Re: [cobirds] Winging It - beginning birding with Kat Bradley-Bennett.

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Thank you, Scott! Very kind. It has been fun to do and I hope it inspires 
people to stop, look at and listen to the birds around them!

Kat.

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> Loved watching “Winging It” by Longmont birder Kat Bradley-Bennett. A new 
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[cobirds] Eurasian Widgeon still at Pella Crossing

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

The Eurasian Widgeon was still at Pella Crossing this morning, in among a 
large flotilla of American Widgeons, Redheads, Common Mergansers, and a 
very busy male Hooded Merganser.

The pond closest to the parking lot was totally frozen this morning, so we 
figured if the bird was there, it would be in that first pond on the west 
side of N75th. That pond tends to stay open. Sure enough., the Eurasian was 
there. Quite a few birders were there, all getting good looks at him.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Updated Link for Foothills Audubon Program

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

There was an error in the link for the Foothills Audubon Bird Club meeting 
on Tuesday, October 12th, with Scott Severs from the City of Longmont. 
Scott will talk about raptor monitoring and other volunteer opportunities 
for birders with the City of Longmont.

The meeting will be in Zoom only, October 12th, 7:00 PM.

Join the meeting: http://bit.ly/fac101221 

To learn about the Foothills Audubon Bird Club: 
https://foothillsaudubon.weebly.com/ 


Kat.  Bradley-Bennett, Longmont

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[cobirds] Foothills Audubon October Meeting: Raptor Monitoring in Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Foothills Audubon Bird Club's October meeting is Tuesday, October 12 at 
7:00 PM.

This month's speaker is Scott Severs,  Senior Wildlife Technician for the 
City of Longmont, who will speak about the city's raptor monitoring program 
and other volunteer opportunities for birders.  

The City of Longmont’s raptor monitoring program is designed to determine 
the current state of local raptor populations and to provide a historical 
record of raptor presence or absence throughout the city. The program 
provides the public volunteer opportunities to learn about local wildlife 
while helping staff gain insight and build working relationships with 
community members through their nest observation. Natural resource 
managers, park planners, and other city employees use the information to 
better understand raptor population health, level of sensitivity towards 
human presence/disturbance, and spatial and temporal activity. 

***No need to pre-register for this month’s meeting! Simply click the 
following link and join at 6:50 PM, October 12 so we can began the meeting 
on time. Please feel free to share this link with family members and 
friends! *
(First-time Zoom users will have to create a Zoom account first.)

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Kat Bradley- Bennett, Longmont

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[cobirds] Spring Count Raptors in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

My Spring Bird Count area for the Foothills Audubon Bird Club 
<https://foothillsaudubon.weebly.com/> covers south Longmont and parts of 
Boulder County, including Table Mountain and Haystack. Despite the dearth 
of warbler species, my team (Mary Jane Makepeace and myself) had 102 
species including 3 raptors not typical for the area this time of year:


   - 1 Northern Goshawk was seen soaring over the south end of Table 
   Mountain last Friday. In the same general vicinity there were 2 Ferruginous 
   Hawks. 
   - On Saturday, we were counting at yards on Cardinal Lane (east of 
   N63rd, north off Niwot Road) when an immature Broad-winged Hawk flew over. 
   - On Sunday, we spotted yet a third Ferruginous overhead on Niwot Road 
   between Hwy 287 and N 95th.


Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Lagerman Res on a windy Sunday + E Kingbird

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

A blustery walk around Lagerman Reservoir today yielded about 20 Ruddy 
Ducks, a couple of Cinnamon Teal, 3 Red-breasted Mergansers, about 6 
Buffleheads, and about 20 Ring-necked Ducks. Both Osprey were present, as 
were the two Bald Eagles nesting to the south. A male Northern Harrier was 
hunting just west of the Osprey platform. The treat of the day was a FOS 
Eastern Kingbird holding its own in the wind on the south side of the 
reservoir.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] FOS Common Grackle

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

The first Common Grackle to my yard was mixed in with about 2 dozen 
Red-wing Blackbirds on my feeder yesterday. I haven't seen it today.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
West Longmont

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[cobirds] Meeting Reminder: Birding in Colombia with Nick Komar

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

The Foothills Audubon Bird Club's March meeting with feature birding in 
Colombia with Nick Komar.

Date: Tuesday, March 9
Time: 7:00 PM
Link: https://foothillsaudubon.weebly.com/

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[cobirds] Foothills Audubon March Program

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

The Foothills Audubon Bird Club's March program will feature Nick Komar of 
Quetzal Tours presenting his experiences leading a birding group in 
Columbia's cloud forests where they logged nearly 400 species.

We meet in Zoom on March 9,  7 PM. Try to get into the meeting at 6:50 PM 
so that the program can begin on time.

Registration is not required. Find the link to our Zoom in the latest issue 
of The Dipper 

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(https://mcusercontent.com/fbd09cac3ef748a5145a322b7/files/21527f3a-7718-44b4-93fa-265b1a21bb58/030920.pdf)

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[cobirds] Sandhill Cranes, W Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

About 40 Sandhill Cranes flew over my neighborhood Sunday about 1 PM, 
headed south, just east of Haystack Mt. The flock began to circle so I 
followed it in my car. At one point, it looked like it was going to land in 
cornfields at N 63rd and Oxford, but they reformed and began to climb. When 
I lost sight of them, they had caught a good thermal and were south of the 
Boulder Reservoir.

Kat Bradley- Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Eclipsing Summer or Hepatic Tanager in Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

A bird just passed through my west Longmont yard that I believe is either a 
Summer or a Hepatic Tanager in eclipse. The head, back, sides and rump were 
eclipsing red, but the only other color on the bird was an olive brown. It 
had the shape, size and bill of a tanager. Definitely not a Scarlet because 
the wings were just olive drab. No black anywhere on this bird.

