[cobirds] Few Cliff Swallows Denver-Boulder Area
There seem to be few Cliff Swallows and extremely few occupied Cliff Swallow nests. Is this true and, if so, what could be the cause? - Chuck Lowrie, Denver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/c3fb3254-2373-4871-aae2-f44ce3fbfdd2%40googlegroups.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Kiowa County: Adobe Creek Reservoir - Piping Plover
On Friday, my wife and I made a trip to Bent's Old Fort near La Junta. We decided at the last minute to try for the Plovers at Adobe Creek Reservoir. We got the Piping Plover, but no other birds. Only looked the eastside of the reservoir. Did see a beautiful Red-headed Woodpecker as we drove east on highway 194. Long trip for one new life bird, the plover. http://www.flickr.com/photos/93843744@N06/?details=1 Aaron and Pati Driscoll Colorado Springs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CANLGmteUZ7JXSTnXVoQQH-JZezdBPFn%2B0eJ5F6W-0FudCRF6Fw%40mail.gmail.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Huerfano/Las Animas 6/8-9
Hi Everyone- I had a fun time down in Huerfano and Las Animas Counties this weekend 6/8-9. With Glenn Walbek's excellent directions, it didn't take long to find a singing male Hepatic Tanager on Rouse Road. A singing Philadelphia Vireo in the creek about a quarter mile west of the Hepatic Tanager was quite the surprise, and it was nice that David Dowell and Norm Lewis were also able to see it. David and I birded along CR 313 to the Las Animas County line, and I continued south into Mauricio Canyon over to Trinidad. I made a brief stop at Trinidad Lake (not much water there, full of boats), then through the Picketwire Valley and over to La Veta along CO-12. In La Veta, in those fabulous willows along Francisco Street, I saw an Evening Grosbeak and a Red-naped Sapsucker. This morning, I drove south out of La Junta along CO-109 to Las Animas County road 76.8. The stretch of road after the steep downhill pitch seems to be a pretty reliable spot for Gray Vireo, and it didn't take long to find one. From here, I meandered back home, with my last stop at Last Chance. The only migrant was a Western Tanager, but there was a younger-than-two-years male Orchard Oriole singing, and a Great Horned Owl in the patch at the NW corner looked remarkably pale, like the ones I sometimes see up toward Canada. I checked for a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher along US-36, but didn't see one. CR 313 was very good for butterflies, including an Orange-headed Roadside-Skipper and an Edwards's Fritillary. This morning, I saw a tarantula sauntering across CO-109. Luckily, cross-traffic was nil. Mark Miller Longmont, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/00ed01ce6575%247bc28e10%247347aa30%24%40gmail.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Night birds, Flagstaff Hill, Boulder County, June 9th
Hello, Birders. Peter Burke and I went out early, very early, this "morning," Sunday, June 9th for night birds in the Flatirons, Boulder County. All birds were legally detected. (Do heed the various warnings and restrictions up there.) We heard two Northern Saw-whet Owls at one stop, a Flammulated Owl at another, and two Great Horned Owls at a third; we also heard for Common Poorwills, Common Nighthawks, and a spooky Wilson's Snipe. Of greatest interest, perhaps, were the supposedly diurnal bird species singing in the middle of the night: Cordilleran Flycatcher, Western Tanager, Chipping Sparrow, and especially Violet-green Swallows. Violet-green Swallows were constantly aloft, just twittering away up there, above the pines, beneath the Milky Way. Down at the Gregory Canyon trailhead, a noisy male Rose-breasted Grosbeak continues. We also saw a tardy Lincoln's Sparrow, presumably still on its way north and/or up. Ted Floydtedfloyd57@hotmail.comLafayette, Boulder County, Colorado -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/BAY177-W362150AEB3C226DF2F4437C0840%40phx.gbl?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] RFI west slope owls
Hello all! I am always impressed by the list as a source of information. As referenced in David's email of yesterday, a number of us followed Glenn/Mark's directions for a successful chase of hepatic tanager south of Walsenberg. The Philly vireo was a great bonus! And thanks to Mark for picking up the bird by call and to David for a great photo that enabled us to confirm the ID. On that note, in a couple of weeks I am going to b eon the west slope. Over the years I have seen many great posts about good owling spots over in the Grand Junction/Grand Mesa area, but I have never tried any of them. This time I might just do it, and any hints as to locations would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance, Norm Norm Lewis Lakewood, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/8D033662EFB6B63-2744-23F7D%40webmail-d290.sysops.aol.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Lewis's Woodpeckers in Eldorado Open Space, Boulder County
