Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: June 11, 2012 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, June 11, 2012, 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 this species in this report) Mexican Duck (Weld) Barrow's Goldeneye (Clear Creek) Green Heron (Boulder, Larimer, Weld) Caspian Tern (Mesa) White-winged Dove (Montrose) Greater Roadrunner (Baca) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Eagle) Eastern Phoebe (Boulder, Otero) Great Crested Flycatcher (Morgan) Yellow-throated Vireo (Jefferson) Northern Parula (La Plata, Larimer) Worm-eating Warbler (Weld) Ovenbird (Boulder) Hooded Warbler (*Boulder) Hepatic Tanager (Las Animas) BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW (Mesa) Northern Cardinal (Prowers) Indigo Bunting (Baca, Boulder) Painted Bunting (Baca) White-winged Crossbill (Eagle) Please note, detailed directions to most of the following locations can be found on the Colorado County Birding Website: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/index.php<http://www.coloradocountybrding.com/index.php> Baca County: --In Cottonwood Canyon on June 6, Leatherman reported a singing m Indigo Bunting and Greater Roadrunner. --In Cottonwood Canyon on June 9, Larry Arnold reported a m Painted Bunting fighting with a m Lazuli Bunting. Boulder County: --A singing Indigo Bunting was reported by Nunes at the South Mesa Trail Parking Lot on May 30. A singing Indigo Bunting was reported by Hansley on the top of a dead tree just south of the Dunn House on the South Mesa Trail on June 3. On June 7, Floyd reported a singng Indigo Bunting at the east side of the parking lot for South Mesa Trail. --A singing Eastern Phoebe was reported by Mlodinow at Black Bear Hollow -- the park on the S side of Hwy 66 as you enter Lyons on June 2. --A Green Heron, possibly 2, was reported by the Such boys on the First Sunday bird walk at Walden/Sawhill Ponds in Boulder on June 3. --On June 7, Floyd reported a singing Ovenbird along the middle spur that connect Shadow Canyon and the Mesa Trails. --On June 8, Nunes reported a singing M Hooded Warbler a few hundred yards south of the Bobolink Trail parking lot on Baseline Road. The warbler was in the greenbelt heading south. On June 9, Hutch reported a m Hooded Warbler and possibly a f about 50 yards from the picnic table on the trail going south from the Bobolink Trail parking lot. It was in the cattail marsh on the E side of the creek side trail. --A singing eastern Phoebe was reported by Nunes at the South Boulder Creek/South Boulder Road bridges on June 5. The nest is about .5 mile upstream from there and had 3 large nestlings. --On June 9, Kwong reported a Hooded Warbler by the Gregory Canyon Parking Lot. Floyd reported on June 10 that the Hooded Warbler was still by the Gregory Canyon Parking Lot. Clear Creek County: --A male Barrow's Goldeneye was reported by Hartman on Echo Lake on the Mt Evans road on June 3. Eagle County: --Good numbers of American Three-toed Woodpeckers and a pair of White-winged Crossbills were reported by Andrew Spencer on June 1 N of Edwards along FR 744 between Piney Guard Station and the private property just before Marma Lake. This is a 4x4 only road. Jefferson County: --Roller reported that a Wild Birds Unlimited/RMBO hike in Chatfield SP found a Yellow-throated Vireo on May 31. It is nesting with a Plumbeous Vireo. Directions: Go south from Kingfisher Bridge on the west side of the Platte River for 5 minutes until you come to a scarped off bare area on the right. Continue 50 yards where they are nesting. Please DO NOT use recording of either vireo and stay on the trail. This is a very rare pairing and we could learn a lot if the pair is allowed to nest. Niyo reported that the two vireos continue to alternate incubation duties on June 6. On June 8, Partin reported hearing and seeing the Plumbeous Vireo visit the nest but did not see or hear the Yellow-throated Vireo. La Plata County: --A singing Northern Parula was found by Allerton on the Animas River Trail in Durango on June 2. It was behind Four Corners Riversport and Big Five Sports. Larimer County: --A singing Northern Parula was reported by Nelson in Estes Park at the corner of Lower Broadview Rd and Mary's Lake Rd on June 2. It was singing high in tall Ponderosa Pines. Nelson reported that the parula was still singing on June 3. --A Green Heron was reported by France at Lee Martinez Park in Fort Collins on June 5. It was W of the College Ave Bridge in a pond on N side of trail. Las Animas County: --A Hepatic Tananger was reported by Leatherman on his Villegreen BBS route on June 6. Mesa County: --The BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW parents were observed feeding a young bird in No Thoroughfare Canyon in Colorado NM on June 4 by Teuton. Henwood refound the BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW family in No Thoroughfare Canyon on June 5. Henwood believes that there maybe as many as four fledgings. On June 7, Craven reported seeing 1 ad and 1 fledging BLACK-CHINNED SPARROWS 250 yards downstream from the first pool on the No Thoroughfare Trail. --A Caspian Tern was reported by Wilson flying over the river near Corn Lake heading downstream on June 7. Morgan County: --2 Great Crested Flycatcher were reported by Hundertmark in Riverside Park in Fort Morgan on June 4. Montrose County: --White-wing Dove was reported by Harris in Vineyards in SE Montrose on June 6. Otero County: --In the Higbee area at the far W end of Purgatoire Canyon, Leatherman reported an Eastern Phoebe on June 6. Prowers County: --A Northern Cardinal fledgling was reported by Leatherman at Lamar Community College Woods on June 7. Weld County: --A Worm-eating Warbler was reported by Lefko on the Greeley Poudre Bike Trail between Island Grove and 25th Ave. on June 2. It was where the trail turns due north. --A pair of Mexican Ducks and Green Heron were reported by Mlodinow at the Firestone Gravel Pits on CR 24 3/4 just east of CR 9 3/4 on June 2. Stay on the road, the ponds are private. The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, June 16 will be to Barr Lake SP led by Ira and Tammy Sanders for a half day trip. Looking for breeding birds in woodland and riparan habitats. Trip will begin in the NW portion of the park. Meet at RBMO parking lot at 0700. At 0830 will dirve over to the Nature Center and continue birding until noon. You will need a State Parks Pass for entrance to the park. Bring sunscreen, bug repellent, water, hat. This trip is suitable for beginners. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, Jun 17 will be to the Lyons Area led by Raymond Davis. Meet Davis at 0830 at the Lyons Park-n-Ride just south of 4th and Main St (by skateboard park and library). Plan on walking on level ground for a mile or three, a bit of car birding, then eating lunch on Davis's decks. Wheelchair accessible. Good Birding, Joyce Takamine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
