[cobirds] Re: Blue-gray Gnatcatchers?

[Dave Cameron]

There was a pair working the willows at Harriman (Kipling and Quincy) a 
couple weeks ago; might've been nest building.

Dave Cameron
Denver

On Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 9:24:11 AM UTC-6, Curt Brown --- Boulder, CO 
wrote:
>
> In my local patch (Bear Creek in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks), 
> Blue-gray Gnatcatchers are each year one of the earlier migrants to set up 
> shop.  I have, for example, had multiple pairs by April 19.  And one of the 
> great things about this bird is how pugnacious they are;  you can hardly 
> peep without one of them popping up to glower at you.
>
> This year, to date, I have seen none along nearly a mile of nice shrubby 
> habitat. I hope that others are seeing lots of this bird.  ??
>
> [image: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab 
> ...]
>

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[cobirds] Orchard Oriole (Otero)

[jim thompson]

A male Orchard Oriole showed up this am at our H2O'er in La Junta.

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Re: [cobirds] Blue-gray Gnatcatchers?

[Lisa Carp]

We saw 4 in Skunk Canyon, Boulder, on May 20th.
Lisa & Emil
Superior

On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 12:01 PM 'Peter Ruprecht' via Colorado Birds <
cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> I also expect to find a lot of Gnatcatchers in April and May in my patch
> along Coal Creek in Superior.  But this year, despite being out more than
> usual, I have seen exactly zero.  There were a few in the low foothills
> along Plainview Rd in northern Jefferson County earlier this week so it's
> not like they've all evaporated.  Like Curt, I'm interested to hear from
> others about whether I'm just blind, or this is a local anomaly, or a more
> widespread phenomenon.
>
> Thanks,
> Peter Ruprecht
> Superior
>
> On Saturday, May 30, 2020, 9:31:45 AM MDT, Curt Brown --- Boulder, CO <
> cbrown1902...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> In my local patch (Bear Creek in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks),
> Blue-gray Gnatcatchers are each year one of the earlier migrants to set up
> shop.  I have, for example, had multiple pairs by April 19.  And one of the
> great things about this bird is how pugnacious they are;  you can hardly
> peep without one of them popping up to glower at you.
>
> This year, to date, I have seen none along nearly a mile of nice shrubby
> habitat. I hope that others are seeing lots of this bird.  ??
>
> [image: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab
> ...]
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Re: [cobirds] Blue-gray Gnatcatchers?

['Peter Ruprecht' via Colorado Birds]

 I also expect to find a lot of Gnatcatchers in April and May in my patch along 
Coal Creek in Superior.  But this year, despite being out more than usual, I 
have seen exactly zero.  There were a few in the low foothills along Plainview 
Rd in northern Jefferson County earlier this week so it's not like they've all 
evaporated.  Like Curt, I'm interested to hear from others about whether I'm 
just blind, or this is a local anomaly, or a more widespread phenomenon.
Thanks,Peter RuprechtSuperior

On Saturday, May 30, 2020, 9:31:45 AM MDT, Curt Brown --- Boulder, CO 
 wrote:  
 
 In my local patch (Bear Creek in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks), 
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers are each year one of the earlier migrants to set up 
shop.  I have, for example, had multiple pairs by April 19.  And one of the 
great things about this bird is how pugnacious they are;  you can hardly peep 
without one of them popping up to glower at you.
This year, to date, I have seen none along nearly a mile of nice shrubby 
habitat. I hope that others are seeing lots of this bird.  ??



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[cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT! And a suggestion/request!

['Norm Lewis' via Colorado Birds]

I, too, would like to thank the originators and compilers of the RBA from over 
the years.  I have checked it virtually every day that I have been in town for 
years.  Thanks again for all your efforts.  I will miss it.
Now for the suggestion:  since the RBA is kaput, and there are lots of folks 
who do not care to manipulate their way through eBird (which is not that tough, 
by the way), it would be nice if those observing a rarity in the field, 
particularly one that is within easy reach of other birders, to post it from 
the location. I have eBird alerts running for numerous counties, but I don't 
get those reports until the next day.  My only immediate access to interesting 
sightings is Cobirds.  There have been several instances recently when an 
unusual species appeared but no one informed the birding community at large.  
For example, a scarlet tanager was recently seen at Harriman Lake, just a few 
minutes from my house.  There were fifteen eBird reports filed, which means 
there were no doubt twice that many observers, yet no one took a moment to post 
the bird to Cobirds.  I found out about the bird the next day, and it was a 
one-day wonder.  Either I missed any reports, or I don't have many friends.  
Perhaps both.  But at any rate, it would have been nice to have had a chance to 
pop over there for a look.
Just my two cents.  As they say about the pandemic, we're all in this together, 
and I have always found that one of the great joys of birding is the sharing of 
birds with others who like them just as much as I do.
Norm LewisLakewood