Has anyone else seen such a bird lately? It only stayed for about 30 
seconds. The camera is set up in case it does come again, but my guess is 
that this bird is on the move.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Cassin's Finches and Baby GHOs in West Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I have expected to have Cassin's Finches at my feeders for the 15 years 
that I have lived in my west Longmont home, and they finally found me! 
Since last Saturday, 2 males and 6 females have been regular visitors 
throughout the day.

A pair of nesting Great-Horned Owls in Willow Park (also west Longmont) has 
2 fluffy chicks in it. The owls built the nest very close to the path and 
to a bridge, so the City of Longmont has posted signs, asking people to 
give the birds some distance. Both adults can regularly be seen close by.

The nest is about halfway from the barn at Willow Park and N 89th Street to 
the west right next to the bridge. Best viewing is west of the nest. Just 
be mindful to put some distance between you and the birds. 

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[cobirds] FOS Turkey Vulture west of Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

A quick outing in west Longmont today rewarded me with my FOS Turkey 
Vulture west of N75th and north of Nelson Road.

The Lagerman Opsrey are both back.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Mountain Bluebirds!

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

About a dozen Mountain blBluebirds were moving through the Blue Skies Park and 
Skyline High School area in west Longmont yesterday and today.

It’s also a female northern harrier working the area just east of all that 
development that’s going in.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Ducks on Milavec Rez in Frederick

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I took a quick trip out to Milavec in Frederick this morning and was 
treated to about 6 pairs of Common Goldeneyes fishing and displaying for 
one another. Half of the lake is still frozen, but on the far side, there 
were about 200 Northern Shovelers, a pair of Buffleheads, about 100 geese, 
and 2 pairs of Canvasbacks. Great light, perfect reflections on the 
Goldeneyes.

A couple of photos here: 
http://www.katbirdphoto.com/photos/birds-2/waterfowl/ducks/

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont


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[cobirds] Sandhill Cranes flying north over Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

About 60 Sandhill Cranes passed over the Lagerman Agricultural Preserve in  
Boulder County this morning at 9 AM. They were headed north!

Kat Bradley-Bennett
West Longmont

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[cobirds] Ash-throated Flycatcher east of Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

During our monthly bird census for the City of Longmont on the Peschel open 
space, Jamie Simo and I found an Ash-throated Flycatcher feeding. If you 
take the sidewalk from the parking lot, you eventually cross the ditch and 
it was just passed the ditch that we found the bird Wednesday morning. 
Sadly, the bird quickly moved way out of range for any photos but we could 
clearly see the rusty wing patch and the rusty color on the tail.

We also found a Swamp Sparrow, a Sage Thrasher, and quite a few 
Great-tailed Grackles.

Kat Bradley-Bennett, Longmont

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[cobirds] Shoverlers in Niwot

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

There were about 60 Shovelers feeding on Dodd's Lake (corner of N 73rd and 
Niwot Road west of Niwot) yesterday morning.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] N. Shrikes and Sandhills east of Longmont last week

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Jamie Simo and I did our monthly survey of the Peschel open space east of 
Longmont and we had two firsts: 2 Northern Shrikes and 3 Sandhill Cranes! 
The Sandhills weren't in the open space per se, but in the cornfield just 
south of it. 9 tom turkeys, too!

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Orange-crowned Warblers in west Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Monday, while the sun slowly melted all the snow, I had 3 Orange-crowned 
Warblers in my yard, feasting on something in my burr oak. They were here 
all day.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Possible Yellow-throated Warbler in Longmont!

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I loaded my feeders yesterday in advance of the coming snow. Today 
(Sunday), there was a flurry of activty with the usual suspects, as wel as 
some White-crowned Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos. The big surprise came at 
2:45 PM when I happened to glance at the feeder in time to see a small bird 
fliltting in an out of cedar branches. The body was overall black and 
white. The bird had a very distinctive yellow throat and a very white eye 
stripe. There was no other coloration on the bird at all. I ruled out 
Grace's and Blackburnian because the eye stripe was all white. My best 
guess is that this was a Yellow-throated Warbler in west Longmont.

Any other sightings of this specie in the area?

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Ovenbird west of Lyons

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I was birding with my sister on Old S St. Vrain Road west of Lyons this 
morning. We were just east of the new bridge. There is a speed limit sign of 25 
miles an hour and an Ovenbird was calling in a thick stand of Mountain Maple. 
We heard the bird called four times. Couldn’t see it, but that call was 
unmistakable.

Yesterday morning at Walden Ponds (also Boulder County), there was a single 
Redhead and a male Glossy Ibis.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Eastern Phoebe - Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

On Spring Bird Count yesterday (5/12) for the Foothills Audubon group, my 
count partner and I found an Eastern Phoebe just west of Niwo on N 79th, 
south of County Rd 30. There is a small grove of trees that remains fairly 
untouched and the Phoebe was in there.

Someone told me that there is a nesting pair in or near Niwot. Does anyone 
know where that is? 

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] American Avocets east of Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

During a bird survey this morning for the city of Longmont at the Peschel 
open space, Jamie Simo and I had the pleasure of finding more than 20 
American Avocets in different locations along the St. Vrain. One flock of 
14 took wing at one point, but came down at our eastern-most count area. 

Peschel lies just west of the Sandstone Ranch area. The floods of 2013 
resulted in massive habitat changes, including small mud flats and quiet 
inlets that are being used by migrating ducks and shore birds. The area is 
not yet open to the public, but when it is, it will be a great opportunity 
for waterfowl, shore birds, and passerines. I'm just waiting for Sandhill 
Cranes to put it on their "must visit" stops during migration!

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Harris Hawk still there

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

The Harris Hawk was right where Joey Angstman reported it last Friday, 
north of Prospect Rd on the frontage road yesterday (2/5/) morning. It was 
sitting low in a small tree. It eventually flew and kind of bounced around 
in the wind gusts over the Colorado Welcome Center before heading south. I 
lost it after that.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Boulder County and Standley Lake Snowy Owls... skunked again!

