[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 27 August 2014
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: August 27, 2014 email: r...@cfobirds.org This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert Wednesday, August 25 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Mississippi Kite (El Paso) Snowy Plover (Alamosa) Mountain Plover (Park) LITTLE GULL (Arapahoe) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Logan, Sedgwick) Band-tailed Pigeon (Park) Greater Roadrunner (Pueblo) WHIP-POOR-WILL (La Plata) Black Swift (Montrose) White-throated Swift (Larimer) ACORN WOODPECKER (Pueblo) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Larimer, Mesa) Least Flycatcher (*Douglas) Gray Flycatcher (Fremont) Black Phoebe (Fremont, Pueblo) Great Crested Flycatcher (Washington) Bell's Vireo (Logan) Common Raven (Boulder Larimer, Montezuma) Purple Martin (San Miguel) Pygmy Nuthatch (Boulder, Larimer, San Miguel) Bewick's Wren (San Miguel) American Dipper (San Miguel) Western Bluebird (Boulder) Fox Sparrow (Mesa) Lesser Goldfinch (Boulder, Larimer, Montezuma) ALAMOSA COUNTY: --Snowy Plovers were reported by Rawinski on August 24 at Watchable Wildlife Area at Blanca Wetlands. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: --A juvenile plumaged LITTLE GULL was reported by Walbek at Cherry Creek SP in the middle of the lake on August 14, August 15, August 17 and August 19. BOULDER COUNTY: --On August 16 on the Bird Walk led by Steve Frye at Betasso Preserve they reported 40 Pygmy Nuthatches, 4 Lesser Goldfinches, 1 Common Raven and 10 Western Bluebirds. DOUGLAS COUNTY: --A Least Flycatcher was reported by Suddjian in the Plum Creek Area of Chatfield on August 25. EL PASO COUNTY: --A Mississippi Kite was reported by Goff at Adams Open space in Fountain on August 21. FREMONT COUNTY: --Gray Flycatchers were reported by Moss at Red Canyon Park 10 miles N of Canon City on August 16. There was a family of four plus an additional 3 Gray Flycatchers. On August 20, Moss found two Gray Flycatcher families at Red Canyon Park. On August 23, Moss refound 2 Gray Flycatcher families at Red Canyon Park. LA PLATA COUNTY: --A WHIP-POOR-WILL was found by Larson and Remsen S of Durango on Hwy 140 near the state line on August 16. LARIMER COUNTY: --On August 22 at Lory SP, Komar reported American Three-toed Woodpecker, White-throated Swift, 6 Common Raven, 6 Pygmy Nuthatch, and 6 Lesser Goldfinch. LOGAN COUNTY: --A Lesser Black-backed Gull was reported by Mlodinow at Jumbo on August 16. --4+ Bell's Vireos were reported by Kaempfer in hedgerows at Little Jumbo on August 16. MESA COUNTY: --On August 18, Stigen reported 3 American Three-toed Woodpeckers on Grand Mesa on the Crag Crest trail. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: --On August 18 at Lone Dome Recreational Area, Remsen reported Common Raven and Lesser Goldfinch. MONTROSE COUNTY: --7-8 Black Swifts were reported by Dexter in Nucla flying low over a farm pond on August 22. PARK COUNTY: --2 Mountain Plovers were reported by Suddjian at James Mark Jones SWA off CR 15 on August 19. --2 Band-tailed Pigeons were reported by Suddjian near Bailey on August 19. PUEBLO COUNTY: --On August 16, Moss reported 4 ACORN WOODPECKERS in pines at Pueblo Mountain Park. --A Greater Roadrunner was reported by Moss on Siloam Road in West Pueblo County on August 16. --A Greater Roadrunner was reported by Percival at Pueblo Reservoir W of North Picnic Road on August 21. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY: --On August 24 at Miramonte Reservoir, Floyd reported Purple Martin, Pygmy Nuthatch and Bewick's Wren. --On August 25 Floyd reported an American Dipper by the river in Telluride. SEDGWICK COUNTY: --A Lesser Black-backed Gull was reported by Walbek at Jumbo Reservoir on August 22. WASHINGTON COUNTY: --2 Great Crested Flycatchers were reported by Mlodinow at the inlet Channel at Prewitt on August 20. DFO Field Trips: The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, August 31 will be to Prewitt and Jackson Reservoir led by Joey Kellner (303-978-1748). Meet the leader at 0530 at the Colorado Parks and Wildlife, 6060 N. Broadway. Exit I-25 at 58th Ave, go west 2 blocks to Broadway, then north 2 blocks to parking lot on right to carpool. Habitat Stamp for State Wildlife Areas and State Parks Pass required. this is an all-day trip so bring lunch, plenty of water, and bug spray. Good Birding, Joyce Takamine Boulder -- 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/CAHtstTdKdiBYRhsSH9NuSwZtWM6eDVRjhrVkH0M87sR_VNCTBQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Mostly Barr Lake - Adams County
