[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies (16 Apr 2018) 12 Raptors

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Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 16, 2018
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SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total   Season Total
-- --- -- --
Black Vulture0  0  0
Turkey Vulture   2 63 65
Osprey   0  2  2
Bald Eagle   0  2  5
Northern Harrier 0  1  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk   3 11 15
Cooper's Hawk3 21 29
Northern Goshawk 0  1  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  0  0  0
Broad-winged Hawk0  1  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1 39207
Rough-legged Hawk0  0  1
Swainson's Hawk  0  2  2
Ferruginous Hawk 0  1  3
Golden Eagle 0  1  9
American Kestrel 1  8 22
Merlin   0  0  0
Peregrine Falcon 0  2  3
Prairie Falcon   0  1  3
Mississippi Kite 0  0  0
Unknown Accipiter1  5  9
Unknown Buteo0  5 10
Unknown Falcon   0  2  2
Unknown Eagle0  0  0
Unknown Raptor   1  6  7

Total:  12174398
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Observation start time: 07:45:00 
Observation end   time: 13:30:00 
Total observation time: 5.75 hours

Official Counter:Joyce Commercon

Observers:

Visitors:
Late in the morning, a fairly steady stream of visitors came on to the
platform, mostly only for the view. One pair of hikers asked what birds had
been seen and mentioned it would be a great place to watch for them; of
course, this led to a brief but interesting conversation about HawkWatch
and (spring) raptor monitoring as well as other topics such as what size
prey a raptor might take. Also interested in “things geological”, they
hoped to hike down to see the dinosaur footprints. Later in the afternoon,
another pair of hikers also asked where the dinosaurs footprints were
located. A determined trail runner ran the trail up and down several times,
running up to and stopping briefly on the platform at least three times.


Weather:
It was a mostly cloudy day with scattered cloud-cover ranging from 60 to 70
percent most of the time but increasing to 90 percent by mid-afternoon. The
winds, predominately from the east, were very mild in the morning but
increased somewhat as the day progressed to low level Bft 3. Temperatures
rose from 10 C to 19 C. Visibility was generally good, but an orange-tinged
haze in the Denver Basin eventually spilled into and colored the whitish
haze in the far southeastern valley.

Raptor Observations:
In the earlier part of the morning, most of the migrants tended to pass on
the eastern side of the Ridge, while later in the watch, the migrants
seemed to favor the western valley and ridges. The day leaned toward
accipiters but the highlight was a dark-morph Red-tailed Hawk migrant. The
local Red-tails were very scarce early in the watch but eventually made a
few brief appearances. The local Turkey Vultures swept up and down the
valleys and ridges, once in a group of seven. A local adult Golden Eagle
came north over Rooney Valley, tailed by a pesky Common Raven that followed
it very closely all the way to Green Mountain. A local adult Cooper's Hawk,
with a full crop, was observed to carry then drop a thin stick (or heavy
stalk of grass) over Rooney Valley before it headed west to the SubPeak
area where it met up with another Cooper’s Hawk; they then circled there
together.

Non-raptor Observations:
A Spotted Towhee sang loudly nearby for a good while in the morning. A pair
of Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays shared the platform with me for almost a solid
half-hour. One perched in the dead pine, waiting, while the other walked
around carefully inspecting the platform gravel, occasionally grabbing up
what I assumed were windfall juniper berries; rapid-fire cries of alarm
erupted if I moved too quickly in any direction but then berry-hunting
would recommence. Also seen or heard were Townsend's Solitaire,
Black-billed Magpie, Western Meadowlark, Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's),
American Robin, Black-capped Chickadee, White-throated Swift, Bushtit, a
swallow species, Common Raven, American Crow, and Western 

[cobirds] Summit County Birding

[rabushong01]

