[cobirds] Pueblo birding Feb 2nd

[Brandon]

Had some time today, to see a few birds while doing non-birding things.

I stopped by Pueblo West Wal-Mart this morning for shopping and saw 15
Great-tailed Crackles in the parking lot.  Mid-day I stopped by Pueblo City
Park and saw the Greater White-fronted Goose that was seen yesterday.  Then
out at Roselawn Cemetery in Blende, saw the adult female Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker that was seen on the Pueblo CBC in December.  Then at the 40th
Lane marsh, a Virginia Rail called.  Then at Huerfano Reaervoir, lots of
Snow and Ross's Geese and many ducks continue, also two Chihuahuan Ravens
were also Bush Road, East of 40th Lane.  Then I got to Pueblo County High
School for some basketball games.

Brandon K. Percival
Pueblo West, CO

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Re: [cobirds] The sad tale of Nigel the gannet

[David Suddjian]

This thread is closed as not pertaining to Colorado. Thank you.

David Suddjian 
COBirds list moderator

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> On Feb 2, 2018, at 3:56 PM, macawolf via Colorado Birds 
>  wrote:
> 
> Poignant lesson of human intentions gone awry...
> 
> https://gizmodo.com/nigel-the-bird-found-dead-next-to-the-concrete-partner-1822655398
> 
> Marty Wolf,
> NW CO Spgs
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[cobirds] The sad tale of Nigel the gannet

[macawolf via Colorado Birds]

Poignant lesson of human intentions gone awry...

https://gizmodo.com/nigel-the-bird-found-dead-next-to-the-concrete-partner-1822655398


Marty Wolf,
NW CO Spgs

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[cobirds] Lincoln's Sparrow, Loveland, Larimer

[Elaine Coley]

Still here since Dec. 21.  Comes and goes during every day to eat seed from
deck railing and floor.

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Elaine Coley
Big Thompson River Rec. Trail
halfway between Taft and Wilson

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[cobirds] Mountain Bluebirds at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR and a newly opened Auto Tour route.

[Joe Roller]

There is an nice, paved auto tour that was opened at Rocky Mt Arsenal NWR
last October.
I checked it out and found a few raptors:
3 Bald Eagles,
5 Red-tails,
1 Ferrug Hawk
and a Prairie Falcon.

I toured there for less than an hour, but was surprised to see only one
Western Meadowlark and no Horned Larks.

Plus two Mountain Bluebirds. Although that species was found here and there
in Colorado during the winter,
these males were the first reported to eBird in the Metro area so far this
year.

The route I followed was the newly opened Auto Tour, which covers a lot of
untrammeled land on the north side of the Arsenal.
AND you get to cross First Creek twice - once on a sturdy bridge, then
closer to its "headwaters," through a little swale.

This is a one-way drive and for much of the route, you are advised to stay
in your vehicle, so as not to bother
the local herbivore - *Bison bison, *which roam unfenced. (I guess the
bison could reciprocate and bother you, too).
One shaggy beast was right on the shoulder of the road, which made it seem
more like Yellowstone than Genesee Park.

Being alone out there on the prairie was inspiring, in a landscape little
altered by "us." I usually need to get up to the
Pawnee Grasslands to get that same feeling.

Joe Roller, Denver

PS IF you go, please compile a separate checklist for the new eBird
hotspot, "Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR--East Auto Tour."

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 2 February 2018

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine
e-mail:  RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:February 2, 2018

