[cobirds] More from Chatfield and vicinity 4/11

[David Suddjian]

Later in the morning I saw what was very likely the same 2* Eastern Phoebes*
along the west side (JeffCo) of Kingfisher Bridge. I checked the area near
the Plum Creek Picnic Area, but did not find any phoebes there...just lots
of mud

There were about 22 *Am. White Pelicans* at Chatfield Res, and at least 10
Franklin's Gulls, 1 *Am. Avocet *and 1 *Greater Yellowlegs* flying around,
1 *Osprey*, 4 *Eared Grebes *and 6 *Horned Grebes*. 1 *Northern Harrier *along
the road to Plum Creek Nature Area.  A moderate assortment of ducks were
mostly in the area between the marina and the North Boat Launch.

A *Burrowing Owl *was in the southern part of the prairie dog town near the
eastern entrance to Chatfield. And 1 *Burrowing Owl* was along Roxborough
Road (CR 3) at 1.3 miles south of Titan Road. This area formerly had a
large prairie dog colony (and more owls), but today and on a prior visit a
couple weeks ago I did not see any prairie dogs here at all. Have they been
removed in advance of the pending development? Or have I gone deaf and
blind? (or both)

Another *Vesper Sparrow* was at Hildebrand Ranch Park. Waterfowl numbers
are much reduced at Hine Lake, but 1 *Greater Scaup* continued there today.

David Suddjian
Littleton, CO

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[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge (11 Apr 2016) 11 Raptors

[reports]

Dinosaur Ridge
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 11, 2016
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SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total   Season Total
-- --- -- --
Black Vulture0  0  0
Turkey Vulture   3 46 61
Osprey   1  2  3
Bald Eagle   0  3 12
Northern Harrier 0  0  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk   1 10 19
Cooper's Hawk1 19 26
Northern Goshawk 0  0  0
Red-shouldered Hawk  0  0  0
Broad-winged Hawk0  0  0
Red-tailed Hawk  2 48230
Rough-legged Hawk0  0  0
Swainson's Hawk  0  2  2
Ferruginous Hawk 0  0  2
Golden Eagle 0  1  2
American Kestrel 0 13 26
Merlin   0  0  0
Peregrine Falcon 0  2  5
Prairie Falcon   1  6 11
Mississippi Kite 0  0  0
Unknown Accipiter2  7 17
Unknown Buteo0  2 15
Unknown Falcon   0  0  5
Unknown Eagle0  0  0
Unknown Raptor   0  5  7

Total:  11166446
--

Observation start time: 08:00:00 
Observation end   time: 14:30:00 
Total observation time: 6.5 hours

Official Counter:Joyce Commercon

Observers:Heather Jackson, Richard Cuellar

Visitors:
Only a handful of hikers came up to the site, but most seemed to show some
interest in the raptor watch.


Weather:
The day started out 100% overcast, gray and a bit chilly. The low
cloud-cover concealed the tops of the ridges to the west, with the clouds
just revealing a dusting of snow along the tops of those same ridges.
Visibility below the cloud ceiling was still very good, if a little hazy,
but soon improved to usual levels. Winds were variable, being early on from
the east, then switching to the southwest and west, then returning to come
from the east. Wind speeds were also variable but always mild from bft 0 to
2. Temperatures ranged from 9 to 11 C (48 to 52 F). After Noon MST, the
solid cloud mass slowly broke open allowing scattered patches of blue to
appear, making for a pleasant semi-sunny afternoon. Cloud-cover decreased
to 50% and nearly all snow atop the western ridges melted by the end of the
watch.

Raptor Observations:
Highlights of the day included an Osprey moving north over the west-side
valley as well as an afternoon migrant Prairie Falcon, headed steady north
over Rooney Valley. Also enjoyable was a nice view of a juvenile Cooper’s
Hawk migrant, which journeyed past relatively close and near eyelevel to
the east.  The local Red-tailed Hawks, all four of them, were out and about
later in the day with quite a number of parabolic display flights, some
leg-dropping and at least one altercation between the two pairs. One of the
local Rooney Valley pair had a successful hunt in the afternoon; it was
seen headed south, low in the valley, carrying what was likely a small
rodent. A local, female American Kestrel also was spotted on the west side
of the Ridge. Overall, today’s migrants passed equally on either side of
the Ridge; however, early in the morning they appeared to favor the east
side somewhat.  Average height-of-flight increased slightly as the day
warmed.