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Nadeen Lester and I spent the better part of today looking for first the 
Snowy Owl reported flying over the Boulder Reservoir and the one at 
Standley Lake. We searched fields around the Boulder Rez as well as fields 
and pastures north (since the bird was last seen flying north over the Rez) 
to no avail.

We then headed over to Standley and spent several hours watching rooftops 
and the dam. Left about 3. Skunked again!

Did anyone see either of these birds today?

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Sandhill Cranes in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

While cycling on the northernmost section of the Open Sky Loop Trail north 
of Lagerman Agricultural Preserve, I heard the unmistakable call of 
Sandhill Cranes. Scanning the sky, I spotted a flock of 24 circling over a 
field in the vicinity of Lagerman Reservoir, perhaps a bit to the west.  By 
the time I got to Lagerman, I could neither see nor hear the birds.

This was about 1:30 PM today. I'm headed over to N63rd now to see if I can 
find the birds.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Greater White Fronted Goose Outside Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Last Thursday, I took a short hike on the east section of the Open Sky Loop 
that is part of the new tLagerman Agricultural Preserve west of Longmont 
(between Pike and Nelson Roads, west side of N 75th). Just west of the 
little farm stand on N75th, there is a good size pond and it had about 200 
Canada and Cackling Geese on it. Mixed into that crowd was one juvenile 
Greater White-fronted Goose.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Snowy Egrets on Walden?

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I was out at Walden Ponds (Boulder) the other day and stupidly forgot my 
scope. There were 6 egrets and I got the best shots I could with my camera 
from a distance, but it looked like they were all non-breeding Greats. 
However, I'm looking at those very grainy photos today and they all have 
yellow feet! 

Has anyone else seen Snowy Egrets at Walden this week?

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Longmont Raptor Update

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

The owls that took over the Red Tail nest at N 75th and Nelson Road west of 
Longmont have been out of the nest since just after that last horrific snow 
storm. However, within days, the developer began tearing down the trees in 
that grove! The city told them to stop, but they had already terrified the 
owlets, which weren't strong enough to fly more than a few yards at that 
point. Two days later, they had torn down 4 or 5 more trees and the city 
shut them down entirely.Since then, I have only been able to find one 
owlet, I've stopped by at night to see if I can hear GHO young screeching, 
but so far the grove has been silent.

In the meantime, the Osprey on the platform there managed to remain, 
despite the noisy machinery and they are actively feeding at least two 
chicks.

That grove is full of passerines: Western Wood Peewee, House Wren, 
Bullock's Oriole, and Western Kingbird, and Black-chinned Hummingbird in 
full display! I suspect this is the same BC Hummer that has been visiting 
my feeders, just south of all that new development.

How sad to know that all of that rich bird habitat is going to be 
completely destroyed.

Kat Bradley-Bennett

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[cobirds] FOS Longmont birds

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

When my sister told me she had heard Broad-tail Hummingbird up at 
Chautauqua last Monday, I put my feeders out. Sure enough, I had a FOS 
Broad-tail on Thursday (5/27).

Today, a Lincoln's Sparrow and Lazuli Bunting both visited my feeders in 
the snow!

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Re: Mountain Bluebird and Yellow-headed Blackbirds east of Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

And... by WE, I mean myself and Jamie Simo.

On Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 2:37:22 PM UTC-7, Kat Bradley-Bennett wrote:
>
> On our monthly bird survey of the Peschell open space east of Longmont and 
> just inside Weld County (south of 119 on County Line Road), we managed to 
> find 1 male Mountain Bluebird and 10 male Yellow-headed Blackbirds. The 
> YHBLs are in a section of the property that isn't yet open to the public 
> but the bluebird was close to the southernmost field as you stand in the 
> parking lot.
>
> Kat Bradley-Bennett
> Longmont
>

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[cobirds] Mountain Bluebird and Yellow-headed Blackbirds east of Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

On our monthly bird survey of the Peschell open space east of Longmont and 
just inside Weld County (south of 119 on County Line Road), we managed to 
find 1 male Mountain Bluebird and 10 male Yellow-headed Blackbirds. The 
YHBLs are in a section of the property that isn't yet open to the public 
but the bluebird was close to the southernmost field as you stand in the 
parking lot.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Longmont Ducks

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

After seeing the Tundra Swans, my sister and I went looking for ducks and 
we weren't disappointed.

St. Vrain Park had a smattering of Common Goldeneye and Common Mergansers, 
but there was one Hooded Merganser in with them

Clover Basin Lake (west of Longmont on Nelson Road) was PACKED with ducks 
yesterday in the only patch of open water on the whole lake. Among the 
flotilla of Canada Geese, were about 100 Redheads, about 100 Coots, 20 
Common Mergansers, 20 Common Goldeneye, and 6 Ring-Necked Ducks.

I love seeing the Redheads. That always tells me that spring is around the 
corner!

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] I meant TUNDRA SWANS!

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I am not awake! 

Can you change that last entry to 4 Tundra Swans east of Longmont? They are 
Tundras, not Trumpeters

I'll rewrite the post if you need me to.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] 4 Trumpeter Swans east of Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Jim Krick with the Longmont Parks and Open Space office sent me an alert 
last Friday that he had seen 4 Trumpeter Swans in a reclaimed gravel pit 
along the St. Vrain east of Longmont. My sister and I went out yesterday 
(Sunday 1/22/17) and they are still there. It appears to be 2 adults and 2 
immature.

You can see them from County Rd 5, south off HWY 119. There is a police 
facility there, but the road dead ends behind one of the buildings. That's 
where we had the best view of the birds. They were feeding among a bunch of 
Canada geese.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Snow Geese in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I was driving south on N73rd last Friday morning and there was an enormous 
flock, perhaps 1000+, of Canadas and Cackling Geese on Dodd's Lake (corner 
of N 73rd and Niwot Road). Right in the middle of the mob were three lovely 
Snow Geese. I looked for them Saturday and Sunday but they weren't there.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Black-Chinned Hummingbirds in Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I have been so pleased to have two male and at least one female 
Black-Chinned Hummingbird at my feeder in west Longmont! They add a 
wonderful variety of Rufous and Broad-tails that are my normal summer 
visitors.

