[cobirds] Yellow-throated Warbler, Fort Collins, Larimer

[Brad Biggerstaff]

The Yellow-throated Warbler once again graced observers with its presence
this morning in north Fort Collins.   Same address as previously reported,
seen at about 8:30... And then I had to leave.

Brad Biggerstaff
Fort Collins

+++ It's amazing what you see when you look +++

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[cobirds] Arapahoe County/Pine Warbler

[Carol Blackard]

Hi, snow birders,

We had a new yardbird at about 3:20 pm and again at 3:50 pm, snacking on suet. 
We believe it’s a Pine Warbler. I have posted at 
http://www.carolblackardphotography.com/whats-new/?/ 
 Be patient - may 
take a bit to load since there are a lot of Brazil pictures on that page.

So, please confirm for me. Also, note the bill. And male? Currently magpies are 
hogging the feeder. If it stays around I’ll repost.

Carol Blackard
carolblackardphotography.com

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[cobirds] Re: Arapahoe County/Pine Warbler

[Alec Hopping]

Hello Carol,

Yes, the bird in your photos is an adult male Pine Warbler. Nice find!

Best,

Alec Hopping
Littleton CO

On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 4:09:27 PM UTC-7, Carol wrote:
>
> Hi, snow birders,
>
> We had a new yardbird at about 3:20 pm and again at 3:50 pm, snacking on 
> suet. We believe it’s a Pine Warbler. I have posted at 
> http://www.carolblackardphotography.com/whats-new/?/ Be patient - may 
> take a bit to load since there are a lot of Brazil pictures on that page.
>
> So, please confirm for me. Also, note the bill. And male? Currently 
> magpies are hogging the feeder. If it stays around I’ll repost.
>
> Carol Blackard
> carolblackardphotography.com
>

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[cobirds] Weldona/Ft. Morgan CBC

[William H Kaempfer]

John Vanderpoel, Andy Cowell and I headed to Morgan County this morning for the 
Weldona/Ft. Morgan Christmas Bird Count.  The count had been scheduled for 
Tuesday, but if I'm going to cancel CU's final exams for the day you can be 
sure I'm going to ask count compiler Bruce Bosley to postpone the CBC!

We headed out for a leisurely start in our block at about 8:45 (passing some 
nasty looking goings on along I-76) and were welcomed to a beautiful sunny (if 
cold) and mostly calm day.  Our block starts at Long Bridge-the CO 144 bridge 
over the South Platte between Ft. Morgan and Weldona.  Right after getting out 
of the car we heard an Eastern Screech Owl calling like crazy along the river.  
Eastern Bluebirds were in the swampy bottom lands west of the road and the 
general sparrow flock included a Lincoln's Sparrow.  Up the hill side in a 
forested seep Andy found a (red) Fox Sparrow.  Birds were feeding actively 
after what was probably an unpleasant day for them on Tuesday.

Moving on into the Weldona area we had a Brown-headed Cowbird in a feedlot 
blackbird flock, a Pine Siskin in a roadside sparrow/finch flock and a Merlin.  
There were also about 2 dozen Wild Turkeys in the corn fields around town.  We 
next visited a hunting lodge along the Platte that Bruce gets us into after the 
hunters have left.  It was really active, but mainly with more of the same 
except for a few addition duck species among the several hundred Mallards.  We 
also had a Mourning Dove and Cooper's Hawk there.

Finally on our way home we stopped at Jackson Lake State Park since it is only 
about 10 minutes from Weldona.  There we had a Long-eared Owl and a 
Yellow-rumped Warbler.

Bill Kaempfer
Boulder

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[cobirds] Douglas Reservoir - Larimer County

[Andrew Bankert]

I tried to find some count week birds for the Fort Collins CBC in case some
of the open water freezes up later in the week.  I was surprised to find
two birds that have never been reported on the Fort Collins CBC before.
One of them was one a continuing Bonaparte's Gull which has been around for
a while and we were hoping would stick around until Saturday.  The second
bird was a sleeping Red-necked Grebe.  Both were observed from the western
side of the lake near the boat ramp.  I think I have identifiable photos of
the grebe, but it had its head tucked for as long as I watched it. Other
birds that are uncommon on the Ft. Collins CBC were Western and Pied-billed
Grebe and Thayer's Gull.

I also checked out the north side of Horsetooth Reservoir and the only
interesting bird was a female Hooded Merganser.  College Lake was almost
completely frozen, which could be why there was a Hooded Merganser on
Horsetooth.

Good Birding!

Andy Bankert
Fort Collins

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 16 December 2015

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:  December 16, 2015
This is the Rare Bird Alert, Wednesday, December 16, sponsored by Denver
Field
Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

