[cobirds] Mississippi Kite fledgling in Rocky Ford

[SeEtta Moss]

Part of my birding this week in the La Junta area included some time I spent
in nearby Rocky Ford where I located a fledgling Mississippi Kite in a
residential neighborhood.  It's watchful parent remained in a tree about 150
feet from the tree where the fledgling perched.  The other parent paid quick
visits to bring food to the fledgling.  The apparently hungry fledgling
called frequently to be fed and made two forays in apparent attempts to get
it's own food--no evidence of success but it did fly fairly well.

It seems late to have a fledgling still so clearly dependent on parents for
food.  Though the *Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas I *documented a fledgling on
August 25, *Colorado Birds *shows most of them migrating out of Colorado in
about 3 weeks.

I got several short video tape clips of the fledgling and one parent that I
have uploaded to my BirdsAndNature  blog
and I will have a few still pics up there soon.

SeEtta Moss
Canon City
http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com

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[cobirds] Crow Valley and Lower Latham

[Bob Spencer]

hi Cobirders  Went up to Crow Valley first Friday morning.  Almost  
11AM and very little activity too warm.  I did see Mark Chavez
and Huffsetter (?) soon joined by Dick Schottler all had watched for  
the Connecticut Warbler. They did not see it neither did I.
I also met David Simpson and wife Dee from Florida.  We birded  
together for a short while.  Saw a small Flycatcher, his wife
photographed and we were unable to identify.  We came across a few  
warblers including two male Townsend Warblers.


I ate lunch and headed for Lower Latham and the flooded meadow on the  
south side of Rd 48. There were hundreds of
Shore birds here. Great variety. There were 4 Black-necked Stilts and  
6 American Avocets. Lots Killdeer and sandpipers

I made tentative ids.

There was one larger sandpiper with  very red legs possible female   
Spotted Redshank ( really impossible!) Sibley shows

one in Kansas.

Also there were two  female Ruffs nearby with characteristic hump in  
middle of back with feathers loose.


I hope all this stuff is still there early Saturday and someone can  
get pictures. I didn't take camera today of course!


Bob Spencer  resides  N.W. of Golden
 
  


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[cobirds] Mississippi Kites , Colorado Springs

[Jxdrummo]

Co birders :
 
I have had two sightings of Mississippi Kites in the  past two days in 
downtown Colorado Springs. One yesterday morning flying east  west over the 
Interstate at the Garden of the Gods exit and today around noon at  the 
Patty Jewitt Golf Course.
 
John Drummond
Monument

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Re: [cobirds] Loon molt

[Marcel Such]

When Joel and I observed the loon on July 26th, it dove frequently and
readily enough (every couple of minutes).  It would stay under for 30
seconds at most and seemed to have its head underwater for most of the time
otherwise.  It had a fairly good success rate, as it came up with what I
believe were shad (a non-game fish which I know to be in the lake) every
dozen or so dives.

