Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: November 11, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, November 11 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 now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families
has changed.
Greater White-fronted Goose (*Arapahoe, Boulder, Larimer, Sedgwick)
Cackling Goose (*Arapahoe, *Boulder, *Broomfield, Kiowa, Larimer, Logan,
Montrose, Morgan, Pueblo, Sedgwick, Weld)
Trumpeter Swan (*Mesa)
Tundra Swan (*Boulder, *Mesa, Moffat, *Park)
Wood Duck (Park)
Blue-winged Teal (Boulder)
Storm Wigeon (Montezuma)
Greater Scaup (Routt)
Surf Scoter (Fremont,* Jefferson, Logan, Montezuma, Morgan, *Park, *San
Miguel, Sedgwick)
White-winged Scoter (Fremont, *Mesa, *Park, *San Miguel)
Black Scoter (*Park)
Long-tailed Duck (Boulder, Fremont, *Mesa, *Park, *Pueblo)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Eagle, Moffat, Montrose)
Red-necked Grebe (Denver, Fremont, Otero)
Sandhill Crane (Weld)
Black-bellied Plover (Bent)
American Golden-Plover (Bent)
Sanderling (Douglas, Pueblo, Sanderling)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Weld)
Greater Yellowlegs (Jefferson, Kiowa, Larimer)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Jefferson)
PARASITIC JAEGER (Larimer, *Weld)
Sabine’s Gull (Pueblo)
Mew Gull (Larimer)
Iceland Gull (Larimer, Morgan, *Park)
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (*Park)
Great Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo)
Common Tern (Boulder, Crowley, Denver)
Red-throated Loon (Kiowa, Larimer, Pueblo)
Pacific Loon (*Boulder, *Park)
Common Loon (Adams, Bent, Boulder, Denver, Garfield, Larimer, *Mesa,
Moffat, Morgan, Otero, *Ouray,*Park, *Pueblo, *San Miguel, Sedgwick)
American Bittern (Boulder)
Great Egret (Montezuma)
Snowy Egret (Boulder)
Cattle Egret (Kiowa)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Weld)
Turkey Vulture (Pueblo)
Osprey (Larimer, Montezuma)
Broad-winged Hawk (Jefferson)
Swainson’s Hawk (Mesa)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Bent, Chaffee)
Eastern Phoebe (*Arapahoe, Morgan, Prowers)
Northern Shrike (Bent)
Pinyon Jay (Baca, Chaffee)
Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Kiowa)
Barn Swallow (Larimer)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Kiowa)
Pygmy Nuthatch (*Broomfield, Morgan, Phillips)
Brown Creeper (Morgan)
Winter Wren (Baca, Larimer)
Carolina Wren (Prowers)
Bewick’s Wren (Garfield)
Eastern Bluebird (El Paso, Jefferson)
Brown Thrasher (Jefferson)
Northern Mockingbird (Boulder, Denver)
American Pipit (Park, *San Miguel)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Garfield)
Black Rosy-Finch (Garfield)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Garfield)
Cassin’s Finch (Baca)
Common Redpoll (*Adams, *Boulder, *Denver)
Red Crossbill (Boulder, *Broomfield, Larimer, Morgan, Sedgwick)
Lapland Longspur (Baca, Bent, Kiowa, *Park, *Pueblo, Sedgwick)
Snow Bunting (Logan, Sedgwick)
Canyon Towhee (Baca)
Chipping Sparrow (Montezuma, Sedgwick)
Fox Sparrow (*Arapahoe, Jefferson)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (El Paso, Jefferson, Otero, *Pueblo)
Swamp Sparrow (*Park)
White-throated Sparrow (La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, Otero, *Ouray,
Prowers)
Harris’s Sparrow (Boulder, Kiowa, Larimer, Sedgwick)
Rusty Blackbird (Adams, Jefferson, *Pueblo)
Great-tailed Grackle (Montrose)
Common Yellowthroat (Boulder, Broomfield)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Boulder)
Northern Cardinal (Prowers)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Prowers)
Indigo Bunting (Arapahoe)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On November 3 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Lorraine Lanning reported
Common Loon and Rusty Blackbird in tree on east bank of Lake Ladora.
