[cobirds] Eastern phoebe? Larimer

[Joe Kipper]

Yes, Oxbow Natural Area and the nearby Morey Wildlife Reserve are known 
breeding areas for EAPH in Larimer. It's pretty cool! I've actually been 
wondering lately if one of these years Eastern Phoebes might begin breeding at 
one of the Fort Collins Natural Areas along the Poudre River, where the habitat 
is similar the that of the areas along the Thompson River that Eastern Phoebes 
inhabit in Loveland. I can only speculate and hope that it will happen someday!
Joe Kipper,
Fort Collins

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[cobirds] Home video Magpie nest building

[Gregg Goodrich]

I loaded another video of the Black-billed Magpies building a nest as seen from 
my home. The exterior is done and nest lining is now going in. Fun to watch the 
progress. I have mounted my camera on my tripod so a much better video. I have 
3 active nest in the hood now.

Today new yard bird with Western Bluebirds. Photos on the list. And yesterday 
we had a Yellow-headed Blackbird FOS and also yardbird. Lots of local 
excitement!

https://ebird.org/checklist/S66582794

Gregg Goodrich
Highlands Ranch, CO

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[cobirds] Re: Eastern phoebe? Larimer

[Scott Severs]

Beautiful! Yes!

On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 3:48:06 PM UTC-6, Jace Wesley Brasher wrote:
>
> I found a pair of fly catchers as Oxbow natural area in Loveland. I am 
> thinking that they are eastern phoebe's but wanted to get more opinions. 
>

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Re: [cobirds] telephone birding

[Lori Pivonka]

Great thinking!  Love that idea!! 

Stay safe. Be well.
Lori

> On Apr 3, 2020, at 5:06 AM, Karl Stecher Jr.  wrote:
> 
> As we all have seen, photos and even videos of birds are posted on this site.
> But there is a feature of ipones (called face time, where you are looking at 
> the real time picture) which gives you a one on one experience with a distant 
> birder, and lets you bird remotely.therefore, yesterday my daughter in 
> St. Louis (I am in Aurora) birded with me in Forest Park, St. Louis.  Got to 
> see a few minutes of a red-headed woodpecker, and spend birding time with her.
> This can be done with your friends while we are shut in.
>  
> Karl Stecher
> Aurora/Arapahoe County
>  
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[cobirds] Chestnut-collared Longspur/Weld

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

Hi all

My telework lunch outing to Weld CR 45/114 had me find 2 Chestnut-collared 
Longspur (northeast corner of 114) and 6 McCown's Longspur (southwest and 
east corner of 114). Great hike today in cold temps, sun and mild breeze. A 
few Sandhill Crane flew way up overhead, too.

Photos in Activity feed here: http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/

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[cobirds] Sage Thrashers at Chatfield (Douglas)

[W. Robert Shade III]

Micki and I went to see if there were any snow fallout migrants and found
two dozen bluebirds of both species, robins, but little else until we found
six Sage Thrashers at the Model Airplane parking lot. And then five first
of year Turkey Vultures. And then over 100 elk grazing in the area south of
the stables. And a brand new Bald Eagle nest in the cottonwoods between the
road and the stables. Hardly any birds on the rising waters.

Bob Shade
Lakewood

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[cobirds] American Dipper continues in Adans County

[Robert Canter]

Hi CoBirders 
Am American Dipper continues to be seen in Clear Creek, just e of the 
Lowell Blvd. bridge. I've only seen one each time foraging near the nest 
site. I've not seen it visiting the nest hole.
Bob Canter, Denver

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[cobirds] N Goshawk, NW Colo Spgs, El Paso Co. FridaB

[Steven Brown]

Hey COBirders,

Watching the snow melt from our sunroom, and only seeing a few siskins this 
morning, but a gorgeous Norther Goshawk just fluttered into the yard, landed on 
a tall aspen stump, and watched us for a few seconds before he flew off across 
the neighbors yard.

Wanted to reach for my camera, but he spotted us and wouldn’t wait.  Cool!!

