[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 4 May 2015

2015-05-04 Thread Joyce Takamine
Compiler:  Joyce Takamine
Date: May 4, 2015

This is the Rare Bird Alert, Monday, May 4 sponsored by Denver Field
Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.

Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).

BRANT (Rio Grande)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Eagle)
Green Heron (La Plata)
Broad-winged Hawk (Baca, *Denver, Prowers)
Snowy Plover (El Paso, Otero)
Mountain Plover (Baca)
Whimbrel (Denver, El Paso)
HUDSONIAN GODWIT (Otero)
Laughing Gull (Prowers)
Thayer's Gull (Morgan)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larimer, Morgan)
Caspian Tern (Denver, El Paso, *Mesa)
VAUX'S SWIFT (Pueblo)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Yuma)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Prowers)
ALDER FLYCATCHER (Yuma)
Least Flycatcher (*El Paso, Jefferson, Kit Carson)
Gray Flycatcher (Boulder, *El Paso, Larimer)
Black Phoebe (Boulder, *Mesa, Pueblo)
Eastern Phoebe (Boulder, *Douglas, *Jefferson, Larimer, Pueblo)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Douglas)
White-eyed Vireo (*Adams, Prowers)
Blue-headed Vireo (*Baca)
Yellow-throated Vireo (*El Paso, Pueblo)
ROCK WREN (Conejos, *Denver, Gunnison, Larimer, Park)
Lapland Longspur  (Prowers)
Golden-winged Warbler (Jefferson)
LUCY'S WARBLER (La Plata, Montezuma)
Prairie Warbler (*El Paso)
Canyon Towhee (Baca)
Field Sparrow (Kit Carson)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Conejos)
Fox Sparrow (Boulder, Gilpin, Jackson, Larimer)
Summer Tanager (*Rio Grande)
Northern Cardinal (Prowers, *Weld)
Painted  Bunting (*El Paso)
Baltimore Oriole (San Miguel)

ADAMS COUNTY:
--A White-eyed Vireo was reported by Adam Vesely at Barr Lake SP on May 2.
It was about 150 yrds N of footbridge across from Visitors Center.  On May
3, Chris Goulart refound the White-eyed Vireo at Barr Lake SP.

BACA COUNTY:
--On April 18, Matt Clark reported 3 Canyon Towhees at Cottonwood Canyon.
On April 25, Bill Blackburn reported Canyon Towhee at Cottonwood Canyon.
--On April 25, Bill Blackburn reported Mountain Plover between Two Buttes
and Turks Pond SWA.
--A soaring Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Bill Blackburn over
Springfield on April 25.
--A Blue-headed Vireo was reported by Kilpatrick, Gilbert, and Walbek at
Two Buttes SWA on May 3.

BOULDER COUNTY:
--On April 12, Waltman reported Black Phoebe at 75th St Bridge over Boulder
Creek.  On April 15, Minner-Lee reported Black Phoebe at 75th St and
Boulder Creek.  On April 19, Burke reported Black Phoebe at 75th St and
Boulder Creek.
On April 24, Joan Coxe reported Black Phobe at 75th St and Boulder Creek.
On April 25, Bill Kaempfer reported Black and Eastern Phoebe at 75th St and
Boulder Creek.  On April 29, Kris and Robert King reported Black Phoebe at
75th St and Boulder Creek.  On May 2, Christine Snitkin reported Black
Phoebe at 75th St and Boulder Creek.
--A Slate-colored Fox Sparrow was reported by Dowell on Skunk Canyon Trails
on April 21.  On April 22, Minner-Lee reported Fox Sparrow at Skunk Canyon
Trails.  On April 29, Dowell reported Slate-colored Fox Sparrow on Skunk
Canyon Trails.
--A Black Phoebe was reported by Paula Hansley at Walden Ponds on April 25.
--A Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Carl Starace flying over Rabbit
Mountain on April 25.
--A Gray Flycatcher was reported by Mark Minner-Lee on the NW side of
Waneka Lake on April 25.

CONEJOS COUNTY:
--On April 27, Rawinski reported ROCK WREN and numerous Sagebrush Sparrows
in John James Canyon.

