[cobirds] Out-of-town birder needs help with grouse

[linda hodges]

COBirders,

​I am passing on a message from a Maine birder who will be here in April
and could use some assistance. Please see his message below and reply to:
coter...@roadrunner.com

>From Ron:

I am planning a birding trip to see grouse and related species in Colorado.
Do you have any information that you can direct me to or share? Suggestions
from others who have had similar plans? I am planning to do this in April
with my two sons.

Regards,
Ron Coté

Ronald S. Coté
11 Mill Pond Lane
Blue Hill, ME 04614
207.478.2717







*Linda Hodges*

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Lake Station, 10/13/16

[meredith . mcburney]

Another very good day for mid-October.  Yellow-rumpeds continue, along with 
White-crowned Sparrow and Juncos.  The big birds - Flickers, Jays, 
Red-winged Blackbirds, Magpies - are around and noisy, taunting us from the 
trees above the nets.  Here's the breakdown of the 44 new birds for the day:

Downy Woodpecker 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Hermit Thrush 4
American Robin 1 return, banded 2015
Orange-crowned Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 14
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 1
Song Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 10
Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 1
Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 5

Three more days!  We will take the station down after banding on Sunday.

Meredith McBurney
Biologist/Bander
Barr Lake Station
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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Re: [cobirds] Pomarine Jaeger Chatfield (Douglas Co)

[Scott Somershoe]

Still present at 430. Probably best viewed from Jeff co side boat ramp on N 
end. 

Scott Somershoe
Littleton CO

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> On Oct 13, 2016, at 3:29 PM, 'Dan Stringer' via Colorado Birds 
>  wrote:
> 
> Thanks Ira and Tammy Sanders for yesterday's post, and Adam Vesley for 
> today's update. Following suit so others know it's still active there. At 
> about 1:30 myself, John Drummond, and Jeannie Mitchell saw the Pomarine 
> Jaeger at Chatfield Reservoir (Douglas Co) from the rocky point by the 
> handicapped fisherman's pier and got good photos. It mostly sat on the water 
> on the west / northwest side, but made several flights around the reservoir, 
> passing by us once. It raised everything off of the sand spit and made a run 
> at some ducks and grebes but I never saw it take food. 
> 
> John also spotted two young Sabine's Gulls near the spit which provided great 
> views, size comparison to other gulls, and photos in bright light. We were 
> fortunate in our brief visit to Chatfield. 
> 
> Dan Stringer
> Larkspur, CO
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[cobirds] Pomarine Jaeger Chatfield (Douglas Co)

['Dan Stringer' via Colorado Birds]

Thanks Ira and Tammy Sanders for yesterday's post, and Adam Vesley for today's 
update. Following suit so others know it's still active there. At about 1:30 
myself, John Drummond, and Jeannie Mitchell saw the Pomarine Jaeger at 
Chatfield Reservoir (Douglas Co) from the rocky point by the handicapped 
fisherman's pier and got good photos. It mostly sat on the water on the west / 
northwest side, but made several flights around the reservoir, passing by us 
once. It raised everything off of the sand spit and made a run at some ducks 
and grebes but I never saw it take food. 

John also spotted two young Sabine's Gulls near the spit which provided great 
views, size comparison to other gulls, and photos in bright light. We were 
fortunate in our brief visit to Chatfield. 

Dan Stringer
Larkspur, CO

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[cobirds] Pomarine Jaeger - Chatfield State Park - Jefferson County

[Adam Vesely]

Mark Chavez and I observed the Jaeger in several spots this morning. Still 
present. Seems to like the area between the fishing pier by the marina and by 
the north boat ramp area. 

Adam Vesely
Thornton, CO

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 13 October 2016

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:  Joyce Takamine
e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:  October 13, 2016
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, October 13  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 the
famillies has changed

