Re: [cobirds] possible gyrfalcon

[Jessi Oberbeck]

There is a almost pure white red-tailed hawk that lives here and has for
aboit 12 years.   We've all done that!

Jessi Oberbeck
Westminster, CO
On Apr 1, 2016 8:09 PM, "Caitlin Majlinger" 
wrote:

> My son and I  were playing golf at Legacy Ridge golf course in Westminster
> this afternoon. On the back nine of the course we observed a large nearly
> pure white raptor with no visible markings several times. It flew around
> the course perching on power poles, houses and in trees, sometimes flying
> low over the fairways. The closest we got to it was about 200 yards. We
> didn't have binos but we watched it repeatedly with a 5x golf range finder
> (a monocular). I've seen many prairie falcons and peregrine falcons. This
> bird appeared to be a falcon, heavier bodied than a prairie or peregrine
> falcon. It had long wide pointed wings and a longish tail. It flew with
> slower wing beats than a smaller falcon. I realize how rare gyrfalcons are
> in Colorado, but I can't imagine what else this could have been.
>
> If you live in the area, please be on the lookout for this bird, and if
> anyone should see it and is able to confirm the ID, please reply to this
> post. Thanks!
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[cobirds] possible gyrfalcon

[Caitlin Majlinger]

My son and I  were playing golf at Legacy Ridge golf course in Westminster 
this afternoon. On the back nine of the course we observed a large nearly 
pure white raptor with no visible markings several times. It flew around 
the course perching on power poles, houses and in trees, sometimes flying 
low over the fairways. The closest we got to it was about 200 yards. We 
didn't have binos but we watched it repeatedly with a 5x golf range finder 
(a monocular). I've seen many prairie falcons and peregrine falcons. This 
bird appeared to be a falcon, heavier bodied than a prairie or peregrine 
falcon. It had long wide pointed wings and a longish tail. It flew with 
slower wing beats than a smaller falcon. I realize how rare gyrfalcons are 
in Colorado, but I can't imagine what else this could have been.  

If you live in the area, please be on the lookout for this bird, and if 
anyone should see it and is able to confirm the ID, please reply to this 
post. Thanks!

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[cobirds] Lark Bunting to be replaced as official State bird of Colorado

[Jennifer Hallam]

Bwhahaha!!! Good one! I read this to my DH ands he was all fired up :-D Ye, 
finally got him to fall for something! 

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[cobirds] Rare bird?

[W. Robert Shade III]

My wife and I saw several Ivory-billed Gallinules (Foolica americana) at
Chatfield yesterday at Marian Point.

Bob Shade
Lakewood

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[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge (01 Apr 2016) 15 Raptors

[reports]

Dinosaur Ridge
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 01, 2016
---

SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total   Season Total
-- --- -- --
Black Vulture0  0  0
Turkey Vulture   5  5 20
Osprey   0  0  1
Bald Eagle   0  0  9
Northern Harrier 0  0  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk   0  0  9
Cooper's Hawk0  0  7
Northern Goshawk 0  0  0
Red-shouldered Hawk  0  0  0
Broad-winged Hawk0  0  0
Red-tailed Hawk  9  9191
Rough-legged Hawk0  0  0
Swainson's Hawk  0  0  0
Ferruginous Hawk 0  0  2
Golden Eagle 0  0  1
American Kestrel 0  0 13
Merlin   0  0  0
Peregrine Falcon 0  0  3
Prairie Falcon   0  0  5
Mississippi Kite 0  0  0
Unknown Accipiter0  0 10
Unknown Buteo0  0 13
Unknown Falcon   0  0  5
Unknown Eagle0  0  0
Unknown Raptor   1  1  3

Total:  15 15295
--

Observation start time: 09:00:00 
Observation end   time: 15:00:00 
Total observation time: 6 hours

Official Counter:Dave Hill

Observers:Debbie James, Mike McAteer

Visitors:
A family of 4 from Minnesota walked up to say, "Hello."