COBirders, Christian Nunes spotted an adult Lewis's Woodpecker acting territorial along the ridge of the hogback just south of Eldorado Springs - an area that burned several years ago. When I went up, there were at least three, very likely four, birds courting and checking out nesting sites. To access the area, head west toward Eldorado Spgs., passing Dowdy Draw lot, and make a left where the sign says, Yoga Ashram. This road provides access to the Fowler Trail. Follow the trail around I think three switchbacks until you get to a fork. Turn left and head south -- this trail will take you directly below the hog back. From here you can scan the ridge where the birds are easily seen and/or heard flying between the dead trees, calling to one another and giving the distinctive drumming that starts with a quick flourish, then finishes with a number of slower taps. Also in the area is a singing Indigo Bunting and (I'm told) one or more Williamson's Sapsuckers. I've posted photos of the Lewis's Woodpecker & Indigo Bunting here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgburke/ Good birding, Peter Burke Boulder -- http://www.linkedin.com/pub/peter-burke/5/788/a62 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CACjv0GZEom_X1%2Bbzg_4L8Hwq5OGfa68KtO6qdH2%2BHSMzJXAJXA%40mail.gmail.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Pond Life - 1st Creek Trail - Denver, CO
I'm on call for work this weekend, so I couldn't get out to do any long birding trips. Just walking about a mile from my house, I was able to experience a typical, common spring morning in Colorado. Along a new trail (more on that below), I was able to see the following among 30 species: A croaking Great-blue Heron. A curious Say's Phoebe that followed me around for about 5 minutes. A nesting Swainson's Hawk. Nesting Mallard pair. Common Yellowthroats and Yellow Warblers. Noisy Blue Jays and Northern Flickers. A House Wren going in and out of a nest hole in a tree. A calling Western Wood-pewee. And then there were the highlights - An adult Pied-billed Grebe feeding her young, and then calling them to her when they got too spread out. An American Coot alternately feeding her young (at least 4 of them) and chasing away a muskrat from the nest area. Another coot carrying nesting material to / and then sitting on a nest. It seems that in a little while that pond will have even more little redheaded coot babies that look as if they're on fire. A few picture links here. More on my photostream: Baby Pied-billed Grebe http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/8998545654/lightbox/ American Coots http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/8998540214/lightbox/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/8998537912/lightbox/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/8997351663/lightbox/ Frog http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/8997312577/lightbox/ First Creek Trail: This is a new trail built as an amenity for the Fairway Villas adult community on the north end of Green Valley Ranch. It is a very short little trail just to the west of the 16th and 17th holes of the golf course. It is east of Dunkirk St, just below 54th. It is a wide, sidewalk type path that does a loop that can't be but a quarter mile total. There are small ponds and a little wooded area. Map: http://goo.gl/maps/3F1qz For a non birding day, this wasn't too bad. Add in the turtles, frogs, and muskrat, and it was a pleasant way to spend a little time. John Breitsch Denver, Colorado http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/47bc0415-f5dc-4475-991b-69c421449ae8%40googlegroups.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, June 9, 2013
