Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county

[Ira Sanders]

I had a rent a cop try that with me at Marston.  He was inside the fence
and I was outside.  He got as far with me as the rent a cop did with Norm
at DIA.  I almost pleaded with him to call the cops.  I promised I would
wait right there.
Imagine that when no cops showed up.

Ira Sanders
Golden

On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 11:46 PM, 'Migrant' via Colorado Birds <
cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> I was the other birder that the stupendously self-important "officer" (or
> whatever she was- a wannabe of some sort) attempted to chase off. I chose
> not to be chased. When she said, "you need to move along" (with sort of the
> same intonation one would use on a ten-year-old potential miscreant,
> loitering outside the sweet shop, awaiting an opportunity to steal a
> lollipop), I asked why. She replied that all the land around there is owned
> by farmers, DIA, etc, etc. She didn't specify who owns the shoulder of the
> road, but I suspect it is a public right of way. When I appeared reluctant
> to follow her stentorian-voiced instructions, she declared that, by golly,
> she'd just call the police. I allowed that seemed to be a grand idea, and
> please do. I waited around for a while (unsuccessfully scanning for the
> owls), but no police appeared.
> I think she must be comrads-in-arms with Golf Cart Boy out at Latham.
> Anyway, as Candace mentioned, I guess we have one more place where we
> offensive, aggressive, felonious birdwatchers are going to be harassed. I
> guess there aren't enough real criminals out there to keep these people
> busy..
>
> Norm Lewis
> Lakewood
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Mar 31, 2017, at 6:05 PM, Johnson, Candice E., MD.  childrenscolorado.org> wrote:
>
> Today at 10 am my husband and I got out of our car on 96th Avenue near DIA
> and briefly saw 2 Burrowing Owls. We used our spotting scope & we noticed a
> couple of oil company trucks not too far away from the burrows.  We drove
> on & returned about 20 minutes later. At the same spot was a HSS security
> vehicle, which pulled up next to us & told us we had to move on. We
> protested that we were only birdwatchers, but the woman officer kept
> yelling until we closed our windows. She then harassed another car driven
> by a birder  with binocs across the road. Just a warning! I don't think
> they have any jurisdiction over the public highway, but I remain open to
> education.
>
> Candice E. Johnson
>
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Re: [cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county

['Migrant' via Colorado Birds]

I was the other birder that the stupendously self-important "officer" (or 
whatever she was- a wannabe of some sort) attempted to chase off. I chose not 
to be chased. When she said, "you need to move along" (with sort of the same 
intonation one would use on a ten-year-old potential miscreant, loitering 
outside the sweet shop, awaiting an opportunity to steal a lollipop), I asked 
why. She replied that all the land around there is owned by farmers, DIA, etc, 
etc. She didn't specify who owns the shoulder of the road, but I suspect it is 
a public right of way. When I appeared reluctant to follow her 
stentorian-voiced instructions, she declared that, by golly, she'd just call 
the police. I allowed that seemed to be a grand idea, and please do. I waited 
around for a while (unsuccessfully scanning for the owls), but no police 
appeared. 
I think she must be comrads-in-arms with Golf Cart Boy out at Latham.
Anyway, as Candace mentioned, I guess we have one more place where we 
offensive, aggressive, felonious birdwatchers are going to be harassed. I guess 
there aren't enough real criminals out there to keep these people busy..

Norm Lewis
Lakewood

Sent from my iPad

> On Mar 31, 2017, at 6:05 PM, Johnson, Candice E., MD. 
>  wrote:
> 
> Today at 10 am my husband and I got out of our car on 96th Avenue near DIA 
> and briefly saw 2 Burrowing Owls. We used our spotting scope & we noticed a 
> couple of oil company trucks not too far away from the burrows.  We drove on 
> & returned about 20 minutes later. At the same spot was a HSS security 
> vehicle, which pulled up next to us & told us we had to move on. We protested 
> that we were only birdwatchers, but the woman officer kept yelling until we 
> closed our windows. She then harassed another car driven by a birder  with 
> binocs across the road. Just a warning! I don't think they have any 
> jurisdiction over the public highway, but I remain open to education.
> 
> Candice E. Johnson
> 
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[cobirds] Pueblo birds this past week

[Brandon]

A few new migrant birds have shown up in Pueblo, this past week.
Tree, Violet-green, and Barn Swallows on (26 March), Burrowing Owl
(26-27 March), Greater Yellowlegs (28 March), three American Avocets
on (26 March and 28 March, different locations), Northern Rough-winged
Swallows (along with the other swallows mentioned above) on 28 March.
I saw Barn Swallows again on (30 March).

