[cobirds] Black Phoebe update in Canon City area

[SeEttaM .]

It is looking to be a very good year for Black Phoebes in Canon City and
Florence.  Following is a summary of Black Phoebes I have observed in the
past week in this area:

Canon City near First Street bridge over Arkansas River--observed a pair
foraging together near the bridge.  Have had this species in this location
in past and expect nesting nearby.

Canon City at Sell's Lake--continuing pair observed almost daily when I go
down to walk the riverwalk.

Canon City at MacKenzie Ave bridge over the Arkansas River-I continue to
see or hear one or both of the pair I found there about 2 weeks ago.
Historical nesting area.  They can be heard and/or seen from the bridge
(caution needed due to heavy traffic).

Florence private property--continuing pair in historical nesting location.

Florence private property--today I spotted one Black Phoebe at an historic
nesting location on this other private property.

Florence River Park--so far I have only seen one Black Phoebe which is
often at the Sewer Plant that is located next to the park.  I got a couple
of good pics of this bird that are on my Birds and Nature blog,

just scroll to right under the blog post on the swan.

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

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[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies (10 Apr 2017) 19 Raptors

[reports]

Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 10, 2017
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SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total   Season Total
-- --- -- --
Black Vulture0  0  0
Turkey Vulture   4 17 17
Osprey   0  1  1
Bald Eagle   0  3 12
Northern Harrier 0  0  0
Sharp-shinned Hawk   2 10 20
Cooper's Hawk2 18 23
Northern Goshawk 0  0  0
Red-shouldered Hawk  0  0  0
Broad-winged Hawk1  1  1
Red-tailed Hawk  5 28208
Rough-legged Hawk0  0  0
Swainson's Hawk  2  2  2
Ferruginous Hawk 0  1  6
Golden Eagle 0  0  3
American Kestrel 2 10 22
Merlin   0  0  0
Peregrine Falcon 1  2  4
Prairie Falcon   0  1  2
Mississippi Kite 0  0  0
Unknown Accipiter0  1  5
Unknown Buteo0  2 17
Unknown Falcon   0  1  4
Unknown Eagle0  0  0
Unknown Raptor   0  1  8

Total:  19 99355
--

Observation start time: 08:00:00 
Observation end   time: 13:30:00 
Total observation time: 5.5 hours

Official Counter:Joyce Commercon

Observers:

Visitors:
Surprisingly few people were on the nice, dry trail today. A few came up
for the view. One couple with their dog came up early in the morning to
chat. Returning, after their hike, they mentioned having seen what was
likely a Turkey Vulture south on the Ridge, as well as having spotted some
newly-blooming Golden Banner and Larkspur wildflowers.


Weather:
The day was sunny with a slightly hazy, nearly featureless blue sky that
eventually produced a few cottony clouds to the west in the afternoon. It
would have been almost warm (7 C to 12 C) except for the near-constant
breezes (bft 2-3) from the southeast. Visibility was acceptable but a bit
hazy in the valleys at distance, even in the morning. The few contrails
that did form dissipated rapidly.

Raptor Observations:
During two 15-minute-long bursts of migrant activity in the first two hours
of the watch, all but one of the migrants passed along the western valley
or western ridges. The flow of migrants became more evenly spaced time-wise
and eventually slowed during the next hours of the watch; most of these
later migrants passed over Dinosaur Ridge. It is possible with the
featureless blue sky that some high-flying migrants were missed in the
afternoon. Observing a couple of migrating Swainson’s Hawks is always
pleasing, but the highlight of the day was a good view of an adult
Broad-winged Hawk, spotted kettling up with a Cooper's Hawk and some
Red-tailed Hawks over the western valley. The highlight of the local raptor
activity was catching the finale of a tussle between a local adult
Red-tailed Hawk and an immature (possibly sub-adult III) Bald Eagle that
took place south of HawkWatch overtop the Ridge; the Bald Eagle flipped
upside down to defend itself against the Red-tailed Hawk's attack from
above. They then parted with the hawk going east and the eagle heading
south.