Marcel Such
NW of Lyons, CO
mps...@gmail.com
suchboys.blogspot.com


On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Robert Zilly  wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I just returned from watching the Big Mac Pac Loon and it was diving
> frequently. Many of the dives were very short, 1 - 4 seconds. A few were
> closer to 10 seconds and one time when I got to 20 seconds I looked around
> and realized it had swum out of view while under. It was also spending a lot
> of time simply holding its head under. The clartity of the water was rather
> poor. You cannot see the bottom three feet from shore. There was just a
> slight breeeze and it was only making a ripple on the surface. I wonder if
> its behavior could be due to the water conditions rather than illness of
> injury?
>
> I also found a City of Longmont doc which states that fishermen could
> expect to catch carp, walleye, and crappie. And the shoreline has always
> been popular with large waders like Great Egret and Great-blue Heron.
>
> Bob Zilly,
> Longmont
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:27 PM,  wrote:
>
>> Nick et al.:
>>
>> While wing molt may not be the cause of the McIntosh PALO not diving,
>> there are any number of other possibilities, such as illness.  However, it
>> might behoove us to know what it's eating, if anything.  If nothing, that
>> could provide more suggestion in the vein of illness or other infirmity.
>> However, loons eat things other than fish, though usually considered
>> obligate piscivores.  From the Common Loon BNA account (I couldn't get to
>> the PALO account) -- bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/:
>>
>> "Crustaceans—e.g., crayfish (Decapoda) constitute major part of diet when
>> fish are scarce or water is murky (1.0 m visibility), up to about a third of
>> diet for males and more for females (Barr 
>> 1973).
>> On some Wisconsin lakes, observed adults and chicks regularly observed
>> foraging on snails (W. Piper, pers. com.). Leeches (Hirudinea) are
>> occasionally an important food, and individuals that are stressed or ill
>> sometimes eat vegetation (Barr 1973 )."
>>
>> Having no chance to go see the loon in question, others will have to
>> provide the data on the bird's foraging, or lack thereof.
>>
>> Tony Leukering
>> Villas, NJ
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Nick Komar 
>> To: coloradodip...@aol.com; cobirds@googlegroups.com
>> Sent: Thu, Aug 26, 2010 11:47 pm
>> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Loon molt
>>
>>Many thanks to Tony Leukering for setting the record straight on
>> underwater wing-powered locomotion (or rather, lack thereof) among loons,
>> and also for sharing his vast wealth of ornithological knowledge with our
>> Colorado birding community, making us all wealthier (in knowledge, anyway).
>> I should have done some basic research before sticking my foot in my mouth
>> in a public forum like Cobirds. I have now done the appropriate homework to
>> learn more about underwater locomotion among diving birds. A number of bird
>> taxa including alcids, diving petrels, some shearwaters, and our Rocky
>> Mountain dippers use their wings to power underwater diving as well as
>> aerial flight, but not loons. Interestingly, I learned that some of these
>> species undergo very heavy wing molt and yet still dive during these periods
>> of wing molt. So, it begs the question (maybe Tony can answer this as well),
>> why is the Boulder Pacific Loon not diving as would be typical foraging
>> behavior for this species.
>>
>> Thanks again, Tony!
>>
>> Nick Komar
>> Fort Collins CO
>>
>>
>>
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[cobirds] Re: Loon molt

[rostrhamus]

The saga gets even more interesting next week as McIntosh will be
partially drained for outlet gate repairs. Good for shorebirds? Not so
good for loon??

http://www.ci.longmont.co.us/news/longmont/newsletters/2010/082710.htm

Scott Severs
Longmont


On Aug 27, 5:25 pm, Robert Zilly  wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I just returned from watching the Big Mac Pac Loon and it was diving
> frequently. Many of the dives were very short, 1 - 4 seconds. A few were
> closer to 10 seconds and one time when I got to 20 seconds I looked around
> and realized it had swum out of view while under. It was also spending a lot
> of time simply holding its head under. The clartity of the water was rather
> poor. You cannot see the bottom three feet from shore. There was just a
> slight breeeze and it was only making a ripple on the surface. I wonder if
> its behavior could be due to the water conditions rather than illness of
> injury?
>
> I also found a City of Longmont doc which states that fishermen could expect
> to catch carp, walleye, and crappie. And the shoreline has always been
> popular with large waders like Great Egret and Great-blue Heron.
>
> Bob Zilly,
> Longmont

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Re: [cobirds] Loon molt

[Robert Zilly]

Hi Folks,

I just returned from watching the Big Mac Pac Loon and it was diving
frequently. Many of the dives were very short, 1 - 4 seconds. A few were
closer to 10 seconds and one time when I got to 20 seconds I looked around
and realized it had swum out of view while under. It was also spending a lot
of time simply holding its head under. The clartity of the water was rather
poor. You cannot see the bottom three feet from shore. There was just a
slight breeeze and it was only making a ripple on the surface. I wonder if
its behavior could be due to the water conditions rather than illness of
injury?

I also found a City of Longmont doc which states that fishermen could expect
to catch carp, walleye, and crappie. And the shoreline has always been
popular with large waders like Great Egret and Great-blue Heron.

