[cobirds] Correction \ And Beware the Web

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
  For those interested in posting bird reports and your
relationship to the internet.  Please bear with me.
  Occassionally I Google in my own name to see whats what.  I
was irked to see this post:

"Hello Cobirders,
Christopher and Bruce Neumann relocated at Red Rocks Park:
Curve billed Thrasher, Golden crowned, Harris's, and White throated
Sparrows.
John Tumasonis relocated at Union Res. Black legged Kittiwake and
Bonaparte's
Gulls.
R
Richard
Sue Ehlmann, CoBus & RMORC Project Director
Brighton, CO"

Whomever posted this got their facts wrong.  I have NOT reported any
activity at Union Reservoir.  Nor have I seen black legged kittiwake
or bonaparte's gull there.  I'm sure this is a honest mistake. But
people need to check their facts before they post this stuff.  I think
what happened is someone somewhere got emails jumbled and posted my
name instead of someone else, who deserves the credit for the
observation.

All that said: if you post anything anywhere on the internet,
including personal emails, photos, etc - it can and will become public
knowledge.  I'm always shocked to see several of my personal emails
(including this one) photos and reports showing up years later out
there on the web.  These include personal emails I've sent to
friends.  BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.  Try this sometime - Google your own
name and address in and see what  comes up.  Some of you may be
shocked.

Cordially,  John Tumasonis,  (aka:  John T)  Louisville CO

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[cobirds] Boulder warblers

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
   Scant numbers of birds today, but some good species
observed with some digging.  Also wildflower species blooms are scant
- micro clime affected by lack of rain I'll bet.

G - Gregory Canyon
CU - Boulder Creek behind CU campus
EF - Evin G Fine Park

yellow warbler - 1 - CU male singing
yellow rumped warber - 20 - CU, G, EF
orange-crowned warbler - 1 - G
virginia's warbler - 4 - G all males
black-throated gray warbler - 1 - G (female)
broad-tailed hummingbird - 6 - G - males displaying
green-tailed towhee - 4 - G
spotted towhee - 12 - G
blue-gray gnatcatcher - 2 - CU, G
bushtit - 1 - G
western tanager - 1 - G - male
brown headed cowbird -   11 - CU, G, EF
chipping sparrow - 6 - CU, 3 - G
house wren - 7 - CU, G, EF
ruby crowned kinglet - 1 - G

John T,  Louisville CO

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[cobirds] more arrivals Boulder County

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
   After the sopping wet rain, at Gregory Canyon / Boulder
Mountain Parks:

Plumbeous vireo - 1
Black heaed grosbeak - 3
Western tanager - 1
Blue gray gnatcatcher - 6
Spotted towhee - 8
Gray catbird - 7
Yellow breasted chat - 1
House wren - 3
Audubons' warbler - 1
Virginia's warbler - 4
Wilson's warbler - 2
Broad tailed hummingbird - 6 all males
Chipping sparrow - 4
Bushtit - 2
Brown headed cowbird - 12

Several empid flycatchers

John T,  Louisville CO

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[cobirds] Boulder County more migrant arivals

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
Dan Zmolek and I hit a few places around Boulder County
today (Saturday).  The highlight was seeing a migratory group of
chimney swifts at CU abover Boulder Creek, large numbers of yellow
warblers by CU campus, and arival of neo-tropicals throughout.   Rain
and clouds and wet conditions are keeping birds low near the ground.

G = Gregory Canyon
CU = CU campus and adjoining Boulder Creek
W = Wanaka Lake, Lafayette
KH - Keith Holart Park, Louisville \ Lafayette

CHIMNEY SWIFT - 5 - CU
White throated swift - 2 - G
Orange crowned warbler - 1 - KH
Audubon's warbler - 6 - W
Wilson's warbler - 1 - G
MacGillvray's warbler - 3 - G
Virginia's warber - 3 - G
Yellow warbler - 23 - CU, G, W
Spotted towhee - 21 - G
Green tailed towhee - 4 - G, KH
House wren - 26 - G, CU, W, KH
Blue gray gnatcatcher - 5 - G, W
Bushtit - 4 - G
Gray catbird - 11 - G
Yellow breasted chat - 4 - G
Plumbeous vireo - 3 - G
Black headed grosbeak - 11 - G
Western tanager - 6 - G, KH
Broad tailed hummingbird - 7 - G
Brown headed cowbird - 43 - G, CU, W, KH
Common grackle - 31 - CU, W, KH
Red winged blackbird - 44 - W, KH
Yellow headed blackbird - 1 - W
Mourning dove - 19 - W, KH
Rock dove - 4 - G, KH
Eurasian collared dove - 12 - W, KH
Red tailed hawk - 6 - G, W, KH - one stealing a food item from a
kestrel
American kestrel - 1 - KH
Northern flicker - 7 - KH, W
Downy woodpecker - 3 - CU, W
Killdeer - 3 - W
American white pelican - 1 - W - breeding plumage
Great blue heron - 3 - W, CU
Belted kingfisher - 2 - CU, W
Say's phoebe - 1 - KH
Stellar's jay - 8 - G
Blue jay - 14 - W, KH, CU
Black billed magpie - 8 - G, KH
American crow - 22 - G, KH, W, CU
Common raven - 4 - G
Cliff swallow - 11 - W
Bard swallow - 4 - W
Black capped chickadee - 33 - G, CU, W, KH
White breasted nuthatch - 4 - G
Ruby crowned kinglet - 1 - CU
American robin - 68 - G, CU, W, KH
European starling - 33 - G, CU, W, KH
Chipping sparrow - 60 - G, W, KH
Vesper sparrow - 2 - KH
House sparrow - 20 - W, KH, CU
Western meadowlark - 4 - KH
Pine siskin - 8 - G, CU
American goldfinch - 3 - W

Several Empid flycatchers - 6 - G, KH, CU

John T,  Louisville CO

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[cobirds] Northern Waterthrush, Ovenbird, Boulder

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
  There is a visible nothern waterthrush singing from
cottonwood trees at the end of the boardwarlk at Walden Ponds
Boulder.  Follow the boardwalk to the end where the marsh wrens are
singing.
  There is also a singing ovenbird above the Gregory
Canyon parking lot in Boulder, just above where the Ampitheatre Trail
and the Bluebell Baird Trail split - in dense ponderossa.
   John T,  Lousiville CO

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[cobirds] Green Heron Boulder

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
   Green heron spotted at Cottonwood Marsh (Walden Ponds) in
Boulder today, right along the boardwalk.
   All the major players are back in Boulder County for the
most part.  Only things I haven't seen yet are poorwills and
nighthawks.

A couple interesting things of note:  a yellow breasted chat with a
rich orange throat seen near Gregory Canyon (oriole-orange color).
Web sites mention that this is either a morphological difference or
due to diet.

Chases and fights:
A MacGillvray's warbler hammering a spotted towhee
A Broad tailed hummingbird chasing a blue-gray gnatcatcher
A western tanager bashing another western tanager
A female lazuli bunting pounding a male lazuli bunting
A red winged blackbird harassing a pelican

Highlighst seen in Boulder County on Open Space and Mountain Parks
Properties:
gray catbird  - mostly Gregory Canyon, but dispersed elsewhere
yellow breasted chat  - dozens - in brushy areas
green tailed towhee - dispersed - several seen
spotted towhee
hammond's flycatcher  - pine forests
cordilleran flycatcher - pine forests
dusky flycatcher - pine forests
say's phoebe
western kingbird
eastern kingbird
black headed grosbeak
western tanager - lots - most in pine forests and "edge" habitat
plumbeous vireo - lots - in pine forests
western wood pewee  - dozens - thoughout Boulder County, especially
upland forests
blue gray gnatcather - lots - brush habitat and pine forests
brewers sparrow
song sparrow
white crowed sparrow
vesper sparrow
bobolink (singing and nesting at Boulder Space Headquarters area) -
several
house wren - dozens
marsh wren - only one heard at Walden (the two at the boardwalk have
stopped singing)
rock wren
canyon wren
wild turkey - 2 toms up abover Big Bluestem Trail in pine forest
yellow warbler - lots
MacGillvray's warblers - numbers increasing in brushy drainages
virgina's warbler - a few
turkey vulture
red tailed hawk
American kestrel
Swainson's hawk - numbers increasing
cooper's hawk - carrying a prey item
white faced ibis - 75th street
american white pelican - 10 to 15 hanging at Walden
scrub jay - Gregory Canyon
blue jay
stellar's jay
pygmy nuthatch
red breasted nuthatch
white breasted nuthatch
swainson's thrush - in my backyard in Louisville, singing
American thrush (aka: robin) - nesting, carrying food to nests
Townsend's solitaire - 2 nest sites found
brown headed cowbird - everywhere
red crossbill - small flock above Big Bluestem
pine siskin - lots in small flocks
lesser goldfinch - a few staking out territories
american goldfinch - lots of singing now
brown creeper - singing
bullock's oriole - lots - nest building
yellow headed blackbird - Walden \ Sawhills
western meadowlark - songs, fights, chases
virginia rail - Walden \ Sawhills
sora - Walden \ Sawhills
brewers blackbird
western meadowlark

Snakes:  (Oh no!)
northern water snake - Walden - John T
bullsnake  - Marshall Mesa - Jaffe
bullsnake - Gregory Canyon - Reeves
bullsnake - Walden - Zmolek

And flowers blooming:
wild iris - peaking
spring beauty - up higher in ponderosa belt
pasqueflower - still a few left
chokecherry - peaking
hawthorn ssp.  - peaking
wild plum - past peak
golden banner - starting to peak at lower elevations
dandelion
cransbill
mouse-ear chickweed
scorpion plant
water hyacynth
poison ivy
weth bisquitroot
wiskbroom parsley
sand lilly - late, peaking
spiderwort - late, peaking
thimbleberry
golden current
red current - peaking at lowere elevations
false solomseal - just starting
bastard toadflax - just starting, late
yellow toadflax
leafy spurge
arnica
meadow salsify
death camus - peaking
larkspur - just starting
mountain lupine - starting
pussytoes
fleabane
cinquefoil
wild geranium
oregon grape (holly grape) - peaking
locoweed

Rough and rugged hikes at elevation to begin as soon as the snow
melts.

John T (Tumasonis),  Louisville

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[cobirds] northern bobwhite Lafayette

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
Rather odd sighting this morning:  northern bobwhite
singing on top of  a wood fence in suburban Lafayette, behind the
Boulder Community Hospital on south Boulder road, near highway 287
(1000 S. Boulder Road).   The bird could fly.
 I assume:  a)  It's an escapee  or b)  It's part of
someone's backyard collection.Either way it was odd to see and
hear.-   John Tumasonis,  Audubon member.

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[cobirds] High on the 14ers

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
   A long summer of slogging up 14ers.   Here's the most
recent:

Mt Antero, Sat Sept. 10th:  White throated swift (1) at the summit.
Very cold conditions with snow.   Also:  white tailed ptarmigan, brown
capped rosy finches, common ravens.  And lower down:  gray jays,
clark's nutcrackers, stellars jays, and pine grosbeaks.  Pikas
numerous.

Mt. Lindsey: Sat. Sept. 3rd:  Lower down:  at least 12 pine grosbeaks,
gray jays, clark's nutcrackers, stellars jays, snowshoe hares, black
bear, mule deer, chipmunk ssp., golden mantle ground squirrels
(dozens);  red-napped sapsuckers (3) - down low on the road in;  rock
wren, house wren, green-tailed towhee, spotted towhee, mountain
bluebirds.  Higher up:  a mixed flock of 30 warblers - about 6
townsend's warblers, 5 yellow-rumped warblers, and 4 wilson's
warblers;  virginia's warbler (down lower).  Lots of brown-capped rosy
finches at high elevations, along with American pipits (a few).  And
white crowned sparrows.  Pikas numerous.

Pike's Peak, August 27th:  in the forests down low:  stellar's jay,
clark's nutcrackers, gray jays, red breasted nuthatches.  Above
treeline:  common ravens (including 14,000'), American robin, mule
deer, pikas, marmots, and white crowned sparrows.

Mount Sneffels August 20th:  Above treeline:  lots of brown-capped
rosy finches, American pipits, falcon ssp (either peregrine or
prairie), and common ravens at the summit.  Pikas and marmots
present.

Mount Princeton  August 6th:  Above treeline:  Common ravens, American
pipits, American robin, dusky grouse (sorry Mr. Vanderpool - forgot to
report this!),  brown-capped rosy finches, white crowed sparrows,
pikas, and marmots.

Ptarmigan unusually scant this year.  -   John T

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[cobirds] Spring Arivals, Boulder County

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
   Been doing some quick surveys around the Boulder area the
last few days.  Here's a list of new arivals, and some spring nesting
activity:

W/S - Walden Sawhills complex
Teller Lake 1 - TL1
Teller Lake 5 - TL5
WR - White Rocks Trail
BMP - Boulder Mt Park
BC - Boulder County general
S - Sombrero Marsh


Pied-billed - several calling - W/S
American white pelican - 12 - flying over WR
Great egret - 1 - TL5
Great blue heron -  BC - the heron rookery west of Cottonwood Marsh
has been active for several weeks.
Northern shoveler - 30 - S
Gadwall - 40 - S
Turkey vulture - 5 - BMP
Osprey - several pairs, actively nesting - BC
Red tailed hawk - actively nesting - BC
Swainson's hawk - pair at 75th and Baseline have returned.
American kestrel - actively nesting - BC
Ring necked pheasant -  76th and South Boulder Rd. -  several seen
over a month - part of a feral remnant population that's been in the
neighborhood for years.
Ring necked pheasant - TL1 - one calling - remnant feral population
that has inhabited this area for decades.
Killdeer - throughout BC
Greater yellowlegs - 1 at TL1
Wilson's snipe - 1 at W/S, 1 at South Boulder Rec Center
Mourning dove - in scant numbers - BC - should be lots more
Eurasian collared dove - lots, numbers increasing, active mating
behavior,  - BC
Broad tailed hummingbird - 1 male - base of Flagstaff Mt Trail
Northern flicker - actively drumming, and cavity building - BC
Downy woodpecker - chases, drumming, mating behavior, - BC
Tree swallow - groups moving through W/S
Bushtit - pair - Twin Lakes area
Ruby crowned kinglet - actively singing, 11 - BMP
Brown creeper - 2 - actively singing - BMP
Mountain bluebird - 1 - at NCAR
American thrush (aka: robin) - on nests, lots - BC
Myrtle warbler - 1 S/W, 1 TL5, 1 at Sombrero Marsh
Audubon's warbler - 1 at Sombrero Marsh
Spotted towhee - all males, singing - most at Gregory Canyon, and
throughout BC, numbers increasing.
White crowned sparrow - 6 at W/S
Song sparrow - lots, actively singing - BC
GOLDEN CROWED SPARROW - 1 still persists at the Teller Lake 5 parking
lot
Gray headed junco - actively singing - throughout BMP
Western meadowlark - lots, actively singing - South Boulder Rec Center
and BC
Red winged blackbird - tons - active singing, chases, mating,
territorial fights - drowning out the songs of other birds at
Cottonwood Marsh early morning.
Yellow headed blackbird - 2 at S/W - singing (if you can call it that)
Great tailed grackle - at least 1 singing and callinng at Cottonwood
Marsh
Common grackle - starting to fill up in neiborhoods throughout BC
House finch - actively singing and nest building for at least a month
now.
American goldfinch - lots, singing and chases - BC

Blooming:  spring beauties, pasque flowers, dandelion, domestic apple,
wild plum (peak or past peak), chokecherry (just starting), hawthorn
(just starting) oregon grape / holly grape (at peak), bladderpod, sand
lillies, yellow violet, vetch ssp., bastard toadflax (native species),
bedstraw, cranesbill, golden banner (just starting), false dandelion
(native), mouse-eared chickweed, waterleaf, wyeth bisquitroot, desert
parsley, skunkbush (just starting), red currant, golden currant,
bluebells, among others.

Birds are right on time;  flowers are early.   John T  (Tumasonis),
Louisville CO

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[cobirds] more spring arivals - Boulder County

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
A lot of walking today.  More stuff showing up at various
locations in Boulder County.  Highlights:

WHITE WINGED DOVE - still near Spine Road location.  One individual
seen walking along the riparian area, and then hiding in a wild plum
thicket.  As previously reported by others.  To find the location more
exactly:  Go to Spine and Wellinton in Gunbarrel, and go east on
Welligton past Brandywine.  A block after Brandywine, watch for an
obscure unmarked trail going WEST.  This is part of the Lobo Trail
system.  50 yards in, I saw the bird.  Others have reported more than
one bird, and that they have been calling.

House wren:  Pella Crossing (several), Lake Park Louisville, and
Boulder County Farigrounds
Barn swallow - Lousiville, Lafayette, Boulder, and Hygiene
Say's Phoebe - Louisville, Heritage Park
Swainson's hawk - Louisville, Longmont, Hygiene - the pair at Baseline
and 76th are nest building
Wood duck - Lake Park, Lousiville
Great tailed grackle - one at Walden Ponds, another at Culver Ponds
(95th St.)
Yellow rumped warbler - numberous - throughout Boulder Country - both
Audubon's and Myrtle
Bushtit - a pair on the Lobo Trail in Gunbarrel
Ruby crowned kinglet - lots in Boulder Mt. Park
White crowned sparrow - a couple still at Walden
Brown headed cowbird - Lake Park, Louisville
Brewers blackbird - Pella Crossing, Hygiene
American White Pelican - fish pond near Walden Ponds

Bullsnake - Pella Crossing
Chorus frog - Walden Ponds
Western painted turtle - Walden Ponds

Pretty slow in most other locations - neo-tropicals have not arrived
in numbers yet. Probably a couple more weeks yet.