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 2 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 changed.
Greater White-fronted Goose (*Delta, Kiowa, *Pueblo)
Trumpeter Swan (*Fremont)
Greater Scaup (Adams, El Paso, Jefferson, Weld)
White-winged Scoter (*Arapahoe, Jefferson)
Long-tailed Duck (Adams, *Arapahoe)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Adams, Fremont, Garfield, Kiowa)
Wild Turkey (Denver)
Sora (Larimer)
White-winged Dove (Boulder)
Greater Roadrunner (*El Paso)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Adams)
Spotted Sandpiper (Garfield)
California Gull (Douglas, Kiowa)
Iceland Gull (El Paso, Pueblo, Weld)
Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo)
Glaucous Gull (Arapahoe)
YELLOW-BILLED LOON (*Arapahoe, Jefferson)
Double-crested Cormorant (Kiowa, Pueblo)
HARRIS’S HAWK (*Larimer)
Snowy Owl (Weld)
RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (*El Paso)
Williamson’s Sapsucker (El Paso)
Red-naped Sapsucker (Boulder)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso)
Say’s Phoebe (Arapahoe, Baca, Denver)
Steller’s Jay (Baca)
Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Baca)
Chihuahuan Raven (*El Paso, Fremont, Kiowa)
Bushtit (Baca)
Pacific Wren (La Plata)
Winter Wren (Arapahoe, El Paso)
Varied Thrush (El Paso)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Baca, *El Paso)
Long-billed Thrasher (Baca)
Northern Mockingbird (*Adams, Baca)
American Pipit (Eagle)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Conejos, Pitkin)
Black Rosy-Finch (Conejos)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Conejos, Pitkin, Weld)
PURPLE FINCH (Yuma)
Cassin’s Finch (Baca, Yuma)
Common Redpoll (Chaffee, (*Larimer)
Red Crossbill (Arapahoe, Larimer)
Lapland Longspur (El Paso, Kiowa)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kiowa)
European Goldfinch (Boulder)
Green-tailed Towhee (Denver)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca)
Canyon Towhee (Baca)
Field Sparrow (Baca)
Fox Sparrow (Delta, Larimer)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Baca, Pueblo)
Harris’s Sparrow (Denver)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Weld)
Brewer’s Blackbird (Kiowa)
Great-tailed Grackle (Eagle, Kiowa)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Arapahoe)
Pine Warbler (*Larimer)
Prairie Warbler (Pueblo)

ADAMS COUNTY:
---On January 27 at McKay Road Ponds in Thornton, Adam Vesely reported
Long-tailed Duck in Southern most pond between S Platte River and 104th Ave
east of McKay Road.  On January 28, at McKay road Ponds, Joe Roller and
Eric DeFonso reported f Long-tailed Duck.
---On January 28 on S Platte River, Hwy 224 and 68th, Gabriel Wiltse
reported Greater Scaup.
---On January 28 at S Platte Trail from Riverside Cemetery to Sand Creek,
Gabriel Wiltse reported Long-billed Dowitcher where S Platte River
instersects York St.
---On February 1 at Big Dry Creek Open Space, David Ely reported Northern
Mockingbird.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On January 27 on East Crescent Parkway in Greenwood Village, Loch
Kilpatrick, Glenn Walbek and Diane Roberts reported Winter Wren.  On
January 28 on E Crescent Parkway, Gabrield Wiltse reported Winter Wren and
Rebecca Laroche reported Yellow-rumped Warbler.
---On January 27 at South Platte Reservoir, Christian Hagenlocher and many
others reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon; Bez
Bezuidenhout reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon in the
Jefferson County portion of the reservoir.  On January 28 at South Platte
Reservoir, Matt Crooks, Jeff Dawson, Joanne Parker, and John McConnell
reported White-winged Scoter, and Yellow-billed Loon;  Jeff Dawson also
reported White-winged Scoter on the Jefferson County portion of the
reservoir.  On January 29 at South Platte Reservoir, Robert Thoren and
others reported Yellow-billed Loon and White-winged Scoter in Jefferson
County part of reservoir; Candice Johnson and Gwen Moore reported
White-winged Scoter in Douglas county.  On January 30 at South Platte
Reservoir, Jerry Baines reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed
Loon.  On January 31 at South Platte Reservoir, Alan Peryam reported
White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon; Cynthia Kristensen reported
White-winged Scoter.  On February 1 at South Platte Reservoir, David
Suddjian repored White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon and fly by
Long-tailed Duck.
---On January 28 at S Platte Park C470 area, Robert Folzenlogen reported 23
Greater Scaup (19m, 4f) at N end of Eaglewatch Lake, Says’s Phoebe, and
Yellow-rumped Warbler.
---On January 28 at Robert Tartaglia Pavilion, Eric DeFonso reported Say’s
Phoebe and f Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler.
---On January 30 at Lee Gulch Overlook Trail, David Hill reported Say’s
Phoebe.
---On January 31 at Aurora Reservoir, Nick Komar reported White-winged
Scoter, 4 Long-tailed Ducks, and Glaucous Gull.

BACA COUNTY:
---On January 28 at Sikes Ranch SWA, CR Q, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 4
Curve-billed Thrashers, 3 Canyon Towhee, and f type Cassin’s Finch.
---On January 28 at Cottonwood Canyon Southern Approach, Kathy Mihm Dunning