Bob Zilly,
Longmont




On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:27 PM,  wrote:

> Nick et al.:
>
> While wing molt may not be the cause of the McIntosh PALO not diving, there
> are any number of other possibilities, such as illness.  However, it might
> behoove us to know what it's eating, if anything.  If nothing, that could
> provide more suggestion in the vein of illness or other infirmity.  However,
> loons eat things other than fish, though usually considered obligate
> piscivores.  From the Common Loon BNA account (I couldn't get to the PALO
> account) -- bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/:
>
> "Crustaceans—e.g., crayfish (Decapoda) constitute major part of diet when
> fish are scarce or water is murky (1.0 m visibility), up to about a third of
> diet for males and more for females (Barr 
> 1973).
> On some Wisconsin lakes, observed adults and chicks regularly observed
> foraging on snails (W. Piper, pers. com.). Leeches (Hirudinea) are
> occasionally an important food, and individuals that are stressed or ill
> sometimes eat vegetation (Barr 1973 )."
>
> Having no chance to go see the loon in question, others will have to
> provide the data on the bird's foraging, or lack thereof.
>
> Tony Leukering
> Villas, NJ
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Nick Komar 
> To: coloradodip...@aol.com; cobirds@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Thu, Aug 26, 2010 11:47 pm
> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Loon molt
>
>Many thanks to Tony Leukering for setting the record straight on
> underwater wing-powered locomotion (or rather, lack thereof) among loons,
> and also for sharing his vast wealth of ornithological knowledge with our
> Colorado birding community, making us all wealthier (in knowledge, anyway).
> I should have done some basic research before sticking my foot in my mouth
> in a public forum like Cobirds. I have now done the appropriate homework to
> learn more about underwater locomotion among diving birds. A number of bird
> taxa including alcids, diving petrels, some shearwaters, and our Rocky
> Mountain dippers use their wings to power underwater diving as well as
> aerial flight, but not loons. Interestingly, I learned that some of these
> species undergo very heavy wing molt and yet still dive during these periods
> of wing molt. So, it begs the question (maybe Tony can answer this as well),
> why is the Boulder Pacific Loon not diving as would be typical foraging
> behavior for this species.
>
> Thanks again, Tony!
>
> Nick Komar
> Fort Collins CO
>
>
>
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[cobirds] Chihuahuan Raven Colorado Springs, El Paso County

[kfoopooh]

I had a Chihuahuan Raven calling in a tree across the street from my
house for about 30 minutes this afternoon before it flew away.  It was
pulling some bark off the tree and from my scope view, it had some
wing feather sheaths showing.
Debbie Barnes
Colorado Springs, CO

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Re: [cobirds] Loon molt

[coloradodipper]

Nick et al.:

While wing molt may not be the cause of the McIntosh PALO not diving, there are 
any number of other possibilities, such as illness.  However, it might behoove 
us to know what it's eating, if anything.  If nothing, that could provide more 
suggestion in the vein of illness or other infirmity.  However, loons eat 
things other than fish, though usually considered obligate piscivores.  From 
the Common Loon BNA account (I couldn't get to the PALO account) -- 
bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/:

"Crustaceans—e.g., crayfish (Decapoda) constitute major part of diet when fish 
are scarce or water is murky (1.0 m visibility), up to about a third of diet 
for males and more for females (Barr 1973). On some Wisconsin lakes, observed 
adults and chicks regularly observed foraging on snails (W. Piper, pers. com.). 
Leeches (Hirudinea) are occasionally an important food, and individuals that 
are stressed or ill sometimes eat vegetation (Barr 1973)."

Having no chance to go see the loon in question, others will have to provide 
the data on the bird's foraging, or lack thereof.

Tony Leukering
Villas, NJ




-Original Message-
From: Nick Komar 
To: coloradodip...@aol.com; cobirds@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thu, Aug 26, 2010 11:47 pm
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Loon molt 




Many thanks to Tony Leukering for setting the record straight on underwater 
wing-powered locomotion (or rather, lack thereof) among loons, and also for 
sharing his vast wealth of ornithological knowledge with our Colorado birding 
community, making us all wealthier (in knowledge, anyway). I should have done 
some basic research before sticking my foot in my mouth in a public forum like 
Cobirds. I have now done the appropriate homework to learn more about 
underwater locomotion among diving birds. A number of bird taxa including 
alcids, diving petrels, some shearwaters, and our Rocky Mountain dippers use 
their wings to power underwater diving as well as aerial flight, but not loons. 
Interestingly, I learned that some of these species undergo very heavy wing 
molt and yet still dive during these periods of wing molt. So, it begs the 
question (maybe Tony can answer this as well), why is the Boulder Pacific Loon 
not diving as would be typical foraging behavior for this species.
 