John Tumasonis (John T),  Louisville

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[cobirds] Three Green Herons at Walden

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
  A total of three Green Herons were seen tonight (Thursday)
at the Walden Pond complex in Boulder by Crandel, Zmolek, and
Tumasonis.  First seen by Dan Zmolek two nights ago, we went out to
see if we could find it, and ended up finding a group of them.
Assumedly a migratory or family group, all were in prime breeding
plumage and easy to see.  Check the west end of the Ricki Wiser pond
on the west side in dense willow and poplar trees. Maintain quiet and
listen for the wailing-croak.  All three traveled together and would
generally stay in the trees, but we managed to get the scopes on two
of them.
 Also seen: great horned owl nest now has two very visible
chicks (to the south); white tailed deer, solitary sandpiper,
advocets, pelicans, all 3 teal species, small groups of myrtle and
audubons warblers.   Good luck.  -   John T (Tumasonis),  Boulder
County Audubon

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[cobirds] Green heron still at Walden

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
  At least one green heron is still at Walden / Sawhills.
Seen again on the west side of the Ricky Weiser Wetlands area.  A
quiet approach is necessary as this bird is flighty (no pun
intended).  Also seen and heard:

Long billed curlew - 1 - flyover
Franklin's gull - 40 - flyover
Yellow rumped warbler - 300+
Orange crowned warbler - 2
Blue gray gnatcatcher - 2
American bittern - 2 - heard  (southwest most lake)
Marsh wren - 1 - heard (southwest most lake)

John T  (Tumasonis) -  Boulder County Audubon
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[cobirds] black throated gray Boulder

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
  Slogging around in the mud and rain in Boulder and
vicinity.  Here's some highlights:

BLACK THROATED GRAY WARBLER - at Doudy Draw near the Community Ditch
Trail (where the old bridge used to be)
Green tailed towhee - 2 - Doudy Draw
Chipping sparrow - 100+  - Doudy Draw
Brewers sparrow - 6 - all singing - Doudy Draw
Vesper sparrow - 30 - Doudy Draw
White crowned sparrow - 55 - Doudy Draw
Song sparrow - 6 - Doudy Draw
Western meadowlark - 14 - Doudy Draw
Spotted towhee - 32 - Doudy Draw, Boulder Creek, Walden, Gregory
Canyon
Says phoebe - 3 - Doudy Draw, Walden
Orange crowned warbler - 2 - Walden / Sawhills
Empid. ssp;  - 1 -  Boulder Creek behind CU
Rock wren - 8 - Doudy Draw, Walden, Boulder Creek
Blue gray knatcatcher - 12 - Doudy Draw, Homestead, Walden
Audubon's warbler - 35 - Doudy Draw, Boulder Creek, Walden
Myrtle warber - 33 - Boulder Creek, Walden
House wren - 18 - Doudy Draw, Homestead Trail, Walden, Boulder Creek
Brown headed cowbird -  17 - Doudy, Homestead, Walden, Boulder Creek
Red winged blackbird - 200 +
American thrush (aka american robin) - 114
Eurasian collared dove - 2 - Walden
Mourning dove - 41
Brewers blackbird - 44 - Walden
Bairds sandpiper - 3 - Walden
Spotted sandpiper - 2 - Walden / Sawhills
Bufflehead - 9 - still present at Walden


NOTE:  A great birding section of Doudy Draw is now off limits to
birders and hikers - about a two mile section is no longer accesible
south of the Community Ditch Trail.  With one scratch of the pen the
City of Boulder has made one of the best birding places in Boulder
County off limits from May to August.

John T (Tumasonis)




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[cobirds] Wimbrel, Mockingbird, boulder

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
Lots of stuff hopping and flying around Boulder today, as
seen from all the reports.  My small group of intrepid birders and I
did find a couple of things of interest:

WIMBREL - at  Cottonwood Marsh early am
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD - at Walden Ponds - on a fence line near the
sewage treatment plant
NINE species of sparrows at Walden / Sawhills including:  white
crowned, lincolns's, brewers, chipping (large flocks), song, clay
colored, vespers, savanah, and lark sparrows.

Other stuff:
There was a large mixed flock of chipping, clay colored and lark
sparrows behing Scott Carpenter Park near 30th and Arapahoe
Wilson's phalarope - about 80 - Walden / and Sombrero Marsh
Bairds sandpiper - 3 - Walden
Spotted sandpiper - 11 - Walden / Sawhills
Gray catbird - 1 - Gregory Canyon
Yellow breasted chat - 2 -  Gregory Canyon
Black headed grosbeak - 3 - Gregory Canyon
Western tanager - 5 - Boulder Creek / CU
Broad tailed hummingbird - 12 - Gregory Canyon
Blue gray gnatcatcher - 4 - Gregory Canyon, 1 Walden
SWAINSON's THRUSH - 3 - Boulder Creek / CU
Virginia's warbler - 1 - Gregory Canyon
Yellow warbler - 9 - Walden
Common yellowthroat - Walden / Sawhills
Orange crowned warbler - 6 - Walden and Gregory and Bouder Creek

All told, I think we got over 75 species today
John T,   Boulder Audubon
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[cobirds] Red headed woodpecker, RBG Crow Valley

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Cobirds:
   A group of six birders were in my group today (Friday 15th)
at Crow Valley.  We saw a couple birds that havn't been listed:
RED HEADED WOODPECKER - 1 at Crow Valley
ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK - 1 male with three black headed grosbeaks - at
CV
WHITE THROATED SPARROW - several still present at CV

The wind was nasty today, but we perserved.  Saw over 400 lark
buntings, mccown's longspurs, maybe 13 swaisons hawks (including
several on nests), loggerhead shrikes (at least one nest site), gray
catbird, spotted towhee, brown thrashers, lots of mockingbirds (8),
yellow warblers, long billed dowitchers, red necked phalaropes (2 at
Crom Lake pointed out by Gary Lefko), burrowing owl, mountain plover
(1), blue grosbeak (1 east of Fort Collins), great horned owl (4 -
including one chick on a nest), bullsnake (2), antelope (17), and
scads of other birds and animals.  Even with the wind, Pawnee is still
a great place to camp and explore.  -   John Tumasonis,  Boulder
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[cobirds] chestnut sided warbler Boulder

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Cobirds:
Great looks at a male Chestnut Sided Warbler this morning
on the Flagstaff Mt Trail near Gregory Canyon.  Go up the Flagstaff Mt
Trail from the road about 25 yards.  The bird was singing from on top
of a walnut tree, very close to a large apple tree.

Stopped at "Bobolink" meadows this afternoon and watched 5
male bobolinks skylarking.  (north west section of Open Space at
Cherryvale and Baseline).  There is no easy way to get good looks due
to the long distance, and its dangerous to approach from the road.  I
highly recommend going on Linda Georges' trip with Boulder Audubon -
she has the skinny on this stuff.  -   John T (Tumasonis)  -  Boulder
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[cobirds] Boulder Audubon Gregory Canyon

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Cobirds:

Boulder County Audubon Trip
Gregory Canyon Complex biring trip Saturday May 23rd, 6:00 a.m. to 12
noon.  John T to lead a hiking/birding trip in and around Gregory
Canyon, Boulder, to look at breeding bird species.  We'll hike parts
of Flagstaff Mt Trail, Ampetheatre Trail, and Bluebell Trail.
Approximately 600 feet elevation gain.  Target species will include
black-headed grosbeaks, gray catbirds, yellow-breasted chats, lazuli
buntings,  western tanager, prairie falcon, canyon wren, plumbeous
vireo, warbling vireo, warbler species, any many others.  This is one
of the best yearly Audubon trips in Boulder County.For more
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[cobirds] ovenbird Boulder Mt Park

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Cobirds:
   An ovenbird was singing near the upper part of Bear Creek
Trail, in Boulder Mountain Park today (Sunday).  Go up the Bear Creek
Trail south of NCAR and cross the drainage;  another 100 yards up on
the right listen for the bird.  Its in a dense section of doug fir,
ponderosa, and mountain maple.  Unfortunately you cannot go off trail
here, as its posted for revegetation.   Good luck -  John T
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[cobirds] swallows vs sparrows

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Cobirds:
 I watched about 100 cliff swallows nesting and building
nests under a culvert in Louisville last night.  Unfortunately, about
a dozen house sparrows have moved in and are kicking the swallows out
of their nests.  The swallows seem to have no defense against the
takeover.  In one incident, a swallow tried to get back into its nest
which a sparrow had stolen, the sparrow promptly grabbed the swallow's
leg and crushed it in its beak.  Brutal.  -   John T
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[cobirds] ovenbird, Louisville

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Cobirds:
   I've had some pretty wacked out species in my backyard the
last two weeks in suburban Louisville (the weather have something to
do with this?):  a singing spotted towhee, a singing hermit thrush,
and this morning (Monday) at 6 to 6:30 a.m. a singing OVENBIRD.  The
bird sang for 1/2 hour then moved off to the north.
  It's probably gone, but if you're game, you can walk around
the neighborhood checking pine trees - Google Map in Fireside
Elementary School - check around West Aspen Way, Madison, Dahalia,
etc.
  About three weeks ago a mob of crows were attacking a great
horned owl in the same area.   You might get lucky.  -   Happy
birding,  -   John T (Tumasonis),  Louisville

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[cobirds] Kentucky, Hooded and Tanager

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Cobirds:
July 3:  All three species were still present in the
previous locations already given by others at Gregory Canyon in
Boulder:

KENTUCKY WARBLER - still present in same locations
HOODED WARBLER - still present in same locations
SCARLET TANAGER -  still present in same location

Best time to see these birds are between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m.  Watch out
of poison ivy - its growing in thickets along all the trails.

BOBOLINKS - still present at Cherryvale and South Boulder Road - in
the large fields east of Cherryvale across from the Boulder Open Space
division headquarters.  Males are still singing and skylarking.  Large
numbers of singing savanah sparrows are in this area also.

John T (Tumasonis)  Boulder Audubon
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[cobirds] Burrowing Owls - Adams County

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Cobirds:
The Walks With Nature group went out to Adams and Denver
County today (July 4th) and saw at least 42 burrowing owls.  Both
adults and juveniles were seen.  Main concentrations were along
Picadilly Road south of road 128;  Along road 114 north of DIA;  And
off several sides roads off 128 and 120 roads.
Also seen:
Lark bunting: 1 (Denver County)
Swaison's hawk - 10+
Red tailed hawk  - 12+
Ferruginous hawk -  2
Horned lark -  hundreds
Mourning dove - hundreds
Western kingbird - dozens

Two orchard orioles were seen and heard (males) at Barr Lake State
Park
Coyotes and White tailed deer were also seen.

John T (Tumasonis)
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[cobirds] the 3 p's - Mt Audubon

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Cobirds:
 Of course the the three P's are: Ptarmigan, Pika, and
Pipit.   Here's what I saw and heard along the Mt Audubon Trail today:

Ptarmigan:  at least four.  two seen, several others heard
American Pipit:  16  -  one nest found with six eggs.  The nest was
right on the trail, with people stepping right over it.
Brown capped rosy finch:  four - adults, foraging along the trail.
Pine grosbeak - one calling at the trailhead.
Pine siskin - 30
Red crossbill - flock of 6
Clarks nutcracker - 12
Gray jay - 1 heard
Hermit thrush - 12 singing
Ruby crowned kinglet - 9
American robin -  14 -  one seen and heard above 11,500 feet
Broad tailed hummingbird - 6 -  one seen at 12,000 feet
White crowned sparrow - 15
Lincoln's sparrow - 8 -  two seen and heard singing above 12,000 feet
Mt chickadee - 2

Pika - 35 - in abundance
Marmot - 2
Chipmunk ssp:  3

Peak bloom is occurring in the tundra.  Flowering ssp. included:
Alpine Sunflower (compass sunflower),  Alpine Forget-me-not, Mountain
dryad, Moss Campion, Alpine Clover, Skypiolet, Alpine Buttercup,
Alpine Avens, Owls Clover, King Crown, Elephants Head, Shooting Star,
Marsh Marigold, Alpine Spring Beauty, Alpine Primrose, Alpine
Bluebells, Blue Columbine, Silky Phacelia, Whipples Penstemon,
Sandwort ssp., Alpine Chickweed, Phlox ssp., American Bistort,
Snowball Saxifrage -Just to name a few...

Course the words don't do the visual scenery justice.  Anyhow - happy
birding.  -   John T (Tumasonis)




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[cobirds] CO Natl Monumnet

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Cobirds:
 A long awaited vacation saw me traveling, hiking, camping,
and rafting through parts of Colorado and Utah.  Still working on the
flora and fauna lists.  If interested, you can contact me directly via
email for specific region lists.  (put something in the subject header
like "John T Bird Lists").   I will send list(s) in RTF format.  Dates
are from July 18th thru July 30th

Highlights:

Colorado National Monument (Grand Junction) July 18 - 19
Gray vireo - only one
Gray flycatcher - several
Juniper titmouse - 4
Black throated gray warbler - 5
Bewicks wren - 7
Ash throated flycatcher - 2

Desolation Canyon Utah:  July 20 - 24
Peregrine falcon - 4
Spotted sandpiper - 90+
Spotted towhee - 100+
Yellow breasted chat - 50+
Lazuli bunting - 100+
Ash throated flycatcher - 20
Blue grosbeak - 6

Handies Peak (14er) south Colorado -  July 28
Brown capped rosy finch - 10
American pipit - 20
Chipping sparrow - two at 14,000 feet
Broad tailed hummingbird - one at 14,000 feet

Mt. Sneffels (14er - did not summit)  July 26
Fox sparrow - 2
Lincolns sparrow - 12
White crowned sparrow - 30

Box Canyon Falls, Ouray CO  July 25
Black swift - 4 nesting -  one has a webcam on it and is ridiculously
close to the trail, I counted 7 active nests.

Great Sand Dunes Nat. Park  -  July 29
Gray fox - my 1st gray fox ever!  From 30 yards with binocs -
lactacting female with threat display (assume I'm near a den with
kits)
Pinyon jay - 10
Scrub jay - 4

Orient Land Trust / Valley View  July 30
A huge bird list (still working on it)
Pinyon jay - 50
Swainsons hawk - 4
Prairie faclcon - 1
Dusky grouse - 6 (family groups)
Brazillian free tailed bat - 150,000 give or take a few thousand.

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[cobirds] Colorado National Monument

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Cobirds:
   Several people asked for a more complete list from Colorado
National Monument.  Here it is.  This is for July 18th and 19th.
Combines BLM adjoining Wilderness / Mee Canyon.  Liberty Cap Trail is
good, as well as most of the trails adjoining any of the overlooks.

Ash throated flycatcher - 7 - most heard, two seen
Turkey vulture - 14
Scrub jay - 12
Rock wren - 8
Canyon wren - 2 heard
Bewicks wren - 8 - lots of songs and calls, feeding young
Violet green swallow - 100
White throated swift - 60 - usually several groups at most overlooks
Mountain bluebird - 1 - in pinyon / juniper habitat
Spotted towhee - 1 - in pinyon / jumiper habitat
Mourning dove - 4
Common raven - 6
Golden eagle - 1 heard but not seen by overlook
Gray vireo - only 1 seen
Black throated gray warbler - 4 - several with beaks full of insects.
Juniper titmouse - 6 - calls, songs, feeding young, begging calls
Mountain chickadee - 6
Blue gray gnatcatcher - 4 - males and females
Vesper sparrow - 2
Chipping sparrow - 2
Gray flycatcher - 4 - distinct tail flicking, songs, and color
Plumbeous vireo - 4
Black chinned hummingbird - 2

This was only a drive through.  Usually on three day trips I'd
normally pick up peregrine falcon, black throated sparrow, pinyon jay,
gambels quail, chuckar, clarks nutcracker, green tailed towhee and
many others.   -   John T (Tumasonis)
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[cobirds] Stearns Lake alert

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Cobirds:
   Just came from Steans Lake.  There was an old guy and a
teenage boy hunting birds and prairie dogs with a large slingshot
(hunting type).  If you see them keep your distance and report them
immediately to Boulder County Dispatch.  Neither of them seem to be
dealing  with a full deck, if you know what I mean.   -John T
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[cobirds] Pawnee and Rocky Mt NP

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Cobirds:
  All listings for Pawnee Grasslands were in Weld County /
Sat, Sept 5th.  All listings for Rocky Mt National Park are for Sun.,
Sept. 6th / Larimer County.

