[cobirds] Lesser Prairie-Chicken review in Kansas
The links in the copied message below are of some relevance to Colorado and Oklahoma so I am forwarding this message. The review was triggered by the Kansas Ornithological Society petitioning to list the Lesser Prairie-Chicken as a Threatened/Endangered Species in Kansas. Bottom line...save that CRP habitat, limit wind farms, work with ranchers, no listing in Kansas recommended. best regards Pete Janzen Wichita, KS _ KDWP Threatened and Endangered Program coordinator Ed Miller gave a very good presentation on Lesser Prairie-Chickens as well as input from the nine member ad-hoc expert committee. It has been graciously placed on the KDWP website. Since the KDWP web uses extremely long and cumbersome URLs I have made use of the free service at tinyurl (http://tinyurl.com/) to make some of these addresses easier to negotiate. The page with general information about the petitioning process, which has a link to Ed's presentation (Lesser Prairie- Chicken status in Kansas) can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/2d6osta Or the Acrobat PDF document can be accesses directly at: http://tinyurl.com/25s35fm A link has also been placed on the information page at the ksbirds.org website: http://ksbirds.org/LPC/LPC_Petition.html As always, if you have any problems accessing any of these sites, please let me know! Chuck +++ Chuck Jaye Otte mailto:ot...@cox.net 613 Tamerisk Junction City Kansas USA 66441 785-238-8800 For KSBIRD-L archives or to change your subscription options, go to http://listserv.ksu.edu/archives/ksbird-l.html For KSBIRD-L guidelines go to http://www.ksbirds.org/KSBIRD-LGuidelines.htm To contact a listowner, send a message to mailto:ksbird-l-requ...@listserv.ksu.edu -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] May 11, 2010, Rare Bird Alert for Colorado
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, May 11, 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) Surf Scoter (*Lincoln) Barrow's Goldeneye (*Eagle) Little Blue Heron (*Boulder) TRICOLORED HERON (Weld) Green Heron (Boulder, Larimer) GLOSSY IBIS (Arapahoe, Garfield, *Kiowa, LaPlata, Routt) Broad-winged Hawk (Boulder, Jefferson, Larimer, Logan, Weld) Black-bellied Plover (Boulder, Pueblo, Routt) Piping Plover (Boulder, Morgan) Caspian Tern (Boulder, LaPlata) White-winged Dove (*Prowers) INCA DOVE (Larimer) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Park) Black Phoebe (Boulder, El Paso) Eastern Phoebe (Logan) Great-crested Flycatcher (*Prowers) BLUE-HEADED VIREO (Pueblo) PHILADELPHIA VIREO (Logan) Purple Martin (*Rio Blanco) Carolina Wren (*Boulder, *Prowers) GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (*Bent) WOOD THRUSH (*Bent, *Prowers) Golden-winged Warbler (El Paso) Tennessee Warbler (*Otero) Nashville Warbler (Bent, Broomfield, El Paso) Northern Parula (Baca, El Paso, Larimer, Pueblo) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Prowers) Magnolia Warbler (*Otero, Prowers) Black-throated Gray Warbler (*Jefferson) Black-throated Green Warbler (*Larimer, Prowers) YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (Prowers) Palm Warbler (Bent, Jefferson) Blackpoll Warbler (Bent, Jefferson, Prowers) Black-and-white Warbler (Douglas) Worm-eating Warbler (Pueblo, Prowers) Ovenbird (El Paso) Northern Waterthrush (Jefferson, *Prowers, *Washington) KENTUCKY WARBLER (Prowers) MOURNING WARBLER (Pueblo) Hooded Warbler (Prowers) Summer Tanager (*Prowers) White-throated Sparrow (*Boulder) Harris's Sparrow (Mesa) Northern Cardinal (Logan, *Prowers) Indigo Bunting (Bent, Boulder, Prowers) EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Cheyenne) PURPLE FINCH (*Delta) White-winged Crossbill (Larimer) 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. Arapahoe County: --A GLOSSY IBIS was reported by Parsons at the pond near the model airplane field at Cherry Creek SP on May 8. Baca County: --A Northern Parula was reported by Dunning at Two Buttes on May 8. Bent County: --A probable GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was reported by Dan Maynard at Tempel Grove on May 6. --At Hasty Campground, Dan Maynard reported 6 Indigo Buntings on May 6. --A m Nashville Warbler was reported by Duane Nelson at Van's Grove on May 8. --On May 9 at Tempel Grove, Peterson reported m Blackpoll Warbler and Palm Warbler. --On May 9 at Tempel Grove, Tina Jones reported a probable GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and a probable WOOD THRUSH. Boulder County: --1 American Golden-Plover and 1 Piping Plover were reported by John T at Clover Basin near Longmont on May 6. The Piping Plover was seen on May 7 by Floyd. --2 Caspian Terns were reported by Boswell at Clover Basin on May 7. --A Little Blue Heron was reported by Lamoureux at North Teller Lake in Boulder on May 6. --A White-throated Sparrow was reported by Szeliga and Pieplow in Twin Lakes on May 8. --A Green Heron and Broad-winged Hawk were reported by Plage at Walden/Sawhill Ponds in Boulder on May 8. --At Twin Lakes in Gunbarrel on May 