[cobirds] Backyard Lakewood/ Cherry Creek Sp. 5/1

[markchavez]

 This morning in the backyard we had our first two Broad-tailed Hummingbirds 
(male and female).  We also had Chipping Sparrows(7), White-crowned 
Sparrows(Gambel's 6), Brown-headed Cowbirds(20), Yellow-rumped Warblers(2), and 
Pine Siskens(6).  We also have Mountain Chickadees defending their birdbox 
against a pair of House Wrens.  Does anyone know how rare it is to have 
Mountain Chickadees nesting here in Lakewood?
 This afternoon I ran over to Cherry Creek after Loch Kilpatrick told be about 
the longspurs.  I had over 30 McGown's along with three Chestnut-collared.  
Photos of the longspurs can be seen in the rare to uncommon gallery below.  





Mark Chavez
Lakewood-Green Mtn
http://jaeger29.smugmug.com/

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[cobirds] Bow Mar Dr.,Jefferson Cty

[Tina Jones]

There was a mini  Sparrow fall out on Bow Mar Dr., in Jefferson county. This is 
the road which borders the east side of Marston Reservoir. Within one mile, 
north of 4400 Bow Mar Dr. on Bow Mar Dr., along the edge of the road, where 
there was no snow, I saw the following : At least , 50 Chipping Sparrows, 2, 
White-crowned Sparrows, 21 Vesper Sparrows, 22 Savannah Sparrows, 3 Lark 
Sparrows, 2, Brewer's Sparrow, and 2,Lincoln's Sparrow. I also hope like Seth, 
that the migrating birds find enough food to make their journey. Yard 
Birds,Today, 5/1, I had my first Broad-tailed Hummingbird [earliest arrival so 
far for this specie in my yard]. On 4/29, I had the arrival of my first stealth 
House Wren, who has been here since. Today I still had a Townsend's Solitaire, 
along with 1, Pink-sided Junco, and 3 Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow. This week 
Chipping and Lincoln's Sparrow have come through. Happy Birding !Tina 
JonesLittleton, Jefferson County, CO.  

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[cobirds] Boulder County Birding and Larimer County Longspurs

[Joel Such]

Hi All,

A quick stop at Boulder Reservoir's north shore was worthwhile. Luckily,
the previously reported Glossy Ibis was in the front of the group making
its identification a little more easy.

Highlights for Boulder Res:
Glossy Ibis - 1
White-faced Ibis - 100
Willet - 60
Long-billed Curlew - 2
Marbled Godwit - 30
Least Sandpiper - 4
Long-billed Dowitcher - 30
Franklin's Gull - over 100
Orange-crowned Warbler - 2

The snow brought large quantities of birds to Golden Ponds (and area).
Besides the impressive Yellow-rumped Warbler numbers, Orange-crowned
Warblers were consistently scattered amongst them. The sparrows were also
thick. The Vesper and Savannah Sparrows were just everywhere in no specific
flocks. The spizellas (Chipping and Brewer's), however, were all in one
massive flock. They were mostly Chipping, but there was also a decent
number of Brewer's. Unattached from all the other sparrows, a Grasshopper
Sparrow was hopping around the concrete bike path directly to the west of
Hover Road where it crosses the Saint Vrain River.

Highlights for Golden Ponds and Saint Vrain Greenway Trail:
Great Egret - 3
Snowy Egret - 1
Spotted Sandpiper - 3
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Western Bluebird - 1
Mountain Bluebird - 1
Hermit Thrush - 6
American Pipit - 2
Orange-crowned Warbler - 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 200 (lots of them)
Chipping Sparrow - 100 (all in one big flock)
Brewer's Sparrow - 30 (with the chippers)
Vesper Sparrow - 50
Savannah Sparrow - 40
Grasshopper Sparrow - 1

On our way back home, a giant flock of McCown's Longspurs were feeding
along the road's edge between Colard Lane and Spring Gulch Drive on Blue
Mountain Road. Horned Larks, a few other sparrows, and a lone Common
Redpoll were also in the mix!

Blue Mountain Road (Larimer):
Horned Lark - 20
McCown's Longspur - 100
Chipping Sparrow - 10
Lark Sparrow - 1
Vesper Sparrow - 30
Common Redpoll - 1

Joel Such
NW of Lyons, CO

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[cobirds] Plains Birding (Cheyenne/Lincoln)

[Seth Gallagher]

A blustery day on the plains for work with colleagues from The Nature 
Conservancy, Cheyenne county highlights include the return of Lark Buntings and 
a Common Yellowthroat along Rush Creek (both FOY). The Brett Grey Ranch 
(private) housed many surprises, I wish I had more time to explore, highlights 
include: Broad-winged Hawk (an incredible eye level look while perched in a 
wood lot), Peregrine Falcon, a dozen or so Long-billed Dowitcher, with several 
Willet and both Yellowlegs, all three drake teal species in one scope, large 
flocks of Yellow-rumped Warblers with Ruby-crowned Kinglets (more time would 
have no doubt produced more migrants!). 

Lark/ Vesper Sparrows and Swainson's Hawk seem to be back in mass. We need the 
moisture, but I sure hope the migrants can find enough food to sustain the 
journey...

Seth Gallagher
Fort Collins, CO

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[cobirds] Roaring Fork Wednesday (Pitkin, Eagle, Garfield Ctys)

[Dick Filby]

Hi all,

 

After pouring rain pounded the roof most of the night, the noise abated ...
and we awoke to several inches of snow, freezing temperatures but mercifully
no wind.

