBLER working a willow, that 
also had a WOOD THRUSH in it, out in the middle-of-nowhere Lincoln county. The 
warbler was actively feeding and was busy catching flies, probably other prey 
as well. Then it would sit for one to two minutes, typically fairly obscured by 
twigs and leaves, then start feeding again. The bird had a complete eye-ring, 
all gray hood, and undertail coverts extending far back on the tail.
The Wood Thrush was foraging as well and was accompanied by two HERMIT THRUSH. 
There were very few other birds at this location.

---Mark PetersonColorado Springs

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[cobirds] Kit Carson county --- Sprague's Pipit, 9/26/17

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Hi COBirders,
Yesterday while out at a private ranch I flushed a SPRAGUE'S PIPIT in a 
recently grazed tall grass pasture.  The pasture is now a short grass pasture.  
The bird did its typical shoot straight up to around 100 feet and then stair 
stepped its way back to the ground where I was able to relocate it and get some 
decent photos.
I realize this is on private land but I know some of you like to go look for 
them and I thought it would be good to know that they are around now.

One other cool thing I observed yesterday was a MERLIN and a NORTHERN HARRIER 
hunting in tandem, okay, I don't think the Harrier really wanted the Merlin 
around but nonetheless.  The Harrier was doing his typical cruising for prey 
while the Merlin would stay way up above him.  At one point the Harrier flushed 
a VESPER SPARROW and the Merlin gave immediate chase.  The Vesper made it to 
the corn before the Merlin go to it so the Harrier came in and dropped right 
down in the corn where the Sparrow had gone down.  The Merlin then proceeded to 
rip in and out of the corn while the Harrier was working it.  They did this for 
about 5 minutes (approximately 10 minutes total) before finally giving up and 
flying off "together" to the north.  All of this happened about 100 feet from 
where I was standing, very cool!
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Kit Carson county --- Mountain Plovers, 3/15/17

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COBirders,
Yesterday I had 4 MOUNTAIN PLOVERs fly by me and make their way out into an ag 
field where they proceeded to disappear.  This was just south of Flagler.  
Other birds of note that are starting to show up are both MCCOWN'S and 
CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURs with LAPLAND being very hard to find now. 


Good birding,-Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Re: Lapland Longspurs, Kit Carson County

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COBirders,
I think the secret to seeing the mass of Lapland Longspurs is to be out during 
the snow storms.  A few of us have been out in Kit Carson for a couple of 
months and finding large flocks on days without bad weather does happen of 
course but they are at best just large flocks.  Yesterday I was out almost all 
day and checking the known good areas when I could and had almost zero birds 
even though it was stormy.  The difference though was that yesterday it was 
rain/ice almost all day which seem to ground all the field birds.
Now, fast forward to today.  Today it was 20+ MPH winds and snow most of the 
day.  The MASS of birds were back.

Glenn and I got to sit and watch this event for an extended period of time.  
The area we watched today was 4 times larger than the one from last week.  I 
have posted another video from today that just shows the first layer of birds 
and near the 2:45 mark you can see a second layer and maybe the best part of 
the video.  The thing that we cannot capture is that this video only shows 
about a quarter mile deep worth of birds.  There are multiple layers of birds 
that span across a couple of miles.  So just imagine swarms of birds all over 
roughly a couple of square miles.  Our estimated numbers from today were as 
follows:
575,000 Horned Lark1,250,000 Lapland Longspurs
Here is a the video that shows a small fraction of the total birds.  Again, if 
you watch the video but are impatient, jump to roughly the 2:45 mark.  I took 
this video while driving almost two miles, it is just a bit shaky ;) but I 
don't think it should make anyone sick.
https://youtu.be/WURlpcWPnug
If you are interested in trying to see these birds I would recommend coming 
tomorrow if at all possible but do not expect these numbers as it is supposed 
to be nice but with the bit of snow on the ground there should still be decent 
numbers.  Otherwise, watch the weather for out here and when you see snow, not 
rain, in the forecast come out and see what you can see.
The location of the flock today was along Kit Carson county road G roughly 
between CR 9 and where CR 7 would be if it were there.  Also, if you come, look 
at this field carefully as it is this type of field that the birds tend to like 
best.  So you could then drive back west into Lincoln county and probably find 
the same thing.
Good birding!
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Fremont county --- EURASIAN WIGEON

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COBirders,
There is/was a EURASIAN WIGEON at Valco Ponds this morning around 9:45. It swam 
out view almost immediately but I was able to get a few poor photos.

There are also as many as 44 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE in the area.