9, Szeliga reported Black Phoebe, singing White-throated Sparrow, and male Indigo Bunting. --A singing Carolina Wren was reported by Floyd on Bear Creek in Boulder on May 9. Park at St Andrew Presbyterian Church on Baseline and walk the trail upstream. The wren was seen again on May 10 by Lamoureux. --A Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Floyd at Sale Lake on May 9. --A Little Blue Heron was reported by Guthrie on May 9 in the Walden Ponds and it flew to the private pond behind the water treatment plant. Guthrie also saw a Little Blue Heron on the Sawhill side on May 3. Broomfield County: --A singing Nashville Warbler was reported by Zorwawowicz in the NE corner of Nissen Reservoir in Broomfield on May 6. Nissen is south of 136th Ave on Aspen St. Cheyenne County: --An EASTERN MEADOWLARK was reported by Peterson about 5 miles north of Hwy 40 on CR 25 on May 9. Delta County: --A Least Tern was reported by Robinsong at Sweitzer Lake SP on May 6. --A Least Tern was reported by Robinsong at Fruitgrowers Reservoir on May 6. --A possible PURPLE FINCH was reported by Beason at Bethlehem Cemetery in Paonia on May 10. Douglas County: --A pair of Black-and-white Warblers was reported by Halverstadt in Louviers on May 8. Eagle County: --52 Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by Filby at Spring Park Reservoir on May 6. Filby reported 14 Barrow's Goldeneyes on May 10. The reservoir has NO public access and is viewable distantly from the road. El Paso County: --A possible Golden-winged Warbler was reported by DuHadway at Palmer Lake on May 6. It was left of the entrance nearest to County
[cobirds] finches
Hi all, There are several hundred rosy-finches in my yard. All are Brown-caps. Scott Rashid Estes Park -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] Migrant Report Report for 11 May, Twin Lakes Gunbarrel
Dear Cobirders, This looks like the slowest day both for number of individual migrants and for total species. Highlights were three Empidonax sp. one of which strongly suggested Willow Flycatcher and one which suggested Dusky Flycatcher; both of these individuals were calling but not singing. I never saw, but I did hear at least two Gray Catbirds, and, on the trail segment east of Twin Lakes Rd., I found a silent female Hummingbird that was very likely a Black-chinned Hummingbird (it was certainly an Archilochus Hummingbird). Although the total number of individual Dendroica was low, each day there are more Yellow Warblers! The miserable weather coming in should be good for birding, it was the period 10-11 May last year that Twin Lakes had a great fallout day during a similar storm, with a Black-throated Green, Blackpoll, Black-throated Gray, Northern Waterthrush, Hooded Warbler c. Not technically at Twin Lakes, but farther west of the lakes along the Twin Lakes Trail, I heard and saw a White-winged Dove yesterday evening (10 May). This individual has been in the area for over a year, but is often difficult to track down, i.e. I've been going for evening walks in the neighborhood for 2 years and have only seen/heard it twice although Nathan Pieplow has had far greater success in running into it. Cheers, Walter Szeliga Boulder, CO -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] Sondermann Park, El Paso County, 5/11/10
Early this morning Bill Evans and I birded Sondermann. Highlights included a Northern Parula and a Tennessee Warbler in the densely thicketed area along the Westfork Trail. We got some good quick looks at the parula but were unable to relocate it later. We also had a Broad-winged Hawk flying north. Over the past few days at Sondermann I've made a number of visits and had a decent number of migrants, including Black-chinned Hummingbird, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, some empids, Swainson's Thrush, Orange-crowned Warbler, Virginia's Warbler, Yellow Warbler, MacGillivray's Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Western Tanager, Vesper Sparrow, Black-headed Grosbeak, and Bullock's Oriole. Good birding,Allan Burnswest side of Colorado Springs -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] Northern Waterthrush also at Twin Lakes
In addition to Walter's excellent reports, there was also a northern Waterthrush by the bridge just south of the lakes where the trails ocnverge. I didn;t get the name of the other birder who was there. -Elena Klaver -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] lazuli bunting Prowers 5/11
Hello all, Ok, so I may not get to go birding but the birds are coming to me! This morning I had 5 sparrow species including chipping, clay colored, house, lark and white crowned. I had a lazuli bunting, a female bullock's oriole, a common yellowthroat, a yellow warbler, yellow rumped and orange crowned (new for my yard!). I now have had 91 species visit my yard. If you have seen my yard you know that is incredible. Happy Spring birding, Judi Ogle S. of Granada -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] Broad-winged-Hawks 2009-2010, Dayton KY, Denver Co.
