[cobirds] CSR banding, El Paso Co, Tues.
Hey COBirders, No rarities to report today from Clear Spring Ranch, but birds did arrive in a big way just after dawn. Waves of sparrows could be seen coming over the fields, and into the brush, (and my nets). I had 125 birds in bags in less than 90 minutes. The big number was Chipping Sparrows (no surprise - when they come in, they come in together!) 108 banded. Also 10 Clay-colored Sparrows, 2 Brewers Sparrows, 6 Lark Sparrows, 4 Savannah Sparrows, 4 Lincoln/s Sparrows, a Green-tailed Towhee, and only a handful of Yellow and Wilson’s warblers. Today was for Sparrows. 148 birds banded today. Whew. Happy Migration, Steve Brown Colo SPgs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/B09A8136-044E-4CFE-BD76-C9FE1EFFA595%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Piping Plover still at Prewitt Reservoir (Washington County)
Steve Kingswood and I spent a couple hours at Prewitt today. It seems like the height of fall migration for shorebirds (16 species) with an estimated 150 Stilt Sandpipers and 3 Pectoral Sandpipers. The Piping Plover was on the dry sand close to the first area you see in the southwest end north side. It does not have orange on the bill in basic plumage but the very light color and yellow legs make the ID certain. Black Terns everywhere. The northern shore of Jackson Reservoir has a 100 yards of shoreline exposed with fewer numbers than at Prewitt, mostly Baird's, Least, and 6 Perctoral Sandpipers. No Buff-breasted. Bob Shade Lakewood -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAFwvYHpwmT4ghH9hkhHQgEyCp-r5x07RBZkDYn%2BCJpYELRPKjg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Lake Station, 9/4/18
Lots of activity today - even with a brief closing mid-morning for wind, we banded 77 birds. Like Ira Sander's front yard, we had our first Nashville Warbler and Green-tailed Towhee today, plus a lovely Ovenbird. Here's the breakdown of the 77 new: Western Wood Pewee 1 House Wren 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 8 Nashville Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 5 Townsend's Warbler 1 Ovenbird 1 Common Yellowthroat 3 Wilson's Warbler 48 Green-tailed Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 2 We will be open 6 days per week (closed Mondays), weather permitting, through October 14. We are opening nets at 6:30 and should have birds back at the station by 7:15. We will close most days by about 11:30 (closing earlier now because of heat). School groups arrive most weekdays at about 9:30. The best time to visit (fewest people, most birds) is before 9:30 weekdays and Sundays. Come visit! Meredith McBurney Bander Barr Lake Station Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/ca6a319f-22ef-4d44-aba1-cc7460516b57%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Bent county --- Carolina Wren
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. ---Mark PetersonColorado Springs | | Virus-free. www.avast.com | -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/204934594.256613.1536120058356%40mail.yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Timnath Reservoir rarities-possible Stint - Larimer
In addition to the Buff-breasted Sandpiper, there were several other rare birds sighted at Timnath reservoir this afternoon (Sep 4). A pair of Caspian Terns rested on the south shoreline, one adult and one juvenile. An over-summering Greater white-fronted goose was among Canada geese in the northeast corner. Also in the northeast corner were two Cassin’s Kingbird, and a Gray flycatcher, first reported yesterday by Andy Bankert. And finally, as the light faded this evening in the northeast corner, I noticed an odd Sandpiper that to me resembled a juvenile Semipalmated with a very short bill. I think this is a possible juvenile Red-necked Stint. If I refind it, I will try to photograph it and explain why it may be a Stint in this venue. A Stint would be a vagrant from Asia, and a first state record, if corroborated. Nick Komar Fort Collins CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/AC1EF77E-407D-4B20-B249-BEED359F23B3%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Semipalmated Plover [Weld]
Hi all One Semipalmated Plover Sunday at Weld CR 74/61 pond (Galeton/Cornish-area). Sage Thrasher (2) around Weld CR 41/102-area. Osprey in Nunn(!) at Weld CR 37/94 gravel pit pond. Others: Long-billed Dowitcher, Baird's Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper and Wilson's Warbler in various areas. Thanks, Gary Lefko http://coloradobirder.club/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/a5df5f00-08ce-4573-a41a-9e68e2419745%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 4 September 2018