Hi all, 

Today, my brother and I birded Dillon Reservoir and a few other spots 
around Summit County with much success. Stopping at the Blue River Inlet, 
we found *Killdeer,* a flyover *American Pipit*, and a slightly early 
*Lincoln's 
Sparrow* along the river. Soda Creek Inlet didn't yield much of note, but 
the Angler Lakes and North Pond Park Area produced three *Cinnamon Teal*, 
three *Western Grebes *and a probable Clark's, and a male *Barrow's 
Goldeneye*. An *American Dipper* was singing along the river as well. At 
the gravel ponds along Highway 9, there was  a *Greater Yellowlegs, *
several *Green-winged Teal, *nesting *Bald Eagles*, and a *Belted 
Kingfisher. *A small flock of *Brown-capped *and *Gray-crowned Rosy Finch *were 
visiting the feeders at Wildernest, along with other mountain species. At 
the Frisco Marina, there was a male *Wood Duck *and two more *Ospreys. *Just 
outside of Frisco was an unexpected *Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay*! A *White-throated 
Sparrow *and a couple *Lincoln's Sparrows* were in the vicinity of a 
private feeding station last evening as well. On our way out, we stopped at 
the top of Loveland Pass. This paid off with decent looks at 5 *White-tailed 
Ptarmagin. *Overall, a great day for birds. 

Happy birding, 

Ryan Bushong
Louisville, CO


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[cobirds] Re: Pawnee Grasslands today, 16April2018

[Sharon Kay]

Wow, what a good day. That is far better than any day I have out there. 
Great pics.

On Monday, April 16, 2018 at 7:56:05 PM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote:
>
> I got started earlier today, arriving in the area of where CO-WY-NE come 
> together about 6:15am.  I had success with Sharp-tailed Grouse, seeing 4 of 
> them between 6:15 and 6:39am.  The first one was on the north side of Weld 
> CR128 about a mile e of Weld CR105.  The other three were west of CR111 
> about a half mile north of CR128.  All were in native or Conservation 
> Reserve Program grass, and all four eventually flew off on their own 
> accord.  They acted to me the way grouse leave leks after the morning's 
> activities have concluded.  Pics show two females, highly cropped, sorry.
>
>
> 
>
>
> Other highlights of the 12-hour visit to the Pawnee Grasslands included:
>
>
> *5 different Rough-legged Hawks
>
> *1 Northern Shrike
>
> *4 Loggerhead Shrikes (one of which had impaled two grasshoppers, the 
> first impaling I've seen this spring)
>
> *1 Swainson's Hawk (FOY for me) just n of Grover.
>
> *1 migrant male Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler nw of Grover in a riparian 
> area
>
> *A modest smattering (i.e., not a zillion) of Vesper Sparrows (compared to 
> just a few on 4/12
>
> *2 Mountain Plovers on the e side of Weld CR79 maybe a half mile south of 
> SR14 moving in between a winter wheat strip and a fallow field strip (easy 
> to see in the green winter wheat, virtually invisible in the brown fallow 
> strip).  Interestingly, a nearby Horned Lark was tearing shreds of brown 
> leaf material from the fallow plants shown in the plover pic (corn or 
> wheat?) for use in a nest it was apparently making nearby.
>
>
> 
>
>   
>
> *Approximately 10 Chestnut-collared Longspurs (two areas with multiple 
> individuals were Weld CR115 n of 134 and Weld CR112 between 45 & 49)
>
> *At A Reservoir #1 on Weld CR124 a few miles w of CR77 were two Eared 
> Grebes, a pair of Canvasbacks and several Ruddy Ducks
>
> *At Crow Valley CG was a Rock Wren hopping all over the Main Picnic area, 
> and a female Golden-crowned Kinglet in the sw corner junipers (in the pic, 
> the wren has a Bold Jumping Spider (*Phidippus audax*) found in a large 
> hole going down into the ground beside a cottonwood stump).
>
>
> 
>
>
> Dave Leatherman
>
> Fort Collins
>
>
>
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[cobirds] April Program by Dawn Wilson, Our National Wildlife Refuges: A Regional Tour

[Pam Piombino]

 Brought to you by Boulder County Audubon, free, public welcome
Our National Wildlife Refuges:  A Regional Tour with Dawn Wilson

Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 7:15 p.m.

