[cobirds] Re: Cherry Ck Res, Arapahoe

[Karl Stecher Jr.]

Add to this list (also mid-day): robin, red-w blackbird, flicker, mallard, 
common grackle (admittedly not "highlights", though the birds themselves 
might think they are); 45 shovelers were at the S/SW corner of the 
reservoir. 

A loud black-cr night heron was there two nights ago. 


Karl Stecher
Centennial 

Kayleen A Niyo writes: 


Mary Cay Burger and I birding Cherry Ck Res for about 4 hrs mid-day hoping
to find some new birds.  Pretty slow, but highlights included 

  

3 California Gulls 

10 Herring Gulls 

Lots RB Gulls 

~30 DC Cormorants 

~20 Am White Pelicans 

1 Eared Grebe 

~10 Western Grebes 

~ 6 BC Chickadees, a pair excavating a nest hole in a rotten tree stump 

4 Ring-necked Ducks 

2 Ring-necked Pheasant roosters 

12 Green-winged Teal 

1 Greater Yellowlegs, teal and GRYE in Cottonwood marsh east of road 

1 Great Horned Owl on nest (will check photos for nestlings) 


1 Cooper's Hawk (near Great Horned Owl nest) scolded me and landed right
above me in a tree as I photographed it.  We didn't see where it came from
and didn't find a COHA nest. 

  

Kay 


Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific Communications
Kay Niyo Photography
  k...@kayniyo.com 


  www.KayNiyo.com
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Golden, CO 80403
Phone: (303) 679-6646
Fax: (866) 849-8013  

  


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[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (04 Apr 2012) 9 Raptors

[reports]

Dinosaur Ridge
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 04, 2012
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SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total   Season Total
-- --- -- --
Black Vulture0  0  0
Turkey Vulture   0  4  5
Osprey   0  1  2
Bald Eagle   1  1  7
Northern Harrier 0  0  0
Sharp-shinned Hawk   0  0  3
Cooper's Hawk1  1  9
Northern Goshawk 0  0  0
Red-shouldered Hawk  0  0  0
Broad-winged Hawk0  0  0
Red-tailed Hawk  7 11162
Rough-legged Hawk0  0  2
Swainson's Hawk  0  0  1
Ferruginous Hawk 0  0  2
Golden Eagle 0  1  8
American Kestrel 0  1 21
Merlin   0  0  2
Peregrine Falcon 0  0  3
Prairie Falcon   0  0  6
Mississippi Kite 0  0  0
Unknown Accipiter0  0  4
Unknown Buteo0  1  9
Unknown Falcon   0  0  1
Unknown Eagle0  0  0
Unknown Raptor   0  0  4

Total:   9 21251
--

Observation start time: 08:00:00 
Observation end   time: 15:00:00 
Total observation time: 7 hours

Official Counter:Jennifer Hyypio

Observers:Bill Wuerthele, Janet Shin, Jim Schmoker, LeAnn Joswick,
  Roger Rouch

Visitors:
Andy Smith from Baltimore visited for 5 hours and saw a "life" bird the
Townsend's Solitaire.  Pam Batton a Hawkwatch volunteer from years back
visited for 3 hours and spotted the Bald Eagle.

We had a group of 5 hikers and a Golden Retriever with his hiker visit the
site.


Weather:
Sunny, light cloud coverage. Winds calm first hour then increasing only
slightly through the day. Small temperature gains, good visibility. 

Raptor Observations:
15 Red-tailed Hawk sightings, 7 were migrating north. 2 unknown raptors, 1
unknown Falcon. 2 Cooper's Hawks, 1 migrating. Resident Peregrine Falcon,
Prairie Falcon and male Kestrel. Adult Bald Eagle migrating. 

An action packed day with numerous sightings, skilled observers resulting
in stimulating raptor dialog!  Great views of very light ventral sides of 2
Red-tailed Hawks moving north. A striking dark/med morph Red-tailed with
dark head and belly band and deep rufous chest. Another Red-tailed hawk
with so much rufous and light color we needed to see a photo with patagial
bar to confirm. Red-tailed hawks also provided displays of circling and
"roller coaster" flights. Also had a Red-tailed hawk soar off a thermal to
chase a smaller bird from trees on west side of ridge and then it returned
south.

Resident Praire Falcon offered great photo ops while perching on power
pole.

