[cobirds] Recent Birds Ken Caryl Valley and Littleton

[David Suddjian]

On Oct 28 a *Swamp Sparrow* was along Massey Draw below my home in Ken
Caryl Valley. I did not refind it when I visited this morning. A continuing
roost/day-long gathering of *Common Grackles* in the neighborhood beside
St. Mary Church on S. Prince in Littleton had  more birds in evidence on
the evening of Oct 28 than in recent days. I made a conservative estimate
of 600, and suspect there may have been as many as 800 grackles.

This morning (Oct 29) a late female *Red-naped Sapsucker* was foraging in
Russian Olives and cottonwoods along Massey Draw in Ken Caryl Valley.

*[Note: this area of Ken Caryl Ranch does not have general public access]*

David Suddjian
Ken Caryl Valley
Littleton, CO

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[cobirds] Re: Eastern Screech Owl, Littleton, Jefferson Co.

[Rosanne J.]

Awesome! thanks for sharing :) Rosanne Juergens

On Friday, October 28, 2016 at 4:05:49 PM UTC-6, Scott Somershoe wrote:
>
> This morning I investigated a big brouhaha of birds in my back yard in 
> Littleton, Jeff Co.  After a few minutes of staring into a thicket where 
> numerous birds were throwing a fit, I found an Eastern Screech Owl about 10 
> ft away. The bird was unhappy with the situation and flew into some big 
> pines just across the fence.  Although it was trying hard to hide, it gave 
> me some decent views.  The blue jays, red-breasted nuthatches, black-capped 
> chickadees, and curious house finches and robins eventually left it alone. 
> I thought it might stay for a while, but it was gone when I checked on it 
> 30 min later. Maybe it was just hiding better or took off in desperate 
> search of a cavity! 
>
> Some crummy photos of the screech owl and list of other birds, many of 
> which participated in the angry mob, are in the eBird list below.
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32267377
>
> Good yard birding!
>
> Scott Somershoe
> Littleton CO
>
> Co-Author of *Birds of Tennessee: A New Annotated Checklist 
> *
>

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[cobirds] Loons - Cherry Creek - Arapa

[JBreitsch - Denver]

Both Red-throated Loons and the Common Loon are being seen by DFO group off 
often lake loop. 

John Breitsch 
denver

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 29 October 2016

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:  Joyce Takamine
e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:  October 29, 2016
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, October 29  sponsored by Denver
Field
Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

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

NOTE:  The RBA is using the new AOU checklist and the order of the
famillies has changed

Trumpeter Swan (Archuleta, Mesa)
Mallard (Mexican) (Larimer)
Surf Scoter (Arapahoe, El Paso, Jefferson, Morgan, Park)
White-winged Scoter (Arapahoe)
Black Scoter (Park)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Routt)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Logan)
Red-necked Grebe (Logan)
White-winged Dove (Mesa)
Red Phalarope (Park)
Pomaraine Jaeger (Douglas, Jefferson)
Sabine's Gull (*Adams, Bent/Kiowa, Douglas/Jefferson,El Paso, Larimer,
Logan, Morgan, Washington, Weld)
LITTLE GULL (Logan)
Mew Gull (Larimer)
WESTERN GULL (Morgan)
Thayer's Gull (Morgan, *Ouray, Washington)
ICELAND GULL (Adams)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, Douglas/Jefferson, Larimer, Morgan,
Washington)
Caspian Tern (Larimer)
Red-throated Loon (Adams, *Arapahoe, *Boulder, Logan, Park, *Pueblo)
Pacific Loon (El Paso, Larimer, *Pitkin)
Cattle Egret (Kiowa)
Mississippi Kite (Adams)
Broad-winged Hawk (Weld)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Morgan)
Acorn Woodpecker (Pueblo)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Mesa, Saguache)
Black Phoebe (Mesa)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Lincoln)
Cassin's Kingbird (El Paso, Lincoln)
Bell's Vireo (El Paso)
Blue-headed Vireo (Kit Carson)
Chihuahuan Raven (Fremont)
Bewick's Wren (Fremont, Mesa, Montrose)
Curved-billed Thrasher (Fremont)
Sprague's Pipit (Yuma)
Common Redpoll (Sedgwick)
Lapland Longspur (Morgan, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kiowa, Logan, Morgan, Sedgwick, Yuma)
McCown's Longspur (Morgan)
Black-and-white Warbler (Arapahoe)
Tennessee Warbler (El Paso)
Nashville Warbler (Cheyenne)
Magnolia Warbler (Adams)
Palm Warbler (Boulder)
Pine Warbler (Prowers)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Prowers)
Field Sparrow (Adams)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Montrose)
Northern Cardinal (Prowers)

