[cobirds] El Paso county --- Cassin's Vireo
COBirders, This evening I made a stop at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs and found a relatively cooperative CASSIN'S VIREO. This is just a touch on the early side but I believe there are other mid April records for the species. Not much else of note at the cemetery. -Mark Peterson 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/1144016804.3265669.1429072975527.JavaMail.yahoo%40mail.yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Belmar Park, Jefferson Co. - Ross's Goose
I stopped at Belmar Park, Jefferson Co. briefly this morning and a Ross's Goose flew by in a small flock of Canada Geese. It didn't land at Belmar, but was flying NE and fairly low. I suspect it's in the vicinity, but it looks like there are a lot of lakes in the area! I wonder if this is the same bird that was reported from Chatfield SP the other day. Full list: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S22859150 Good birding, Scott Somershoe Littleton 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/CAJmtx%2BWt2jFhgi5kfuj%2BkbBTE8_YtKf_A6_JwAyPnq8OSjbLww%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Common Black-Hawk Cottonwood Canyon Baca County Colorado
Around 9:30 a.m., 14APR2015, Jane Stulp and I re-found the Common Black-Hawk at Cottonwood Canyon. The bird was first seen by us flying east down the canyon from the old homestead area toward the east picnic and parking lot area. Shortly thereafter, it was being hassled by two adult Red-tailed Hawks north of the picnic area/parking lot and the three continued to fly northeast. We could not find the three birds again. Thanks to Brian Gibbons and Michael O'Brien for the "heads-up" on this bird. Photos of the hawk and lists of birds seen on this trip can be found on eBirds. Thank you. Janeal Thompson Lamar, 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/CAEpG4NGZtbBDL%2B1qSQJEVaTj6k4i07y1koh1p9Ej9n%2BQgaMAxg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Rock Wren/Nunn
Hi all Our returning Rock Wren "prevented" me from getting to work on time ... :-) ... he was entertaining us on our front porch by "be bopping" around and sunning himself. Photos: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m -- 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/d894626f-e9df-43c7-a8d9-5b0d871023b5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] FOS American White Pelican
I saw 11 pelicans circling and moving, quite high, in the vicinity of C-14 and Larimer County Rd 5 yesterday afternoon. They were headed generally WNW and looked quite beautiful against the blue sky! Ann Donoghue Fort Collins -- 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/cbb24885-75fa-4263-900c-c076c646faf5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] HSR: Dinosaur Ridge (13 Apr 2015) 19 Raptors
Dinosaur Ridge Colorado, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 13, 2015 --- SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total Season Total -- --- -- -- Black Vulture0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 2 60 60 Osprey 3 4 4 Bald Eagle 0 0 1 Northern Harrier 0 1 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 11 17 Cooper's Hawk2 27 30 Northern Goshawk 0 0 0 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0 Broad-winged Hawk0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 4 43116 Rough-legged Hawk0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 2 3 3 Ferruginous Hawk 0 0 2 Golden Eagle 0 1 4 American Kestrel 1 58 77 Merlin 0 0 0 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 5 Prairie Falcon 1 1 3 Mississippi Kite 0 0 0 Unknown Accipiter0 8 12 Unknown Buteo0 4 7 Unknown Falcon 0 0 1 Unknown Eagle0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 4 4 5 Total: 19227350 -- Observation start time: 08:30:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter:Joyce Commercon Observers: Visitors: Today there were plenty of interested