-Original Message-
From: 'Andrews Robert' via Colorado Birds 
To: Colorado Birds ; Joe Roller 
Sent: Fri, May 29, 2020 4:09 am
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Rest in Peace, COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT!

 Hello all,I would like to join others in showing appreciation for the 
compilers of the RBA we see on Cobirds. Since I spend most of the year 
thousands of miles away from Colorado in West Africa, I don’t get any direct 
use of the RBA for birding. But I did enjoy seeing a compilation of the most 
interesting or unusual bird sightings from Colorado as a way to keep up with 
what is happening in Colorado. Many thanks to Joyce and then Joe and his team 
of volunteers and all of the other compilers who have provided this service.Bob 
AndrewsYekepa, Nimba Co., Liberia, West Africa

On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, 09:26:03 AM MDT, Joe Roller  
wrote:  
 
 Daily updates on rare and interesting birds in Colorado have been shared via 
Cobirds for over 14 years as the "Colorado Rare Bird Alert" (or Report). For 13 
years, Joyce Takamine tirelessly compiled this list of rarities from all over 
the state, posting it with dates and places on the Cobirds listserv and into 
your email inboxes.After Joyce retired at the end of 2018, a few of us 
continued to compile the report. But our team of volunteers is no longer large 
enough to continue this informational service, which has been sponsored for 
years by the Denver Field Ornithologists. In the past we invited volunteers to 
join the RBA team of compilers, but we are no longer seeking those, as the RBA 
is over now.By way of history, the RBA continued the early notification work of 
dedicated birders like Dave Martin, Norm Erthal and Dick Schottler, who phoned 
in daily field updates to a DFO voice recorder. Local and visiting birders 
could dial in to hear these daily messages and keep abreast of the changing 
parade of rarities moving through Colorado.Even before that, DFO sponsored a 
"telephone tree" notification list in the 1960s and '70s. Each birder in the 
tree would get a a call from an excited birder up the list: "Hey! Bruce Webb 
found a Little Gull at Union Reservoir today. First state record! Call the next 
two birders on the list to let them know!"Before that? Perhaps birders used two 
tin cans and a string -- I don't know. In any event, the joy of sharing goes 
back a long time and will continue beyond the RBA. As many of you already know, 
eBird provides free updates of Colorado rare bird sightings as frequently as 
hourly. (Sign up at www.ebird.org/alerts)The CFO website has a section where 
bird reports appear the moment a checklist is sent to eBird. (cfobirds.org)On 
behalf of the current team of RBA compilers, thank you for allowing us to share 
the joy of discovery through the decades . . . and good birding! Joe Roller, 
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[cobirds] Blue-gray Gnatcatchers?

[Curt Brown --- Boulder, CO]

In my local patch (Bear Creek in Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks), 
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers are each year one of the earlier migrants to set up 
shop.  I have, for example, had multiple pairs by April 19.  And one of the 
great things about this bird is how pugnacious they are;  you can hardly 
peep without one of them popping up to glower at you.

This year, to date, I have seen none along nearly a mile of nice shrubby 
habitat. I hope that others are seeing lots of this bird.  ??

[image: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab 
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[cobirds] Northern Parula at Pella Crossing in Hygiene

[janeb1952]

Came out to Pella Crossing to look for Bobolinks. Happy to get a good view of 
two. But then, we heard a Northern Parula. Got good looks and crummy photos.
Jane Baryames
Boulder CO

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Re: [cobirds] Re: Red-headed Woodpecker still @ Heron Pond (Denver Co)

[Ray, Graham]

Thanks!  Sounds like I can make a day of it!

