[cobirds] Pueblo day and a 4th loon to finish it up
All, With all of the juicy reports coming from Lake Pueblo and the immediate vicinity, I could no longer ignore the urge to jump in the car and go see for myself. So, I jumped in the car at 345am this morning to make the drive down from Fort Collins. I-25 is almost enjoyable at that time of day. No traffic at all even with the construction. Made it down to the lake in 2 1/2 hours. Not too shabby. 12 degrees when I stepped out of my car at 635am but it warmed up quickly. The breeze picked up on the lake around 10 and started to make viewing difficult. I squeezed every ounce of daylight out of today and logged about 8 miles walking and just short of 500 miles driving. But I stayed in and around the state park and Valco and the Nature Center until about 1pm. If I counted correctly with the other ebird checklist from the same area, roughly West Fisherman road to the Nature Center, 93 species were tallied in that section today which I can't imagine is more than 10 miles long as the crows fly. I saw 83 of them. I find this very impressive for January for such a small stretch of space. I had only ever birded Lake Pueblo previously as my time is always very limited in the area. I see why the river from the dam downstream sees so many good birds. Very awesome area. I was unable to add any new cool species to the area list for the year and my highlights today have already been reported by others in recent days but here they are nonetheless. South Park Marina - Canyon Towhee-2 - Red-throated Loon-1 - Pacific Loon-1 - Common Loon-1 - Long-tailed Duck-1 - Scaled Quail-18 (I know these are regular here as with the towhees but we don't have them in Fort Collins) - Great Black-backed Gull-1 - Lesser Black-backed Gull-3 - Iceland (Thayer's) Gull-2 - Bonaparte's Gull-1 - Dunlin-2 pics on my ebird list - Ladder-backed Woodpecker-1 - (missed the Curve-billed Thrasher, Doh!) West Fisherman Road - Red-necked Grebe-1 Rock Canyon - Northern Shrike -1 Valco - Chihuahuan Raven-1 - Eastern Bluebird-8 though I suspect there were more - Say's Phoebe-1 - Western Tanager-1-still hanging around - Red-breasted Merganser-2 males - American Pipit-2 Nothing out of the ordinary at the Nature Center. I dipped on the Harris's and White-throated Sparrow as I needed to head back north. Stopped by Aurora Reservoir (Arapahoe County). Found the Yellow-billed Loon on the north side near the dam hanging out with two Pacific Loons. 4 Loon day! >From Aurora I headed over to Lake Arbor thinking I might end the day with a Brant. It was not to be. The bird was out for dinner. Either way, it was a great day to be out. Though, next time I'm bringing my fly rod to fish part of the time. The guys on the Arkansas were slayin' 'em today. 90 species will probably be a one day record in January for me for a long time. Notable misses(for me): Belted Kingfisher, Greater Scaup, Ring-necked Duck, Canvasback, Bushtit, No Accipiters of any kind, Merlin, Ferruginous, Rough-legged, Golden Eagle, American Crow, Common Raven...Could have been a triple digit day... Thanks to Brandon Percival for keeping Cobirds informed of all the goodies. Bird's the word! Josh Bruening Fort Collins -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/3844ce6e-7c6a-4fc5-a54c-89abaf8293c0%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Denver Urban CBC (Denver, Adams, Arapahoe, Jefferson)
Finally, a report on the results of the 32nd Denver Urban CBC.We had 166 observers in 18 field parties & 12 feeders. We tallied and average 85 species (depending on one Rare Bird Form to come I hope) and 46,597 birds (117% of average). This year Canada & Cackling Geese comprised 64% of the birds -- last year 75%. Interesting counts:* Say's Phoebe: two groups (led by Mike Serruto & Dustin Casaday) saw 5 birds. Previously, Mike's group had seen them 4 out of the last 6 years. High Counts * Bushtits: 195 - way way more than the previous high of 106 in 2016. Reports came from 6 of the 12 feeders and 8 of the 18 field parties. * Red-breasted Nuthatch: 32, twice the average but not a high count.* White-breasted Nuthatch: 29 compared to an average of 10; highest count last year, with 39. * Black-capped Chickadee: 381, highest count and twice the average.* Spotted Towhee: 19, highest count. It shows a steady increase over the past 8 years.* Blue Jays: 77, highest count. They have shown a steady increase over the count. * Red-tailed Hawk: 113, average 64. Only in the last 5 years have we counted more than 100 of them.* Double-crested Cormorant: 56, courtesy of 46 on Bob Canter's north section of the South Platte River. average, 3. * Record counts -- 255 Hooded Mergansers and 185 Buffleheads; both display a steady increase over the count years. Low Counts:* All passerines: 6,095 (73% of average) and without crows & starlings 1,375 -- the lowest ever, only 35% of average. * Am. Tree Sparrow: 40, lowest but one and only 18% of average.* Dark-eyed Junco: 173, lowest but one (2006) and 44% of average. * House Finch: 546, 46% of average. Numbers started to drop in 2002.* House Sparrow: 124, 9% of average. It shows a steady decline, particularly in the past 15 years.* 51 Common Mergansers (10% of average), and 49 Pintails (29% of average); each had only one lower count, both in 1989. Hugh Kingery -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1677741735.12242731.1578872616648%40mail.yahoo.com.