 

In the yard today:

Lincoln's Sparrow 1

White-crowned Sparrow 2

Song Sparrow several

Bullock's Oriole male

Cassin's Finch several

Gray-headed Junco

Yellow-headed Blackbird several

Black-chinned Hummingbird 1+males

Pine Siskin 2 (FOY) 

 

 

Linda, Mary, Shep, Jennifer and I birded Spring Park reservoir, El Jebel..
Finally we have hundreds of Swallows, a mini fallout of shorebirds, and a
decent fallout of American Pipits and Mountain Bluebirds

 

Common Loon 3 alternate plumage

Barrow's Goldeneye 2+

Common Merganser 2 females

Long-billed Dowitcher  17 + 3

Willet 10

Western Sandpiper 4

Wilson's Phalarope 2

Wilson's Snipe heard

Killdeer several

Franklin's Gull 1

Great Horned Owl

Peregrine 

Brewer's Blackbirds 20+

American Pipit 100+

Mountain Bluebird 100+

Tree Swallow - hundreds - this evening they were roosting on the stones on
the islands near the dam

 

and also this evening, new in..

Solitary Sandpiper 2

Lesser Yellowlegs 2

 

Blue Lake El Jebel was back to old form - with a nice selection of common
birds including

Pied billed Grebe 1

Eared Grebe ca 50 - some were very obliging for the patient photographer

Western Grebe 8

Bufflehead several

Ring necked Duck 2

Lesser Scaup several

Coot 

Mallard

Gadwall

Northern Shoveler 30+

Cinnamon Teal 

Green Winged Teal

Blue-winged Teal

American Wigeon

Ruddy Duck

Canada Geese

Spotted Sandpiper 2

Savannah Sparrow 2+

American Pipit 2

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

 

Apart from a fallout of Western Grebes in mid April, Blue Lake has been
almost devoid of any birds all spring - until today.

 

Nearby, on the treatment ponds by JR Drive, close to the El Jebel Fire
Station

Wilson's Phalarope 4  - 

first time I have ever seen anything other than Canada Geese or Mallard on
there!

 

Up-valley I was forwarded a photograph of a Lazuli Bunting at Woody Creek
and I was told that there were scores of Vesper Sparrows on Maclean Flats,
near Aspen

 

Good birding all

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale, CO

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[cobirds] Chestnut-collared Longspur - Dougco

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,

On our way to Larry Miller Nissan off Lucent Blvd just north of C470, at
about 5:30 for a car club meeting, we had a CCLO on the entry road between
Lucent and Larry Miller.

 

Ira and Tammy Sanders

Golden, CO

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[cobirds] Lazuli Bunting, Sharp-shinned grabbing dinner (with pics) and other goodies at Chatfield, Douglas

[Cheezwhizdom]

My son and I were able to swing by Chatfield this afternoon for a little 
while to see what the storm brought in.  Besides being a little cold, it 
was great.
 
My son was able to get good pictures of a Lazuli Bunting, and we caught a 
Sharp-shinned Hawk swooping down and grabbing a sparrow off the ground 
right in front of us.  The agility of those birds is amazing.  In addition, 
as others have mentioned, we saw Phalaropes, Willets, Spotted Sandpipers, 
Yellowlegs and more Phoebes, Sparrows and other common birds than we could 
count.
 
My son also had some great shots of a snowy egret and black-crowned night 
heron the other day in Littleton.
 
Happy birding.
 
Matt Crooks, Littleton
 
www.cheezwhizdom.com
 
 

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Re: [cobirds] Longspurs at Cherry Creek Arapahoe

[Gary Brower]

Glenn,

Can you be a little more specific?  Are you talking about Cherry  Creek State 
Park?  And, if so, where in the park?

Thanks,

Gary Brower
Englewood, CO

On May 1, 2013, at 3:16 PM, Glenn and Laurie wrote:

> Folks,
>  
> There was a fallout of sparrows / longspurs at Cherry Creek today.  Loch, I 
> and others found over 34+ McCown's Longspurs in various stages of plumage, a 
> few Chestnut Collared Longspurs along with hundreds of Vesper Sparrows and a 
> few Lark, Brewer's, Chipping and Savannah's mixed in.  One of the longspurs 
> stood out, very buffy with a pale eyering, faint dark streaking and a median 
> crown stripe.  We photographed the bird that shows some similarity to Smith's 
> Longspur 1st year / non-breeding plumage.  I am not jazzed about the bill in 
> the photographed bird (for Smith's) and we did see some semi-buffy McCown's 
> longspurs with clearly McCown's Longspur tails but the photographed bird 
> looks buffy than any of those.  Those birds also showed gray tones.  Others 
> currently at Cherry Creek are seeing 2 buffy longspurs with tail patterns 
> that resemble Smith's.  I have very little experience with Smith's Longspur 
> so any comments / insight is appreciated.  Also there were 5 Common Terns and 
> I just got word there are 2 Purple Martins there now near the west end. 
>  
> Glenn Walbek
> Castle Rock, CO
> http://www.pbase.com/gwalbek/2013_birds
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[cobirds] Custer County hummers

[Leon Bright]

COBirders,

   While at our cabin--9,200 ft. in NW Custer County--on Monday and Tuesday
we had a few visits by one or two male Broad-tails.  When the first visitor
came by checking last year's feeding stations I quickly put out a liquid
meal for him.  When we had to retire the feeder before leaving yesterday
evening we were sad to think of the snowstorm that awaited these scouts.

   Today I received an email with photo from a Custer County resident
showing a female hummer feeding from a bright red feeder in the falling
snow.  It was good to see someone else was helping out and I was surprised
to learn that at least one female has followed so closely behind the male
scouts.

Leon Bright, Pueblo

 

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[cobirds] East Boulder County sparrow fallout

[Todd Deininger]

Some more on the *Black Phoebe* at Boulder Creek and HWY 52.  I stopped on
the bridge facing west.  To the north west there is a tree with a gate to
the west.  On the fence east of the tree the BHPH fly up and perched.  Then
bolted across the road to the south, narrowly avoiding a car, then dropping
in the scrub on the west side of the creek.  Traffic is heavy heading east,
so trying to get to the other side of the road would have been difficult.
 I did not see the bird again after it entered the bushes.