Unitarian-Universalist Church  5001 Pennsylvania Ave.  Boulder, CO

Colorado is home to six national wildlife refuges, with more than a dozen
others within a day’s drive.  Dawn’s presentation will take us on a
photographic tour of these very special landscapes with their amazing
opportunities for nature photography.  You will learn what wildlife to
expect in different refuges, the best seasons to visit each and tips for
wildlife photography and travel.

Dawn Wilson is a professional, award-winning nature photographer who
specializes in the Western States.  She has been recognized as one of the
top-ten female nature photographers to watch.  Ms. Wilson’s work has been
published in numerous regional and national publications and is a master
naturalist with the City of Fort Collins Natural Areas.  She published her
first book in 2011, *Colorado: Flora, Fauna and Landscapes From the
Perspective of Women *and recently published an ebook titled,  *Preparing
for the Next Shoot: Ten Tips to Get You to the Right Place at the Right
Time*.

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[cobirds] Re: Rescheduled: Prairie Wonders of the Pawnee National Grassland Field Trip

['The "Nunn Guy"' via Colorado Birds]

Hi all 

Trip cancelled due to family emergency.  I'll reschedule later.

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.club/


On Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 11:40:55 AM UTC-6, The "Nunn Guy" wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
>
> Due to high winds on Saturday (25-30MPH!) I am rescheduling my trip to 
> Pawnee until next Saturday 4/21.  Use the JOIN button (to right) on URL 
> below to re-commit or sign up anew.
>
>- 
>
> http://coloradobirder.club/m/events/view/Prairie-Wonders-of-the-Pawnee-National-Grassland
>
> Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
>
> http://coloradobirder.club/
>
>
>

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[cobirds] Migration field trip with Luke Pheneger

[Pam Piombino]

This outing is brought to you by Boulder County Audubon:

Shorebird Migration at Walden-Sawhill Ponds and So Much More!

Saturday, April 21, 2018, 7 a.m.-10ish

Free, no limit

Leader, Luke Pheneger, a stellar Teen Naturalist

This is the prime window for shorebird fallout at the ponds and marshes of
this lovely wildlife area. This is the period in which you are most likely
to find Marbled Godwits, Short and Long-billed Dowitchers, Long-billed
Curlews, Whimbrels, Phalaropes, Sandpipers, Ploves, Ibis, Avocets and
Black-necked Stilts.  These birds stop to refuel before winging their way
to the plains and arctic tundra to breed.  The ponds should also feature
Cinnamon and Blue-winged Teals as well as a host of other ducks.

As a bonus, it is also the peak of migration for Broad-winged Hawks.  Early
warblers that should be present include Orange-crowned, Yellow-rumped and
almost anything else.  Bitterns and Rails are moving in too!

Meet at the Cottonwood Marsh parking lot off of 75th Street.  Bring the
usual gear, good walking shoes, hats, water, snacks, scopes and binoculars.

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[cobirds] Black Phoebe in San Luis Valley

[mvjohnski]

Yesterday in Rio Grande Gorge, south of Lobatos Bridge, I saw a Black 
Phoebe (Conejos County).  There are less than a dozen reports in my 
database, and we get this species every few years. Ironically, the first 
SLV record that I am aware of was one found by Hugh and Urling Kingery in 
1996 in the same area.  I would suspect they nest somewhere in there. Would 
be a good summer trip and I would wear my snake gaiters as this is a good 
area to find a snake too!