Weather:
Sky: 5-35% Clouds;  Temperature: 36-50 deg. F.;  Wind: SE @ 0-3 mph with
gusts to 5.  A cool, but beautiful day to be up on Dinosdaur Ridge.

Raptor Observations:
5 Turkey Vulture (all migrants);  1 Golden Eagle (Seen twice today above
the ridge); 1 Cooper's Hawk;  15 Red-tailed Hawks ( 6 local birds, 9
migrating birds);  1 American Kestrel;  1 Prairie Falcon.

Non-raptor Observations:
 570 Sandhill Cranes, (2 flocks of 200 birds each, 1 flock of 100, 1 flock
of 70); 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon);  1 Northern Flicker;  2 Western
Scrub-Jay;  5 Black-billed Magpie;  6 American Crow;  9 Common Raven;  3
Mountain Chickadee; 5 Bushtits; 19 Western Bluebird;  20 Mountain Bluebird;
 2 Townsend's Solitaire;  13 American Robin;  1 Dark-eyed Junco; 2 Western
Meadowlark

Predictions:
Icy trails in the AM, Mud in the PM!

Report submitted by Bird Conservancy of the Rockies 
(jeff.bi...@birdconservancy.org)
Dinosaur Ridge information may be found at:
http://www.birdconservancy.org/


Site Description:
Dinosaur Ridge is the only regularly staffed hawkwatch in Colorado and is
the best place in the world to see migrating Ferruginous Hawks. Dinosaur
Ridge may be the best place in the country to see the rare dark morph of
the Broad-winged Hawk (a few are seen each spring). Hawkwatchers who linger
long enough may see resident Golden Eagles, Red-tailed Hawks and Prairie
Falcons, in addition to migrating Swainson's, Cooper's and Sharp-shinned
Hawks, American Kestrels and Turkey Vultures. Peregrine Falcons and
Ferruginous Hawks are uncommon; Northern Goshawk is rare but regular.
Non-raptor species include Rock Wren, and sometimes Bushtit, Western
Bluebird, Sandhill Crane, White-throated Swift, American White Pelican or
Dusky Grouse. Birders are always welcome. 
The hawkwatch is generally staffed by volunteers from Bird Conservancy of
the Rockies from about 9 AM to around 3 PM from March 1st to May 7th.

Directions to site:
>From exit 259 on I-70 towards Morrison, drive south under freeway and take
left into first parking lot, the Stegosaurus lot. Follow small signs from
the south side of lot to hawkwatch site. The hike starts heading east on an
old two-track and quickly turns south onto a trail on the west side of the
ridge. When the trail nears the top of the ridge, turn left, head through
the gate, and walk to the clearly-visible, flat area at the crest of the
ridge.


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[cobirds] Muir Springs (private) - Morgan Co

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,
Normally I wouldn't report about birds seen in a private area that is not
accessible to other birders, but this is an exception.
I was lucky enough to have a friend that got me into Muir Springs (east 2
miles outside Ft. Morgan) which is an area many of you may not have heard
of as it has been off limits for almost 20  years.  My friend's mother is a
member of the group that owns the area.  The last time I was in there was
Nov 14, 1998, on a DFO trip.
Today, I had singing Cardinal and 2 Western Scrub Jays.  I was very
surprised by both.
I am going to find out if it is at all possible to get a group in there but
I doubt there is much of a chance.
I am filing an eBird report on what I had today.

-- 
Ira Sanders
Golden, CO

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re: [cobirds] Spring comes to my Denver neighborhood!

[Karl Stecher Jr.]

A varied thrush by any other unname wouldn't count as sweet.
  