Next I made my way to Niwot Rd. north of Panama Res. *Vesper Sparrows* were
thick here.  Also a group of 7 *McCown's Longspurs* and a lone female *Brewer's
Blackbird*.  Moving north on 115th south of the neighborhood on the west
side had *Brewer's Sparrows, *White-crowned*, *and *Chipping Sparrows.*
*
*
Oxford Rd was full of more Vesper Sparrows and at least 3 *Lark Sparrows*.
 Heading north on 119th were another 100+ Vesper Sparrows and *American
Pipits*.

After meeting Vanderpoel, Kaempfer, and Dowell (see his earlier post) at
McIntosh, minus David we headed to Golden Ponds.  All *Swallows* were seen
flying around.  3-4 *Hermit Thrushes*, Yellow-rumps and a few Vesper and
Chipping Sparrows were on the paths north of the river.

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Todd Deininger
Longmont, CO

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[cobirds] Lamar - May 1, 2013

[Anne Woods or Charles Strehl]

On this ugly day we PA birders stayed in mostly but checked a few town 
places this afternoon.  Behind pallets at Walmart was a flock of Chipping 
Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, and Brewer's Sparrow with a single *Palm 
Warbler*.  At the Fairmount Cemetery a *Lazuli Bunting* added color to a 
flock of sparrows.  At the College Woods spotted only Orange-crowned and 
Yellow-rumped Warblers, a pair of Blue Jay, and a flushed *Poorwill* (first 
time this Easterner has ever seen one in the daytime).  

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[cobirds] Longmont lakes (Boulder County)

[David Dowell]

Sparrows did eventually accumulate at Golden Ponds in Longmont.  Late this 
afternoon, I counted 75 Chipping Sparrows and 9 Savannah Sparrows, along 
with other usual suspects, in the short stretch I walked.  Otherwise, as 
Steve M. indicated, it seemed like business as usual there.

McIntosh Lake in Longmont, particularly the east end, attracted a nice 
collection of shorebirds, including:
DUNLIN (2)
Marbled Godwit (23)
Willet (19)
Semipalmated Plover
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs

Similar to Ted Floyd's experience at Boulder Reservoir, I had the pleasure 
of encountering large shorebirds named Vanderpoel, Kaempfer, and Deininger.

David Dowell
Longmont, Colorado

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[cobirds] Weld County and Longspur Comments

[Steven Mlodinow]

Greetings All


I kinda expected to experience a fallout of seed-eating birds out in Weld, but 
no luck. I guess those big numbers of sparrows with a goodly sprinkling of 
longspurs at Chatfield, Boulder Res was due, perhaps, to the effect of birds 
hitting snow and the wall known as the Rocky Mountains, and thus stacking up 
along that edge. Interesting


As for the mystery longspur, I am not a Smith's Longspur expert, but it is 
undoubtedly an odd bird. Two things make me feel queasy about Smith's: female 
Smith's in all plumages should be whiter on throat and buffier in chest. This 
bird seems as buffy or buffier on throat. Also, most Smith's, even females, 
should show more white on upper wingbar. I wonder if this is an odd CC 
Longspur. Any photos showing primary projection well (therefore, a photo in 
which wing not drooped) would be quite helpful.


In Weld, I was mostly blinded by blowing sleet. Highlights included 
20 WHIMBREL at Loloff Reservoir
1 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER at WCR 59 Ponds
2 RED-NECKED GREBES and 1 GLOSSY IBIS still at Firestone Gravel Pits


I did start my day at Golden Ponds. No sparrow fallout there, but hundreds of 
YR Warblers. Little else, though.


Good birding
Steven Mlodinow
Longmont, CO

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[cobirds] Boulder Two Common Redpolls

[David Waltman]

Yesterday's male Common Redpoll stayed through the day today. Late this 
afternoon it was joined by a female. There were no Colorado May records, 
according to eBird or the "Bob and Bob" book, prior to Pam Piombino's report 
and mine today. 
My house is about 5 miles from Pam's, mine in the foothills and hers a bit east 
of the foothills. 
David Waltman 
8464 West Fork Road 
Boulder 

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[cobirds] Birding at Red Rocks and Chatfield SP

[Charles Lawrence]

I made it out to Red Rocks Trading Post this morning where I saw the Fox 
Sparrow and Lincoln's Sparrow. The Golden-crowned Sparrow did not make an 
appearance while I was there. Also present were 3 Lazuli Buntings, 8 Spotted 
Towhees, 3 Scrub Jays, 20 White-crowned Sparrows, 8-10 Dark-eyed Juncos and 1 
Chipping Sparrow.
I then went over to Chatfield Reservoir where things were much as described by 
Joe Roller. I would estimate that 1500-2000 Mountain Bluebirds were present in 
bare areas and along the roadsides. I didn't see any Western or Eastern 
Bluebirds. Also present were 800-1000 Vesper Sparrows and about 500 
White-crowned Sparrows. Oddly enough 2 Willets were foraging in the Swim Beach 
parking lot.
I also saw 20 or so American Pipits, 28 Western Meadowlarks, several hundred 
Robins, maybe 100 Chipping Sparrows, 5 Savannah Sparrows and 1 Loggerhead 
Shrike. I knew that Longspurs were being spotted at Cherry Creek State Park but 
were unable to pick any out of the crowd at Chatfield. All in all, a very 
productive day.

Charlie Lawrence
Centennial, CO


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[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (30 Apr 2013) 29 Raptors

[reports]

Dinosaur Ridge
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 30, 2013
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SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total   Season Total
-- --- -- --
Black Vulture0  0  0
Turkey Vulture   1147156
Osprey   0 21 22
Bald Eagle   0  2 29
Northern Harrier 0  5  6
Sharp-shinned Hawk   4 89 97
Cooper's Hawk1 99110
Northern Goshawk 0  0  0
Red-shouldered Hawk  0  0  0
Broad-winged Hawk0 33 33
Red-tailed Hawk  6 97231
Rough-legged Hawk0  0  6
Swainson's Hawk  0  6  6
Ferruginous Hawk 0  1  9
Golden Eagle 1  7 10
American Kestrel 7129151
Merlin   0  3  3
Peregrine Falcon 0 13 14
Prairie Falcon   0  3 17
Mississippi Kite 0  0  0
Unknown Accipiter9 41 45
Unknown Buteo0 24 33
Unknown Falcon   0  7  7
Unknown Eagle0  1  1
Unknown Raptor   0 13 16

Total:  29741   1002
--

Observation start time: 07:30:00 
Observation end   time: 15:00:00 
Total observation time: 7.5 hours

Official Counter:Paul Slingsby

Observers:Heather Jackson, Jim Banks

Visitors:
There were several hikers, including a very young girl who enjoyed trying
to use binoculars.