Yesterday afternoon a Broad-winged Hawk appeared in the Dayton and Kentucky Streets area, near the Highline Canal, for the 4th time in two years. Coincidentally, the first one Frank and I observed here showed up last year on May 8--two days earlier than this year's sighting Last fall one appeared on Oct. 7, and two on Oct. 10. You'll find us in the same place at the same time this October, waiting for more Broad-wingeds! Nancy Hatch Denver -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] finches
Hi all, The Rosy Finches are here in exorbitant numbers (several thousand). I am going through a large coffee can of sunflower seed every 15 minutes. Scott Rashid Estes Park -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] vermillion flycatcher Prowers
Hi all, Me again. While I do not have confirmation our neighbor described what could only be a vermillion flycatcher in her yard. We have had them in our area in years past, including in our yard. I will be on the lookout for it! Judi Ogle S of Granada -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] Boulder County today
I spent about an hour at Walden Ponds this afternoon in Boulder. I just reviewed some photos I snapped of phalaropes and one of them has some streaking along the flanks that makes me think it might have been a Red-necked. The photos are very poor, but I would appreciate any thoughts: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27729...@n05/ The highlight of my visit was a Red-naped Sapsucker along the western edge of the property. Earlier in the day I found my FOS Macgillivray's Warbler along the Towhee Trail portion of the South Mesa Trail Complex. Two Dusky Flycatchers were also active nearby. James Lamoureux Superior, CO -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] Black-throated Green Warbler - Larimer
I was able to refind the Black-throated Green Warbler at Grandview Cemetery (Fort Collins, Larimer County) reported yeserday by Dave Leatherman. I did not hear it sing, but I found it by hearing it call. Shortly after I saw it a runner came by and it flew, I was not able to refind it after that. Cole Wild Loveland -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] San Luis Valley Spring Bird Count
We had our best turnout ever with 30 persons participating in this years Valley-wide count to celebrate International Migratory Bird Day. Best part was that 16 of those participating were young persons aged 6 to 16. Great to see them have interest in birds and hope this trend continues Even with all that help, our species count was down, at 138 species. About 152 is our average. We attribute this number to a late cold spring, late migration and also to the horrendous winds we had in the pm. Best birds were Lewis's Woodpecker, Northern Waterthrush, American Bittern, Burrowing Owl and 5 species of plovers...Black-bellied, Semi-palmated, Snowy, Mountain and Killdeer. Sometimes it's what you don't count that deserves attention. In 2002, we counted 24 Ring-necked Pheasants. This year we counted none. The decline in pheasants has been a subject of debate and may be due to changes in agricultural practices, predators, drought, or nesting conditions. John Rawinski Count Organizer and Volunteer -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] Monday WRGB, Tuesday Home
Hi cobirders, Yesterday I went birding near home at the Wheat Ridge Green Belt from the Clear Creek bridge to Bass Lake on the nature trail. After 11AM until 1PM. Nothing unusual when I spotted a male Bullock's Oriole in a bush then a Plumbeous Vireo both of which an Evergreen birder also saw. Being overcast and cool I stayed home today. Best bird was a Green- tailed Towhee in the Choke Cherry by the kitchen window. It quickly hid there. Maybe it will show up tomorrow. I have had one or two other years so it is rather unusual. Bob Spencer N.E. of Golden -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] Scarlet Tanager in Lamar
Cobirders, I found a female Scarlet Tanager at the Lamar Community College Woods (Prowers County) during a brief mid-afternoon visit today. It was in the middle of the grove close to the flooded wetland just northeast of the Tennis Courts. Warblers were slow, but the immature male American Redstart continues to sing in the north end of the grove (if you hear the male Northern Cardinal, you are in the right area). Duane Nelson Las Animas, CO -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] Chico Basin Ranch RMBO banding 11 May 2010