From: cobirds@googlegroups.com  on behalf of Charlie 
Chase 
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2020 7:15 AM
To: Colorado Birds 
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Re: Red-headed Woodpecker still @ Heron Pond (Denver Co)

Another and easier access point is to turn east on 51st from Washington and go 
to the end of the road which is at the south end of the park.  There is a trail 
from the parking area that follows the creek to Heron Pond or you can easily 
access the South Platte from there.  And often a great taco truck at the 
intersection of 51st and Washington.  Awesome Tacos al Vapor.

Charlie Chase
Denver, CO


On Friday, May 29, 2020 at 8:51:53 PM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote:
To reach Heron Pond Natural Area, bring up the eBird hotspot map.
Go east on E. 58th Ave from I-25.
At the bottom of a hill turn right and go south on Franklin St.
Go slowly, watching for the right turn at 53rd Ave.
The landmark here is an old Army tank at the Nat Guard complex.
Take 53rd Ave west til it dead ends at the parking spaces, labelled on the map 
as "Heron Pond Natural Area".

The pin marker for the hotspot is in the middle of the lake. Birding is good 
walking around the lake, slowly.
Sora was first added to the Denver County checklist from the marsh.
Walking along the drainage to the south can also be good.

Have fun!
Joe Roller, Denver


On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 8:20 PM Ray, Graham  wrote:
I tried to check Heron Pond out today but as usual Google maps was not my 
friend.  54th Ave is all fenced off.  Where is the parking lot and trail you 
speak of?  I only saw the waste management site and a nice bathtub and some 
sofas by the side of the road.
Thanks for your help!


From: cob...@googlegroups.com  on behalf of Charlie 
Chase 
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2020 2:47 PM
To: Colorado Birds 
Subject: [cobirds] Re: Red-headed Woodpecker still @ Heron Pond (Denver Co)


[nesting snapping turtle Heron Pond.jpg]

Also a treat was the nesting snapping turtle laying eggs alongside the trail 
from the south parking lot towards Heron Pond.

On Friday, May 29, 2020 at 11:30:31 AM UTC-6, Charlie Chase wrote:
Missed on the Red-headed this morning but a number of other interesting 
sightings including quite a few more birders than i am used to seeing at Heron 
Pond.  The Swainson's were busy courtship talking, had a stellar view of a 
Cedar Waxwing on top of a cottonwood, an adult female Red-naped Sapsucker flew 
in from a cottonwood on the north side of the pond into the thicket where the 
stream enters the pond.  A Least Flycatcher was actively feeding and calling by 
the armory parking lot and the duck statues.  A Blue Grosbeak was singing in 
one of the single trees on the SE side of the armory then flew to the river 
where it disrupted a Cordilleran Flycatcher hawking gnats over the willows. 
Numerous Yellow Warblers and very many nesting grackles and blackbirds.   Nice 
morning at an under used and appreciated unnatural Natural Area.
Charlie Chase
Denver

On Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 11:08:37 AM UTC-6, paddyo'bird wrote:
Just seen in trees at right-angle inside-south corner of pond. Also an Osprey 
tangling with the two resident Swainson’s Hawks high up and an Eastern Kingbird 
hawking bugs in the scrubby grasslands down low and west of pond’s south end.

Patrick O’Driscoll
Denver

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Re: [cobirds] Re: Red-headed Woodpecker still @ Heron Pond (Denver Co)

[Charlie Chase]

Another and easier access point is to turn east on 51st from Washington and 
go to the end of the road which is at the south end of the park.  There is 
a trail from the parking area that follows the creek to Heron Pond or you 
can easily access the South Platte from there.  And often a great taco 
truck at the intersection of 51st and Washington.  Awesome Tacos al Vapor.