Last Saturday, a Red-tail Hawk landed in my neighbors' tree behind my 
house. These are very tiny lots, so the big bird was very awkward in the 
dense maple branches. I was alerted to its presence by the constant chatter 
of 3 young House Wrens and their mother and all of the hummers. The latter 
kept buzzing the tree, trying to get a closer look at the intruder. The 
hawk then flew to my next-door neighbors' roof and sat there for an hour. 
All 3 species of hummers spent the next hour hovering 3-4 feet away from 
the hawk. The Rufous were the most agitated of course, and spent that 
elevated adrenaline chasing everyone else around!

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Black-Chinned Hummer in Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I got a thrill Saturday afternoon when a male Black-Chinned Hummingbird came to 
my feeder in West Longmont.

Kat Bradley-Bennett

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[cobirds] Yellow Breasted Chats on Rabbit Mountain

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I hiked up to the Little Thompson overlook on Rabbit Mountain (north of 
Lyons in Boulder County) Sunday and Yellow Breasted Chats were everywhere! 
We had two displaying and others in the scrub doing their chattering and 
squawking.

The wildflowers up there are spectacular this year as well. Penstemons, 
vetches, galardia, Sticky Geranium, Ground Cherry, and yuccas putting up 
tall buds.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Spring Count goodies for Longmont area

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I had two areas to cover in this year's Spring Bird Count. Foothills 
Audubon Bird Club covers the Longmont, Berthoud, Loveland, Ft. Collins 
areas. We covered west of Longmont from Hwy 287 to Hwy36, between Hwy 52 
and Hwy 66. Like I said, a BIG area!

Although my count partner and I didn't have the banner year that the 
Sapsucker Woods team had on their Big Day in the northeast (232 sp!!!), we 
had a very good count with 92 species IDed and one flycatcher specie not 
positively IDed because it flew. (Dang those birds!!)

Our highlight was a female Blackpoll Warbler seen just north of the 49th 
Street bridge, west of Haystack Golf Course. She was foraging in a big old 
cottonwood.

A Wood Duck in a small ditch in the Lake Valley neighborhood was a treat, 
but the best of all was a Burrowing Owl that Mary Jane flushed off the road 
(!) at the entrance to Lagerman Reservoir early Saturday evening as she was 
driving home. This is great news because BUOWs had been nesting SW of 
Lagerman, but in recent years, the land owner there disked all the prairie 
dog holes. I'm hoping the bird Mary Jane saw has found habitat in the dog 
towns on county land north and east of Lagerman, or across the road on the 
old Double Dove Ranch, now in county ownership.

If anyone sees this bird, please let Michelle Durant with Boulder County 
know so she can keep tabs on the bird. mdur...@bouldercounty.org

Kat Bradley-Bennett, Longmont

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[cobirds] Lyons and Longmont sightings this weekend

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

My nephew had 50 Chipping Sparrows, a small flock of Pine Siskins and 
Lesser Goldfinches, and a gorgeous pair of Bullocks Orioles in his backyard 
in Lyons, close to the open space and dog park.

My west Longmont yard had three FOS birds on my feeders this weekend as 
well. A male Black-headed Grosbeak on Sunday and this morning a 
Brown-headed Cowbird (oh, yay.) and a female Broad-tailed Hummingbird.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] I forgot my Chipping Sparrows!

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I forgot to mention that I had two very rare visitors to my yard yesterday, a 
couple of Chipping Sparrows. I frequently have American Tree Sparrow, but I 
have only seen Chippies two other times in the 13 years I've lived here. They 
stopped by for a quick snack and were gone.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Longmont Greenway birds and update on owl nest

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I took a walk around Golden Ponds and through Rogers Grove to Boston Avenue 
yesterday. There was Yellow Rump fallout between the two westernmost ponds. 
League estimated about a hundred males with a few immature is mixed in, moving 
northwards and feeding along the St. Vrain.

Also at the ponds: 1 Common Yellowthroat make and possible female, 3 Belted 
Kingfishers in an epic territorial display, and two pair of Blue Wing Teal 
mixed in with numerous Mallards.

Roger's Grove was full of American Robins and we headed over to Boston Avenue 
to take a look at the osprey nest at the Boulder County Fairgrounds. While 
watching the Osprey, we heard a Wood dDuck. Sure enough, a pair of Wood Ducks 
was moving in and out of the cat tails in the pond just east of the Osprey 
nest. Also in that pond was a female Common Merganser.

As of yesterday afternoon, there was only one Great Horned owlet left in the 
nest at 75th and Nelson west of Longmont. The other two are in the branches and 
difficult to find now.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Cliff Swallows in Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

About 30 male Cliff Swallows arrived at the nesting site on Mountain Drive 
by Blue Mountain Elementary in west Longmont on Saturday.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Longmont Owl and Osprey Nest Updates

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

The GHOs that took over the RTH nest at 75th and Nelson in west Longmont 
have THREE healthy owlets. They've grown so big that the female is 
completely out of the nest now. One of the chicks yesterday was flapping 
its fuzzy wings. They'll be climbing through the branches soon.

The Osprey on N 75th, just south of where the owls are, are both on the 
nest. I witnessed mating last week and the female is down in the nest a 
lot, but I'm not sure she's brooding yet.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Yay! Yellow-headed Blackbirds in west Longmont!

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Silly that I should start that subject line with YAY!, since this is the 
typical spring rallying cry as our favs start coming through, right?

During all that wet, sloppy snow-rain yesterday, two Yellow-headed 
Blackbirds joined about 30 Common Grackles and as many Red-winged 
Blackbirds pigging out at my feeders in west Longmont. All was well and 
good until the female Cooper's Hawk decided to pay a visit and cleared the 
yard for several hours!