Thanks again, Tony!
 
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO

 

 



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[cobirds] Connecticut Warbler-maybe? Crow Valley Campground

[Josh Bruening]

Hey all!

Headed to Crow Valley this morning to try and re-find the Connecticut
Warbler.  There were several possible sightings but no definite ID.
This bird is tough to see and doesn't like to leave the brush.  I had
to leave around 11:30am and Mark Chavez and Kirk Huffstater (hope I
spelled those names right) were still searching.  I'm sure they'll
post if they got a good look at the bird.

Other sightings included

1-Black and White Warbler -southwest corner
1- Cassin's Vireo- just south of the picnic area
8-10 Townsend's Warblers all over the campground
2 Macgillivray's Warblers
Many Wilson's and Yellow Warblers
1- Yellow-breasted Chat
2- Warbling Vireos
and the usual suspects

Good Birding!

Josh Bruening
Fort Collins

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[cobirds] Reddish Egret, Bent County, 8/27

[Duane Nelson]

Birders,

The white morph Reddish Egret first found on the west end of John Martin 
Reservoir on August 18th is still present as of August 27th. Easiest 
viewing access is from the north, but the bird is usually about 1 1/2 
miles distant from the vantage point on cliffs above the mudflats. 
Closer views are possible from the south, but the drive is much more 
complicated. Today, there were three Snowy Egrets and one Great Egret 
with the Reddish Egret, so seeing a white heron is not exactly 
conclusive ID. The Reddish Egret is notably long-legged, stocky bodied, 
and long necked, and feeds in typical Reddish Egret fashion. It is 
significantly larger than the Snowy Egrets, and a bit smaller than the 
Great Egret.


Land birds were pretty good this morning in Bent County. Green Heron 
Slough had a weakly-singing Black-and-White Warbler and a Northern 
Waterthrush. Hasty Campground hosted yet another Black-and-White Warbler.


Duane Nelson
Las Animas, Bent County, CO

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[cobirds] gas company fined for bird deaths (link to article)

[Dennis Garrison]

>From the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Friday 27 August 2010:
 
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/encana_to_pay_20_over_bird

Dennis Garrison
Paonia, Delta County 


  

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[cobirds] Ruddy Turnstone Jumbo Res Sedgwick Cty

[Steve]

Cobirders,

Erthal reports a Bloody Turnstone on the Sedgwick County side of Jumbo
reservoir.  The bird was found at the end of a point that extends out
into the reservoir.  Search along the rocky shoreline for this bird.

Good Birding,
Steve Stachowiak
Highlands Ranch, CO

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[cobirds] August 27, 2010, Rare Bird Alert for Colorado

[JOYCE TAKAMINE]

Date:   August 27, 2010
e-Mail: r...@cfo-link.org
phone:  303-659-8750
compiler:  Joyce Takamine

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 27, 2010 at 5 am
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird 
Observatory.

Highlight species include (*Denotes that there is new information for this 
species in this report

Pacific Loon (Boulder)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Larimer)
REDDISH EGRET (Bent)
Green Heron (Boulder)
Piping Plover (Bent)
Dunlin (Larimer, Weld)
White-eyed Vireo (Larimer)
PHILADELPHIA VIREO (*Weld)
Nashville Warbler (Adams, *Dolores, El Paso, Moffat)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (Mesa)
Black-and-white Warbler (Bent, Broomfield)
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (*Dolores)
Northern Waterthrush (Adams, Boulder, El Paso, Moffat, Pueblo)
CONNECTICUT WARBLER (*Weld)
Field Sparrow (*Weld)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Mineral)
Indigo Bunting (Boulder)

To skip this recording to leave a message, press the star key at any time.  
Please leave your name, phone number, detailed directions including the county 
and dates for all sightings.  It would be helpful if you would spell your last 
name.
 