Prairie falcon - 3 - a family playing air-tag
Red tailed hawk - 3 - with one immature with prey item
Swainson's hawks - 14 - on the ground, in the air, and on trees and
poles.
Northern harrier - 1 male on the ground.  Looked incongruous out in
the middle of the prairie
American kestrel - 7 - one with a prey item
Ferruginous hawk - 3 - including one immature with a large prey item
(rabbit?), another one being attacked by a kestel (the kestrel almost
got a face full of talons)
Great horned owl - 1 - flushed from a tree
Savanah sparrow - 1
Clay colored sparrow - 100+  - flocks in trees and along the roads
Vesper sparrow - 50+ - along the roads
Chipping sparrow - 10
Lark bunting - 1000+  -   in large flocks on and near the roads
Horned lark - 1200+  - in large flocks on the roads
Western kingbird - 4 - only a few left
Western meadowlark - 11 - numbers dwindling
Mourning dove - 22
Eurasian collared dove - 7 - most seen near houses
Rock dove / common pigeon - 12
American robin - 1 - at Crow Valley
Greater yellowlegs - 40 (at lake and marsh on road 124 and 71
Lesser yellowlegs - 20 (at lake on road 124 and 71
Bairds sandpiper - 50 - same as above
Great blue heron - 10 - same as above
mallard - 30 - same
Wilson's warbler - 1 male in a roadside grove of trees.
Killdeer - 10 - at lake on road 124
Barn swallow - 14
SAGE THRASHER - 2 - flying along fencelines on road 122
BROWN THRASHER - 1 - at Crow Valley (a stragler)
House sparrow - 10
European starling - 100+
House finch - 20 - out in the middle of the prairie with sparrows and
buntings
Blue jay - 1 - at Crow Valley
Western wood pewee - 1 at CV
Olive sided flycatcher - 1 at CV
American goldfinch - 6 - at CV
Common nighthawk - 1 at CV
Pronghorn antelope - 31
13 lined ground squirrel - 1
Coyote - 2
Black tailed prairie dog - 30
Eastern cottontail - 14


Rocky Mountain National Park:  (Upper Beaver Medows / Moraine Park /
Trailridge Rd.)
Elk - 200 - rut is barely beginning.  Should go into full swing in 2
weeks
Chickaree (pine squirrel) - 14
Golden mantled ground squirrel - 2
Pika - 6
Marmot - 6
Chipmunk - 19
Mountain cottaintail - 2
Red crossbill - 6
Green tailed towhee - 3 - still present / Beaver Meadows
Common raven - 6
American crow - 4
Stellars jay - 2
Hairy woodpecker - 1
American pipit - 21 - still up in the tundra
Ruby crowned kinglet - 1
Wilson's warbler - 2
Yellow rumped warbler - 2
Hermit thrush -  2 - by sight
American robin - 6
Pygmy nuthatch - 2
White breasted nuthatch - 2
Mountain bluebird - 16
Townsend's solitaire - 1
Mountain chickadee - 21
Gray headed junco - 19

And at Union Reservoir / Weld County:
Western grebe - about 200
American coot - 50
American white pelican - 4
Pied billed grebe - 4

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[cobirds] Boulder Audubon / Pawnee Grasslands

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Cobirds:
   Just posted on Boulder County Audubon website:

Friday, May 14 to Sunday, May 16
"Pawnee Grasslands Birding and Wildlife"
Camping, birding and wildlife viewing in the grasslands northeast of
Boulder.  We will camp at Crow Valley on Friday and Saturday nights,
and explore, hike, bird, and study the grassland ecosystem.  Leave
from Boulder mid-day Friday, return afternoon Sunday. Call
(303-926-8779) or email (j.eclec...@att.net) John T for details and
reservations.

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[cobirds] Re: Greeley Birding

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Hi Gary:
  John Tumasonis here.  I figured you would know - Is there a
working gas station in Briggsdale Colorado now?  If so - is it open 7
days a week?   -   Thanks -  John T



On Apr 18, 2:11 pm, "The \"Nunn Guy\"" 
wrote:
> While running errands stopped at 35th Ave and Glenmere Park Rookery in
> Greeley.
>
> 35th Ave
> White-faced Ibis - 6
>
> Glenmere Park Rookery
> Snowy Egret - 0
> Black-crowned Night Heron - two dozen or so
> Yellow Warbler
>
> Pix below
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> Thanks
> Gary Lefko, Nunn/COhttp://ColoradoBirder.ning.com/-- Home of the "Nunn Guy"
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[cobirds] Clover Basin Res. Boulder County

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Cobirds:
 Sunday at Clover Basin Reservoir in Boulder County:
(Clover Basin is located about 1 mile west of the intersection of
Nelson and 63rd St.) Please note - parking is limited, and could be
dangerous - park well off the road.

- Over 260 American white pelicans
- Long billed dowitcher - 4
- Greater yellowlegs - 1
- Semi-palmated sandpiper - 6
- Black-bellied plover - 1
- Great egret - 1
- Great blue heron - 7
- American advocet - 21
- possible Mountain plover - haven't seen this one posted - long
distance looks so I can't absolutely call it.
- possible western sandpiper
- Franklin's gull - 1
- Killdeer - 3
- Willet - 14

- opposite shore had dozens of "peeps" - impossible to ID from the
distance.

Just the fact that so many pelicans are here, makes the viewing
extraordinary.  Lots of shorebirds coming in and out - here today,
gone tomorrow.   -  John T,  Boulder Audubon

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[cobirds] Pawnee Grasslands Trip upcoming

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For Boulder County Audubon.  Still some spaces left on this trip.

Friday, May 14 to Sunday, May 16
"Pawnee Grasslands Birding and Wildlife"
Camping, birding and wildlife viewing in the grasslands northeast of
Boulder.  We will camp at Crow Valley on Friday and Saturday nights,
and explore, hike, bird, and study the grassland ecosystem.  Leave
from Boulder mid-day Friday, return afternoon Sunday. Call
(303-926-8779) or email (j.eclec...@att.net) John T for details and
reservations.

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[cobirds] rare bird alert problems

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
  I've noticed that the Rare Bird Report is messed up.  It
redundantly keeps repeating a message from several weeks ago - and the
dates are wrong when you open it up.   Anyone else noticing this?
-   John T

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[cobirds] piping plover, american golden plover

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
  More at Clover Basin Res.  at approximately 12:30 pm
today.   Lots of species are coming in and out - disappearing after a
few hours of foraging - then replaced by new species:

American golden plover - 1
Piping plover - 1
Semi-palmated plover - 3
Baird's sandpiper - 6
Wilson's phalarope - 11 - all females

Various species of "peeps" - to far to ID

Several other plovers to far to see - probably black bellied reported
earlier

Reports of large flocks of marbled godwits - but we were not there
early enough to see them.

The reservoir continues to drain.

-  John T,  Boulder County Audubon

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[cobirds] Pawnee Grasslands results

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
  Here are the results from the Boulder County Audubon
Trip to Pawnee Grasslands.  The weather was nasty, but that didn't
stop the birds.
  Notes:  there is NO gas station in Briggsdale.  There is
a new restroom facility at Grover in the city park.  Several of the
roads (especially Road 69 north south) have been turned into a mess of
mud and construction - high clearance vechicles only!

Code:   P -  Pawnee Grasslands General, including farmhouses and
ranches
L - Lake on Road 124
   U - Union Reservoir
   JH - Jim Hamm Park
   G - Grover and vicinity
   A - Ault and vicinity
   WL - Woods Lake
   CV - Crow Valley Campground and vicinity
   T  - towns and suburbs

Eared grebe - 4 - L
Western grebe - 21, WL;  1 L;  40 U
Pied billed grebe - 6 JH
Clark's greve - 3 U
American white pelican - 3 WL;  35 U;  4 JH
Double created cormorant - 1 WL;  1 U
American bittern - 1 WL
Great blue heron - 1 WL;  1 P;  1 U
Great egret - 1 JH
White faced ibis - 6 P
Canada goose - 2 P
Green winged teal - 4 WL
Mallard - 10 WL;  2  P;  4  U;  2  JH
Blue winged teal - 15 WL;  1 U
Cinnamon teal - 6 WL
Northern shoveler - 10 WL, 6 L;  10 U
Gadwall -  1 WL;  12 L
American widgeon - 2 L
Redhead - 10 L;  10  JH
Ring necked duck -  1 L;  1  JH
Lesser scaup -  4 L
Bufflehead - 2 L;  2  JH
Ruddy duck - 1  L;  5 JH;  1  U
Swainson's hawk - 43 P  - several on nests
Red tailed hawk - 3 P, 1 CV
Ferruginous hawk - 1 P
Golden eagle - 3 P
American kestrel - 8 P
American coot - 1 WL;  6 L;  20 U;  10 JH
Killdeer - 2 L;  1 WL;  6 P
Mountain plover - 1 P
American advocet - 4 G
Spotted sandpiper - 2 WL
Marbled godwit - 5 WL
Baird's sandpiper - 1 WL
Long billed dowitcher - 42 WL
Wilson's phalarope - 10 WL;  15 L
Forester's tern  - 1 JH
Rock pigeon - 100 T
Mourning dove - 40 - CV;  200 P
Eurasian collared dove - 15 CV;  30 T
Great horned owl - 4 CV -  two immature on nest plus two adults
Burrowing owl - 5 P
Common nighthawk - 1 CV - heard
Downy woodpecker - 1 A;  2 CV
Northern flicker (red shafted) - 6 CV, 2 G, 5 T
Empid. flycather ssp:  12 (CV, T, G, P, JH)
Say's phoebe - 9 P
Western kingbird - 20 CV, 40 P, 25 T
Eastern kingbird - 2 CV, 3 P, 1 JH,  1 U
Horned lark - 450+ P
Cliff swallow - 30 JH
Barn swallow - 1 WL;  4 G;  2 L;  2 U
Blue jay - 8 CV;  8 T;  6 P
American crow - 1 L;  1 A
Red breasted nuthatch - 1 CV
White breasted nuthatch - 1 CV
Rock wren - 2 P
House wren - 7 CV;  8 T;  4 G;
Marsh wren - 2 U
Golden crowned kinglet - 1 CV - male, flaring crest, close looks
Ruby crowned kinglet - 1 CV
Blue gray gnatcatcher - 6 CV;  6 P;  2 G;  2 T
Swainson's thrush - 9 CV;  2 P;  1 G
American robin (aka; american thrush) - 45 CV;  100 P;  25 G;  20 T;
10 WL;  1 L;  6 JH
Gray catbird - 1 CV;  1 JH
Northern mockingbird - 4 CV;  1 P;
Brown thrasher -  12 CV
Loggerhead shrike - 1 CV;  9  P - including one nest site found
European starling - 40 CV;  200 P;  150 T
Orange crowned warbler - 15 CV;  10 P;  2 G
Yellow warbler - 6 CV;  6 P
Audubon's warbler - 19 CV;  11 P;  12 G;  2 L;  2 WL;  6 JH
Myrtle warbler - 4 CV
Common yellowthroat - 1 CV
Wilson's warbler - 2 CV - both females
Black headed grosbeak - 2 CV;  1 P
Green tailed towhee - 2 CV
Spotted towhee - 5 CV
Chipping sparrow - 19 CV;  100 P;  20 T;  2 G
Clay colored sparrow - 4 CV;  2 P;  6  JH
Vesper sparrow - 18 P
Lark sparrow - 104 P;  20 CV;  10 T;  6 G
Lark bunting - 700+  P
Savanah sparrow - 1 WL
Song sparrow - 1 U
Lincoln's sparrow - 3 CV;  1 G
White crowned sparrow - 8 CV;  1 L
Red winged blackbird - 8 P;  2 WL;  3 L;  10 U
Western meadowlark - 200+  P
Yellow headed blackbird - 15 WL;  10 U;  7 JH
Common grackle - 300+  P, CV, T, A, G, U, JH
Great tailed grackle - 20 WL;  1 JH
Brown headed cowbird - 20 CV;  60 P
Bullock's oriole - 6 CV;  6 G;  2 JH
House finch - 1 A
American goldfinch - 11 CV;  25 P;  10 T  4 G
House sparrow - 30 T;  50 P;  30 A;  20 G
Blue gray gnatcatcher - 7 CV;  4 P;

Mammals:
Proghorn antelope - 69
Swift fox - 2
Fox squirrel - 3
White tailed deer - 3
Badger - 1
Coyote - 1
Eastern cottontail - 4
Black tailed prairie dog - 55
13 Lined ground squirrel - 1

John T,  Boulder County Audubon

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[cobirds] append to Pawnee List

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
 Before I get 50 more emails, noting my mistake:

Also seen at Pawnee Grasslands during the Audubon Trip:  40 McCowan's
longspurs.  -  John T

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[cobirds] Ovenbird Boulder

[JohnT]

All:
 Dan Zmolek and I discovered a singing ovenbird in Boulder
Mountain Park where Bear Creek intersects the Mesa Trail.  Go about
100 yards south from here (uphill) and listen for the bird singing in
the early morning.
 We also lugged a scope up to the prairie falcon nest site in
Bear Canyon (continue up the Mesa Trail from Bear Creek and take the
1st trail to the right - Bear Canyon / Bear Mountain trail), and found
that there are 5 chicks on the nest!  Two of them look 2/3 grown.  An
adult came in with a small mammal and fed all five.  Pretty
interesting.-John T,  Boulder Audubon

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[cobirds] red eyed vireo Louisville

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
A red eyed vireo was foraging and singing from my
neighbor's locust tree in their backyard this morning. Great looks.
This was on West Aspen Way between Madison and Dahlia near Fireside
Elementary.  Use care when driving in this neighborhood - many small
children.

   FYI:  Hiked to the summit of Flattop Mountain yesterday in
RMN Park.  Got close up photos of several ptarmigan (6), brown capped
rosy finches (8), and American pipits (11).  Snow conditions are bad -
tons of wet slushy snowdrifts that post-hole when you move up them.
No flowers above 10,000 feet yet, except pasque flowers.

Happy birding,  John T,  Boulder County Audubon

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[cobirds] Boulder Audubon Brainard Lake

[JohnT]

Cobirds:

The following trip is still scheduled for Saturday.  If road closures
occur at Brainard, a change in schedule will happen.  In any event,
those who have signed up will still meet and go birding somewhere in
the high country.  -  John T

Saturday, June 12
"Brainard Lake / Niwot Ridge Birding"
Leader: John T. Hike and bird around Brainard Lake, Long Lake and up
on Niwot Ridge. A large number of high altitude species will be the
target including Fox Sparrows, Lincoln's Sparrows, Wilson's Warblers,
Hammond's Flycatchers, American Three-toed Woodpeckers, White-crowned
Sparrows, American Pipits, White-tailed Ptarmigan, and others.  Expect
strenuous hiking with 2,000 foot elevation gain.  Call or email John
T. for meeting time and place: j.eclec...@att.net, 303-926-8779

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[cobirds] northern parula Boulder Doudy Draw

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
   Yet another northern parula seen and heard singing by me
and Dan Zmolek in Doudy Draw this morning.  Brightly colored male,
foraging in peach-leaf willows 50 yards northeast of the restrooms.
  Also seen this morning in the Doudy Draw area:
Great horned owl - 1 - sopping wet juvenile
Blue grosbeak 1 - male
Yellow breasted chat - 3 - singing
Lark sparrow - 3
Vesper sparrow - 3
Western wood pewee - 6 - foraging on or near the ground
Lazuli bunting - 4 - males and females
Lesser goldfinch - 6
Cedar waxwing - 2 - one heard, one seen
Gray catbird - 4 - good looks at two
Bullock's oriole - 7
Yellow warbler - 4
House wren - 6
American goldfinch - 12 - lots foraging in the willow trees
McGillvray's warbler - 1
Spotted towhee - 9 - mostly heard

Brainard Lake Trip was cancelled - 5 inches of snow predicted up
there.  -  John T,  Boulder Audubon

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[cobirds] Dinosaur National Monument

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
I just got back from hiking, rafting and camping in
Dinosaur National Monument.  It's a wonder to me why more birders and
naturalists don't go up there.  This has been my 6th visit.  And each
one gets better.  The mix of ecosystems is amazing.  Probably one of
the highest concentrations of brewer's sparrows and green tailed
towhees in the state.  And a rich variety of plants, animals, and
topology, that make for an amazing landscape.
   I spent three days camping and hiking and five days river
rafting and camping - June 14th thru June 21st.  The list includes
areas inside the Monument as well as BLM Wilderness lands adjoining,
and areas near Jensen Utah.  To keep things simple: Utah side = UT,
Colorado side = CO.  Here's the list:

Great blue heron - 1 -  CO
Canada goose - 40 - CO, UT
Mallard - 2 - UT
Killdeer - 8 - CO, UT
Spotted sandpiper - 48 - CO, UT
Turkey vulture - 18 - CO, UT
Golden eagle - 1 - UT
Cooper's hawk - 1 - CO
Peregrine falcon - 2 - CO
Rock dove - 27 - CO, UT
Mourning dove - 12 - CO, UT
Eurasian collared dove - 18 - UT
Chukar - 1 - CO
Ring necked pheasant - 3 - UT
Blue gray gnatcatcher - 19 - CO, UT
White throated swift - 59 - CO, UT
Broad tailed hummingbird - 5 - UT
Northern flicker - 8 - CO, UT
Eastern kingbird - 2 - UT
Western kingbird - 9 - CO, UT
Ash throated flycatcher - 7 - CO
Western wood pewee - 4 - CO, UT
Say's phoebe - 14 - CO, UT
Gray flycatcher - 10 - CO
Violet green swallow - 400+ - CO, UT
Northern rough winged swallow - 1 - UT
Cliff swallow - 300+ - CO, UT
Barn swallow - 22 - CO, UT
Scrub jay - 8 - CO
Clark's nutcracker - 12 - CO
Stellar's jay - 2 - CO, UT
Common raven - 45 - CO, UT
Juniper titmouse - 13 - CO
Mountain chickadee - 2 - CO
White breasted nuthatch - 3 - CO
Red breasted nuthatch - 6 - CO
House wren - 7 - CO, UT
Bewick's wren - 3 - CO
Canyon wren - 8 - CO, UT
Rock wren - 19 - CO, UT
Mountain bluebird - 8 - CO, UT
Hermit thrush - 1 - CO
American robin - 28 - CO, UT
European starling - 16 - CO, UT
Plumbeous vireo - 9 - CO, UT
Warbling vireo - 7 - CO, UT
Western meadowlark - 35 - CO, UT
Yellow headed blackbird - 1 - UT
Brewer's blackbird - 44 - CO
Brown headed cowbird - 11 - CO, UT
Bullock's oriole - 16 - CO, UT
Sage thrasher - 7 - UT
Western tanager - 5 - CO
House sparrow - 42 - CO, UT
Black throated gray warbler - 33 - CO, UT
Yellow warbler - 61 - CO, UT
Common yellowthroat - 2 - CO, UT
Yellow breasted chat - 14 - CO, UT
Black headed grosbeak - 8 - UT
Lazuli bunting - 56 - CO, UT
American goldfinch - 4 - CO, UT
Cassin's finch - 1 - CO
House finch - 4 - CO
Green tailed towhee - 23 - CO
Spotted towhee - 27 - CO, UT
Vesper sparrow - 2 - CO
Savannah sparrow - 2 - UT
Song sparrow - 19 - CO, UT
Lark sparrow - 22 - UT
Sage sparrow - 6 - UT
Chipping sparrow - 16 - CO
Brewer's sparrow - 44 - CO

Plus snakes, lizards, ground squirrels, bighorn sheep, mule deer,
pronghorn, and a great set of mountain lion tracks.