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: June 9, 2013 email: rba AT cobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, June 9, 2013 sponsored by the 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 (* indicates new information on this species in this report): Pacific Loon (El Paso) MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD (*Jackson) Green Heron (El Paso) YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Phillips) Snowy Plover (Kiowa/Bent) Piping Plover (Kiowa/Bent) HUDSONIAN GODWIT (Kiowa/Bent) Caspian Tern (Montezuma, Routt) ACORN WOODPECKER (*Pueblo) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder) YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (Phillips) Eastern Phoebe (*Boulder, *Las Animas) Great-crested Flycatcher (Sedgwick) Cassin's Kingbird (Boulder, El Paso) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Morgan) Yellow-throated Vireo (Larimer) PHILADELPHIA VIREO (*Huerfano, Phillips) Chihuahuan Raven (El Paso) GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (Phillips) Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso/Pueblo) Ovenbird (Boulder, *Douglas, Larimer) GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (El Paso/Pueblo) Black & White Warbler (El Paso) Black-throated Sparrow (Fremont) HEPATIC TANAGER (*Huerfano) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Bent, *Boulder) Indigo Bunting (Boulder, *Douglas, La Plata, Sedgwick) Scott's Oriole (Jefferson) BENT COUNTY: --At Temple Grove on June 6, Moss reported a m Rose-breasted Grosbeak. BOULDER COUNTY: --On June 8, Floyd reported an Eastern Phoebe at the 63rd St bridge over the St Vrain River. --On June 6, Werthele reported a singing m Rose-breasted Grosbeak by the Gregory Canyon parking area. --On June 5, Norfleet reported that the Boulder Bird Club Wednesday Roadrunners saw two m Rose-breasted Grosbeaks in Louisville. One was by Callahan Open Space and the other near the SW corner of Monarch Court and Franklin Ave. --At Boulder Mountain Park on June 2, Tumasonis reported American Three-toed Woodpecker at Bear Peak fireburn area, Ovenbirds where Bear Creek intersects the Mesa Trail, and Indigo Bunting about 1 mile into Bear Creek Canyon Trail. --On June 2, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak was seen by First Sunday Birders of Boulder Bird Club, led by Norfleet at Sawhill Ponds in Boulder. --On June 2, Floyd reported a Cassin's Kingbird at GunBarrel Hill in Boulder. DOUGLAS COUNTY: --At Roxborough SP on June 8, Matheus reported a m Indigo Bunting near the visitor's center and an Ovenbird. --At Castlewood Canyon SP on June 2, Kingery reported 2 singing Ovenbirds. EL PASO COUNTY: --On June 3 at Turkey Creek Ranch, Goff report 1 Cassin's Kingbird and 2 Chihuahuhan Ravens. --On June 2, Hinds reported a Pacific Loon at Big Johnson near the dirt parking area. On June 3, Pals reported the Pacific Loon near the dam. On June 5, Kosar reported the Pacific Loon near the dam at Big Johnson. --On June 2, Farese reported a Green Heron at Fountain Creek Regional Park. EL PASO/PUEBLO COUNTIES: --On June 1, at Chico Basin Ranch Percival reported a singing m GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER in tall Elm Trees at the banding station. On June 2, Teuton reported that the GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was singing and actively feeding in Elm Trees by the banding station. --On June 3 at Chico Basin Ranch, Pals reported a Curve-billed Thrasher at Rose Pond. FREMONT COUNTY: --Black-throated Sparrows were reported by Walbek near Florence in cholla E of the Federal prison on June 6. HUERFANO COUNTY: --On June 6, Walbek reported a HEPATIC TANAGER at I-25 and exit 42. On June 8, Dowell reported the HEPATIC TANAGER at the same spot and Mark Miller found a singing male PHILADELPHIA VIREO just down the road from the tanager spot. The vireo is very pale. JACKSON COUNTY: --On June 5, Vaughn reported a possible MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD over North Park. JEFFERSON COUNTY: --A possible Scott's Oriole was reported by Murphy along a riparian area on the Clear Creek Bike Path W of Harlan on June 2. KIOWA/BENT COUNTIES: --At Adobe Creek Reservoir on June 3, Duane Nelson reported Piping and Snowy Plover and f HUDSONIAN GODWIT. LA PLATA COUNTY: On June 2, Morris reported a m Indigo Bunting on CR 105 about halfway between Hwy 160 and Red Mesa. LARIMER COUNTY: --2 m singing Ovenbirds were reported by Leatherman in Rist Canyon on June 5. --A Yellow-throated Vireo was reported by Leatherman on the S edge of Grandview Cemetery, next to City Park Golf Course on May 31. On June 1, Summers found the Yellow-throated Vireo in the SE corner of Grandview Cemetery singing quite a bit. --On June 1, Sparks reported an Indigo Bunting at Lee Martinez Park in Fort Collins. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: --An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Dowell at Apishapa SWA on June 8. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: --On June 5, Beatty reported a Caspian Tern at Narraguinnep.