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] White Pelicans and American Avocets east of Longmont

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While doing a bird survey for the city this morning on the Peschel Property 
just east of County Line Road in Longmont, my partner and I spotted two 
White Pelicans flying east over the St. Vrain. This property is part of the 
Longmont Greenway but it suffered severe damage in the 2013 floods so the 
trail between Peschel and Sandstone Ranch is closed for now.

The floods created numerous sandbars and ponds along the St. Vrain out 
there and we had at least 5 American Avocets, several Green-wing teal, 
Blue-wing Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Gadwall, one Greater Yellowlegs, scads of 
Mallards,many Kildeer and one very young Canada Goose gosling with its 
parents.  There are at least 4 Ring-necked Pheasant on the property and 
even though most of the trail is now closed off due to flood damage, there 
is a small parking lot (south of Hwy 119 on County Line Road) and from the 
parking lot, you can hear, if not see them from time to time.  From the bit 
of sidewalk that is still open, you can see the Bald Eagle nest on the St. 
Vrain.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Kildeer return to Longmont

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Two Kildeer were flying and calling around Blue Mountain Elementary School 
in west Longmont this morning. The cute little crybabies have returned! 
They usually nest somewhere around the school, sometimes right on the 
soccer field or close by.

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[cobirds] Another Osprey in Longmont

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This morning, a male Osprey arrived at the platform on N 75th, just south 
of Nelson Road in Longmont.

This is the earliest arrival for this nest since it was erected four years 
ago.

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Longmont

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[cobirds] FOS Osprey in N Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

A male Osprey has arrived at the platform on 9th Avenue in Longmont. I saw 
it today, but a local rancher told me he saw it there yesterday.

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Longmont

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[cobirds] Blue Birds in RMNP and FOS Turkey Vulture

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

2 lovely male Mountain Bluebirds were feeding in the grasslands in Moraine 
Park in RMNP this morning.

While coming back from the park, a FOS Turkey Vulture was circling in the 
area of the cement plant in Lyons around 2 PM today.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Rough-Legged Hawk in Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

The Rough-Legged Hawk continues to hang around the area of Blue Skies Park 
in west Longmont. I saw it there this morning, not far from the dog park.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Backyard Bushtits (Boulder County)

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What a treat to find four lively little Bushtits flitting from feeder to 
feeder today in west Longmont!

And, if anyone knows of a trick to get this little guys to sit still for a 
photo, I'd love to hear it!

Kat Bradley-Bennett

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[cobirds] Rough-Legged Hawk in Longmont (Boulder County)

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

A Rough-Legged Hawk has again taken up winter residence in Blue Skies Park 
in west Longmont.  I've seen it perched on the perching poles in the park 
and in a tree near the intersection of Clover Basin Drive and Grandview 
Meadows Drive, nest to the sledding hill.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Ducks on Walden Ponds Saturday (Boulder County)

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I popped over to Walden Ponds today to try out a new camera lens. The ponds 
are about 90% frozen over. There was a group of about 50 Ring-billed Gulls, 
maybe as many Canada Geese (I didn't look for Cacklers), and about 100 
Mallards. Highlight birds were about a dozen American Wigeon and squeaking 
like little dog toys, 10 Green-Wing Teal, and about 6 Northern Pintails. A 
couple of Belted Kingfishers were yammering at each other over the 
southernmost pond.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Boulder County Hawks 11/21/15

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I took a short tour around the Lagerman Reservoir area of Boulder County 
last past Saturday. Lots and lots of raptors were out, including 8 
Red-Tails and 1 Harlan's (sitting on the new Osprey nest on a utility pole 
just west of Lagmerman and west of the county-built Osprey platform), 1 
dark-morph Ferruginous (former AHI property, north of Lagerman), and the 
two Bald Eagles who nest just south of Lagerman.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Chimney Swifts in Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

What used to be a very common site in Longmont (N Boulder County), Chimney 
Swifts all but disappeared completely from Longmont when the city began a 
project of filling in old chimneys. It was a real treat to see about a 
dozen yesterday, flying around the downtown area.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Common Nighthawk in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Last Thursday, as the sky was building up to hit north Longmont and 
Berthoud with a tornado, the sky above my house in west Longmont was abuzz 
with Barn and Cliff Swallows, gobbling up the bugs that had been lifted by 
the moving air. Among them was my FOS Common Nighthawk with its familiar 
PEENT, hunting way higher than the swallows.

Also, if you haven't seen them, the Boulder County Fairgrounds Osprey are 
feeding 3 hungry chicks. Check them out on the Osprey 
Cam: http://www.bouldercounty.org/os/openspace/pages/ospreycamera.aspx

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Willow Flycatcher at Boulder Rez

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I took my dog for a swim on the north end of the Boulder Reservoir 
yesterday (Monday) and we heard a Willow Flycatcher singing in, well, the 
willows, along with a Yellow Warbler. There were 4 Great Egrets snoozing on 
the NW shore and Vesper Sparrows singing in the pastures. 

The Red-tailed Hawks that nested in the tree with all the Great Blue Herons 
(north of the reservoir on  N 55th) were feeding 3 hungry chicks. The 
herons seem unperturbed by their presence in their rookery.

My backyard in west Longmont saw several migrants this weekend, including 
Brewer's and Clay Colored Sparrows and a House Wren.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Violet-green Swallows, Broat-tail Hummers, and Bullock's Oriole in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Yesterday morning, there were at least 4 Violet-green Swallows flying 
around just east of Blue Mountain Elementary School in west Longmont.

My FOS Broad-tailed hummers were at my feeder Saturday, just hours before 
the snow hit. They were back at the nectar on Sunday.

This morning, my FOS Bullock's Oriole showed up at my feeder (west 
Longmont) not an hour after I put out a dish of grape jelly!

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Swainson's Hawk and the new eagle nest in Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Saw my FOS Swainson's Hawk yesterday in Longmont (4/19/15) sitting a n the 
bee hive next to Airport Road, just south of Mountain View Ave., just east 
of the Osprey platform on the Zweck's farm.