Trumpeter Swan (Archuleta, Garfield, Mesa)
Surf Scoter (Arapahoe, El Paso, Jefferson)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Clear Creek, *Routt)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Logan)
White-winged Dove (Mesa)
Red Phalarope (Custer)
Jaeger spec (Douglas/Jefferson)
Pomaraine Jaeger (*Douglas, *Jefferson)
Parasitic Jaeger Bent/Kiowa)
Sabine's Gull (Arapahoe, Bent/Kiowa, *Douglas/Jefferson, El Paso, Larimer,
Kiowa, Logan/Sedgwick, Morgan, Weld)
LITTLE GULL (Logan)
Laughing Gull (Boulder, Logan/Sedgwick, Morgan)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, Douglas/Jefferson, Larimer, Morgan,
Washington)
Caspian Tern (Larimer)
Pacific Loon (*El Paso)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Montrose)
Mississippi Kite (Adams)
Broad-winged Hawk (Boulder, El Paso, Montrose, Morgan, Prowers)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Morgan)
Acorn Woodpecker (La Plata)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (*Prowers, Sedgwick)
Williamson's Sapsucker (El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Mesa, Teller)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Weld)
Least Flycatcher (Arapahoe)
Black Phoebe (Fremont, Mesa)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Lincoln)
Cassin's Kingbird (El Paso, Lincoln)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Larimer)
White-eyed Vireo (El Paso)
Bell's Vireo (El Paso)
Blue-headed Vireo (Kit Carson, Prowers)
Philadelphia Vireo (Adams)
Chihuahuan Raven (Kiowa)
Bewick's Wren (Mesa, Montrose)
Sprague's Pipit (Boulder, Yuma)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Custer, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Weld, Yuma)
McCown's Longspur (Lincoln, Morgan, Weld)
Ovenbird (Bent)
Black-and-white Warbler (*Arapahoe)
Tennessee Warbler (El Paso)
Nashville Warbler (Boulder, Montrose, Prowers, Weld)
Northern Parula (Custer)
Magnolia Warbler (El Paso, Bent, Larimer)
Palm Warbler (Boulder, Morgan, Washington)
Pine Warbler (*Prowers)
Black-throated Green Warbler (*Prowers)
EASTERN TOWHEE (Prowers)
Field Sparrow (Boulder, Douglas, Washington)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Montrose)
Northern Cardinal (*Prowers)
Great-tailed Grackle (Adams, Custer)

*For locations you are not familiar with (e.g. "Lower Latham"), please
refer to CFO's Colorado County Birding site for directions:
www.coloradocountybirding.org

ADAMS COUNTY:
---On October 1 at Barr Lake Meredith McBurney banded a Philadelphia Vireo
which was seen by Ira Sanders, Megan Miller, and Kurt Hansen.
---On September 30 at Barr Lake, Meredith McBurney banded and Susan Rosine
photographed a Magnolia Warbler.
---On September 29 at Barr Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported Lesser
Black-backed Gull and 150 Great-tailed Grackles.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On October 12 at deKoevend Park, Jared Del Rosso reported
Black-and-white Warbler on the High Line Canal Trail.
---On October 8 at South Platte Reservoir, Ben Sampson, Thomas Holub, and
Dale Pate reported f-type Surf Scoter in the SE Corner.  On October 9 at
South Platte Reservoir, Mark Chavez, Gene Rutherford, Renee Casias, and
John Drummond reported Surf Scoter.  On October 10 at South Platte
Reservoir, David Suddjian and many other birders reported Surf Scoter.  On
October 11 at South Platte Reservoir, Jill Boice, David Hill, Cynthia
Madsen, Diane Roberts, and Mary Burger reported Surf Scoter.
---On September 26 at Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve, Christ Rurik reported
Least Flycatcher.

ARCHULETA COUNTY:
---On October 5, Kay Hawklee reported a Trumpeter Swan at Pinon Lake
Reservoir.

BENT COUNTY:
---On October 1 an Ovenbird ws reported by David Dowell at Melody Tempel
Grove.

BENT/KIOWA COUNTIES:
---On October 4, Duane Nelson reported a juv LITTLE GULL at Adobe Creek
Reservoir on the North part of the lake.  Duane
also reported multiple Sabine's Gulls.

BOULDER COUNTY:
---On October 8, Ted Floyd reported a Laughing Gull at Valmont Reservoir in
Boulder.
---On October 8, Jack Bushong reported Palm Warbler about 100 yards down
Coal Creek Bike Trail near underpass at W Cherry.
On October 8, Bob Spencer reported Palm Warbler at Dutch Creek Park in
Louisville.  On October 9, Jack Bushong reported Palm Warbler on Coal Creek
Trail where it goes over Coal Creek near Dutch Creek Park.  On October 9,
Peter Burke reported Palm Warbler at Warembourgh Open Space in Louisville.
---On October 6 at Boulder Reservoir, Ted Floyd reported a flyover
Sprague's Pipit and 2+ Sabine's Gulls.
---On October 6, a Nashville Warbler was reported by David Dowell and Chris
Rurik at Golden Ponds Park & Nature Area in Longmont.
---On October 5, Paula Hansley reported a Field Sparrow in her front yard
in Louisville.  If you would like to try for the bird, call Paula at
303-263-1714 <303-264-1714>.  The sparrow was not seen on October 6.
---On October 3, 3 juv Sabine's Gulls were reported by Thomas Heinrich near
the dam at Boulder Reservoir.
---On October 1, 2