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[cobirds] Eastern Phoebe Boulder County

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
   Stopped at Twin Lakes this morning.  Found an eastern
phoebe calling and foraging along the irrigation ditch.  From
Gunbarrel go to 63rd, turn on Natuilus Drive east, and go to Eaton
Park (left).  Walk along the irrigation ditch on the lake side (the
lake with water in it).  I saw and heard the bird along there.

The Twin Lakes great horned owls have two visible chicks (3/4 grown)
in the hollow snag along the hiking trial, just like last year.

John T (Tumasonis), Louisville

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[cobirds] Boulder County, more arrivals

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
  This is mostly for today, but a few from yesterday also.
Bumped into Peter Gent at Gregory Canyon, as mentioned earlier in his
post.  Here's a more detailed list of what's staring to come back;
highlights include:

Gregory Canyon and a bit of Flagstaff Mt Trail:

House wren - 4 - singing
Blue gray knatcatcher - 2
Black headed grosbeak - 3 - singing
Gray catbird - 4 - singing
Yellow breasted chat - at least one singing
Virginia's warbler - 2 singing
Broad tailed hummingbird - all males - 7 - numbers increasing
Spotted towhee - 12 - singing males - numbers increasing
Lazuli bunting - 4 - all singing males
Empidonax flycatcher ssp:  - 2 down by the road, distinct "teardrop"
shaped eye ring, a lot of olive in the back, no tail flicks - without
the song, I won't call it.  But would guess Cordilleran.
Western meadowlark - 1 - singing up by the "Bowl" on Flagstaff Trail


Walden \ Sawhills complex:   (Note:  boardwalk still not complete -
work drags on and on.   During weekdays the heavy construction at the
gravel pits drowns everything out - really obnoxious.  And the airport
nearby has non-stop planes roaring overhead.  The suggestion:  get
there really, really early to avoid the noise.)

Great tailed grackle - two persist around Cottonwood Marsh
Marsh wren - at least one singing at the end of the boardwalk
American bittern - 1 heard at Cottonwood Marsh
Bullock's oriole - 4 - all males, all singing
Warbling vireo - 2 - seen and heard
Yellow rumped warbler - 4
Yellow warbler - 3 - all males, singing
Spotted sandpiper - 6 - seems to be one at every lake
Eastern kingbird - 1
Yellow headed blackbird - 6 - numbers increasing
Red winged blackbird - everywhere - must be several hundred
Cedar waxwing - 2
Western painted turtle - 6
Northern water snake - 1 - in Boulder Creek near 75th st. - being
attacked by red-w blackbirds

Centenial Middle School neighborhood, Boulder:

Cedar waxwing - 12
Bushtit - 2
House wren - 6
Say's phoebe - 1

Leaves and wildflowers are 4 to 6 weeks early.  Birds are right on
time, despite the greenery and insect hatches.  More blooming:
hawthorn, chokecherry, yucca, meadow salsify, butter and eggs
(toadflax), lavender penstemon, gromwell (puccoon), blue flax, golden
banner.

It looks and feels like mid-June.  The greenest I've ever seen it, in
early May.  We'll be in trouble though, if we don't get some
moisture.   It'll be interesting to see how the birding plays out in
the next couple of weeks.   -   John Tumasonis  (John T),  Louisville

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[cobirds] WWD and CK - Boulder County

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
At least two white winged doves are still present in
Gunbarrel near Brandywine and Wellington.   Both were calling
frequently and could be easily seen in trees in front yards on
Wellington.  Listen for the "who-cooks-for-you" sound.  There are
numerous mourning doves and eurasian collared doves in the this
neighborhood also.  I'm wondering if anyone has observed nesting
behavior yet?

   Also found a cassin's kingbird foraging near the County
work depot, just west of Cottonwood Marsh \ Walden Ponds.   It was in
an open field and flew off to the north.

John Tumasonis (John T)   Louisville CO

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[cobirds] Boulder County Summary

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
   Here's what I saw for Saturday and Sunday within the
Boulder County limits.  Thanks to the many people reporting the
rarities.
GC = Gregory Canyon area
CU = University of Colorado Research Ctr and Boulder Creek
BC = Boulder Creek near CU campus
WS = Walden Sawhills
BR = Baseline Reservoir
TW = Twin Lakes \ Gunbarrel
SC = Skunk Creek \ Skunk Canyon
EGF - Evin G Fine Park and Boulder Creek upstream
TL = Teller Lake number 5
111th St = 111th St Lafayette
OS - City of Boulder open space headquarters, Cherryvale Rd.

RED THROATED LOON - BR - as reported by Peter Gent
Common loon - BR
Horned grebe - BR
Pied billed grebe - WS
Western grebe - BR
American white pelican - WS
Double crested comorant - WS, BR
Great egret - TL
Great blue heron - TL, WS, TW, BC,
Canada goose - WS, TW, TL - goslings all over the place
Mallard - GC (under the picnic table!), CU, BC, WS, TL
Gadwall - WS, TL
Blue winged teal - WS
Cinnamon teal - WS
Turkey vulture - GC, CU, TW, SC
Osprey - CU, WS
Cooper's hawk - EGF
Red tailed hawk - GC, CU, 111th st,
American kestrel - 111th St, TL
Sora - at the marsh off Tantra Drive
American coot - SW
Killdeer - SW
American avocet - TL
Spotted sandpiper - SW
Wilson's snipe - SW, OS
Rock pigeon - OS
Mourning dove - CU, BC, WS, TW, TL, OS
Eurasian collared dove - CU, BC, WS, TW, (anyone remember when this
was a rare bird?)
WHITE WINGED DOVE - TW (at least two)
Great horned owl - TW
CHIMNEY SWIFT - CU (at least 4)
Broad tailed hummingbird - GC, CU, BC, TW, SC (high concentrations at
Skunk Creek)
Belted kingfisher - SW, CU,
Northern flicker - GC, CU, BC, TW, SC, TL, EGF
Downy woodpecker - CU, BC, TW
Dusky flycatcher - GC (by song)
Empidonax ssp:  -  GC, CU, BC, TW, SC, EGF - lots at Skunk Creek
Say's phoebe - CU, SW
Western kingbird - SC
CASSIN'S KINGBIRD - SW (only 1 - near the work depot)
Plumbeous vireo - GC
Warbling vireo - CU, WS, TW, SC, EGF,
Stellars jay - GC, SC
Scrub jay - SC
Black billed magpie - GC, CU, BC, WS, TW, SC, TL
American crow - GC, CU, BC, TW
Common raven - GC, BC
Northern rough winged swallow - SW, CU
Cliff swallow - SW, CU, TL
Barn swallow - SW, CU, BC, BR, SC, EGF, TL - large numbers at Teller
Lake and at almost every stoplight in Boulder;
Violet green swallow - SW, CU, TL
Black capped chickadee - present
White breasted nuthatch - GC
Pygmy nuthatch - GC
House wren - present
American dipper - EGF - 2
Ruby crowned kinglet - BC
Blue gray gnatcather - GC, WS, SC
American robin - present
Gray catbird - GC, SC
European starling - present
Virginia's warbler - GC
Audubon's warbler - CU, WS
BLACK THROATED GRAY WARBLER - CU - 1 male singing by the ponds
Yellow warbler - GC, CU, BC, WS, TL, EGF - high concentrations up
Boulder Canyon from Ebin G. Fine park
Common yellowthroat - SW
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH - CU - singing vigorously by one of the small
ponds
Yellow breasted chat - GC, SC
Western tanager - GC, CU (up higher in Gregory Canyon, and along
Boulder Creek)
Green tailed towhee -  SC - at least four singing along Skunk Creek
Trail
Spotted towhee - GC, SC
Chipping sparrow - only one found at low altitude in Louisville
Song sparrow - CU, BC, TL, TW, EGF, WS
Savanah sparrow - OS - back in good numbers at Cherryvale headquarters
Vesper sparrow - 111th St.
Black headed grosbeak - GC, SC, EGG
Lazuli bunting - GC, SC
Bobolink - OS - at least three singing along Cherryvale Road
Western meadowlark - GC, CU, WS, OS
Yellow headed blackbird - WS - numbers are increasing
Red headed blackbird - present
Common grackle - present
Great tailed grackle - WS - still 2 present at Cottonwood Marsh
Brown headed cowbird - present
Bullock's oriole - WS, GC, SC
House finch - present
American goldfinch - present
House sparrow - present

Yeeesh - is that enough for you?   I did not find the Blackburnian
warbler, but Dan Zmolek did photograph it at about 2 pm on Saturday,
after Peter Gent reported it.

Lots of stuff is blooming in the foothills - I'll save that for
later.

Best of birding luck  -  John Tumasonis (John T),  Louisville CO





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[cobirds] Bobolinks - 5 locations Boulder County

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
For Sunday May 20th - I surveyed 5 locations near Boulder
that now have male Bobolinks actively singing and skylarking:

1.  Teller Lake 5 area off Valmont Road - hike in about 3/4 of a mile
(as previously reported by others)

2.  Open Space properties off Gaptor and Dimmit Roads (near bike
path)  -  at least 6 males

3.  South Boulder Creek Trail (Bobolink Trail) from Baseline and
Gaptor going south - 1 male

4.  City of Boulder Open Space headquarters on Cherryvale - at least 3
males singing, along with lots of savanah sparrows, wilson's snipe,
red winged blackbirds, and barn swallows.

5.  City of Boulder Open Space (Church section) along Cherryvale Road
- drive south from South Boulder Road and Cherryvale - sections along
both sides of the road (drive carefully - no pullouts!)

Up in the foothills:
Myers Gulch Trail yeilded 8 Western bluebirds and 4 Mountain
bluebirds, along with green tailed towhees, vesper sparrows,
McGillvray's warblers.   Nice to see so many bluebirds using the nest
boxes that volunteers haved worked so hard to establish.  Kudos to
them.

   -   John  Tumasonis (John T) of Lousiville CO

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[cobirds] more Dickcissels - Boulder County

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
 An update on dickcissels (did I spell that right?) in
Boulder County.  There is another dickcissel male actively singing
along 75th street about 400 yards south of the Sawhills Ponds turnoff
on the East side of 75th street.  Last weekend I counted 4 individual
males singing along the irrigation ditch on the Teller Ranch open
space property (Teller \ Valmont), as well as savanah sparrows, 1
bobolink, eastern and western kingbirds, and meadowlarks.
I'm interested on any input on why dickcissels are so
prevelent in Boulder County this year - and why they've shifted
south.  Any ideas?  Post to Cobirds if you have information.


John Tumasonis (John T),  Louisville CO

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[cobirds] Brainard Lake area - Boulder County

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Cobirds:
A quick survey of Brainard Lake, Long Lake and Lake Isabelle 
area - Roosevelt National Forest.   Hot and sunny.  Mosquitoes out in force 
at Lake Isabelle.
 
Ruby crowned kinglet - 30
Common raven - 2
Red breasted nuthatch - 4
Wilson's warbler - 21
American robin - 14 (several feeding young)
White crowned sparrow - 16
Lincoln's sparrow - 6
Spotted sandpiper - 3
Common merganser - 2
Pine siskin - 23
Hermit thrush - 5
Audubon's warbler - 16
Clark's nutcracker - 4
Mountain chickadee - 8
Gray headed junco - 2
Cordilleran flycatcher - 2
Brown creeper - 1
Hairy woodpecker - 1
Fox sparrow - 2 singing at Lake Isabelle
Gray jay - 1
Ring necked duck - 3
 
Fox sparrow and Lincoln's sparrow in very low numbers compared to last 
year.  Previous visit a week ago also yeilded pine grosbeak, red crossbill, 
flicker, wilson's snipe, olive-sided flycatcher, and american crow. Bird 
species radically shifts when you drop into Ward, with 4 species of 
swallows, hummingbirds, towhees, doves, and vireos.
 
Mammals:
Moose (scat)
Pine squirrel - 1 (virtually none)
Golden manteld ground squirrel - 1
Marmot - 4
Pine martin - 1
 
Flower displays are good, but not excellent - due to lack of moisture.  No 
snow on the trails.  
 
John Tumasonis (John T)  Louisville, CO
 
 
 
 
 
 

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[cobirds] Dickcissel obliteration

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Cobirds:
   I monitored 6 dickcissel locations in Boulder County this 
morning:
 
1.)  Baseline and 75th in large field to the west of Douglas Elementary 
school.  At least 9 singing males and one bobolink.  Fields are due for 
haying. This is the highest concentration of dickcissels so far.  
 
2.)  75th and Valmont - fields to the north east of this location.  At 
least 4 singing males.  Haying is underway.  Dickcissel obliteration 
underway. 
 
3.)  75th and Sawhills enterance - fields to the east.  4 singing males.  
Haying is underway.  
 
4.)  75th and Walden enterance - fields to the east.   3 singing males.  
More haying.  More nest destruction. 
 
5.)  Teller Lake \ Valmont.  At least 4 singing males, and one bobolink.  
 
6.)  East Boulder Rec Center - 1 singing male across from the tennis 
courts.  
 
Alas, the poor field birds are going under the hay makers.  Thousands of 
nest sites like this are destroyed every year.  Most are on private land.  
Some are on Open Space.  
 
John Tumasonis  (John T),  Louisville CO
 
 

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[cobirds] Joyce Gellhorn

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Cobirds:
  The Boulder Daily Camera has reported that Joyce Gellhorn has 
died.  http://www.dailycamera.com/obits/ci_21192973/joyce-geraldine-gellhorn

  Joyce was wonderful person who had a great passion for nature 
and alpine tundra, especially the white tailed ptarmigans, of which she had 
authored several great books.  We'll all miss her.   
 
John Tumasonis (John T)  

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[cobirds] white throated sparrow - Stearns

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Cobirds:
   A chilly walk this morning at Stearns Lake in Broomfield \ 
Boulder County.
 
White-throated sparrow seen in hawthorn bushes along the main road near the 
raptor center, where irrigation ditch crosses the road.
 
Along with:
Dozens of white crowned sparrows - immatures and adults singing.
Song sparrows - singing
Red winged blackbirds - hundreds
Red tailed hawks - at least 5
Western grebes - still a few on the lake
Western meadowlarks
 
There are lots of sparrows moving through the area - someone with more time 
might find other species.
 
John Tumasonis (John T) of Louisville CO

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[cobirds] white-throated, golden crowned - JeffCo

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Cobirds:
   After watching the brambling this morning, Dan Zmolek, 
Leslie Sutton, and I proceded to the Red Rocks trading post and observed 
the golden-crowned sparrow.
We also discovered a white-throated sparrow at Matthews 
Winters Park near the restrooms (route 6 near I 70 parking area).  
 
John T  (Tumasonis),  Louisville CO

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[cobirds] redpolls, tundra swans, pelican - Boulder County

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Cobirds:
 Several things of note:
 
Steve Frye's Wild Bird Center outing found about 40 common redpolls at 
Baseline Reservoir this morning.  Look for them feeding on the ground along 
Cherryvale Road on the west side of the reservoir.  As of 10:30 am they 
were still there, feeding in weedy, sandy patches fairly close to the 
road.  Binocs are ok, but scopes are better.  
 
Also at Baseline Reservoir there are 5 tundra swans and one American white 
pelican.  The pelican (assuming its the same one) has been there for over 
two weeks.
 
There are reports of winter\pacific wrens at 75th and Boulder Creek 
(Heatherwood Trail) and Pela Crossing - but I have not confirmed them.  
 
Raptor numbers are increasing throughout Boulder county with the following 
been seen over the last two days:
Bald eagles
Golden eagles
Northern harriers
Coopers hawk
Sharp shinned hawk
American kestrels
Red-tailed hawks - at least 50
 
Cedar waxwing numbers are increasing.  I saw a flock of over 100 near 
Centenial Middle School a few days ago.
Mountain chickadees are moving down into east Boulder, Louisville, 
Lafayette, and further east - in the dozens.  
Pine siskins are moving east in small numbers through the same 
neighborhoods.
Ditto on red breated nuthatches.
 
Cheers,   John T (Tumasonis),  Louisville CO 

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[cobirds] cardinal, redpolls, tundra swans, - Boulder

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Cobirds:
 As reported by others, the common redpolls continue at 
Baseline Reservoir in Boulder, though in lesser numbers than yesterday.  
About 30 were seen this morning.   Go to Cherryvale Road on the west side 
of the reservoir and scan the weed and sandy patches.  
 
Also at Baseline Reservoir - there are now 8 tundra swans, adults and 
immatures.
 
And:  the lone white pelican was joined by 9 more at Baseline.  Now he 
won't be so lonely.   This is darned late for pelicans.  
 
And:  The Northern Cardinal persists along the Dakota Ridge Trail.  Great 
looks today.  Follow Hawthrone St. in north Boulder to the end, where 
there's a little parking area and trailhead.  Walk upslope past the "Y" in 
the trail to the cement pumphouse about 100 yards.  The male cardinal will 
response to an immitation song if you can whistle it.  It's staying in 
dense thickets of skunkbrush and mountain maple, above and below the 
trail.  There are also ruby crowned kinglets and juncos here.  
 
And:  Lots of duck species at the following locations:  Walden, Pella 
Crossing, Sombrero Marsh, and Clover Basin.  Includes a ruddy duck at Pela, 
and canvasback in several locations.  
 
Cold front moving in tomorrow.  If you are lucky enough to be out in the 
north east plains, some rarities may appear.  
 
Cheers,   John T (Tumasonis) of Louisville CO  

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[cobirds] scoters and loons at Marston Res.