HawkWatch visitors, some of whom had visited the site previously. Jim Low arrived fairly early and was very good at scanning the skies to spot possible migrants. Jim was a tremendous help in keeping track when there were multiple raptors to follow. Greg, Gordon, Lisa and Steph showed up armed with binoculars, very interested in what had been seen and eager to see whatever might happen by, having been impressed with the kestrel surge last week. Sharp-eyed Richard Cuellar joined us for a little while mid-day and remarked a second migrating Swainson's Hawk that nearly slipped by the site. Kyle Medina also came up to the Ridge in the afternoon hoping to capture some photos of passing raptors and was good company. Weather: The day was sunny and mild with temperatures ranging from 13 to 16 C (55 to 61 F). Cloud cover was 20 percent, along the southern horizon in the morning then forming as a mix of thin and cumulus scattered about the sky (mostly to the south and west) later in the day. Visibility was good, but a light smoky haze had developed in the valleys to the south by mid-day. Winds were consistently from the east, usually at beaufort level 2. Raptor Observations: The majority of today's migrants passed on the west side of Dinosaur Ridge, with most being fairly high and distant, over WestRidge. The three Ospreys headed north with about an hour interval between each of them. Two adult Swainson's Hawks, separated by a few hours, went north over Rooney Valley. Both Cooper's Hawks passed just to the east of the Ridge and were the closest migrants of the day. A Prairie Falcon, spotted high overhead near a local adult Golden Eagle (that eventually headed west), was the only migrant seen to pass north directly over the Ridge. The local adult Red-tailed Hawks were reasonably active and the local juvenile Red-tailed Hawk made a number of appearances as well. At least three local Turkey Vultures made the rounds up and down the Ridge. In the morning, south of the HawkWatch site, one of these three was briefly observed to do a single, quick dive toward the other two. A local male American Kestrel perched on a power-line west of the HawkWatch site in the afternoon and was later seen hunting and hovering over Rooney Valley. Non-raptor Observations: During the morning, one of pair of ravens alighted on the power pole north of the HawkWatch site. The breeze revealed a whitish base to the neck feathers of this bird, similar to what was detailed in the March 29, 2015 HawkWatch Ridge report. The voices of these two ravens, with their wedge-shaped tails, as they called to each other seemed more similar in pitch to that of crows—indicating possible Chihuahuan Ravens. Also seen or heard were Black-billed Magpie, Western Meadowlark, Northern Flicker, American Robin, Common Raven (flip-flying over WestRidge), American Crow, Red-breasted N
[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 14 April 2015
Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: April 14, 2015 This is the Rare Bird Alert, Tuesday, April 14 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). BRANT (Rio Grande) Long-tailed Duck (El Paso, *Larimer) Barrow's Goldeneye (Park) Pacific Loon (Montrose) Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo) NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Weld) Broad-winged Hawk (Montrose) COMMON BLACK HAWK (*Baca) ZONE-TAILED HAWK (Kit Carson) Piping Plover (Bent) Mountain Plover (El Paso, Washington, *Weld) Thayer's Gull (Larimer) Lesser Black-backed Gull (El Paso, Larimer)) Glaucous Gull (Weld) Williamson's Sapsucker (Jefferson) Black Phoebe (Boulder, *Fremont, Mesa, *Montrose, Ouray) Eastern Phoebe (Boulder, Chaffee, Douglas, *Fremont, *Jefferson) Vermilion Flycatcher (Pueblo) Carolina Wren (Otero) Canyon Wren (Boulder, Garfield, Weld) Lapland Longspur (Prowers) Chestnut-collared Longspur (El Paso, Washington, *Weld) McCown's Longspur (Washington, *Weld) EASTERN TOWHEE (El Paso) Canyon Towhee (*Baca) Sagebrush Sparrow (Alamosa) Summer Tanager (*Fremont) EASTERN MEADOWLARK (*Baca) Rusty Blackbird (Jefferson) ALAMOSA COUNTY: --Sagebrush Sparrows were reported by Blackburn on LN 6 on April 4. BACA COUNTY: --A juv COMMON BLACK HAWK and Canyon Towhee were reported by Michael O'Brien at Cottonwood Canyon on April 13. --An EASTERN MEADOWLARK was reported by Michael O'Brien at Comanche National Grasslands, Rd J east of Campo on April 13. BENT COUNTY: --A Piping Plover was reported by Duane Nelson at John Martin Reservoir on April 9. BOULDER COUNTY: --On April 3, Floyd reported Eastern and Black Phoebe at 75th St Bridge over Boulder Creek. On April 4, Steadman reported Eastern Phoebe and Black Phoebe at 75th St Bridge over Boulder Creek. On April 5, Minner-Lee reported both Eastern and Black Phoebe at 75th St Bridge over Boulder Creek. On April 6, Dowell reported Eastern Phoebe and Black Phoebe at 75th St Bridge over Boulder Creek. On April 9, Victoria Wheeler reported Black Phoebe at 75th St Bridge over Boulder Creek. On April 11, Hundertmark and Vanderpoel reported Black Phoebe at 75th St Bridge over Boulder Creek. On April 12, Waltman reported Black Phoebe at 75th St Bridge over Boulder Creek. --On April 8, Starace reported a pair of Canyon Wrens at Rabbit Mountain. CHAFFEE COUNTY: --An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Michael O'Brien at Sands Lake SWA on April 11. DOUGLAS COUNTY: --An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Kellner at Plum Creek Picnic Area at Chatfield SP on March 28 and March 29. On March 30, Gen Moore reported Eastern Phoebe at Plum Creek Delta on March 30. On April 2, Eastern Phoebe was reported by Matt Crooks on Douglas county side of Chatfield. On April 3, Chavez reported Eastern Phoebe at Plum Creek Delta at Chatfield. On April 4, Bob Spencer reported Eastern Phoebe at Plum Creek bridge at Chatfield. On April 5, Kellner reported Eastern Phoebe at Plum Creek Delta at Chatfield. On April 9, Norm Lewis reported Eastern Phoebe at Phoebe Bridge at Chatfield. --4 Black Rosy-FInches were reported by Glynn on Rampart Range Rd at Hwy 67 on April 5. EL PASO COUNTY: --On March 31, Goff reported 2 Mountain Plovers on Squirrel Creek Rd across from red brick ruins of a school. On April 2, Rick Taylor reported Mountain Plover about 500 ft N of red brick school ruins at NW corner of Squirrel Creek Road and Squirrel Creek Place. On April 5, Matt Clark reported 2 Mountain Plovers at Squirrel Creek Road N of Squirrel Creek Place. --On April 2, Koehn reported 2 Mountain Plovers N of Hanover Road about .7 miles E of Milne Road. --On April 2, Peterson reported Mountain Plover and 4 Chestnut-collared Longspurs on Drennan Road. --On April 3, Goff reported Long-tailed Duck at Big Johnson. --On April 4, Drummond reported 4 Mountain Plovers at the intersection of Squirrel Creek Road and S Ellicott Hwy. On April 5, Matt Clark reported 5 Mountain Plovers at Squirrel Creek Road and S Ellicott Hwy. On April 6, T. Ryan reported 3 Mountain Plovers at Squirrel Creek Road and S Ellicott Hwy. --On April 8, Tyler Stuart reported Mountain Plover at Big Johnson. --On April 11, Drummond reported a f EASTERN TOWHEE at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area) by the banding station. FREMONT COUNTY: --At John Griffin Regional Park in Canon City, Simon Thompson reported imm m Summer Tanager, Eastern Phoebe and Black Phoebe. GARFIELD COUNTY: --A Canyon Wren was reported by Marry Harris outside of Carbondale off Hwy 82 below Mushroom Rock on April 10. JEFFERSON COUNTY: --2 Eastern Phoebe were reported by Burger at Swimbeach at Chatfield Sp on April 7. On April 8, Suddjian reported Eastern Phoebe and 3 Rusty Blackbirds at Deercreek inlet. On April 13, Matt Clark reported 2 Eastern Phobe near the Swimbeach at Chatfield. --On April 7, Kibbe reported Eastern Phoebe upstream from Kingfisher Bridge at Chatfield SP. On April 10, Chavez reported 2 Eastern Phoebe upstream from Kingf