Non-raptor Observations:
In the early morning, a Great Blue Heron flew south over the HawkWatch
site; (likely) the same heron was seen not long afterward returning north
over Rooney Valley. About 20 elk were spotted on Bare Slope (east of
Cabrini Shrine). At least one elk was seen on the east flank of Dinosaur
Ridge below the HawkWatch site. Also seen or heard were Bushtit, Spotted
Towhee, Townsend’s Solitaire, American Robin, Western Meadowlark,
Black-billed Magpie, American Crow, Common Raven, Mountain Chickadee (a
pair), House Finch, White-throated Swift, and Violet-green Swallow.

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 

[cobirds] Prothonotary Warbler Larimer, CO

[Joey Angstman]

Prothonotary Warbler still at the same spot around 3:50. At 4 it started to 
make its way up the creek that feeds into the pond (northwest corner). 
Hopefully it will makes its way back toward the pond.




Joey Angstman
Fort Collins, CO

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[cobirds] Prothonotary Warbler Larimer continues

[Joey Angstman]

Warbler still around at 4. Last seen making its way up the creek that fed into 
the pond. Hopefully it will make its way back to the pond.

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[cobirds] Glenmere Park Rebounding? [Greeley, Weld]

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

About two or three years ago the abundant rookery here was thriving 80-100 
birds on nests--the following week every one of them were gone 
mysteriously.  The last two years for most part no nesting birds.

Sunday I visited (hoping) and found a Black-crowned Night Heron 

 
and a Snowy Egret 
!  
Hopefully more to follow.  Plenty of Great-tailed Grackle 

 
(12+) along Weld CR 48 as well as Wilson's Snipe (6)--here are four 

 
together.  Along Beebe Draw Swainson's Hawk (6) here is one 
 
and one other 
.
  
I've seen multiple in Nunn-area as well.  A pair chased a Great Horned Owl 
from its roost at Behren's Lake--btw lake is full of water (and 
waterfowl).  Stood atop my car to get a peek at it ... :-)

Burrowing Owl population now up to three along Weld CR 33 (btw 98/100) here 
is newlywed pair 

 
and a current bachelor 

.

Thanks
Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.ning.com/
Mobile:  http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m

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[cobirds] Prothonotary Warbler Larimer continues

[Derek Hill]

Stunning bird still present noon Monday April 11. Same spot. Awesome bird!

Derek Hill
Fort Collins

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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams

[JBreitsch - Denver]

11 April 2016
Barr Lake - South side
Overcast, slightly breezy

American Avocets, Yellow-headed Blackbirds, seaweed dancing Western Grebe 
pairs, and many other signs of spring abounded at Barr this morning.  I'm 
just here to report that the previously located Harris's Sparrow is still 
present in the same location as a week or so ago.  If you're familiar with 
the back side of Barr, there is a small boardwalk and gazebo (not the 
larger, well known one farther east).  The entrance to this area is just 
north of the bridge on the trail in the area of the Obrian canal.  On the 
opposite side of the trail from the entrance to the small boardwalk is a 
downed tree and scrubby looking area that seems perfect for sparrows and 
wrens.  This is where the Harris's has been.  The first time I went by 
there this morning I had two Song Sparrows and two Black-capped Chickadees 
and nothing else.  Ten minutes later, I had multiple Song Sparrows, 
White-crowned Sparrows, and the Harris's Sparrow.  At one point, the 
Harris's flew west to a cottonwood tree with a large dirt mound next to it. 
 So if you don't see anyone there, you may just want to wait a few minutes.

The Harris's was quiet last week, but was chirping away today.  He even 
managed to sing to me a few times.  I know what you're thinking.  He was 
singing an unrequited love song to the non existent female Harris's 
Sparrows he was hoping to find.  But hey, I'm a sad and lonely old man, and 
if I say he was singing for my benefit, do you really want to take that 
away from me?  I tried to get a video of the song, but only managed a few 
call notes instead. Such is life.

Map of Barr Lake.  If you look at the bottom of the water, you will see the 
canal and the area the bird is at.

https://disperser.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/barr-lake-state-park-map.jpg

John Breitsch
Denver, Colorado
https://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/

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[cobirds] Eastern Phoebes at Chatfield

[David Suddjian]

2 Eastern Phoebes are around the Platte River parking area immediately east of 
Kingfisher Bridge. They are very mobile in the rabbit brush. Also 1 Vesper 
Sparrow in same area.

