[cobirds] Northern waterthrush at Sawhill Ponds, Boulder

[elena]

Peter Williams, Jay Hutchins and i had a northern waterthrush at Sawhill Ponds 
this morning around 10:00 am at the wonderfully birdy southeast corner of the 
pond just north of the first Sawhill pond from the parking area. Peter first 
heard the bird and thought it was a waterthrush but we were looking at a clay 
colored sparrow, orange crowned warbler and several yellow rumped warblers. 
Peter and I recorded audio of the bird, and as he played it to see if it had 
recorded, the bird flew out and into trees at the north end of the first pond.  
We got fleeting views of the waterthrush, but no one got pictures. Peter and I 
have audio; he has already posted his audio in an ebird list.  We also saw the 
bittern who has been seen at that pond at pond #5, though another birder saw 
two bitterns at that northeast Sawhill pond where we had the waterthrush. We 
also saw the summer tanager thanks to other birders who were already watching 
him at the westernmost trail at Sawhill. Great birding, and if you have 
feeders, please consider putting out suet and fruit for birds arriving in the 
cold. 

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[cobirds] CSR Banding, El Paso Co., Sun.

[Steve Brown]

Hey COBirders,

Banding at Clear Spring Ranch was pretty productive despite North wind gusts, 
drizzle at times, and continuing lack of numbers. Diversity was pretty 
impressive. Two stories to follow.

21 birds banded of 14 species, mostly local breeders-to-be. Including:
FOY Black-throated Gray Warbler, adult female, only my second  BTYW at CSR in 
10 years
FOY Orchard Orioles. Flock of 5 seen, 2 banded, imm male and imm female
FOY Bullock’s Oriole, ad m
FOY Green-tailed Towhee, ad f
FOY N Parula male perched on a branch close-by, briefly
FOY Lark Sparrow, ad
A dozen Yellow-rumped Warblers, staying very high in the trees

3 banded Yellow Warblers, 1 Com Yellowthroat, a male Yellow-breasted Chat 
return, a Yellow-headed Blackbird imm m, and several Red-winged Blackbirds.

CSR is often anything but peaceful and quiet, with I-25 1/2 mile away, coal 
trains passing by on two sides, Ft Carson artillery, machine guns, and 
helicopters, jets on approach to COS, and the international raceway a mile away 
on weekends. But today with northeast winds pushing the sound west, for about 
30 minutes at 930, under thick, dark clouds it was silent.  Almost 
immediately a GH Owl called nearby, then a higher voice answered, then a third, 
a fourth, and fifth, along about 200 yards of creekside cottonwoods. This went 
on for the 30 minutes, taking turns calling out, interrupted by a northbound 
train horn over and over, and a jet on approach, when the owls went quiet. Then 
when it got silent again, they re-started. I’ve heard three calling a couple of 
times from roofs in my neighborhood, but never five. Too cool. It was memorable.

#2... I recaptured my record-holder for appearances at CSR, a Yellow Warbler 
male banded 5/6/16, back right on schedule. Unlike the female I mentioned that 
I’d caught several consecutive springs, this guy breeds here, hatched in 2015, 
and recaptured May and August 2017, May and August 2018, May and August 2019, 
5/20/2020, and 5/9/2021. So he has made 12 successful migrations, and has 
returned to my two-acre patch each time. Pretty incredible. With the 50% annual 
survival theory, he would be part of less than 2% of his age class to survive 
so far. A 7 gram warbler traveling that many thousands of miles, and surviving 
and navigating his way back here. Sometimes the simple data we gather can tell 
quite a story.

Have a good week, 
Steve Brown
Colo Spgs



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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Chico Basin Ranch Banding Report 5/9

[colin....@birdconservancy.org]

Today we battled wind and a bit of rain, closing and re-opening nets a few 
times. While our numbers were still low, one thing was clear: the 
Swainson's Thrushes had really moved in overnight. We went from seeing 1 or 
2 the past few days to seeing at least 50 in the immediate area today. 13 
banded birds of 4 species today, 

Pine Siskin - 1
Northern Waterthrush - 1
'Audubon's' Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 10

We are open 3 days per week (Friday - Sunday) through May 30th. We'll also 
be open Thurs May 20th. Chico Basin Ranch is once again open to the public 
and visitors are welcome at the banding station, click here 
 for more 
details on visiting. We are opening nets at about 5:40am and continuing for 
5 hours, depending on weather. 