Date: 27 August 2014 Time: 0845 - 1100 Car issues and a cold kept me from heading to Arizona for the week, so despite not being fully healthy yet, I took a walk around Barr to ease my frustration. It was a fairly quick trip from the parking lot at the visitor's center to the boat ramp and back. Some of the notables were a few Olive-sided Flycatchers (some calling), a Common Nighthawk trying to blend in with Franklin's Gulls over the Pioneer trail, two Common Terns, one Clark's Grebe among many Western's, loudly calling Ospreys, and various warblers including American Redstart, Nashville, Tennessee, Wilson's, and Yellow. On the drive home, on the west side of Tower Road, just north of the Pena Blvd overpasses was a Burrowing Owl. Good luck to all the conventioneers this coming weekend. If you find a juvenile Sharp-tailed Sandpiper out there, please post it. No hoarding rarities. John Breitsch Denver, Colorado https://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/1e43be55-689d-4135-82e3-15d0ee2e2d6d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] RMBO Fall Banding at Barr Lake
Hi CoBirders, The Barr Banding Season starts officially this Saturday, August 30. We will be open 5 days per week, closed Sunday and Monday, through Saturday, October 11. (There will be some exceptions to this, the first exception being this first week, when, in addition to Sunday and Monday, we will be closed on Wednesday, 8/8). We will be opening nets at 6:30 a.m., making our first net run at 7 a.m., and should have our first birds at the station by 7:15 or so. We will close up most days between 11:30-12:00; somewhat earlier if it is really hot, cold, windy, etc. Come early for the best opportunities to see cool birds. Most weekdays, there will be school groups arriving around 9, so if you come early you will also get a closer, more personal experience! As many of you are aware, the water was very high very late into the summer this year. As a consequence, the banding station area looks very different. (I've spent some time at Barr every year since 1998, and I've never seen this much change in the habitat in one year.) The net area up front near the road, where the grasses usually grow so tall that it's like a maze to walk through, is bare until the short willows start, and the willows in many locations are not as full as usual. The net array out closer to the water is much changed from previous years because trees and bushes have been uprooted and moved due to the water. The smart weed is low and sparse. What difference will this make in terms of birds? Nancy Gobris has been out training our seasonal banders this week, and we did training for RMBO Naturalist volunteers today. Yesterday, they caught a grand total of 9 birds. But today, we banded 81. Half of them were Yellow Warblers plus lots of House Wrens (most if not all probably summer residents). A few Chipping Sparrows, a Willow Flycatcher, Western Wood-pewee, several Bullocks Orioles, a Black and White Warbler. Seem to be plenty of insects - we've needed our mosquito repellant! Birds carrying nice amounts of fat, indicating good energy for their flights south. So, we look forward to an interesting season, and invite you to come visit! Meredith Meredith McBurney Biologist/Bander Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory 303-329-8091 -- 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/489fdbcc-f2f2-42b3-a3e5-0f940b20f8fc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Canada Warbler and Arctic Tern at Prewitt Reservoir, Washington Co
Greetings All Today, I spend the morning at Prewitt, seeing 79 species despite only one duck species and 5 shorebirds. The water level is up, and shorebird habitat is nil. The inlet channel is still birdable, and nicely so. Mike San Miguel and I had, among other things, the following highlights there 1 Ovenbird 1 BAW Warbler 1 Gray Flycatcher A small spot of beach and a dead tree made for a tern perching area to the north, near the north parking area (which is by the ranger house). There I found a one year old Arctic Tern (photos to come) and an apparent one year old Common Tern. Oddly, the Common had an all red bill. The Arctic had an all black bill. Just northeast of the white ranger's house there is a depression, this year with water in it, near the outlet channel. It is surrounded by willows and locust. There I found a very cooperative ad female or imm male Canada Warbler. Barr Lake was loaded with waterbirds, the most interesting of which was an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull Cheers Steve Mlodinow 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/8D19084B5656D8C-2048-3FFDF%40webmail-va008.sysops.aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