---On November 10 at First creek at Rocky Mountan Arsenal NWR, Lorraine
Lanning reported 2 Common Redpoll.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On November 6 at deKoevend Park in Centennial, Jared Del Rosso reported
Fox Sparrow. On November 8 at deKoevend Park, Jared Del Rosso reported Red
Fox Sparrow. On November 10 at deKoevend Park, Bez Bezuidenhout and Jared
Del Rosso reported Red Fox Sparrow.
---On November 9 at Westlands Parks in Greenwood Village, Jared Del Rosso
reported juv Indigo Bunting.
---On November 10 at Cherry Creek SP, Bob Righter reported Greater
White-fronted Goose at Marina and Cackling Geese.
---On November 10 at South Platte Park C470 area, Norm Lewis reported
Eastern Phoebe.
BACA COUNTY:
---On November 6 on CR M few miles W of US 287, Dave Leatherman reported
several Lapland Longspurs
---On November 6 at Carrizo Creek Picnic Area and nearby creekbed S of CR M
about 20 mi W of US 287, Dave Leatherman reported 180 Pinyon Jay and 2
Canyon Towhee.
---On November 6 at Cottonwood Canyon, Dave Leatherman reported 4 f
Cassin’s Finch and Winter Wren.
BENT COUNTY:
---On November 2 at Blue Lake (Adobe Creek Reservoir), Dave Leatherman
reported 2 Northern Shrikes, Common Loon, 2 Black-bellied Plovers, American
Golden-Plover, and 10 Lapland Longspurs.
---On November 2 on CR 14 near CR KK, a few miles N of Hwy 50, Dave
Leatherman reported Lewis’s Woodpecker.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On November 3 at Walden Ponds, Willem Van Vliet reported 2 Snowy
Egrets. On November 4 at Walden Ponds, Ted Floyd, Richard Trinker, and
Brandon Nooner reported 2 Snowy Egrets. On November 5 at Walden Ponds, 2
Snowy Egrets were reported by Ron Podhajsky, Aidan Golden, Tiffany and
Chris Watts and Norm Lewis.
---On November 3 at Sawhill Ponds, Willem Van Vliet reported Blue-winged
Teal.
---On November 4 at Stearn’s Lake, Paula Hansley reported Common
Yellowthroat near first bench.
---On November 4 at Dodd Reservoir, Luke Pheneger reported Greater
White-fronted Goose, Cackling Geese on the West side. On November 6 at
Dodd Reservoir, Peter Gent reported Greater White-fronted Goose.
---On November 5 at Cottonwood Marsh, Sharon Norfleet reported that Boulder
Bird Club observed American Bittern.
---On November 5 at Valmont Reservoir, Jeff Parks reported 3 Common Loon
and Northern Mockingbird.
---On November 6 at Valmont Reservoir, Peter Gent and Stephen Change
reported f-type Long-tailed Duck.
---On November 6 at Skunk Creek at Basemar Shopping Center, David Dowell
reported Yellow-throated Warbler south of Goodwill.
---On November 8 at University of Colorado South Campus in Boulder, Sharon
Norfleet reported that the Boulder Bird Club observed a Harris’s Sparrow.
---On November 9 at Stearns Lake, Mark Minner-Lee reported 7 Tundra Swans
(3 ad, 4 imm). On November 10 at Stearns Lake, Peter Gent and Chuck
Hundertmark reported juv Tundra Swan and 2000 Cackling Geese.
---On November 10 at CU South, Peter Gent reported Common Redpoll.
BROOMFIELD COUNTY:
--- On November 5 at Plaster Reservoir, Matt Hofeditz reported 250
Cackling Geese and Red Crossbill.
---On November 3 at Brunner Reservoir, David Ely reported f Common
Yellowthroat.
---On November 6 at Interlocken East Park, David Ely reported 4 Red
Crossbill (2m, 2f). On November 10 at Interlocken East Park, David Ely and
Eric Zorawowicz reported 50 Cackling Geese, 2 Pygmy Nuthatch and f Red
Crossbill.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
---On November 9 in Buena Vista, Scott Somershoe reported Lewis’s
Woodpecker.