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Cobirds:
At Marston Reservoir this morning, Dec. 1st:
 
Two white-winged scoters. 
A third un-identifible scoter too far away to see - it had a very dark 
overall cast - almost charcoal color.  
All 3 scoters were traveling together. 
 
A Common loon in close.
Another loon very far away.  Un-identified. 
 
Other birds included:
Bald eagle
Western grebes
Cackling geese
Canada geese
Common goldeneye
Bufflehead
Red tailed hawk
Ring billed gulls
 
This is really a bad place to bird (from Bow Mar Drive).  There's no really 
easy place to bird around the reservoir, and a steel fence blocks views, 
even using a scope.  Most of the birds are way on the other side of the 
lake - so a scope is essential.  
 
John T (Tumasonis),  Louisville CO 

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[cobirds] Charlie the Lonely Pelican - Baseline Res.

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Cobirds:
 At Baseline Reservoir in Boulder Saturday morning:
 
"Charlie" the Lonely Pelican could be seen huddled with 7 tundra swans on 
the south east side, as seen from Cherryvale Road.  Alas, I fear Charlie 
will not make it through Sunday night, as Baseline Res. will probably 
freeze solid along with other smaller ponds in Boulder County.  
 
At CU ponds near the CU Science Research Center, their are about 6 scaup - 
that may or may not be greater scaup.  The "nail" on the three discernable 
males is thin - so I'm going with lesser scaup.  Somebody prove me wrong, 
so I can sleep at night.   :)  
 
Completely off base, but of note for nature lovers:  The Great Python Hunt 
for 2013 in Florida starts on January 12th thru February 15th.   Run by the 
state of Florida Division of Wildlife and supported by various agencies 
including Everglades National Park (not in the hunt zone), to control the 
explosion of pythons that are destroying birds, wildlife, and reptiles in 
south Florida.  An invasion of biblical proportions.  Google it in - very 
interesting reading.  
 
Cheers,   John T  (Tumasonis)

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[cobirds] redpolls, ferruginous hawks, and crytozoic animals

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
A jaunt through Boulder, Larimer, and Weld county today for 
mostly raptors and redpolls.  This is a bit verbose, but interesting.  
Counties noted where interesting sightings occur;   W = Weld,  L = Larimer, 
and B = Boulder.
 
Numbers 1st:
Red tailed hawk - 21 - B, W, L
American kestrel - 14 - B, W, L
Ferruginous hawk - 4 - W
Rough-legged hawk - 1 - W
Bald eagle - 1 - L
Golden eagle - W
Northern harrier - 2 - W
Common redpoll - 2 - W - in prairie habitat in Central Plains Station area
Common redpoll - 16 - L - in Fort Collins at the Discovery Center (already 
reported by many birders)
Western meadow lark - 54 - L, W -  some were singing
Red winged blackbird - 12 - W,  one was singing
Eurasian collared dove - hundreds, especially at farm houses on the 
Larimer, Weld County line.
 
I observed a northern harrier (male) on the ground with a prey item that 
looked like a prairie dog.  Two ferruginous hawks were battling to steal 
the prey, but surprisingly the harrier fought them both off.  Then 
proceeded to gorge itself on fresh prairie dog. 
 
Another observation:  108 pronghorn herd on private land adjoining the rail 
line and the main road, north of Nunn.  They're not dumb - rifle hunters 
were out today. 
 
Lots of duck and goose hunters out in force in Loveland and Fort Collins 
area - some blasting away really close to bike paths (perfectly legal) and 
along river paths.  Be careful out there.   (last weekend we saw geese get 
blasted close to Valmont Reservoir - hunters can shoot from private land 
and then walk over to Open Space and pick up the carcasses.  
 
And then the strangest one for today:  a very creepy looking morph or 
mixed-breed coyote about 5 miles due east of Nunn.  I was stopped on the 
road looking for birds, when I saw a strange animal running at full speed 
across the road in front of me, along with a "normal" looking coyote, also 
running at full speed.  This is one of those instances where my brain 
circuits blow a fuse.  I will try to describe.  Said animal looked 
dog-like, with dappling black-and-brown that some domestic dog 
breeds have.  The head was that of a coyote, but nearly hairless.  The body 
was covered with short hair (like a short haired boxer), powerful, sleek, 
and muscular.  The tail was nealy hairless except for a thick tuft of hair 
on the end - african lion like tail tip.  When I saw this - my mind was 
racing at milli-second speed to catigorise it as some species - North 
America, African, Amazonian - my mouth dropped.  It's one of those mind 
bending moments that you can't get your thought process around.  Finally, 
minutes later, I figured it was some weird integrade species, domestic dog 
- coyote cross thingamagigee.  The fact that it was traveling with another 
coyote, meant that it must have been part coyote.  And  further - this was 
a really healthy looking animal - not mange or scabies looking.  Fully 
healthy, running, powerful looking, happily running across the prairie.  
I've seen a lot of North American wildlife in my day, from Alaska to the 
Tropics, but I ain't never seen anything as weird as this.  You'd had to 
have been there.  
 
Now I can see how tales about the "chupacara" are propigated.  
 
Happy birding.  Sleep tight, and don't let the chupacaras bite.  (hee 
hee).   -  John T (Tumasonis), currently of Louisville CO and a member of 
Boulder Audubon.  



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[cobirds] More Hitler and the Redpoll

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
Oh lordy, lordy - I just saw "Hitler and the Repoll" and fell 
outta my chair laughing!  (Google in Hitler and the Redpoll - and turn up 
the volume).  
Anyone know what movie that came from?  And who did the text 
editting?  Of course if you know German, it's going to spoil the whole 
thing for you.  
And what next?  - Stalin and the Brambling?   Mussilini and the 
Vega Gull?
 
John T  

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[cobirds] Louisville and environs - yellow bellied sapsucker

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Cobirds:
The doctors and physical therapist told me to start walking; so 
I walk.  Four months post knee surgery on left knee.  Right knee still 
needs to be operated on.  Will I ever climb a 14er again?
So, a lot of walking today going to many of the best feeding 
stations in parts of Louisville.  Uncommon birds listed in CAPS.  This is 
the time to fill your feeders;  top them off in the morning and evening.  
The cold weather will cause birds to swarm your feeders and possibly bring 
in unusal birds.  Use Google to map our the below descriptors.  
 
Marble Court and Arlington Drive (unincorporated Boulder?) and surrounding 
area. 
There is a well filled, well maintained set of feeders at this 
intersection.  There are almost always goldfinches here. 
Goldfinch - 18
House finch - 33
Black capped chickadee - 4
Spotted - 2 (one on Andrews Way)
American robin - 50
Blue jay - 6  
Slate colored junco - 6
Black billed magpie - 8
Many of the feeders on Andrews Way are not filled - which is a shame, as 
this was a high feeding area. 
 
Fairview drive: Louisville.  park near 76th and Fairway and walk up the 
hill until you hit open space. 
A few feeders, half full:
Red tailed hawk - 1
Northern flicker - 2
Spotted towhee - 2
American crow - 1
House finch - 15
American robin - 44
Eurpean starling - 56
Black billed magpie - 12 - some eating out of feeders, and on suet feeders
Slate colored junco - 6
 
Brockway (east) / Ridge Road / O'Connor Road and surrounding area, 
Louisville.  This is east of 76th street:
Two points of interest:
1)  A set of feeders on Brockway near Ridge Road - the house has a double 
set of mailboxes shaped like a bird house, and a "0" on the house address 
(the other numbers have fallen off.  Lots of birds here:
Spotted tohwee - 6  all at this address
Mountain chickadee - 4  
Red breasted nuthatch - 3 
Black capped chickadee - 4
White breasted nuthatch - 1
House finches - 21
And nearby - rock doves, magpies, robins, and house sparrows
2)  A large crabapple tree on Brockway near 76th - east of 76th
American robins - swarming under and on the tree for berries - over 70
European starling - 50 +  same location
Cedar waxwing - 5 - same location
 
Brockway (west). Louisville.  Now cross over 76th and walk down Brockway 
going west for 1 1/2 blocks.  Look on your left (south)
Feeders very active with:
Erusian collared dove - 14
Slate colored junco - 12
Mountain chickadee - 4
Black capped chickadee - 6
Pink sided junco - 11
House finch - 29
YELLOW BELLIED SAPSUCKER - tapping one of the two large pine trees adjoing 
the feeders in the same location.  This was an immature bird, beginning to 
show some red in the head (barely) and yellow on the breast.  
Also in the vicinity:   
Northern flicker - 3
Blue jay - 2
Black billed magpie - 6
Rock dove - 14
Canada goose - 40 - fly over
 
Roosevelt and Aspen Way (near Comminity Park)  Louisville.  (note:  there 
are several Aspen Ways in Louisville)
This is a well maintained feeder(s) that's been kept full for months.  
YELLOW SHAFTED FLICKER - male 1 - on the suet feeder
Goldfinch - 14
House finch - 36
Pink sided junco - 4
Slate colored junco - 6
Black capped chickadee - 4
White breated nuthatch - 1
 
Coal Creek Trail near Dutch Creek Park - Louisville
Feeders are in backyards adjoining the trail.  Best drive in, is off Cherry 
Street, park on side street and pick up the Coal Creek Trail adjoing the 
Golf Course.  Walk east away from the golf course.  The feeders are at a 
house where a relief of a raptor is on the back of the house.  This is a 
very well maintained group of feeders and keep full all the time.
Goldfinch - 12
White breasted nuthatch - 1
Pink sided junco - 7
Slate colored junco - 12
House finch - 33
Black capped chickadee - 4
 
Lake Park neighborhood bike path and vicinity - Louisville - park off 
Lafayette Street near Lake Park open space
Adjoining Lake Park there are three houses (backyards) that all have active 
feeders.
Downy  woodpecker - 1 - the only one all day
White breasted nuthatch - 1
Pink sided junco - 14
Oregon junco - 6
Slate colored junco - 22
House finch - 37
Black capped chickadee - 3
Also in the vicinity - flickers, mapies, robins, blue jays, and house 
sparrows
The lake has a bubbler, so there are a few ring necked ducks and mallards 
on it.  
 
My nose is cold.  I KNEW I shoulda gone to Hawaii.  
'Later -   John T (Tumasonis) of Louisville CO, Boulder Audubon member

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[cobirds] Louisville Feeders - Part 2

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
   More walking, and walking, and walking.  A few notes:  got some 
comments with the last post about spotted towhees.  Towhees are fairly 
common in Louisville, Lafayette, Longmont, and north Boulder in the winter, 
if you know where to look.  Pick neighborhoods where there are dense 
thickets of cedar bushes, fir, pine and spruce.  The more shrubby 
evergreens the better.  Watch under the evergreens, especially the bushy 
ones, and listen for the slurring zz call.  
 
I stopped at the Brockway Drive feeder again.  I met the one of the owners, 
who likes birds, and doesn't mind you watching the birds.  If approached, 
tell her \ him that you heard about the woodpecker from John T.   Some 
better instructions:  In Louisville, turn west onto Brockway Drive from 
76th Street.  Park, and walk about 1 1/2 blocks, just past Cranall Drive.  
The feeders are obvious right from the street.  The neighboring yard wtih 
all the pines and cedar bushes also has feeders, but they cannot be seen. 
YELLOW BELLIED SAPSUCKER - immature is still present but hard to see, as it 
buries itself in dense pine, fir, and spruce trees.  It calls and taps 
occasionally. 
Also at this location:
Brown creeper - 1
Stellar's jay - 1
Blue jay - 2
Red breasted nuthatch - 2
Mountain chickadee - 4
Black capped chickadee - 3
House finch - 14
Eurasian collared dove - 8
Rock dove - 2
Black billed magpie - 2
Northern flicker - 2
Downy woodpecker - 1
House sparrow - 6
Slate colored junco - 2
 
Louisville - Monarch \ McKinley \ Franklin area
A dud - virtually all the feeders are empty.  Here's what I saw around the 
neighborhood:
House finches - 48
Slate colored junco - 6
Oregon junco - 2
American goldfinch - 1
House sparrows - 55
Red tailed hawk - 1
Black capped chickadee - 16
Blue jay - 6
Northern flicker - 3
Eurasian collared dove - 7
Spotted towhee - 1
 
Louisville - Ord Drive \ Theresa Drive.  One of those "best kept secrets" 
in Louisville.  Drive up Fairview road to Ord and park.  Walk this route, 
as you will not see much by driving, and there's no place to park.  Do a 
loop from Fairview-Ord to Theresa, back to Fairview-Ord and back to your 
parked car.  Be cordial, friendly, and up front about what you are doing 
(I'm sure you will) if approached.   I met one of the owners and she gave 
me some interesting tibits about birding this neighborhood.  Two big 
feeding stations behind big houses - but neither can be seen very well; 
spill over of birds into the front yards is obvious.  There is great 
habitat of fir, pine, cedar, and spruce, creating an artifical eco-system 
along Ord Drive.
Prairie falcon - 1 - attacking mapies, who in turn counter-attacked.  The 
fight went on for 15 minutes.
Black billed magpie - 30
Stellar's jay - 1 (owner reports 2 coming to feeders on a regular basis)
Townsend's solitaire - 1
Blue jay - 6
House finch - 80
Black capped chickadee - 15
Slate colored junco - 6
American robin - 24
Eurpean starling - 44
Eurasian collared dove - 19
Rock dove - 12
One owner with feeders reports 2 great horned owls, and two spotted towhees 
in her backyard
 
Lousiville - Spring Drive \ Empire Drive \ Paragon Drive - Davidson Mesa 
area
>From Paragon Drive, park in the nearest place you can find and walk.  Do 
not park in people's front yards.  Some of folks here are very friendly, 
some are xenophobic.  Treat them all cordially.  Feeders in this 
neighborhood are hidden - you won't see them by car, you have to walk.  And 
while you are walking, you can have fun drooling at some of the 2.5 million 
dollar homes for sale.   
Prairie falcon - 1 - another one
American robin - 55
Northern flicker - 12
House finch - 21
House sparrow - 12
European starling - 40
Eurasian collared dove - 1
Black capped chickadee - 14
Downy woodpecker - 1
Black billed magpie - 11
Common raven - 1
American crow - 2
Townsend's solitaire - 1
 
Louisville - West Aspen Way - behind my house, backyard feeder.  Accipitor 
species has chased most of the birds away.  Domestic house cats have taken 
a toll also.  But coyotes in neighborhood are now preying on the cats.  A 
report last week of a coyote sleeping on my neighbor's doorstep, waiting 
for the pet cat to be let outside.  Breakfast!
Oregon junco - 8
Slate colored junco - 4
Pink sided junco - 2
House finch - 2
House sparrow - 33
Eurasian collared dove - 2
Blue jay - 4
Northern flicker - 1
Downy woodpecker - 1
Black capped chickadee - 2
Mountain chickade - 2
 
Man my toes are cold!  I KNEW I shoulda stayed in Costa Rica.  
John T (Tumasonis),  Louisville CO,  Boulder County Audubon member
 

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[cobirds] Correction: Louisville vs. Boulder

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Cobirds:
  Several people have brought it to my attention that Brockway 
Drives and Ord Drive and Fairview are actually in Boulder and NOT in 
Louisville.   Thanks for that correction.  And sorry for the mix up.   -   
John T (Tumasonis),  Louisville CO 

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[cobirds] raptor tour

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Cobirds:
This is a late post for Boulder Audubon, probably our last 
outing for January:
 
*Saturday, January 26, 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM
*"Raptor Tour - Eastern Boulder County and Weld County"
Join Boulder County Audubon for a raptor tour – driving and walking – 
around eastern Boulder County. Target species will be bald eagles, golden 
eagles, red-tailed hawks, ferruginous hawks, kestrels, prairie falcons, 
harriers, and other bird species. Bring binoculars, scopes, warm clothes, 
snacks, and water. Car pooling and gas sharing encouraged. We will stop at 
a café for lunch. Email or call John T for reservations: j.eclec...@att.net 
\ 303-926-8779 – ensure you put “raptor tour” in the subject line in the 
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[cobirds] raptor tour results - Boulder County

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Cobirds:
   Here are some of the results for the Boulder County Audubon 
raptor tour from Saturday.   The "hot-spots" were Sandstone Ranch Park in 
Weld County, Laggerman Reservoir (Boulder County), and along County Line 
Road (Boulder \ Weld).  
 
 Bald Eagle - we started with a bald eagle at the parking lot (Walden 
Ponds) and ended with one at the parking lot;  15 total - including 
subadults and adults - including a very close up look at a subadult at 
Laggerman Reservoir area.
 
Ferruginous Hawk - 2 - both flying; fairly good look at one flying at 
Laggerman area.
 
Red-tailed hawk - 29 minimum, but probably much more.  All color phases 
including dark morphs, light morphs, and immatures. 
 
Rough-legged hawk - 6 mimimum - best looks were at Sandstone Ranch, and 
along County Line Road (Weld County side)
 
Northern Harrier - 1 - only one seen at a distance at Sandstone Ranch
 
American Kestrel - 28 mimimum - most see along roads on power wires.  
 
Other highlights included:  
Tundra swan - 8 at Valmont Res.
Northern shrike - 1 - White Rocks Trail
White crowned sparrow - 2 - White Rocks Trail
American tree sparrow -  7 - White Rocks Trail
 
Keep watching those upcoming field trips for Boulder Audubon - they have a 
lot of 'em coming up. 
 
