[cobirds] American Golden-Plover

[Tina Jones]

I saw 1, American Golden-Plover, 10/9, at Prewitt Reservoir, [Washington 
County], on sunday. The bird was near,[ but not next to], Long-billed 
Dowitchers, near mudflats in the first cove west of the inlet canal.
Tina Jones,
Littleton, Jefferson County, CO   

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[cobirds] Birding on the eastern plains, 10/08 - 10/09

[Glenn Walbek]

Folks,

Several people birded the eastern plains this weekend on their way to and 
returning from the Fox Ranch field trip offered by The Nature Conservancy, 
Thank You!  During this time Joey Kellner and I saw 4 Blue-headed Vireos!  Two 
other separate reports of this species makes 6 unprecedented (I believe), 
Blue-headed Vireos in 2 days.  Other outstanding birds seen by us and others 
include:

Reddish Egret
American Golden Plover
Eastern Phoebe (3)
Sprague's Pipit
Blue-headed Vireo (6)
Black-throated Blue Warbler  (1 male, 1 female)
Black-throated Green Warbler (2)
Magnolia Warbler
Field Sparrow (7)
Swamp Sparrow (2)
Harris's Sparrow (2)
White-throated Sparrow (2)
Fox Sparrow (2, both red eastern race)
LeConte's Sparrow

These birds were not seen by all, were spread across many miles of eastern 
plains and were the result of plenty of hard work by many excellent birders!  
In addition to this list, several birds (possibly a few good ones) went 
un-identified due to insufficient looks.  Thanks to all who participated for a 
gratifying 2-days of birding!

Glenn Walbek
Castle Rock, CO
http://www.pbase.com/gwalbek/2010_birds


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[cobirds] Late Black-chinned Hummingbird

[Beverly]

Not much going on in the bird department; I've been working on my
pond.  Did get a salamander the first day I put water in it,
though!  ...and big ol' dragonflies love it.

Today I was out soaking the small shrubs and plants I intend to put
around the hill where the waterfall starts...and turned to watch a
female Black-chinned Hummingbird feed on the red, tubular
'hummingbird' plants I bought (http://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-
california/plants/zauschneria-latifolia  (a xeric, mountain
fuchsia!) )  I know she was a Black-Chinned by the way she pumped her
tail...constantly.  Sweet!

I read Dave Silverman's Calendar for SoCo...and see she was just a
couple days short of the (late) record.

I've put fish in the pond (pretty little 'feeder-fish')...and believe
there are a couple already missing.  I hope this means the Kingfishers
have been visiting my new bird-feeder!

Beverly Jensen
La Veta, Huerfano Co.
www.RuralChatter.blogspot.com

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[cobirds] RMBO Banding Station Report, October 9

[M MC*BURNEY]

Hi Birders,
 
Things continue to be slow at the Barr Banding Station.  Banded 11 birds today. 
 We did catch a THIRD Winter Wren, which seems pretty amazing.  This one was a 
hatch year (as was the second one); all 3 likely Easterns.  Here are the 
numbers:
 
Downy Woodpecker 1
Winter Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 2
Gambel’s White-crowned Sparrow 1
Pink-sided Junco 1
House Sparrow 2
 
Open through next Saturday, weather permitting, EXCEPT closed Tuesday.  From 
about 7:30 a.m. until about 11:30 a.m. or whenever the wind kicks up or there 
are too few birds.
 
Meredith

Meredith McBurney
Barr Lake Banding Station
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
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[cobirds] CFO Field Trip - Fox Ranch

[antejos]

COBirders,

The scheduled CFO field trip to the TNC's Fox Ranch property produced
lots of migrant sparrows in the tallgrass prairie, in brush piles, and in
the rolling hills with horseweed, cholla, and little bluestem grasses.

Highlights from 2 hours on Friday and from Saturday morning included:

SPRAGUE'S PIPIT - 3 - not seen by all, one, and later two more flushed
from the ground
LECONTE'S SPARROW - 1 rufous-rumped individual only seen by a few, but
seen multiple times, mostly in flight 
Grasshopper Sparrow - a minimum of 6 identified, mostly in flight, with
additional likely candidates seen flying away
"RED" FOX SPARROW - 1 perched in a tree for photographs
Field Sparrow - 7 on Friday, at least two on Saturday
Eastern Screech-Owl - 2 heard this morning before most people arrived
Orchard Oriole, 1st year male photographed, a very late migrant.

All the participants wish to express their gratitude to The Nature
Conservancy for allowing the Colorado Field Ornithologists' field trip
participants to bird on TNC property and to the three watchful bulls for
doing nothing more than staring at us in disbelief as we walked through
their pasture.
 
Bill Maynard
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Pacific Wren, Last Chance, Washington County

[Todd Deininger]

I am currently at Last Chance were I had a brief look at a Buffy stuby tailed 
Wren. I am having no luck coaxing it from cover.