Eastern Phoebes continue at a couple locations around Pueblo as of
3/30.  Black Phoebes are appearing more as well, I finally saw my
first two Pueblo County this year, on 30 March (at two different
locations).  The singing Carolina Wren and singing Winter Wren
continue in Pueblo through 31 March.  The wintering Spotted Sandpiper
was seen on 29 March.  Two Common Loons were seen on 30 March (one in
breeding plumage).  I think the Red-necked Grebe may have left, I
looked once this week, and didn't see it, though it can hide, it has
hiding places, that are difficult to get to.  A couple adult Bald
Eagles were still around along the River on 30 March.  Ospreys seem to
be everywhere, nesting on many of the Osprey platform nests around
Pueblo.

Up in Fremont County, there was singing Black-throated Sparrow on 27
March.  Also, saw Eastern Phoebes, Greater Yellowlegs, American White
Pelicans as well.

Hopefully the first week of April, gets more migrants around Pueblo.

Good birding,

-- 
Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO

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[cobirds] Red Fox Sparrow, Cherry Creek State Park, Arapahoe Cnty

[cteuton]

This evening, a Red Fox Sparrow was working around the shrubby area that is 
near the upper parking lot above the east boat ramp. This is on the trail that 
leads to the part of the park colloquially known as "Pelican point".
Cheryl Teuton 
Aurora 

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[cobirds] Burrowing Owls and security guards, Adams county

[Johnson, Candice E., MD.]

Today at 10 am my husband and I got out of our car on 96th Avenue near DIA and 
briefly saw 2 Burrowing Owls. We used our spotting scope & we noticed a couple 
of oil company trucks not too far away from the burrows.  We drove on & 
returned about 20 minutes later. At the same spot was a HSS security vehicle, 
which pulled up next to us & told us we had to move on. We protested that we 
were only birdwatchers, but the woman officer kept yelling until we closed our 
windows. She then harassed another car driven by a birder  with binocs across 
the road. Just a warning! I don't think they have any jurisdiction over the 
public highway, but I remain open to education.

Candice E. Johnson

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[cobirds] Hummingbird Research in Colorado - requesting banding locations

[Braden Godwin]

Hello!

I am a PhD student at the University of Wyoming studying the population 
genetics of hummingbirds, and I am looking for new sites to band, sample, and 
release Broad-tailed and Calliope Hummingbirds in Colorado.  We look for home 
owners with busy feeders who are willing to host us for a day or two (we bring 
a travel trailer), set up feeder net traps, capture, ID species-age-sex, 
examine for diseases, place a tiny federal ID band on leg, collect an even 
tinier blood sample, give a final sugar water treat, then release.  We provide 
information to the home owner host about the birds we captured at their place 
and updates about our study.
 
We use the blood sample for DNA for my PhD population genomics studies 
(Broad-tailed) to identify population structure, genetic diversity, adaptive 
genetics, cryptic hybrids, gene flow, and more.  I use blood from all 
hummingbird species for hemoparasite studies – to answer what is the prevalence 
and parasite species distribution of malarial-type blood parasites in our WY 
and CO hummingbirds.  We’re building our Calliope sample base for future 
genomic studies.  We have a paper accepted and coming out soon on CA 
hummingbird blood parasites; another one on corvid hemoparasites (on our 
website below, click publications).
 
Our banding site home-owner hosts are typically very excited to watch the 
process, learn about the hummingbirds they have, and be engaged in science.  We 
spent much of last summer throughout parts of WY and a few sites in CO, and now 
I am hoping to fill out my geographic sampling with a few more locations in 
Colorado. We are hoping to find locations especially in northern and western 
Colorado.
 
Do you have or know people with busy hummingbird feeders that would be 
interested in helping us? Please send me an email! My contact information and 
research website is below.
 
Thanks for any ideas and contacts!

__

Brady Godwin
PhD student
Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming
Wildlife Genomics and Disease Ecology Lab
www.wildlifegenetichealth.org
(307) 766-6638
bgod...@uwyo.edu

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[cobirds] Upcoming "Nunn Guy" Birding Trip: Pawnee National Grasslands

[The "Nunn Guy"]

Hi all

For those who enjoy birding on our prairies ... an early trip to Pawnee 
National Grasslands 

.

Thanks
Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.club/

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 31 March 2017

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine
e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:   March 31, 2017

This is the Rare Bird Alert for  Friday, March 31 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 families has
changed.