Charlie Chase
Denver, CO


On Friday, May 29, 2020 at 8:51:53 PM UTC-6, Joe Roller wrote:
>
> To reach Heron Pond Natural Area, bring up the eBird hotspot map.
> Go east on E. 58th Ave from I-25.
> At the bottom of a hill turn right and go south on Franklin St.
> Go slowly, watching for the right turn at 53rd Ave. 
> The landmark here is an old Army tank at the Nat Guard complex. 
> Take 53rd Ave west til it dead ends at the parking spaces, labelled on the 
> map as "Heron Pond Natural Area".
>  
> The pin marker for the hotspot is in the middle of the lake. Birding is 
> good walking around the lake, slowly.
> Sora was first added to the Denver County checklist from the marsh.
> Walking along the drainage to the south can also be good.
>
> Have fun!
> Joe Roller, Denver
>
>
> On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 8:20 PM Ray, Graham  > wrote:
>
>> I tried to check Heron Pond out today but as usual Google maps was not my 
>> friend.  54th Ave is all fenced off.  Where is the parking lot and trail 
>> you speak of?  I only saw the waste management site and a nice bathtub and 
>> some sofas by the side of the road. 
>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>> --
>> *From:* cob...@googlegroups.com  > > on behalf of Charlie Chase > >
>> *Sent:* Friday, May 29, 2020 2:47 PM
>> *To:* Colorado Birds >
>> *Subject:* [cobirds] Re: Red-headed Woodpecker still @ Heron Pond 
>> (Denver Co) 
>>  
>>
>> [image: nesting snapping turtle Heron Pond.jpg]
>> Also a treat was the nesting snapping turtle laying eggs alongside the 
>> trail from the south parking lot towards Heron Pond.   
>>
>> On Friday, May 29, 2020 at 11:30:31 AM UTC-6, Charlie Chase wrote: 
>>
>> Missed on the Red-headed this morning but a number of other interesting 
>> sightings including quite a few more birders than i am used to seeing at 
>> Heron Pond.  The Swainson's were busy courtship talking, had a stellar view 
>> of a Cedar Waxwing on top of a cottonwood, an adult female Red-naped 
>> Sapsucker flew in from a cottonwood on the north side of the pond into the 
>> thicket where the stream enters the pond.  A Least Flycatcher was actively 
>> feeding and calling by the armory parking lot and the duck statues.  A Blue 
>> Grosbeak was singing in one of the single trees on the SE side of the 
>> armory then flew to the river where it disrupted a Cordilleran Flycatcher 
>> hawking gnats over the willows. Numerous Yellow Warblers and very many 
>> nesting grackles and blackbirds.   Nice morning at an under used and 
>> appreciated unnatural Natural Area. 
>> Charlie Chase
>> Denver
>>
>> On Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 11:08:37 AM UTC-6, paddyo'bird wrote: 
>>
>> Just seen in trees at right-angle inside-south corner of pond. Also an 
>> Osprey tangling with the two resident Swainson’s Hawks high up and an 
>> Eastern Kingbird hawking bugs in the scrubby grasslands down low and west 
>> of pond’s south end.
>>
>> Patrick O’Driscoll 
>> Denver 
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[cobirds] Re: Brewster's Warbler? Erie, Boulder County

[Chris Pagliaro]

Thank you all for the messages and replies- it seems the consensus is that 
it is a female chestnut-sided warbler.  I had turned right past it in the 
field guide since it did not have any "chestnut," but I see that it is 
still a better match.  Thank you for everyone's expertise!  Also, thank 
you, Steven, for the article- I will look into it!
Chris Pagliaro
Erie

On Friday, May 29, 2020 at 10:25:55 PM UTC-6, Chris Pagliaro wrote:
>
> I had the bird pictured below in my yard in western Erie (Arapahoe and 
> 287) on May 27.  It actually flew into my window, flew into one of our 
> trees to recover for a bit, and then flew off.  It did not sing during its 
> time in my yard.  It seems to most closely resemble the Brewster's 
> backcross adult depicted in Sibley's.  Does this seem like an accurate ID?  
> Thank you for any information!
>
> Chris Pagliaro
>
> Erie
>
>
> [image: IMG_5380.jpg]
>

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[cobirds] Brewster's Warbler? Erie, Boulder County

[Steven Rash]

Chris,

This looks more like a chestnut-sided warbler to me. It appears he hasn’t 
gotten his trademark look all the way together just yet... 

As a side note, if window strikes are happening on your property, you may want 
to look at this article to see how to mitigate it a bit: 
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/why-birds-hit-windows-and-how-you-can-help-prevent-it/

There’s a good chance you probably already know all that, and may have already 
taken some steps, but maybe someone else who sees this post doesn’t/hasn’t. I 
digress.

Glad this one was no worse for wear. Hopefully he has a successful mating 
season and we have more beautiful Chestnut-sided warblers to see next year. 

Happy birding,
Steve Rash
Denver Co. 

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