Non-raptor Observations:
Early in the watch, a Broad-tailed Hummingbird zinged over the platform.
Several groups of 10 to 15 White-throated Swifts were seen flying (mostly
northward) along the Ridge and valleys as well as over WestRidge and at
Cabrini. A lone Cliff Swallow flew about for a while over the western
valley, eventually heading southwards. Also seen or heard were Western
Meadowlark, Townsend's Solitaire, Canyon Wren, Black-billed Magpie, Spotted
Towhee, American Crow, Common Raven, Black-capped Chickadee, Bushtit, and
Violet-green Swallow.

Report submitted by Bird Conservancy of the Rockies 
(jeff.bi...@birdconservancy.org)
Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies information may be found at:
http://www.birdconservancy.org/


Site Description:
Dinosaur Ridge is the only regularly staffed hawkwatch in Colorado and is
the best place in the world to see migrating Ferruginous Hawks. Dinosaur
Ridge may be the best 

Re: [cobirds] Re: White-throated Sparrow -- El Paso Cty

['Egret' via Colorado Birds]

>
> Yes, I saw them near the feeders at the Bear Creek Nature Center. There 
> was another siting later in the day.
>
Chris Brobin
Manitou Springs CO 

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Re: [cobirds] Black-throated Sparrow [La Junta]

[SeEttaM .]

Fyi this is near to the historic location for Black-throated Sparrows.

SeEtta Moss
Canon City

On Apr 10, 2017 9:39 AM, "The "Nunn Guy  wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Got a bird report from one of our (U. S. Forest Service) botanists (who is
> an avid birder):  "I don’t have a camera good enough for pics of birds that
> aren’t dots in the distance, but possibly of marginal interest this weekend
> was the* two (maybe three) Black-throated Sparrows* about 8 miles
> southeast of La Junta on the extreme northeast corner of the Comanche NG.
> These were the first I’ve seen that weren’t in the deep canyons of the
> Purgatoire River or near the Oklahoma border.  Steve O. Forest Botanist"
>
>
> Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
>
> http://coloradobirder.club/
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[cobirds] FOY Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Larimer County

[Eva Matthews]

Had my FOY Broad-tailed Hummingbird in the yard today by Horsetooth 
Reservoir in Larimer County.  Compared to last year at the same location, 
it was April 23, 2016. I put out the feeders and it continued to feed on 
and off all day until sunset.

Also, I had an early Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in the yard on March 23rd.

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[cobirds] Black-necked Stilt, Weld County

[Johnson, Candice E., MD.]

This morning there was a single Black-necked Stilt wading in the waters of 
Loloff Reservoir at the extreme south end.

Candice Johnson
Denver


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[cobirds] South Valley Park area and Robert A. Easton Regional Park, JeffCo 4/10

[David Suddjian]

An *Eastern Phoebe* returned to Deer Creek at the intersection of Deer
Creek Canyon Road and Valley Road, where a tributary flows under Deer Creek
Canyon Road from the north. This is immediately west of the southern
parking lot for South Valley Park, and is the same spot where one was
present in May 2016. It was singing and cooperative where the tributary
joins Deer Creek. Some road work in the local area and the traffic on Deer
Creek Canyon Road made birding less pleasant, though. Over 20 *White-throated
Swifts* were in view over the adjacent part of the Lyons Formation hogback,
and a *Broad-tailed Hummingbird* passed over on its way north.

Two *Wilson's Snipe* were chipping in the cattail marsh in South Valley
Park where Valley Road curves away from the road to Lockheed Martin's Deer
Creek facility. Further north one of a pair of nesting *Prairie Falcons*
was perched near the nest ledge. The pair was obvious before egg laying,
but is now much less evident.

I don't know if this is somehow not to be mentioned, but since the info is
already very public on eBird, I will mention that 2 *Burrowing Owls*
continue in the prairie dog colony near Hine Lake in Robert A. Easton
Regional Park. They can be viewed quite well from the main path that passes
near the colony, without any need to walk into the colony, please and thank
you. While I was there, I noted a fly over *Broad-tailed Hummingbird*,
a *Swainson's
Hawk*, 1 *Vesper Sparrow*, and small parties of *Tree* and *Barn Swallows*.
On *Northern Rough-winged Swallow* was separate from the other swallows.
Hine Lake had a nice mix of waterbirds including 23 *Greater Scaup*, 3 *Horned
Grebes*, 1 *Eared Grebe*, 1 *Blue-winged Teal*, 2 *Cinnamon Teal*, 1 *Greater
Yellowlegs*, and others.

