[cobirds] Sabine Gull, DeWeese Res., Custer Co
The Sabine Gull continues at DeWeese Reservoir. It was there as late as 4:00 PM. I also saw a small white egret. It was on the far shore, but too far to ID as to species There was a juv. Chestnut-sided Warbler in a small grove of cottonwoods on the shore next to the dam. Rich Miller -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/185365.62a1899f.46e22d77%40aol.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] High country bird count seeks additional volunteers
Birders, The Indian Peaks Bird Count is seeking additional counters for this year's fall count (Sept. 8 to Sept 24). IPBC have been running since January 1982 on a modified Christmas Bird Count protocol. Modified in that block counts can be run on any day during the count period in order to allow multiple blocks to be worked by some counters; and because on some counts the weather just doesn't cooperate on a set count date. Counts occur in September, February and June/July for breeding season. With 35 years of collected data this is probably one of the best long running, high elevation bird surveys in the country. That data has seen interesting trends in terms of the explosion of common corvids, higher elevation expansion of several lower elevation species and cyclical fluxuations of cone specialists. The count circle lies mainly between the Peak to Peak Highway and the Continental Divide from a bit south of Rollinsville to a few miles north of Ward with blocks in montane, sub-alpine and tundra habitats. There are some areas east of the Peak to Peak and even a few over the crest in Grand County, I think. Most blocks require extensive high country hiking, but a few involve shorter hikes and driving. A number of blocks need new volunteers to step in and help out. If you are interested in participating in this year's fall count either by taking over a block, forming a team to work a block or joining an existing group, please contact me Bill Kaempfer Kaempfer at Colorado.edu Or Dave Hallock Eldora at rmi.net Bill Kaempfer -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/SN1PR0301MB1648326DF2E27184914A4D5DE1940%40SN1PR0301MB1648.namprd03.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: Pacific (?!) Golden-Plover - Larimer
Uh-oh. I'm leaning now toward adult female Black-bellied Plover, as originally reported by another birder. I'd appreciate opinions from better birders than me who are willing to look at the eBird report. Sorry about the multiple posts and likely false alarm. John Shenot Fort Collins On Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 7:10:04 PM UTC-6, John Shenot wrote: > I was chasing an eBird report of a Black-bellied Plover this evening that > turned up, instead, what I believe to be a Pacific Golden-Plover. It was at > the north end of "Bartels Reservoir", actually a farm pond on Giddings Rd > north of Douglas Road in Larimer County. Anyone inclined to chase should > know that this is private property, viewed from the road, but there are no > truly good places to pull off on this 50mph busy road. > > The bird: larger than adjacent killdeer, black throat, breast and flanks, > some white mixed in on flanks, speckled tan/golden back and wings, dull tan > cap, white belly and undertail. Photographs to be added within an hour to > my eBird report. > > It looks like this would be the first Larimer County record in eBird, so I > will not be offended or embarrassed if (when?) someone offers a different > ID for this bird! But for goodness sakes, whatever it is, if you chase it, > BE SAFE! > > Happy birding, > John Shenot > Fort Collins, CO > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/2a4b5d6e-df63-4793-b545-985018cda738%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: Pacific (?!) Golden-Plover - Larimer
Link to eBird report here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39041491 On Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 7:10:04 PM UTC-6, John Shenot wrote: > > I was chasing an eBird report of a Black-bellied Plover this evening that > turned up, instead, what I believe to be a Pacific Golden-Plover. It was at > the north end of "Bartels Reservoir", actually a farm pond on Giddings Rd > north of Douglas Road in Larimer County. Anyone inclined to chase should > know that this is private property, viewed from the road, but there are no > truly good places to pull off on this 50mph busy road. > > The bird: larger than adjacent killdeer, black throat, breast and flanks, > some white mixed in on flanks, speckled tan/golden back and wings, dull tan > cap, white belly and undertail. Photographs to be added within an hour to > my eBird report. > > It looks like this would be the first Larimer County record in eBird, so I > will not be offended or embarrassed if (when?) someone offers a different > ID for this bird! But for goodness sakes, whatever it is, if you chase it, > BE SAFE! > > Happy birding, > John Shenot > Fort Collins, CO > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/bbe7e3bb-72ef-43b2-bfd4-503fe55af6d0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Pacific (?!) Golden-Plover - Larimer