John Rawinski
Monte Vista, CO

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[cobirds] Ken Caryl Valley area note

[David Suddjian]

I found *Cooper's Hawks* very hard to come by in the Ken Caryl Valley area
this past winter. Then by March 15 birds began to reappear in local
breeding territories, returning from wherever it was they went to in the
winter. By late March and early April observations of territorial birds and
early-season nesting behavior have been frequent for me as I bird in the KC
Valley area, where the species is a fairly common breeder. But it wasn't
until April 14 that a pair returned that has nested in the immediate area
of my house, displaying and calling right off. And today she was placing
material on a new nest they had started within about 50 yards of last
year's nest, atop an old squirrel nest foundation in a cottonwood. I was
interested to note that, not only did most or all of the local pairs
clearly not over winter, but that there was about a month delay between
mid-March's seasonal return of territorial birds to the local area and the
April 14 occupancy of the territory near my home. But once present, the
pair has gotten right to business.

In other news, a *White-throated Sparrow* and *Chipping Sparrow* (my 1st of
season) appeared at my Ken Caryl yard today. The first *Broad-tailed Hummer
*of the year at my yard was April 13 (avg arrival for past 4 years was Apr
10).

A pair of *Eastern Phoebes* was back at the territory located at the
confluence of Deer Creek and Docmann Gulch, at Deer Creek Canyon Road x
Valley Road.

David Suddjian
Ken Caryl Valley
Littleton, CO

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re: [cobirds] Little bit of history about the House Sparrow

[Karl Stecher Jr.]

Should the phenomenon be called "Sparrow Change?"
  
 Karl Stecher
 Aurora
  
  
  


 From: "Robert Righter" 
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2018 3:56 PM
To: "cobirds" 
Subject: [cobirds] Little bit of history about the House Sparrow   
Hi All   
 In the last 25 years the House Sparrow has decreased 62% in the UK, In Canada 
they have decreased in the last 20 years, and in the Maritime Provinces in 
Canada declines have approached 90%
  
 The House Sparrow in a tenacious beast. The Sumerians in 3000 BC labeled the 
House Sparrow as an enemy and a threat. In 1853 the House Sparrow was 
introduced into North America in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn NY and by the 
1870s the species had established itself in every state east of the Mississippi 
River and in 1895 the first record for Colorado occurred in 1895 at Pueblo.
  
 Good times don't last forever and perhaps we are experiencing a temporary 
population re-adjustment?
  
 Bob Righter
 Denver CO

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[cobirds] Little bit of history about the House Sparrow

[Robert Righter]

Hi All

In the last 25 years the House Sparrow has decreased 62% in the UK, In Canada 
they have decreased in the last 20 years, and in the Maritime Provinces in 
Canada declines have approached 90%

The House Sparrow in a tenacious beast. The Sumerians in 3000 BC labeled the 
House Sparrow as an enemy and a threat. In 1853 the House Sparrow was 
introduced into North America in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn NY and by the 
1870s the species had established itself in every state east of the Mississippi 
River and in 1895 the first record for Colorado occurred in 1895 at Pueblo.

Good times don’t last forever and perhaps we are experiencing a temporary 
population re-adjustment?

Bob Righter
Denver CO

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[cobirds] ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD/Larimer-NO

[Rachel Hopper]

The Anna’s Hummingbird has not been seen since about approx. 8:30 this morning. 
I will post if she reappears.

Sent from my iPhone
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Rachel Kolokoff Hopper
Ft. Collins

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[cobirds] Broad-tailed hummer, Larimer Co

['arvind panjabi' via Colorado Birds]

A male arrived yesterday, as best I could tell, and today a female was here 
sitting in the trees next to the feeder.  Still waiting for the arrival of 
‘waves’ of spotted towhees, but just had my first distant bird singing this 
morning, several weeks later than usual. Hope they are still on their way.  The 
woods and shrubland are deathly quiet around here.  First tree swallows arrived 
today, and barns arrived over the weekend.
Cheers,
Arvind PanjabiJust south of Horsetooth MountainLarimer Co

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[cobirds] Re: Lucy’s Warbler at Sinton Pond

['Egret' via Colorado Birds]

Chris Brobin Manitou Springs,CO

On Monday, April 16, 2018 at 10:03:58 AM UTC-6, Gregg Goodrich wrote:
>
> Kevin Ash and refound the Lucy’s Warbler NE of the pond about 30 yards in 
> a willow marshy area in top of a cottonwood that is greening out. Thanks 
> David for a great find. Another birder directed us to this area.
>
> Gregg Goodrich 
> Highlands Ranch 
>
>

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[cobirds] Re: Lucy’s Warbler at Sinton Pond

['Egret' via Colorado Birds]

I saw it on the same tree. It was down below the damn and then moved up to 
the tree on the NE corner.I put up a photo on ebird.