---On Novmeber 9 at Ice Ponds, Scott Somershoe reported 40 Pinyon Jays.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On November 3 at Martson Reservoir, Matt Clark reported 7 Common Loon
and Red-necked Grebe.
---On November 5 at Westerly Creek Park, Jason Bidgood reported Northern
Mockingbird.
---On November 10 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Eric DeFonso reported Common
Redpoll.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On November 8 at Chatfield SP Marina Sandspit, Tom Wilberding and
Michael Kiessig reorted Sanderling. On November 9 at Chatfield SP Marina
Sandspit, Frank Farrell and Bruce Cyganowski reported Sanderling.
EAGLE COUNTY:
---On November 7 at Ruedi Reservoir, Vic Zerbi reported 9 Barrow’s
Goldeneyes.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On November 6 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Jim Merritt reported 2
Lincoln’s Sparrows along stream near main entrance bridge.
FREMONT COUNTY:
---On November 7 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jerry DeBoer reported Surf
Scoter, White-winged Scoter, and 3 Long-tailed Ducks.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On November 7 at Douglas Pass, Brett Walker reported 30 Gray-crowned
Rosy-Finch, 6 Black Rosy-Finch, and 30 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch.
---On November 8 at Rifle Gap SP, JoAnn Riggle reported Common Loon and 2
Bewick’s Wren.
---On November 8 at Fravent Reservoir, JoAnn Riggle reported Bewick’s Wren.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On November 6 at South Platte Reservoir, Dale Pate reported Surf Scoter
in SW bay. On November 8 at South Platte Reservoir, JoAnn Hackos reported
Surf Scoter. On November 10 at South Platte Reservoir, Norm Lewis reported
Surf Scoter.
---On November 2 at Chatfield SP Swim Beach, Frank Farrell reported Rusty
Blackbird. On November 3 at Chatfield SP Swim Beach, Mark Chavez and Norm
Lewis reported Rusty Blackbird.
---On November 4 at Coors Pond, Bruce Snyder reported Wison’s Phalarope.
---On November 4 at Harriman Lake, Chuck Aid reported Fox Sparrow on SE
side of large cattail area.
---On November 6 at Majestic View Park, John Sakulich reported Brown
Thrasher. On November 8 at Majestic View Park, Dale Pate reported 9
Eastern Bluebirds.
---On November 8 at Chatfield SP downstream of Kingfisher Bridge (W),
Cynthia Kristensen reported Greater Yellowlegs.
---On November 8 at Chatfield SP South Platte River Delta, Tom Wilberding
and Michael Kiessig reported Greater Yelllowlegs.
KIOWA COUNTY:
---On November 5 at Sheridan Lake area (town and playa), Bill Kaempfer
reported Greater Yellowleg and 200 Lapland Longspurs.
---On November 5 at Plainview School, Bill Kaempfer reported 6 Harris’s
Sparrows.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
---On November 7 at Pastorius Reservoir, Jason St. Pierre reported
White-throated Sparrow.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On November 3 at Timnath Reservoir, Bob Righter reported Red-throated
Loon in middle of reservoir and Common Loon in S Central part; Josh
Bruening reported dark morph juv PARASITIC JAEGER, Nick Komar reported 50
Cackling Geese; the PARASITIC JAEGER and Red-throated Loon were seen by
Austin Hess, David Wade, and Nick Komar. On November 4 at Timnath
Reservoir, Nick Komar and many other birders reported Red-throated Loon and
PARASITIC JAEGER and Nick Komar reported 200 Cackling Geese. On November 5
at Timnath Reservoir, Red-throated Loon and Common Loon were reported by
Robert Beauchamp, Luke Pheneger, Maikel and Susan Wise, Danny Montolavo,
Megan Miller, Josh Bruening, and Jack Bushong; Josh Bruening also reported
30 Cackling Geese. On November 9 at TImnath Reservoir, Nick Komar reported
a dark juv JAEGER.
---On November 4 at Terry Lake in Fort Collins, Fawn Simonds reported
Common Loon.
---On November 4 at Kechter Pit Wetland, Christine Sparks reported Osprey.