From that vantage point, it is easy to spot the new Bald Eagle nest. Follow 
the line of the railroad tracks (with your eyes) west and it stands out 
like a sore thumb right now, pre-leaves. A spotting scope provides the best 
view because it is way back from the road. It is private land and there is 
no direct access to the nest. Watch it from Airport Road.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont (Boulder County)

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[cobirds] Cliff Swallows and Osprey in Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Two Cliff Swallows arrived yesterday (FOS) at the bridge where they've been 
nesting for the past decade or more, just south of Blue Mountain Elementary 
School in west Longmont (Boulder County). This is pretty typical. Usually, 
a couple of scouts arrive a week or so before the rest of the males show 
up. The females arrive within another week of that. Bye-bye, mosquitoes!

A gorgeous unbanded male Osprey arrived at the nesting platform on N 75th, 
south of Nelson Road sometime last week while I was down in Texas looking 
for warblers. No sign of a female yet.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Grackles in Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

3 Grackles showed up yesterday in west Longmont, just behind Blue Mountain 
Elementary. They weren't there this morning.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont (Boulder County)

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[cobirds] Say's Phoebes in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

After seeing postings last week of Say's Phoebes in more southerly parts of 
the state, I've been watching and listening in Longmont. Two arrived in my 
neighborhood this morning and were hanging around Blue Mountain Elementary 
on Mountain Drive in west Longmont. Can the Cliff Swallows be far behind???

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] First Osprey in Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

John Zweck reports that an Osprey has already shown up at his nesting 
platform on Airport Road, west of Mountain View Ave in Longmont. His birds 
always seem to arrive earlier than any of the other nesting pairs in and 
around Longmont. I monitor the nest on N 75th, just south of Nelson Road in 
west Longmont and there's no sign yet of a Fish Hawk.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont (Boulder County)

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[cobirds] Kildeer in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Kildeer have returned to the open space around Blue Mountain Elementary 
School in west Longmont. Two were flying around, calling, as I walked my 
dog this morning.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Boulder County ducks today

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

A quick foray to Walden Ponds in Boulder County today produced a wonderful 
array of ducks. I had my 4th grader neighbor in tow, a young birder in the 
making! We were treated to:

Common Merganser
Common Goldeneye
Northern Shoveler
Red Heads
Ring-Necks
American Widgeon
Cinnamon Teal
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Gadwall
Canada Goose
Ring-billed Gulls
Red-tail Hawk

Coming home, one lone male Hooded Merganser was swimming in Dodd's Lake at 
Niwot Road and N 73rd.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] New Bald Eagle nest in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I've heard from a friend who owns a farm west of Longmont that there a pair 
of Bald Eagles are building a nest along the St. Vrain River corridor, 
between his farm and the farm southwest of him.  I haven't seen the site 
yet, so I can't confirm exactly where it is yet, but somewhere north of the 
Boulder County Open Space offices on St. Vrain Road.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Turkey Vultures in Longmont and Bluebirds in Park -ount

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[cobirds] Turkey Vultures in Boulder County and bluebirds in park County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Friday afternoon, I spotted 2 Turkey Vultures circling over the southwest 
section of the Golden Ponds path in Longmont (Boulder County).

Yesterday, I hiked with friends up to the quartz quarry in Pike National 
Forest, above the Tarryall Rive (Park County). The hike up produced Mountain 
and Black-capped Chickadees, Pygmy Nuthatches, and Stellar's Jay. But, when we 
got back to the parking lot, we were treated with one male Mountain Bluebird. 
Driving back to Hwy 24, we spotted several more bluebirds on the phone lines 
and flitting down into the pastures.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmint

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[cobirds] Boulder County eagles and ducks

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Lagerman Reservoir on Pike Road in Boulder County was mostly frozen over 
last Saturday and there were 9 Bald Eagles (a mix of adults, immature, and 
sub-adults) and 1 adult Golden Eagle throughout the morning.  Another, 
sub-adult Golden was on the north side of Haystack Mountain, finishing a 
prairie dog kill.

Clover Basin Reservoir on Nelson Road was loaded with waterfowl: Coots, 
Redheads, Common Mergansers, American Widgeon, Common Goldeneye, and 9 
gorgeous Canvasbacks.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] African Collared Dove request

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

After reading about the very white African Collared Dove in Louisville, 
I've noticed at least one very white dove among the hoards of Eurasian 
Collared Doves that have invaded my backyard (and run the shier Mourning 
Doves off!). I haven't gotten a decent look at the underneath of the tail 
to see if it looks any different from the EuCoDos.

Could you post again the details of determining if it's an African or 
Eurasian? I remember that it had to do with the under tail coverts, but I 
don't remember all of the details.

Thanks!

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Ross's Goose in Niwot

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About 2500 Canada and Cackling Geese were in a pasture at the corner of 
Monarch Road and Hwy 119 in Niwot on Sunday 11/16 (Boulder County).  Among 
them was one cute little Ross's Goose!

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont, CO

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[cobirds] Late Osprey

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I'm late in reporting this, but an Osprey was sitting on the nesting 
platform at the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont late Friday 
afternoon (10/24/14).

A lovely Rough-legged Hawk has been hanging around the open space near Blue 
Mountain Elementary School in west Longmont.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] While Pellies in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I went over to Lagerman on Saturday to find the Surf Scoter. It wasn't 
there, but three White Pelicans were snoozing among the Canada Geese, Also 
on Lagerman were 7 Western Grebes and 3 Double-Crested Cormorants. Also, 
the Bald Eagle pair that nested south of Lagerman continues to use the 
Osprey platform as a perch. They sat for a long time Saturday afternoon.

Kat Bradley-Bennett

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[cobirds] White-faced Ibis in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

About 50 White-faced Ibis were circling around near the Gunbarrel area, 
about half a mile east of the Boulder Reservoir yesterday afternoon (9/17).

