Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: April 6, 2014
email: rba AT cfobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, April 6, 2014, sponsored
by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
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Greetings All
Yesterday, Nick Moore and I wandered about much of eastern Yuma County. Stalker
Lake, per usual, was really the highlight with a Myrtle Warbler and RC Kinglet,
both of which were a tad early for NE Colorado, and a Hermit Thrush which was a
couple weeks early, Even more
I was at the campground Saturday afternoon. The creek is still flowing strongly
and you would need at least hip boots to get across at the shallowest spots.
There wasn't much in the way of bird activity but the wildlife highlight of the
day was seeing a beaver in the creek! I was walking along
Hello, Birders.
I'm watching and listening to an adult male Eastern Bluebird right now, Sunday,
April 6. It's at the trailhead off McCaslin, at the far eastern end of the
Coalton Open Space.
Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County
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Late Saturday afternoon, my wife and I birded the South Platte River
corridor from 58th Avenue north to I-76 and back. This stretch of the
river parallels the massive concrete landscape of the Denver Metro
Wastewater Reclamation District's treatment plant (complete with foamy
cascading
This morning we found a White-winged Dove at Fountain Creek Regional Park.
It was near the nature center and flew north. Things are starting to liven
up in the park: mourning doves are back as well as grackles and one
cormorant too.
A couple other interesting sightings lately:
-There has been
Went out this morning to see what the little bit of fresh snow might have
brought our way.
We searched for the better part of an hour for Dusky Grouse at Cuchara
Mountain Resort...with no luck. We did have a flock of around 15 Evening
Grosbeak, 7 Wild Turkey, Several Northern Flicker, Numerous
Thanks Robb! Wish I had seen this sooner. I went out this morning and did
not find the Horned Grebes. Did find FOS Pied-billed Grebe however on the
lake.
Jeff J Jones
( mailto:jjo...@jonestc.com jjo...@jonestc.com)
Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands
From: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Hello,This bright morning I had 4 White Pelicans, 4 Eared and 2 Pied
billed Grebes out in Firestone. This afternoon I have learned of the
passing of Peter Matthiessen, Long Island, N.Y. author, naturalist,
environmentalist. Peter lived many years close to Sagg Pond, a noted
shorebird locale
Highlights of this morning's Boulder Bird Club First Sunday trip to Walden
and Sawhill Ponds included:
--All 3 Teal species (Cinnamon was at the far end of the first Sawhill Pond
on the right as you walk through the gate from Walden)
--An incessantly calling Virginia Rail (hidden in the reeds at
Dinosaur Ridge
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 06, 2014
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SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total
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Black Vulture0
This morning, I went to Red Rocks and saw the Fox Sparrow(slate-colored) and
Peregrine Falcon reported by Mike Henwood yesterday. The Peregrine Falcons
look like they're going to next again on Ship Rock. I saw several groups of
White-throated Swifts but struck out on the Golden-crowned
An early evening visit to Marston Lake from the northwest end on April 5
produced a similar species mixed to my visit on April 1, and included a 1st
cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 2 CINNAMON TEAL, 2 GREATER SCAUP, a nice
count of 37 RUDDY DUCKS, 1 BALD EAGLE, etc.
Today (Apr 6) my 1st CLIFF
Thanks for sharing..Great comparison shots!
Mark Chavez
Lakewood-Green Mtn
http://jaeger29.smugmug.com/
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From: Tom Wilberding
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 05:15:24 - (UTC)
Subject: [cobirds] Scaup pics, Jefferson County
Hello
birders,
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