---On November 5 at Arapahoe Bend NA Rigden Reservoir, Josh Bruening, and
Lori Zabel reported PARASITIC JAEGER. On November 7 at Arapahoe Bend NA
Rigden Reservoir, Josh Bruening reported 13 Cackling Geese, 2 Greater
Yellowlegs, and Barn Swallow.
---On November 5 at Loveland Cemetery, Walter Wehtje and Nick Komara
reported 8 Red Crossbill (Ponderosa Pine, Type 2), 2 Red Crossbill
(Lodgepole Pine type 5), and 11 Red Crossbill (Douglas Fir, Type 4).
---On November 7 at Boyd Lake, David Wade and Nick Komar reported 3 Greater
White-fronted Geese, 600 Cackling Geese, and Least Sandpiper.
---On November 8 at Lee Martinez Park near Discovery Museum, Nick Komar,
Austin Hess, Michael McCloy, and Brandon Nooner reported Winter Wren. On
November 9 at Lee Martinez Park, Joe Mammoser, Kevin Keirn, David Wade,
and Christine Sparks reported Winter Wren.
LOGAN COUNTY:
---On November 5 at Jumbo Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 500 Cackling
Geese, Red-throated Loon, and Snow Bunting.
---On November 9 at Jumbo Reservoir, Nick Moore reported Cackling Geese and
2 Surf Scoters.
MESA COUNTY:
---On November 6 in Grand Junction, Linda Hansen reported Swainson’s Hawk.
The hawk was hit by a car, captured and taken to wildlife vet who
identified it as Swainson’s Hawk.
---On November 6 at Highline Lake SP, Mike Henwood reported 3 Common Loon.
---On November 8 at Vega Reservoir and Vega SP, Mark and Denise Vollmar
reported 6 White-winged Scoters. On November 9 at Vega Reservoir and Vega
SP, Mike Henwood and Eileen Cunningham reported 4 White-winged Scoters. On
November 10 at Vega Reservoir, JoAnn Riggle and Katey Buster reported 2
White-winged Scoters and Long-tailed Duck.
---On November 9 at Mack Mesa, Tom McConnell reported Common Loon.
---On November 9 at Highline Lake SP, Tom McConnell reported 8 Trumpeter
Swans (2 ad, 6 imm).
---On November 10 at Fruita SP small pond to N, Mark and Denise Vollmar
reported White-winged Scoter.
---On November 10 at Highline Lake SP, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported 8
Tundra Swans (2 ad, 6 juv) and 3 Common Loon; Mike Henwood and Gary Atwood
reported 8 Tundra Swans.
MOFFAT COUNTY:
---On November 4 at WFMC Ponds, Forrest Luke reported 2 ad Tundra Swans.
---On November 8 at WFMC Ponds, Forrest Luke reported 2 ad Tundra Swans,
Common Loon, and f Barrow’s Goldeneye.
MONTEZUMA COUNTY:
---On November 3 at McPhee Reservoir west end, Coen Dexter and Brenda
Wright reported Osprey.
---On November 3 at Industrial Park Pond N of Cortez, Eric Hendrickson
reported 7 Great Egret.
---On November 4 at McPhee Marina, Erick Hendrickson reported 3 Common Loon
and Chipping Sparrow.
---On November 8 at Narraguinnep Reservoir, Jim Beatty reported imm Surf
Scoter.
---On November 8 at Denny Lake Park, Jim Beatty reported White-throated
Sparrow.
---On November 9 at Industrial Pond in Cortez, Erick Hendrickson reported
Storm Wigeon.
MONTROSE COUNTY:
---On November 4 at Black Canyon Crystal Dam, Betty Fenton reported 2
Barrow’s Goldeneyes. On November 6 at Black Canyon Crystal Dame, Betty
Fenton reported 4 f Barrow’s Goldeneyes.
---On November 7 at Otter Pond, Bruce Ackerman and Linda Hansen reported 2
f Great-tailed Grackles and Jon Horm reported 2 Cackling Geese.
---On November 9 at Nucla Domestic Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wrigth
reported White-throated Sparrow.