Steve Brown
Mountain Shadows,
Colo Spgs

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Re: [cobirds] Moderator Note - bird focus now please

[Lisa Carp]

Hi Birders-
I am writing to apologize for my email to the group. It was not meant to be
malicious in any way but now I see how it was perceived that way.
I am so sorry!
We had a family medical incident that day (not related the virus) & it's
been hard to focus on anything else.
Today is the first chance I have had to apologize.
Again, I am truly sorry!
Lisa Carp
Superior

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 8:52 PM David Suddjian  wrote:

> Dear CoBirders,
>
> Nothing about the public health order discussion so far had been at odds
> with CoBirds rules, but I would like to comment now as list moderator to
> note that the current status of state and county restrictions have been
> plainly and repeatedly stated now on CoBirds,  Let's please move on to
> discussion of Colorado birds and birding in this time, and say that unless
> something changes, we are all aware of the situation.
>
> Also, CoBirders please remember to always* sign all posts with your full
> name and city*, as per list rules, and *subject lines with a county*
> referenced are appreciated for bird reports.
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> CoBirds Moderator
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Fw: [cobirds] Great Horned Owl nest Grandview

[DAVID A LEATHERMAN]

Meant to send this out to the whole list-serv.
DAL


From: DAVID A LEATHERMAN 
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 8:35 AM
To: nat.an...@gmail.com 
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Great Horned Owl nest Grandview

Natalie et al,
Yes, this year's nest attempt by Great Horned Owls at Grandview Cemetery in 
Fort Collins failed.  I think it happened during the two-day wind-rain-snow 
event we had March19-20.  Based on the female going on the nest February 19th 
(+ or - one day), I had egg hatch as sometime in the period of Mar19-26.  She 
was in the nest, leaning strangely on the 21st, NOT present on the 22nd or 
anytime since.  There was an owl in the spruce near the nest on the 22nd.  At 
first I chalked this up as the guardian male and an indication the nest was 
still viable.  I now think this might have been the female "in mourning" before 
leaving the scene altogether.  There are lots of scenarios that might have 
happened here: female got off the eggs because of the weather and they froze; 
eggs hatched and then the female didn't keep them warm enough; eggs broke 
prematurely; eggs were infertile; something.  Egg hatch is obviously a delicate 
time in the whole nesting cycle and if this is the same female as has been 
associated with this nest in the recent past, she just doesn't have the 
experience or robustness or something to pull off the difficult job of raising 
young in late winter-early spring.  This is the third year in a row this nest 
has not fledged young.  It seems odd to me that the owls keep coming back to 
this site where they have had bad experiences, including one that could be 
attributed to the site, not the parents.  The site issue was that crotch not 
being drained and in heavy rain storms it fills up with water.  Some of our 
most serious spring storms come from the north and the configuration of that 
crotch is wide open in that direction.  Snow really packs in there as a 
consequence.  Illustrating the problem with driven rain or snow melt, in 2018 
the young had hatched and a 2-inch rain drowned them right underneath the 
sitting mother.  Seems like that sort of traumatic experience would be enough 
to cause the adults to find a different location the following year.  As it is, 
this situation sort of meets the definition of insanity where the same actions 
are expected to produce different results.  Life in the jungle, I suppose, but 
hard to watch.

Staying on subject, I am now wondering if the Red Crossbill nest nearby has 
also come to an end.  I have stood in that area for many hours of late and not 
detected either adult bird.  The verdict is not final but I am getting worried.

The Red-tailed Hawk nest in the southeastern corner is on-going, with the 
female now sitting in earnest, presumably on her clutch of eggs.  No vole 
running the dry irrigation ditch bank, house mouse venturing out of the crew 
shop or pump house, Norway rat dumpster diving, fox squirrel or baby desert 
cottontail in the area is safe.  Soon they will add robin fledglings to their 
menu.

A Cooper's Hawk pair usually nests somewhere in the Grandview Cemetery/City 
Park area.  Both have been seen together and hunting individually in recent 
days.

Other birds nesting at present at Grandview Cemetery (GC) include: Eurasian 
Collared-Dove, Pine Siskin, House Finch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted 
Nuthatch, maybe Bushtit, European Starling.  Soon, among the resident species, 
Blue Jay, American Robin, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Mallard and House 
Sparrow will join the fray.  Migrants expected to nest in the GC area include: 
House Wren, Chipping Sparrow, Lesser Goldfinch, Common Grackle, Chimney Swift, 
Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Mourning Dove, Broad-tailed Hummingbird.  Migrants 
that rarely nest at GC are Black-chinned Hummingbird, Western Wood-Pewee, , 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hairy Woodpecker, Brown-headed Cowbird.  The "caboose" on 
this nesting train is American Goldfinch, constrained by having to wait for 
thistle seed (aka "fluff") with which to construct their nests, usually in ash 
trees.  Of note, City Forestry, in anticipation of emerald ash borer killing 
many of our ash in the next decade have been "flattening the curve" by 
proactively removing numbers of city-owned ash and planting other species not 
prone to this exotic insect sweeping across North America.

Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins




From: cobirds@googlegroups.com  on behalf of Natalie 

Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 4:16 PM
To: Colorado Birds 
Subject: [cobirds] Great Horned Owl nest Grandview

Hi all,

Hope you and your families are healthy & doing well.
Did the GHO nest at Grandview Cem. fail again this year? I didn't see the 
female on her nest today.