David Suddjian
Ken Caryl Valley
Littleton, CO

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Re: [cobirds] Re: White-throated Sparrow -- El Paso Cty

[linda hodges]

Was this at Bear Creek Nature Center, or elsewhere?

Thanks,
Linda


*Linda Hodges*


On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 1:17 PM, 'Egret' via Colorado Birds <
cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

>
> I saw the White-throated Sparrow this morning 2017-4-10 at 7:30. Rob Hinds
> reported two yesterday.
>
>
> 
> Chris Brobin
> Manitou Springs
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[cobirds] Steve Jones will present "Swan Lakes" to Fort Collins Audubon Society

[Jessie]

Steve Jones, Author and Education Committee Member of Boulder County Audubon 
Society, will present “Swan Lakes” to members and guests of Fort Collins 
Audubon Society, on Thursday, April 13th.   The program will be at the Fort 
Collins Senior Center, 1200 Raintree Drive, Fort Collins.  The evening will 
begin at 7:00 with a social time, followed by announcements and program at 
7:20.   Steve, through his expressive photography, narration and music, will 
explore the uniqueness and amazing recovery of populations of trumpeter swans 
focusing on nesting lakes in the Nebraska Sandhills.   This program is free and 
the public is welcomed!

Jessie Meschievitz
Fort Collins Audubon Society 

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[cobirds] Wild Goose Chase, some Franklin's Gulls and a Common Loon

[Jeff Parks]

Hi all -

After reading reports of a large flock of White-Faced Ibis on Lagerman 
Reservoir yesterday, I thought I would see if they were still hanging 
around today.  I got up there around 9 am, it was still windy, but no signs 
of any Ibis.  There was an American Avocet wading around on the far side, 
and a Greater Yellowlegs, along with a couple of Killdeer.  A Northern 
Harrier flew over at close range, got some good looks at that one.  An bird 
sitting on a fencepost threw me off for a minute, I was trying to figure 
out what kind of hawk it was until it took off again, when it became 
obvious that it was an Osprey.

On a whim, I thought I would take a look at Clover Basin Reservoir, since 
it is close by, but there were only a handful of Redheads and Ringnecks on 
that one.  What the heck, let's see what is on McIntosh Reservoir, it is 
only a short distance from here ...  There was a good sized flock of 
American White Pelicans, around 35 or so, along with some Redheads, a few 
Blue-Winged Teal and some other ducks.  As I was looking along the near 
shore, I spotted two gulls that didn't appear to be Ring-Billed gulls, they 
turned out to be Franklin's Gulls.  Close enough to get a couple of 
pictures (posted below).  I watched them for awhile, until a Bald Eagle 
flew overhead, sending them out over the reservoir somewhere.  After 
watching the Pelicans for a litle longer, it was time to head on to the 
next stop.

Driving east from 287 on Yellowstone Road, I was almost to N 115th when I 
spotted a duck flying east over the field next to me.  I was a bit 
surprised to see it land up in the trees along the road.  Once I got the 
binoculars out, it turned out to be a male Wood Duck.  I don't know why it 
landed in that tree, but it made for some good looks.  Once I got up to Ish 
Reservoir, there were a few Pelicans, a Horned Grebe, a few Gadwall and 
some Green-Winged Teal.  

Deciding that it had been mostly a Wild Goose (Wild Ibis?) chase, I headed 
back to Boulder.  I decided to stop by Baseline Reservoir to see if the 
Franklin's Gulls were still there, and there was a pretty good flock on the 
north end.  I counted 130, there may have been more than that.  A single 
Common Loon and one Western Grebe were seen in the mix as well.  I didn't 
stop on the south end, but saw a bunch of ducks on the water there from a 
distance.  It was time for lunch.

Good birding -

Jeff Parks
Boulder





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[cobirds] Re: White-throated Sparrow -- El Paso Cty

['Egret' via Colorado Birds]

I saw the White-throated Sparrow this morning 2017-4-10 at 7:30. Rob Hinds 
reported two yesterday.