I was chasing an eBird report of a Black-bellied Plover this evening that turned up, instead, what I believe to be a Pacific Golden-Plover. It was at the north end of "Bartels Reservoir", actually a farm pond on Giddings Rd north of Douglas Road in Larimer County. Anyone inclined to chase should know that this is private property, viewed from the road, but there are no truly good places to pull off on this 50mph busy road. The bird: larger than adjacent killdeer, black throat, breast and flanks, some white mixed in on flanks, speckled tan/golden back and wings, dull tan cap, white belly and undertail. Photographs to be added within an hour to my eBird report. It looks like this would be the first Larimer County record in eBird, so I will not be offended or embarrassed if (when?) someone offers a different ID for this bird! But for goodness sakes, whatever it is, if you chase it, BE SAFE! Happy birding, John Shenot Fort Collins, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/bfd7d92f-c7f4-4fc9-8ab8-09488f34c893%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Lake Station, 9/6/17
Enjoyed the birds this morning with the Boulder Bird Club. In a morning dominated by Wilson's, we still managed to catch 7 different Warbler species. The Tennessee Warbler, first caught yesterday, is still around, and today we got to show it side-by-side with the similar looking Orange-crowned. Here's a breakdown of the 38 new birds: Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Yellow Warbler 2 Townsend's Warbler 1 MacGillivray's Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 2 Wilson's Warbler 25 Green-tailed Towhee 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 Come visit! We are open 6 days per week (CLOSED Mondays), weather permitting, through October 15. We are opening nets at 6:30 and should have birds back at the station before 7:30. We will close most days by about 11:30, earlier now when it is so hot. School groups arrive most weekdays at about 9:30. Meredith McBurney Bander Barr Lake Station Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/d135692e-61ce-4df1-ba98-391d516ed8da%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: West Arapahoe Co. Birds (9/2 - 9/5)
I live in Centennial near Quebec and Arapahoe. We have had two Woodhouse's Scrub Jays since September 1. I'm hoping they'll stay. Ben Sampson CENTENNIAL, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/f14b8d15-417d-4cc8-ba48-5504d4e980ca%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: West Arapahoe Co. Birds (9/2 - 9/5)
I too have had a Scrub Jay in my yard for the first time twice now since the first time on Monday. I live in Jefferson County near C-470 and Quincy. Ray Brakke Morrison, Colorado -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/cdbdedac-fa68-4f43-b660-d9954f37e0e0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Re: West Arapahoe Co. Birds (9/2 - 9/5)
Just as a curiosity, I live in Englewood near Broadway and Dartmouth. I had a scrub jay show up in my yard Saturday, a first as well. It stayed around through Sunday morning. Maybe he next went south? Crystal Wilson Englewood, CO On Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 7:00:49 PM UTC-6, Jared Del Rosso wrote: > Some fun, though not especially unexpected, encounters around west > Arapahoe over the past few days... > > *September 2 @ Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve* > > Very birdy, though nothing uncommon. Had my high counts of Blue-winged > Teal (16), Western Tanagers (5 or so), and Red-breasted Nuthatches (6 or > so) at the preserve. I'm a bit late to the discussion of Arapahoe County > Red-breasted Nuthatches, but there seemed to be one (or more) per cluster > of conifers this weekend. After getting the six at Marjorie Perry Nature > Preserve, I heard another calling in the parking lot of a nearby King > Sooper's. And there have been several of these birds around my neighborhood > (across University from deKoevend Park) lately. > > *September 3* > > While my wife and I walked our dog on Sunday evening in our neighborhood, > a Great Horned Owl flew over us, perching atop one of the giant > transmission towers that run east-west through western Centennial > (bisecting University just north of Arapahoe). The towers are visible from > my yard. You'd think they'd prove an eyesore, but they're perches for > Red-tails & Cooper's Hawks, Merlins, ravens, and now Great Horns. (Kestrels > & Swainson's Hawks seem to favor the wires running between the towers and > not the towers themselves.) > > *September 4 & 5* > > While collecting flower seeds in my front yard, I heard a loud & > continuous squawking coming from my backyard. I suspected another wayward > magpie; these birds & their repertoires of noise often fool me. But I found > instead a scrub jay, my first in my yard. The bird visited my platform > feeder on and off yesterday and today. > > Also on the fourth, three Swainson's Hawks soared over my neighborhood, > calling madly. One eventually perched in a neighbor's tree and continued to > call. They've been doing this a lot lately, and I regularly see one of them > -- a juvenile -- perched in the same conifer in the neighborhood. > > That's it. The Chipping Sparrow numbers in my yard are down -- from a > dozen or more last week, with a Clay-colored in tow, to two or three this > weekend. The lone Broad-tailed Hummingbird visiting my feeders may also > have left. > > - Jared Del Rosso > Centennial, CO > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/9380b31c-4516-4209-8a15-c8e4cb5600bd%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 6 September 2017
Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date:September 6, 2017 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, September 6 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 now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families has changes. Greater White-fronted Goose (*Denver) Cackling Goose (Larimer) Bufflehead (Custer) Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Mesa) Wild Turkey (Baca, Denver) Horned Grebe (Park) White-winged Dove (Prowers) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Baca, *Bent) Greater Roadrunner (Baca, El Paso, Kiowa) Black Swift (Boulder, Pueblo) Chimney Swift (*Prowers) Sandhill Crane (*Costilla, Montezuma, *Montrose, Routt, Weld) Snowy Plover (Alamosa) Upland Sandpiper (Baca, El Paso, Yuma) Stilt Sandpiper (Jefferson) Sanderling (Larimer, Washington) Pectoral Sandpiper (El Paso) Semipalmated Sandpiper (El Paso) Solitary Sandpiper (Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer,*Montrose, San Miguel) LONG-TAILED JAEGER (Park) Sabine’s Gull (Arapahoe, Custer, Douglas, *Jefferson) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Douglas, *Jefferson) Caspian Tern (*Larimer, Washington) Black Tern (Kiowa, Larimer, Morgan) Common Tern (Larimer, Park) Common Loon (Kiowa, Ouray) Green Heron (*Baca) Mississippi Kite (Baca, El Paso, Prowers) Broad-winged Hawk (Baca) Lewis’s Woodpecker (*Montrose) Red-headed Woodpecker (Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Yuma) Red-belllied Woodpecker (Yuma) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Gilpin, El Paso, Larimer, Mesa) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso, Pueblo) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder, Gunnison, Larimer) Northern Flicker (Boulder) Merlin (Pueblo) Least Flycatcher (*Baca, *Bent, El Paso, Weld) Gray Flycatcher (Adams, Montrose) Black Phoebe (*Jefferson, *Montrose) Eastern Phoebe (Adams, Baca, Douglas, *Jefferson) Great Crested Flycatcher (*Baca, *Bent, *Prowers) Cassin’s Kingbird (*El Paso, Lincoln, Montezuma) Blue-headed Vireo (*Baca, *Bent, Pueblo) Red-eyed Vireo (*Baca, *Bent, El Paso, *Powers) Chihuahuan Raven (*El Paso) Purple Martin (Prowers) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Baca, *Bent, *Weld) Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso) Evening Grosbeak (Kiowa) McCown’s Longspur (Weld) Ovenbird (*Baca, *Bent, Weld) Northern Waterthrush (*Jefferson) Blue-winged Warbler (Weld) Black-and-white Warbler (Boulder, El Paso, Weld) Prothonotary Warbler (*Baca) Tennessee Warbler (*Adams, *Baca, *El Paso) Nashville Warbler (Baca, *El Paso, *Jefferson) American Redstart (*Baca, *Bent, *Boulder, La Plata, *Weld) Magnolia Warbler (Larimer) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Baca, *Prowers) Blackpoll Warbler (Adams) Cassin’s Sparrow (Lincoln) Clay-colored Sparrow (*Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Denver, Douglas, Eagle, *El Paso, *Jefferson, Lincoln, *Mesa, Weld) Brewer’s Sparrow (Adams, Denver, *El Paso, Lincoln, Pueblo) Lark Bunting (Lincoln, Weld) Fox Sparrow (San Juan) Northern Cardinal (*Prowers) Dickcissel (Cheyenne, El Paso, *Pueblo) Bobolink (Boulder) Baltimore Oriole (Cheyenne, *Prowers, *Weld, Yuma) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On September 2 at Barr Lake, Meredith McBurney reported banding Blackpoll Warbler and Clay-colored Sparrow. On September 5 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney reported banding Tennessee Warbler and Clay-colored Sparrow. ---On September 2 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Rebecca Laroche and her DFO Field Trip reported Gray Flycatcher, 4 Clay-colored Sparrows, and 8 Brewer’s Sparrows. On September 3 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Bluestem Loop Trail, Dave Fundakowski reported 4 Eastern Phoebe. ALAMOSA COUNTY: --- On September 3 at Blanca Wetlands NWR, JoAnn Riggle reported Snowy Plover. ARAPHAOE COUNTY: ---On September 1 at Aurora Reservoir, David Suddjian and his DFO Field Trip reported juv Sabine’s Gull. ---On September 2 at Plains Conservation Center, Karen Metz reported Red-headed Woodpecker. ---On September 4 at Cherry Creek SP Pelican Point, Ben Sampson reported Clay-colored Sparrow. BACA COUNTY: ---On September 3 in town of Walsh, Steve Mlodinow reported Mississippi Kite. ---On September 3 at Turk’s Pond SWA, Steve Mlodinow and David Dowell reported Broad-winged Hawk, American Redstart, and 5 Clay-colored Sparrows. ---On September 3 at Two Buttes SWA below the dam, Steve Mlodinow and David Dowell reported Wild Turkey, Upland Sandpiper, 3 Greater Roadrunners, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Blue-headed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 3 American Redstart, 3 Chestnut-sided Warblers, Ovenbird, Tennessee Warbler, and Nashville Warbler. On September 5 at Two Buttes Reservoir below dam, Brandon Percival reported Prothonotary Warbler, Blue-headed Vireo, Great Crested Flycatcher, Tennessee Warbler, Red-eyed Vireo, 3 American Redstarts, Ovenbird, Least Flycatcher, Green Heron. BENT COUNTY: ---On September 2 at Tempel Grove, Duane Nelson and Norma Verhoeff reported Ovenbird below the bench. On September 4 at Tempel Grove, Dave Leatherman repo