 Karl Stecher
 Centennial
  
  
  


 From: "Joe Roller" 
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 1:47 PM
To: "Colorado Birds" 
Cc: "Susan Blansett" , "Betsy Shaw" 
, "Glenn and Laurie" , 
"Meredith" , "Lisa Edwards" , 
"Kathy and Jeff Dunning" 
Subject: [cobirds] Spring comes to my Denver neighborhood!   
 Just after midnight last night, I gazed out my front door, hoping to see 
on my lawn the bird that would be the first for my Denver County April 
List.
  
 And there it was! A beautiful, male unVaried Thrush, T. migratorius. This 

 is probably not the same individual that has been seen in a neighborhood 
near
 Cherry Creek recently, but it's in the same genus. How lucky can I get?
  
 Joe Roller,
 Denver

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Re: [cobirds] county listing--a few changes

[Karl Stecher Jr.]

Now then, speaking for Kansas...since what is now (since 1876) Colorado was 
designated K. T. (Kansas Territory), can Kansas listers count all birds seen in 
Colorado on their Kansas state lists?
  
 Karl Stecher
 Centennial
  
  
  


 From: "Ted Floyd" 
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 1:29 PM
To: "Colorado Birds" 
Cc: tedfloy...@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [cobirds] county listing--a few changes   
 Thanks for bringing this up, Joe. I was going to mention the very issue you 
touch on, but I neglected to do so. We can now count for our Colorado lists all 
birds seen in and around Cheyenne, Wyoming (Wyoming Hereford Ranch, both 
Hereford reservoirs, Lions Park, etc.); and the CFO County Committee is 
thinking of extending this coverage north along I-25 to Casper, west along I-80 
to Laramie, and east along I-80 to the Nebraska Line--and, then, what the heck, 
out to Lake McConaughy, just as you say.

As to which Colorado county this all applies to, it is felt by the CFO County 
Committee that these birds are best claimed on Boulder County lists.

The committee is also thinking of ceding Chico Basin Ranch and Pueblo Reservoir 
to Kansas . . .  
 Thanks, --Ted Floyd, Boulder County

On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 9:46:04 AM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote:  Kudos to the 
Committee! It's about time the CFO County Committee caught up with what birders 
have actually been doing all these years. For example, when I go to Weld 
County, the Chalk Bluffs in southern Wyoming are SO close,
 that I routinely add birds there to my Weld County list.
  
 As for Yuma County, growth in that list has been stymied by the rude draining 
of Bonny Reservoir! The nerve of them!
 But just downstream lie the very wet Hale Ponds. After I bird that area, it's 
so easy to meander downstream a bit,
 say for 5 or 10 miles, adding Yuma County birds until I am SURE that I have 
entered our friendly neighbor the east,
 the Sunflower State.
  
 As for Archuleta County, I have seen a lot of birds on Navajo Reservoir. It's 
all one lake, right, so who 
 notices that it dips a few yards into northern New Mexico?
  
 Now some birders take this idea too far, counting birds seen at Lake 
McConaughy in nearby Nebraska
 for their Sedgwick County list. I consider that cheating, but "hey" it's their 
list.
  
  
 Joe Roller, Denver
 Buffing up my Colorado County bird lists at every legitimate opportunity.
 I love early April. It's the one chance all year to tell the Truth!
  
  
  
   On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 6:46 AM, snowy.owlets  wrote:
Hi all, 
  
 To be fair, you should be able to count anything west of Cameron Pass in 
Moffat county if that's where your list is... :) Welcome to April already. 
  
 Mark Miller 
 Longmont, CO 
  
  
  
  Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 5 ACTIVET, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone

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re: [cobirds] Re: Lark Bunting to be replaced as official State bird of Colorado

[Karl Stecher Jr.]

Sadly, the replacing of Alexander Hamilton, whose credentials are 
unsurpassed re monetary policy and the Treasury, is not an April fool's 
joke.
  
 Karl Stecher
 Centennial
  
  
  


 From: "Janis Robinson" 
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 11:24 AM
To: "Colorado Birds" 
Subject: [cobirds] Re: Lark Bunting to be replaced as official State bird 
of Colorado   
 You almost had me until I saw it would be replaced by the EUCD. Glad I 
looked at my calendar.