Chris Brobin
Manitou Springs

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Re: [cobirds] Re: BRONZED COWBIRD photographed in Lamar by Jill White Smith

['Migrant' via Colorado Birds]

I live in Lakewood, about a mile from the Carters. During the period when the 
cowbird was appearing in the Carters' yard, I looked out the window one morning 
and saw it at my feeders. So, among the interesting yard birds I have had over 
the years (orchard oriole, Carolina wren, summer tanager, juniper titmouse, 
among others), bronzed cowbird is no doubt the "best". I was sort of hoping the 
Bear Creek Lake Park brambling might show up, but as far as I know, it never 
did.:-(
Norm Lewis
Lakewood

Sent from my iPad

> On Apr 10, 2017, at 12:32 AM, DAVID A LEATHERMAN  wrote:
> 
> I was fortunate enough to see that first Bronzed Cowbird in the Carters' yard 
> on 16June 1990.
> 
> 
> The second report (not counting the reappearance of the Carters' bird in 
> 1991) was, I believe, from Pritchett w of Springfield by Jim Dennis, who 
> worked for the CO Division of Wildlife in Fort Collins, and who had a summer 
> place down near the Pinyon Canyon Manuever Site in Las Animas County.  I 
> believe Jim, who was an avid birder and long retired from DOW (aka DPW), is 
> now living in Maryland.  
> 
> As an aside, when the ABA Convention was in Fort Collins in 2000, Jim was 
> walking around the hotel lobby with a bird in a ziplock bag he had just been 
> given by a homeowner in Loveland: a YELLOW RAIL!  Nobody can figure out what 
> ever happened to the specimen and apparently there was no documentation of 
> that very important record, either.
> 
> 
> Dave Leatherman
> 
> Fort Collins
> 
> 
> 
> From: cobirds@googlegroups.com  on behalf of Steve 
> Stachowiak 
> Sent: Sunday, April 9, 2017 10:52 PM
> To: Colorado Birds
> Subject: [cobirds] Re: BRONZED COWBIRD photographed in Lamar by Jill White 
> Smith
>  
> Cobirders,
> 
> The 1990 Bronzed Cowbird was seen at the Carter's yard in Lakewood and 
> documented with the CBRC.   The following year in May 1991 a Bronzed Cowbird 
> appeared again in their backyard.  I do not remember how long the bird stayed 
> the second time but I saw it on May 12th.  I recall the assumption at the 
> time was that it was the same bird that had visited the year before but who 
> knows?  There are no accepted records for the second appearance (assuming 
> that it was not written up by anyone).  There is only reference to it being 
> reported on the Rare Bird Alert Tape in May in the Lark Bunting.
> 
> Good Birding,
> 
> Steve Stachowiak
> Highlands Ranch, CO 
> 
> 
>> On Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 9:38:52 PM UTC-6, SeEtta wrote:
>> FYI, Lamar birder Jill White Smith photographed a BRONZED COWBIRD in her 
>> backyard on April 6.  She noted the red eyes were unusual and sought help on 
>> What's This Bird facebook page who identified the species.  She has posted a 
>> couple of photos of the bird on the ABA Rare Bird Alert facebook site. Have 
>> we had BRONZED COWBIRDS sighted in Colorado before?
>> 
>> SeEtta Moss
>> Canon City
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[cobirds] Pine Grosbeak and Red Crossbill [Aspen]

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

One of our (U. S. Forest Service) alpine scientists was hanging out at 
McNamara Hut near Aspen (10th Mountain Division Hut Association) this 
weekend and saw on the deck:

   - Pine Grosbeak and
   - Red Crossbill

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn

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[cobirds] Black-throated Sparrow [La Junta]

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

Got a bird report from one of our (U. S. Forest Service) botanists (who is 
an avid birder):  "I don’t have a camera good enough for pics of birds that 
aren’t dots in the distance, but possibly of marginal interest this weekend 
was the* two (maybe three) Black-throated Sparrows* about 8 miles southeast 
of La Junta on the extreme northeast corner of the Comanche NG.  These were 
the first I’ve seen that weren’t in the deep canyons of the Purgatoire 
River or near the Oklahoma border.  Steve O. Forest Botanist"


Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn

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[cobirds] New Spring Birds/Weld

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

Just a few more newbies ...

