[cobirds] Quick check-in from Lamar, Prowers Co., Feb. 9

[Ted Floyd]

Hey, all. With Sharon Stiteler and Hannah Floyd and Andrew Floyd, I'm 
having a grand old freezing cold time down here at the High Plains Snow 
Goose Festival, Lamar, Prowers County. Earlier today, Fri., Feb. 9, at 
Willow Creek Park, behind Lamar Community College, we saw an *auduboni 
Hermit Thrush* and an *iliaca Fox Sparrow,* along with more expected birds 
like *Red-bellied Woodpecker, Myrtle Warbler,* *Audubon's Warbler,* and 
*Northern 
Cardinal.* A *Great-tailed Grackle* was inclined to sing, for whatever 
reason, this dreary afternoon. And an oddity was a leucistic dark-morph 
*Red-tailed 
Hawk.* Think about it.

Hard to believe, but the weather is supposed to be even more wretched 
tomorrow. So what are you waiting for! Come on down for the rest of the 
weekend. Great workshops and presentations, plus mildly insane field trips. 
Sharon was last seen photographing bluebirds in a cemetery well east of 
town Lord knows where...

Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County

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[cobirds] DFO field trip canceled

[Paula Hansley]

The Feb. 10 field trip “From the mtns. to the Plains” has been officially 
canceled. It will be re-scheduled. 

Paula Hansley
Leader

Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [cobirds] Who was Harris of Harris’s Hawk fame?

[Joe Roller]

What's in a name?

Ed Harris must have been basking in the warm glow of Audubon's recognition
in the Latin name of that raptor, as Audubon's drawing of what is now known
as *Parabuteo unicinctus* was labelled
Louisiana Hawk (Buteo harris) in his *The Birds of America
* (published, London
1827–38) as Plate 392.

Harris (if still alive) was pleased all over again when his name became the
English name too, with improved spelling,
as :Harris's Hawk", even though the Latin name rudely dropped "*harris*"
when it was changed to *Parabuteo unicinctus*

Then at some point, the English name changed to Bay-winged Hawk. When was
that, I wonder?

By the time of Peterson's first western field guide in 1941, the
descriptive "Bay-winged" name had
been changed to "Harris's Hawk".

All along the birds did not seem to care what name they carried, as
they carried on.

Joe Roller, Denver


On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 10:34 AM, Robert Righter 
wrote:

> Ed Harris of course! Harris was a friend of J.J. Audubon during the early
> 1800s.  Audubon valued close friendships and often honored those
> friendships by naming a bird after that person. In 1837 the Harris’s Hawk,
> illustrated by Audubon, was introduced to the world with the publication of
> Birds of North America.
> Harris’s Hawk is locally found throughout the  Americas and utilizes one
> of the most sophisticated cooperative hunting techniques known to birds.
> The Hawk is a favorite amongst falconers because of its skills in hunting
> varied assortment of prey as well as its ease in trainability.
>
> Bob Righter
> Denver CO
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[cobirds] Who was Harris of Harris’s Hawk fame?

[Robert Righter]

Ed Harris of course! Harris was a friend of J.J. Audubon during the early 
1800s.  Audubon valued close friendships and often honored those friendships by 
naming a bird after that person. In 1837 the Harris’s Hawk, illustrated by 
Audubon, was introduced to the world with the publication of Birds of North 
America.
Harris’s Hawk is locally found throughout the  Americas and utilizes one of the 
most sophisticated cooperative hunting techniques known to birds. The Hawk is a 
favorite amongst falconers because of its skills in hunting varied assortment 
of prey as well as its ease in trainability.

Bob Righter
Denver CO 

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[cobirds] Texas parks pass

['Norm Lewis' via Colorado Birds]

This is a bit off topic, but I wanted to throw out an offer. I just returned 
from a trip to the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. For the trip I purchased a 
Texas state parks pass. If any Cobirders might be heading down that way, I'd be 
happy to lend it to you- just contact me off list and we can make arrangements. 
I used it at a lot of the well known spots of the Valley (Estero Llano Grande, 
Falcon, Resaca de las Palmas, etc.) but I imagine it would be useful elsewhere, 
too.


Just let me know if you could use it.


