compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: October 11, 2011 e-mail: rba@cfo-link phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, October 11, 2011 updated at 5:00 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 you 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 this species in this report) Green Heron (*Mesa) American Golden-Plover (Weld) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Washington) Least Tern (Mesa) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Prowers) YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (Weld) Black Phoebe (*Pueblo) Eastern Phoebe (*Pueblo, Washington) Carolina Wren (Washington) BLUE-HEADED VIREO (Boulder, Ouray, Pueblo) Chichuahuan Raven (Gilpin) SPRAGUE'S PIPIT (Yuma) Nashville Warbler (Phillips, *Pueblo) Black-throated Blue Warbler (El Paso) PINE WARBLER (Gilpin) SCARLET TANAGER (Pueblo) LE CONTE'S SPARROW (Pueblo) White-throated Sparrow (Adams,Delta, Ouray, Washington, *Weld) Field Sparrow (Logan, Phillips, Weld, Yuma) Lapland Longspur (*Weld) Harris's Sparrow (El Paso, Pueblo, Washington, *Weld) Northern Cardinal (Logan, Prowers) Indigo Bunting (Yuma) EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Weld) Adams County: --A White-throated Sparrow was banded by McBurney at Barr Lake Banding Station on October 6. Boulder County: --A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was reported by Nunes on the Boulder Creek Path by East Campus on October 8. Delta County: --A White-throated Sparrow was reported by Robinsong at the old sewage plant in Hotchkiss on October 9. El Paso/Pueblo Counties: Chico Basin Ranch (fee area) --An ad LE CONTE'S SPARROW was reported by Drummond at the wet sedge meadow below Upper Twin Ponds on October 5. --A juv Harris's Sparrow was reported by Drummond at HQ pond on October 5. --A hatch year male Black-throated Blue Warbler was the last bird banded at Chico Basin for the season on October 10 as reported by Brown. Gilpin County: --A Chihuahuan Raven was reported by Wild near Rollinsville on October 6. --An ad f PINE WARBLER was reported by Wild on Lump Gulch Road on October 6. Logan County: --A Northern Cardinal and 5 Field Sparrows were reported by Mlodinow at Tamarack Ranch SWA. The cardinal was at the pond near the manager's place and the sparrows were in the hedgerow on the s side of the river. Mesa County: --3 Least Terns were reported by Stigen at Corn Lake on October 5. --A Green Heron was reported by Stigen at the Audubon Nature Center in Grand Junction on October 10. Ouray County: --A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was reported by Dexter on the Dennis Weaver Trail about 1 mile north of Ridgway on October 8. --A White-throated Sparrow was reported by Dexter at Billy Creek SWA on October 8. Phillips County: --On October 8 in Holyoke Linfield reported Nashville Warbler and 40 Field Sparrows. Prowers County: --On October 6, Moss reported Red-bellied Woodpecker and 3 Northern Cardinals at LCCW. Pueblo County: --A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was reported by Percival east of Valco Ponds on October 5. --A Nashville Warbler and SCARLET TANAGER were reported by Percival at Valco Ponds on October 8. --At Rock Canyon on October 8, Percival reported Black and Eastern Phoebe. --A Nashville Warbler was reported by Percival at Valco Ponds beween pond #1 and #2 on October 10. 2 Black Phoebes were also at Valco Ponds. --At Rock Canyon On October 10, Percivalreported 1 Eastern Phoebes. --1 Black Phoebe was reported by Percival west of Pueblo Nature Center on the north side of the Arkansas River on October 10. Washington County: --At Prewitt on October 2, Mlodinow reported 1 ad Lesser Black-backed Gull. On October 8, Mlodinow relocated the Lesser Black-backed Gull at Prewitt. --At Last Chance on October 5, Jones reported Harris's Sparrow and "Tan-striped" White-throated Sparrow. Weld County: --A Field Sparrow and White-throated Sparrow were reported by Prather at Crow Valley CG on October 7. --An American Golden Plover was reported by Mlodinow at the BYO Playa on October 9. The BYO Playa straddle CR 75 between CR 100 and 102. --3 White-throated Sparrows were reported by Mlodinow at Kodak SWA on October 9. --A juv YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was reported by Wild at Norma's Grove on October 9. --An "eastern" EASTERN MEADOWLARK was reported by Wild at Crow Valley CG on October 9. --At Crow Valley on October 10, Leatherman reported 1 "western" Field Sparrow, 2 "tan-stripe" White-throated Sparrows (1 ad, 1 imm), and 1 Lapland Longspur. Yuma County: --A SPRAGUE'S PIPIT and Indigo Bunting were reported by Floyd on CR U on October 8. --2 Field Sparrows were reported by Floyd on CR P on October 8. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, October 16 will be to Barr Lake State Park led by Gregg Goodrich. Meet the leader at the Visitor's Center at 0800. Bird until noon. Bring water, appropriate clothing. Lunch is optional since you can return to the visitor's center and eat at picnic table there. State Parks Pass required. Good Birding, Joyce Takamine Boulder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