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Late Boulder County migrants

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

A female Broad-tail Hummer came to my feeder this morning. I'm glad I left 
it up!  
Three Wilson's Warblers in the past week visited my backyard in west 
Longmont.
Western Kingbird at Blue Mountain Elementary School in west Longmont this 
morning.
Two each immature Rough-legged and Swainson's hawks have been hanging out 
in the Boulder County property at 75th and Pike Road. I've seen them at 
various times and at various locations all the way up to Nelson Road.

The surviving Osprey chick on N 75th has flown!

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Longmont Osprey chick put down

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

As one of the monitors for the City of Longmont of the Osprey nest at 75th 
and Nelson, it was heartbreaking to watch today as the Dept. of Wildlife 
rescued one chick from that nest because she was tangled up in baling 
twine.  She was taken to the Raptor Rehab Center in Broomfield. 
Unfortunately, the poor bird's foot was so mangled from her struggling to 
get free that she was put down. At least she isn't suffering anymore.

I know many others stopped to watch this family of Osprey, taking advantage 
of a nesting platform right at the end of the road. This includes many 
pelatons of bikers. Some would stop to catch a glance through my spotting 
scope and more than once I saw a biker with binoculars around his/her neck.

Happily, the other chick fledged and has been fishing on its own and will 
follow its parents down to Mexico soon. This event is a sad reminder to all 
of us who love these magnificent birds that farmers and ranchers need to be 
educated not to leave plastic baling twine out in the fields where birds of 
prey might pick it up for nesting material. Osprey love the stuff and it 
can have lethal consequences.

Sadly,
Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Common Loon in Boulder County (update)

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

The Common Loon continues to hang out on the north end of the Boulder 
Reservoir.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Common Loon on Boulder Reservoir

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

An immarure Common Loon continues to hang out on the north end of the Boulder 
reservoir. Yesterday, it was swimming near a large group of Canada geese.

Also, there were 7 White Pelicans on the NW shore.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Blue Grosbeak in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Coming back from a lovely walk to Lagernan reservoir, I heard of blue grosbeak 
singing on the corner of North 75th and Clover Basin Drive in west Longmont, SE 
corner of the intersection.

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[cobirds] Loon on Boulder Reservoir

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I was on the north end of the Boulder Reservoir yesterday (5/24) and there 
was one, lone loon diving on the west end.  It was quite a ways out, so my 
photos are severely cropped, but it looks like a Common molting from 
non-breeding to breeding.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Myrtle Warbler, House Wren, Osprey, baby GHO, and egg'-laying Osprey in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

This morning (Tuesday), one Myrtle Warbler was hunting in a stand of 
honeysuckles that largely survived this past Arctic blast, just east of 
Blue Mountain Elementary School in west Longmont.  An hour later, I 
discovered a House Wren in my apple tree in west Longmont.

While monitoring the Osprey platform on N 75th for the City of Longmont 
yesterday, I scanned a nearby grove of cottonwoods for Great Horned Owls 
and found a very active owlet being fed a large rodent by its mother. The 
chick doesn't have much tail yet, but is using its wings to lift enough to 
hop through the branches of the trees.

The Osprey was laying eggs yesterday, by the way.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Clay-Colored Sparrows in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

8 Clay-Colored Sparrows were flitting through the open space east of Blue 
Mountain Elementary School in west Longmont this morning.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Chimney Swift in Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

A Chimney Swift was flying around the 400 block of Kimbark Street in Longmont 
(Boulder County) Friday afternoon.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Cliff and Northern Rough-Wing Swallows, Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

The Cliff Swallows have returned to their nesting area under the bridge 
just south of Blue Mountain Elementary School in west Longmont.  Three days 
ago, there were about a dozen, but the number has doubled since then.

Also, three Northern Rough-Wings were hanging around the bridge that is 
east of Blue Mountain Elementary School yesterday.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] White Pelicans in Longmont (Boulder County)

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I was treated yesterday (4/15) to the sight of 26 White Pelicans 
congregating on Fairgrounds Lake in Longmont (Hover and Rogers Road). There 
were still quite a few of the Fabulous Fliers today, either on the water or 
soaring overhead.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Wild Turkeys in Ft. Morgan and one in Longmont

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Coming back from Kearney, NB this past Sunday (500K Sandhills at least!), 
we passed about a dozen Wild Turkey toms, standing next to Interstate 76 at 
Ft. Morgan (Morgan County). A few had their tails up in full display.

Then, last night, Virginia Dionigi reported to the Foothills Audubon Bird 
Club that she saw a hen turkey at the Arby's on North Main in Longmont the 
other day!

It was suggested by someone at Bird Club that the flooding last fall 
displaced turkey populations to points further east than they normally live.

Kat Bradley-Bennett, Longmont (Boulder County)

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[cobirds] Bald Eagles in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

The Golden Ponds at Hover and 3rd Ave in Longmont has been reopened since 
the September floods. There were 8 Bald Eagles (4 adult, 2 sub-adult, 2 
imm) hanging around the ponds yesterday (2/23/14).  The ponds haven't been 
restocked with fish yet, so I can't say whether or not they're just using 
the area for roosting or if they're finding enough to eat in those ponds.

There were also about 100 Ring-billed gulls, 30 Common Mergansers, 40 
Mallards, and 2 American Widgeons.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Rough-legged Hawk BoulderCounty

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

A lovely mature Rough-legged Hawk has been hanging out all winter between 
Airport Road and N. 75th, west of Longmont on the north side of Nelson Road, 
between Amgen and Seagate. Sometimes, it's extremely close to the road. Other 
times, it's in the small riparian area that runs north of those two complexes, 
accessible from both the east and west.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] Barrows Goldeneyes and other ducks in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

After Bill Prather reported a pair of Barrows Goldeneyes for the Foothills 
Audubon Christmas Bird Count, Peter Hartlove and I have been periodically 
checking out the spot just north of the bridge at highway 119 and 3rd Avenue, 
east of Longmont. We park on the eastbound side of 119 and walk under the 
bridge from the east side. 