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

Trumpeter Swan (Boulder, *Grand, Mesa, Weld)
White-winged Scoter (Arapahoe, Jefferson, Otero)
Black Scoter (Otero)
Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe, El Paso, Logan/Sedgwick, Pueblo, Weld)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Arapahoe, Chaffee, Larimer, Moffat)
Pacific Loon (Larimer)
Red-necked Grebe (Larimer)
Dunlin (Larimer)
Thayer's Gull (Adams, Arapahoe,  Boulder, Larimer, Otero)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, Arapahoe, El Paso, Larimer, Pueblo,
Washington, Weld)
Glaucous Gull (Arapahoe, Larimer)
Great Black-backed Gull (Douglas, Larimer, Pueblo)
SNOWY OWL (Denver, Adams)
Burrowing Owl (Denver)
White-throated Swift (*Pueblo)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Bent)
Black Phoebe (Fremont)
Eastern Phoebe (*El Paso, Weld)
Chihuahuan Raven (*El Paso)
Winter Wren (El Paso, Pueblo, Washington)
Varied Thrush (*Grand)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Bent, *El Paso, Weld)
Lapland Longspur (Denver)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Weld)
Snow Bunting (Denver, Weld)
Yellow-throated Warbler (*Larimer)
Canyon Towhee (Bent)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Boulder)
Rusty Blackbird (Pueblo)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Boulder, *Grand)
Black Rosy-Finch (*Grand, Weld)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (*Grand, Weld)
PURPLE FINCH (Bent, El Paso)
White-winged Crossbill (Clear Creek)

ADAMS COUNTY:
--A Lesser Black-backed Gull was reported by Ira Sanders at Barr Lake SP on
November 28.  A Lesser Black-backed Gull was reported by Kevin Keirn at
Barr Lake SP on Decenber 5.  On December 6, Scott Manwaring reported Lesser
Black-backed Gull and Thayer's Gull at Barr Lake SP.  On December 10, David
Dowell reported 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 1 ad Thayer's Gull at Barr
Lake SP.  On December 12, Candice Johnson reported Lesser Black-backed Gull
at Barr Lake.  On December 13, Sue Riffe reported 3 Lesser Black-backed
Gulls at Barr Lake
--A SNOWY OWL was reported by Bill Hutchinson and Jonnie Thompson somewhere
in Adams County on December 5.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:.
--On November 27, Gene Rutherford and Craig Rasmussen reported Glaucous
Gull at Cherry Creek SP.  On December 9, Bob Righter reported Glaucous Gull
at Cherry Creek SP.
--On December 6, Scott Somershoe reported ad Lesser Black-backed Gull and
Thayer's Gull at Cherry Creek SP.
--On December 6, Glenn Walbek reported Long-tailed Duck at Cherry Creek SP.
--On December 12, Glenn Walbek reported f Long-tailed Duck, Barrow's
Goldeneye, ad Glaucous Gull, and ad Lesser Black-backed Gull at Cherry
Creek SP.  On December 14, Bob Righter reported f-type Long-tailed Duck at
Cherry Creek Reservoir.
--A White-winged Scoter was reported by Tim King at South Platte Reservoir
on December 14.

BENT COUNTY:
--On November 16, Duane Nelson reported that he has had f-type PURPLE
FINCH, m Red-bellied Woodpecker, Curve-billed Thrasher, and Canyon Towhees
visit his feeders in Las Animas.  Birders are welcome if you notify Duane
in advance at dnelson1 ATcenturytel.net  On November 19, Duane Nelson
reported that the f-type PURPLE FINCH returned and the other birds
continue.

BOULDER COUNTY:
--On November 24, Stephen Knox reported Golden-crowned Sparrow at Teller
Farm.On November 27, Ted Floyd and Tracy Pheneger reported Golden-crowned
Sparrow at Teller Farm.  On December 6, Jack B, holdne Maxfield, and Ryan
Bushong reported Golden-crowned Sparrow at Teller Farm.
--Ted Floyd reported an ad Lesser Black-backed Gull at Waneka Lake on
December 2.
--On December 6, Carl Starace reported 3 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch at
Allenspark.
--On December 9, Carl Starace reported a pair of Trumpeter Swans and W end
of Burch Lake.  Burch Lake is S of Hwy 66 and just W of N 75th in
Longmont.  On December 10, John Vanderpoel reported pair of Trumpeter Swans
at Burch Lake.

CHAFFEE COUNTY:
--30 Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by Presto Larimer on the Arkansas
River in South Main River Park in Buena Vista on December 9.

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY:
--2 White-winged Crossbills were reported by Scott Manwaring on Guanella
Pass on December 11.

DENVER COUNTY:
--A SNOWY OWL was reported by Bill Hutchinson in Adams County on December
5, but he did not disclose the exact location so it could have been in
Denver County.  In most of the reports of the DIA SNOWY OWL on eBird on
December 6 appear to
be in Denver County.  The county lines near the airport are confusing.  The
DIA SNOWY OWL was reported by Behnfield and many other birders on December
6.  On December 7, Bart DeFerme and many others reported SNOWY OWL and
Burrowing Owl at DIA.  The SNOWY OWL was not seen on December 8.  On
December 9, the DIA SNOWY OWL was reported by Cynthia Madsen and Norm
Erthal around noon near the usual spot of E 114th and Trussville.  Cynthia
Madsen also reported 8 Lapland Longspurs at the same spot.  Kyle Medina
also reported the SNOWY 

[cobirds] Gray-crowned Rosy Finch, Ken Caryl Valley, Jefferson

[David Suddjian]

I spoke only a little too soon with my post yesterday, as right now there
is a HY female *Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch* in my front yard here in Ken Caryl
Valley!

David Suddjian
Littleton, CO

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[cobirds] Rosy-Finches - Golden - Jeffco

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,
Rosy-Finches, all 3 species, are present in my yard.  They are alternating
between the back and front yards.  If someone wants directions, please
email privately.  My guess is they will come and go during the day.
The street is plowed but space is limited.
zroadrunne...@gmail.com

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Ira Sanders
Golden, CO

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