[cobirds] Surf Scoter-Weld County

[Russ Thompson]

This morning at 10:00 there was a Surf Scoter on the lake at the Frederick 
Recreation Area on Colorado Blvd between Hwy 119 and Hwy 52. There were 
also 100+ Ruddy Ducks, about 8 Common Goldeneyes, Canada and Cackling Geese.
The Eastern Towhee reported by Cathy Sheeter remains at the Banner Lakes 
SWA in Weld County,and was easy to find thanks to her excellent directions.
 
Russ Thompson
Boulder, Co.

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[cobirds] Bent and Kiowa Counties, 11/18/13

[Duane Nelson]

Birders,

This isn't exactly a rare bird report, but it includes some birds of 
local interest. I went to Adobe Creek Reservoir (aka "Blue Lake") this 
morning, mostly to see if winter storage water in the Fort Lyon Storage 
Canal is entering the lake. It is. The canal company has decided to 
store water in Adobe Creek Reservoir this winter instead of in Lakes 
Henry and Meredith, good news for Piping Plovers, Least Terns and 
birders with affinities for Kiowa and Bent County lists. I think the 
south lake (in Bent County) will begin to fill within days.


At Adobe Creek Reservoir, I searched for, and did not relocate, the 
adult Parasitic Jaeger, but it's a big lake and I could have missed it. 
I did see one late Long-billed Dowitcher. The lake is still swarming 
with ducks and gulls, but I didn't pick out anything noteworthy.


I drove to the Ft. Lyon VA cemetery from the five-way junction at Ft. 
Lyon. I had one Steller's Jay in the junipers leading to the cemetery, 
quite noteworthy this far east. I searched in vain for LeConte's and 
other marsh sparrows near Ft. Lyon. I then went to the new Karney State 
Wildlife area, north of US 50 along Gageby Creek. This is a spectacular 
winter bird site newly open to the public. I found another two Steller's 
Jays here, and they were very vocal and cooperative. They preferred 
Russian olives, tall cottonwoods, and coming to the creek to drink. Also 
here were Yellow-rumped Warblers and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet.


Finally, I went to John Martin Reservoir. I didn't feel comfortable 
attempting to walk across the mudflats on the west end of the reservoir 
to look for marsh and water birds, as waterfowl season is underway, and 
hunters have staked out multiple territories. At least one occupied duck 
blind was at the junction of the Arkansas River and the lake, which was 
my intended destination, so I left. I did walk along the Arkansas River 
below the dam at John Martin Reservoir, and easily found two Rusty 
Blackbirds at the easternmost rock crossing below the small dam.


Duane Nelson
Las Animas, Bent County, CO

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[cobirds] Colorado Springs CBC Date

[Ken & Christie Pals]

CoBirders,

The Colorado Springs CBC will be Saturday, December 14, 2013.  Aiken
Audubon Society is this count's sponsor.  Roughly 25 teams will be assigned
to cover the count circle. Participants may register online at
www.christmasbirdcount.org or contact me at mtnp...@gmail.com or Tyler
Stuart at tylerhstu...@gmail.com .  A potluck Tally Rally will take place
around 5:00 p.m. at Bear Creek Nature Center.

Feeder counters in the count circle may contact me ahead of count date for
the specifics of feeder counting.

We hope for a great Colorado CBC season!

Ken Pals
formerly Colorado Springs, now residing in Fort Collins

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[cobirds] Barr Lake CBC date

[Charles Hundertmark]

The Barr Lake CBC will be Sunday January 5, 2014. Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory is the count sponsor again this year. Meet at Old Stone House
(RMBO Headquarters) at 7:00 a.m. to organize for field activity. The
headquarters is at the south end of Lark Bunting Lane in Brighton. Coffee,
hot cocoa, tea and donuts will be available as we organize for the count.
Participants can register online at www.christmasbirdcount.org or contact
me at chundertma...@gmail.com or 303-604-0531.