Also at least four Hermit Thrush. 

Todd Deininger
Longmont

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[cobirds] Lamar area on 9October

[DAVID A LEATHERMAN]

Basically every longspur seen or heard south of Lamar and west of US287 today 
was Chestnut-collared.  A few were McCown's.  There is a wet spot on west side 
of CR5 about a mile south of CRX that has lots of longspurs coming to it.  The 
wet spot is posted.
 
Lamar Community College Woods:
Blue-headed Vireo
Nashville Warbler
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Cardinal (1m, 1f)
 
Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar:
Townsend's Solitaire
White-breasted Nuthatch (eastern)
 
Riverside Cemetery in Lamar:
Great-tailed Grackle (1)
Yellow Warbler (1)  late
 
Total of 80 species so far in Lamar
 
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
  

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[cobirds] juv Sabine's Gull, Cherry Ck Res

[Kayleen A Niyo]

Mary Cay Burger and I had great, close (~10') looks at a tame Sabine's Gull
juv on the sand below the Cherry Ck Res dam face.  There were two for sure
and maybe three, but a ring-billed scared two away before we walked under
the dam tower and along the water.  Then one returned to feed along the sand
edge near the fisher-people.  That was a great place to scope the thousand
(?) grebes, but we didn't find a Clark's or the red-throated.

 

Photos at bottom of http://www.kayniyo.com/birds_seabird_gull.htm

 

Kay

Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific Communications
Kay Niyo Photography
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Phone: (303) 679-6646
Fax: (866) 849-8013 

 

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[cobirds] RE: CSR report

[David Elwonger]

Nice day for banding sparrows at Clear Springs Ranch southeast of Colorado 
Springs in El Paso County.
Report for Saturday, Oct 10, 2010.
 
Black-capped Chickadee 1;
Chipping Sparrow 2; 
Clay-colored Sparrow 2;
Dark-eyed Junco 2;
Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow 35 plus 2 recaps;
Lesser Goldfinch 2;
Lincoln's Sparrow  9;
Mountain White-crowned Sparrow 2;
Orange-crowned Warbler 1;
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2;
Savanna Sparrow 1;
Song Sparrow 6;
Spotted Towhee 2;
 
67 individuals; 12 Species,

David Elwonger, who roosts at 8400' near Woodland Park Colorado


 




From: scrai...@q.com
To: davidelwon...@msn.com
Subject: CSR report
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 19:54:03 +




Hi Dave -
 
Here's the tally for CSR -
RCKI - 2
LEGO -2
CCSP - 2
CHSP -2
BCCH - 1
OCWA -1
DEJU -2
SASP -1
LISP - 9
GWCS - 35
SOSP - 6
MWCS - 2
SPTO - 2
 
There are 2 recaps not in my data base, Both AHY GWCS.  #2301-46173, and 
#2281-61400. Wing chord on both was 79, so they're males (?).
 
Thanks for your help. You're a prince. Tell Diane we missed her.
 
Cheers -
Susan
 
 
  

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[cobirds] Last Chance - Harris's Sparrow

[Robb Hinds]

This morning I found a Harris's Sparrow (Looks like '1st Winter' in
Sibleys). It was near the small pond and then flew toward the bridge.
Otherwise it was quiet. The two Chukars were there when I arrived but one
was dead when I left. It must have been hit by a car.

Robb Hinds
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Tempel Ranch Prowers County

[Norm Erthal]

Highlights from Temple Ranch yesterday include  a female red-naped
sapsucker, at least two blue-headed vireos, an eastern phoebe found by
Joey Kellner, two white-throated sparrows, a nashville warbler found
by Mark Peterson, and a female black-throated blue warbler I located.

Norm Erthal
Arvada, CO

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[cobirds] Lapland Longspur/Nunn

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Blustery day along Raptor Alley ... most birds were grounded.

Raptor Alley (wind and raptors not a good combo; only ONE sitting on
the three sets of power lines)
Red-tailed Hawk - 9
Ferruginous Hawk - 2
Merlin
Sharp-shinned Hawk (rare; eating prey alongside road)
American Kestrel - 2
Northern Harrier - 3
Golden Eagle - 2

WCR 104/Hwy 85
Lapland Longspur - 1 (in one of Nunn's two recent burn areas-this the
larger one; hanging out with two large flocks of Horned Larks)

Just a reminder we have three new Mountain Plover habitats for next
spring/summer:

WCR 51/Hwy 90 - HUGE burn area
WCR 37/WCR 98 - large burn area (p dog colony included; dogs still
there)
WCR 102/Hwy 85

Thanks
Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ -- Home of the "Nunn Guy"

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[cobirds] October 9, 2010, Rare Bird Alert for Colorado

[JOYCE TAKAMINE]

Date:   October 9, 2010
e-Mail: r...@cfo-link.org
phone:  303-659-8750
compiler:  Joyce Takamine