Visitor, Justin Dee of Vail, was very helpful in spotting and identifying
raptors, 11:00 to 12:00.

Visitor, Paul Walker, who is a volunteer at the Dinosaur Visitor Center
and a raptor nest monitor at Chatfield was also helpful, 11:00 to 12:00


Weather:
Sunny during the first 2 hours, then 100% cloudy with very flat light. 
Temperature was nearly constant, 10 deg. C to 12.5 deg. C.  Wind ranged 10
mph to  nearly 20 mph.  It began to sprinkle at 15:00

Raptor Observations:
Nearly all raptors sighted were soaring until high at the south end of
Dinosaur Ridge and gliding very high going north along the ridge.  Most
identifications were based on silhouettes with little or no color pattern
seen.  There are therefore many unidentified falcons which may have been
either Prairie Falcon or Peregrine Falcon.

Non-raptor Observations:
1 American Robin, 3 male Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, 4 Scrub Jays, over 20
White-throated Swifts, about 20 Violet-green Swallows, 4 Black-billed
Magpies (one was a fledgling, 1 Hairy Woodpecker (intermountain w), 2
Spotted Towhees, 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 2 Common Ravens, 2 Western
Meadowlarks.  Thirty-eight White-faced Ibis migrated north along Rooney
road, then veered east.

Predictions:
Too wet for raptors to migrate or hawkwatchers to watch.

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:
>From exit 259 on I-70 towards Morrison, drive south under freeway and take
left into first parking lot, the Stegosaurus lot. Follow small signs from
the south side of lot to hawkwatch site. The hike starts heading east on an
old two-track and quickly turns south onto a trail on the west side of the
ridge. Wh

[cobirds] Redpoll, Northern Boulder County

[Pam Piombino]

A Common Redpoll just joined the hordes at my feeders.  Now, I'm at 23
species for the day.

Pam Piombino
St. Vrain Rd,
West of Hygiene

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[cobirds] Today at Chatfield SP

[Joe Roller]

I birded for a while with Glenn Walbek, but also on my own at Chatfield.
There was quite a spectacle in the snowstorm, with literally hundreds and
hundreds of Vesper Sparrows, (total >1,000??)
plenty of American Pipits, Robins and fewer bluebirds, mostly Mountain.
There was a score or more
of just arrived Spotted Sandpipers, and on the Marina Sandspit a
Semipalmated Plover and a lone Western
Sandpiper. I trekked in thru the willows at the Plum Creek Delta and saw
only a little shoreline, as the lake
is high. There were 5 Wilson's Phalarpes, a Western Willet, Long-billed
Dowitcher and a FOS Sanderling,
along with a score of Chipping Sparrows and a few Savannahs. Not much at
the model airplane field.

Along the road past the ponds just southwest of Kingfisher Bridge were tons
of icterids, including Yellow-headed
and Brewer's Blackbirds, Mountain Bluebirds, Robins, the same sparrows,
pipits. Nothing rare, but as usual with spring storms,
there were lots of birds to see, but it was hard on those birds. The
weather may break this evening, then clear after another
snowy night.

Joe Roller,
Denver

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[cobirds] Hummingbirds - Larimer County

[Pat Hayward]

Today at our feeders we've had male and female broad tail, male
black-chinned and male calliope hummingbirds. Black-chinned about on
schedule, calliope seems very early.

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Pat Hayward
Masonville CO
at 5400' west of Fort Collins

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[cobirds] Boulder Rez addendum

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, everybody.

Glenn Walbek's exciting post (longspurs, Purple Martins, Common Terns) from 
Cherry Creek Rez prompts me to note that I heard at Boulder Rez this morning, 
Wed., May 1, something that sounded like a Purple Martin. Never saw it at all. 
I think I heard the bird as it was flying above me in heavy snow, and then 
maybe it briefly perched in the treetops, then put into flight again. Heard it 
for about a minute, total. This was over in the copse just north of the main 
(west) entrance.

Another one that got away. That's how it is when you have moderate snow blowing 
horizontally off the lake...

Have fun out there!


Ted Floyd
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Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado   

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[cobirds] hoards of Brewer's Blackbirds, Jeffco

[Kay Niyo]

I am feeding hoards (have counted 60+ in one flock in my tree) of Brewer's
Blackbirds as well as White-crowned Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Pink-sided
Juncos, etc.  I discovered that the blackbirds love dried mealworms and
millet!  They aren't too fond of black oil sunflower.  Was trying to entice
some robins and a Say's Phoebe who were feeding in the street, but so far I
haven't seen them eating my handouts.  Tough spring for the birds.

 

BTW, some of we Tues Birders had a pair of Great-tailed Grackles at Denver
Botanic Gardens at Chatfield yesterday.

 

Kay

 

Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D.

Niyo Scientific Communications

5651 Garnet St.

Golden, CO 80403

303.679.6646

k...@kayniyo.com; www.KayNiyo.com

 

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[cobirds] Boulder Rez in the snow, May 1st

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, Birders.

Boulder Reservoir, Boulder County, was predictably very, very birdy this snowy 
morning, May 1st.

The very first bird I laid eyes on, upon turning into the west entrance, was a 
Sage Thrasher running across the road. Then I saw a bunch of American Robins 
fly by, and then a Western Willet, and then an Eastern Bluebird...and, well, 
things were fast-paced like that for the whole rest of the morning.

There was a great presence of McCown's Longspurs along the main loop road; at 
least 13, all apparently alternate males, and most or all of them quite vocal, 
were right along the road near the model airplane field.