___Mark PetersonColorado Springs 

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[cobirds] El Paso county --- Mew Gull, Big Johnson 11/12/2016

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COBirders,
I stopped by Big Johnson around 4:30 PM and David Chaffin and I found an adult 
MEW GULL (probably the same bird as the Prospect Lake bird) out amongst the 
100s of RING-BILLED GULLS.  There were also a handful of CALIFORNIA and HERRING 
GULLS as well.
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Park county --- Scoters and Phalarope, Sunday 10/23/16

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COBirders,
Yesterday, a car load of us did a loop starting in El Paso then heading to 
Custer and finally Park counties.  Highlights from El Paso were a SABINE'S 
GULL, BONAPARTE'S GULL, 2 COMMON LOONs, and the continuing PACIFIC LOON all at 
Big Johnson reservoir.
We did not have much of note in Custer county.  We then headed to Park where 
early in the day Glenn Walbek had found most everything previously.  At Eleven 
Mile State Park we had 1 SNOW GOOSE, 11 COMMON LOONs, 1 BLACK SCOTER, and 1 RED 
PHALAROPE.  The Scoter was off of Howbert Point and the Phalarope was at the 
far west end of the reservoir.
At Spinney Mountain State Park at the very end of the day as the sunset on us, 
we had 2 BLACK SCOTERs and 3 SURF SCOTERs. -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Morgan county --- WESTERN GULL, 10/21/16

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COBirders,
Glenn Walbek and I found what appears to be the "Prewitt" WESTERN GULL at 
Jackson Lake State Park today.  Steve Mlodinow originally found the bird back 
in June and it was seen at Prewitt at least through late September.  We only 
had distant views of the bird today but the one thing that really stuck out was 
the bands on the left leg.  There are some distant photos attached to the eBird 
report:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32142939

The other bird of note was an adult Iceland/Thayer's Gull.  Unfortunately, we 
were just too far and had poor lighting to figure this bird out for sure.

We also saw the continuing RED-THROATED LOON at Barr Lake Sate Park. -Mark 
Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Custer county --- RED PHALAROPE and...

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Hi COBirders,
I made may way up to Lake DeWeese, just out side of Westcliffe, around midday 
today and it was fairly productive.  I ended up with about 60 species.  the 
highlight was a RED PHALAROPE at the far west end of the lake which is where 
virtually all of the water related birds were located.  The other shorebirds 
today were KILLDEER (5), LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER (3), PECTORAL SANDPIPER (2), and 
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (4).  An OSPREY made a pass in the afternoon right about 
the same time that a single SANDHILL CRANE came in and landed far to the west 
of the water.

While looking at and counting the ducks, two CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS flew 
over me calling.  They joined a bunch of HORNED LARKS at the west end.  The 
other surprise was at the far east end right near where I parked in a patch of 
willows.  There was a NORTHERN PARULA that seemed to be hanging out with a 
small flock of BUSHTITs.  There were also close to 30 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERs 
and at least 4 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERs.
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county --- Red-necked Grebe, Pacific Loon and...

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COBirders,
My dad and I stopped by Big Johnson reservoir late this evening, just after 7, 
and found a few nice birds.  There was a RED-NECKED GREBE out in the northern 
half of the reservoir and a PACIFIC LOON just west of the grebe.  There was 
also another LOON but it was only in view for a brief moment before 
disappearing behind the dam.  There was a single RED-NECKED PHALAROPE fairly 
close to the island.  There were about 15 BAIRD'S, 1 WESTERN and maybe 10 more 
peeps along the shoreline that we could see.  Some of the birds were just too 
distant to ID. -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Pacific Loon --- El Paso county, 05/26/16

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COBirders,
Aaron Driscoll and I saw a mostly basic plumage PACIFIC LOON at Big Johnson 
reservoir last evening. My guess is that it will still be around today given 
the conditions. Other things of note that were present were RED-NECKED 
PHALAROPE, BLACK TERN, FORSTER'S TERN, and the continuing COMMON LOON.  The 
swallows were also putting on a great show.

Mark PetersonColorado Springs

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[cobirds] Fremont county --- Chestnut-collared Longspur and Black-throated Sparrow, 3/7/2016

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COBirders,
I had a couple of hours this morning while down in Fremont county to do a 
little birding.  For the most part it was very slow, I suspect the wind was 
partly to blame and partly do to the fact that I was in semi-desert habitat 
most of the time.  South of Florence out on County Road 19 on the backside of 
the Federal Prison I was able to find a rather early (although I was not too 
surprised given all the other things that seem to be showing up a little early 
this year) BLACK-THROATED SPARROW.  I MIGHT have heard a second but the wind 
was making it difficult to tell for sure.  

The real surprise for me though, was a CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR in the same 
location.  I have been "birding" in Fremont county for 30+ years and that is 
the first one I have ever had in the county.  It seemed to prefer to stay along 
the edge of the road only venturing a few yards at most on occasion.
Other than a handful of PINE SISKINs and HORNED LARKs I had nothing else in the 
area while I was there.  I also went by a couple of other spots that host 
Black-throated Sparrows but I was unable to locate any. -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county --- Long-tailed Duck and Common Loon

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COBirders,
I stopped by Big Johnson late this evening and was able to relocate the 
LONG-TAILED DUCK which can be very elusive.  It was actually relatively close 
tonight compared to where it has been hanging out.  Typically it is on the 
northeast side of the reservoir which usually means you need to be there early 
in the morning to have fewer shimmers to deal with or walk all the way around 
the reservoir.  Just note that walking around will get you closer but probably 
only by about 300 yards.  There was also a basic plumage COMMON LOON out in the 
middle with a couple of HORNED GREBEs that were starting to show their "horns." 
 The other thing that I noted was that there were 12 CALIFORNIA GULLs which are 
the first that I have personally seen at this site this year.
I did not see the Burrowing Owl tonight but I was not surprised.  From the 
upper parking lot according to Google Earth it is ~1200 yards to the mound that 
it seems to prefer.  This is one that if you walk around it would pay off with 
much closer looks.
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county --- Acorn Woodpecker, NO, Long-tailed Duck, yes 2/24/2016

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Hi COBirders,
After dropping the kids off at school this morning I ventured over to the Acorn 
Woodpecker neighborhood near Cheyenne Blvd. and Willow Street.  This is my 4th 
search for this bird since mid January.  Again I had no luck and in case others 
are thinking about coming to look for it here is a bit of information that I 
learned.  