Janis Robinson
Coal Creek Canyon, Jefferson County

On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 10:39:28 AM UTC-6, Chris Goulart wrote: In a 
widely anticipated move, the  Colorado state legislature's Committee on 
Natural Resources decided along a party line vote  to replace the Lark 
Bunting  as the official State Bird.   

 The new state bird will be the Eurasian collared-Dove.  According to 
committee chair woman Lisa Green,  The change was necessitated due to the 
dwindling population of Lark buntings (much like the declining number of 
native Coloradoans).

 The aggressive expansion of the Eurasian collared Dove has made it an 
ideal candidate to replace the Lark Bunting.   According to Miss Green "the 
Eurasian collared Dove represent everything that is good about the state of 
Colorado". It is highly aggressive, moves into new territory without much 
thought of the previous occupant, and is generally taking over every square 
inch of territory that it finds."  

 All official documents and references to the Lark Bunting  our anticipated 
to be removed by the end of this month.  

 Chris Goulart
 Aurora Colorado  

   

   

   

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[cobirds] Re: Lark Bunting to be replaced as official State bird of Colorado

[Janis Robinson]

You almost had me until I saw it would be replaced by the EUCD. Glad I 
looked at my calendar.

Janis Robinson
Coal Creek Canyon, Jefferson County

On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 10:39:28 AM UTC-6, Chris Goulart wrote:
>
> In a widely anticipated move, the  Colorado state legislature's Committee 
> on Natural Resources decided along a party line vote  to replace the Lark 
> Bunting  as the official State Bird.  
>
>  The new state bird will be the Eurasian collared-Dove.  According to 
> committee chair woman Lisa Green,  The change was necessitated due to the 
> dwindling population of Lark buntings (much like the declining number of 
> native Coloradoans).  
>
>  The aggressive expansion of the Eurasian collared Dove has made it an 
> ideal candidate to replace the Lark Bunting.   According to Miss Green "the 
> Eurasian collared Dove represent everything that is good about the state of 
> Colorado". It is highly aggressive, moves into new territory without much 
> thought of the previous occupant, and is generally taking over every square 
> inch of territory that it finds."
>
>  All official documents and references to the Lark Bunting  our 
> anticipated to be removed by the end of this month. 
>
>  Chris Goulart
>  Aurora Colorado 
>
>

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[cobirds] Lark Bunting to be replaced as official State bird of Colorado

[Chris Goulart]

 In a widely anticipated move, the  Colorado state legislature's Committee on 
Natural Resources decided along a party line vote  to replace the Lark Bunting  
as the official State Bird.  

 The new state bird will be the Eurasian collared-Dove.  According to committee 
chair woman Lisa Green,  The change was necessitated due to the dwindling 
population of Lark buntings (much like the declining number of native 
Coloradoans).  

 The aggressive expansion of the Eurasian collared Dove has made it an ideal 
candidate to replace the Lark Bunting.   According to Miss Green "the Eurasian 
collared Dove represent everything that is good about the state of Colorado". 
It is highly aggressive, moves into new territory without much thought of the 
previous occupant, and is generally taking over every square inch of territory 
that it finds."

 All official documents and references to the Lark Bunting  our anticipated to 
be removed by the end of this month. 

 Chris Goulart
 Aurora Colorado 

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Re: [cobirds] county listing--a few changes

[Ted Floyd]

Thanks for bringing this up, Joe. I was going to mention the very issue you 
touch on, but I neglected to do so. We can now count for our Colorado lists 
all birds seen in and around Cheyenne, Wyoming (Wyoming Hereford Ranch, 
both Hereford reservoirs, Lions Park, etc.); and the CFO County Committee 
is thinking of extending this coverage north along I-25 to Casper, west 
along I-80 to Laramie, and east along I-80 to the Nebraska Line--and, then, 
what the heck, out to Lake McConaughy, just as you say.

