Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: November 17, 2014
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert Monday, November 17 sponsored by
Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
Swan spec (Arapahoe, *Boulder, *Weld)
The *Red-necked Grebe* Jane Stulp and I found at North Gateway Park in
Lamar 2014Nov15, was still on the fishing pond, today. If you are coming
from the north on Highway 287, cross the Arkansas River Bridge, heading
south and turn left or east on Crystal Street, which is the street to the
Hi all
Did my usual water tour of Greeley. Some shallower ponds frozen.
Ginormous flocks of geese flying around town. Of note:
- Still quite a few pelicans and cormorants around
- 35th Ave West Gravel Ponds are the hot spot (second pond (full of
birds) is .25m west on trail and is
Hi all -
The Costa's Hummingbird just made her first morning appearance at the
Cooksey's in Grand Junction.
Good birding,
Kathy Mihm Dunning
Denver
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Golden-crowned and Fox also showing up. No Rosies today.
David Gillilan
Littleton
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We posted the Black Forest CBC date yesterday: Jan. 4.
Contacts: 719 area code:
Jeannie Mitchell, 719.494.1977 Email: vance...@earthlink.net,
303 area code:
Hugh Kingery, 303 814 2723, ouze...@aol.com
Hugh Kingery
Franktown, CO
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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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As viewed early this AM
Highlight is a juvenile Trumpeter Swan.
Other birds of interest several hundred white geese (couple of Ross, everything
else Snow, including quite a few blues), four White-fronts, four hybrid geese.
85% of the thousands of white-cheeked geese were Cacklers. Lots of
Cobirders,
While spending two hours at Union Reservoir in Weld County this morning,
here were the highlights;
Glaucous Gull - 2nd winter (north west)
Thayer's Gull - 1 adult, 1 first year (north west)
Barrow's Goldeneye - fem (south)
Common Loon - 2 (middle)
Long-tailed Duck - juv (north shore)
In the CO Breeding Bird Atlas I(1998) Fox Sparrows were observed in at least
2 blocks in Custer County. I'd appreciate knowing the dates of these
observations and dates in any counties adjacent to Pueblo for the 2nd BBA
survey. These records could represent the 1st summer records in the
Around Noon today Rick Taylor, Bill Maynard, another birder who's name I
already forgot and I observed White Wing, Black and Surf Scoters near the
swim beach. The only open water is close to the shore so the viewing is
excellent.
Robb Hinds
Colorado Springs
El Paso County
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I'm back at work now but Bill sent me a text saying that there are 3 WW, 1
Black, and 1 Surf. 5 Scoters in a tiny patch of water near shore. It
doesn't get any better than this.
Robb Hinds
Colorado Springs
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Hi Dave
Here's the link to CO BBA II for Fox Sparrows-no dates though-not available
yet.
http://bird.atlasing.org/Atlas/CO/Main?cmd=stateSummarytheme=speciesedition=currentspecies=foxspaspecies=Go
Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.ning.com/
mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m
This morning there was a Juv. (or maybe Fem.) Surf Scoter at the Valco
Pond west of Mackenzie Ave in Canon City. It was with the numerous ducks,
geese, etc. that have been here since the cold snap.
Around noon, a huge flock of hundreds of geese descended en masse on the
east Valco Pond.
All,
Thanks to Robb for posting. If you want a close study of different scoter
species of differing ages, I recommend a trip to Prospect Lake, part of
Memorial Park in Colorado Springs (accessible via Union Blvd). Especially good
is the open water near the swim beach on the western
I got a call this morning from Rachel Hopper who had located an adult female
White-winged Scoter on Douglas Reservoir in northern Larimer County (nw of the
intersection of 60 and 15RDs). Once there I located the scoter, and a female
Long-tailed Duck, which had apparently been seen late last
I posted a couple of long distance photos of the Scoters
here https://www.flickr.com/photos/11383@N05/15629655118/
From several of the previous posts, it sounds like some northern waterbirds
rode the winds into Colorado last night. Should be an exciting next few
days.
David Wade
Ft
Finally got to bird Pueblo Reservoir without fog and steam, just waves, as it
was a little breezy this afternoon.
Highlights:Trumpeter Swan - 2 adults well seenTundra Swan - 2 adults well seen
(all four swans in the cove, south of the South Shore MarinaGreat Black-backed
Gull - 1 adult at South
Minor revision to my post - I misidentified the swan as a Trump, but it is
actually a juvenile Tundra (I forgot they could have disproportionately
large bills as juveniles too).
Sorry for anyone that was looking for a Trump
Cathy Sheeter
Aurora
On Monday, November 17, 2014 11:28:13 AM
Nov 16
South Platte Park upstream of Mineral Ave had an *American Dipper* flying
downstream, *Swamp Sparrow*, *Merlin*, and *Say's Phoebe*. Cooley Lake had
a *Lesser Black-backed Gull*. A *Say's Phoebe* at St. Mary Church on South
Prince in Littleton was the first I had there since the breeding
Mark your calendars. Nov 24 Monday at 7:30 pm Chuck Hundertmark, president of
Denver Field Ornithologists will present Rackets and Ruins: Birding Mexico's
Yucatan. Chuck has made 6 trips to the peninsula which has many birding spots
and ruins of ancient Mayan cities.DFO meetings are held at
This morning and early afternoon I visited some areas of Park County off
Highway 285 in the watershed of the North Fork of the South Platte.
I found a *Blue Jay* (rare for the county) at Morehead Road near Bailey
Park west of the town of Bailey. An *Am. Dipper* and a *Bald Eagle* were
in this
Birders,
This is almost a negative update. John Martin Reservoir (Bent County)
remained 50 percent open yesterday, but when the wind died down last night,
the reservoir flash froze. There are still many small holes in the ice full
of birds, but as of today, the reservoir is approximately 98
I photographed a harrier today along the road that goes around the southwestern
corner of Douglas Reservoir today. I photographed it just because it allowed
me to, a unusual thing in my experience with perched harriers. Upon
examination of the photos, it appears to be a melanistic or
With the weather turning a balmy 31 degrees yesterday morning I ventured
down Tunnel Drive where I found a likely pair of Rufous-crowned Sparrows
and got some very nice photos of them. I have uploaded those photos onto
my Birds and Nature blog. http://birdsandnature.blogspot.com/
SeEtta Moss
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