[cobirds] Wood Ducks very high up a tree, 'house hunting' along the Canon City Riverwalk

[SeEttaM]

A few days ago while walking on the Canon City Riverwalk I spotted a male
Wood Duck high up in a large cottonwood tree  about 70-80 feet above the
ground.  I was really surprised as I have never seen a Wood Duck so high
above the ground. After watching it for a bit a female Wood Duck appeared
from behind a large branch in the same tree but about 10-15 feet below the
male.  I took a pic that shows how high up the male was above the ground
that I have uploaded to my Birds and Nature blog
along
with information on Wood Duck house hunting.

SeEtta Moss
Canon City
http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com

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[cobirds] Canon City area update on migrants plus wandering bird species

[SeEttaM]

Migrants in addition to the Eastern and Black Phoebes I reported on a few
days ago:

About 40 White-throated Swifts were feeding above the city water pond on
Tunnel Dr Rd a week ago.

Yellow-rumped Warblers, both Audubon and Myrtles, have been moving through
the Canon City Riverwalk for the past 5 or 6 days.

1 Snowy Egret at Florence River Park

First of the year male Broad-tailed Hummingbird buzzed me 2 days ago on the
Tunnel Drive Rd.

Yesterday I spotted 1 Great Egret on the far side of the east Valco Ponds
off MacKenzie Ave. (private property, seen from side of road near bridge)

-
Wanderers"

4 Stellars Jays are still visiting the Canon City Riverwalk (first saw them
2 months ago but thought they would gone by now

About 2 dozen Evening Grosbeak along with a dozen or so Pine Siskins I
previously reported on continue in Lincoln Park

>12 Cassin's Finches, which I haven't seen in several years, have joined
the Evening Grosbeak and Pine Siskins
--
I am behind on photos but did get about 5 close up pics of the Eastern
Phoebes that I have seen several times along Tunnel Drive Rd onto my Birds
and Nature blo g.

SeEtta Moss
Canon City
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[cobirds] Long-eared owl Boulder county

[alisonsheets]

Adult Long-eared owl seen today at 11:00am. On Springbrook north loop trail 
south of highway 170 near Eldorado Springs. In ponderosa forrest. Need to hike 
1-2 miles from trailhead.
Alison Sheets

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Re: [cobirds] Am. Goldfinches - Pueblo

['Norm Lewis' via Colorado Birds]

I was surprised to find a flock of fifteen American goldfinches in the town of 
Briggsdale this afternoon. eBird flagged it.


Norm Lewis
Lakewood, CO




-Original Message-
From: Leon Bright 
To: Cobirds 
Sent: Mon, Apr 9, 2018 9:46 am
Subject: [cobirds] Am. Goldfinches - Pueblo



COBirders--  While this post doesn’t compare to the others this morning about 
super rarities, I wanted to share my pleasure observing the flock of 12-15 
American Goldfinches that have been visiting my feeders for the last fortnight. 
 It is interesting to observe the variety of stages of molt in the males.  This 
morning one appeared that had almost achieved full breeding plumage while 
others are still in intermediate stages.  Also, a few Pine Siskins have begun 
to show up after an absence of over a year.  I’ve noticed that at times these 
two irruptive species appear to be associated in their wanderings.
Leon Bright
Pueblo

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[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies (09 Apr 2018) 10 Raptors

[reports]

Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 09, 2018
---

SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total   Season Total
-- --- -- --
Black Vulture0  0  0
Turkey Vulture   1 17 19
Osprey   1  2  2
Bald Eagle   0  2  5
Northern Harrier 0  0  0
Sharp-shinned Hawk   1  7 11
Cooper's Hawk1 14 22
Northern Goshawk 1  1  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  0  0  0
Broad-winged Hawk0  0  0
Red-tailed Hawk  1 20188
Rough-legged Hawk0  0  1
Swainson's Hawk  1  1  1
Ferruginous Hawk 1  1  3
Golden Eagle 0  1  9
American Kestrel 1  5 19
Merlin   0  0  0
Peregrine Falcon 0  0  1
Prairie Falcon   0  1  3
Mississippi Kite 0  0  0
Unknown Accipiter0  4  8
Unknown Buteo0  5 10
Unknown Falcon   0  0  0
Unknown Eagle0  0  0
Unknown Raptor   1  4  5

Total:  10 85309
--

Observation start time: 08:15:00 
Observation end   time: 14:00:00 
Total observation time: 5.75 hours

Official Counter:Joyce Commercon

Observers:

Visitors:
Not many people were on the trail today. One biker came up for the view and
to look at the Moto-cross track. A trail-runner, who apparently was doing a
6-mile circuit, took in the view; she was surprised and impressed by the
rockiness of the trail further south on the Ridge.