*For locations you are not familiar with (e.g. "Lower Latham"), please
refer to CFO's Colorado County Birding site for directions:
www.coloradocountybirding.org

ADAMS COUNTY:
---On October 18 at Barr Lake near Boat Launch, Steve Mlodinow reported juv
ICELAND GULL and 2 Sabine's Gulls.  On October 18 at Barr Lake near  Boat
Launch Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Red-throated Loon.  On October 19 at
Barr Lake, Kim Mauritz reported 2 Sabine's GUlls, 2 ICELAND GULLS, and a
Field Sparrow.  On October 18 at Barr Lake near the boat launch, Candace
Johnson reported Red-throated Loon.  On October 20 at Barr Lake, Mark
Minner-Lee, Norm Lewis, Diane Roberts, and Adam Vesely reported
Red-throated Loon.  On October 21 at Barr Lake, Glenn Walbek, Mark
Peterson, Phile Lyon, Chris Goulard, and Gwen Moore reported Red-throated
Loon.  On October 21 at Barr Lake Glenn Walbek and Mark Peterson reported 2
Lesser Black-backed Gulls (1st cyc, 4th cyc).  On October 22 at Barr Lake,
Luke Pheneger and many other birders reported Red-throated Loon and Kim
Mauritz reported 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.  On October 23 at Barr Lake,
Red-throated Loon and Sabine's Gulls were reported by Rebecca Laroch,
Gabrield Wiltse, Karen Drozda, Bill Kaempfer, and Steve Mlodinow.  On
October 24 at Barr Lake, Red-throated Loon was reported by Tim Ryan, Jeff
Dawson, and Lorraine Lanning.  On October 24, John Drummond reported that
the Monday Birders saw Red-throated Loon, juv Sabine's Gull, and ad Lesser
Black-backed Gull at Barr Lake.  On October 25 at Barr Lake, Nancy Davis
and Robert Martinez reported Red-throated Loon.  On October 25, Robert
Martinez reported a Magnolia Warbler below the banding station at Barr
Lake.  On October 26 at Barr Lake, Gwen Moore reported Sabine's Gull.  On
October 27 at Barr Lake, Matt Gray reported Red-throated Loon.  On October
28 at Barr Lake, Doug Kibbe, Glenn Walbek, and Mark Peterson reported
Sabine's Gull.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On October 26 at Aurora Reservoir, David Dowell reported 2 White-winged
Scoters.
---On October 25, David Dowell reported 2 Red-throated Loons at Cherry
Creek SP.  On October 28 at Cherry Creek SP, Mark Peterson and Glenn Walbek
reported 2 Red-throated Loons.
---On October 12 at deKoevend Park, Jared Del Rosso reported
Black-and-white Warbler on the High Line Canal Trail.
---On October 8 at South Platte Reservoir, Ben Sampson, Thomas Holub, and
Dale Pate reported f-type Surf Scoter in the SE Corner.  On October 9 at
South Platte Reservoir, Mark Chavez, Gene Rutherford, Renee Casias, and
John Drummond reported Surf Scoter.  On October 10 at South Platte
Reservoir, David Suddjian and many other birders reported Surf Scoter.  On
October 11 at South Platte Reservoir, Jill Boice, David Hill, Cynthia
Madsen, Diane Roberts, and Mary Burger reported Surf Scoter.  On October
13, Lee Farrell, Chris Gilbert, and David Dowell reported Surf Scoter at
South Platte R