MORGAN COUNTY:
---On November 6 at Jackson Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 400 Cackling
Geese, Surf Scoter, 4 Common Loon, Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull.
---On November 9 at Riverside Cemetery in Fort Morgan, Nick Moore reported
Brown Creeper and 2 Red Crossbills, type 2.
OTERO COUNTY:
---On November 3 at Holbrook Reservoir, SeEtta Moss reported Red-necked
Grebe. On November 7 at Holbrook Reservoir, Stan Oswald reported
Red-necked Grebe and Common Loon.
OURAY COUNTY:
---On November 8 at Ridgway Reservoir, Kent Nelson reported 7 Common Loon.
On November 10 at Ridgway Reservoir, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported
3 Common Loon.
---On November 8 in Ourary, Kent Nelson reported White-throated Sparrow at
his feeder. If you want to try for the bird he says that best viewing in
gate on S side of house, 621 Fourth St. Call Kent at 719-221-3513 for
current information.
PARK COUNTY:
---On November 4 at Eleven Mile Reservoir, Joey Kellner and DFO Field Trip
reported Long-tailed Duck, 2 Surf Scoters, 2 Pacific Loons, 5 Common Loons.
---On November 9 at Eleven Mile Reservoir, Dean Shoup and Scott Somershoe
reported ad m Wood Duck, 12 Surf Scoter including an ad m on the SE end, 3
White-winged Scoters, f Long-tailed Duck, 4 Common Loon, and American
Pipit. On November 9 at Eleven Mile Reservoir, Chuck Aid and Micahel
Kiessig reported 14 Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck,
and 13 Common Loon. On November 10 at Eleven Mile Reservoir, Mark Peterson
and Glenn Walbek reported 11 Surf Scoter incle 1 ad m, 6 White-winged
Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, 2 Pacific Loon, 9 Common Lon, Iceland (Thayer’s)
1st cyc, 3 Lapland Longspur
---On November 9 at Spinney Mountain Reservoir, Scott Somershoe reported 2
Common Loon. On November 10 at Spinney Mountain Reservoir, Mark Peterson
and Glenn Walbek reported 1st cyc GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL.
---On November 9 at Antero Reservoir, Scott Someshoe reported 3 Tundra
Swans and Pacific Loon; Chuck Aid and Michael Kiessig reported 4 Tundra
Swans.
On November 10 at Antero Reservoir, Mark Peterson and Glenn Walbek reported
4 Tundra Swan, 3 Surf Scoters, Black Scoter, 2 Pacific Loon, 2 Common Loon.
---On November 10 at Lake George, Mark Peterson and Glenn Walbek reported
Swamp Sparrow.
PROWERS COUNTY:
---On November 3 at Lamar Community College, Dave Leatherman reported 2
Carolina Wren at S end, White-throated Sparrow E of library, and 4 Northern
Cardinal.
---On November 3 on CR SS e of CR 13, Dave Leatherman reported imm Eastern
Phoebe.
---On November 7 at Lamar Community College on west side of road that runs
behind college NW from dumpsters N of Tennis courts, Dave Leatherman
reported a young m Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
---On November 7 at Lamar Community College, Dave Leatherman reported pair
of Northern Cardinals and White-throated Sparrow.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On November 5 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival and Renee Casias
reported Red-throated Loon and Turkey Vulture; at West Fishing Road,
Brandon Percival reported 4 Common Loon.
---On November 7 at Pueblo Reservoir South Shore Marina tire, Brandon
Percival reported ad Great Black-backed Gull. On November 10 at Pueblo
Reservoir South Shore Marina, Brandon Percival, Riley and Heather Morris
reported ad Great Black-backed Gull, and 3 Common Loon.
---On November 8 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported 17 Common
Loon.
---On November 9 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported 2 f-type
Black Scoters.
---On November 10 at Pueblo Reservoir in Rock Canyon, Riley Morris reported
2 Rusty Blackbirds.
---On November 10 at Pueblo Reservoir West Fishing Road, Brandon Percival
reported 25 Common Loon and Lapland Longspur.
---On November 10 at Pueblo Reservoir, Riley Morris reported Lincoln’s
Sparrow.