Sparrows were everywhere along the road edges. I came up with: 1 Spotted 
Towhee, 33 Chipping Sparrows, 1 Brewer's Sparrow, 60 Vesper Sparrows, 3 Lark 
Sparrows, 11 Savannah Sparrows, 1 Grasshopper Sparrow, 1 Song Sparrow, 4 
Mountain White-crowned Sparrows, 2 Gambel's White-crowned Sparrows, 1 
Slate-colored Junco, 2 Oregon Juncos, 1 Pink-sided Junco, and 1 Gray-headed 
Junco.

So were American Pipits, about 75 of them, everywhere. And a few Mountain 
Bluebirds (12). Oh, and American Robins in tremendous abundance (at least 325), 
and a Townsend's Solitaire.

Shorebirds. The main action was on the north shore, where I saw 15 Marbled 
Godwits, 2 Long-billed Curlews, 28 Western Willets, 4 beautiful and vocal 
alternate Long-billed Dowitchers, and Peter Burke. Other shorebirds scattered 
around the lake shore were Killdeer, Greater and Lesser yellowlegs, a peep, a 
Wilson's Snipe, and Wilson's Phalaropes. At one point I was looking straight on 
at something that resembled, but wasn't, a thick-banded plover (Wilson's? 
Common Ringed?), but it was just another ho-hum McCown's Longspur.

Ibi. A big flock on the north shore had one straightforward Glossy Ibis; when I 
left, it and Peter B. were off to the right of the main flock just a little 
ways.

Franklin's Gulls and swallows. They were legion.

Warblers. A few Audubon's along the lake shore, and 2 Orange-crowns along 
roadsides.

The one that got away. I very briefly saw, at quite close range, a nice 
dull-pumpkin-orange sparrow-like job with faint black marks on the head and a 
few thin white bars on the brownish wings. But then I was very literally in 
danger of being steamrolled (there was a work crew out there), and had to get 
out of the way, and that, as they say, was that. Was it a female Smith's 
Longspur? Dunno, as I saw it through the windshield for just a few seconds.
Could someone go look for it, please? Pretty please? Last seen in the general 
vicinity of the McCown's, at the model airplane field.

Ted Floyd
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Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado

  

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[cobirds] Black Phoebe, CLR & HWY52, Boulder Co

[Todd Deininger]

At bridge, west of intersection.  Flew south into scrub.  I cannot find out
again, a lot of traffic.

Todd Deininger
Longmont, CO

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Re: [cobirds] Longspurs at Cherry Creek Arapahoe

[Glenn and Laurie]

Folks,

There was a fallout of sparrows / longspurs at Cherry Creek today.  Loch, I and 
others found over 34+ McCown's Longspurs in various stages of plumage, a few 
Chestnut Collared Longspurs along with hundreds of Vesper Sparrows and a few 
Lark, Brewer's, Chipping and Savannah's mixed in.  One of the longspurs stood 
out, very buffy with a pale eyering, faint dark streaking and a median crown 
stripe.  We photographed the bird that shows some similarity to Smith's 
Longspur 1st year / non-breeding plumage.  I am not jazzed about the bill in 
the photographed bird (for Smith's) and we did see some semi-buffy McCown's 
longspurs with clearly McCown's Longspur tails but the photographed bird looks 
buffy than any of those.  Those birds also showed gray tones.  Others currently 
at Cherry Creek are seeing 2 buffy longspurs with tail patterns that resemble 
Smith's.  I have very little experience with Smith's Longspur so any comments / 
insight is appreciated.  Also there were 5 Common Terns and I just got word 
there are 2 Purple Martins there now near the west end.  

Glenn Walbek
Castle Rock, CO
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[cobirds] Rosita deck birds

[JAMES MARINER]

A quick trip to our cabin in Rosita (Custer Co., 9000 ft) yielded an 
interesting array of birds for the short time we were there.  I filled the 
feeder and within a couple of minutes had pygmy nuthatches, white br. 
nuthatches, and mountain chickadees trying to crowd each other out.  Later, 
pine siskins and juncos (pink-sided, grey-headed and Oregon) arrived.  About 
suppertime, a flock of evening grosbeaks (20-30) passed through, pretty much 
emptying the feeder, and just before we left, a couple of Cassin's finches 
sampled our offering of sunflower seeds.  Other birds seen from the deck: hairy 
woodpecker, northern flicker, common raven, turkey vulture.

Jim Mariner
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Arkansas River Valley, Bent County April 30, 2013

[Anne Woods or Charles Strehl]

PA birders touring CO, we explored the river valley, the John Martin Dam 
area, Bent's Old Fort, and Fort Lyon areas yesterday ahead of today's 
storm.  Valley produced Gambel's White-crowned Sparrows and a flock of male 
Lark Buntings that we welcomed home.  The reservoir and Lake Hasty had 
Western and Eared Grebe, a Snowy Egret, assorted ducks, and a Greater 
Roadrunner.  A few Forester's Terns worked the area.  The ranger said a few 
Least Tern have been seen, but we could not find them.  Bent's Old Fort 
marsh has been divided into territories by the Red-winged Blackbirds that 
harassed the resident pair of Northern Harrier.  On the river were Northern 
Shoveler, Blue-winged Teal, and Green-winged Teal.  A stop at the Las 
Animas State Fishing Unit added Lesser Scaup, Redhead, Bufflehead, Ruddy 
Duck, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Wilson's Phalarope, and a 
solitary Long-billed Dowitcher.   

A return to Bent's Old Fort and the Fort Lyon Wildlife Easement corner 
after dark yielded calls of Virginia Rail and Sora but none for Black Rail, 
a target bird of ours.  This species may be wisely delaying its arrival 
this season.  Too bad.  Today in the mist at Lamar a flock of Gambel's 
White-crowned Sparrows work the gravel outside our motorhome.  