BRANT (Arapahoe)
Eurasian Wigeon (Weld)
Mallard (Mexican intergrade) (Rio Grande)
Trumpeter Swan (Archuleta, Routt)
Tundra Swan (*Weld)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Routt)
Mountain Plover (Costilla, Kiowa, Lincoln)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larimer, Montezuma,Weld)
Great Black-backed Gull  (Larimer)
Williamson’s Sapsucker ( Pueblo)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Otero)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Clear Creek)
Black Phoebe (Archuleta, *Boulder, Denver, Fremont, Pueblo)
Eastern Phoebe (Adams, Douglas, Fremont, Otero)
Winter Wren (*El Paso)
Carolina Wren (Pueblo)
Bewick’s Wren (Otero, Pueblo)
Lapland Longspur (Weld)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kiowa, *Kit Carson, Lincoln)
McCown’s Longspur (Kit Carson, Lincoln)
Northern Parula (*Custer)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Otero)
Savannah Sparrow (Kit Carson, Saguache)
Fox Sparrow (*El Paso, Routt)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Adams,  Boulder, *El Paso, Larimer,Otero, Weld)
EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Douglas)
Great-tailed Grackle (Boulder,  Jefferson, *Kit Carson, Larimer, *Weld)

ADAMS COUNTY:
---On March 25 at East Lake Shores Park, Riley Morris reported Lincoln’s
Sparrow.
---On March 26 at Barr Lake SP, Will Sebern reported Eastern Phoebe.
---ON March 27 at Barr Lake SP, Diane Roberts, Karen Drozda, and Rebecca
Laroche reported Lincoln’s Sparrow.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On March 27, Deb Carstensen reported BRANT at her home off of Platte
Canyon Drive.  Please call her
at 303-408-3010 for more information.  Several birders saw the BRANT
including Tim Ryan, Marie Hoerner, and Doug Kibbe.

ARCHULETA COUNTY:
---On March 28 at Pinon Lake Reservoir, Ben Bailey and Byron Greco reported
Trumpeter Swan.
---On March 28 at Navajo Reservoir/Piedra River upstream, Ben Bailey and
Bryon Greco reported 2 Black Phoebes.

BOULDER COUNTY:
---On March 22 at Boulder Creek and 75th St., Jonathan Montgomery reported
Black Phoebe.  On March 24 at Boulder Creek and 75th St., Christian Nunes
and Jeff Parks  reported Black Phoebe.  On March 25 at  Boulder Creek and
75th St, David Dowell, Luke and Tracy Pheneger, Ted Floyd, Adam Vesely,
Steve Frye, and David Waltman reported Black Phoebe.  On March 26 at
Boulder Creek and 75th St, Mark Minner-lee and Willem van vliet- reported
Black Phoebe.  On March 26 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Christian Nunes
reported Black Phoebe at NW corner of waste water treatment plant and
Lincoln’s Sparrow.  On March 27 Will Niccolls and Sue Riffe reported Black
Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St.  On March 29, Sharon Norfleet reported
that the Boulder Bird Club saw Black Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St.
On March 30, Chris Brown, Brian Johnson, and Norm Lewis reported Black
Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St.
---On March 29 at Sombrero Marsh, the Boulder Bird Club reported
Great-tailed Grackle.

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY:
---On March 28 at Guanella Pass Campground, Craig Robson reported 3
American Three-toed Woodpeckers.

COSTILLA COUNTY:
---On March 29 south of Smith Reservoir, John Rawinski and John Stump
reported 9 Mountain Plovers.

CUSTER COUNTY:
---On March 30 at Lake DeWeese, Clif Smith and Pearle Sandstrom-Smith
reported a m Northern Parula.

DENVER COUNTY:
---On March 25 at First Creek at DEN Open Space, Cynthia Madsen and David
Hill reported Black Phoebe at First Creek about 100 yards N of 56h Ave
bridge.

EL PASO COUNTY:
---On March 28 at Ute Valley Park, David Tonnessen reported Lincoln’s
Sparrow.
---On March 30 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, Diana Beatty reported a
Lincoln’s Sparrow.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On March 21 on Cherry Creek Tail – south end to Walker Road Gravel Pond,
Hugh Kingery reported Eastern Phoebe.  On March 22, Kingery reported
Eastern Phoebe singing is same spot.  On March 25 on Cherry Creek trail S
end to Walker Rd Gravel Pond, Cheryl Teuton, Hugh Kingery, and Glenn Walbek
reported Eastern Phoebe.  On March 27, Hugh Kingery reported Eastern Phoebe
on Cherry Creek trail S end to Walk Rd Gravel Pond.
---On March 25 at Chatfield SP, Gregg Goodrich reported that the DFO Field
Trip has an Eastern Phoebe on the SE side of Kingfisher Bridge.  On March
27 at  Chatfield SP upstream of Kingfisher Bridge, Christine Alexander
reported Eastern Phoebe.

EL PASO COUNTY:
---On March 20 at Sinton Pond Open Space, David Tonnessen reported Winter
Wren.  On March 23 at Sinton Pond Open Space, David Tonnessen reported
Winter Wren and Fox Sparrow (Red).  On March 23, Chris  Bronbin reported
Winter Wren at Sinton Pond.  On March 24 at Sinton Pond Open Space, Glenn
Walbek and Mark Peterson reported Fox Sparrow (Red).  On March 30, David
Tonnessen and Mark Minner-Lee reported Winter Wren at Si