[cobirds] Long-tailed duck/Weld
Hi All! I had a Long-tailed duck at Windsor Lake today. Thanks. Gary Lefko, Nunn http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/16a6e973-85f7-449a-8f7d-fbe5168062ee%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] LCC Woods on 11Jan (Prowers)
On 11Jan2020 Janeal Thompson and I tried to refind the Carolina Wren I found at the Lamar Community College Woods in Lamar on 10 Jan2020. We did not, but it is probably still present at LCC or in the housing development (Woodland Park) to the south. We did refind 3 Lesser Goldfinches. Also of note were 2 Virginia Rails, 3 Northern Cardinals, a Yellow-rumped Warbler and a Marsh Wren. Janeal and Norma V. have also seen a Lincoln’s Sparrow and Gray Catbird at LCC this year, both of which have eluded me but are likely still present. LCC also hosts an eastern White-breasted Nuthatch and at least one Spotted Towhee. Dave Leatherman Fort Collins (currently in Lamar until the the 14th) Sent from my iPhone -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CY4PR0601MB36037B38C4EF92FCB8CEABE7C13A0%40CY4PR0601MB3603.namprd06.prod.outlook.com.
[cobirds] Least Sandpipers in Pueblo 1/12
Chris Knight and I walked the Arkansas River, from below the dam to Valco Ponds parking lot (Pueblo County), hoping to find the Least Sandpiper photographed yesterday (reported on e-bird). We found two *Least Sandpipers *this morning, I'm guessing these are the same two I found back on December 14th, on the Pueblo Reservoir Christmas Bird Count, though not many sightings of them between that date and yesterday and today. This is the first time I've seen Least Sandpipers in Colorado during the month of January. The wind came up, and we didn't bird anywhere else. Looks like many people are roaming around Pueblo Reservoir today (looking at e-bird reports), finding some of the previously reported rarities. Brandon Percival Pueblo West, 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CA%2BXeEuUkf3xg-yKGcwPY45%3DcVL4JqNTr18gyBbg3_rrxSXDuAQ%40mail.gmail.com.
[cobirds] Re: Loon’s with fishing gear in bills
How tragic. Where can you view the Pacific Loon at Chatfield? Candice Johnson, Denver On Saturday, January 11, 2020 at 10:03:11 AM UTC-7, Gregg Goodrich wrote: > > We currently have 2 loons with fishing line, lures or hooks in their bills > here in the Denver area. Chatfield has a Pacific Loon with fishing gear in > it’s bill. Several birders have notified the park office and they said that > they couldn’t get a boat out to do a rescue because of the ice at the boat > ramps. Even if they could, catching it would be a challenge. > > Aurora Reservoir has a Common Loon with fishing gear in it’s bill as well. > I notified the park ranger supervisor this morning. He said as long as it > was diving and healthy it would be hard to catch. He said if it’s health > starts to fail, then they might be able to catch it. > > So, keep an eye on these birds and if they start to look unhealthy we can > notify the rangers. > > Gregg Goodrich > Highlands Ranch > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/8ca276e9-244d-47a9-962e-d1e55d375fe8%40googlegroups.com.