Norm


Norm Lewis
Lakewood, CO


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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 9 February 2018

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine
e-mail:  RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:February 9, 2018

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 9 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 (El  Paso, Otero, Pueblo, Weld)
Trumpeter Swan (Fremont)
Wood Duck (Otero)
Greater Scaup (Arapahoe, El Paso, Weld)
White-winged Scoter (Arapahoe, Jefferson, *Pueblo)
Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Adams, *El Paso, Garfield)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld)
Wild Turkey (El Paso)
Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo)
Western Grebe (Archuleta)
Clark’s Grebe (Fremont)
Greater Roadrunner (Bent, El Paso)
Virginia Rail (Huerfano, Weld)
Least Sandpiper (La Plata, Mesa)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Adams)
Spotted Sandpiper (Garfield)
AMERICAN WOODCOCK (Larimer)
Black-legged Kittiwake (Fremont)
Greater Yellowlegs (Adams)
California Gulll (Archuleta, Adams, Weld)
Iceland Gull (El Paso, Pueblo, Weld)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Archuleta)
Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo)
Glaucous Gull (Arapahoe)
YELLOW-BILLED LOON (Arapahoe, Jefferson)
Double-crested Cormorant (Pueblo)
Northern Goshawk (Jefferson)
HARRIS’S HAWK (*Larimer)
RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (El Paso)
Williamson’s Sapsucker (Pueblo)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Pueblo)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso)
Black Phoebe (Mesa)
Say’s Phoebe (Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield)
Chihuahuan Raven (*El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo)
Mountain Chickadee (Otero)
Pygmy Nuthatch (Arapahoe)
Rock Wren (Otero)
Canyon Wren (Otero)
Winter Wren (Arapahoe)
Western Bluebird (Douglas)
Mountain Bluebird (Adams)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso, Pueblo)
Sage Thrasher (Huerfano)
Northern Mockingbird (Adams)
American Pipit (*La Plata, Montezuma, Pueblo)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Teller)
Black Rosy-Finch (Teller)
Common Redpoll (Chaffee, Larimer,*Mesa)
Red Crossbill (*Arapahoe)
Lapland Longspur (El Paso, Pueblo)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Otero)
Canyon Towhee (Otero)
Field Sparrow (Baca)
Fox Sparrow (Larimer, *Prowers)
Harris’s Sparrow (Denver)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Mesa)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Pueblo)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Mesa, Pueblo)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Arapahoe, *La Plata, Larimer, Prowers)
Pine Warbler (Larimer)
Northern Cardinal (Prowers)

ADAMS COUNTY:
---On February 2 on S Platte Trail from Riverside Cemetery to Sand Creek,
Gabrield Wiltse reported Greater Yellowlegs near intersection with York
St.
---On February 1 at Big Dry Creek Open Space, David Ely reported Northern
Mockingbird.
---On February 2 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR East Auto Tour, Joe Roller
reported 2 Mountain Bluebirds.  On February 3 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal
NWR, Camereon Carver reported Mountain Bluebird.  On February 5 at Rocky Mt
Arsenal NWR, Eric DeFonso reported California Gull.
---On February 6 at S Platte River and York, Joe Roller reported
Long-billed Dowitcher.  On February 7 at S Platte River and 58th Ave,
Candice Johnson reported Long-billed Dowitcher.
---On February 6 at E 136th Ave, Tony Leukering reported Say’s Phoebe.
---On February 6 at First Creek at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Lorraine Lanning
reported Mountain Bluebird along Buckley at trail entrance.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On February 1 at South Platte Reservoir, David Suddjian repored
White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon and fly by Long-tailed Duck.  On
February 2 at South Platte Reservoir, Loch Kilpatrick reported White-winged
Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon; Crystal Wilson reported Yellow-billed Loon.
On February 3 at S Platte Reservoir, Dick Filby and several other birders
reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon.  On February 4 at S
Platte Reservoir, Weston Petty reported White-winged Scoter.  On February 6
at South Platte Reservoir, Betty Glass reported White-winged Scoter; Dale
Pate reported YELLOW-BILLED LOON; Doug Kibbe reported White-winged Scoter
and YELLOW-BILLED LOON in SW Bay (Arapahoe).  On February 7 at South Platte
Reservir, Anna Lenshek reported White-winged Scoter and Say’s Phoebe; David
and Cheryl Hubbark reported White-winged Scoter and YELLOW-BILLED LOON.
--- On February 3 at Eaglewatch Lake, Kathy Mihm Dunning, Scott Somershoe,
and Tony Leukering reported Yellow-rumped Warbler and Yellow-rumped
(Audubon’s) Warbler.
---On January 31 at Aurora Reservoir, Nick Komar reported White-winged
Scoter, 4 Long-tailed Ducks, and Glaucous Gull.
---On February 2 at Cherry Creek SP, David Hill reported Say’s Phoebe.
---On February 3 at South Platte Park, Cynthia Madsen reported 9 Greater
Scaup.
---On February 5 at Crescent Pkwy, Kathy Mihm Dunning and Tony Leukering
reported Yellow-rumped Warbler.
---On February 4 at Ketring Park and Lake, Kay Rasmussen reported Winter
Wren.
---On February 6 at E Crescent Parkway in Greenwood Village, Diane Roberts
and Tim Ryan reported Winter Wren.  On February 7 at E Crescent Parkway,
Bez Bezuidenhout reported W