---On November 10 at Huerfano Reservoir, Rich Miller reported Long-tailed
Duck.
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY:
---On November 10 at Miramonte Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright
reported 3 Surf Scoters, 4 White-winged Scoters, 5 Common Loon, and 3
American Pipit.
SEDGWICK COUNTY:
---On November 5 in town of Ovid, Steve Mlodinow reported Greater
White-fronted Goose, 12 Lapland Longspur, Harris’s Sparrow, and 8 Red
Crossbills.
---On November 5 at Jumbo Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 7 Greater
White-fronted Geese, 50 Cackling Geese, Surf Scoter, 4 Common Loon, 2 Snow
Bunting, and Chipping Sparrow.
---On November 9 at Julesburg Cemetery, Nick Moore reported 30 Red
Crossbill, type 2.
---On Novmeber 9 at Jumbo Reservoir, Nick Moore reported 500 Cackling
Geese, Sanderling, and 2 Lapland Longspurs.
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
---On November 1 at Prewitt Reservoir, Norm Lewis reported American
Golden-Plover, Dunlin, and Chipping Sparrow.
WELD COUNTY:
---On October 28 at Union Reservoir, Bill and Inez Prather reported
Red-necked Grebe in NW corner along cattails and Common Loon. On October
29 at Unon Reservoir, Chris Owens reported Red-necked Grebe.
---On October 31 at CR 33 1 miles south of CR 98 in Nunn, Gary Lefko
reported 2 Lapland Longspurs.
---On October 31 Gary Lefko reported 6 Lapland Longspur at very large
Prairie Dog Colony .5 m north of CR 90 on CR 29.
---On October 31 Joe Mammoser reported ad Tundra Swan on small pon east of
Larimer/Weld County Line 2 ½ - 3 miles north of Hwy 14 east of Fort
Collins.
---On November 5 at Beebe Draw, Cynthia Madsen and David Hill reported 150
Sandhill Cranes.
---On November 5 at Lower Latham, Cynthia Madsen and David Hill reported
110 Sandhill Cranes flying over – could be same cranes that were at Beebe
Draw.
---On November 5 at Windsor Lake, Gary Lefko reported PARASITIC JAEGER. On
November 6 at Windsor Lake, Josh Bruening, Kathy Buckley, and Michael
Britten reported PARASITIC JAEGER. On November 7 at Windsor Lake, Steve
Mlodinow, Larry Griffin, and Gene Rutherford reported PARASITIC JAEGER. On
Novmeber 10 at Windsor Lake, Josh Bruening, Nick Komar, and Gary Lefko
reported PARASITIC JAEGER.
---On Novmeber 7 at Stewart’s Pond, Steve Mlodinow reported 50 Cackling
Geese and juv Black-crowned Night-Heron.
---On November 7 at Behrens Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 100 Cackling
Geese and Long-billed Dowitcher.
DFO Field Trip:
The DFO Field Trip for Tuesday, November 7 will be to the Ken Caryl Valley
Area led by David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) This
trip is full.
The DFO Field Trip for Thursday, November 9 will be to Rueter-Hess
Reservoir led by Mary Cay Burger (mcburger3 AT juno.com; 720-940-8394).
Meet at 0730 at Barr CCC Park, 18964 S Twenty Mile Road, Parker, located on
the SW corner of Main St and 20 Mile Rd for birding ther and later at
Rueter-hess Reservoir, which is open to the public only with entry
permission. Tim Ryan of Park Waater Dept will be our guide. Bring a scope
if you have one.
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, November 12 will be to Cherry Creek SP
Wetlands Loop led by Karen von Saltza (kvonsaltza AT yahoo.com;
303-941-4881)
Meet at 0900 at Prairie Loop lot in Cherry Creek SP. From either park
entrance, follow Lake View Rd to the Prairie Loop that is located at the
south rim of the reservoir. State Parks pass or day pass required.
This is a half day of walking that passes through most of the important
habitats found in the park over a distance of about 3 miles. Trails could
be slippery or muddy. Bring water and snacks; lunch is optional.
Beginning birders are welcome. Register online or contact leader.
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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