On Monday, April 16, 2018 at 10:03:58 AM UTC-6, Gregg Goodrich wrote:
>
> Kevin Ash and refound the Lucy’s Warbler NE of the pond about 30 yards in 
> a willow marshy area in top of a cottonwood that is greening out. Thanks 
> David for a great find. Another birder directed us to this area.
>
> Gregg Goodrich 
> Highlands Ranch 
>
>

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[cobirds] Mountain Plover [Weld]

['The "Nunn Guy"' via Colorado Birds]

Hi all

I went out to the Pawnee National Grassland for two reasons yesterday-find 
plovers and experience Weld CR 96.  The Keota site is the most reliable for 
plover of late last 3-4 years--last year had seven here)

I found six Mountain Plover (photos 
)
  
in total:

   - Weld CR 96 .6m west of Weld CR 61
  - Mountain Plover - 2 in burn area
   - Weld CR 96 .4m west of Weld CR 61
  - Mountain Plover - 2 (one on each side of road)
   - Weld CR 100 (1.5m west (on Weld CR 100) of intersection of Weld CR 
   100/Hwy 390 in Keota)
  - Mountain Plover - 2
   
My Weld CR 96 experience ... from Weld CR 57 to Weld CR 61 it was sad to 
see shotgun shells all over the place at every FS admin use service road as 
well as trash in the shoulder areas of the road.  Along with Baker Draw 
Recreational Shooting Complex having 6-7 cars there were 4 cars at 
aforementioned FS admin use road pullouts.  East of Weld CR 61 to Hwy 77 
did not see any recreational shooters on Weld CR 96 nor any noticeable 
shotgun shells or trash that I saw west of Weld CR 61.


I'm meeting with Pawnee District Ranger this afternoon for a conversation 
let you know how that goes.


Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn

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[cobirds] Re: House Sparrows

[caid]

On Sunday, April 15, 2018 at 8:51:32 AM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote:
>
> Here are some random thoughts regarding the House Sparrow discussion:
>
> 1) Birders care about, and are interested in, all birds.
>
> 2) House Sparrows are unevenly distributed across the landscape, seasons 
> and time.
>
> 3) Being somewhat "colonial" they succumb to disease and predation issues 
> typical of species that occur in numbers in one place and time.
>
> 4) eBird can be used for more than a source of intel on how to home in on 
> rare species.
>
> 5) Birders, at least a subset of us, can't resist sliding down the 
> slippery slope of statistics.
>
> 6) House Sparrows are named for a reason and much of the time prefer.. 
> areas with human houses (*Passer domesticus*).
>
> 7) When cost and safety (5-10 years from now?) preclude birder travel to 
> exotic places like Kenya, Costa Rica, and Cottonwood Canyon, we can still 
> be entertained, learn new things and observe/photograph beauty in our 
> backyards and personal patches of open space or "wild" habitat.
>
>
> Perhaps the most interesting thing I've ever read about House Sparrows is 
> their penchant for bringing still smoldering cigarette butts to their nests 
> as a source of smoke to reduce nest ectoparasites of threat to the birds 
> and their young.  Because they often build their nests within the outer and 
> inner walls of human structures, this leads to them being a major culprit 
> in the starting of structural fires (*P. domesticus *subsp. *pyromaniacus*?). 
>  
> This was reported from metro areas in the East, and I have not heard of it 
> being observed in Colorado.  Maybe birders who know urban fire fighters can 
> ask if this has been suspected locally.
>
>
> Last Friday my planned trip to the retirement event of a friend in Salida 
> was stopped still in its tracks by an accident on I-25 near DU.  One 
> quarter of the way to my destination after a lapse of half the time 
> allotted, I made eggnog out of broken eggs, ate the 2-2-2 breakfast at 
> Village Inn (over easy with bacon) and went to the Denver Zoo for the day.  
> Living in a bush mostly within the Steller's Sea-Eagle enclosure is a 
> little group of House Sparrows which seemed like an interesting 
> association, especially right below the sign that said, "Watch Out For 
> Eagle Poop".  And I realized for the umpteenth time how handsome the males 
> of this Old World species really are.
>
>
> 
>
>
> Dave Leatherman
>
> Fort Collins
>
>
>
Hi Dave,