John T (Tumasonis),  Boulder County Audubon  and 'Walks With Nature' 
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[cobirds] More Bohemian Waxwings - Gunbarrel

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Cobirds:
  At noon today:  Gunbarrel on Spine Road near Lookout road.  About 
70 Bohemian Waxwings in a big alder tree, across from Spectra Logic 
corporation.Don't park on the road.  Don't know how long they will be 
there.   -   John Tumasonis,  Louisville CO

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[cobirds] bluebirds, bushtits, grackles, Boulder County

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Cobirds:
 Been spending the last 6 weekends animal tracking in the 
mountains in Boulder and Larimer County.  And along the way I've managed to 
get my left knee back on line, as well as get some birding in.  Stuff of 
note:
 
A pair of eastern bluebirds (last weekend) - at Twin Lakes, Gunbarrel, just 
off the Natilus Drive parking area along the ditch between the lakes - I 
was told they had been reported already. 
 
Mountain bluebirds in good numbers this weekend - Rocky Mountain National 
Park, several locations;  Flatirons Vista in Boulder, and Along route 36 
between Boulder and Lyons.
 
Bushtits are back in the Twin Lakes area, particularly the bike and walking 
trails east of Spine Road 
 
At Stearns Lake:   hundreds of great tailed grackles along with large 
flocks of red-winged blackbirds and starlings (remember when birders in 
Colorado would storm the ramparts to see a great tailed grackle?).   
Also at Stearns:   bald eagle nest is easily observable from the parking 
lot - look due west at the two big cottonwoods about 2/3 mile away (you'll 
need a scope). 
 
A group of 7 pine grosbeaks feeding on douglas fir buds - RMNP, Black Canyon
 
At least 12 Hairy  woodpeckers - drumming and foraging in RMNP, Cow Creek 
area 
 
Golden Crowned kinglets - 4 - Bear Creek Canyon, Boulder Mountain park
 
Great horned owls are well into nesting now - I'm surveying all the usual 
spots in Boulder County and if the sites look good I'll proabably launch my 
annual owl tour.  
 
Also of note, here's what I logged animal tracking.  L = Larimer County;  B 
= Boulder County
 
Elk - hundreds - B, L
Moose - 3 - B, L
Mule deer - dozens - B, L
Abert's squirrel - 4 - B, L
Pine squirrel - dozens - B, L
Jumping mice ssp:  several - B, L
Vole ssp:  several - B, L
Northern pocket gopher - dozens - B, L
Snowshoe hare - dozens - B, L
Nuttal's cottontail - several - B, L
Red fox - 4 - B, L
Fox ssp:  2 - B, L
Coyote - several - B, L
Bobcat - 1 - L
Mountain Lion - 3 - B, L   
Pine Martin - 1 - L
 
1st wildflower seen at Flatirons Vista - townsendia ssp: or Easter Daisy.  
 
John T  (Tumasonis),  Louisville CO
 

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[cobirds] eastern bluebird at Twin Lakes

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Cobirds:
  A male eastern bluebird persists at Twin Lakes area in 
Gunbarrel.   Go to the east end of Natilus Drive, park, and walk the main 
trail south to where two wood bridges converge.  The bluebird was foraging 
in this area.  -   John T  (Tumasonis),  Louisville CO

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[cobirds] owls, hawks, turkeys, phoebes, Boulder County

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Cobirds:
 Canvassing Boulder and Weld County for nesting raptors and 
owls among other stuff.  Here's what I've found the last couple days:
 
Wild Turkeys - off 75th Street to the east; just east of Walden Ponds - 
sure surprised me!  Out in the big open field - two big toms displaying and 
calling, with 8 hens.  
 
Wild Turkeys - Heil Ranch - on a regular basis, just as you pull into the 
road going into Heil Ranch - at the little farmhouse;  Also up the main 
Loop Trail out in the ponderosa pines. 
 
Great Blue Heron Rookeries - three - Crane Hollow Road, Walden Ponds (east 
of Ricky Wiser Pond), and Kenosha Road where Boulder Creek intersects it.  
All are very active with dozens of pairs sitting on nests, displaying, 
building nests.  Great stuff!  
 
Red tailed hawks are on nests all over Boulder County.  
 
Bald eagles nesting near Stearns Lake, 75th and Jay Road, and Lagerman 
Reservoir (to the south of the res.)
 
American kestrel males are flight displaying and bringing mice to females. 
 
Ospreys are on nest poles all over Boulder County - Display flights, food 
exchanges (in mid air), and nest building. 
 
Great horned owls have chicks or are still incubating - at least 11 nest 
sites found, (and I've just started monitoring).  More on this tomorrow.
 
Barn owl is present at Sandstone Ranch - lets hope for another good year. 
 
Found white crowned sparrows singing and coming through in small groups - 
mostly eastern Boulder County. 
 
1st Marsh Wren - heard singing at the pond where Route 52 intersects Weld 
County Line Road (Boulder Creek). 
 
Say's Phoebes are scattered all over the county in small numbers. 
 
American Robin migratory groups are still coming through in large numbers. 
 
Great tailed grackles in several locations - Walden Ponds and other places 
easterly. 
 
Western meadowlarks in good numbers - singing throughout Boulder County. 
 
Mourning doves and common grackles - numbers increasing in Louisville, 
Boulder, and Lafayette
 
Spotted towhees singing in backyards - Louisville, Lafayette and Boulder
 
 
Looks like we are going to get a bumper crop of birds this year, drought or 
no drought.   
 
Happy birding,  -  John T  (Tumasonis)  of Louisville CO
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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[cobirds] Boulder Audubon Owl Tour

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Cobirds:
 This one's for Boulder County Audubon:
 

*Boulder County Audubon Annual Great Horned Owl Tour*

*Sunday April 14th, 2013*

Our annual owl tour throughout Boulder County and beyond.  We will visit 
some owl nest sites, as well as osprey, red-tailed hawks, and bald eagles.  
Stops 
to see other nesting birds,  as well as migratory and spring arrivals.This 
will be a full day with a picnic lunch stop.  Expects some walking and 
hiking.  Car- pooling is required due to limited parking in places.  Gas 
sharing also.  Bring scope if you have one.  7 am to 4 pm.Email for 
registration and meeting place.   *j.eclec...@att.net*   
  and put “Owl Tour” in the subject line.  Or, if you have no computer 
access – call John T at 303-926-8779  - leave name and number.   

 

John Tumasonis, Boulder County Audubon

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[cobirds] Boulder Audubon Owl Tour Results

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Cobirds:
  I think most of the birds not nailed down got blown out to 
Kansas today (high winds).  Nonetheless we had a good day touring around 
Boulder County looking for owls and raptors.  Here are some highlights, all 
from Boulder County:
 
10 great horned owls and chicks at 6 different locations.  
 
Several bald eagles, including two on a nest site. 
 
Red tailed hawks on nests. 
 
Ospreys - grounded!  Most seen on the ground but a few observations of some 
braving the wind on nest platforms. 
 
Lots of turkey vultures throughout Boulder County  (75 seen in Louisville 
three days ago). 
 
American white pelicans at Walden Ponds this morning - 8 of the them. 
 
Small flocks of white-faced ibis at three locations - Walden, Lagerman 
(west side), and Boulder Reservoir
 
A pair of avocets at Little Gaynor Lake. 
 
Two flocks of Franklin's gulls - one at Lagerman, one at Little Gaynor. 
 
And previously in the week:
Eastern Bluebird still persists at Twin Lakes - seen last Sunday, April 
7th. 
 
Another White Winged Dove in Gunbarrel (April 12th) - this one is about 2 
miles away from previous reports - singing and perched.  Lobo Trail near 
Park Lane Road off of Lookout Road - pick up trail from this neighborhood 
and walk westward a block of two and listen for "Who-Cooks-For-You" 
song.   
 
I've found a total of 14 active great horned owl nest sites in Boulder and 
Weld County, but there's many more I have not visited yet.  A bumper crop 
of owls everywhere.  
 
John T (Tumasonis),  Boulder Audubon,  Louisville CO 

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[cobirds] eastern bluebirds Twin Lakes

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Cobirds:
  Male and female eastern bluebirds still at Twin Lakes in 
Gunbarrel, foraging near the two footbridges early evening, in near 
blizzard conditions.  Bighting cold and high winds.  I was surprised to see 
them out.   Actually got some fair photos.  
  
   John T (Tumasonis),  Louisville CO and Boulder Audubon
  

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[cobirds] Before the storm, Walden - Sawhills, Boulder

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Cobirds:
 A brief just before we get plastered again by more snow.  
Stopped at Walden Ponds in Boulder.  Everything is feeding close to or on 
the ground.  There is a sense of desperation for the insectivores as they 
try to get every scrap of fat and protein, before dark.  Most of this seen 
at Cottonwood Marsh and Duck Pond. 
 
Glossy ibis - has returned with a white faced ibis.  Great study of both 
birds 20 feet from the boardwalk.
White faced ibis - a flock of 15 more came in, feed, and then left
American white pelican - 12 huddled out on a rocky spit, bills all tucked 
in for the night
Double crested cormorant - 2 hanging out with the pelicans
Great yellowlegs - 4
Lesser yellowlegs - 2
Long billed dowitcher - a group of 8 foraging over on Duck Pond
Solitary sandpiper - 1 - still hanging out at Duck Pond
Wilson's snipe - 4
Killdeer - 3 - numbers have dropped off
All three species of teal are still here
Audubon's warbler - swarms coming through - feeding like crazy
Myrtle warbler - more swarms  
Female yellow rumps have arrived
Yellow warbler - 2 breeding plumage males, frantically searching for 
insects on dried willow branches
House wren - present
Eastern kingbird - 1 at the parking lot
Swarms of swallows over cottonwood marsh including: barn, violet-green, 
tree, and northern rough winged
Bald eagle - flying over and terrifying the ducks
 
>From this last weekend:  
Broad tailed hummingbirds have returned to Estes and Lyons
Golden eagle nest is active at Lyons Meadow Park in the cliff face
Great horned owl chicks are coming off the nests in droves, while others in 
higher mountain regions are still on nests
Melanistic fox squirrel present in Lyons
Tracks of black bear, mountain lion, elk, mule deer, coyote, fox ssp, in 
lower foothills (Boulder County)
Wild turkey and barn owl seen at Sandstone Ranch - Weld County
Chorus frogs singing for over a month now
Western painted turtles are out, but now back in with the cold front moving 
in. 
Reports of snakes from other hikers.
 
Wildflowers are scant - two weeks late from last year.  It'll be better in 
two weeks. 
 
Get your snow gear back out.   John T (Tumasonis) of Louisville CO 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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[cobirds] Boulder, Weld, Latham, Crow Valley, and Pawnee

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
   A slow ramble through parts of Boulder and Weld Counties with 
highlight on Crow Valley.  Migrants are coming through slowly.  Hopefully 
this data will of use to someone traveling through the area.   These are 
data samples: 
 
Culver Properties: Boulder Creek and 95th St.
Yellow headed blackbird - 1
Great tailed grackle - 2
Cliff swallow - 100
Song sparrow - 2 singing
Canada goose - 18
Red winged blackbird - males singing and displaying
Eurasian collared dove - 2
 
Route 52 near Route 287
Vesper sparrow - 14 - singing males
American robin - 11
Western meadowlark - 12 all singing
Eurasian starling - 14
 
Route 52 and County Line Road - Boulder side:
Great horned owl - adult feeding chick on nest
Red tailed hawk on nest
Forester's tern - 1 - a fly over and calling
Mourning dove - 23 - several attempting copulation
Song sparrow - 3 - more singing
 
Pearson Park, Fort Lupton:
Wood duck - 2 - in a cottonwood tree
American goldfinch - 5 - all singing
House finch - present
House sparrow - present
House wren - at least 9 - all singing
Brown headed cowbird - 1 male
Northern flicker - 7
American white pelican - 6 - flying in formation
American avocet - 1 - on the river
Blue jay - 12 
Downy woodpecker - 1
Red winged blackbird - 6
 
Road 41 going North of Route 52 - Weld County
Great horned owl at farmhouse in nest - visible from the road on Road 41.
Horned lark - 4 
Western meadowlark - 11 - singing and chases
American kestrel - 2
Mourning dove - 14
American robin - 1
Swainson's hawk - a pair - one light morph, one dark morph
 
Road 32 West of Road 41 in Weld County
Swainson's hawk - 2 - on the ground
Lark sparrow - 6 - some of them singing
Horned lark - 22
Western meadowlark - 6
Black tailed prairie dog - 55
 
Lower Latham Reservoir -  Note:  Lower Latham has become a very nasty, 
dangerous place to bird now.  Oil and gas and pipeline rigs are speeding 
down the road every 3 minutes, kicking up dust and rocks.  There is no safe 
place to pull over, and there are more "No Parking" signs than when last 
visited.  Get ready to breath dust. 
Black necked stilt - 4
Bald eagle - 2 on nest to northeast
Northern harrier - 1 flyover
Blue winged teal - 40
Mallard - 6
Northern shoveler- 12
American white pelican - 44
 
Crow Valley Campground area:   Note:  Campground was half full with RV 
campers.  One group-sight was full with 20 tents.  It's still brown and dry 
here with not leaves on the trees.  There is no water in Crow Creek. 
Loggerhead shrike - 3
Western Meadowlark - 45
Mourning dove - 115
Eurasian collared dove - 2
Northern mockingbird - 1 - singing and foraging
Brown thrasher - 1 singing
Gray headed junco - 12
Swainson's thrush - 13
Hermit thrush - 1
American robin - 16
Lincoln's sparrow - 7
Blue jay - 5
Northern flicker - 7
Downy woodpecker - 1
Eurasian starling - 12
Brown headed cowbird - 8 - males displaying
Spotted towhee - 11
White crowned sparrow - 16
American kestrel - 4
Rock wren - 2
Orange crowned warbler - 7
Myrtle warbler - 2
Common grackle - 24
Red winged blackbird - 1
Ruby crowned kinglet - 1
Black tailed jackrabbit - 1
Eastern cottontail - 1
Tracks:  Antelope, swift fox, badger
 
And out in the Pawnee Grasslands:  With sad note:  Several portions of the 
"Birding Trail Road" and shredded by heavy equipment - making them 
impassable to passenger cars.  Also:  There were dozens of gun owners out 
target shooting along roads with shotguns and semi-automatic riffles - 
mostly in the western and northwestern quadrants;  Leaving huge amounts of 
shotgun shells, glass, clay pigeons, cans, and bottles all over the place.  
At one point I could hear gunshots coming from four different directions.  
The Pawnee Grasslands:  Quiet no longer.  
Rock wren - 3
White crowned sparrow - 2
Western meadowlark - 55
Horned lark - 200 +
Vesper sparrow - 6
Lark sparrow - 6
Mourning dove - 40
Lark bunting - 1 - one lone male singing on a small bush
 
John T (Tumasonis)  of Louisville CO 
 
 
 
 

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[cobirds] Walden Sawhills / Boulder Mt. Park - Boulder

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Cobirds:
 More migrants pouring into Boulder County.
 
At Walden / Sawhills and Heatherwood Trail this morning:
Violet green swallow - about 200
House wren - 8 - numbers increasing, singing
Audubon's warbler - 21 - singing males
Myrtle warbler - 16 singing males
Orange crowned warbler - 1
Yellow warbler - 2 - singing
Long billed dowitcher - 6 - still at Duck Pond
Great tailed grackle - 1 hanging at Cottonwood marsh
Yellow headed blackbird - 1
Red winged blackbird - 100 - fights, chases, females gathering nesting 
materials
Solitary sandpiper - 1 - along the boardwalk
Mourning dove - numbers increasing
Vesper sparrow - 1
Bullock's oriole - 1 singing
 
Other places:
Cliff swallows have returned and are exploring bridges
Broad tailed hummingbird - numbers increasing in Boulder Mt. Park - all 
males
Three-toed woodpecker - near summit of Bear Peak - 2 males in territorial 
fight
Audubon's warblers - moving up into higher elevations
Black headed grosbeak - 1 singing in BM Park
Chipping sparrow - 2 - BM Park
Ruby crowned kinglet - 4 singing at lower elevations in BM Park
Spotted towhee - lots of males singing blatantly out in the open on exposed 
braches
Robins, grackles, crows, doves, blackbirds, finches, and house sparrows all 
gathering nesting materials.
Lincolns' sparrows, orange crowned warblers, and black crowned night heron 
along Coal Creek Trail in Louisville
 
Wildflowers are 2 weeks late compared to last year, but here's what I saw 
blooming this weekend:
Dandelion
Sand lily
Wild plum - just starting
Bastard toadflax
Mustard ssp.
Oregon grape
Cranesbill
Yellow violet
Spring beauty
Chiming bells
Knickiknick
 
John T (Tumasonis) of Louisville CO
 
 
 
 
 

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[cobirds] new migrants - Walden Ponds

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
 Vanderpool and Tumasonis at Walden this morning;
 
- Western tanager - 1 male
- Bullock's oriole - at least 3 males
- Green tailed towhee - 1
- Yellow rumped warblers - lots
-  Great tailed grackle 
-  Long billed dowitcher - at both Duck Pond and Cottonwood Marsh
-  Common grackle pulmelling a crow
- Brown headed cowbird
 
And later I found more house wrens and an orange crowned wabler. 
 
Perhaps John V. will have more stuff to report, as we split up in different 
directions.
 
John T (Tumasonis)  Louisville CO
 

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[cobirds] broad winged hawk, dusky grouse, eastern phoebe - boulder

[JohnT]

Cobrids:
 Holy crap!  With all the incredible reports coming in from all 
over the state, I wonder whether it was worth it to post.  After reading 
the Two Buttes reports, I mulled over throwing my bird book out the 
window.  In any event, I know there's some small competition going on in 
Boulder County for some - so I'll post this anyways.  Everything listed 
here is for Boulder County.  
 
Broad tailed hawk seen from the summit of Bear Peak (Boulder Mountain Park) 
along with other migrants, including:
Prairie falcon - 1
Sharp shinned hawk - 2
Red tailed hawk - 1
Osprey - 1 (no kidding)
Turkey vulture - 12
Coopers hawk - 2 (seen lower down)
 
Three toed woodpeckers - 2 males - have staked out territories above 7,000 
feet on the backside of Bear Peak in the burn area.  Both have drawn a line 
(so to speak) on the top of the burned ridge and threaten each other with 
knocks and staccato raps. 
 