We move tomorrow to near Gunnison to find the sage grouse and begin search 
for Northern Pigmy Owl, Boreal Owl, and Flammulated Owl.  *Any reports of 
specific locations for the owls in the Montrose/Gunnison areas greatly 
appreciated.* 
 
Charles Strehl
Biglerville PA
woodstrehlatgmail.com

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[cobirds] Manitou Lake - Teller Co. - 42 species, Long-billed Dowitcher

[Jeff J Jones]

The weather did not fail to produce at Manitou Lake today.

 

A total of 42 species in about 45 minutes at the lake; in heavy snowfall.

 

Previous Big Day at Manitou Lake for me was 56 species on 5/18/2010. So, I
may have to go back out there and get at least 15 more species this
afternoon.

 

A new species for me at the lake was a Long-billed Dowitcher, feeding
alongside a Wilson's Snipe at the east end of the boardwalk; only 30 ft
away. 

 

11 new species for the year at the lake; and many rarely seen there.

 

Highlights:

 

. Cinnamon Teal (6)

. White-faced Ibis (4)

. Northern Harrier, scaring up the hundreds of Robins and Chipping
Sparrows

. Willet (3)

. Long-billed Dowitcher 

. Wilson's Phalarope (2)

. Loggerhead Shrike

. Red Crossbill (40)

 

Hundreds of American Robins and Chipping Sparrows moving through in waves.
One minute very few were present; then 10 minutes later hundreds of them.
The same with everything else. One minute they were there; then gone 10
minutes later.

 

Complete list below.

 

Jeff J Jones

(  jjo...@jonestc.com)

Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands

 

FIRST SIGHTINGS: World: 0, Location: 1, Annual: 11, World Annual: 6

Species: 42 - Subspecies: 1 - Forms: 42

Total Records: 42

 

Canada GooseBranta canadensis

Gadwall Anas strepera

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos   

Blue-winged TealAnas discors 

Cinnamon Teal [a*]  Anas cyanoptera  

Northern Shoveler   Anas clypeata

Green-winged Teal   Anas crecca  

Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris  

Common MerganserMergus merganser 

Western Grebe   Aechmophorus occidentalis

American White Pelican  Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Great Blue HeronArdea herodias   

White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi   

Osprey  Pandion haliaetus

Northern Harrier [a]Circus cyaneus   

Spotted Sandpiper   Actitis macularius   

Willet [a]  Tringa semipalmata   

Long-billed Dowitcher [l*]  Limnodromus scolopaceus  

Wilson's Snipe  Gallinago delicata   

Wilson's Phalarope [a]  Phalaropus tricolor  

California Gull Larus californicus   

Mourning Dove   Zenaida macroura 

Belted Kingfisher   Megaceryle alcyon

Northern FlickerColaptes auratus 

Loggerhead Shrike [a]   Lanius ludovicianus  

American Crow   Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common RavenCorvus corax 

Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor  

Northern Rough-winged Swallow   Stelgidopteryx serripennis   

Black-capped Chickadee [a]  Poecile atricapillus 

Pygmy Nuthatch  Sitta pygmaea

Western BluebirdSialia mexicana  

American Robin  Turdus migratorius   

Yellow-rumped Warbler   Setophaga coronata   

Chipping Sparrow [a*]   Spizella passerina   

Brewer's Sparrow [a*]   Spizella breweri 

Savannah Sparrow [a*]   Passerculus sandwichensis

Song SparrowMelospiza melodia

White-crowned Sparrow   Zonotrichia leucophrys   

Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) caniceps  Junco hyemalis caniceps  

Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus  

Red Crossbill [a*]  Loxia curvirostra

 

Birder's Diary - www.BirdersDiary.com - 5/1/2013

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[cobirds] Lower Bear Creek Birding List - Jefferson County

[mike]

Hi All,

I have been contacted by some folks from non-profit groups that would like to 
have a Bird List of the Birds of Lower Bear Creek:  defined as the 7-8 mile 
riparian area along Bear Creek from Fox Hollow Golf Course to where Bear Creek 
meets the S. Platte River.  If you have records or information on breeding 
birds or uncommon migrants in this area, I would appreciate receiving the 
information off-line with species names and dates.  Please reply off-line.

Thanks in advance,

Mike Henwood
Morrison, Jefferson County

hawk...@aol.com 

720-840-5070  Cell

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[cobirds] McCown's Longspurs - Boulder & Weld Co.

[Luis (Beto) Matheus]

Roadside birding is paying off again, even if not as productive as with the 
last storms.

Between 11 and noon I drove looking for birds. On Oxford Rd. & 115th (Boulder 
Co.) I had a single McCown's with Horned Lark, Meadoelarks, Robins and a few 
Vespers. Then again found 3 along Co. Rd. 5 a few hundred yards north of Erie 
Pkwy.

Lastly, 3 Chipping Sparrows on the north entrance to Panama Res. and at least 3 
Swainsons Hawks weathering it out.

Stay warm!
Beto Matheus
Erie

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[cobirds] Rare and Out of Print Books - Collector's items

[mike]

Hi All,

A friend of our family in Grand Junction who manages a Moving and Storage 
Company has acquired some rare books left by Rosalind Ray, the daughter of 
Milton Ray, a wealthy industrialist, poet, and ornthinologist.  Milton S. Ray 
is the wealthy San Francisco industrialist who developed Ray Park in San 
Francisco and gave it his name.

Our friend would like some information on who to contact to assess the value of 
the books, some of which are quite rare and valuable and others not as valuable 
in monetary terms, but probably rare and/or one of a kind and likely of 
interest to collectors or museums.  I would appreciate any help from folks out 
there regarding experts in Rare Books, museum directors, collectors, or other 
folks that might be knowledgeable about the value of rare books.  I have looked 
at the books and all are in excellent condition, wrapped individually, and like 
brand new.

Please reply to me off-line with questions or information.  A partial list of 
some of the books includes:

The Birds of America by John J. Audubon Volumes 1-7 1840Bound 
in contemporary full dark brown Morocco with edges gilt.