The owners of the house that it most frequents (mostly for peanuts) have not 
seen the bird since some time in January.  They apparently keep fairly detailed 
notes, at least of this specific bird.  So, if you had any thoughts on 
traveling to see this bird you might want to take that into consideration.
I did have a handful of CEDAR WAXWINGS in the area along with the other usual 
suspects.
Over at Big Johnson reservoir I was able to spot a LONG-TAILED DUCK and the 
BURROWING OWL that Alan Versaw originally found continues over on the 
"northeast" side of the reservoir.  I did not see anything else of note but 
with the ice receding there are many more ducks, mostly divers, out there.  
There was also a NORTHERN SHRIKE doing a little bit of vocalizing below the 
dam. -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Larimer county --- ICELAND & GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLs.

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COBirders,
Steve Larson, Glenn Walbek and I hit a number of reservoirs in northern CO 
today with Boyd Lake State Park and Lake Loveland being the most productive 
gull wise, in Larimer county. Over in Weld, Windsor Lake also had a good number 
of birds.
The highlights at Boyd were an adult ICELAND GULL ( probably the same bird 
found by Mlodinow and Dowell at Windsor Lake and seen at Boyd yesterday by 
Wild), and a first cycle GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL.
Lake Loveland hosted at least two LESSER BLACK-BACKED and two THAYER'S GULLS. 
This looks like a place to keep an eye on for gulls.
At Windsor Lake the adult MEW GULL continues. There was also a ROSS'S GOOSE and 
five RED-BREASTED MERGANSERs.

Mark PetersonColorado Springs 

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[cobirds] Larimer county --- TWO AMERICAN WOODCOCKs, 1/4/2016

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Hi COBirders,
I just got of the phone with Cole Wild and he and Heater Wild had just finished 
viewing the previously reported AMERICAN WOODCOCK and were headed out when they 
came across another WOODCOCK downstream.  I believe Heather videoed the second 
bird and then they walked back up to verify the first bird was still there and 
it was still siting in the same location.
Pretty amazing and great find to all the original finders of these hard to 
detect species! -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs


   

  

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[cobirds] El Paso county --- 4 Long-tailed Ducks, 12/11/2015

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Hi COBirders,
Made a quick stop at Big Johnson reservoir this afternoon as I came back into 
town and although there was not a lot on the reservoir there were four 
LONG-TAILED DUCKs.  Three of which were together and the fourth was off by 
itself.  The only other semi-notable thing were two GREATER SCAUP, probably the 
same two that have been there for a while.  There may have been some other 
stuff out there in the distance but it was a bit windy and hard to pick things 
out.
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Southeast CO, 7-8 Nov. 2015, Bay-breasted and...

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COBirders,
The last two days while not sitting in a meeting room, a few of us were able to 
do some birding down in southeast Colorado.  Today, Mike Kiessig, Mike Henwood, 
David Gillilan and myself started at John Martin Reservoir.  Although some of 
the white geese have shown up the bulk of the waterfowl have not.  Lots of 
times by the time the CBC rolls around (assuming it has not frozen too hard 
yet) there will be tens of thousands of birds on the reservoir.  If you take 
away the 2000ish white geese form today then we probably had just over a 1000 
birds.  The largest numbers were of AMERICAN WHITE PELICANs and DOUBLE-CRESTED 
CORMORANTs that I think we gave a conservative estimate of 300 apiece.  We 
really could not find anything real noteworthy on the reservoir but we did have 
a handful of BONAPARTE'S GULLs and at least one COMMON LOON.  The last was 
significant for me because I have birded Bent county a fair bit over the past 
13+ years and that was the first I have seen in the county.  Apparently I am 
just a slacker.