Black headed grosbeaks have returned in several areas - Gregory Canyon, 
Bear Creek, etc. 
 
Dusky grouse in two locations:
3 - backside of Bear Peak on the West Ridge Trail
3 - on the Greenman Trail going up Green Mt. 
 
Eastern phoebes persist at 75th and Boulder Creek underpass, foraging along 
the Heatherwood Trail (the owls will be watching you).
 
Warblers:
Virginia's warbler - 1 - Bear Creek;  1 - Bear Peak,  1 - Ampetheatre 
Trail, 1 - Green man Trail
MacGillvray's warbler - 1 - Twin Lakes
Yellow warbler - 1 - brightly colored singing male - South Boulder Creek 
Trail and South Boulder Road
Myrtle warbler - at South Boulder Creek, Walden, Sawhills, Twin Lakes, 
Heatherwood Trail
Audubon'w warbler - same as above, also - Bear Peak, Bear Canyon, Green 
Mountain - singing males are now fighting and chasing in territories above 
7,000 feet.  Females are present there also. 
Orange crowned warbler - a few still at Twin Lakes
 
Hermit thrush - Bear Creek Trail \ Bear Creek Drive - 1
White crowned sparrow - 2 - same as above
Vesper sparrow - Louisville
Chipping sparrow - 12 - small flock at Boulder Creek near Foothills highway
Green tailed towhee - 1 - in my backyard - Louisville - 3rd year in a row. 
Broad tailed hummingbird - seemingly everywhere - Lafayette, Boulder, 
Louisville, lower elevations and up to 8,000 feet
White throated swift - summits of Bear Peak and Green Mt. 
All six swallow species are here. 
 
Belted kingfishers are nesting along Coal Creek Trail in Lafayette
Black crowned night herons - 2 - Along Coal Creek
 
Ruby crowned kinglet - numbers increasing - singing and moving up in 
elevation
Bullock's oriole - many - in several locations, especially Bear Creek and 
Cottonwood Marsh. 
 
Wildflowers and leafing trees are still over 2 weeks late - it looks more 
like mid-April - but here's a few:
Pasqueflower, spring beauty, wallflower, bladderpod, yellow violet, white 
violet, purple violet, Wyeth bisquitroot, desert parsley, wild plum, Oregon 
grape, bastard toadflax, buttercup ssp:,  sand lilly, cranesbill, several 
mustard ssp, several vetch ssp.  
 
Herpetological:
Western painted turtle
Western chorus frog
Eastern fence lizard
Snakes - 0 (Darn!) 
 
Insects are out, finally, so the birds can have something to eat.  Of 
special note:  bumper crop of Morning Cloak butterflies. 
 
Enjoy the weather,   John T (Tumasonis)  of Louisville CO 
 

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[cobirds] the snake report - Boulder CO

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Cobirds:
  This does indeed relate to birds.  Read on
 
These are over the last four days in Boulder County:
 
Green racer (Coluber constrictor) - 1 adult - Gunbarrel CO - struggling to 
get traction on a concrete slab
Green racer (Coluber constrictor) - another adult - devouring a mouse - 
Gunbarrel CO
Bullsnake (Pituophis melanoleucus) - 1 - large adult over 5 feet at Teller 
Lake 5
Wandering garter snake (Thamnophis elegans) - 1 - at Teller Lake
Northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon) - 1 - in canal between Twin Lakes, 
Gunbarrel CO
Western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)  - 1 - Singletree Bike Trail, 
Superior CO
 
Yep, the snakes are out.  And this will be the best week to see them, as 
they are coming out of underground burrows after all the snow held them 
back.  They're hungry and looking for mates.  And they are declining all 
over Colorado due to habitat loss. 
 
Bullsnakes are particularly good bird hunters - using their incredible 
sense of smell to locate nestlings and bird eggs. They will climb right up 
a tree trunk using friction and muscles to get to the branches.  I've seen 
them take chickadees, robins, and hairy woodpeckers.  
 
Rattlesnakes and racers occasionally take birds also, but more so small 
mammals like rats and mice. 
 
I know for some it's hard to stay the urge to interfere when you see a 
snake take a bird - but remember this is part of the balance.  And we need 
snakes more than ever, as they continue to decline everywhere.  Give them a 
chance and you may be rewarded in seeing some phenomenon few take that time 
to observe.  If you begin to relish finding snakes the way you might relish 
looking for baby great horned owls, then your on to something.   Hurray for 
the snakes!
 
John T (Tumasonis)  of Louisville CO 
 
 
 
 

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[cobirds] Rose breasted grosbeak - Boulder

[JohnT]

All:
Gregory Canyon am today:
 
male Rose Breasted Grosbeak - 1 - attempting to copulate with female 
grosbeak, and then fighting with a black-headed grosbeak. 
 
Broad tailed hummingbird - dozens of males are now in display fights.  
Numerous chases. 
 
Yellow breasted chat - 11 - gathering nesting materials, singing. 
 
Gray catbird - only 2
 
Black headed grosbeak - 12 - singing males, and females foraging
 
And yellow warblers, MacGillvray's warbler, Virginia's warblers, house 
wrens, dozens of spotted towhees, and lazuli bunting.  
 
Great horned owls - young still on nest sites in several locations around 
Boulder County
 
Common snapping turtle - at Twin Lakes this morning - very large individual 
crossing from one lake to the other (snapping turtles will take goslings 
and ducklings in the water).  
 
Happy birding,   John T -  (Tumasonis) - Louisville CO  

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[cobirds] bobolinks, grasshopper sparrows, savannah sparrows - Boulder County

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Cobirds:
Just got back from Nebraska (see note below).   A short canvas 
of select spots in Boulder County:
 
The bobolinks are back at the Boulder Open Space headquarters land, off 
Cherryvale road and adjoining properties to the east.  Very observable, 
singing, and seems like more than last year.  
 
Savannah sparrows are back singing in the same locations as above. 
 
There is a small colony of grasshopper sparrows on Boulder County Open 
Space off Marshall Road and 66th - where the Mayhoffer-Singletree bike 
trail begins.  Please be careful where you step, as rattlesnakes frequent 
this area.  
 
Old Saint Vrain Road in Lyons is hot, as well as the lower sections of the 
Picture Rock Trail.  Multitudes of yellow warblers, bullock's orioles, 
black headed grosebeaks, western tanagers, house wrens, wild turkey, 
western wood pewee, green tailed towhees, blue gray gnatcatchers, 
goldfinches, eastern kingbirds, rock wrens, canyon wrens, and many others. 
 
If you are going to Chadron State Park in Nebraska, I've compiled an 
interesting bird list for there.  If you'd like a copy I'll send it to you. 
(email me personally - don't clog Cobirds).  It's an interested mix of 
western and eastern species.  
 
FYI;   Thanks for the many nice email comments about the snake report.   
I'm glad to hear that birders are more "generalists" than I thought.  ;)
 
John T (Tumasonis) of Louisville CO
 
 
 

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[cobirds] ovenbird, indigo bunting, Boulder

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Cobirds:
  Long winded perhaps, but some info for Boulder area and 
comments about hummingbirds.  
 
 
  Ovenbirds have returned to Boulder Mountain Park.  One heard 
where Bear Creek intersects with the Mesa Trail singing frequently.   Good 
spots to listen for them traditionally have been:  The beginning of the 
Royal Arch Trail where a few picnic tables are located just over the wooden 
bridge;  also along the Bluebell Trail from Gregory Canyon to the Royal 
Arch Trail; and as mentioned, Bear Creek \ Bear Canyon where it intersects 
the Mesa Trail.   I contend that they nest in Boulder Mt. Park - others 
disagree.  Unless we find a nest, we can't be certain.  FYI:  ovenbirds 
sing in areas of mixed conifers and deciduous trees especially ponderosa - 
AND near thickets of poison ivy.  You don't go to ovenbirds, ovenbirds come 
to you.  Plus they are wonderful ventriloquists - so finding them is 
frustrating.  
 
   Indigo bunting - a beautiful male singing from the top of a 
tree about 1 mile up into the Bear Creek Canyon trail complex.  Indigo 
buntings are regular summer guests - also suspected of breeding on Boulder 
Open Space properties.  Traditional places to see them:  1) Doudy Draw 
complex, - which unfortunately is closed to hikers, as a seasonal protected 
area.  2) Towhee Trail - watch and listen in the riparian section.  And 3) 
The first 1/2 mile of the Flagstaff Mt. Trail from Gregory Canyon parking 
lot. 
 
Bear Creek riparian section is a real hot spot now - from 
Bear Creek Drive up to the Mesa Trail intersection.  Early morning is best. 
 
Some birds from Boulder Mt. Park this weekend:
Three toed woodpecker - Bear Peak fire burn area
Cordilleran flycatcher
Dusky flycatcher
Warbling vireo
Plumbeous vireo
Western tanager - lots in the Bear Canyon area - I stopped counting after 25
Lazuli bunting
Green tailed towhee
Spotted towhee (of course!)
Black headed grosbeak - numerous
Bullock's oriole - good numbers
House wren - everywhere
Blue gray gnatcatcher
Bushtit
Pine siskin - in good numbers at different elevations
 
Re:  Broad tailed hummingbirds:  I saw comment about hummers posted 
earlier.  I can report that numbers are good in Gregory Canyon \ Flagstaff 
Mt. area, and seem pretty good throughout Boulder Mt. Park.  Likewise Rocky 
Mt. National Park, Estes Park, and Lyons all seem to have good numbers and 
vigorous displays of males.  Perhaps there are local die-offs elsewhere, 
but I haven't really seen a change in numbers.  What baffles me, is how 
they survived the April snowstorms.   Would like to hear more 
discussion.
 
And lastly (whew) If you see snakes regularly (say behind your house), 
I'd love to photograph them, if you not far away.  Or if you need help with 
ID, removal, etc, etc.  -  Thanks.   Email me offline, of course.   
 
Forgot:  Cow Creek trail in Rocky Mt. National Park has singing olive sided 
flycatchers and ruby crowned kinglets.  
 
Cheers,   John T (Tumasonis) of Louisville CO 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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[cobirds] Going Up - rosy finches, pipits, pikas - Boulder County

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
A high elevation hike today (Saturday) in Boulder County.  
St. Vrain Peak - 12,162 feet at summit.  To get to the St. Vrain Peak trail 
go to Allenspark and follow the Ski Road up to a "Y" in the road.  Go right 
and 1/2 mile in you'll come to a small parking area.  Passenger car safe, 
but you'll have to take it easy the last half mile. 
 
   Great clouds of yellow pine pollen wafting up from Long's 
Peak Trail and Twin Sisters as seen from St. Vrain Peak - it's coating the 
leaves of elderberry, mountain maple, and car windshields.
 
Birds:
Brown capped rosy finch - 11 - including one immature - all foraging on 
snow fields
American pipit - 7 - all skylarking and foraging on snowfields - To see 
pipits skylarking in alpine tundra on a clear day is a defining moment in 
the Colorado Rockies.
White crowned sparrow - lots, in krummholtz, singing
Wilson's warbler - 15+ - in spruce and krummholtz up to treeline
Audubon's warbler - 12 - lower down in mixed aspen and conifer forests - 
singing
Hermit thrush - 6 - singing in dense conifer forests
Warbling vireo - from the parking lot up to treeline - 21 - songs, chases, 
alarm calls
Common raven - 1 - of course - flying over 12,000 feet
Ruby crowned kinglet - 10 - all singing
Mountain chickadee - 11 - at lower elevations
Broad tailed hummingbird - 16 - up to treeline
Cordllerian flycatcher - 12 - songs
Dusky flycatcher - 4 - songs at higher elevations
Lower elevations near Allenspark had lots of robins, jays, 
magpies, chickadees, and hummingbirds. 
 
Flowers:  Alpine flowers above 11,000 feet have just started the next two 
weekends should be good, as the progression of blooms move up to 14,000 
feet:
Alpine forget me not
Alpine sunflower
Dryads
Marsh marigold
Globeflower
Alpine cinquefoil
Sky-pilot
Moss Campion
Alpine phlox
Whortleberry
Elderberry ssp:
Pasqueflower
Alpine primrose
Purple violet
Dwarf clover
Alpine bluebells
Golden banner
Snow buttercup
Alplily
Pincherry
Pussytoes
Rockjasmine
And many others
 
Mammals:  Pika, Marmot, Mule deer, Golden mantled ground squirrel, 
And by sign:  Moose, Coyote, Bobcat
 
>From the summit:  a haze of smoke and clouds to the east.  Clear and blue 
to the west, with dozens of snow covered mountains.  An excellent day for 
photographing Long's and Meeker to the north.  
 
John T (Tumasonis),  Louisville CO 
 
 
 
 

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[cobirds] 4th of July Trail - Arapahoe Glacier, Boulder County

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
  More high country shenanigans.   From 4th of July Trailhead, 
on the 4th of July, in Indian Peaks Wilderness - Boulder County.  
Approximate elevations 9,500 to 12,300 feet.  End at Arapahoe Glacier 
Overlook at 12,300.
 
Fantastic colors and views today.  Wildflowers are peaking everywhere.
 
Bird highlights: 
 
White Tailed Ptarmigan - only 1 on this trip, but it from 4 feet away and 
showed no fear.  Great photo ops.  (Note: saw and heard 11 on the Mount 
Audubon Trail last weekend).  
 
Brown capped rosy finches - only 3 
 
Fox sparrow - 3 singing
 
Horned lark - above 12,000 feet - 1
 
American pipit - 16 - skylarking
 
Cassin's finch - 2 - both singing - one looked like its head was dipped in 
bright vermillion paint
 
Pine grosbeak - 2
 
Gray jay - 1
 
Clark's nutcracker - 4
 
White crowned sparrow - 14 - vigorously singing
 
Lincoln's sparrow - 6 singing
 
And:  Cordilleran flycatcher, Dusky flycatcher, Ruby crowned kinglet 
(lots), Audubon's warbler, Wilson's warbler.  
 
Pikas:  about 30
Marmots:  about 20 - and not afraid. 
 
Too many flowers to name; many in bunches along the trail side including 
blue columbines, bluebells, yellow violets, violet shooting stars, alpine 
avens, alplily, marsh marigold, yellow glacier lily, drawf clover, parry 
primrose, elderberry, dandelions, American bistort, etc. etc. 
 
To get to Arapahoe Glacier Trailhead - go to town of Eldora and beyond - 
when the road spits past Eldora go right and follow the sign that says "4th 
of July Trailhead" - go 4 miles on a rough nasty road to the parking area 
and start hiking from there.  Round trip to the overlook is about 8 miles - 
considerable elevation gain.  And you will need hiking gear.  
 
John T (Tumasonis) of Louisville CO 
 

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[cobirds] Boulder County nighthawks, swallows, bushtits

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Cobirds:
  Large concentrations of (migratory) common nighthawks were seen 
foraging in Louisville tonight; perhaps a hundred, maybe more.  Low 
pressure system is causing insects to drop, so the nighthawks follow them, 
which makes for interesting viewing as they glide and flap, up and down 
suburban streets.  Largest concentrations seem to be near Fireside 
Elementary School and Heritage Park. 
   At Walden / Sawhills, there were large flocks of barn swallows, 
tree swallows, violet green swallows, and rough winged swallows - hundreds 
coming through on migration.  Many are still feeding young. 
 
Walden / Sawhills is nearly dried up, with many of the ponds 
completely dry, and others only at 1/4 capacity.  Nonetheless there are 
still good birds about, including:
Yellow warblers - feeding young
Warbling vireos - lots
Western wood peewees - lots
Eastern kingbirds - still feeding young
Great blue herons - I counted over 15 dispersed
American white pelican - 6
Killdeers - numbers increasing
American avocets - 9
Spotted sandpiper - 1
House wrens - lots of family groups with immatures
EASTERN PHOEBE - still at the Heatherwood Trail as of Tuesday this week, 
where a footbridge extends over an outlet
Belted kingfisher - 2
Swainson's hawks - 2
Red tailed hawks - 2
Mourning doves - 12
Red winged blackbirds - 11 - numbers rapidly decreasing
Song sparrow - 2
Common yellowthroat - 1 still singing
And others
 
Another note:  In Gunbarrel on Spine Road near the General Electric 
corporate building - a group of 12 bushtits foraging in an isolated locust 
tree on a lawn.  A bit unusual.  
 
Wildflowers above 11,000 feet hit their peak about a week ago, but are 
still fairly good for viewing.  Some of the better trails for photography 
were the 4th of July Trail, the Heart Lake Trail, the Arapahoe Peak and 
Arapahoe Glacier Trail. 
 
Cheers,  John T (Tumasonins),  of Louisville CO
 
 

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[cobirds] Sage thrashers at 11,500 RMNP

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Cobirds:
  For Larimer County.  A walk along the Ute Trail in Rocky 
Mountain National Park on August 10th Sat. yielded the following: 
 
Sage thrashers at 11,500 feet (approximately) - 2 - foraging in boulder 
field.  Nothing unusual to see sage thrashers this time of year, but above 
11,000 is kinda strange.  I've never seen them up that high before. 
 
Also between 11,400 and 11,600 feet on the Ute Trail:
Mountain bluebird - 10 - in family groups
Rock wren - 2 - singing
Horned lark - 17 - family groups; adults feeding immatures
American pipit - 6 
Mountain chickadee - 1
Common raven - 21 - chasing and feeding on grasshoppers (hundreds of 
them);  looked kinda funny
Elk - 35 (bull with full set of antlers)
Marmot - 2
 
Prairie falcon - harassing ravens - at first I thought the falcon was 
trying to kill the ravens, but then I realized it was just having fun, or 
practicing.  The falcon out-flew, out-maneuvered, and out-smarted the 
ravens every which-way; coming in at mach 10 and then lightly touching them 
on the back with it's talons.   It would pull high speed maneuvers, jinking 
and turning.  The ravens didn't stand a chance.  I watched this for 30 
minutes.  It didn't matter if the ravens were in the air or on the ground - 
the falcon tagged them every time.  Fun!
 