Natalie

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[cobirds] telephone birding

[Karl Stecher Jr.]

As we all have seen, photos and even videos of birds are posted on this 
site.
 But there is a feature of ipones (called face time, where you are looking 
at the real time picture) which gives you a one on one experience with a 
distant birder, and lets you bird remotely.therefore, yesterday my 
daughter in St. Louis (I am in Aurora) birded with me in Forest Park, St. 
Louis.  Got to see a few minutes of a red-headed woodpecker, and spend 
birding time with her.
 This can be done with your friends while we are shut in.
  
 Karl Stecher
 Aurora/Arapahoe County
  
  

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[cobirds] COLORADO RARE BIRD REPORT FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2020

[Joe Roller]

Date: Friday, April 3, 2020

Email: RBA  AT cobirds.org

Compiler:  Joe Roller, jroller9 AT gmail.com

Phone:  (303) 204-0828

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*The Colorado Rare Bird report is an informational service. *

*Because of statewide coronavirus “Stay at Home” orders, the purpose of
this report is to keep homebound readers abreast of rare bird sightings
across the state during spring migration.*

*This report does NOT endorse or encourage illegal travel to see or "chase"
rare birds beyond your own local area.*


*We urge readers to respect state and local restrictions on non-critical
travel and limits on outdoor activities that include birding. Please do so
ONLY at or close to home and ONLY with universally promoted safety
precautions, including physical “social distancing.”*



Birders have been helpful by reporting updates to COBirds. Thanks!

CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird
Records Committee at the CFO website.

(*) indicates new information on a species.

For more information on birds seen today, go to cobirds.org and scroll to
the bottom for “Recent eBird Sightings.”

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*Migration notes: *

It's (early) Spring! Swallows, vultures, Broad-tailed Hummers and a few
Swainson’s Hawks have returned.


Spring storms like yesterday’s can produce interesting sightings. What’s in
your yard?



Rare, out-of-place and some out-of-season species reports are listed below.



Tundra Swan (Summit)

Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe)

Mew Gull (Adams)

Lesser-black Backed Gull (Alamosa)

Glaucous Gull (Weld)

Black Phoebe (Douglas)

White-throated Sparrow (Summit)

Sagebrush Sparrow (*Boulder, Jefferson, Larimer)

Rusty Blackbird (Douglas)


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*ADAMS COUNTY:*

—On Mar 29 a Mew Gull was last reported at Dunes Reservoir by Adam Vesely.

Subsequent searches have been in vain.

Dunes Reservoir is northwest of the intersection of E 112th Ave and Highway
85 and appears on the eBird Hotspot map. There’s a small public parking lot
near the southwest corner of the reservoir, located in the neighborhood.


*ARAPAHOE COUNTY:*

—On Apr 1 the over-wintering Long-tailed Duck continued at South Platte
Park/South Platte Reservoir.


*BOULDER COUNTY:*

On Apr 2 a Sagebrush Sparrow was reported on the dam at Lagerman Reservoir;
first reported Apr 1 by Cody Limber.


*DOUGLAS COUNTY:*

—On Mar 29 a Black Phoebe was reported at Chatfield SP—Plum Creek Nature
Area by Matt Crooks.


*EL PASO and PUEBLO COUNTIES:*

—Please note Chico Basin Ranch is closed until at least Apr 15 because of
the Covid-19 outbreak.



*JEFFERSON COUNTY:*

—On Mar 31 two Sagebrush Sparrows were reported at Bear Creek Lake
Park/Pelican Point Area; first reported by Mark Chavez. Not reported on
April 1.


*LARIMER COUNTY*:

—On Apr 1 a Sagebrush Sparrow was reported at Lon Hagler Reservoir SWA by
Christopher Murray.

—On Mar 31 a Sagebrush Sparrow was reported at Lake Estes by Marc Hemmes.


*SUMMIT COUNTY:*

—On Mar 31 a Tundra Swan was reported in Silverthorne at Angler Mountain
Ranch Ponds (PRIVATE, view from road only).  First reported on Mar 23 by
Misty Walters.


*WELD COUNTY:*

—On Mar 29 a White-throated Sparrow was reported at Banner Lakes State
Wildlife Area by Linda Lee.

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*PLEASE NOTE:* Because of concerns and precautions around the Covid-19
pandemic, Denver Field Ornithologists and other birding clubs have
suspended all in-person club activities, including field trips, for the
rest of March and the month of April. The annual Colorado Field
Ornithologists convention has been cancelled.


Please share interesting and/or unusual birds and behavior observations on
COBirds.


Good birding!



Joe Roller

Denver, CO

jroller9 AT gmail.com

303 204-0828

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