Re: [cobirds] Sabine's Gull and more at Chatfield State park (Douglas County)

[Scott Somershoe]

I took my 3 yr old daughter out to the marina spit about 4:15pm. She spotted 
every pelican and non-Sabines gull out there. I picked out a common tern but no 
Sabines. The wind was also howling. A bit after 5 we stopped by the swim beach 
and some happy birders from St Louis just had a Sabines fly by. I looked for a 
bit longer from a few spots up to the boat ramp by the dam and never saw the 
elusive Sabines. The point is a Sabines was around late today at chatfield and, 
on the bright side, I was able to bird with the kiddo, almost fuss free, for a 
while (sand and rocks and water help immensely!). 

Good birding,
Scott Somershoe
Littleton CO

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> On Sep 18, 2015, at 1:41 PM, Douglas Kibbe  wrote:
> 
> There was a Sabines gull present north of the marina sand spit this morning.  
> However it an immature,  not the adult bird shown in Tom's photo.
> Also present this morning on the sand spit itself were a Forster's tern, 
> cattle egret and a red phalarope.
>  
> Doug Kibbe
> Littleton
>  
> > Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:24:07 -0700
> > From: cheezwhiz...@gmail.com
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> > Subject: [cobirds] Sabine's Gull at Chatfield State park (Douglas County)
> > 
> > Does anyone know if the Sabine is still at Chatfield today? Nice find Tom...
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[cobirds] American Three-toed Woodpecker and Sabine's Gull, El Paso County, 9/18

[Mel Goff]

Hi, cobirders.

I had the good fortune to see two great birds today. Late this morning as the 
WIND died down at Big Johnson Reservoir, I finally saw the Sabine’s Gull that 
has been reported there over the past week or two. Not a lot happening at Big 
Johnson, but I did not walk around to the east side, so...

This afternoon I decided to give another try for the Three-toed Woodpecker at 
Black Forest Regional Park, also here in El Paso County. I had walked out to 
the east edge of the park from the main playground/picnic area where others had 
seen it before. Nothing happening there, so I headed north along the main path 
on the east side. After several hundred yards I saw a bird with the typical 
woodpecker flight pattern, so I followed it only to find it was a Red-shafted 
Northern Flicker. At that point I ran into a young birder and his mother who 
are here from Oregon. He had just found the elusive (at least for me) 
Three-toed and got me on it. He is a home-schooled kid and a real delight. His 
mom said that was their eighth woodpecker species in Colorado. Thanks to Mark 
and Michele for their help!!

Good birding!

Mel Goff
Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Pueblo Reservoir, Pueblo Co. 9/18 (more stuff)

[Brandon K. Percival]

I went back to Pueblo Reservoir this afternoon, near Sailboard launching area, 
there were at least three Common Terns, at least one Forster's Tern, and a 
(non-adult) LAUGHING GULL.
Hopefully the jaeger and all these other birds will be around for tomorrow's 
annual Pueblo County Fall Bird Count.  There will be a lot of birders counting 
birds all over the county tomorrow.
Good birding, Brandon PercivalPueblo West, CO

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[cobirds] Barr Banding Station Update, 9/18/15

[meredith]

Pleasant, windless (yay!) morning; we caught a nice mix of birds.  47 new:

Red-shafted Flicker 1
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Swainson's Thrush 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Gray Catbird 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 6
Yellow Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 27
Green-tailed Towhee 1
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 2
Common Grackle 1 (Surprisingly, this male COGR was the coolest bird of the 
day - with its multicolored iridescence beautiful in the sunlight)

We are open 6 days per week, weather permitting, through Sunday, October 
11. Our next closed day is Wednesday, 9/23. We are opening nets at 6:30, 
and will run until noon or whenever it gets too hot or too windy or too 
whatever. School groups arrive about 9:30 a.m. most weekdays. 
 
Meredith McBurney
Biologist/Bander
Barr Lake Banding Station
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies 



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[cobirds] Sabine's Gull and more at Chatfield State park (Douglas County)

[Douglas Kibbe]

There was a Sabines gull present north of the marina sand spit this morning.  
However it an immature,  not the adult bird shown in Tom's photo.
Also present this morning on the sand spit itself were a Forster's tern, cattle 
egret and a red phalarope.
 
Doug Kibbe
Littleton
 
> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:24:07 -0700
> From: cheezwhiz...@gmail.com
> To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [cobirds] Sabine's Gull at Chatfield State park (Douglas County)
> 
> Does anyone know if the Sabine is still at Chatfield today? Nice find Tom...
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[cobirds] juvenile JAEGER at Pueblo Reservoir, Pueblo Co. 9/18

[Brandon K. Percival]

This morning, I saw a juvenile Jaeger on the water and in the flight, at a 
great distance on the east side of Pueblo Reservoir.  I got some lousy photos, 
that are now on the CFO Facebook page.  I first saw it on the water far out 
from Sailboard launching area.  It flew and landed in the SE Corner of the 
Reservoir.  I drove over there, and it was little closer, and flew again, and I 
took some far away photos.  I lost it as it was flying over Sailboard launching 
area.  The wind came up, and I never saw it again. Brandon PercivalPueblo West, 
CO

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for September 18, 2015

[Ira Sanders]

Compiler:  Ira Sanders
Date: September 18, 2015
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 18, sponsored by
Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.