Next we headed below the dam to work Hasty campground.  It was virtually 
birdless in the campground itself for the first 10 or so minutes.  Finally we 
found a nice little mixed flock that consisted of DARK-EYED JUNCOs, 
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETs, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERs, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHes, a 
NORTHERN FLICKER, DOWNY WOODPECKER and a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE.  Further to the 
north there was a calling RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and a BROWN CREEPER made an 
appearance.  Mike Henwood spotted a GREATER ROADRUNNER far off on top of a rock 
outcropping soaking in some sun.  Then we came across a couple of EASTERN 
BLUEBIRDs.
After the Bluebirds we were headed back to the car as one of the bunch of us 
had about 6.5 hours of driving yet to do.  Within about 50 or so yards of the 
car we ran back into that original flock.  This time there was an individual 
though that we did not see the first time.  There was a rather bright fall 
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER.  We were all finally able to get decent looks and at one 
point it was almost at eye level and in the open instead of half behind the 
leaves or twigs of the Siberian Elms that it was working.  We were able to stay 
with it for a few minutes before the flock seem to head back to the center of 
the campground.  We did not see the bird with the original flock the first time 
and I kind of think it was not with them.  Then it seem to somewhat join them 
but I know at least one person looked later and refound the flock but was not 
able to refind the Bay-breasted.  Anyhow, if anyone goes to look for the bird 
it might be hanging by itself???
We hit a couple of other spots after that in Bent county but did not find much 
else of real note, except for two CATTLE EGRETs along JJ near BCR 17 in with 
the cattle.  After I had split off from the group I did take a very quick look 
at Cheraw on my way home and had a LONG-TAILED DUCK that was visible from the 
causeway.  I really did not spend much time there and there may have been 
something else noteworthy but I did not have the time to really work it.
I'll make the rest of this short.  Early Saturday morning I ran down to Two 
Buttes before the meeting started and was able to find a couple of things of 
interest, at least to me.  First stop was the reservoir.  There were decent 
numbers of some divers but the most significant things to me were three 
RED-BREASTED MERGANSERs and one BONAPARTE'S GULL.  Below the dam the highlights 
were a very tardy HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER, a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, two WINTER 
WRENs, a HERMIT THRUSH and a GRAY CATBIRD.
It's always fun birding southeast Colorado and even better with great company.
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county --- Black-bellied Plover, 11/4/15

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COBirders,
I made a quick trip out to Ramah SWA this morning in hopes of finding a late 
Black-bellied Plover or maybe a Dunlin and somewhat to my surprise there 
actually was a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER.  It was just out from the southern parking 
lot.  Also in the area were 21 KILLDEER and 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER.  I also 
walked the woods and found virtually no birds.  There were three AMERICAN TREE 
SPARROWs, two AMERICAN ROBINs and 1 DOWNY WOODPECKER and that was it.  There 
were still good numbers of AMERICAN PIPITs with 31 along the south shore of the 
reservoir.
If you are considering a visit to Ramah please consider wearing some blaze 
orange (hunter orange) as there is hunting here and it is a relatively small 
area.  Also, not for the faint of heart, there is/was a decapitated 
White-tailed buck along the shoreline.  Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been 
notified so hopefully it will be removed or at least moved out of sight. 
-Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Re: El Paso county --- Red-necked Grebe, 10/17/2015

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COBirders,


The RED-NECKED GREBE was still at Big Johnson at sundown tonight, 10/19/15.



Mark Peterson

Colorado Springs  

From:"Mark Peterson" 
Date:Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 6:55 PM
Subject:El Paso county --- Red-necked Grebe, 10/17/2015

COBirders,


I made a quick stop at Big Johnson reservoir around midday today and found a 
RED-NECKED GREBE in the "northeast" corner of the reservoir.  It was not really 
associating with anything else.  Most of the other large grebes were in the 
"northwest" corner.  Nothing else of real note but some increased numbers in 
some of the regular fall duck species.


 

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Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Re: El Paso county --- Red-necked Grebe, 10/17/2015

['Mark Peterson' via Colorado Birds]

COBirders,


The RED-NECKED GREBE was still at Big Johnson at sundown tonight, 10/19/15.



Mark Peterson

Colorado Springs  

From:"Mark Peterson" 
Date:Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 6:55 PM
Subject:El Paso county --- Red-necked Grebe, 10/17/2015

COBirders,


I made a quick stop at Big Johnson reservoir around midday today and found a 
RED-NECKED GREBE in the "northeast" corner of the reservoir.  It was not really 
associating with anything else.  Most of the other large grebes were in the 
"northwest" corner.  Nothing else of real note but some increased numbers in 
some of the regular fall duck species.


 

-

Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county --- Red-necked Grebe, 10/17/2015

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COBirders,
I made a quick stop at Big Johnson reservoir around midday today and found a 
RED-NECKED GREBE in the "northeast" corner of the reservoir.  It was not really 
associating with anything else.  Most of the other large grebes were in the 
"northwest" corner.  Nothing else of real note but some increased numbers in 
some of the regular fall duck species.
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Red-bellied Woodpecker --- El Paso county 09/23/15

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COBirders,
I was able to get out for just a little while early this morning to do some 
birding.  I decided to go to Ramah SWA in NE El Paso county.  It was extremely 
birdie but other than the subject bird, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, I was not able 
to find anything else really unexpected.  Had my first real push of 
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS (50+) and quite few WILSON'S and ORANGE-CROWNED 
WARBLERS.  Still quite a few shorebirds around with the best being STILT 
SANDPIPERs.  I am not sure how many Red-bellied Woodpeckers have been seen in 
El Paso county but this was only my second with the otther being a winter bird 
at Chico Basin Ranch.
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Least Tern --- El Paso county, Big Johnson reservoir