DENVER COUNTY:
--A Caspian Tern was reported by Suddjian at Marston Reservoir on April 27.
--A Whimbrel was reported by Matt Clark at Marston Reservoir on April 28.
On April 29 at Marston Reservoir at the west end Matt Clark reported 4
Whimbrel.
--A Broad-winged Hawk was reported by J Del Rosso at Denver Botanic Garden
on May 3.
--A Rock Wren was reported by J Del Rosso at Denver Botanic Garden on May 3.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:
--A pair of Eastern Phoebe was reported by Suddjian at Plum Creek near the
picnic area at Chatfield on April 21.  An Eastern Phoebe was reported by
Kibbe at Plum Creek Detla on April 23.  On April 30, Norm Lewis reported
Eastern Phoebe at Plum Creek Delta at Chatfield SP.
--3 Eastern Phoebes were reported by Joey Kellner at Chatfield SP on April
25.  An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Candice Johnson at Chatfield SP on
April 28.  2 Eastern Phoebe were reported by Scott Manwaring upstream from
Kingfisher Bridge on May 2.  On May 3, an Eastern Phoebe was reported by
Halverstadt over the reservoir at Chatfield SP.
--A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was reported by Paul Schlagbaum at Chatfield
near the Plum Creek picnic area on May 1.  The
flycatcher has been reported by many birders, most in the Plum Creek
Natural Area vicinity on May 1.

EAGLE COUNTY:
--5 Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by Dick Filby at Spring Park
Reservoir on April 27.

EL PASO COUNTY:
--A Whimbrel and Long-billed Curlew were found by Bill Maynard at Big
Johnson for comparison on April 28.  John Drummond reported a Caspian Tern
at Big Johnson on April 28.  On April 28, Mark Petrson reported a Snowy
Plover at Big Johnson.  On April 29 at Big Johnson, Cici Lee 

[cobirds] Boulder County mudfest birding

2015-05-04 Thread JohnT
All:
   Over the last few days of hiking and birding it's been a real 
challenge on some of the trails due to wet conditions.  Four days ago 
Boulder Mountain Parks trails turned into a morass of mud and rivulets.  
Ditto Rocky Mountain National Park - in some areas the trails turned into 
creeks.   Check trail conditions below.

These notes are all for Boulder County (Rocky Mt National Park (RMNP) side 
and Boulder Mountain Parks (BMP) and Boulder County neighborhoods) 

Great horned owl nest sites - 6 - owlets coming off the nests fast
Bald eagle - 4 nest sites being monitored - chicks being fed
Coopers hawks - lots - plus one (undisclosed) nest site
Sharp shinned hawks - several in Boulder Mountain park
Red Tailed hawks - dozens of nest sites throughout Boulder County
Swainson's hawks - dozens have arrived - nest building has begun
Osprey - at least a dozen - at nest platforms throughout Boulder County 
Prairie falcon - active nest site in Bear Creek Canyon - traditional nest 
site that can be observed through a scope
Turkey Vulture - throughout Boulder County and BMP

Mountain bluebirds - investigating cavity nest sites - RMNP and BMP
Ruby crowned kinglets - lower and upper elevations up to 10,000 feet - 
dozens singing
Blue gray gnatcatchers - BMP
Mourning doves - numbers increasing
Rock wren - BMP
House wren - everywhere
Canyon wren - BMP defending territories
THREE TOED WOODPECKER - 3 locations in RMNP above and below Ouzel Falls \ 
Wild Basin trails
Red napped sapsucker - RNNP - two breeding plumage males in territorial 
dispute - Wild Basin - gorgeous! 
Spotted towhees - large numbers in BMP
Broad tailed hummingbirds - BMP - dozens, males in display flights
Lazuli bunting - large numbers in the Bear Creek complex BMP
American white pelican - Walden \ Sawhills - up to 100 some days
White faced ibis - Sawhills
Virginia rail - Sawhills
American avocets - Sawhills
Pied billed grebe - Sawhills - staking out nesting areas
Great Blue Heron - 4 know rookeries observed including:  Boulder Valley 
Ranch \ Crane Hollow Road \ Sawhills Ponds \ Kenosha - Boulder Creek
Audubon's warblers - both low and high elevations.  High elevation birds 
(above 9,000') are already singing and staking out territories.  RMNP \ BMP
Empid. ssp:   - two seen in BMP.  Either Dusky's or Hammands.  No song. 
EASTERN PHOEBE - nesting under bridge at 75th and Jay road
BLACK PHOEBE - still at 75th and Jay road bridge
Black billed magpie - of note: with the massacre of hundreds of cottontail 
rabbits on the roads the magpies and other corvids are coming down to the 
roads in droves.
Common raven - carrying food items - BMP
Chipping sparrows - at high and low elevations - singing
WHITE WINGED DOVE - song heard on Cottontail Trail last week;  there are 
two birds in Park Lane Road vicinity in Gunbarrel
Bushtit - three locations in Louisville CO