Weather:
The watch started not long after a light rain/snow shower had passed; the
cloud-ceiling was low and visibility down the Ridge and along all the
western ridges was obscured; the area around Green Mountain was partially
enveloped by fog. Visibility was normal by mid-morning when the
cloud-ceiling lifted from the western ridges. Winds were primarily from the
east, often with a southeastern component, and mildly breezy at bft 2, with
the occasional gust at bft 3. Cloud-cover started at 85-percent; brightened
patches roamed the valleys and ridges in the morning where breaks in the
clouds allowed the sun to peak through. Over the course of the morning,
cloud-cover decreased to 40-percent. Twice during the watch, a sunlit
sprinkling of light snow briefly fell upon the HawkWatch platform. In
general, the clouds were very, very mobile today. A few translucent,
gossamer clouds appeared out of the blue. There were all sizes of
cumulus-types; most were tattered-looking with edges seemingly shredded
from shearing past each other while carried by opposing winds. In the
afternoon, heavier gray clouds formed far south down the Ridge as well as
just north of the platform. Temperatures rose from 5 C to 10 C.

Raptor Observations:
The number of migrants today was not particularly high but the variety was
very welcome. Most of the migrants passed to the west of the Ridge today.
The first official migrant of the morning was an Osprey that passed nearby
at eyelevel over the western valley. Not long afterwards, a warm-brown,
juvenile Ferruginous Hawk was spied moving north along the western ridges.
The highlight of the day occurred later in the morning when an adult
Northern Goshawk was spotted mid-level in the valley in front of Mount
Morrison; it circled up high, moving north along WestRidge, then
disappeared heading west-northwest. Raptor activity slowed for both
migrants and locals for a period before noon MST, but this lull was broken
by the arrival of a heavily-bibbed, adult Swainson's Hawk that was spotted
southwest of the platform and, after circling up fairly high (still visible
to the unaided eye), migrated north along the western valley.
One interesting note: the watch opened with the near-immediate sighting 
of
a Cooper’s Hawk (a probable juvenile) rising up just to the east of the
HawkWatch platform; it headed northeast, disappearing into the fog near
Green Mountain, and was noted as a possible migrant. Within the next
half-hour, a group of Rock Pigeons were spotted, flying a bit raggedly back
and forth (not the usual graceful and synchronous 

[cobirds] Re: Red-breasted x Red-naped Sapsucker hybrid - Bent Co. 4/9

[Brandon]

The bird is at campsite 67, for anyone interested in trying to see this
bird today.

-- 
Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO



> Brian Gibbons just texted me, that he and his group is looking and trying
> to photograph a hybrid Red-breasted x Red-naped Sapsucker at Hasty
> Campground, Bent County, in SE Colorado on 4/9.  I know there have been at
> least a couple of these hybrids in Colorado, though not too many I don't
> think.
>
> --
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> Pueblo West, CO
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[cobirds] Red-breasted x Red-naped Sapsucker hybrid - Bent Co. 4/9

[Brandon]

Brian Gibbons just texted me, that he and his group is looking and trying
to photograph a hybrid Red-breasted x Red-naped Sapsucker at Hasty
Campground, Bent County, in SE Colorado on 4/9.  I know there have been at
least a couple of these hybrids in Colorado, though not too many I don't
think.

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Pueblo West, CO

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[cobirds] Re: Long-billed Dowitcher and Great Egret [Weld]

[Sharon Kay]

I saw that egret today in the same place Gary. Today is Monday. It flew 
east after a bit. Beautifully white.

