I had a productive day birding in the Salida area yesterday, May 19.
There was a breeding plumage Palm Warbler at the southeast corner of Sands
Lake. At Frantz Lake I found two Northern Waterthrushes along inlet water
ditch. Another Northern Waterthrush was seen on the shore of a small,
COBirders,
Per Fountain Creek Park warbler Fest, I'm passing-on info from Terry Berger ( I
couldn't get out), who reported:
Prothonotary Warbler: Chilcott Ditch, across from pavilion that separates Areas
3 and 4. Male in currants and plants lining the ditch.
Black-and-White Warbler: Area 3
Pr
On 5/18, I stopped at Last Chance [at the intersection of highway 71 & highway
36]. I had little time, and found nothing unusual. Quantity of birds was low,
although variety was about normal. 1, Veery and 1, first spring m. American
Redstart were nice to see. The following were your typical bird
I've posted two of my pics of the Crow Valley nightjar at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/36088296@N08/
To see the scap pattern of a Common Poorwill, gray with anchor shaped markings,
go to
http://www.utahbirds.org/birdsofutah/Profiles/CommonPoorwill.htm
This photo also shows the throat and auri
I joined Toni Rautus and Paul Slingsby for a run up to Crow Valley this
morning. This trip was from the "A bad day birding beats a good day working"
school of ornithology, as recent sunny, pleasant weather didn't seem to bode
well for any kind of birdiness. Once again and as usual- wrong. As
As always this time of year, I have heard Common Poorwills singing outside my
home in Castle Rock at dawn & dusk for the past couple days. This evening, I
also heard a Common Nighthawk as well, which is a more unusual "sighting" at my
home here.
I will surely miss them, as well as all the great
Mid-morning birds were a Yellow Breasted Chat, 2 Northern Parula
Warbler, a pair of Eastern Kingbirds, Say's Phoebe and a Broad winged
Hawk. Good Birding All, Carl Starace, Longmont
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This is the Hansen Nature Area, cross the bridge over Fountain Creek, and go
south to the Ponds. John Drummond, Jeannie Mitchell, Ron Mitchell, Bill
Maynard, and I saw the following this afternoon today: a MAGNOLIA WARBLER
(found by John), two Chestnut-sided Warblers, a male American Redstar
Just got back from birding Chatfield, at the Mountain loop on the west end
near the first parking lot there was a male Red-headed Woodpecker
pecking on a cottonwood tree about 8 feet off the ground, got some far off
photos but he never got close. Blackpoll Warbler still around.
Robert Martinez
Hi All,
A Caspian Tern flew directly in front of me just outside the St. Vrain
State Park east of Longmont at 12:30PM today (5/19). This is most likely
the same individual found a day earlier at adjacent Great Egret Pond.
Earlier in the day (around 9:30AM) I drove south on Hwy 287 to try for
Howdy!
Today a few of us did a Big Sit at the two small ponds in Area 7 of FCNC, El
Paso county. We went at it from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We had a blast and saw
48 species of birds.
Highlights included two NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, a male AMERICAN REDSTART, and a
male CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER. We
Greetings All
The tail length of the Crow Valley nightjar is most difficult to ascertain in
relationship to the wings as the tail was drooped straight downward. The crown
(dark center, gray laterally) and to me the back pattern both look just fine
for Common Poorwill and wrong for Whip. I don'
I was at Crow Valley Campground with a few birders including Joe Roller. We
were alerted to a Common Poorwill on the west side of the campground on the
other side of the fence. The bird was perched on a small stick allowing great
views. After getting home, Joe Roller realized that the bird
Hi Joe,
My girlfriend Nena and I were up there yesterday and she took a goo picture
of the bird. I will e mail it to you. I think the tail has a wide enough
band to make it an Eastern WPW. We got great looks at it. We bumped into
Dick Schottler and Mark Chavez. I'm sorry we didn't see you
Hello, Birders.
Registration is now live and online for the Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2014 CFO
Convention in Sterling, Logan County.
REGISTER ONLINE HERE:
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Note the huge change from recent conventions: We'll be meeting for FALL
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> Re: the Bald Eagle, it struck us as odd that there would be a nest less
> than a mile from the one in the park, assuming that that one is in use this
> year. We were whizzing past on the bike at the time, and so didn't have
> the chance to do more than make note of it. So I couldn't say f
Hello,Things were quite a bit quieter than the Friday bonanza that
Steve Mlodninski had at Lamar CC Woods in Prowers County, though we did
score 1 Blackpoll, 1 Wilson's, 2 Y.B. Chat's, several Common Yellowthroats
and a Worm eating Warbler. Other morning birds were 3 Mississippi Kites, 5
N.
CObirds does not allow insertion of a link,
but if one goes to key words:
"Mexican Whip-poor-will photos,"
on the top line there is a fine photo of the underside of the tail of
a Mexican WPW. In that image, the white is partly bordered by brown, and
thus different from
the horizontal line separat
I walked from Island Grove to 25th Ave (2.1 miles) yesterday morning ... 46
species
Highlights:
- Bewick's Wren (singing (and viewed) right above my head at length
about 1.5m from Island Grove)
- Green Heron (first bridge)
- Red-breasted Merganser
- White-faced Ibis
Rest: ye
Struck out on the aforementioned Gray-cheeked at Barr yesterday, but the
stretch from the visitor's center to the blind was extremely birdy and
entertaining. Highlights were an adult male Orchard Oriole, 3 Forster's
Terns, a late female Common Merganser, a handful of Lincoln's Sparrows,
scads
The bird I saw yesterday and mentioned on CObirds has a tail that is much
longer than its wingtips, like a whip-poor-will. There is a large,
stark-white terminal tail tip on the under tail coverts, suggesting male
Eastern, different from the smaller and buffy tip on Common Poorwill.
Regarding Mexi
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: May 19, 2014
email: rba AT cfobirds.org
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