Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: May 30, 2014
email: rba AT cfobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 30 sponsored
by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
If you are phoning in a message, you can skip the recording by
Hi all,
Since it was cloudy this morning, and I was up very early, mowing the grass, I
decided to go birding around a few spots in Pueblo for a couple of hours.
Here are my highlights (mostly just odd things for late May in Pueblo).
Pueblo Reservoir:
Black-necked Stilt - 2 (at Sailboard
Cobirders,
2014 has been a spring migration of historic proportions for us birders here in
Colorado. For instance, by my count I can come up with 40 warbler species
reported for the state this spring (there are only 47 warblers on the Colorado
Bird Records Committee list for the state).
COBirders,
I visited Gregory Canyon Wednesday evening. The access is challenging as
the road remains dramatically washed out from the Sept. floods, photo
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pgburke/14114925219/ but there is limited
parking available.
Plumbeous Vireos were numerous and vocal, though
I am covering for Dodd Deininger this week as moderator of CObirds, while
Todd is away
and taking a well-deserved break from moderating.
Thanks for everyone's input on the subject of tape playback.
I am closing this discussion.
Thanks,
Joe Roller, Denver
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 9:51 PM, Steven
Hello All,
Completed the annual Ovenbird Count in Willow Springs Open Space yesterday and
today with help from Michael Kiessig and Chuck Aid. The total was 33 singing
Ovenbirds, the same number as last year.
Some historical background: When I first moved to the Willow Springs area and
A group of us visited the rest area at Last Chance, Colorado today and found an
adult (presumably male) Chestnut-sided Warbler. The bird was in the treed
ravine south of the pond.
Last Chance is located at the intersection of Colorado Highway 36 (east of
Byers) and Colorado Highway 71.
Joey