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[cobirds] Pueblo birds 11/18 (4 sp. of warblers and 1 sp. of vireo)

[Brandon K. Percival]

I started along the Arkansas River, below Pueblo Reservoir dam, near the 
footbridge, where Chris Knight and I saw two Rusty Blackbirds, one winter male 
and one winter female, and then we saw a Winter Wren and Say's Phoebe.  Just 
east of Valco Ponds parking lot, the Common Yellowthroat continues.

After Chris left, I went into the Pueblo Zoo, where the there were quite a few 
Yellow-rumped Warblers, as well as the Tennessee Warbler and an Orange-crowned 
Warbler.  Margie Joy joined me at the zoo, where we saw all of the Colorado 
Nuthatch species coming to the feeders.

We then we over to check the pines in Pueblo City Park, where we were shocked 
to find a Warbling Vireo, as well as a male Red-naped Sapsucker. 


Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO

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[cobirds] Christmas Bird Counts

[William H Kaempfer]

Christmas Bird Count season is coming up soon-the first counts will be 
Saturday, December 14th, and the count period extends until Sunday January 5th. 
  The count period this year allows us the unusual situation of counts on 4 
weekends this year, so there is no excuse for not getting out and counting.

Audubon's CBC website is now up and running.  There were 48 counts in Colorado 
last year and I hope all of those, and then some, are held again this year.  
(Compilers please post the dates of you count if you have yet to do so.)

Last year, Colorado recorded the national high for 17 species and two 
additional forms.  These high counts were spread over 13 different CBCs.

Gunnison Sage-Grouse CW (CO, Gunnison)
White-tailed Ptarmigan 4 (CO, Rocky Mountain N.P.)
Scaled Quail 187 (CO, Pueblo Reservoir)
Eurasian Collared-Dove 3177 (CO, Fort Collins)
Western Screech-Owl 64 (CO, Grand Junction)
Boreal Owl 2 (CO, Fairplay)
American Three-toed Woodpecker 8 (CO, Grand Mesa)
Northern Shrike 14 (CO, Loveland, and Pueblo Reservoir) and 4 others
Mountain Chickadee 682 (CO, Evergreen-Idaho Springs)
Pygmy Nuthatch 1046 (CO, Evergreen-Idaho Springs)
American Dipper 36 (CO, Aspen) plus 1 other
Townsend's Solitaire 283 (CO, Boulder)
Dark-eyed (White-winged) Junco 65 (CO, Boulder)
Dark-eyed (Cassiar) Junco 18 (CO, Loveland)
Lapland Longspur 22,374 (CO, Flagler)
Black Rosy-Finch 225 (CO, Grand Mesa)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 348 (CO, Westcliffe)

This is a pretty neat list with two owl, two "chickens" and Northern Shrike 
along with many of our usual mountain species.  But I want to single out Tom 
Hall, in particular, for counting all of those Eurasian Collared-Doves in Ft. 
Collins!

To sign up for a count or find out more information, visit  
www.christmasbirdcount.org

Bill Kaempfer
President, CFO
Boulder

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RE: [cobirds] RFI Boulder warblers

[Ira Sanders]

When I left at 1:20 only the Parula had been seen and that was 2x in the
warbler tree.  It flew out of that tree and across the street about 12:15
and to my knowledge had not been seen again.

Dave Leatherman said that there were aphids in many of the trees to the east
of the warbler tree.

The Tundra Swan is still present at Cottonwood Marsh.

Ira Sanders

Golden, CO

 

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Of Richard Pautsch
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 12:55 PM
To: Norm Lewis
Cc: cobirds
Subject: Re: [cobirds] RFI Boulder warblers

 

Warblers weren't present at 11, although the Parula had been seen a bit
earlier this morning

 

On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Norm Lewis  wrote:

Has anyone been over to check on them today?  Still present?

 

Thx,  Norm

Norm Lewis

Lakewood, CO

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Re: [cobirds] RFI Boulder warblers

[Richard Pautsch]

Warblers weren't present at 11, although the Parula had been seen a bit
earlier this morning


On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Norm Lewis  wrote:

> Has anyone been over to check on them today?  Still present?
>
> Thx,  Norm
>  Norm Lewis
> Lakewood, CO
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[cobirds] RFI Boulder warblers

[Norm Lewis]

Has anyone been over to check on them today?  Still present?