Trails: Boulder Mt Park:
Gregory Canyon Road is under construction and blocked off from both 
directions, including the restrooms for 6 weeks of repairs.
Gregory Canyon footbridge is still out.  Access from Chatauqua Park is 
possible, but you'll have to cross the creek without a bridge.
Bear Creek footbridge in upper Bear Creek is still gone and no signs of 
repair yet.  The creek can be crossed, with care and hiking poles.
Upper Bear Creek Canyon footbridge is still gone - it can be crossed on a 
small plank. 
South-East portion of Shannahan Ridge Trail is closed for repairs.  

Trails:  Rocky Mt national Park
The Calypso Cascades bridges are intact.
The Bridge at Ouzel Falls is gone - no signs of repairs.  North St. Vrain 
River is reaching spring runoff heights.  It would be fool-hardy to try and 
cross here. 
Primitive Trail above Ouzel Falls (backcountry campsite side) is doable but 
you will need ski poles, spikes, and gators.   Tons of snow and water 
coming down the trail. 

Blooms:  pasque flower; spring beauties; wild plum (past peak); hawthorn; 
chokecherry (starting);  mustard ssp;  vetch ssp;  Oregon grape;  wild 
iris;  bluebell;  bladderrpod;  death camas:  sand lilly;   townsendia 
ssp;  mouse-eared chickweed;  wallflower;  pussytoes (early);  
goldenbanner;  and dozens more. 

Happy wet-birding,   John T (Tumasonis) of Louisville CO  











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[cobirds] Poudre River Trail/Greeley

2015-05-04 Thread The Nunn Guy
Hi all

I birded/walked Poudre River Trail http://poudretrail.org/trail-tour from 
Island Grove to 25th Avenue identifying 41 species between Island Grove and 
25th Avenue.  Highlights:

   - (New) Western Kingbird
   - Yellow-rumped Warbler
   - (New) Orange-crowned Warbler
   - (New) Osprey (still haven't figured out where nest is; seen last three 
   years in vicinity of 25th Ave and O St)
   - (New) Bullock's Oriole
   - (New) Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Between Weld CR 48 and 40:

   - Lots of White-faced Ibis, one Glossy at Weld CR 46
   - Willet (2-Weld CR 48, 9 Willets reported by other birders at Weld 
   42-couldn't find them)

At Crom Lake

   - (New) Spotted Sandpiper - 3
   - Marbled Godwit - 2
   - (New) Wood Duck - 2

At home (in Nunn):

   - (New) Grasshopper Sparrow
   - (New) Lincoln's Sparrow
   - (New) Lark Sparrow
   - (New) Western Kingbird
   - Say's Phoebe

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn

http://coloradobirder.ning.com/

Mobile:  http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m


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[cobirds] Clear Springs Ranch, El Paso Co., Mon

2015-05-04 Thread Steven Brown
Hi COBirders,

Nope, sorry, no Painted Bunting seen today.

For what looked like it might be great conditions, numbers were relatively low. 
I did band 13 new birds, nothing dramatic. There were a couple FOY’s, including 
Gray Catbird and Dusky Flycatcher, and two more YB Chats after my FOY 
yesterday.  There were many warblers high in the cottonwoods early, apparently 
working their way N along Fountain Creek (esp. Yellow-rumps, and Orange-crowns).

Banded today:
Dusky Flycatcher
House Wren
Gray Catbird
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Com Yellowthroat 2
YB Chat 2
RW Blackbird 4

Good birding,
Steve Brown
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Palm Warbler, Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Denver 5/4/15

2015-05-04 Thread Daniel Maynard
On the west side of the lake in a large cottonwood with a few Yellow-rumps;
'Western' variety

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Denver, CO

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[cobirds] Weekend arrivals

2015-05-04 Thread 'arvind panjabi' via Colorado Birds

New arrivals:
First Common Poorwill of the year was calling Friday night (May 1), 
Western Kingbirds arrived Saturday mid-morning (and went straight to their old 
nest from last year to check it out).  