Non-raptor Observations:
Other birds Western Scrub-Jay, Western Meadowlark, Black-billed Magpie,
Townsend's Solitaire, Black-capped Chickadee, Raven, Spotted Towhee,
Northern Flicked 

Predictions:
Perhaps if weather stays clear the migration will continue to bring greater
number of raptors

Report submitted by Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (jeff.bi...@rmbo.org)
Dinosaur Ridge information may be found at:
http://www.rmbo.org/


Site Description:
Dinosaur Ridge is the only regularly staffed hawkwatch in Colorado and is
the best place in the world to see migrating Ferruginous Hawks. Dinosaur
Ridge may be the best place in the country to see the rare dark morph of
the Broad-winged Hawk (a few are seen each spring). Hawkwatchers who linger
long enough may see resident Golden Eagles, Red-tailed Hawks and Prairie
Falcons, in addition to migrating Swainson's, Cooper's and Sharp-shinned
Hawks, American Kestrels and Turkey Vultures. Peregrine Falcons and
Ferruginous Hawks are uncommon; Northern Goshawk is rare but regular.
Non-raptor species include Rock Wren, and sometimes Bushtit, Western
Bluebird, Sandhill Crane, White-throated Swift, American White Pelican or
Dusky Grouse. Birders are always welcome. 
The hawkwatch is generally staffed by volunteers from the Rocky Mountain
Bird Observatory from about 9 AM to around 4 PM from the first week of
March to the first week of May.

Directions to site:
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[cobirds] Cherry Ck Res, Arapahoe

[Kayleen A Niyo]

Mary Cay Burger and I birding Cherry Ck Res for about 4 hrs mid-day hoping
to find some new birds.  Pretty slow, but highlights included

 

3 California Gulls

10 Herring Gulls

Lots RB Gulls

~30 DC Cormorants

~20 Am White Pelicans

1 Eared Grebe

~10 Western Grebes

~ 6 BC Chickadees, a pair excavating a nest hole in a rotten tree stump

4 Ring-necked Ducks

2 Ring-necked Pheasant roosters

12 Green-winged Teal

1 Greater Yellowlegs, teal and GRYE in Cottonwood marsh east of road

1 Great Horned Owl on nest (will check photos for nestlings)

1 Cooper's Hawk (near Great Horned Owl nest) scolded me and landed right
above me in a tree as I photographed it.  We didn't see where it came from
and didn't find a COHA nest.

 

Kay

Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.
Niyo Scientific Communications
Kay Niyo Photography
  k...@kayniyo.com

  www.KayNiyo.com
__
5651 Garnet Street
Golden, CO 80403
Phone: (303) 679-6646
Fax: (866) 849-8013 

 

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[cobirds] Gearing up for the 2012 CFO Convention?--check out Saraiya Ruano's Flammulated Owl article in Birding magazine

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, Birders.

As I think many of you know, our keynote speaker at the May 2012 CFO convention 
will be Flammulated Owl expert Brian D. Linkhart.
Well, one of Dr. Linkhart's former students is something of a Flammulated Owl 
expert too! I refer, of course, to Saraiya Ruano, who contributed impressively 
to both the ABA and to CFO during her teen years in Colorado Springs. Among her 
many achievements, Saraiya wrote a great article on Flammulated Owls, and it 
appeared in the January 2010 issue of Birding magazine.

Here's a link to a PDF of Saraiya's article:

http://tinyurl.com/7gyg8y9

If you'll be in attendance at Dr. Linkhart's keynote presentation, Saraiya's 
article will provide great you with great context. Even if you will not be at 
the keynote presentation, the article is well worth the read.

Enjoy!

Ted Floyd
tedfloy...@hotmail.com
Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado   

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[cobirds] World Birding Presentation in Fort Collins

[Jeff Birek]

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory and Wild Birds Unlimited will be offering a 
free presentation. Chuck and Nancy Bell have birded in 35 countries and 
built life lists of about 5400 birds. Nancy’s bird photos have won national 
awards, and she contributes them to organizations that support bird 
conservation like the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory and the American 
Birding Association. Chuck is an ABA board member and served six years on 
RMBO’s board. This free program, featuring Nancy’s bird photos, promotes 
birding as an incredible way to see the world. RSVP at Wild Birds Unlimited 
Fort Collins, wbufortcoll...@gmail.com or 970-225-2557. The presentation 
will be held at the Fort Collins RMBO office at 230 Cherry Street on April 
12 at 7 pm.

We hope to see you there!