Adams County:
--At Barr Lake banding station, Mc Burney reported 1 Nashville Warbler and 1 
Northern Waterthrush on August 21 and 22.
 
Bent County:
--A white-morph REDDISH EGRET was reported by Duane Nelson at the west end of 
John Martin on August 18.  From CR JJ just east of CR 20 turn south towards 
reservoir and meander until you reach the cliff at the edge of the reservoir.  
The egret was seen again on August 19 by Wild and on August 20 by Arnesen at 
the west end of John Martin.  Nelson reported that the REDDISH EGRET was seen 
again on August 24 at the west end of John Martin.
--A juv Piping Plover was reported by Wild at John Martin in the same spot with 
the REDDISH EGRET on August 19.
--An imm Black-and-White Warbler was reported by Duane Nelson at Van's Grove on 
August 24.
 
Boulder County:
--At Walden Ponds on August 22, Floyd reported 3 Green Herons, Northern 
Waterthrush and Indigo Bunting.  On August 23, Klaver reported 1 Green Heron on 
the north side of Cottonwood Marsh.
--The Pacific Loon first reported by Blatchley on July 10 at McIntosh Lake, was 
seen again on August 22 by Guarente on the south side by the Volley Ball courts.
 
Broomfield County:
--A Black-and-white Warbler was reported by Semo at Interlocken on August 24.
 
Dolores County:
--Dexter reported a Nashville Warbler and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER on August 26 on 
the way to Glade Lake.  The birds were 10.5 miles from the Bradfield Bridge on 
FR 504 headed to Glade Lake.
 
El Paso County:
--At Sonderman Park in Colorado Springs on August 25, Lee reported Northern 
Waterthrush and Nashville Warbler.
 
El Paso/Pueblo Counties:
--A Northern Waterthrush was reported by Drummond at Rose Pond (Pueblo) at 
Chico Basin Ranch (fee area) on August 18.
 
Larimer County:
--3 Dunlin were reported by Stiles at Timnath Reservoir on August 21 and the 
Dunlin were seen again on August 22 by Kaempfer.
--A possible NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported by Lefko at Timnath Reservoir on 
August 22.
--A White-eyed Vireo was reported by Biggerstaff at Dixon Reservoir in Fort 
Collins on August 24 and was refound by Komar on August 25.
  
Mineral County:
--A female type Chestnut-collared Longspur was reported by Beatty on August 18. 
 It was south of Mineral County Airport near Creede in a partially developed 
subdivision.
 
Mesa County:
--A Black-throated Gray Warbler was reported by Robinson at Connected Lakes on 
August 19.
 
Moffat County:
--A male Tennessee Warbler and Northern Waterthrush were reported by Luke at 
Loudy-Simpson Park in Craig on August 14.  The Tennessee Warbler and Northern 
Waterthrush were seen again on August 17 by Litteral.  On August 20, Hilf 
reported Tennessee and Nashville Warbler and Northern Waterthrush at 
Loudy-Simpson.
On August 24, Dodson reported a Northern Waterthrush at Loudy-Simpson.
   
Weld County:
--A basic plumaged Dunlin was reported by Sanders at Lower Latham on August 19.
--A male CONNECTICUT WARBLER was reported by Hopper at Crow Valley Campground 
on August 26.  It was last seen south of the main picnic area.
--A PHILADELPHIA VIREO and eastern Field Sparrow were reported by Wild at 
Norma's Grove on August 26.  Norma's Grove is east of the intersection of CR 57 
and CR 100.
  
The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, August 28 will be to Rigli Ranch led by Joe 
Rigli (980-768-7121).  Meet the leader at the ranch by 0830.  From Hudson, go 
east on CO 52 until it turns north.  Don't turn north, but continue east on 
Morgan County Road F to CR 14, then turn north for approximately one mile to 
the first house on the left by box cars.  Bring Lunch and extra water.
 
Saturday, August 28 is Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory's "Annual BBQ with the 
Birds" from 7:00 am. to 2:00 pm at The Old Stone House at Barr Lake, Brighton.  
for more information go to www.rmbo.org.
 
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, Augus