As to which Colorado county this all applies to, it is felt by the CFO 
County Committee that these birds are best claimed on Boulder County lists.

The committee is also thinking of ceding Chico Basin Ranch and Pueblo 
Reservoir to Kansas . . .

Thanks, --Ted Floyd, Boulder County

On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 9:46:04 AM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote:
>
> Kudos to the Committee!
> It's about time the CFO County Committee caught up with what birders have 
> actually been doing all these years.
> For example, when I go to Weld County, the Chalk Bluffs in southern 
> Wyoming are SO close,
> that I routinely add birds there to my Weld County list.
>
> As for Yuma County, growth in that list has been stymied by the rude 
> draining of Bonny Reservoir! The nerve of them!
> But just downstream lie the very wet Hale Ponds. After I bird that area, 
> it's so easy to meander downstream a bit,
> say for 5 or 10 miles, adding Yuma County birds until I am SURE that I 
> have entered our friendly neighbor the east,
> the Sunflower State.
>
> As for Archuleta County, I have seen a lot of birds on Navajo Reservoir. 
> It's all one lake, right, so who 
> notices that it dips a few yards into northern New Mexico?
>
> Now some birders take this idea too far, counting birds seen at Lake 
> McConaughy in nearby Nebraska
> for their Sedgwick County list. I consider that cheating, but "hey" it's 
> their list.
>
>
> Joe Roller, Denver
> Buffing up my Colorado County bird lists at every legitimate opportunity.
> I love early April. It's the one chance all year to tell the Truth!
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 6:46 AM, snowy.owlets  > wrote:
>
>> Hi all, 
>>
>> To be fair, you should be able to count anything west of Cameron Pass in 
>> Moffat county if that's where your list is... :) Welcome to April already. 
>>
>> Mark Miller 
>> Longmont, CO 
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 5 ACTIVE™, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
>>
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[cobirds] Eastern Phoebe,Loveland,Larimer Cnty.

[Elaine Coley]

Hi All,

The Eastern Phoebe was at the diversion dam this morning (North off the Rec. 
Trail from Marker 2).  On the pond was a Pied-billed Grebe.  Grackles are back, 
male Kingfisher on overhead wire.  Two P.G. cow elk on North side of river just 
West of Marker 3.  Lots of birdsong.

Elaine Coley, Loveland


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Re: [cobirds] county listing--a few changes

[Joe Roller]

Kudos to the Committee!
It's about time the CFO County Committee caught up with what birders have
actually been doing all these years.
For example, when I go to Weld County, the Chalk Bluffs in southern Wyoming
are SO close,
that I routinely add birds there to my Weld County list.

As for Yuma County, growth in that list has been stymied by the rude
draining of Bonny Reservoir! The nerve of them!
But just downstream lie the very wet Hale Ponds. After I bird that area,
it's so easy to meander downstream a bit,
say for 5 or 10 miles, adding Yuma County birds until I am SURE that I have
entered our friendly neighbor the east,
the Sunflower State.

As for Archuleta County, I have seen a lot of birds on Navajo Reservoir.
It's all one lake, right, so who
notices that it dips a few yards into northern New Mexico?

Now some birders take this idea too far, counting birds seen at Lake
McConaughy in nearby Nebraska
for their Sedgwick County list. I consider that cheating, but "hey" it's
their list.


Joe Roller, Denver
Buffing up my Colorado County bird lists at every legitimate opportunity.
I love early April. It's the one chance all year to tell the Truth!




On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 6:46 AM, snowy.owlets  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> To be fair, you should be able to count anything west of Cameron Pass in
> Moffat county if that's where your list is... :) Welcome to April already.
>
> Mark Miller
> Longmont, CO
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[cobirds] Spring comes to my Denver neighborhood!

[Joe Roller]

Just after midnight last night, I gazed out my front door, hoping to see on
my lawn
the bird that would be the first for my Denver County April List.