Jeff Birek

Outreach Biologist
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Fort Collins, CO

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, April 4, 2012

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine
Date: April 4, 2012
e-mail:   rba AT cfobirds.org
phone:   303-659-8750

This is the Colorado Rare Birds Alert for Wednesday, April 4, 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)

TRUMPETER SWAN (Larimer)
Surf Scoter (Bent)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Eagle, Garfield)
Broad-winged Hawk (El Paso)
Black Rail (Bent)
Snowy Plover (Kiowa, Otero)
Dunlin (Weld)
Thayer's Gull (Logan, Washington, Weld)
ICELAND GULL (Washington, Weld)
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (Washington)
Glaucous Gull (Logan, Washington)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Boulder, Larimer,  Washington, Weld)
WESTERN GULL (Washington)
Greater Roadrunner (Jefferson)
SNOWY OWL (Logan, Weld)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Weld)
Black Phoebe (Delta, Fremont)
Eastern Phoebe (Bent, Douglas/Jefferson)
 VERMILION FLYCATCHER (Phillips)
Harris's Sparrow (Prowers)
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (*Jefferson)
Northern Cardinal (Prowers)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Pitkin)
 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Pitkin)

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

Bent County:
--A Black Rail was heard by Peterson at one of the Bent Marshes on March 31.
--An ad male Surf Scoter and Eastern Phoebe were reported by Peterson near
the dam at John Martin Reservoir on March 31.  On April 1, Jones reported
an Eastern Phoebe below the dam.

Boulder County:
 --A 3-rd cyc Lesser Black-backed Gull was reported by Floyd at Prince Lake
#2 on March 27.

Delta County:
--A Black Phoebe was reported by Harris in Escanlate Canyon near Captain
Smith's Cabin on March 27.

Douglas/Jefferson County:
An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Kibbe at "Phoebe Bridge" near the
mouth of Plum Creek at Chatfield State Park on March 28.  On March 29,
Prickett reported a pair of Eastern Phoebes at Phoebe Bridge.  On March 31,
Bob Spencer reported seeing one Eastern Phoebe and later his son saw the
pair of Eastern Phoebes at Phoebe Bridge.

Eagle County:
--70+ Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by Filby at Spring Park Reservoir
on March 27.

El Paso County:
--A Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Chartier flying over Colorado Springs
on March 30.

Fremont County:
--Black Phoebes were reported by Moss at Florence River Park and below the
MacKenzie Ave bridge in Canon City on April 2.

Garfield County:
--Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by Dahl at the Rifle Fish Hatchery on
March 26.

Jefferson County:
--The GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at Red Rocks Trading Post feeders continued to
be seen through April 3, as reported by Henwood.
--On March 30, Kiessig observed the Greater Roadrunner at the Dinosaur
Ridge Hawkwatch.

Kiowa County:
--7 Snowy Plovers were reported by Peterson at Nee Noshe on March 31.
 Duane Nelson had reported them earlier.

Larimer County:
--The TRUMPETER SWAN at Duck Lake was reported by Mlodinow on April 1.
 Directions:  Take Windsor Exit from I-25 (Exit 262), go west on CR 32
(Carpenter Road) 2 miles and pull over to view the lake on the left side.
 Beware of high-speed traffic.

Logan County:
--On March 25, Mlodinow reported 5 Thayer's gulls, 3 Glaucous Gulls (1st
yr) at No. Sterling Reservoir near the SE corner.
--On March 25, Mlodinow reported a juv or female SNOWY OWL near Hwy 138 and
CR 95.  The location was on the north side of US 138, just west of CR 95.
 This is near the entrance to little Jumbo Reservoir.
--On March 25, Mlodinow reported 6 Red-bellied Woodpeckers east of CO 55,
 heading to Tamarack.

Otero County:
--2 Snowy Plovers were reported by Peterson at Lake Cheraw on March 31.

Phillips County:
--An ad male VERMILION FLYCATCHER was reported by Severs in the town of
Holyoke at the SE corner of Sherman and Kellogg on March 29.  Please repect
private property.  Bird was observed from the street.   Deininger reported
that the flycatchers has not been seen since March 29.

Pitkin County:
--75 Rosy-Finches all Brown-capped except 1 Gray-crowned were reported by
Filby at the top of Sam's Knob at Snowmass Ski Area on March 28.

Prowers County:
--6 Northern Cardinals and a Harris's Sparrow were reported by Peterson at
Lamar Community College Woods on March 31.

Washington County:
--On March 25, Mlodinow reported from a pond along CO 6, just W of Prewitt
Reservoir,  2 Thayer's Gulls (1-st cyc, 2-nd cyc), 4 Lesser Black-backed
Gulls (2 2-nd cyc, 2 ad), 3 Glaucous Gulls (2 1-st cyc, 2-nd cyc) and a
Thayer's/Iceland hybrid.  On March 29, Mlodinow reported from the pond, an
ad WESTERN GULL (photographed by Pe