Hi Cobirders A great, chilly, day here at the Chico. This afternoon I found a few birds that weren't reported earlier in the day. I had a couple of Cooper's Hawks, an imm Broad-winged Hawk and a Peregrine Falcon, all near the Holmes grove. Also in this area 3 species of kingbirds and a Rock Wren. We banded 77 birds of 22 species: Dusky Flycatcher 1 Warbling Vireo 2 House Wren 5 Swainson's Thrush 4 Hermit Thrush 6 Gray Catbird 1 Brown Thrasher 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 4 Virginia's Warbler 3 Yellow Warbler 6 Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler 22 Myrtle Warbler 1 Ovenbird 1 Common Yellowthroat 4 Wilson's Warbler 3 Western Tanager 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Lark Sparrow 1 Mtn White-crowned Sparrow 2 Lincoln's Sprrow 3 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 Bullock's Oriole 1 Good birding Brian from Chico Brian Gibbons www.nikonbirding.com www.ventbird.com Penny Stock Jumping 2000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4bea1e319a4c479394st02vuc -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] RMBO Banding, Chatfield, 5/11/10
Hi Birders, Got in a decent morning of banding before the cold, wind and rain took over. 18 new birds plus 2 returns from prior years. We particularly enjoyed 3 lovely Violet-green Swallows, 2 males and a female. Breakdown for the day: Dusky Flycatcher 3 Violet-green Swallow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 1 banded 4/26/09 House Wren 3 European Starling 1 Yellow Warbler 3 new, 1 banded 5/14/07 Common Yellowthroat 1 Spotted Towhee 1 White-crowned Sparrow 1 House Finch 2 Several of you have e-mailed me for directions to the banding station: Go to the Audubon Nature Center parking lot. (From C470 Wadsworth Blvd., go south on Wadsworth about 4.4 miles. Turn left on Waterton Road. Immediately turn left into the first parking lot at the Audubon Center sign.) The path to the station starts at the far north end of the parking lot. Walk more or less east, staying to the right of the restrooms and then the pond. When you reach the far east end of the pond where the trail splits, stay on the trail as it goes to the right. The “station” is the 2 picnic tables in a big, open, fenced area (enter through the gate, which is unlocked when the station is open.) We will be closed Wed-Sat. Starting Sun, we will be open every day through Memorial Day, weather permitting, 7 a.m. to about noon, later if lots of birds. The last 2 weeks should be good birds and good weather, so come visit! Meredith Meredith McBurney Chatfield Banding Station Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory 303/329-8091 303/349-0245 -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] Baltimore Oriole at Crow Valley - NOT
After processing my photos of the Baltimore Oriole at Crow Valley today, I think it is clear the bird has some Bullock's Oriole in it. The scapulars are bright white and they should be orange in a pure Baltimore. The bird also had a band of pale orange that went up from the side of the neck, behind the all-black head, almost to the crown. At the time I thought this was just incomplete molt, but now wonder if that's yet another clue to mixed lineage. Interesting and beautiful creature, nonetheless. Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] Last Chance,Washington CO
Sorry this is a late post but I did home until now. At Last Chance today I saw a few species . [hyway 71 36] : 2 Mtn White-crowned Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 12 Chipping Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Wilson's Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 3 Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Bullock's Oriole 1 Swainson's Hawk calling many Western Kingbird 2 Blue Jay 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 American Robin Happy Birding! Tina Jones, Jefferson County,CO -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
[cobirds] Kentucky Warbler at DeWeese Res., Custer Co.
Hi All This morning (Tuesday) I found a Kentucky Warbler in the willow thicket at the base of the dam at DeWeese Res. Coincidently, or maybe not, there was one at this same spot last spring. Also of interest at DeWeese today were a Green Heron and three Long-billed Curlews. Rich Miller Canon City -- 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en