On Monday, April 9, 2018 at 10:22:46 AM UTC-6, The "Nunn Guy" wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> On my usually Sunday morning route ...
>
>- Great Egret (small irrigation pond west side of Weld CR 47 just 
>south of Weld CR 48)
>- Long-billed Dowitcher (Cozzens Lake along with Greater and Lesser 
>Yellowlegs)
>- Lesser Black-backed Gull (adult, on west side of Weld CR 23 with 
>usual gull flock north of Drake Lake in field adjacent to house on north 
>side of Drake Lake. Also, half dozen or so Franklin's Gull)
>
> Reminder Saturday Pawnee NG field trip: 
> http://coloradobirder.club/m/events/view/Prairie-Wonders-of-the-Pawnee-National-Grassland
>
>
> Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
>
> http://coloradobirder.club/
>
>
>

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Re: [cobirds] House Sparrows - Boulder & metro area

[Richard Trinkner]

Some personal House Sparrow data:

Between 1996 and 2015, House Sparrows appear on 30.16% of my Colorado
checklists.

Between 2015 and 2018, they appear on only 13.44% of my Colorado checklists.

They used to be very common bird for my backyard feeders. Between 1996 and
2015, House Sparrows were on 58.21% of my backyard checklists. *So far in
2018, I haven't had a single House Sparrow*.  Not one.  I've completed 26
checklists for my yard this year: not a single House Sparrow.

In Boulder, House Sparrows seem to be hanging on in small numbers in very
urban areas. I walk to work most mornings in central Boulder. I used to
nearly trip on House Sparrows. I still see them often (72% of my morning
walk checklists), but now I have to listen carefully for their call and I
generally only get a small handful of individuals.

On the center-north Boulder CBC route on which I counted last December, we
only found sparrows in only two locations, whereas in past years they were
extremely common.

Here's an article about their decline:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171003111056.htm.

I've also read that they may be particularly susceptible to cell phone
tower radiation, and that their bug food source may be susceptible to such
radiation as well.

Cheers,

Richard Trinkner
Boulder



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> Denver Audubon just received a call from a woman in Lafayette with a
> unique subject: where have the House Sparrows gone?
>
> She says she used to have as many as 80, but now she sees only a pair or
> two, sproadically. They check out her yard and continue on somewhere else.
> Have any of you experienced a diminishing numbers of House Sparrows?
>
>
> Hugh Kingery
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[cobirds] FOY Broad-tailed Hummingbirds - JeffCo

[Tim Mitzen]

As a follow-up to Kevin's post today about hummingbirdsthey're 
definitely trickling in now.

At least one male Broad-tailed Hummingbird has been frequenting my feeder 
almost daily since last Friday April, 6th (put the feeder up on April 1st 
with the cold weather we've been having but have been out of town since 
then so maybe he has been visiting longer).  

Either way, glad to see them again!

Cheers,
Tim Mitzen
Golden, CO

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[cobirds] Two Red-necked Grebes - Pueblo Res. SWA 4/9

[Brandon]

This morning, before the El Paso County Monday Birders (MAMBO) appeared, I
saw two breeding plumage *Red-necked Grebes *seen from the State Wildlife
Area, in the north west side of Pueblo Reservoir (Pueblo County)  Luckily
for the group, we all saw one of them.  We had a nice morning, into the
afternoon of birding around Lake Pueblo State Park, Swallows, and the SWA.
Check their e-bird lists for more information on where we saw things.

Some of the other highlights: were a pair of Black Phoebes and a pair of
Eastern Phoebes that have been around for a few weeks now, one non-breeding
plumage Common Loon, and a flyover calling Red Crossbill at Swallows.
Shorebirds were, 13 American Avocets, both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs,
and three Baird's Sandpipers.  We saw all six Colorado grebe species, and
both Franklin's and Bonaparte's Gulls.

Good birding,

-- 
Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO

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RE: [cobirds] House Sparrows - Boulder & metro area

['Jean Stevenson' via Colorado Birds]

I don’t know about the woman in Lafayette, But the lack of house sparrows I 
reported in southeast Aurora is an observation covering the entire year.  Jean 
Stevenson

=J=

From: Nicholas Komar
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The answer is that they have dispersed from their winter flocks for breeding.  
This is an annual phenomenon. 