David Suddjian 
Littleton CO

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 11 April 2016

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:  April 11, 2016
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, April 11, sponsored by Denver Field
Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

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

Trumpeter Swan (Douglas, Pitkin)
Eurasian Wigeon (La Plata)
Mallard (Mexican intergrade) (Jackson)
Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe, Jefferson, Mesa)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Delta, Eagle)
Chukar (Gunnison, Mesa)
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Summit)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (*Weld)
Red-throated Loon (Mesa, Pueblo)
BROWN PELICAN (Pueblo)
Snowy Plover (Otero)
Mountain Plover (Lincoln)
Thayer's Gull (Douglas, Jefferson, Larimer)
ICELAND GULL (Larimer)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Arapahoe, Larimer, Weld)
Glaucous Gull (Arapahoe)
White-winged Dove (Boulder, Elbert, Gunnison)
Greater Roadrunner (Baca, Huerfano)
Red-belllied Woodpecker (Bent, *Weld, *Yuma)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Chaffee, Larimer)
Eastern Phoebe (Adams, Baca, *Douglas, El Paso, Larimer, Prowers)
Black Phoebe (Boulder, Delta, *El Paso, Huerfano, Mesa)
Chihuahuan Raven (Baca, Otero)
Caroline Wren (Baca)
Bewick's Wren (Baca, Boulder, Mesa, Pueblo)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Bent, El Paso)
BENDIRE'S THRASHER (Montrose)
McCown's Longspur (Elbert, *Weld)
Prothonotary Warbler (*Larimer)
LUCY'S WARBLER (Montezuma)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca)
Canyon Towhee  (Baca, Bent, Otero, Pueblo)
Black-throated Sparrow (Prowers)
Fox Sparrow (Gunnison)
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (*Mesa)
Great-tailed Grackle (Adams, El Paso, Jefferson, Mesa)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Delta, *Summit)
Black Rosy-Finch (Jefferson. *Summit)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (*Summit)

ADAMS COUNTY:
--An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Beto Matheus at Rocky Mountain Arsenal
at the estern end of Wildlife Dr right over the canal on April 5.
--A Great-tailed Grackle was reported by John Breitsch at Barr Lake SP on
April 6.

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 April 9, Gene
Rutherford reported Glaucous Gull at Cherry Creek SP.
--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.  On April 1, David Suddjian reported 2
Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte Reservoir.  On April 3, Gene Rutherford
reported three and Ben Sampson two Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte
Reservoir.  On April 4, Robert Folzenlogen reported 3 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.
--On April 2, Jill White Smith reported Greater Roadrunner in Cottonwood
Canyon.
--On April 2, at Cottonwood Canyon Joey Kellner and Kathy Mihm Dunning
eported 6 Eastern Phoebe, 8 Bewick's Wrens, 4 Canyon Towhee, and 1
Rufous-crowned Sparrow.
--On the Southern Loop in Cottonwood Canyon, Joey Kellner and Kathy Mihm
Dunning reported 5 Greater Roadrunners, 1 Juniper Titmouse and 1 Eastern
Phoebe on April 2,
--On the Southern Approach to Cottonwood Canyon, Joey Kellner and Kathy
Mihm Dunning reported Eastern Phoebe, Bewick's Wren, and 2 Canyon Towhee on
April 2.
--On April 2 at CR G and CR 12 Kellner and Dunning reported 2 Canyon Towhee.
--On April 4, Michael O'Brien reported Carolina Wren and 2 Canyon Towhee in
Cottonwood Canyon.
--On April 5 in Picture Canyon, Cheryl Teuton and Dan Brooke reported 2
Eastern Phoebe and 2 Canyon Towhee.
--On April 5 at Two Butts SWA below dam, Ben Lagasse reported 3 Easter
Phoebe.

BENT COUNTY:
--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 April 4, Mark Miller reported White-winged Dove along Spine Road near
White Rock Ave in Gunbarrel.
--On April 5, Cheri Phillips and David Dowell reported Black Phoebe at 75th
and Boulder Creek.  On April 6, Christian Nunes reported Black Phoebe at
75th and Boulder Creek.  On April 8, David Waltman and Adam Vesely reported
Black Phoebe at 7th and Boulder Creek.  On April 9, Steve Frye and Tom
Behnfield reported Black Phoebe at 75th and Boulder Creek.  On April 10,
Kim Mauritz, Jack, Ryan Bushong, and Bill Kaempfer reported Black Phoebe at
75th and Boulder Creek.
--On April 9, Jack Bushong reported Chihuahuan Raven soaring over Walnut
Open Space in Louisville.
--On April 9, Peer Ruprecht reported a Bewick's Wren on the Singletree
Trail off Coal Creek Driver in Superior.

CHAFFEE COUNTY:
--A pair of American Three-toed Woodpeckers was reported by Jennifer Rothe
and Stephen Rosster on Monacrch Pass on April 7.

D