[cobirds] Scissor-tailed Flycatchers-not; Ladder-backed Woodpecker and Wilson's Warbler in Florence River Park

[SeEttaM .]

The female Scissor-tailed Flycatcher has not been reported since July 28
and now I have not seen nor heard of any reports of him since last Sunday
when the landowner saw him near the nest site on their property south of
Florence.  I found a photo I had taken of the female on July 28 sitting on
the nest and have uploaded it to my Birds and Nature blog
.

Late report of a Ladder-backed Woodpecker I saw in Florence River Park last
week.  This is only the second I have seen in riparian habitat though they
are reported to use lowland riparian forests both in and south of the U.S.

And I saw my first of the season migrating Wilson's Warbler in Florence
River Park yesterday. Have seen migrating Western Tanagers,one each, over
the past week in Florence River Park, Canon City Riverwalk and Red Canyon
Park. Landbird migration is on.

Photos of him and the Ladder-backed Woodpecker are also now up on my Birds
and Nature blog.  Trying to catch up.

SeEtta Moss
Canon City
http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com

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[cobirds] NE CO Highlights

['Steven Mlodinow' via Colorado Birds]

Greetings All


I started today at Jackson Reservoir, then went to Prewitt, and eventually 
finished my day at Haxtun in Phillips County. Still fairly slow birding out 
there, but some nice highlights


At the NE corner of Jackson Reservoir, Morgan, on a small crescent of mud, 
there were no shorebirds, but there was a Caspian Tern, undoubtedly one of the 
3 found by Dave Dowell a few days ago. 


In the state park, there was a Northern Waterthrush and a female Spotted x 
Eastern Towhee. Neither parental species should be migrating quite yet and 
neither breeds at Jackson, making this bird an oddity indeed.


At Prewitt, there is just enough shorebird habitat to hold 12 Baird's Sands and 
3 Lesser Yellowlegs.
On the brighter side, the inlet canal walk is drying out nicely and should be 
prime when the first real wave of passerines hits. The veg is luxuriant, as our 
the mozzies. I didn't get there until nearly mid day but still eked out another 
Northern Waterthrush plus Western Tanager, OS Flycatcher, Dusky and Willow 
Flycatchers.


Akron Golf Course pond was bird free


In the town of Yuma, there was a subadult Mississippi Kite sitting in a tree in 
someone's yard near the intersection of Beatty and Hwy 59. I believe there are 
fewer than 5 records for the county.


On Wednesday, two days ago, at Crow Valley, Nick Moore and I had a White-winged 
Dove (only my second in Weld) and some early migrants: Willow Flycatcher, 
Wilson's Warbler, Cordilleran Flycatcher.


Also, there were 5 RB Nuthatches at Crow Valley on Wednesday and 5 at Prewitt 
today; methinks it will be another invasion fall for that species.


Good Birding
Steve Mlodinow

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[cobirds] Re: Female needs room at CFO convention

[Paul Kaufmann]

What convention?  Is there a birding convention that I don't know about??

On Friday, August 15, 2014 10:20:05 AM UTC-6, sheflew wrote:
>
> Hello birders,
>
> I would like to share a hotel room with someone for the convention from 
> Thursday through Saturday nights. Please contact me off list if you have 
> you are interested. THANKS!
>
> *Sue Riffe* 
> *Lyons, CO*
>

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[cobirds] YMCA of the Rockies

[scott]

Hi All,

As some of you know a number of volunteers and I  have been operating a 
banding station at the YMCA of the Rockies south of Estes Park for some 
time now, actually it has been 16 years.


As a collective group we have captured and banded 88 different species 
at the site including hawks, owls, hummingbirds and even Band-tailed 
Pigeons.

As of today we have trapped and banded 9971 birds.

I am happy to say my next Monday or Wednesday (we trap every Monday, 
Wednesday and Friday) we will break the 10,000 mark for birds banded.


If anyone would like to see what we have captured over the years, you 
can see the numbers at www.CARRIEP.org. Look under research, then YMCA 
Bird Banding


Furthermore, The Barn Owls that CARRI has been monitoring are close to 
fledging. That can also be seen at www.CARRIEP.org


Best,
Scott Rashid

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[cobirds] Re: Female needs room at CFO convention

[Sue Riffe]

I found a room.

Sue Riffe
Lyons, CO


On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Sue Riffe  wrote:

> Hello birders,
>
> I would like to share a hotel room with someone for the convention from
> Thursday through Saturday nights. Please contact me off list if you have
> you are interested. THANKS!
>
> *Sue Riffe*
> *Lyons, CO*
>



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[cobirds] Need help with Xeno-Canto downloads

[W. Robert Shade III]

I would like to use songs of some Japanese birds for my "Birds of Japan"
presentation at the DFO meeting Monday August 25. I did this once
successfully but now, after pressing the "download symbol" on the selected
vocalization, cannot find the download on my MacBookPro. Flummoxed. Can
anyone help?

Thank you.

Bob Shade
Lakewood

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[cobirds] Female needs room at CFO convention

[Sue Riffe]

Hello birders,

I would like to share a hotel room with someone for the convention from
Thursday through Saturday nights. Please contact me off list if you have
you are interested. THANKS!