Colin Woolley
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] Northern Waterthrush: CU Boulder East Campus

[Curt Brown --- Boulder, CO]

Going north on the bike path that is just east of the LASP building, within 
100 yards you cross a short footbridge over a small stream connecting two 
ponds.  (A little ways farther north is the Boulder Creek Path.)   This 
seems to be the usual spot for the waterthrush.

Curt Brown
Boulder, CO

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[cobirds] Re: Golden-Crowned Sparrow - El Paso County

[Chris]

Sorry, this was in NE Colorado Springs
Chris Schoenfelder

On Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 11:45:35 AM UTC-6 Chris wrote:

> Sharing a new yard bird!  For the last two days, I've had the pleasure of 
> catching glimpses of a lovely Golden-Crowned Sparrow scratching for loose 
> seed.  I expect each viewing to be the last...and then he drops by again.  
> [image: 
> DSC_5228 (2).JPG][image: DSC_5222 (2).JPG]
>

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[cobirds] Congratulations to COBC Teams!

[Peter Burke]

Congratulations to all the COBC teams and their supporters! This has been a
terrific start to what will surely become a highly anticipated annual event
in Colorado. The teams have until 11PM tonight to submit their big day
lists. As a reminder to teams, please remember to share your final,
county-level lists in eBird with COBC2021.

As we await the results, here are a few fun facts:

   - 73 teams participated in 5 categories (Auto, Youth, Green, Photo/Audio
   and non-competing)
   - 43 of Colorado's 64 counties were included
   - Mineral County had the lowest par value at 60
   - Pueblo County had the highest par value at 218
   - Over $30,000 has been pledged!

Winners of the four competition categories will be awarded $1,000 to donate
to the Colorado nonprofit organization of their choice.



Peter Burke

Colorado Birds Managing Editor

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[cobirds] Re: Where are the Jay’s?

[Debbie Tyber]

I live in Breckenridge and I saw a Stellars in one of my trees today. I've 
seen a few on video throughout the winter on my deck. What are you putting 
out for them? They love peanuts in the shell. I haven't seen a lot but I 
have seen them.

Debbie Tyber

On Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 10:07:58 AM UTC-6 active...@gmail.com wrote:

> I live in keystone and usually have many stellar Jay’s that visit my 
> feeders and if my feeders are empty they yell at me LOL but I have not had 
> one Jay visit me this year, anyone know what’s going on? -- 
> Thanks, Stephanie Cohen (303)641-5909 <(303)%20641-5909> Sent from my 
> iPhone 
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Re: [cobirds] Pelican behavior

['DuWayne Worthington' via Colorado Birds]

Cool!  It was fun to watch.  It looked like the 7th pelican was younger
because it was out of step and had to keep scrambling to get to where the
fish were.
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On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 9:46 PM Charlie Chase 
wrote:

> Pretty typical group feeding behavior DuWayne.   See link below for a
> video of this fun behavior.  Well fun for us to watch at least
>
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> https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=white+pelican+group+feeding=607987964139631785=EF84A64370F244755006EF84A64370F244755006=detail=VIRE
>
> Charlie Chase
> Denver
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>
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> On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 8:43 PM 'DuWayne Worthington' via Colorado Birds <
> cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>> This evening just before the storm hit around 6pm, there was a group of 7
>> pelicans that were doing a behavior I hadn't seen before.  They were
>> swimming in formation in a line with two -abreast and they would all put
>> their bills in the water at the same time, first on one side, then on the
>> other.  Then they would stop and circle up and put their bills in the
>> middle of the group into the water.  It looked a little like they were
>> maybe herding fish??  Has anyone seen something similar?
>>
>> *DuWayne Worthington*
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[cobirds] Can we talk about Leks?

['ronbco' via Colorado Birds]

I drove to the places used for a couple recent ebird checklists for the 
Sharp-tailed Grouse "known lek" in PNG (Pawnee, east unit, north). I found 
no Grouse or anything that looked like it might be a Lek. Certainly I've 
never studied Leks and only know that the birds come out pre-dawn. Photos 
of birds on the checklists have shown a single individual on a fence.
I would have been very happy to see a single bird.
One of the locations was about as barren/short grass as you could ever 
imagine and I can't imagine birds congregating there and certainly there 
was no where to hide.
My guess is that there is an unwritten rule that precise Lek locations are 
not to be shared to protect this sensitive breeding location. But there 
must be some middle ground where we can save people from long drives to 
inaccurate locations. Or maybe it was the right location but you only have 
a long shot to see them on any given day? In my case I car camped in a 
designated primitive camp area several miles away but did not go pre-dawn 
because fog rolled in over night and I never would have found the road in 
that fog.

What's the story?
Thanks
Ron Bolton
Berthoud

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