Thx,  Norm


Norm Lewis
Lakewood, CO

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[cobirds] Late Barn Swallow, Boulder County, 11/18

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, Birders.
Earlier this morning, Monday, Nov. 18, I saw a tardy Barn Swallow, flying 
around the "pond" (it's basically not there anymore, courtesy of the flooding 
two months ago) just east of Valmont Presbyterian Church, Boulder County. 
Access is from 63rd St. and Valmont Rd. The site is private, but the pastor of 
the church says it's okay to view from the west side of the pond.
There are Killdeer out there, too, so I'm guessing there must still be some 
good "bugs" at the site. And, hey, if the bugs run out with Thursday's snow, 
the birds can always go to the magic aphid tree a few miles to the west...
Ted FloydLafayette, Boulder County, Colorado
  

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[cobirds] 72nd Boulder Christmas Bird Count, Sunday 15 December 2013

[William Schmoker]

Folks- I'd like to announce the 72nd Boulder CBC, to be held this year on 
Sunday 15 December.  Participants of all experience and ability welcomed, let 
me know if you would like to lead or join a team!  We have our count circle 
divided into 30+ territories, seeking great coverage in foothills forests and 
canyons, urban jungles (winter warblers anyone?), plains, lakes, and riparian 
zones.  Some territories involve lots of miles (for example, the state champion 
x-country-running Such brothers usually put up hiking milage in the high teens) 
while others (like the ones I aim for…)  are way more casual.  We also seek 
feeder watchers so if you live within 7.5 miles of 19th & Alpine and have 
feeders we could use your count on the 15th!

I've enjoyed hearing some of the history of several Colorado counts.  Boulder 
ran its first count on 24 December 1909.  There were some ons and offs in the 
early years but the count has run every year now since 1950.  We have tallied 
210 species over the years, and have a strong 100+100 run going (100+ 
participants and 100+ species.)

Anyway, if interested please drop me a line.

Enjoy- Bill  Schmoker, Longmont
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[cobirds] Some Kudos for Audubon and DFO Field Trips This Past Weekend

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

I just wanted to share some kudos received about two field trips led by 
Audubon Society of Greater Denver and Denver Field Ornithologists found on 
Colorado Birder this morning:

*Parkfield Park field trip (Audubon Society of Greater Denver)* - "What a 
great little park! Bursting with a fair variety of waterfowl for a 
residential neighborhood. The ladies with Audobon of Greater Denver shared 
a real gem. Thanks. AJ Gest"

*Cherry Creek Reservoir field trip (Denver Field Ornithologists)*- Comment 
by A.J. Gest  - 
What a nice day; tops for me was the Bald Eagle and the pair of Snow Geese. 
Thank Mary Cay.

Thought you'd like to know ... thanks

Gary Lefko, Nunn

http://coloradobirder.ning.com/

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 18 November 2013

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date:  November 18, 2013
email: rba AT cfobirds.org
phone: 303-659-6750 <303-659-8750>

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, November 18, 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):

BRANT (Larimer)
TUNDRA SWAN (Boulder)
White-winged Scoter (Boulder)
Black Scoter (Pueblo)
 Long-tailed Duck (Weld)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Larimer, Pueblo)
Pacific Loon (Boulder, Larimer, *Pueblo, Weld)
Red-necked Grebe (Weld)
Dunlin (Morgan)
MEW GULL (Boulder/Weld)
Thayer's Gull (Weld)
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (Weld)
 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (*Pueblo)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larimer)
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (*Pueblo)
Black Phoebe (Pueblo)
Winter Wren (*El Paso)
SEDGE WREN (Logan)
Tennessee Warbler (Pueblo)
Northern Parula (*Boulder, Larimer)
 Black-throated Green Warbler (Pueblo)
PINE WARBLER (*Boulder)
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (*Boulder)
EASTERN TOWHEE (*Weld)
Fox Sparrow (*Jefferson)
Swamp Sparrow (Pueblo)
White-throated Sparrow (Pueblo)
Harris's Sparrow (*Pueblo)
 GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (*Jefferson)
Lapland Longspur (Bent, Bent/Kiowa, Park, Weld)
Rusty Blackbird (*Pueblo)