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

RED SHOULDERED HAWK (Logan)
American Golden-Plover (Larimer)
Sabine's Gull* (Douglas, Pueblo)
Least Tern (El Paso)
Greater Roadrunner (Pueblo)
Acorn Woodpecker (Jefferson, La Plata)
Least Flycatcher (Adams, Elbert)
Gray Flycatcher  (Larimer, Yuma)
Black Phoebe (Boulder)
Eastern Phoebe (Weld)
Eastern-wood Pewee (Weld)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Elbert, Kiowa,Yuma)
Blue-headed Vireo (Sedgwick)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (El Paso, Kiowa)
McCown's Longspur (Kiowa)
Worm-eating Warbler (Douglas)
Northern Parula (Larimer)
EASTERN (LILIAN'S) MEADOWLARK (Boulder)
Baltimore Oriole (Logan)

*ADAMS COUNTY:*
--A Least Flycatcher was banded by Meredith McBurney at Barr Banding
Station on September 3.

*BOULDER COUNTY:*
--An EASTERN (LILIAN'S) MEADOWLARK has been found by Johanna Beam at
McIntosh Reservoir in the NW corner.  It has
been seen with 2 young.  On July 30, Johanna Beam and Todd Deininger
reported ad EASTERN MEADOWLARK at McIntosh Reservoir.  On August 14, John
Drummond reported 3 EASTERN (Lilian's) MEADOWLARKS (1 ad, 2 juv) at
McIntosh Reservoir.  On August 26, Johanna Beam reported 2 EASTERN
(Lilian's) MEADOWLARKS ( 1 heard, 1 juv seen) at McIntosh Reservoir.  On
August 29, Scott Manwaring reported 1 imm EASTERN MEADOWLARK at McIntosh
Reservoir.  On August 31, Johanna Beam reported that she saw 3 EASTERN
(Lilian's) MEADOWLARKS at McIntosh Reservoir (2 imm, 1 ad).On September
1, Mark Minner-Lee reported EASTERN MEADOWLARK at McIntosh Reservoir.
--A Black Phoebe was reported by Joyce Takamine along Boulder Creek west of
75th St. on August 11.  On September 6, Kaempfer reported the Black Phoebe
at 75th St. and the Boulder Creek.

*DOUGLAS COUNTY:*
--On September 12, a Worm-eating Warbler was found by Kellner upstream from
the Kingfisher Bridge (auto bridge) over the Platte River inside Chatfield
SP on the east side of the river. It was  about 1/2 mile up the river. Follow
the dirt trail past where the handicapped fisherman's concrete path ends.
The grove of trees is just before you "pop out" and get up on the "high
point" above the river.  GPS: 39.516233, -105.077990.
--An adult Sabine's Gull is reported by Tom Behnfield at Chatfield State
Park east of the marina spit on Sept 17.

*ELBERT COUNTY:*
--On September 7,  Suddjian reported seeing a Great Crested Flycatcher and
a Least Flycatcher at a riparian area along Horse Creek and nearby the
North Fork of Horse Creek along CR 133 (*Elbert/El Paso border*) south of
CR 34.

*JEFFERSON COUNTY:*
--An ACORN WOODPECKER was reported by Peggy Corpenny coming to her feeders
in Indian Hills on September 2. On September 3, Frank and Linda Farrel,
Mark Chavez, Tom Behnfield, Gwen Moore and Dean Shoup reported
ACORN WOODPECKER in Indian Hills.  If you would like to try for the bird,
please contact Peggy at 720-983-6490 or heartbowpress. AT gmail.com.

*LARIMER COUNTY:*
--3 non-breeding plumaged American Golden-Plovers were seen by Komar at
Timnath Reservoir in the northwest corner along the shoreline on September
12.
--A Gray Flycatcher was seen by Sparks at McMurry Natural Area, in Fort
Collins, on September 9.
--A Northern Parula was seen and heard by Biggerstaff  north of Spring
Canyon Park/Cottonwood Glen Park a bit off the bike trail on September 4.


*LOGAN COUNTY:*--On August 30 at Northern Sterling Reservoir SP, Kamepfer
reported a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK.  The RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was re-found by
Dunning on September 4, at the previous location, and was re-found by
Dowell on September 7, (footbridge over dry inlet canal) at the previous
location.

*PUEBLO COUNTY:*
*--*A Sabine's Gull is reported by Gary Koehn at Chico Basin Ranch (fee
area) on Sept 15 at the headquarters lake.

*SEDGWICK COUNTY:*
--A Blue-headed Vireo was reported by Dowell  at Ovid woods on September 7.

*WELD COUNTY:*
--Leatherman reported seeing an Eastern Wood-Pewee and Eastern Phoebe at
Crow Valley CG on September 9.

*YUMA COUNTY:*
--2 Great Crested Flycatchers were reported by Dowell at Sandy Bluffs State
Trust Land on September 7.

*DFO Field Trips:*
Mt Lindo Cemetery and Turkey Creek Park
Sunday, September 20
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Karen Drozda (Email: drozfo...@aol.com Phone: 303-388-0891) Trail
Difficulty: Easy
Maximum Participants: 14
Directions: Meet at the parking lot just east of the Morrison
Conoco clock tower. This is on the NW corner of the
intersection of C-470 and Morrison Road.
Travel Hwy 285 south to the South Turkey Creek/Tiny Town turn off. We will
drive approximately 2 miles on a well maintained gravel road up the
mountain to the Mt Lindo Cemetery. Habitat is an interesting mix of Gambel
oak, Douglas-fir, aspen, ponderosa pine. We will look for late migrants,
sapsuckers, flycatchers, Brown Creepers. For the second 

[cobirds] Sabine's Gull at Chatfield State park (Douglas County)

[Matt Crooks]

Does anyone know if the Sabine is still at Chatfield today? Nice find Tom...

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