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COBirders,
We had a storm pass through this afternoon and into the early evening.  I had 
to go out to do some other stuff so decided to see if the storm had put 
anything down at Big Johnson Reservoir.  I was thinking maybe a Sabine's Gull 
at best.  The first time I stopped by it was raining and windy and I could not 
find much more than a single FORSTER'S TERN.  So I continued on with some other 
things and when the weather finally calmed and I was coming back by I looked 
one more time.  This time, right about 6:00 PM the Forster's Tern was still 
there but now I could also see a LEAST TERN way down at the west end near the 
inlet.  It was busy feeding most of the time except at one point it seem to 
disappear for a bit but then showed back up.  I suspect it just landed 
somewhere that I could not see it.  Bob Goycoolea just happened to stop by 
right at the right time and he was able to see the bird.  Unfortunately, a few 
others showed up a little later and we basically looked until sometime after 
7:00 PM and could not refind the bird.  I have a bad feeling the bird has left 
but maybe it had just sat down somewhere or was even feeding and we just were 
missing it.
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county -- Sanderlings and Lesser Black-backed Gull

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COBirders,
Late this evening after all the crazy weather (9 inches of hail in some 
locations), I made a quick stop at Big Johnson reservoir and had the following 
highlights:
2 Sanderlings2 Willet1 Marbled Godwit3 Black-necked Stilts1 Lesser Black-backed 
Gull (adult or nearly so)2 Herring Gulls (although not really a highlight one 
of the birds was an adult which is odd for this time of year at this location)5 
Snowy Egrets
I think most everything else were the usual suspects.

-Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Bent county --- MOURNING WARBLER

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COBirders,
Duane Nelson just called to report a MOURNING WARBLER at Tempel Grove in NE 
Bent county.  The previously reported OVENBIRD and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHEs are 
all still present and he is still looking for other things.  I think I saw a 
request for directions to this location, here is the link to the site on teh 
Colorado County Birding website:
http://coloradocountybirding.org/BySite.aspx?SiteID=929CountyID=6
NOTE:  They have received a fair bit of rainfall in SE Colorado and the roads 
are very muddy.  At least in some locations. -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county --- Snowy Plover

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COBirders,
Maybe of more local interest, late this evening there was a single SNOWY PLOVER 
along the north (northeast) shoreline of Big Johnson Reservoir.  Basically the 
same area that the WHIMBREL was/is.  

Unfortunately, the Caspian Tern was not there and nor was it there around 1 
this afternoon which was soon after it was originally found.  I suspect it came 
in and left relatively quickly.  I am not sure of the timing but there was a 
Caspian Tern seen at Prospect Lake today as well, maybe the bird went to Big 
Johnson and then to Prospect?  Other birds at Big Johnson this evening of 
interest:
Greater Scaup (male that has been around for a while)Snowy Egret
White-faced IbisLong-billed CurlewMarbled Godwit
Greater Yellowlegs
WilletLesser YellowlegsLeast Sandpiper
Long-billed DowitcherWilson's PhalaropeForster's Tern
Overall numbers of birds has definitely gone down but still a lot of birds to 
look at.
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county --- Cassin's Vireo

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COBirders,
This evening I made a stop at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs and found 
a relatively cooperative CASSIN'S VIREO.  This is just a touch on the early 
side but I believe there are other mid April records for the species.  Not much 
else of note at the cemetery. -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Otero and Bent counties -- Snowy Plovers, Snowy Egret and Black Rails

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COBirders,
Lisa Edwards, Brad Steger and I did a little birding in Otero county and a 
little late night birding in Bent this past weekend.
Otero, Lake Cheraw:10 American Avocets6 Snowy Plovers7 Greater Yellowlegs21 
Baird's Sandpipers
Otero, Holbrok reservoir:1 Snowy Egret (continuing bird)2 Greater Yellowlegs
Bent, Fort Lyon marsh complex:2 Black Rail (BCR HH and 16), I believe this is a 
new early date by a day or two.15 Sora9 Virginia Rail
Good birding! -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Fremont county --- Tundra Swans/Rusty Blackbirds, 2/15/15

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COBirders,
I did about an hour of birding this morning before heading to other 
commitments.  Near Brush Hollow I had a flock of at least 47 PINYON JAYs.  Then 
a quick look at Florence River Park to see if there might be any CINNAMON TEAL 
and there was a single male.  Then just west of the park there were two TUNDRA 
SWANs flying low and to the east.  Before heading home I checked the ponds 
along highway 115 between Florence and Penrose but I did not see them there.  
Then just a little further was along the road (county road 119) there were 2 
males and 4 female RUSTY BLACKBIRDs.  The males were singing as the six of them 
sat in a tree. -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Adams county --- GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL 2/8/15

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COBirders,
I made a quick stop at Barr Lake yesterday around midday to see if there were 
any gulls around.  I only birded the northwest corner or right near the RMBO 
office.  There were probably 2 to 3 thousand gulls flying around the reservoir 
but there was still a small strip of ice in the NW corner, undoubtedly gone by 
now.  Among all the Ring-billed Gulls were a handful of Herrings, one adult 
Thayer's and a second cycle GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL.  It appears to be the same 
bird that Glenn Walbek photographed at Aurora Reservoir on 1/23/15.  So this 
would not be the same bird reported at Barr by David Dowell as his bird was a 
1st cycle bird.  Here is a link to photos that Glenn took of this bird late 
last month:
http://www.pbase.com/gwalbek/image/158917708
http://www.pbase.com/gwalbek/image/158917714
 