*Sue Riffe*
*Lyons, CO*

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 15 August 2014

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: August 15, 2014
email: r...@cfobirds.org

The RBA phone line has been discontinued.

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 15 sponsored by
Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.

Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).

Snowy Plover (Alamosa, Otero)
Piping Plover (Otero)
LITTLE GULL (*Arapahoe)
Caspian Tern (Morgan, Costilla)
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (Logan)
Black Phoebe (Fremont)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Fremont, Montrose)
Bell's Vireo (Logan)
Chihuanhuan Raven (Cheyenne/Kiowa)
Purple Martin (Mesa)
Nashville Warbler (Boulder, Mesa, Montezuma)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (Grand)
Northern Waterthrush (*El Paso, *Larimer)
Fox Sparrow (Mesa)
Indigo Bunting (El Paso)

ALAMOSA COUNTY:
--A Snowy Plover was reported by Rawinski at Blanca Wetlands, east of
Alamosa on August 11.  The best place for shorebirds was Pond #114 just N
of "t" in Road.  Go either N or S.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
--A juvenile plumaged LITTLE GULL was reported by Walbek at Cherry Creek SP
in the middle of the lake on August 14.

BOULDER COUNTY:
--A Nashville Warbler was reported by Dowell at Skunk Canyon on August 5.

CHEYENNE/KIOWA COUNTIES:
--5 Chihuahuan Ravens were reported by Peterson near the county line and NE
of Sand Creek Massacre site on August 3.

COSTILLA COUNTY:
--At Smith Reservoir on August 3, Mlodinow reported ad Caspian Tern and ad
Glossy Ibis.

EL PASO COUNTY:
--A m Indigo  Bunting was banded by Brown at Clear Springs Ranch on August
9.
--An ad Northern Waterthrush was banded by Brown at Clear Springs Ranch on
August 14.

FREMONT COUNTY:
--Miller reported a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher on July 8 on CO 67, It was
seen flying alongside the highway. It was seen 0.75 miles north of the
Custer County line.  On July 13, Miller reported seeing the Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher at the same spot.  On July 14, the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was
reported by Walbek, Percival and Schultz. On July 16, Drummond reported
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at 0730 but not at 1030.  On July 19, Hinds
reported the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at the same spot.  On July 20,
Edwards reported that 2 Scissor-tailed Flycatchers were seen and
that they appear to be nesting in the dead tree.  On July 22, Bill Maynard
reported 1 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher before 0800.  On July 23, Moss
reported seeing the female Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.  On July 25, Moss was
able to see the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher pair exchange duty at the nest in
the dead tree.  On July 26, Kaempfer reported the pair of Scissor-tailed
Flycatchers were busy defending their nest.  On July 27, Moss watched the f
Scissor-tail forage from the driveway several hundered feet north of nest
tree..  Moss spoke to the property owner of the nest tree and it is okay to
park in the driveway as long as you do not block the driveway and stay
outside their fenceline.  On August 2, Moss reported seeing the male
Scissor-tail but not the female.  On August 4, Moss
again reported only seeing the male Scissor-tail.  On August 5, Rich Miller
reported the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.
Moss reported seeing the male Scissor-tail on August 8.  On August 9,
Kellner reported the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.

GRAND COUNTY:
--On August 13, Remsen reported 18 Black-throated Gray Warblers and 4
Black-chinned Hummingbirds on CR 117 above Radium.

LARIMER COUNTY:
--A Northern Waterthrush was reported by Biggerstaff at Dixon Reservoir low
in bushes just S of the inlet stream on the S side of the dam on August 14.

LOGAN  COUNTY:
--A singing EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE and singing Bell's Vireos were reported by
Severs at west Tamarac Ranch on August 6. The Pewee was just north of Site
1.

MESA COUNTY:
--On August 3, Korte reported Nashville Warbler and Purple Martins in
Collbran.  A pair of Purple Martins was feeding young.
--On August 11, Cooper reported migrating Purple Martins and Common
Nighthawks at Fruita Reservoir #2.
--On August 10, Korte reported 10 Purple Martins on Brush Creek Road where
it enters Aspens.  Some of the
martins were recently fledged.

MONTEZUMA COUNTY:
--A Nashville Warbler was reported by Beatty at the west end of McPhee
Reservoir in cottonwoods on the SW side of the dam on August 6.

MONTROSE COUNTY:
--On August 4, Dexter reported a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher visited his yard
in Nucla.  He will report back on August 5 if it is still around.  On
August 5, Dexter was able to refind the Scissor-tailed Flycather where it
was
last seen on the 5th but it fly south of town and out of sight.

MORGAN COUNTY:
--3 Caspian Terns were reported by Dowell at Jackson Lake SP on the NE side
of the lake on August 11.

OTERO COUNTY:
On August 10, Minner-Lee reported Snowy Plovers with chicks and 2 Piping
Plovers at Lake Cheraw.

DFO Field Trips:
The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, August 16 will be to Barr Lake SP led by
Buzz Schaumberg (303-478-4641).  Please call leader if going.  Meet at 0730
at the Barr Lake SP Visitor Center.  State Parks Pas