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, October 9, 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 (Weld) possible
Red-necked Grebe (Arapahoe)
REDDISH EGRET (Bent)
Broad-winged Hawk (*Prowers)
American Golden Plover (Larimer)
RED PHALAROPE (Mesa) 
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larimer)
Sabine's Gull (Arapahoe, *Boulder)
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE (Huerfano) possible
Red-bellied Woodpecker (*Prowers)
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (*Baca)
Eastern Phoebe (*Prowers)
BLUE-HEADED VIREO (*Baca)
Winter Wren (*Adams, Larimer)
SEDGE WREN (Kit Carson)
WOOD THRUSH (Larimer)
Curve-billed Thrasher (*Prowers)
SPRAGUE'S PIPIT (*Baca, Logan)
Nashville Warbler (*Prowers)
Northern Parula (Phillips)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (El Paso, *Washington)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Phillips, *Prowers, Washington, Yuma)
Palm Warbler (Larimer)
Blackpoll Warbler (Phillips)
BAIRD'S SPARROW (*Baca)
HENSLOW'S SPARROW (Bent)
NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW (Bent, Phillips)
Swamp Sparrow (*Baca)
White-throated Sparrow (El Paso, Phillips, *Prowers, Washington)
Harris's Sparrow (*Prowers)
Northern Cardinal (Kit Carson)
SMITH'S LONGSPUR (Bent)
 
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:
--A Winter Wren was banded by McBurney at the Barr Lake Banding Station on 
October 3.  McBurney banded a second Winter Wren at Barr Lake on October 7.  
The Winter Wren banded on October 7 was reported by McBurney to still be around 
on October 8.
 
Arapahoe County:
--A juv Red-necked Grebe and juv Sabine's Gull were reported by Walbek at 
Cherry Creek Reservoir on October 5.  On October 6, Brown reported seeing the 
Red-necked Grebe at the pond across the road from the model airplane field and 
on October 7, Levinson saw the Red-necked Grebe at Cottonwood Creek Pond across 
from the model airplane field.  Walbek reported an ad basic Red-necked Grebe on 
the reservoir on October 7.
 
Baca County:
--At Two Buttes SWA on October 8, Wild reported:  1 juv YELLOW-BELLIED 
SAPSUCKER, 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 1 flyover SPRAGUE'S PIPIT, 1 BAIRD'S SPARROW, 
and 1 Swamp Sparrow
 
Bent County:
--At John Martin in the vicinity of the white morph Reddish Egret, Wild 
reported on October 7:  HENSLOW'S SPARROW, probable NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED 
SPARROW, and a flyover SMITH'S LONGSPUR.
--A white-morph REDDISH EGRET first reported by Duane Nelson at the west end of 
John Marin on August 18 was refound by Nelson much further south on October 7.
 
Boulder County:
--5 juv Sabine's Gulls were reported by Gent at Boulder Reservoir on October 5.
--A juv Sabine's Gull was reported by Nunes in the SW corner of Baseline 
Reservoir on October 8.
 
El Paso/Pueblo Counties:
--At Chico Basin Ranch on October 4, Gobris banded 1 Black-throated Blue 
Warbler and 2 White-throated Sparrows.
 
Huerfano County:
--A possible BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was reported by Rich Miller at Lake Martin 
in Lathrop SP on October 3.

Kit Carson County:
--A SEDGE WREN and Northern Cardinal were reported by Wild at Flager SWA on 
October 3.
 
Larimer County:
--A western Palm Warbler was reported by Leatherman on the west side of the 
Poudre River on October 4.
The bird was about 100 yards north of the Environmental Learning Center 
suspension bridge.
--A Winter Wren (eastern) was reported by Leatherman at Grandview Cemetery in 
Fort Collins on October 5.  It was midway along the north edge of section G.
--At Timnath Reservoir on October 6, Wild reported 1 American Golden Plover on 
the NE side of the lake and 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.  All birds could be
scoped from the park on the SE side of the reservoir.
--A WOOD THRUSH was reported by Mammoser near the water treatment plant in Fort 
Collins on October 7.  Directions:  From E Prospect Road turn south onto Sharp 
Point Drive, and head towards the Fort Collins Water Treatment plant, just 
before the plant, turn left into the fisherman's parking lot and park towards 
the back.  Get to the paved bike trail and walk East.  Cross a bridge over the 
canal and continue walking along the paved path.  Aproximately 200 yards down 
this paved path there is a dirt path along the Poudre River going back towards 
the start.  Take this path aproximately 40 -50 yards into the wooded area.  The 
thrush was along this dirt path in the center of the wooded area.  

Logan County:
--8 SPRAGUE'S PIPITS were reported by Severs south of Sterling on October 7.
 
Mesa County:
--A RED PHALAROPE was reported by Arnold at the Redlands Pkwy S Pond in Grand 
Junction on October 3.  The bird was seen again on October