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Pueblo County --- Tundra Swan, Lake Minnequa 2/1/15

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COBirders,
I made a stop at Lake Minnequa this morning and there was an adult TUNDRA SWAN 
hanging out there.  At one point it was in the southeast corner and could not 
be seen unless you were near the lakes edge.  While walking around near the 
margins of the lake I also flushed and finally saw a SAVANNAH SPARROW.
Thanks to Brandon for posting the birds that we saw at Pueblo Reservoir.
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Pueblo and Fremont counties 1/24/15

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COBirders,
Brad Steger, David Tonnessen and I birded a number of places and had the 
following highlights:
Pueblo reservoir:Trumpeter Swan - adultLong-tailed DuckRed-throated LoonCommon 
LoonClark's GrebeMew Gull 2 - adult and 1st cycleThayer's Gull at least 3 - 2 
adults and one 2nd cycleLesser Black-backed Gull 2 - adult and 2nd 
cycleGlaucous Gull 1 - 1st cycleGreat Black-backed Gull - adult
Fremont county:Pacific Wren - previously described location along the 
riverwalkWinter Wren - previously described location along the 
riverwalkWilliamson's and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Lakeside 
CemeteryRufous-crowned Sparrow 3 - Tunnel DriveCanyon Wren - Tunnel DriveRock 
Wren - Tunnel Drive
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Pueblo County --- Tundra Swans

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Hi COBirders,
Duane Nelson called me earlier this morning to report 4 adult Tundra Swans at 
the Avondale sewage ponds.  I believe these were found yesterday but I think 
Duane found them independently.
Here is a map showing the location (I think).
Tundra Swans

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 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Penrose CBC results -- 12/21/14

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Hi everyone,
First, a huge thank you to all the participants.  We have a great set of people 
every year and they always out do themselves and I can't thank them enough!
And again, they did it this year.  We were able to set a new high for the 
Penrose count with 129 species.  We had only one big miss on the day being 
Northern Harrier.  There had been and still may be a Red-headed Woodpecker in 
the circle but it is typically in an inaccessible area.  Other species that 
were in the area a week earlier were:  Surf Scoter, Harris's Sparrow, 
Yellow-headed Blackbird and Rusty Blackbird.
We added one new species to the count that Rich Miller had found a couple weeks 
prior, GREEN HERON.  Other notable species for this count:
Snow GooseRoss's GooseRuddy DuckEared GrebeWestern GrebePeregrine 
FalconSandhill Crane Williamsons's Sapsucker - 2Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 
4Ladder-backed WoodpeckerBlack PhoebeSay's PhoebeBoth ShrikesPACIFIC WRENWinter 
WrenNothern MockingbirdSage ThrasherRufous-crowned SparrowWhite-throated 
SparrowCommon GrackleGreat-tailed GrackleBrown-headed Cowbird
Thank you again to everyone who helps out on their local and not so local 
Christmas Bird Counts!

-Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Pueblo county --- Black-legged Kittiwake, Pueblo Reservoir 12/9/14

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COBirders,
Brandon Percival reports a juvenile BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE at the south marina 
of Pueblo Reservoir State Park.
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county --- WESTERN GULL, 11/30/14

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COBirders,
I made a quick stop at Big Johnson reservoir this afternoon and found very 
little.  The cold front arrived about 20 minutes after I got there so I was 
basically leaving when John Drummond showed up.  I stayed to chat with John and 
while we were talking we noticed a very pale gull come flying in and land way 
out on the water.  As we were studying the bird, which turned out to be a 1st 
cycle THAYER'S GULL, we noticed another gull come into view.
At first, I was a bit stumped by the bird as it was an adult dark-mantled bird 
but not dark enough to be a typical Lesser Black-backed yet was darker than a 
nearby adult California Gull.  It was obviously larger than the Cal and 
Ring-billed gulls.  It appeared just a bit longer and a bit heftier than the 
Thayer's Gull.  It had an all white head, no streaking that John or I detected. 
 Other things noted while it was sitting on the water was a pale eye and large 
yellow bill with red gonydeal, neither of us could determine the orbital color, 
just a bit too far.  Then the bird took flight and we immediately saw the 
obvious bubble gum pink legs.  In flight we also were able to see the wide 
trailing edge of the wings and just tiny white mirrors on all but P10 
(outermost primary feather).  P10 had a more obvious mirror.
So we felt like this was good for WESTERN GULL and we thought with the lighter 
mantle it was of the northern nominate occidentalis subspecies.
Unfortunately, as fast as that bird arrived (apparently with the front) it also 
departed.  We watched it gain a bit of altitude to the north and disappear.  We 
stayed until almost dark and it never returned.  Hopefully it will be found 
again!
Oh, the LONG-TAILED DUCK also put in an appearance.
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso --- Mew Gull @ Prospect, 11/28

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COBirders,

There is an adult MEW GULL at Prospect Lake, Memorial Park in Colorado Springs. 
The BLACK and SURF SCOTERs that Brandon reported yesterday are also still 
present.