Best,

Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO

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 wrote:
Denver Audubon just received a call from a woman in Lafayette with a unique 
subject: where have the House Sparrows gone?

She says she used to have as many as 80, but now she sees only a pair or two, 
sproadically. They check out her yard and continue on somewhere else. Have any 
of you experienced a diminishing numbers of House Sparrows?


Hugh Kingery 
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Re: [cobirds] House Sparrows - Boulder & metro area

[Nicholas Komar]

The answer is that they have dispersed from their winter flocks for breeding.  
This is an annual phenomenon. 

Best,

Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO

> On Apr 9, 2018, at 11:48 AM, 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds 
>  wrote:
> 
> Denver Audubon just received a call from a woman in Lafayette with a unique 
> subject: where have the House Sparrows gone?
> 
> She says she used to have as many as 80, but now she sees only a pair or two, 
> sproadically. They check out her yard and continue on somewhere else. Have 
> any of you experienced a diminishing numbers of House Sparrows?
> 
> 
> Hugh Kingery 
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Re: [cobirds] House Sparrows - Boulder & metro area

[Todd Deininger]

In Longmont I noticed a big decline after the rains and flood of Sep 2013.

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> Denver Audubon just received a call from a woman in Lafayette with a
> unique subject: where have the House Sparrows gone?
>
> She says she used to have as many as 80, but now she sees only a pair or
> two, sproadically. They check out her yard and continue on somewhere else.
> Have any of you experienced a diminishing numbers of House Sparrows?
>
>
> Hugh Kingery
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RE: [cobirds] House Sparrows - Boulder & metro area

['Jean Stevenson' via Colorado Birds]

Yes, in southeast Aurora, over the years, we have definitely noticed fewer 
house sparrows.  For several years house finches have dominated with lots of 
other interesting species occurring , more nuthatches, more goldfinches, 
occasional bushtits, solitaires and this year even red crossbills.
Jean Stevenson, Arapahoe County, east of Quincy Reservoir

=J=

From: 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds
Sent: Monday, April 9, 2018 11:48 AM
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Subject: [cobirds] House Sparrows - Boulder & metro area

Denver Audubon just received a call from a woman in Lafayette with a unique 
subject: where have the House Sparrows gone?

She says she used to have as many as 80, but now she sees only a pair or two, 
sproadically. They check out her yard and continue on somewhere else. Have any 
of you experienced a diminishing numbers of House Sparrows?


Hugh Kingery 
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Re: [cobirds] House Sparrows - Boulder & metro area

[Patrick O'Driscoll]

Since last fall and through winter, I averaged 25-30 in/around my back yard
in east-central Denver (off East Colfax). The past few weeks, the number is
more like 10-12. I had assumed maybe some natural reason, like the rest
going off to make nests and have babies elsewhere.

Patrick O'Driscoll
Denver



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> Denver Audubon just received a call from a woman in Lafayette with a
> unique subject: where have the House Sparrows gone?
>
> She says she used to have as many as 80, but now she sees only a pair or
> two, sproadically. They check out her yard and continue on somewhere else.
> Have any of you experienced a diminishing numbers of House Sparrows?
>
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> Hugh Kingery
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Re: [cobirds] House Sparrows - Boulder & metro area

[Joe Roller]

House Sparrow decline has been well-studied in England and India,
and seems to be patchy, but world-wide.
Here is a way to find relevant articles on the web:

type in key words:
*house sparrow population decline*

eBird is a great data base for studying this, in the US and all over,
so don't do what I used to do and put "x" in the number box for those
charming Weavers, put a number.

Joe Roller, Denver

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> Denver Audubon just received a call from a woman in Lafayette with a
> unique subject: where have the House Sparrows gone?
>
> She says she used to have as many as 80, but now she sees only a pair or
> two, sproadically. They check out her yard and continue on somewhere else.
> Have any of you experienced a diminishing numbers of House Sparrows?
>
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[cobirds] House Sparrows - Boulder & metro area

['Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds]

Denver Audubon just received a call from a woman in Lafayette with a unique 
subject: where have the House Sparrows gone?

She says she used to have as many as 80, but now she sees only a pair or two, 
sproadically. They check out her yard and continue on somewhere else. Have any 
of you experienced a diminishing numbers of House Sparrows?

 

 

Hugh Kingery 

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[cobirds] Long-billed Dowitcher and Great Egret [Weld]

['The "Nunn Guy"' via Colorado Birds]

Hi all

On my usually Sunday morning route ...

   - Great Egret (small irrigation pond west side of Weld CR 47 just south 
   of Weld CR 48)
   - Long-billed Dowitcher (Cozzens Lake along with Greater and Lesser 
   Yellowlegs)
   - Lesser Black-backed Gull (adult, on west side of Weld CR 23 with usual 
   gull flock north of Drake Lake in field adjacent to house on north side of 
   Drake Lake. Also, half dozen or so Franklin's Gull)

Reminder Saturday Pawnee NG field trip: 
http://coloradobirder.club/m/events/view/Prairie-Wonders-of-the-Pawnee-National-Grassland


Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn

http://coloradobirder.club/


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[cobirds] Am. Goldfinches - Pueblo

[Leon Bright]

COBirders--  While this post doesn't compare to the others this morning
about super rarities, I wanted to share my pleasure observing the flock of
12-15 American Goldfinches that have been visiting my feeders for the last
fortnight.  It is interesting to observe the variety of stages of molt in
the males.  This morning one appeared that had almost achieved full breeding
plumage while others are still in intermediate stages.  Also, a few Pine
Siskins have begun to show up after an absence of over a year.  I've noticed
that at times these two irruptive species appear to be associated in their
wanderings.

Leon Bright

Pueblo

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[cobirds] Re: Weld County Spring Birds

['The "Nunn Guy"' via Colorado Birds]

Hi all

To continue about the ethics of entering oil and gas operations access 
roads ... "Birders were out birding the other day and drove that oil road 
behind Behrens Res. again. The farmer came out on a motorcycle and said it 
is private and went on and on about people (not birders) causing problems 
back there. He's considering putting up a no trespassing sign."  Sounds 
like birders behave.  :-)

I "assume" the same access issues for the oil and gas access road on east 
side of Loloff Reservoir.  When in doubt about access ask the locals would 
be my advice--they would probably allow access knowing who is going back 
there.

Just an FYI ...

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobir...@yahoo.com/

 
We told him we would leave immediately and he said we could look as he 
knows my car now. We left immediately. We will not drive that road again.
On Monday, April 2, 2018 at 8:59:39 AM UTC-6, The "Nunn Guy" wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> In the process of uploading photos ...
>
>- Mountain Bluebird - 5 [Weld CR 100 and 108]
>- Sage Thrasher - 1 [Weld CR 114 about one mile east of Hwy 85]
>- Mourning Dove - 1 [Weld CR 102]
>- Say's Phoebe - 3 [My Nunn yard, Windsor Lake and Weld CR 48 Marsh]
>- Spotted Sandpiper - 2 [Crom Lake]
>- Great-tailed Grackle - 13 [Woods Lake (10); Crom Lake (1); Drake 
>Lake (1); Weld CR 86 Marsh (1)]
>- Franklin's Gull - 5 [Drake Lake]
>- Greater Yellowlegs - 9 [Weld CR 48 Marsh (5); Weld CR 23 Pond 
>(Severance) (4)]
>- Least Sandpiper - 2 [Weld CR 23 Pond (Severance)]
>- American Avocet - 8 [Beebe Draw]
>- Yellow-headed Blackbird - 1 [Weld CR 84 Marsh (Pierce)]
>- Sandhill Crane - 1 [Behren's Reservoir]
>- Loggerhead Shrike, Black-necked Stilt in Latham Reservoir and Beebe 
>Draw complex reported by local birders in conversation afield
>
> Ethics issues/questions:
>
>- Saw two birders blatantly trespassing in LaSalle-area hot spot.  It 
>is an oil and gas service/ranching road which also had no trespass sign at 
>the access entrance-in talking with the local birders above they mentioned 
>the two birders said they were not from the area
>- Question: Is the oil and gas service road on east side of Behrens 
>Reservoir public access?  Does not have No Trespass sign. 
>- Question: Is the oil and gas road on east side of Loloff Reservoir 
>public access?  Does not have No Trespass sign.
>
> Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
>
> http://coloradobirder.club/
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Re: [cobirds] California quail -- new state bird?

[Ira Sanders]

Mark, The state list is at 501 and the California Quail is not on it.
Ira Sanders

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> Kenny Frisch's documentation of a California quail this weekend at
> Dinosaur National Monument (Moffat County) made me wonder two things:
>
> 1. How big is Colorado's state list these days?
> 2. Whatever happened to the group of ruffed grouse in the aspen grove
> above Browns Park a few years back? The most recent record on ebird is 10
> years ago. Has anyone tried for them since?
>
> Here's Kenny's ebird list with the quail:
> https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44389097
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[cobirds] First photographically documented California Quail in CO

['Steven Mlodinow' via Colorado Birds]

Greetings All, 


Kenny Frisch, a Utah birder, was the first to confirm (with photographs of a 
male) the occurrence of California Quail in CO. It was at the Dinosaur National 
Monument, Canyon Area Visitor Center, just north of US 40 a few miles west of 
the town of Dinosaur, Moffat County over the weekend. 


Probably, all (or at least most) sightings of "Gambel's Quail" from Moffat 
County pertain to this species which - in Utah - occurs pretty much to the CO 
border near Dinosaur. Quail have been found at Browns NWR headquarter feeders, 
feeders in the town of Dinosaur, Deer Lodge Park, and Irish Canyon (the latter 
well documented by Andrew Spencer from a number of years ago)


Kathy Mihm-Dunning, David Dowell and I have each made trips over several years 
to this area without success, so many congratulations to Kenny.


Good Lucky and Good Birding
Steven Mlodinow, Longmont CO




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Re: [cobirds] Graylag goose

[Patrick O'Driscoll]

Yes, Rod, actually it is one of two Graylag/Swan/Domestic goose hybrids
that have lived in the park year-round for at least several years.

Patrick O'Driscoll
Denver


On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 6:01 AM, Roderick Webb  wrote:

> We have been seeing what appears to be a graylag goose at the Duck Pond at
> City Park- haven’t seen any report of this here. Is this old news? The
> goose has been present for 5 days or so.
> Rod Webb
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[cobirds] Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies (08 Apr 2018) 25 Raptors

[reports]

Dinosaur Ridge - Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Colorado, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 08, 2018
---

SpeciesDay's CountMonth Total   Season Total
-- --- -- --
Black Vulture0  0  0
Turkey Vulture  12 16 18
Osprey   0  1  1
Bald Eagle   0  2  5
Northern Harrier 0  0  0
Sharp-shinned Hawk   3  6 10
Cooper's Hawk3 13 21
Northern Goshawk 0  0  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  0  0  0
Broad-winged Hawk0  0  0
Red-tailed Hawk  4 19187
Rough-legged Hawk0  0  1
Swainson's Hawk  0  0  0
Ferruginous Hawk 0  0  2
Golden Eagle 1  1  9
American Kestrel 2  4 18
Merlin   0  0  0
Peregrine Falcon 0  0  1
Prairie Falcon   0  1  3
Mississippi Kite 0  0  0
Unknown Accipiter0  4  8
Unknown Buteo0  5 10
Unknown Falcon   0  0  0
Unknown Eagle0  0  0
Unknown Raptor   0  3  4

Total:  25 75299
--

Observation start time: 08:30:00 
Observation end   time: 14:30:00 
Total observation time: 6 hours

Official Counter:Mike Fernandez

Observers:

Visitors:
>From ~ 11:30-12:30 MST, Pam Batton (longtime Dinosaur Ridge Hawkwatcher),
led a group of secondary school teachers taking a continuing education
class on raptors through the School of Mines. The group of 12, including
Pam, had some excellent preparation and many had prior personal experience.
They spent about an hour with eyes on the skies and then Pam had them
present their raptor reports on the platform. It was a learning experience
for me as well! 

Qwahn Kent joined at around noon and stayed till 2:30 MST. Qwahn is a high
school senior in Vail and is a passionate birder. He starts at Cornell in
the fall with the intention of majoring in ecology. We had a good 
conversation and he gets the protocol. He now has all of our DinoHawk info
(via that business card) and is interested in helping us in the future
(during spring break?). Qwahn was truly helpful in spotting and identifying
raptors. He was in Denver with his family for a track meet, had done some
research and found out about our site, and chose to stay over an extra day
to do some birding from Dnosaur Ridge. 


Weather:
Intense sun and wind (again) today, with gusts up to 34 mph, BFT 7 (whole
trees in motion; resistance felt walking against the wind; hard to hold the
binocs steady). 

Raptor Observations:
Migrating Raptors: There were a few brief periods of respite from the
intense winds when i expected a flood of migrators. But no. Today they were
up to (and even seemed to prefer) the challenge, trying a grueling low
height of flight (HOF zero) west of the ridge, pausing suspended in mid
air, eye level, for long periods (and great photo ops). Then going up a
thermal near our site and soaring oddly, facing west while flying north,
swinging south at times, regaining their path. Raptors were all over the
place, far west black specks, directly over ridge, east of ridge, west of
ridge, high and low. Trying to figure it out. It was a migration in slow
motion today. Profiles were atypical, shaped by wind. Hard to tell locals
from migrators due to circumnavigation. Often showing up west of ridge at
eye level and then suddenly disappear. 

Non-Migrating Raptors: Locals showed up west and east of ridge and then
disappeared suddenly, i'm guessing because they turned tail and zipped away
and down with the wind. A couple of local red-taileds did provide
throughway escort several times, including dive-bombing the Golden over
Table Mountain and forcing a migrating male Kestrel out of his original
path. 

Local Female Northern Harrier patrolled the trail low up Matthews-Winters
park. 

Non-raptor Observations:
White-throated Swifts (13), Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (2), Black-billed Magpie
(2), American Crow (6), Common Raven (1), Swallow Sp. (2), Pygmy Nuthatch
(2) (could be challenged), Townsend's Solitaire (3) in their favorite spot.
 

Predictions:
TUVUs are on the rise. 

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 9 April 2018

[Joyce Takamine]

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

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, April 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.
Snow Goose (*Boulder, *San Miguel)
Ross’s Goose (*Douglas, *Weld)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Jefferson, Rio Grande, Weld)
Wood Duck (Montezuma)
Greater Scaup (*Fremont, *Weld)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (*Weld)
Red-necked Grebe (*Jefferson, *Pueblo)
Clark’s Grebe (Fremont)
White-throated Swift (Chaffee, Pueblo)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (El Paso)
Virginia Rail (Chaffee)
Sora (*Montezuma)
Sandhill Crane (Larimer, Mesa, Montezuma, Weld)
Black-necked Stilt (Weld)
Mountain Plover (El Paso, Lincoln)
Long-billed Curlew (Boulder, *Douglas, Mesa)
Marbled Godwit (*Pueblo)
Least Sandpiper (*La Plata, *Weld)
Western Sandpiper (*La Plata)
Spotted Sandpiper (*Mesa)
Willet (Arapahoe)
Franklin’s Gull (Montezuma)
Pacific Loon (Fremont)
Double-crested Cormornants (Denver)
American White Pelican (Douglas)
Great Egret (*Fremont, La Plata, Larimer, Moffat, Weld)
Snowy Egret (Denver)
Little Blue Heron (Otero)
White-faced Ibis (Mesa)
Turkey Vulture (*Boulder, Douglas, *Larimer, Mineral)
Osprey (*Pitkin)
Northern Goshawk (Douglas, Jefferson, Larimer)
Swainson’s Hawk (Jackson)
Ferruginous Hawk (*Mesa)
Burrowing Owl (El Paso, Mesa)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso)
Black Phoebe (*Fremont, *Mesa)
Eastern Phoebe (*Boulder, Chaffee, Fremont, Larimer, Otero)
Vermilion Flycatcher (El Paso)
Western Kingbird (El Paso)
Chihuahuan Raven (Crowley, Fremont)
Common Raven (*Weld)
Tree Swallow (*Larimer, Otero, *Pueblo)
Violet-green Swallow (Araphoe, Denver, Fremont, Jefferson, Larimer, *Pueblo)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (*Adams, Arapahoe, Larimer)
Bank Swallow (*Chaffee, Larimer, Otero, *Pueblo)
Cliff Swallow (Chaffee, Larimer, Otero, *Pueblo)
Barn Swallow (Broomfield, Chaffee, Denver, Larimer, Otero, *Pueblo)
Mountain Chickadee (Otero)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Denver)
Mountain Bluebird (Lincoln)
Swainson’s Thrush (Adams)
Hermit Thrush (Adams, Denver, Lincoln, Weld)
Gray Catbird (Larimer)
Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso, Fremont)
Sage Thrasher (*Boulder, *El Paso)
Northern Mockingbird (Broomfield, El Paso)
American Pipit (Crowley, Jefferson, Larimer, Lincoln)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (San Miguel)
Black Rosy-Finch (San Miguel)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (San Miguel)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Lincoln, *Weld)
McCown’s Longspur (El Paso, *Weld)
Green-tailed Towhee (Jefferson)
Cassin’s Sparrow (El Paso)
American Tree Sparrow (*Boulder, *Larimer)
Chipping Sparrow (Yuma)
Vesper Sparrow (*Adams, *Boulder, Crowley, El Paso)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Boulder, Larimer, *Mesa)
Savannah Sparrow (Weld)
Fox Sparrow (*Eagle)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Adams, Crowley, Larimer, Otero, Weld)
Harris’s Sparrow (Denver, El Paso, Weld)
Brown-headed Cowbird Yuma)
Pine Warbler (*Larimer)
Blue Grosbeak (*Larimer)