There is a pedestrian bridge that is still closed from the floods, and ducks 
are occasionally hanging out under that, but if you walk under the bridge from 
the east side, you'll see a deep pool just northwest of the bridge. We have 
seen 5 or 6 pair of Barrows, several pair of Green Wing Teal, the occasional 
Shoveler, and a Pied-billed Grebe.

Continue past the bridge, up the hill a bit, and you'll see a big pile of old 
railroad ties.  Behind those there's a pond. Here, we've seen about two dozen 
Gadwalls, several Shovelers, and the occassional Coot. A female Kingfisher 
fishes around there, too.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
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[cobirds] 5 Bonaparte's Gulls on Lagerman Res - Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

There were five Bonaparte's Gulls on Lagerman Reservoir west  of Longmont 
on Saturday. 

There was also a partially leucistic Cackling Goose. The body is 
particularly dark, even for a Cackler, and its cheek patch is visible but 
very dark as well, but its forehead and crown are bright white. I first 
spotted this bird on Thanksgiving Day in the pond across the road from 
Lagerman (old AHI property, now owned by the county) among a large flock of 
Canadas and Cacklers. Saturday, it was with a flock in the pasture NW of 
Lagerman.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont
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[cobirds] Update on west Longmont Barn Owls, Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

These Barn Owls have caused quite the stir! Lots of people have been 
writing to me, asking if they can come see them.

I need to explain that the birds are nesting in the attic of an old barn 
that is on private property, to which I do not have access. The City of 
Longmont's raptor expert, Jim Krick, is aware of these birds now and he'll 
be including them in the city's raptor monitoring. My guess is that there 
is little to no access to even see the nest, unless the owner has an attic 
door in the barn.

However, the Meadow Mountain subdivision is directly east of this farm and 
there is an open space and sidewalk that runs along the farm's eastern 
boundary. If you want to see/hear these guys, I would recommend parking on 
Clover Basin Drive, just west of N. 75th (Clover Basin becomes Pike Road 
west of 75th), and come into our open space to the north. The entrance is 
on the west side of the culvert and the farm where the owls are is directly 
ahead. We even have a few benches out there, where you can sit and just 
listen to the chicks squawk at Mom! Recommended time to see them would be 
around 8:30 or 9, but even once it's dark, you can sit out there and listen 
to their vocalizations.

(Nathan, do you need to record Barnies???)

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont
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[cobirds] Owl update in Longmont (Boulder County)

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

I went out in slightly better light tonight and two owls were on the 
ground. Thanks to Brian (really, THANK YOU, Brian!), I have come to the 
conclusion that I likely mis-IDed the owls in west Longmont. They are bulky 
and seem too large for Barn Owls. If they're Great-Horneds, it was a very 
late brood because they are pale and have no visible horns. There was no 
sign of an adult. The only vocalization is a high-pitched screech.

I'll be watching these guys and trying to get out even earlier (they were 
out and on the ground at 8:30 tonight) to try and get a full-front view. So 
far, I have only seen one from the back during the day (pale, pale, no 
horns) and profiles in the dark. I will keep you updated, one way or the 
other.

Very sorry if I mis-IDed them. Sometimes, wishful thinking clouds one's 
judgement.

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Longmont
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[cobirds] Clark's Grebe in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

We're on Spring Bird Count up here in the northern part of the state. My 
team covers a large swath of NW Boulder County. 

Besides two large flocks of White-faced Ibis (17 and then 28), we saw one 
Clark's Grebe on the pond directly north of Lagerman Reservoir yesterday 
(5/18).

Up at Heil Ranch, the Tom Turkey's were everywhere, displaying and showing 
off their tails.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont

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[cobirds] White-faced Ibis in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

A single, lone White-faced Ibis has been hanging around a small wet area 
north of the Meadow Mountain subdivision, on the north side of Dry Creek 
(between Dry Creek and Nelson). It's a low area, so it's difficult to see 
from 75th, but you can access it easily by parking in front of Blue 
Mountain Elementary on Mountain Drive. There's a parking barrier where the 
road ends now. The tract north of the barrier is slated for development 
soon. Follow the dirt road north for several hundred yards and it stops at 
Dry Creek. The wet area is directly across.

Most springs, I see 30 Ibis in there, but so far, this is the first one.

There's a lovely little flock of Vesper Sparrows along that walk and they 
have been singing their little birdie hearts out. (Nathan, do you need 
Vesper Sparrow song?)

Kat Bradley-Bennett, Longmont
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[cobirds] Cliff Swallows and Broad-tail Hummer in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Cliff Swallows have returned to their nesting area just south and west of 
Blue Mountain Elementary School in west Longmont. The birds were majorly 
disturbed last year just as the young had fledged when the city decided to 
destroy 5 cattail areas, including both sides of the bridge where the birds 
were nesting. I am happy to see them return! A couple of scouts arrived 
five days ago, but the colony showed up in force yesterday (4/28). It's the 
Return of the Jedi!

One Broad-tail Hummingbird showed up in my yard just west of the elementary 
school yesterday. I've put out one nectar feeder, but haven't seen any 
activity yet.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
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[cobirds] House Wrens, Savannah Sparrows, and Grebes in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

Several House Wrens were singing in the riparian area along the St. Vrain 
River between Hygiene and Lyons this morning. As well, there were 6 
Savannah Sparrows foraging in the area of Refugia Lake on Boulder County 
land. One Pied-Billed Grebe was on that lake, and 11 Westerns were on 
McCall Lake, on Hwy 66.

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont
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[cobirds] Loggerhead Shrike, Sage Thrasher, and Marsh Wren in Boulder County

[Kat Bradley-Bennett]

A Sage Thrasher was foraging on the east side of Blue Mountain Elementary 
School in west Longmont on Monday morning (4/22), before the snow storm hit.

Yesterday (4/23), a Loggerhead Shrike showed up at my bird feeders in west 
Longmont. It is still there today, coming and going.

A Marsh Wren is inspecting a cattail area east of Blue Mountain Elementary 
this morning (4/24).

Kat Bradley-Bennett
Longmont, CO
katpbenn...@gmail.com

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