   - Forster's Tern [Windsor Lake, Windsor, Weld]
   - Loggerhead Shrike [Weld CR 102/41, Nunn, Weld]
   - Marsh Wren [Weld CR 84 Marsh, Pierce]
   - Barn Swallow [Weld CR 84 near 33, Pierce]

Thanks

Gary Lefko, Nunn

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 10 April 2017

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine
e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:   April 10, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for  Monday,  April  10 sponsored by Denver
Field Ornithologists and the Bird  Conservancy of the Rockies.

Highlight species include:  (* indicates new information on this species)
NOTE:  The RBA is using the new AOU checklist and the order of families has
changed.

Eurasian Wigeon (*Weld)
Mallard (Mexican intergrade) (*Boulder)
Trumpeter Swan (Archuletta, Fremont, Routt)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Chaffee, Eagle, Gunnison, Routt)
Chukar (Arapahoe, Mesa)
Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Gunnison)
Dusky Grouse (Gunnison)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Logan, Weld)
Greater Roadrunner (Adams, *Baca, Morgan)
Mountain Plover (*Lincoln, Weld)
Short-billed Dowitcher (*Saguache, Weld)
Mew Gull (Weld)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Weld)
Neotropic Cormorant (Weld)
Acorn Woodpecker (Pueblo)
Williamson’s Sapsucker ( Gunnison, Pueblo)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*Baca, El Paso)
Black Phoebe (*Boulder, Mesa)
Eastern Phoebe (*Baca,  *Douglas,  El Paso,  Jefferson, Pueblo)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Arapahoe)
Chihuahuan Raven (*Baca, Crowley)
Carolina Wren (Pueblo)
Bewick’s Wren  (Pueblo)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El  Paso)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Summit)
Black Rosy-Finch (Summit)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Summit)
Lapland Longspur (Weld)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (El Paso, *Lincoln, Weld)
McCown’s Longspur (Crowley, *Lincoln, Weld)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (*Baca)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Costilla, Mesa)
Savannah Sparrow (El Paso, Jefferson, *Lincoln, Pueblo)
Fox Sparrow (Gunnison)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (*Adams, *Douglas, Gunnison)
EASTERN MEADOWLARK (*Boulder)
BRONZED COWBIRD (*Prowers)

ADAMS COUNTY:
---On April 5 at Raptor Education Foundation, Anne Price reported Greater
Roadrunner.
---On April 9 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Bluestem Loop Trail, Heather
and Riley Morris reported Lincoln’s Sparrow.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On April 1 a male Vermilion Flycatcher was seen by Larry Gurzick on Open
Space along Tollgate Creek Canal near the intersection of Iliff and Rifle
St.  The flycatcher was seen again on April 4 and April 6 by
Gurzick.
---On April 6 at CR 157 and Prentice Place, Cheri Phillips reported 2
Chukar.  This would be a new county record if accepted.

ARCHULETA COUNTY:
---On April 6 at Pinon Lake Reservoir, Byron Greco reported Trumpeter Swan.

BACA COUNTY:
---On April 9 at Comanche National Grassland Little Washington Work Center,
Richard Sayles reported Greater Roadrunner, Ladder-backed Woodpekcer,
Eastern Phoebe,  Chihuahuan Raven, and 2 Rufous-crowned Sparrows in
Cottonwood Canyon.

BOULDER COUNTY:
---On April 4 on  Boulder Creek near 75th, John Rutenbeck reported Black
Phoebe.   On April 7, Susan Rosine reported Black Phoebe at Boulder Creek
and 75th St.  On April 9, Peter Burke reported Black Phoebe at Boulder
Creek and 75th St.
---On April 7 at GreenLee Preserve in Lafayette,  Ted Floyd reported
EASTERN MEADOWLARK.  On April 8 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Glenn
Walbek reported Eastern Meadowlark.
---On April 9 at Boulder Reservoir, Ted Floyd reported Mallard (Mexican
intergrade).

CHAFFEE COUNTY:
---On April 2 at Buena Vista Ice Pond, Ruben and Victor Stoll and Christian
Hagenlocher reported
16 Barrow’s Goldeneyes.  On April 4 at Buena Vista Ice Pond, Christian
Hagenlocher reported 11 Barrow’s Goldeneyes.

COSTILLA COUNTY:
---On April 5 at Smith Reservoir, John Rawinski report 6+ Sagebrush
Sparrows.