Mark Peterson 
Colorado Springs 

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[cobirds] El Paso county --- Mew Gull, 11/26

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COBirders,
Late this afternoon just before sunset at Big Johnson reservoir there was at 
least one adult MEW GULL.  There was also an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED and 
THAYER'S along with the other expected gulls.  I know earlier in the day others 
saw a WHITE-WINGED SCOTER which I believe is not one of the original two that 
were here a week or so ago.  I could not find anything else of note and duck 
numbers seem to be down considerably from previous visits.
 -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county -- Tundra Swan 11/16/14

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COBirders,
I stopped by Big Johnson reservoir this morning and was able to locate the 2 
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERs and 1 LONG-TAILED DUCK.  There are still approximately 10 
BONAPARTE'S GULLs and 4 COMMON LOONs I believe.  One of the loons seems much 
smaller than the other 3 but is definitely a Common.  I then headed to Fountain 
Creek for about an hour but found nothing of note.  I stopped back by Big 
Johnson hoping for some more gulls to arrive but very few had.  Instead, a lone 
juvenile TUNDRA SWAN had shown up.
It ended up in the southeast corner which is relatively close so provided 
decent views.  It also got out and stood on land next to the white-cheeked 
geese.  This gave good views of the legs which were black as opposed to yellow 
in juvenile Trumpeters. -Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Yuma county --- Golden-crowned Sparrow, 10/25/14

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COBirders,

Today, Lisa Edwards and I had planned to do a fair bit of birding in multiple 
eastern Colorado areas but ended up only making it to the Bonny and Hale areas 
of Yuma county.  We started at Foster's Grove where the highlights were a GRAY 
CATBIRD, three WHITE-THROATED SPARROWs and a flyover CASSIN'S FINCH.

Next stop was Wagon Wheel campground which had birds but mostly expected 
things, not totally unexpected yet nice was a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET and a 
probable hybrid Eastern X Spotted Towhee.

Onto Pipit Hill where we recorded all of SEVEN individual birds which 
included two HORNED LARKs, one CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR and at least four 
SPRAGUE'S PIPITs.  To get to Pipit Hill take the road just on the north side of 
the Republican river off of LL.5 and head west.  The road eventually bends back 
to the south.  You do not want to go to the south but you can park near where 
it turns to the south and then walk up hill to the north.  There is a windmill 
in this area.  Really anywhere on that hillside is reasonable.

Back down the road to the Hale area near the intersection of CR4 and LL.5 we 
had a LINCOLN'S SPARROW and a RED FOX SPARROW (mixed in with Junco's) for our 
highlights.

Then off to Hale Ponds where shortly after getting out of the car we found a 
juvenile GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (which completed the Zonotrichia slam for us, 
kind of) that was associating with a small flock of WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWs.  
They disappeared on us quickly so we decided to wander off into Kansas to poke 
around bit and give them time to maybe return.  When we returned we worked the 
area for quite a while going through a lot of White-crowns but never re-found 
the Golden-crowned.  I suspect it is still there but there is a lot of area to 
cover and we finally decided to give up.  Ah, a mentioned that we kind of 
completed the Zonotrichia slam above.  We did but across state lines.  Our only 
HARRIS'S SPARROW of the day was in Kansas and the Golden-crowned was only about 
300 yards from being in Kansas.

Beautiful weather out there and great company.  Ah, and a word of caution if 
you decide to head out there, we saw roughly 20 cars that were out there for 
hunting, so you might consider wearing your blaze orange if you have any.


-
Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county --- ARCTIC TERN (9/8 and 9/9/14)

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COBirders,

There is currently an adult ARCTIC TERN at Big Johnson reservoir.  I found the 
bird late yesterday in low light and the bird was distant so was not 100% sure 
it was an Arctic.  I watched the bird until it just got too dark to see it 
anymore.  SO I was hoping it would be there this morning and Bill Maynard just 
refound the bird and confirmed it is an Arctic.  Things a thought I was seeing 
last night were, full gray belly, long tail streamers, all black cap, small 
bill (could not tell if it was all red) and very short legs.  In fact, most of 
the time it looked like the bird was sitting down and maybe it was?  But at one 
point I did see the actual legs so I knew it was not sitting and I could barely 
see them.  Again, I had very poor light so I was afraid I might be seeing what 
I wanted to see.

The other interesting thing was that every time it would dive it would then be 
harassed by BARN SWALLOWs.  Other birds there last night were about 10 BLACK 
TERNS, the continuing LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and a single MARBLED GODWIT.

For directions:

http://coloradocountybirding.org/BySite.aspx?SiteID=859
 
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Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county --- Yellow-throated Warbler and Bell's Vireo

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COBirders,

I was out with my boys today just mostly messing around as boys do but we did 
have a couple of nice birds.  The first one was me messing around as you 
typically don't go to a cemetery to do such.  We had actually just been at 
Prospect Lake/Memorial Park and did a quick drive through to see what was going 
on in there.  It was as birdy as I have ever had it but we did not stay long.  
The second warbler I saw was a white-lored YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER.  It stayed 
in the pines the whole time.  The only other birds in the pines with it were 
some BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEEs.  See directions below.