The Birds of California by William Leon Dawson  Volumes 1-4 1923

A History of the Birds of Ceylon by Captain W. Vincent Legge, R.A.  
Volumes 1-3 1880

The Birds of Florida by Harold H. Bailey1925

Birds of America by John Cassin (1853-1855)


Thanks in advance for any help,

Mike Henwood
hawk...@aol.com

720-840-5070

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[cobirds] Fort Collins International Migratory Bird Day Celebration

[Jeff Birek]

Hi COBirds folks!

I just wanted to let you know about a FREE International Migratory Bird Day 
Celebration that will be held at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery on 
Saturday, May 11 from 7 am - 2 pm. We will have bird banding, bird walks, 
and a biking bird tour along the Poudre River to New Belgium Brewery. All 
are welcome! Please click the link below for more info.

http://goo.gl/4Z4XA (this is a shortened link and will redirect to the RMBO 
website).

We hope to see you there!

Jeff Birek

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Outreach Biologist
work: (970) 482-1707 ext. 25
jeff.bi...@rmbo.org

*Celebrating 25 Years of Bird and Habitat Conservation*

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[cobirds] Longspurs at Cherry Creek Arapahoe

[Larry Modesitt]

Cobirders,

After sorting through hundreds of nothing but Vesper Sparrows, I had thrown in 
my birding towel. When along came Glenn Walbek and Loch Kilpatrick with "You 
quit too soon. Both McCown's and one Chestnut-collared are there." Sure enough. 
Opposite the mountain loop were several McCown's. Joe Roller joined me and he 
spotted the chestnut-collared in the same place. Didn't check much else, tho' 
saw a willet, some sanderlings and a Wilson's phalarope in a brief look. 


Larry Modesitt
Chairman, Board of Directors
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory

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[cobirds] Common Loon Tabor Lake Monday

[Robert A. Spencer]

Hi Cobirders,  My helper Tina and I went to Tabor Lake about 4PM  
Monday and the Common Loon was still there. First for the year for me  
and a Life bird for Tina.

I think it may stay after todays storm.
It was 33 o at 10:30 AM this morning.
There was a male Cassin's Finch feeding on the patio.

Still Snowing with about 4 or 5" accumulated so far.

Bob Spencer N.E. of  Golden 
 


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[cobirds] Re: Late snow and migratory bird mortality?

[Mele Avery]

I've been wondering this as well, but more about the birds that have 
already started their nests here. I guess it's mostly larger birds that 
have laid eggs by now, like the cliff-nesting raptors, rather than the 
passerines but that's only my impression. I wonder how they get on with 
all this bad weather.

Mele Avery
Broomfield

On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 9:43:17 AM UTC-6, Rick wrote:
>
> I live in Fort Collins, and in the past few days have seen early arriving 
> broad-tailed hummingbirds, tree and barn swallows, yellow-rumped and 
> orange-crowned warblers.  With the ongoing snowstorm, I have been wondering 
> about the level of mortality that these migratory birds will experience.  I 
> did a bit of searching on Google Scholar and came across an excellent 
> article that discusses migration and weather-related deaths.  The article 
> is titled: "Weather-related mass-mortality events in migrants".  It seems 
> likely that a large number of small insectivorous birds will die during 
> this winter storm.
>
> Rick Schroeder
> Fort Collins
>
>
>

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[cobirds] Pueblo City Park, Pueblo Co. 5/1

[Brandon K. Percival]

Frisbee Golf Course creek area of Pueblo City Park:

Townsend's Warbler - 1 female
Summer Tanager - 1 male
Broad-winged Hawk - 1

Other warblers:  Yellow, Yellow-rumpeds, Orange-crowneds, Virginia's.


Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO

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[cobirds] Spring Count at Castlewood Canyon SP

[Kirk Huffstater]

The annual Spring Count at Castlewood Canyon State Park will be conducted on 
Sunday, May 12th, beginning at 6:30am at the parking lot for the Lucas 
Homestead site in the park, off Castlewood Canyon Road; depending on weather 
conditions, we typically conclude our count sometime during the afternoon, 
around 2-3pm.  We’ll be trying to find as many birds of as many species as 
possible, and covering a route throughout the park and surrounding roads.

Directions from the intersection of Hwy-83 (Parker Rd) and Hwy-86:
1) drive about 0.4 mile west on Hwy-86 from intersection
2) turn left/south on Castlewood Canyon Rd
3) drive about 2.3 miles south on Castlewood Canyon Rd
4) turn left/east into parking lot

Please plan accordingly for weather that day, and bring along 
drinks/snacks/lunch as needed.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to email or call me.

Kirk Huffstater

Castle Rock, CO

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[cobirds] Late snow and migratory bird mortality?

[Rick]

I live in Fort Collins, and in the past few days have seen early arriving 
broad-tailed hummingbirds, tree and barn swallows, yellow-rumped and 
orange-crowned warblers.  With the ongoing snowstorm, I have been wondering 
about the level of mortality that these migratory birds will experience.  I 
did a bit of searching on Google Scholar and came across an excellent 
article that discusses migration and weather-related deaths.  The article 
is titled: "Weather-related mass-mortality events in migrants".  It seems 
likely that a large number of small insectivorous birds will die during 
this winter storm.

Rick Schroeder
Fort Collins


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[cobirds] Re: Gull ID Question - Cherry Creek SP, CO - Arapahoe County

[JBreitsch - Denver]

For anyone who looked at the pictures and still wasn't sure what the bird 
was, there is general agreement that it is a juvenile Herring Gull.
 
I never like looking as if I don't know things, but I figure I have two 
choices.  1) Don't ask, and people won't realize that I don't know things.  
The drawback is that I would continue to not know anything.  Or, 2) Ask, 
let people know that I don't know, and then learn.  Option 2 always seems 
better.  We have such a vast collection of great resources (people) here in 
Colorado that it seems silly not to take advantage of it.  It's like having 
our own personal Ornithopedia (if you don't mind that I butcher the Latin 
language a bit).
 
Thanks to everyone that took the time to look at the pictures, and extra 
thanks to everyone who took extra time to respond.  I appreciate it.
 