CROWLEY COUNTY:
---On April 8 at Lake Henry, Steve Mlodinow reported Chihuahuan Raven and 3
fly-over McCown’s Longspur.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On April 5 at Chatfield SP upstream of Kingfisher Bridge, Doug Kibbe
reported 2 Eastern Phoebe.   On April 8 at Chatfield SP, Gavin Bieber
reported 2 Eastern Phoebe nest building.  On April 9 at Chatfield SP,
upstream of Kingfisher Bridge (east), Bez Bezuidenhout and Renee Casias
reported 2 Eastern Phoebe.
---On April 8 at Bar CCC Park, Lynne Forrester reported 3 Lincoln’s
Sparrows.

EAGLE COUNTY:
---On April 8 at Spring Park Reservoir, Dick Filby reported around 50
Barrow’s Goldeneyes.



EL PASO COUNTY:
---On April 5 on Birdsall Road, Ann Reeves reported Curve-billed Thrasher.
---On April 7 on Birdsall Road, Scott Somershoe reported 2 Savannah
Sparrows.
---On April 7 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), John Drummond reported
Eastern Phoebe.
---On April 7 at Squirrel Creek Road and Ellicott Hwy, Scott Somershoe
reported Chestnut-collared Longspur flyover.
---On April 7 on S Meridian Road from Hanover Road to Pueblo County Line,
Scott Somershoe reported Curve-billed Thrasher.
---On April 8 on Birdsall Road, Chris Brobin reported Ladder-backed
Woodpecker.

FREMONT COUNTY:
---On April 8, SeEtta Moss reported that a Trumpeter Swan was seen at the
closed Holcim Wetlands but was flushed and flew to a flooded agricultural
field in Florence.

GUNNISON COUNTY:
---On April 4 on CR 32 just south of Hwy 50, Jerry Pruett  and Jim Peterson
reported Lincoln’s Sparrow and 2 Fox Sparrows.
---On 

Re: [cobirds] Re: BRONZED COWBIRD photographed in Lamar by Jill White Smith

[DAVID A LEATHERMAN]

I was fortunate enough to see that first Bronzed Cowbird in the Carters' yard 
on 16June 1990.


The second report (not counting the reappearance of the Carters' bird in 1991) 
was, I believe, from Pritchett w of Springfield by Jim Dennis, who worked for 
the CO Division of Wildlife in Fort Collins, and who had a summer place down 
near the Pinyon Canyon Manuever Site in Las Animas County.  I believe Jim, who 
was an avid birder and long retired from DOW (aka DPW), is now living in 
Maryland.


As an aside, when the ABA Convention was in Fort Collins in 2000, Jim was 
walking around the hotel lobby with a bird in a ziplock bag he had just been 
given by a homeowner in Loveland: a YELLOW RAIL!  Nobody can figure out what 
ever happened to the specimen and apparently there was no documentation of that 
very important record, either.


Dave Leatherman

Fort Collins




From: cobirds@googlegroups.com  on behalf of Steve 
Stachowiak 
Sent: Sunday, April 9, 2017 10:52 PM
To: Colorado Birds
Subject: [cobirds] Re: BRONZED COWBIRD photographed in Lamar by Jill White Smith

Cobirders,

The 1990 Bronzed Cowbird was seen at the Carter's yard in Lakewood and 
documented with the CBRC.   The following year in May 1991 a Bronzed Cowbird 
appeared again in their backyard.  I do not remember how long the bird stayed 
the second time but I saw it on May 12th.  I recall the assumption at the time 
was that it was the same bird that had visited the year before but who knows?  
There are no accepted records for the second appearance (assuming that it was 
not written up by anyone).  There is only reference to it being reported on the 
Rare Bird Alert Tape in May in the Lark Bunting.

Good Birding,

Steve Stachowiak
Highlands Ranch, CO


On Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 9:38:52 PM UTC-6, SeEtta wrote:
FYI, Lamar birder Jill White Smith photographed a BRONZED COWBIRD in her 
backyard on April 6.  She noted the red eyes were unusual and sought help on 
What's This Bird facebook page who identified the species.  She has posted a 
couple of photos of the bird on the ABA Rare Bird Alert facebook site. Have we 
had BRONZED COWBIRDS sighted in Colorado before?

SeEtta Moss
Canon City

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