And there it was! A beautiful, male unVaried Thrush, T. migratorius. This
is probably not the same individual that has been seen in a neighborhood
near
Cherry Creek recently, but it's in the same genus. How lucky can I get?

Joe Roller,
Denver

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Fwd: [cobirds] county listing--a few changes

[snowy.owlets]

Hi all, 
To be fair, you should be able to count anything west of Cameron Pass in Moffat 
county if that's where your list is... :) Welcome to April already. 
Mark Miller Longmont, CO 


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[cobirds] county listing--a few changes

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, everybody.

Well, if you've ever birded at Prewitt, you know the "county line problem": 
Do you count that Great Crested Flycatcher for your Washington County list 
or your Logan County list? Same thing with a Mew Gull at Chatfield: 
Jefferson County or Douglas County? And the most notorious of all: Pueblo 
vs. El Paso for vagrants at Chico Basin Ranch.

Colorado Field Ornithologists has decided that all birds at Prewitt count 
for Washington County lists, that all Chatfield birds count for Douglas 
County lists, and that all Chico birds count for El Paso lists.

A related challenge involves areas actually in one county but often counted 
by birders in another county. This mainly affects Boulder County. Union 
Reservoir ("technically" in Weld County), northern Jefferson County Open 
Space, both sides of U.S. 36 from the Larimer County line to and including 
Estes Park and Lake Estes, and all of Gilpin and Broomfield Counties now 
count for Boulder County lists.

One of the members of CFO's County Committee put it this way, "We needed 
more parity in county listing. Things were getting out of hand in Pueblo 
with all those ridiculous rarities and good birders down there; it's really 
unfair when you think about it. So this balances the playing field, and 
restores Boulder County to its rightful top spot. Boulder is tops in 
everything else in Colorado, so it should have the highest county list too."

With these changes, the Boulder County list soars to 448, and Pueblo's is 
reduced to 399.

To see the updated county checklists, see:

http://tinyurl.com/county-list-changes

And for the full report with new top county listers, see:

http://tinyurl.com/top-county-listers

Ted Floyd (just got 42 Boulder County armchair lifers, woohoo!)
Lafayette, Boulder County 

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 1 April 2016

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:  April 1, 2016
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 1, sponsored by Denver Field
Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

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

Eurasian Wigeon (*La Plata)
Mallard (Mexican) (Conejos, Weld)
Surf Scoter (Eagle)
White-winged Scoter (Las Animas)
Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe, El Paso, Jefferson, Mesa)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Delta, Eagle, Huerfano, Weld)
Chukar (Gunnison)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld)
Greater Prairie Chicken (Yuma)
Red-throated Loon (*Mesa)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Montrose)
Thayer's Gull (Jefferson, Larimer)
ICELAND GULL (Larimer)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Arapahoe, Bent, Larimer, Weld)
Glaucous Gull (Arapahoe, Kiowa)
Greater Roadrunner (Huerfano)
Red-belllied Woodpecker (Bent)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (El Paso)
Eastern Phoebe (Larimer, Prowers)
Black Phoebe (Crowley, Delta, Eagle, Huerfano, Mesa, Pueblo)
Chihuahuan Raven (Baca, Boulder)
Winter Wren (Jefferson)
Bewick's Wren (Baca, Mesa, Pueblo)
Varied Thrush (Arapahoe)
Gray Catbird (Jefferson)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Bent, Pueblo)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kiowa, Lincoln, Weld)
McCown's Longspur (Kiowa, Lincoln, Weld)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Larimer)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca)
Canyon Towhee  (Bent, Otero, Pueblo)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Conejos, Douglas, Jefferson)
Fox Sparrow (Washington)
Northern Cardinal (Boulder)
EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Lincoln)
Great-tailed Grackle (Costilla, Douglas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Mesa, Pueblo,
Weld)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Chaffee, Eagle, Summit)
Black Rosy-Finch (Chaffee, Eagle, Jefferson, Summit)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Chaffee, Eagle)
PURPLE FINCH (Sedgwick)

