Date: March 22, 2011 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8759
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 5 am, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can skip the recording by pressing the star key (*) on your phone at any time. Please leave your name, phone number, detailed directions, including county and dates for each sighting. It would be helpful if you would spell your last name. Highlight species include: (* denotes that there is new information on the species in this report) TRUMPETER SWAN (Delta) TUNDRA SWAN (*Boulder) EURASIAN WIGEON (Garfield) Glaucous Gull (Crowley) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larimer) YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (Custer, Larimer, Pueblo) Black Phoebe (Pueblo) Winter Wren (*El Paso) Curve-billed Thrasher (*Jefferson) Bohemian Waxwing (Routt) PINE WARBLER (Larimer) White-throated Sparrow (Jefferson, Mesa) Harris's Sparrow (*El Paso, *Jefferson) GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (Jefferson) Northern Cardinal (Prowers) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Jackson) Boulder County: --On February 27, Stiles reported a TUNDRA SWAN at Cottonwood Marsh and on March 21, Andrews reported that the TUNDRA SWAN continues at Cottonwood Marsh. Crowley County: --A 1st-winter Glaucous Gull was reported by Bol at Lake Meredith on March 18. Custer County: --A possible YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was reported by Rich Miller on Greenwood Road in Wetmore on March 12. Delta County: --4 TRUMPETER SWANS were reported by Robinsong at Sweitzer Lake on March 13. El Paso County: --A Winter Wren and 2 1st-winter Harris's Sparrows were reported by Pals at Fountain Creek on March 21. Garfield County: --A male EURASIAN WIGEON was reported by Dahl on the Casey Concrete Gravel Pond at MM 93.5 on Hwy 6 east of Rifle on March 17. Dahl reported that the EURASIAN WIGEON was NOT on the gravel pond on March 18. Jackson County: --300+ Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches were reported by Leatherman at Moose Visitor center on CO 14 on March 15. Jefferson County:. --On March 20, Wild reported Curve-billed Thrasher, White-throated Sparrow, GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, and Harris's Sparrow at Red Rocks Trading Post. On March 21, Andrews reported Curve-billed Thrasher and Harris's Sparrow Larimer County: --On March 6, Leatherman reported that the ad and juv YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS were back in their usual spots at Grandview Cemetery. The ad was in the Pine Grove east of the porta potty in the SW corner and the juv in Scots Pine in the NE corner. On March 10, Leatherman reported that both the ad male and juv YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS were in the Austrian Pine Grove east of the porta potty in the SW corner of Grandview. On March 11, Leatherman reported that the juv YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was in a Scots Pine in the NE section of Grandview - Section M. On March 13, Teuton reported that the ad male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was seen in the SW corner of Grandview Cemetery. --2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (1 ad, 1-st cycle) were reported by Komar at Warren Lake on March 13. --2 PINE WARBLERS were reported by Bol near the 3 way intersection on the green belt train off of Tradition St coming from Horsetooth in Fort Collins on March 19. Mesa County: --A tan morph White-throated Sparrow was reported by Walker at the Big Salt Wash Trailhead in Fruita on March 15. On March 20, Arnold refound the White-throated Sparrow in Fruita. Prowers County: --A male Northern Cardinal was reported by Bol at Willow Creek Park in Lamar on March 18. Pueblo County: --Black Phoebes were reported by Chartier at Valco Ponds west parking lot in Pueblo on March 12. Jeff Jones reported a Black Phoebe at Valco Ponds on March 14. --At Pueblo City Park on March 19, the Arkansas Valley Audubon field trip led by Mark Yeager found a m and f YELLOW-BELLLIED SAPSUCKER in trees near the building by duck pond on the east side. They found another YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER along the Frisbee golf course creek on the west side of the park in junipers. A Black Phoebe was also seen along the Arkansas River below the park west of the footbridge. Routt County: --On March 20, Williams reported 350 Bohemian Waxwings working a 1 mile stretch of the Yampa River south of Steamboat Springs city limits. They were taking an early insect hatch over the river. The DFO Field Trip for Tuesday, March 22 will be to Fountain Creek Area & Big Johnson Reservoir led by Ken Pals (719-471-0687). Meet at 0830 at Fountain Creek Nature Center, 320 Pepper Grass Lane, Fountain, Co 80817. Bring water, snack, lunch and binoculars. Scopes are extremely use for birding at Big Johnson Reservoir. A $5 donation or birdseed for the nature center is welcomed. RSVP is appreciated especially for carpool options from Denver. Th DFO Field Trip for Saturday, March 26 will be to Northwest Metro Lakes led by Chuck Lowrie (303-455-8417). Meet at 0900 at Sloan's Lake Parking area on the SE corner of 25th and Sheridan. Full day trip. Bring Lunch. There will be quite a bit of walking as we will visit lesser-known lakes. If there is a lot of snow, wel'll go to lakes that don't require walking or much walking and make it a shorter day. Please PRE-Regisiter with Chuck. This trip is limited to 10 people. 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