You're final comment about handsome HOSP reminded me of when I, as a 
neophyte birder, was out wandering in the cardon cactus near Kino Bay.  I 
had spent probably a good hour observing and drawing a Yellow-crowned 
Night-Heron, and was still not being totally sure of my ID, and then I 
stumbled across this incredibly "handsome," Sonoran Desert-residing, 
sparrow.  I thumbed frantically through my Peterson's Field Guide to 
Western Birds, and the distinctively-marked sparrow right in front of me 
was NOT in there!!  All was eventually resolved, but it took me awhile. 
 Part of my take-away learning experience was that HOSPs hanging out in the 
alleys of our urban environments are not always as brilliantly plumaged as 
this breeding season male I encountered in the Sonoran Desert.

May I share a bit more?  Then, on my drive back to Prescott, I stopped 
along the Hassayampa River and was totally befuddled by a beautiful male 
warbler in breeding plumage.  Turned out it was the same species I had been 
seeing all winter in Prescott, I just had no idea that an Audubon's Warbler 
could change that dramatically over a few weeks time.

What a big learning curve I was on in those days!

Best,

Chuck Aid
Evergreen, CO


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[cobirds] ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD/Larimer-YES

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The ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD was at the feeder by the bird bath this morning at 6:48.

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 16 April 2018

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine
Date:April 16, 2018
e-mail:  RBA AT cobirds.org

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, April 16 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 now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families
has changed.
Snow Goose (Arapahoe)
Ross’s Goose (*Fremont, *Kiowa)
Greater White-fronted Goose (*Fremont, Jackson, *Larimer, Prowers, Rio
Grande)
Tundra Swan (Alamosa)
Mallard (Mexican intergrade) (Pueblo)
Greater Scaup (*Jackson, Montrose, Phillips)
White-winged Scoter (Pueblo)
Long-tailed Duck (Montezuma)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Gunnison)
Red-breasted Merganser (*Kiowa, *Montrose)
CALIFORNIA QUAIL (*Moffat)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (*Weld)
Red-necked Grebe (Jefferson)
Greater Roadrunner (*Kiowa)
Common Nighthawk (Pueblo)
White-throated Swift (Pueblo)
ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD (Boulder, *Larimer)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Arapahoe, El Paso)
Virginia Rail (Chaffee)
Sandhill Crane (*Kiowa)
Black-necked Stilt (La Plata)
Snowy Plover (Alamosa, *Kiowa)
Mountain Plover (El Paso, *Kiowa)
Marbled Godwit (Boulder)
Baird’s Sandpiper (*Kiowa)
Least Sandpiper (*Kiowa, Larimer, Weld)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Jackson)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Mesa)
Western Sandpiper (Jackson, La Plata, Mesa)
Solitary Sandpiper (Mesa)
Iceland Gull (*Kiowa, Larimer)
Caspian Tern (Mesa)
Forster’s Tern (Jackson)
Red-throated Loon (*Kiowa)
American White Pelican (Douglas)
American Bittern (Mesa)
Great Egret (*Kiowa)
Cattle Egret (Mesa)
White-faced Ibis (Boulder, *Kiowa)
Turkey Vulture (Douglas)
Northern Goshawk  (Larimer)
Rough-legged Hawk (*Denver, *Logan, *Weld)
Burrowing Owl (*Kiowa, Moffat)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso)
Western Wood-Pewee (Boulder)
Eastern Phoebe (*Boulder, Douglas)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pueblo)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (Arapahoe)
Western Kingbird (Adams, Arapahoe)
Violet-green Swallow (Adams, Archuleta, *Jefferson, *Weld)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Adams, Moffat)
Bank Swallow (Adams, Boulder, *Chaffee, El Paso, Larimer)
Cliff Swallow ( Boulder, Denver, El Paso, Larimer, Moffat)
Bushtit (Weld)
House Wren (Moffat, Pueblo)
Carolina Wren (Las Animas)
Blue-gray Gnatchatcher (Archuleta)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (*Denver)
Eastern Bluebird (*Weld)
Hermit Thrush (Larimer)
Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso, *Kiowa)
Brown Thrasher (*Weld)
Sage Thrasher (Boulder)
Northern Mockingbird (Broomfield, El Paso)
Bohemian Waxwing (*Clear Creek, Grand)
American Pipit (Jefferson, *Kiowa)
Red Crossbill (Arapahoe)
McCown’s Longspur (Yuma)
American Tree Sparrow (Boulder, Denver, *Logan)
Chipping Sparrow (Boulder, Larime, *Loganr)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Adams)
Brewer’s Sparrow (Yuma)
Vesper Sparrow (Adams, Archuleta, *Kiowa, Las Animas, Ouray)
Lark Sparrow (Ouray)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Boulder, Larimer)
Savannah Sparrow (Arapahoe, *Kiowa, *Logan)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Adams, *Kiowa, *Logan)
Harris’s Sparrow (Denver, El Paso)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Chaffee, El Paso, Jefferson, *Kiowa, Yuma)
Northern Waterthrush (Boulder)
LUCY’S WARBLER (*El Paso)
Common Yellowthroat (Arapahoe, *Chaffee)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (Montrose)
Northern Cardinal (Pueblo)