BOULDER COUNTY:
--A BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was found by Contreras in Pine Trees at Center
Green Drive in Boulder on November 7.  On November 8, Roller and m.o.b.
observed the BAY-BREASTED WARBLER at Center Green Drive.  On November 9,
Hundertmark and m.o.b. saw the BAY-BREASTED WARBLER at Center Green Drive.
 On November 10, Gent and Larson reported that the BAY-BREASTED WARBLER
continues at Center Green Drive.  On November 11, Schmoker reported that
the BAY-BREASTED WARBLER continues at Center Green Drive.  On November 12,
Sheeter reported that the BAY-BREASTED WARBLER continues at Center Green
Drive.  The BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was reported by Schottler at Center Green
Drive on November 13.  The BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was reported by Edwards and
Chavez on November 14.  On November 15, Sparn reported that the
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER continues at Center Green Drive.  On November 16, Barr
found that a Northern Parula had joined the BAY-BREASTED for the aphid
feast at Center Green Drive.  On November 17, Deininger reported that
the BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was joined by Northern Parula and Pine Warbler on
Center Green Drive.
--An ad TUNDRA SWAN was reported by Thompson at Walden Ponds in Boulder on
November 12 and November 15. Kaemfper reported a TUNDRA SWAN on Cottonwood
Marsh of Walden Ponds on November 16.
--A White-winged Scoter was reported by Hundertmark at Lagerman Reservoir
on November 12.  The White-winged Scoter was reported by Severs and others
at Lagerman on November 13.  Keirn reported the White-winged Scoter at
Lagerman in the morning at Lagerman on November 14 but others missed it.
 The scoter does not seem to stay at Lagerman the whole day.
--A White-winged Scoter was found by Gent at Baseline Reservoir on November
16.

BOULDER/WELD COUNTIES:
--On November 14, Dowell found a MEW GULL at Jim Hamm (Boulder) and at
sunset it flew to Union Reservoir (Weld).

EL PASO COUNTY:
--A Winter Wren was reported by Farese at Fountain Creek RP near mile
marker 18 on November 9 and by
Jones on November 17.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:
--On November 17, Henwood reported that the GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW
continues at Red Rocks Trading Post and a Slate-colored Fox Sparrow was
seen by the Fountain Formation on W Alameda Pkwy.

LARIMER COUNTY:
--A BRANT was reported by Scott Baron at Equalizer Lake near Loveland on
October 25.  Equalizer Lake is near I-25 and US 34, west of Medical Center
of the Rockies, access is via CR 24.  The BRANT was reported by Steadman,
Komar, and Miller on October 26.  The BRANT was reported by Tracy P and
Derek Hill on October 27.  On October 28, Minner-Lee reported that the
BRANT showed up mid-morning at the SW corner of Houts Reservoir.  On
October 29, Shenot reported that the Brant was seen on the W side of
HoutsReservoir.   On October 30,
Kogler reported the Brant was see at Houts Reservoir.  The BRANT was
reported by Griffin and Wade at Houts Reservoir on October 31.  The BRANT
was reported by Taylor and Bretting on the the W side of Houts Reservoir on
November 1.  On November 2, Pautsch, Witt, and Mlodinow reported the BRANT
at Houts Reservoir.  On November 3, the BRANT was reported by Dunning, Mark
Miller, and Wilberding at Houts Reservoir.  On November 5, Sanders and
Prather reported the Brant at Houts Reservoir.  On November 7, Tina Jones
reported that the BRANT continues at Houts Reservoir.  On November 9,
Rhodes reported that the BRANT continues at Houts Reservoir.  On November
13, Baron reported the BRANT in the SW