John Breitsch
Denver, Colorado
http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/

On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:21:07 PM UTC-6, JBreitsch - Denver wrote:

> I saw a gull today off of the bird observatory platform that I am not sure 
> of the ID.
> Definitely larger than the Ring-billed Gulls it was near, and it seemed 
> larger than the California Gulls that were farther off along the shore. It 
> didn't see quite big enough to be a Herring, but size can be deceiving.
>  
> I have three sad little pictures here if anyone wants to give me their 
> thoughts.  I'm going to keep my thoughts of Juvenile Thayer's to myself so 
> I don't sound overly stupid.  
>  
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/8697829456/in/photostream
>  
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/8697829310/in/photostream
>  
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/8696707103/in/photostream
>  
> John Breitsch
> Denver, Colorado
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/
>

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, May 1, 2013

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: May 1, 2013
email: rba AT cfobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, May 1, 2013 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)

EURASIAN WIGEON (Mesa)
Barrow's Goldeneye (*Eagle)
Glossy Ibis (Archuleta, *Boulder, Prowers)
Broad-winged Hawk (Boulder, Douglas/Jefferson, Fremont, *Huerfano,
Jefferson, Kit Carson, Larimer, Las Animas, Prowers)
American Golden Plover (Weld)
Snowy Plover (Otero)
HUDSONIAN GODWIT (Prowers)
MEW GULL (Weld)
Thayer's Gull (Weld)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Weld)
Caspian Tern (Arapahoe, Jackson)
White-winged Dove (Denver)
ARIZONA WOODPECKER (Las Animas)
Black Phoebe (Fremont)
Eastern Phoebe (Baca, Boulder, Douglas/Jefferson, Fremont, Morgan)
Winter Wren (Las Animas)
Carolina Wren (Prowers)
Northern Waterthrush (Archuleta)
Blue-winged Warbler (Prowers)
Black-and-white Warbler (*Prowers, Pueblo)
Nashville Warbler (El Paso, *Prowers, *Pueblo)
Northern Parula (Prowers)
EASTERN TOWHEE (Baca)
BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW (Mesa)
Black-throated Sparrow (Fremont)
Fox Sparrow (*Jefferson)
Swamp Sparrow (Baca)
White-throated Sparrow (Clear Creek, Prowers)
Harris's Sparrow (El Paso, Morgan, Prowers)
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (*Jefferson)
Northern Cardinal (Boulder, Morgan, Otero, *Prowers)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (*Prowers)
Indigo Bunting (Prowers)
Rosy-Finches (Teller)
Common Redpoll (Larimer)

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
--On April 26 at Cherry Creek SP, Teuton reported 3 Caspian Terns on the
spit closest to the Marina.

ARCHULETA COUNTY:
--A Northern Waterthrush was reported by Beatty on a small lake along CR
600 opposite Jack's Pasture Road on April 28
--A Glossy Ibis was reported by Beatty at Navajo Lake on the mudflats of
Piedra Arm south of Windsurf Beach area on April 28.

BACA COUNTY:
--A f EASTERN TOWHEE was reported by Komar in Cottonwood Canyon on April 26.
--At Two Buttes on April 26, Leatherman reported Eastern Phoebe and Swamp
Sparrow.

BOULDER COUNTY:
--An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Kaempfer at 75th St bridge over Boulder
Creek on April 27.
--A singing Northern Cardinal was reported by Morton on Norton St in South
Boulder on April 29.  The bird flew around the neighborhood and sang from
tree tops.
--A Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Piombino where N 61st changes into N
63rd and crosses St Vrain Creek on April 29.
--A Glossy Ibis was reported by Tumasonis at Walden Ponds on April 30.

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY:
--A White-throated Sparrow was reported by Modesitt coming to feeders at
294 Mountain Ave in Empire on April 29.

DENVER COUNTY:
--A White-winged Dove was reported by Hudak coming to his feeders In Bear
Valley on April 27 and 28.  Birders are welcome to try to see the dove.
 Both days the bird came in around the 10 am hour in the company of 2
Eurasian Collared Doves.  They come to a hanging platform feeder.  The
address is 3070 S. Hobart Way which is W of Sheridan off of Dartmouth Ave.
  The backyard can be entered via the gate on the right hand side of the
garage.  There are no pets.  Please stay on the patio or the benches on the
right side of the yard.

DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES:
--On April 27, Kellner reported 2 Eastern Phoebes and 2 Broad-winged Hawks
at Chatfield SP.  One phoebe was at the foot bridge over Plum Creek and the
other was at Kingfisher Bridge.  Both birds were singing.  One hawk was at
Plum Creek and the other by the Platte River.
.
EAGLE COUNTY:
--10+ Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by Filby at Spring Park Reservoir
on April 26.  On April 28, Filby reported a pair of displaying Barrow's
Goldeneyes at Spring Park Reservoir.  On April 30, Filby reported 6+
Barrow's Goldeneyes at Spring Park Reservoir.

EL PASO COUNTY:
--A Harris's Sparrow was reported by Dan Maynard at Fountain Creek Regional
Park on April 27.
--A Nashville Warbler was reported by Goff at Fountain Creek Nature Center
on April 29.

FREMONT COUNTY:
--On April 27, Percival reported 2 Broad-winged Hawks along the Bluff Trail
portion of Canon City Riverwalk east of Sells Pond Parking Lot; 3 Eastern
Phoebes between Raynolds Ave and Sells Ave on the Riverwalk; and a Black
Phoebe at the MacKenzie Ave Parking Lot and a Broad-winged Hawk W of
Mackenzie Ave Parking Lot.
--2 Black-throated Sparrows were reported by Percival along Hwy 115 east of
Florence on April 27.

HUEFANO COUNTY:
--A Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Neldner on Rouse Road on April 30.

JACKSON COUNTY:
--A Caspian Tern was reported by Komar at Walden Reservoir on April 24.
 The Caspian Tern was seen again by Hundertmark on April 26.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:
The GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARR