Hi COBirders,
The past few days the thick morning fog and heavy air has grounded numerous
raptors East of I-25 at Clear Spring Ranch. Today there was a Broad-winged Hawk
for a couple of hours near the sod house. Yesterday a N Harrier was “playing”
with a flock of starlings, leisurely soaring
Fall is my favorite time for birding in Colorado. Although this fall
hasn't been a good one for eastern warblers, nevertheless a variety of
birds is being reported currently (here and on ebird). For a couple of
months in fall, just about anything can show up in the state.
Swainson's Hawks,
This morning Kathleen McGinley and I cancelled our Beginner's Birding class
because of the steady downpour. We thought the heavy rain might turn
something uncommon up at one of the ponds in the area.
At the Redlands Parkway Ponds, we found a flock of 16 Hudsonian Godwits.
We watched the birds
Started with fog; sun finally came out about 9:30. A slow and slightly
strange morning bird-wise. In addition to the usual birds that we've been
seeing the past few days, we caught 2 VERY COMMON birds that we almost
never catch at this station - a starling and a magpie. Both of these
species
On Sunday morning, several birders searched horseshoe reservoir for the Little
Gull that made a brief appearance there on Saturday late afternoon. The
reservoir is drawn down and continues to attract hundreds of gulls and other
birds. We could not find the Little Gull. Highlights included:
Hello Fellow COBIRDERS!
What is a "Big Sit" you ask?
Well a Big Sit is similar to the birding event called a "Big Day", in both
events participants try to count as many species as possible, the difference
is that in a Big Day you travel all over a geographical area whereas during
a Big
Brief look, flying high chasing gull. Seen from North Shore.
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Ramah today:
Pied-billed Grebe, 4
Great Blue Heron, 5
Turkey Vulture, 1
Canada Goose, 6-7
American Wigeon, 3
Mallard, many, not counted
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Ring-necked, 1, probably more
American Kestrel, 1
Red-tailed hawk, 1 at Ramah, 3 along Hwy 24
American Coot, hundreds
Kildeer, many
Since no one has reported from Chatfield today I thought I should report the
ARCTIC TERN was seen at the sandspit this morning around 8am. The previously
reported immature Sabine's Gull was seen also. With the dense fog it was
difficult to see if the Red-necked Grebe reported yesterday was
The day began nicely with a parade of 16 *Townsend's Solitaires *passing
over my home near sunrise as singles or in small parties. In the end, I
encountered 61 Solitaires in the Valley this morning. Very delightful.
I visited various spots along and Massey Draw from upstream of Valley
Parkway to
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: October 5, 2015
This is the Rare Bird Alert, Monday, October 5 sponsored by Denver Field
Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
Barrow's Goldeneye (Summit)
Red-necked
Stan Oswald of Rocky Ford informs me he recently found a Nikon camera battery
pack at the Lamar Community Woods. If it's yours, he would like to get it back
to you. Contact me and I will put you in touch with Stan.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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Yesterday Kathy Mihm-Dunning and I went northeast with on planned stop at
Jackson Reservoir to see if we could find the juvenile Parasitic Jaeger
reported by Chris Wood and others. We were about to leave so while Kathy
was using the facilities, I scanned the lake for what I thought was one
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