re: [cobirds] Speaking of New World Vultures...

[Karl Stecher Jr.]

The great number of motorboats on Cherry Creek reservoir chase the white 
pelicans away on weekends.
 As for the turkey vultures...I almost never see any except in migration, even 
doing a lot of driving, most frequent route Aurora to Parker along Parker Road. 
 I have only seen two individuals this summer.
  
 Karl Stecher
 Aurora
  
  
  


 From: "Anne Price" 
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2018 12:50 AM
To: "cobirds@googlegroups.com" 
Subject: [cobirds] Speaking of New World Vultures...   

Greetings COBIRDers:  

   

This week's posting of the California condor has spurred me to finally ask a 
question: has anyone else noticed that there seem to be very few turkey 
vultures in the Denver Metro area this summer? My normal travels take me from 
about Castle Rock up to Loveland, and out to the Raptor Education Foundation 
near Barr Lake..I think I can count on my two hands, the number of vultures 
I've seen since March.

   

Meanwhile, I've seen easily triple the typical number of American white 
pelicans up in the air over Barr Lake this year, and in the surrounding skies, 
almost every morning when I arrive at work. Not raptors, but just as beautiful 
to behold.  

   

Comments and opinions are most welcome!  

   

~Anne Price  

Adams Co (Brighton) and Jefferson Co (Littleton)  

  

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 13 July 2018

[Joyce Takamine]

Date:July 13, 2018
Compiler:   Joyce Takamine
e-mail:  RBA AT cobirds.org

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 13 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.
Redhead (Arapahoe)
Ring-necked Duck (Kiowa)
Lesser Scaup (Kiowa)
Bufflehead (Boulder)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (*Clear Creek)
Hooded Merganser (Adams, Arapahoe, Park)
Northern Bobwhite (Weld)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Otero)
Greater Roadrunner (Otero)
Black Swift (*Boulder, Pueblo)
Chimney Swift (Jefferson)
COMMON GALLINULE (*Larimer)
American Coot (Phillips)
Black-necked Stilt (Kiowa, Park)
Snowy Plover (Kiowa, Park)
Long-billed Curlew (Arapahoe)
Marbled Godwit (Park)
Baird’s Sandpiper (El Paso, Larimer, Park, Weld)
Least Sandpiper (Kiowa, Larimer)
Western Sandpiper (Weld)
Solitary Sandpiper (Weld)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Kiowa, Larimer, Park, Weld)
Willet (Douglas, Jefferson, Kiowa, Ouray, Park, Weld)
Greater Yellowlegs (Kiowa, Larimer, Park, Weld)
Lesser Black-backed Gull  (Larimer, Weld)
Caspian Tern (Boulder)
Snowy Egret (Eagle)
Cattle Egret (Kiowa, *Pueblo)
Green Heron (Denver, Larimer)
White-faced Ibis (Eagle, *Summit)
Mississippi Kite (Adams, El Paso)
Northern Harrier (*Denver)
Northern Goshawk (El Paso, Jefferson)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Fremont, Ouray)
Acorn Woodpecker (La Plata)
Williamson’s Sapsucker (Pueblo)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Fremont)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (*Boulder, Park)
Least Flycatcher (*Eagle)
Hammond’s Flycatcher (Weld)
Gray Flycatcher (Ouray)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (*Arapahoe)
Black Phoebe (Adams, El Paso, Garfield, Ouray)
Eastern Phoebe (Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (El Paso)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Arapahoe, Weld)
Gray Vireo (Ouray)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld)
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) (Pueblo)
Red-eyed Vireo (Adams, Weld)
Canada Jay (Gray Jay) (*Clear Creek, Mesa)
Common Raven (Weld)
Purple Martin (Mesa)
Bushtit (*Adams, Weld)
Canyon Wren (Gunnison, *Otero)
Pacific Wren (*Boulder, *Larimer)
Marsh Wren (Gunnison)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Montrose)
Eastern Bluebird (Otero)
Swainson’s Thrush (*Montezuma)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso, Fremont)
Sage Thrasher (Clear Creek)
American Pipit (Gunnison)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (*Clear Creek, Gunnison)
Red Crossbill (Park)
Lesser Goldfinch (Boulder)
McCown’s Longspur (Larimer)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (*Otero)
Cassin’s Sparrow (Boulder, Fremont)
Chipping Sparrow (*Arapahoe)
Field Sparrow (Larimer, Weld)
Lark Sparrow (El Paso)
Black-throated Sparrow (Fremont, *Larimer, Montrose)
Lark Bunting (Boulder)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Jefferson)
Fox Sparrow (Gunnison)
White-throated Sparrow (Weld)
Orchard Oriole (Weld)
Baltimore Oriole (*Prowers)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Arapahoe)
Lucy’s Warbler (Montezuma)
American Redstart (Douglas)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo)
Grace’s Warbler (Mesa, Pueblo)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (Montrose)
Indigo Bunting (Boulder, Garfield, Mesa, Montrose)
Dickcissel (Alamosa, Jefferson, Kiowa, Rio Grande, Weld)

ADAMS COUNTY:
---On July 7 at Morrison Nature Center at Star K Ranch, Arthur Gest
reported Mississippi Kite.  On July 10 at Morrison Nature Center at Star K
Ranch, Andrew Dolan reported Bushtit.
---On July 7 on Ponds S of Big Dry Creek Parks, Matt Hofeditz reported 2
juv Hooded Mergansers.
---On July 8 at McKay Lake, Matt Hofeditz reported 2 Bushtit.
---On July 9 at Barr Lake SP, Daniel Irons and Max Nootbaar reported
Red-eyed Vireo.
---On July 10 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Lower Derby Lake, David
Chernack reported Black Phoebe.  On July 12 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR,
Candice Johnson reported 5 Bushtits near Woodland Trail.

ALAMOSA COUNTY:
---On July 7 at CR CC and CR 22 S of Alamosa, John Rawinski reported
Dickcissels.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On July 7 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd,
Jared Del Rosso reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatcher feeding Cowbird.  On July
9 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia
Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers, but no Brown Cowbird; Jared Del
Rosso reported 1 Cordilleran Flycatcher.  On July 10 at High Line Canal
Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso reported 2
Cordilleran Flycatchers and no Brown Cowbird.  On July 12 at High Line
Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2
Cordilleran Flycatchers; Pamela Graber reported Cordilleran Flycatcher.
---On July 5 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 2 Chipping
Sparrows.  On July 7 at Littleton Cemetery David Suddjian reported 5
Chipping Sparrows.  On July 8 at Littleton Cemetery David Suddjian reported
6 Chipping Sparrows.  On July 12 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian
reported 2 Chipping Sparrows.
---On July 4 at Centennial Park, Edward Donnan reported Hooded Merganse

[cobirds] Common Gallinule

[Ken & Christie Pals]

Cobirders,

The Larimer County Running Deer Nature Area Common Gallinule was observed
this morning at 7:20 a.m.  Two brief glimpses given to me and Dan Brook.
Given like a "gift."  The bird was seen SSW of the "arrow" or SSE from the
traditional spot where most people have been seeing the bird. My tip would
be to scan any opening in the cattails and tule bulrushes there.

We also had a Green Heron fly over.

Ken Pals
Fort Collins

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Re: [cobirds] Boulder Calliope Hummingbird

[Janet Justice-Waddingto]

Male Calliope also showed up here yesterday. Jefferson County - 8,360 ft.
Coal Creek Canyon

On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 8:16 PM, David Waltman 
wrote:

> First Calliope this evening, a male.  Four Hummer species here today.
>
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> Foothills 1/2 way between Boulder and Lyons.
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Re: [cobirds] Boulder Calliope Hummingbird

[kickback]

I had a male and female Calliope at my feeder in Colorado Springs (El Paso 
county) yesterday, they are the first I have seen this year

Bill Kosar
Colorado Springs

On Friday, July 13, 2018 at 9:35:52 AM UTC-6, jjustwaddington wrote:
>
> Male Calliope also showed up here yesterday. Jefferson County - 8,360 ft. 
> Coal Creek Canyon
>
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 8:16 PM, David Waltman  > wrote:
>
>> First Calliope this evening, a male.  Four Hummer species here today.
>>
>>
>> David Waltman
>>
>> Boulder
>>
>> Foothills 1/2 way between Boulder and Lyons.
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[cobirds] Calliope Hummingbirds, Colo Spgs, Thurs

[Steven Brown]

Hey COBirders,

Me, too.  Saw FOS Calliope Hummingbirds last night (7/12), male and female. 
This morning I had two males and female at the same time.
Also FOS Rufous Hummingbird male 7/12. We often see each of these around the 
4th, so a little later this year.

Steve Brown
NW Colorado Springs, Mountain Shadows

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[cobirds] Dearth of Turkey Vulture sightings this summer.

[Joe Roller]

It's been so hot that our beloved Turkey Vultures, like humans, have been
hanging out wherever they can cool off -
at the movies, the malls or the libraries.

Joe Roller, Denver

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[cobirds] Winter Wren - Brainard Lake - Boulder County

[Dan Zmolek]

Really nice conditions today up there around Long Lake. Many highlights - but 
the best was a singing Winter Wren on the Jean Lunning trail.   We will soon 
have an ebird list out with more details.  You can see quality video of the 
bird here:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlL9gn8jmuY/

We also heard Three-toed woodpeckers drumming, many newly fledged young of 
various species. And a perfect wildflower display.

Directions :  Follow the trail as it it winds along south of Long Lake until 
you reach the west end of the Lake - we last heard it near the long boardwalk 
in that area (just SW of Long Lake)



Good Birding

Dan Zmolek

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[cobirds] Hummingbirds at Audubon Nature Center

['Bea Weaver' via Colorado Birds]

Yesterday all four Colorado hummingbird species were seen at the Nature Center 
in Waterton Canyon.   Both the Rufous and Calliope males were present plus our 
two breeders:  Broad-tailed and Black-chinned Hummingbirds.  The immatures are 
here too, making their IDs difficult if not often impossible.  Most action is 
in the native plant garden behind the Nature Center under the last tree.  Last 
year’s site has some small feeders, but raccoons were a problem here earlier, 
so some feeders were moved.  Humans have been a problem also, stealing three 
large feeders and accessories; Nature Center volunteers donated replacements.

Bea Weaver
Sent from my iPad

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[cobirds] Calliopes in Custer County

[Leon Bright]

We saw our first Calliope at our cabin in the Sangre de Cristo range about
the 4th of this month.  Since then they have steadily increased in number.
When we left on Wednesday there were at least four at our feeders.  This
season may produce the highest number we have seen in 30 years of feeding
them there.

Leon Bright - Westcliffe and Pueblo

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