Next we went to Hanson Nature Area (AKA Area 7 of Fountain Creek Regional 
Park).  We were standing between the two small ponds that are on the west side 
of Fountain Creek and a BELL'S VIREO came in to check us out.  There were 
certainly other birds in the area but nothing of note.  Well, I did hear one 
bird chipping that would not come out of the dense cover that I am still unsure 
of what it was.

For directions I made a simple Google Map, just click on the legend area to 
bring up the locations and you can zoom in to see where we saw these birds.  
Note that they are paving the streets around Hanson.  I also added the BAIRD'S 
SPARROW area onto the map so for any of you still thinking about going and want 
some visual directions you can use this map.

El Paso birds of recent

  
  
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Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Kiowa county --- LEAST BITTERN 8/3/14

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COBirders,

I was out looking for odonata today and while walking around Jackson's Pond 
(south side of Eads) I flushed a LEAST BITTERN.  It was a brief look as it flew 
up in front of me and over the cattails and back down.  As I got around to the 
otherside I flushed either the same bird or possibly a second.  My feeling was 
it was a second bird but cannot be sure.  The area had major flooding recently 
and it is very muddy around the pond and there were many dead fish, snakes and 
rodents.

I also had two PEREGRINE FALCONs both near playas and both were youngsters.  
Had a group of five CHIHUAHUAN RAVENs right by the Cheyenne and Kiowa county 
lines just north and east of the Sand Creek Massacre site.  And at Evilsizer 
Lake in Lincoln county there were 8 BLACK TERNs, 1 BLACK-NECKED STILT, 2 
AMERICAN AVOCETs and 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER.
 
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Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county -- 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls 7/22/14

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COBirders,

Yesterday evening around 7:40 there were four 1st cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED 
GULLs at Big Johnson reservoir.  There were also approximately 600 CALIFORNIA 
(1 juv.), 30 RING-BILLED and 8 FRANKLIN'S GULLs.

I could not find the alternate Common Loon that has been around but most 
everything else that has been around this summer are continuing.

Notables:
1 Canvasback
2 Wood Ducks (uncommon at this location)
3 species of Teal (Cinnamon is uncommon here in the summer)
1 Hooded Merganser (there have been 2, probably just missed the other)
1 Baird's Sandpiper

Lots of Burrowing Owls.


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Mark Peterson
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county shorebirds 7/2/14 (142 Marbled Godwits)

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COBirders,

I made a run to Big Johnson reservoir this evening, other than a few more 
REDHEADs and CINNAMON TEAL than have been around the ducks and grebes were 
about the same as they have been.  There had been two HOODED MERGANSERs but I 
could only find one tonight.  The highlight though were the shorebirds.  Here 
is the list of shorebirds:

2 - Black-necked Stilt
17 - American Avocet
22 - Killdeer
1 - Spotted Sandpiper
2 - Greater Yellowlegs
3 - Willet
2 - Lesser Yellowlegs
1 - Long-billed Curlew (youngster)
142 - Marbled Godwit
2 - Wilson's Phalarope


There is still at least one 1st cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and there was a 
single FRANKLIN'S GULL.
 

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Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county --- Lesser Black-backed Gulls/Terns 6/1/14

['Mark Peterson' via Colorado Birds]

COBirders,

I stopped by Big Johnson Reservoir around 8PM and had at least two LESSER 
BLACK-BACKED GULLs, both youngsters.  There were also a few FRANKLIN'S GULLs 
amongst the many RING-BILLED and CALIFORNIA GULLs.  There were five BLACK TERNs 
and at least one FORSTER'S TERN.  Not much else of note.

 
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Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] El Paso county, Fountain Creek Regional Park --- Purple Martin 5/20/14

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COBirders,

Late this afternoon I made a stop at Fountain Creek Regional Park in hopes of 
seeing a few of the recently reported warblers.  While looking for them I had a 
female or an immature male PURPLE MARTIN fly over head.  I only had brief looks 
as I was in the trees and it was only in the clear for a few seconds but it was 
just above the tree tops and gave decent views.  There were probably about 30 
to 40 (maybe more?) CLiff Swallows around plus a few Barns and Northern 
Rough-winged Swallows and a single White-throated Swift.

As for any of the recent reported rare warblers, I was unable to find any of 
them.  There were a few others that came later and maybe had better luck as it 
was very quiet almost the whole time I was there.
 
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Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Colorado county list updates

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Hi everyone,

I will be updating the county lists for the end of April.  If you have any 
updates for me please send them my way.  If I could please have your updates no 
later than 5/6.

Also, for those of you who don't use the form (which is absolutely fine and I 
prefer this method), please put the counties in alphabetical order.  Even 
though you are not using the form I would appreciate you putting your lists in 
the order that matches the form.  This is a time consuming task and it only 
takes longer when things are not in order.  Thank you for your consideration.

http://cfobirds.org/birding/resources.htm#checklists

 
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Colorado Springs

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