ADAMS COUNTY:
---On April 6 at Barr Lake SP, Susan Quinlan reported Hermit Thrush.  On
April 7 at Barr Lake SP Niedrach trail and Visitor Center,  Brian Johnson
reported Swainson’s Thrush.
---On April 7 at Pond N of Big Dry Creek Park, Matt Hofeditz reported
Lincoln’s Sparrow.
---On April 7 at Metzger Farms OS, Matt Hofeditz reported Lincoln’s Sparrow.
---On April 7 at Mann-Nyholt Lake, Adam Veseley reported Lincoln’s Sparrow.
---On April 8 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Bluestem Loop Trail, John
Breitsch reported Vesper Sparrow.
---On April 8 at Ken Mitchell Park and OS, Adam Vesely reported Northern
Rough-winged Swallow.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On April 6 at South Platte Park, Edward Donnan reported Willet.
---On April 6 at Centennial Park, Art Hudak reported Northern Rough-winged
Swallow and 8 Violet-green Swallows.

BOULDER COUNTY:
---On April 6 at Boulder Reservoir Complex, David Dowell reported 2 Snow
Geese.  On April 7 at Boulder Reservoir Complex Ron Podhajsky, Peter Burke,
Kathie Lehman, and David Haskell, Dan Zmolek, and Leslies S reported 2 Snow
Geese, 2 Vesper Sparrows, and Sage Thrasher and 3 Turkey Vultures.  On
April 8 at Boulder Reservoir Complex, Ted Floyd and several other birders
reported Turkey Vultures, 2 Snow Geese, Sage Thrasher, 2 Vesper Sparrows,
American Tree Sparrow.
---On April 5 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, Gregg Goodrich and Anna Troth
reported Eastern Phoebe on both sides of the bridge.  On April 7 at Boulder
Creek and 75th St, Emil Yappert and Richard Trinkner reported Eastern
Phoebe; Ernest Crvich reported 2 Eastern Phoebes at Boulder Creek and 75th
St but west of bridge.  On April 8 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, Chuck
Hundertmark and Bob Spencer reported Eastern Phoebe.
---On April 5 at Foothills Community Park North end, Christian Nunes
reported Sagebrush Sparrow and several birders got to see it.
---On April 5 at Stearns Lake, Ted Floyd reported 2 Snow Geese.
---On