Date: September 4, 2018 Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org This is the Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, September 4 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Note that the RBA is using the new AOU checklist. Rare and out of range species for the last seven days include: (*indicates new information on this species) Greater White-fronted Goose (Larimer) Bufflehead (*Boulder) Hooded Merganser (Part) Sharp-tailed Grouse (Routt) White-winged Dove (Bent) White-throated Swift (Kiowa) Sora (*La Plata, Montezuma) Sandhill Crane (*La Plata, Montrose, Routt) American Avocet (Summit) Black-necked Stilt (Kiowa, Mesa) Black-belllied Plover (Adams, Kiowa, Morgan, *Washington) Semipalmated Plover (*Morgan, *Washington) Piping Plover (*Washington) Long-billed Curlew (Kiowa, Larimer) Marbled Godwit (*Jackson, *Larimer, *Morgan, *Washington) Stilt Sandpiper (*Jackson, Kiowa, Mesa, *Morgan, *Washington) Buff-breasted Sandpiper (*Morgan, Washington) Pectoral Sandpiper (*Jackson, Kiowa, *Morgan, *Washington,) Semipalmated Sandpiper (*Jackson, Kiowa, *Larimer, Mesa, *Morgan, *Washington) Short-billed Dowitcher (Adams) Solitary Sandpiper (Kiowa, *La Plata, Mesa, *San Miguel) Greater Yellowlegs (*Jackson, *La Plata) Red-necked Phalarope (Kiowa, *Washington) Bonaparte’s Gull (Kiowa) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Kiowa, *Morgan) Caspian Tern (*Larimer, *Park) Black Tern (Kiowa, *Morgan, Park, *Washington) Common Tern (Washington) Common Loon (Montezuma) Little Blue Heron (Weld) Green Heron (*Denver) Black-crowned Night-Heron (Montezuma) YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Yuma) White-faced Ibis (Routt, *Summit) Rough-legged Hawk (Summit) Lewis’s Woodpecker (Ouray) Red-headed Woodpecker (Bent, Kiowa, Yuma) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Las Animas) Red-naped Sapsucker (*Grand, Routt) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso) Hairy Woodpecker (Bent, El Paso) Merlin (Adams) Olive-sided Flycatcher (La Plata, Yuma) Alder Flycatcher (Bent) Willow Flycatcher (*El Paso, La Plata, Montezuma) Least Flycatcher (Kiowa, Larimer, *Yuma) Hammond’s Flycatcher (Adams, *El Paso, La Plata, Montrose, Park) Gray Flycatcher (*La Plata, *Larimer, Montrose) Dusky Flycatcher (Broomfield, *El Paso, *La Plata, Montezuma) Cordilleran Flycatcher (Adams, Bent, El Paso, *La Plata, Mesa) Black Phoebe (Las Animas, Mesa, Montrose) Eastern Phoebe (Jefferson) Ash-throated Flycatcher (*Mesa) Great Crested Flycatcher (Bent, El Paso, Kiowa) Cassin’s Kingbird (*El Paso) Eastern Kingbird (Montrose) Loggerhead Shrike (Kiowa, Las Animas, Park, Summit) Gray Vireo (Montrose) Cassin’s Vireo (*El Paso, Kiowa, Montezuma, Montrose) Blue-headed Vireo (Pueblo) Philadelphia Vireo (Adams, Kiowa) Warbling Vireo (Bent, El Paso, Montrose) Red-eyed Vireo (Adams, Denver) Pinyon Jay (*Jefferson, *La Plata, Montrose) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (El Paso, La Plata, Mesa, *Montrose) Chihuahuan Raven (*El Paso) Purple Martin Montrose) Tree Swallow (Kiowa, Montezuma) Violet-green Swallow (Weld) Bank Swallow (Kiowa) Cliff Swallow (Montezuma) Bushtit (La Plata, Mesa) Marsh Wren (Arapahoe, *Jackson, La Plata, *Larimer, *Weld) Carolina Wren (Kiowa) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (*El Paso, *Jefferson, Kiowa, *La Plata, *Larimer, Mesa, Montrose, San Juan) Golden-crowned Kinglet (Park) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Broomfield, El Paso) Eastern Bluebird (Kiowa) Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso, Pueblo) Brown Thrasher (*El Paso, Kiowa) Sage Thrasher (*El Paso, *Jackson, Kiowa, La Plata) American Pipit (*Jackson) Red Crossbill (Park) Clay-colored Sparrow (*El Paso, *Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Larimer,*Mesa, Montezuma) Brewer’s Sparrow (El Paso) Lark Bunting (*Jackson, Montrose) Grasshopper Sparrow (Routt) Lincoln’s Sparrow (Adams, Denver) White-crowned Sparrow (*Weld) Yellow-breasted Chat (Kiowa) Orchard Oriole (*Adams) Baltimore Oriole (*Prowers, Yuma) Northern Waterthrush (El Paso, *Grand, La Plata, Montrose) Golden-winged Warbler (Yuma) Black-and-white Warbler (Pueblo) Tennessee Warbler (Jefferson, Yuma) Nashville Warbler (*Boulder, *Larimer, Montrose, Yuma) Virginia’s Warbler (Park) Hooded Warbler (Boulder) Northern Parula (La Plata) Blackpoll Warbler (Broomfield) Black-throated Gray Warbler (El Paso) Townsend’s Warbler (El Paso, Kiowa, La Plata, Larimer, Mesa, Montrose, Park) Hepatic Tanager (Las Animas) Northern Cardinal (Yuma) Indigo Bunting (Kiowa, *Weld, Yuma) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On September 2 at Barr Lake SP Banding Station, Riley Morris reported Cordilleran Flycatcher. ---On September 1 at Barr Lake SP, Jamie Simo reported Black-bellied Plover. On September 2 at Barr Lake SP, Betty Glass reported 3 Philadelphia Vireos; Steve Ryder reported Merlin. ---On September 1 at First Creek, John Breitsch reported Hammond’s Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On September 2 at Lowell Ponds (Clear Creek Valley Park), Gabriel Wiltse reported Short-billed Dowitcher. ---On September 3 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek John Breitsch reported Orchard Oriole. BENT COUNTY: ---On