Lazuli Buntings, both male and female are increasing in numbers and coming to 
the feeders daily

A Virginia's warbler was singing on Milner mountain yesterday.

A Black-throated Gray Warbler stopped briefly in the yard yesterday. I didn't 
see it but my wife photographed it.

Nothing new yet today.
Good birding to all,
Arvind Panjabi
5700' feet, Larimer County, CO 
On the north slope of Milner Mtn
Mountain mahogany shrubland and grassland





   

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[cobirds] Blue Jay nesting materials, Jeffco

2015-05-04 Thread Leon Bright
COBirders,

  While visiting our daughter and family yesterday she showed me a brooding
Blue Jay in her back yard.  I imagine several of you will be interested in
the objects the parents used to weave their nest.  Here is a photo I have
posted on Flickr:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/brightsfotos/17371857092/.
You may enlarge the image by clicking on it, then moving the cursor around
to see areas of interest.

Leon Bright, Pueblo

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[cobirds] Lincoln County, today

2015-05-04 Thread 'Steven Mlodinow' via Colorado Birds
Greetings All


Nick Moore and I spent the day roving around Lincoln County. Much of the day 
was spent on private property, but one trend was clear. The westerly flow 
before last nights storms brought western birds


We had 3 Virginia's Warblers, a Townsend's, a Plumbeous Vireo, a Hammond's 
Flycatcher, a GH Junco, scads of BG Gnatcatchers, Spotted Towhees, and Say's 
Phoebes. 
For eastern birds we had 3 N Waterthrush, a N Parula, and an Indigo Bunting 
plus 5 WT Sparrows (likely migrants) and a Swamp Sparrow (possibly lingering 
from winter)


And a Summer Tanager, but those may well be spring overshoots from the south, 
or southwest.


Anyway, 107 species and a fun day


Good Birding
Steven Mlodinow
Longmont CO




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[cobirds] Lazuli Buntings, Bullock's Orioes and a more birds back in town in Canon City/Florence area

2015-05-04 Thread SeEttaM .
I spotted a Lazuli Bunting in my yard yesterday morning, got a pic of him
in my neighbor's tree then spotted another along the Canon City Riverwalk
where they breed.  Also got pics of a male Bullock's Oriole, who was
foraging with a female in a cottonwood tree just outside of Florence.  I
have uploaded those photos to my Birds and Nature blog.
http://birdsandnature.blogspot.com/

I saw a Spotted Sandpiper in the Arkansas River from the Canon City
Riverwalk today and heard one from the Florence River Park yesterday.  Also
saw a typical appearing Black Phoebe near the Arkansas River from the
Florence River Park as well as a Yellow-breasted Chat singing a song I was
not familiar with (must have learned some other bird's song elsewhere).  In
the Williamsburg area (between Florence and Canon City) I spotted my first
of the year Cassin's Kingbird while closer to Florence was a first of the
year Western Kingbird.  I had to swerve to miss a large (3 1/2 foot) bull
snake in the road between Florence and Williamsburg which gets a fair
amount of traffic so turned around and returned to move it off the road to
keep it from being run over (photos on blog also).

Forgot to mention in last post that I heard then saw a singing House Wren
on the Canon City Riverwalk, another first of the year bird.  Increasing
numbers of singing Yellow Warblers on territory along this Riverwalk as
well as male Broad-tailed Hummingbirds zipping around there.  An Osprey
that has been working the Arkansas River in the Canon City area was perched
across from this Riverwalk.   Had appointments in Colo Springs until late
afternoon today so numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers and other birds were
down when I got out but suspect they are still coming through in good
numbers.

SeEtta Moss
Canon City
http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com

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[cobirds] Jeffco FOS Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, goldfinches, but no nesting Say's Phoebes

2015-05-04 Thread Kay Niyo
FOS male and fem Broad-tailed Hummingbirds on feeder today.

FOS black-backed Lesser Goldfinch male on thistle feeder May 1.  Females
also arrived.

FOS American Goldfinches on thistle feeder April 20.

But, alas, my Say's Phoebes did not return to my box to nest after 4 yrs
raising kids here.

 

Kay

 

Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.

Niyo Scientific Communications

5651 Garnet St.

Golden, CO 80403

303.679.6646

k...@kayniyo.com; www.KayNiyo.com

 

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[cobirds] Re: 5/2/15 Barr Lake State Park, Adams Co. CSU Field Ornithologists Trip Report

2015-05-04 Thread Larry Modesitt
Well done CSUFO, 
Great report!

On Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 4:39:27 PM UTC-6, Francis Commercon wrote:

 This morning several members of CSU Field Ornithologists enjoyed the 
 organization’s last field trip of the semester. We gathered this morning at 
 7:30AM  on campus before our drive down to Barr Lake State Park. Just 
 before we left, we spotted a CHIMNEY SWIFT flying overhead! A very special 
 first of season bird to start off the day!

  

 Stepping out of the cars at the Barr Lake visitor center parking lot, we 
 were warmly greeted by the calls of WESTERN KINGBIRDS. The ubiquitous 
 presence of these yellow-breasted, audaciously vocal flycatchers felt 
 wonderfully appropriate as the intensifying heat (~80F!) signaled a 
 decisive shift in season. HOUSE WRENS belted forth their loud, complicated 
 songs with astounding force, and a YELLOW WARBLER tested out his song 
 faintly in the treetops. 

  

 We set out on foot to observe and enjoy this bountiful avian diversity. 
 Birding at the interface between the open lake and a narrow belt of 
 cottonwoods and willows to our north and the open prairie to our south and 
 east, we encountered a stunning variety of species. Among the hundreds of 
 Western Grebes and several dozen Ruddy Ducks on the lake, we spotted a 
 COMMON LOON in breeding plumage. We beheld spectacular views of BLUE WINGED 
 TEAL and CINNAMON TEAL. Throughout the day, flocks of several dozen 
 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS soared gracefully against a scene of placid blue 
 water, lush shoreline forest, and majestic snow-capped peaks. 

  

 In the shade of a flooded willow woodland along the Niedrach trail, Megan 
 found a spectacular pair of WOOD DUCKS. A local park naturalist pointed out 
 a nesting Black-Billed Magpie. We marveled at the magpie’s innovative 
 construction—a spherical nest with a roof, walls, and two entrance holes. 
 Just then, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER alighted on the driftwood near the shore. 
 Tree Swallows flew by, grackles darted across our path, Swanson's Hawks 
 filled the sky, blackbirds and robins and wrens sang endlessly, and 
 everywhere one looked one saw a bird. The strange calls of Woodhouse’s 
 Toads accompanied all the action. With the advent of new, green leaves, the 
 land just felt alive. One simply cannot understate the magic of Spring.

  

 As we walked westward along the path around the lake, a mother Mallard 
 guided her seven tiny ducklings around the vegetation at the edge of the 
 lake. In a nearby irrigation ditch, four adorable, yellow, fuzzy goslings 
 pecked at insects and plants as they followed their parents along the bank. 
 geese really are much cuter when they are babies). 

  

 Back near the nature center, we finally had great views of male and female 
 YELLOW RUMPED WARBLERS (Audubon’s) as they methodically gleaned insects 
 within the shaded boughs of a tall cottonwood. At the banding station 
 (where Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory operates twenty mist nets in the 
 fall), a BARN OWL peeped out at us from its nest box. 

  

 Part of the group continued for an extra hour, spotting four BURROWING 
 OWLS up close at a prairie dog colony along Picadilly Road (just south of 
 the intersection with CR 128). Brandon and Megan’s cars also spotted WHITE 
 FACED IBIS, Lesser Yellowlegs, Brewer’s Blackbirds, WILSON’S PHALAROPES, 
 Spotted Sandpiper, and YELLOW HEADED BLACKBIRDS in a small cow pond on 
 Picadilly Road north of the park entrance. 

  

 Once again, CSUFO had a very successful trip, where advanced birders 
 glimpsed exciting species while beginning birders learned their first field 
 marks and songs. We’ll be back again this fall with even more great trips, 
 meetings, and more!

  

 Cheers!

  

 -Francis Commercon, Fort Collins, Larimer County
  

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[cobirds] A Few Shorebirds Today, Boulder County

2015-05-04 Thread Carl Starace
Eight this morning at Cottonwood Marsh I found a Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser
Yellowlegs and a hungry flock of a dozen Long billed Dowitcher. Two Avocets
continue and there was an abundance of Violet Green Swallows. Nice. At
Clover Basin Res.  in Longmont there were 3 more LB Dowitcher, 2 Lesser
Yellowlegs and a really good downpour.   Merry May to All,  Carl
Starace,   Niwot

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