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
--A 1-st cyc Glaucous Gull was reported by Gene Rutherford at Cherry Creek
SP on March 20.  On March 25, Cheryl Teuton reported imm Glaucous Gull and
ad Lesser Black-backed Gull at Cherry Creek SP.
--On March 22, a m Varied Thrush visited the yard of Becky Campbell just
south of Cherry Creek SP.  If it returns on 3/23, she
will post to CoBirds for those who would like to see it.  On March 23,
Becky Campbell and Tom Behnfield reported Varied Thrush
south of Cherry Creek SP.  On March 24, Becky Campbell, Doug Kibbe, and
Chris Brown reported Varied Thrush south of Cherry Creek SP. On March 25,
Becky Campbell reported Varied Thrush in you yard.  On March 26, Becky
Campbell and several others reported Varied Thrush in her yard.  On March
28, Becky Campbell reported that the Varied Thrush continues to visit her
yard.  Contact Becky at 3rdgenbirder AT gmail.com.
--On March 29, Michael Kiessig reported 1 f Long-tailed Ducks at South
Platte Reservoir.  On March 30, Sue RIffe reported a pair of Long-tailed
Ducks at South Platte Reservoir.

BACA COUNTY:
--On March 30, Nathan Goldberg reported Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Chihuahuan
Raven and Bewick's Wren at Cottonwood Canyon.

BENT COUNTY:
--An ad Lesser Black-backed Gull was reported by Duane Nelson at John
Martin Reservoir on March 18.  Duane reported that
the road over the dam is once again open to the public during daylight
hours.
--On March 18, Duane Nelson reported Red-bellied Woodpecker, Canyon Towhee,
and Curve-billed Thrasher visiting his yard in Las Animas.  On March 28,
Duane Nelson reported that the Red-bellied Woodpecker continues to visit.
If you would like to try to see these birds please contact him at dnelson1
AT centurytel.net.

BOULDER COUNTY:
--On March 26, John Vanderpoel reported 11 Chihuahuan Ravens at Lagerman
Reservoir.
--On March 29, Jon Webb reported Northern Cardinal in old North Boulder
neighborhood east of Broadway and north of Iris.  The
Cardinal seems to be ranging further east than in the past.

CHAFFEE COUNTY:
--On March 25, Jeff Guy reported all 3 species of Rosy-Finches at Maysville.

CONEJOS COUNTY:
--4 Sagebrush Sparrows were reported by Ted Floyd in San Luis Hills on
March 18.
--On March 17 at Fort Garland, Ted Floyd reported 9 Great-tailed Grackles.
--A Mallard (Mexican intergrade) was reported by Ted Floyd on the Rio
Grande at Hwy 142 on March 18.

CROWLEY COUNTY:
--A calling Black Phoebe was reported by Van Truan on Canal Road intake
overview NE of Manzanola on March 18.

DELTA COUNTY:
--3 Barrow's Goldeneyes (1m, 1f, 1juv) were reported by Mike Henwood at
Fruitgrowers Reservoir on March 22.
--A pair of Black Phoebe was reported by Mike Henwood at Hwy 65 and
Gunnison River on March 22.
--A Black Phoebe was reported by Andrea Robinsong at old sewer plant in
Hotchkiss on March 20.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:
--On March 27, Joey Kellner, Mark Chavez, and Aaron Shipe reported
Sagebrush Sparrow at end of Handicapped Fisherman's access at Chatfield SP.
--A Great-tailed Grackle was reported by Tim Ryan at Bar CCC Park on March
29.

EAGLE COUNTY:
--On March 17, Vic Zerbi reported all three Rosy-Finches at a feeder near
Tennessee Pass.
--On March 27, Gabriel Wiltse reported m Surf Scoter, Barrow's Goldeneye
and Black Phoebe along Colorado R