ADAMS COUNTY:
---On April 11 at Barr Lake SP boat ramp area, Danny Fritz reported 3
Clay-colored Sparrows.  On April 14 at Barr Lake SP, Ira Sanders reported 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallows.
--- On April 11 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, R Knapp reported Western
Kingbird.  On April 13 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Bluestem Loop Trail,
Jim Arnett reported Vesper Sparrow.
---On April 12 at McKay Lake, James McCall reported Lincoln’s Sparrow.  On
April 14 at McKay Lake, Matt Hofeditz reported Northern Rough-winged
Swallow, Violet-green Swallow, 2 Bank Swallow and Lincoln’s Sparrow.

ALAMOSA COUNTY:
---On April 11 at Blanca Wetlands, Ricky Martinez reported Tundra Swan and
4 Snowy Plovers.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On April 13 at Cherry Creek SP Lake Loop, Cheri Phillips reported 2
Western Kingbirds.
---On April 11 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported Broad-tailed
Hummingbird.
---On April 11 on High Line canal Trail – E Belleview to E Quincy (Blackmer
Lake area), Santiago Tabares reported 6 Red Crossbills.
---On April 12 at South Platte Park C470 area, Robert Folzenlogen, reported
m Common Yellowthroat.
---On April 12 at Progress Park, Edward Donnan reported 2 Savannah Sparrows.
---On April 12 at Big Dry Creek Trail—from Dry Creek Blvd to Arapahoe Blvd,
Mary O’Connor reported 9 Red Crossbills.
---On April 14 at Willow Creek Park, Cynthia Madsen reported 16 Red
Crossbills in NE Corner of park.
---On April 14 at Ketring Park and Lake, Edward Donnan reported
Ash-throated Flycatcher.

ARCHULETA COUNTY:
---On April 14 at Navajo SP and Reservoir, Susan Allerton, Brenda Wright,
and Coen Dexter reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 3 Vesper Sparrows, and 3
Violet-green Swallows.

BOULDER COUNTY:
---On April 11 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, Cameron Boyd reported Eastern