Alpine flowers are way past peak.  Upper Beaver Meadows is in full bloom 
though - with yellow being the predominate color: golden aster, goldenweed, 
yellow rabbitbrush, little yellow sunflower, yellow rubeckia, lavender 
horsemint, purple aster, mustard ssp;, lavender penstemon, harebells, and 
dozens of others.  Moisture in the park has been good.  There were small 
piles of hail in the alpine zone that look like snow.  The grasses and 
forbs are high down at lower elevations. 
 
Ute Trail is along Trail Ridge Road above timer line.   Get there early to 
avoid the massive amounts of tourists flooding the park. 
 
John T (Tumasonis),  Louisville CO 
 

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[cobirds] Bill K's Jungle Tour - NE Colorado

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
  I saw an add for "Bill Kaempfer's Jungle Tours" in NE 
Colorado - it said ".see exotic birds, snakes, lizards, and beautiful 
wild scenery."   .I decided to bite on this one, not wanting to 
miss a chance at seeing some interesting flora and fauna.  Besides that it 
was cheap.   
 Somewhere, half way through the trip - while hacking through 
malarial ridden swamps of Prewitt, Jackson, and Jumbo Reservoirs - I 
started having 2nd thoughts.  Temperatures were soaring and sweat was 
pouring as we cut and slashed with machetes and poles though thick jungle, 
watching for poisonous snakes.  Herp expert John Vanderpool and I had to 
wrestle a gigantic snake (Pituophis melanoleus) in a parking lot, before it 
swallowed the SUV whole.  
  Later, plant expert, Gwen, told us of all the fascinating 
flowering jungle plants, as we tripped and stumbled over creepers and 
vines.  While expert birder JoAnn helped us identify rare birds such as 
black bellied plover, stilt sandpiper, buff breasted sandpiper, red necked 
phalaropes, long billed curlew, marbled godwits, black necked stilts, and 
the elusive Bell's vireo (not to be confused with Bell's Theorem - whatever 
that heck that is).  Exotic hummingbirds and plants were seen in the 
tropical jungle town of Julesburg CO, along with hundreds of doves, and 
several strange species like American redstarts and red-breasted 
nuthatches. 
 Cicadas of several species buzzed and droned day and night in 
the tropical forests and jungle towns.  Insects of many varieties swarmed 
the street lights at night, and screams of a wild jungle cat (Felis catus) 
were heard at a river outpost.  
 Many animal track and scat signs were seen in the thick 
tropical forests - deer, coyote, raccoon, tree squirrel, mouse, lizards, 
and ground squirrels. 
  To sum up:  Bill K's jungle tours are well worth the time and 
effort and I would encourage to go on them.  Then write back to me and tell 
me how you liked it, while I stay at home with an ice pack on my head, 
nursing insect bites.  
  Just kidding.  It was a great trip, and Bill and John did an 
excellent job.  
 
John T (Tumasonis)   Louisville CO 
 
 
 

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[cobirds] Townsend's warber, Cassin's Vireo - Gunnison and Chaffe Counties

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
   Some more stuff migrating through Gunnison and Chaffe counties:
 
WE = West Elk Wilderness, Mill Creek Basin and vicinity
BV = near or at Buena Vista
CT = Colorado Trail at Chalk Creek and vicinity
SE = Saint Elmo and Vicinity
MP = Mt. Princeton Hot Springs and vicinity
 
Mud-fest 2013 up in the West Elks this weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 
and Monday) and rain, rain, rain.  But I got some lucky sightings in.  
Along with thousands of mushrooms fruiting everywhere up in the Elks.  Ran 
into a mixed migratory flock on the Colorado Trail about 1 mile above 
(south) of Chalk Creek.  Highlights: 
 
Cooper's hawk - 1 - WE
Dusky grouse - 2 - immature in dense aspen forest - WE
Gray jay - 12 - WE
Pine siskin - 20 - WE
White throated swift - 2 - WE
Great horned owl - 2 mated pair - WE
Red tailed hawk - 6 - WE
Wilson's warbler - 12 - WE - males still in bright breeding plumage and 
some still singing
Chipping sparrow - 300+  - WE and Gunnison basin - coming through in the 
hundreds
House wren - 2 - WE - still present in the Elk Range
Mountain bluebird - 2 - WE - down in Mill Creek drainage
Hermit thrush - 4 - WE - adults and immatures still present
Yellow rumped warbler - 4 - WE
 
Black headed grosbeak - 1 female - WE - in Mills Creek drainage
Broad tailed hummingbird - 2 - WE - a couple at lower elevation
And.  a pine martin hunting in the trees
 
Turkey vulture - 14 - BV
White throated swift - 3 - CT at Chalk Creek
Broad tailed hummingbird - 30 at SE - at feeders in the ghost town
Western wood pewee - 1 - CT above Chalk Creek
Clark's nutcracker - 12 - MP, CT, SE
Red crossbill - 4 - SE
Mountain bluebird - 90+ - BV and vicinity
Pinyon jay - 150+ - in ponderosa forests near MP
Orange crowned warbler -  1 - CT part of group
Wilson's warbler 4 - CT - part of group
Yellow rumped warbler - 6 - CT part of group
Virginia's warbler - 1 - CT part of group
TOWNSEND's WARBLER - 2 - CT - part of group
CASSIN's VIREO - 2 - CT - part of group
Plumbeous vireo - 2 - CT - part of group
Green tailed towhee - 4 - CT part of group
Gray headed junco - 100+ - part of group
Bushtit - 12 -  BV, MP
Western tanager - 2 - females - BV and WE
Chipping sparrow - 600+  -  swarming through the flatlands west and south 
of Buena Vista
Vesper sparrow - 20+  -  BV - same as above
And.. one little bull snake rescued from attempting to take a hot 
plunge in the pool at MP
And.. the largest chipmunk congregation I've ever seen at St. Elmo - 
the "Chipmunk Feed" across from the store - about 65+ !
 
Bow hunters are out now.  As well as yahoos with semi-automatics shoot'n 
fer fun.  Be careful out there.
 
To get to Colorado Trail at Chalk Creek, drive approximately 2 miles west 
of Mount Princeton Hot Springs to a CT trailhead sign.  The trail goes 
north and south in both directions.  I went south about 1 mile uphill when 
I found the migratory group.  
 
John T (Tumasonis)  of Louisville, CO   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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[cobirds] Sawhill \ Walden Boulder at 7 am

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Cobirds:
 The rain is knocking 'em down.  The next two days should be 
good for birding along the front range if you are brave enough to stand in 
the rain.Look particularly in willows thickets and canyon bottoms.  
 
At Walden Sawhills this morning a bit after sunrise:
 
Warbling Vireo - 1
Wilson's warblers - several
MacGillvray's warbler - 1
Yellow rumped warbler - several
Wilson's snipe - 2
Spotted sandpiper - 2
Baird's sandpiper - several 
Virginia's rail - call response
Common grackle - a flock of several hundred
Killdeer - over 30
 
Sunrise tommorrow should be good, if the rain stops.  - John T (Tumasonis) 
 

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[cobirds] flood clousures notices Boulder County

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
  A few notices for you intrepid birders:
 
Boulder County Parks - all parks throughout Boulder County are listed as 
"Closed"
 
City of Boulder Mountain Parks and Open Space - all Open Space Properties 
and Boulder Mountain Park are Closed - website says 1000 dollar fine and 90 
days in prison may occur.  
 
Rocky Mt. National Park is Closed. 
 
Many north south arteries crossing Boulder Creek are closed - including 
75th Street and 95th Street.Route 287 is open.  
 
The Teller Lakes trails are closed. The White Rocks Trails are closed.  
Walden \ Sawmills complex is closed.  
 
Singletree Trail in Louisville is closed as well as some connecting 
trails.  Coal Creek Golf Course was still flooded as of yesterday. 
 
Please help authorities, engineers, and construction people by staying out 
of these areas.   
 
The sun came out yesterday:
Brewer's blackbird with young in a pine tree at 63rd and Lookout Road
Cedar waxwings - Louisville neighborhood
Lark sparrows - several dozen at the Aquarius Trailhead parking lot
Chipping sparrow - several dozen at the Aquarius Trailhead parking lot
Barn swallow - looking bedraggled, on top of the building at Spectra Logic 
- 63rd and Lookout
Red Tailed hawk - Boulder, Louisville, Lafayette
Swainson's hawk - McCasslin and South Boulder Road
American robin - small migratory groups moving through Louisville 
neighborhoods
American goldfinch - small groups feeding on weed seeds, Boulder County
all three dove species - doing just fine
 
Birds are really hungry now, after 4 days of rain.  Insects were out like 
crazy also, gathering nectar - honeybees, bumblebees, Edward's fritillary, 
moths, flies, and wasps - all after the nectar.  
 
Be safe.   John T (Tumasonis)  

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[cobirds] re: Disaster Help and Closures and Birds

[JohnT]

Thanks to Bill Kaempfer for his story of giving.  Without preaching too 
much, there are many little and big things we can all do to help flood 
victims out.  Several of my friends have be affected - one has lost his 
house.  Food, clothing, shelter, (and binoculars), are all appreciated.  
Any small thing you can do.  
 
Some birding stuff:  Large flocks of barn swallows going through the Twin 
Lakes area yesterday.  Twin Lakes is open and not too bad - some muddy 
spots. 
 
Around Louisville, lots of brewer's blackbirds are coming through, mostly 
in parking lots and suburban areas.  Coal Creek Trail is CLOSED - it's torn 
up really badly in Louisville and Lafayette, with giant chunks of concrete 
ripped out of the ground and gaping holes in the hiking trails. 
 
Walden Sawhills and Heatherwood Trails are all closed as of Tuesday.  
Heatherwood Trail is under tons of mud.  The parking lot at Sawhills is 
open, but that is as far as you can go.  I saw more swarms of barn 
swallows, some chickadees, mourning doves, Canada geese, and song sparrows 
there.  
 
Teller, Whiterocks, and adjoining trails were all closed Monday.  The city 
is still assessing them.  Not much birds in the parking areas. 
 
95th Street between Valmont and Lookout Roads is still closed.  Bridge 
damage. 
 
Rocky Mountain Park (see their website) is now partially open.  I-70 and 
then over to Estes or Granby are the only ways in (all routes from Lyons 
are closed), but Trailridge Road is reported to be open now to the public.  
Check website for updates.  
 
Check local and county websites for continual updates on trail conditions.  
Please remember that you are subject to fine and arrest in some of these 
places, so please obey the rules and don't give the birding community a 
black-eye.   This is your chance to go and explore new areas besides the 
"normal" trails.  
 
Thanks,  John T (Tumasonis)  

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[cobirds] Mt Sanitas Birding - Boulder

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
 The city of Boulder has opened the Mt. Sanitas trail loop.  
You can access via Dakota Hogback or 3rd Street (via the Goat Trail) or 
from Centennial parking area.  You have to walk in if accessing it from 
Mapleton Road, as the police are only allowing local traffic up Mapleton \ 
Sunshine.  And Centennial parking lot is closed. 
 The trail loop consists only of Mt. Sanitas and the Hogback - 
Sanitas Valley is closed due to braided trail and extreme erosion. 
 
Most of the bird life I saw today was near the summit and some of it was 
surprising:
 
Peregrine falcon - flying by at mach 5
Red tailed hawk - 2
Yellow rumped warbler - 16
Spotted towhee - 5
White breasted nuthatch - 8
Rock wren - 7 (scattered along the trail system)
White throated swift - 2 - near the summit
Pygmy nuthatch - 14
Black capped chickadee - 14
Mountain chickadee - 1
Common raven - 4 - flying in tandem
Lesser goldfinch - 1 immature male
Pine siskin - 3
Clark's nutcracker - 21 - assumed migratory group flying right by the 
summit, from south to north
Stellar's jay - 13
 
The main summit trail is in good shape.  The Hogback trail is a morass of 
mud.  There were lots of people on the trails. 
 
Walden \ Sawhills is open but very restrictive.  The main parking lots are 
open, but most the main trails are still closed.  You can access the 
boardwalk at Cottonwood Marsh and the adjoining pond to the south, but 
that's about it.  Painted turtles are out (they must think its spring with 
all the water).  All ponds are filled to capacity. 
 
John T (Tumasonis) Louisville CO 
 
 

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[cobirds] corvids in Boulder Mt Park plus Sandhill Cranes

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
   Nice fall weather to out in today.  More trails have opened up 
in Boulder Mt. Park and Boulder County Open Spaces.  Check their websites 
for closures and open trails.   
 
Up the Mallery Cave Trail this morning behind NCAR got the following:
Pinion Jay - calling and fly by.
Clark's Nutcracker - 2 - seeing some on every hike at lower elevations 
including: Rabbit Mountain Open Space, Third Flatiron Trail, and Mt. 
Sanitas Trail - strange, as there is not much of a seed crop to attract 
them.
Common Raven - 2 - flying in tandem
American Crow - 12
Sandhill Crane - about 50 flying south near the NCAR parking area.
And of course  a western rattlesnake rescued off the NCAR road, via a 
hiking pole (Kids, don't do this at home!).  ;)
 
More corvids:
Louisville hike and bike trails have:  blue jays, scrubs jays (uncommon), 
and a stellar's jay (my backyard - rare).
 
Lots of townsend's solitaires have moved down low into Boulder, Lafayette, 
and Louisville. 
 
Some yellow-rumped warblers still moving through neighborhoods. 
 
Saw two hermit thrush at Caribou Ranch last weekend. 
 
And a bluegray gnatcatcher at Rabbit Mountain, also last weekend. 
 
That's it for now.  Happy birding.John T (Tumasonis),  Louisville CO
 
 

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[cobirds] Re: Bobcat or Lynx? Help needed

[JohnT]

Bobcats are normally found from 5,000 up to 10,000 feet.  Lynxs are higher 
altitude cats, at or above 9,000 feet and are dependent on snowshoe hare 
and spruce forest habitat.  It's not out to the realm of possibility that a 
lynx can come down lower, but not likely.  -   John T 
 
 

On Monday, November 11, 2013 12:36:45 AM UTC-7, Ira Sanders wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> If someone out there is knowledgeable about Bobcats and Lynx, tell me what 
> are the chances of a Lynx being in Golden?  We had one or the other this 
> afternoon near our house which is just north of Heritage Square.  I did 
> some research but I am still just as confused.
>
> I have noticed that there are fewer rabbits around lately.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ira
>

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[cobirds] pheasant, snow goose - Louisville CO

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
Female ringed necked pheasant seen crossing four lanes of 
traffic at South Boulder Road and Barcelona Drive in Louisville at 12 noon 
today.  The bird was road savvy and crossed when no cars were coming. 
Pretty slick.  This may be part of a remnant group of pheasants that has 
been hanging in this area for years. 
 
 Snow goose seen with hundreds of cackling and Canada geese at 
the Louisville golf course.  The golf course is officially closed, but you 
can work the perimeter and scope out the ponds and fairway.   There have 
been conflicting reports about when the golf course may open depending on 
the source.   The last thing I saw was a report in the Daily Camera saying 
that the contractor had been fired and the City of Louisville may or may 
not repair the flood damage by 2014 summer, or beyond.  In the meantime, 
the wildlife have the run of the place.  
 
For upcoming xmas counts, for those who are interested:
 
Clark's Nutcrackers continue to be seen in Boulder Mt. Park in small 
numbers for the last 6 weeks.  Some areas they were in:  Mt. Sanitas, 
Shannahan Ridges, Third and Second Flatiron, Shadow Canyon, and Mallory 
Cave Trails.  (maybe someone can tell me what the heck they are eating).   
 
Bushtits are seen along the Nighthawk trail at Hall Ranch Open Space near 
Lyons (now open for hiking).  Look at the parking lot and up higher, 
especially in juniper / mountain mahogany habitat.  Ditto same area for 
tree sparrows, chickadees, and house finches. 
 
Scrub jays seen frequently at the Bear Creek trailhead (still closed) off 
of Bear Creek Drive neighborhood in Boulder.Also seen regularly in the 
Shannahan Ridge neighborhoods near Tincup and Hardscrabble Roads adjoining 
Mt parks properties.  
 
Sharp shined and coopers hawks keep popping up at bird feeding stations in 
Louisville and Boulder.   If the small birds are freaked out - somebody's 
after them. 
 
Townsend's solitaires have come down to lower elevations and should not be 
hard to find anywhere along the front range now. 
 
Singing canyon wrens and the occasional late rock wren in Boulder Mt. Park. 
 
Some flowers (amazingly) still blooming:  rabbit brush, white aster, 
seneco, and dandelion.  
 
 
John T (Tumasonis) of Louisville CO 
 

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[cobirds] raptor surveys, Weld, Boulder, Adams counties

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
About a week of raptor surveys for upcoming tours.  Some 
data below.  I'm not going to post all the data - way to time consuming.  
But hopefully this will give birders some idea what's out there and what 
the trends are for the eastern front range area.


>From yesterday's Walks With Nature tour - Boulder and Weld counties:
Bald eagle - 19
Red tailed hawk - 27
American kestrel - 12
Prairie falcon - 1
Rough legged hawk - 5
Northern harrier - 2
Great horned owl - 1
Notes:  Prairie falcon plucking and devouring a bird, up close and 
personal.  High concentration of immature bald eagles at Sandbench Ranch 
Park in Weld County; get there early to see them.   And close looks at 
several rough-legs in Boulder County. 

>From December 25th - Boulder and Weld counties, slightly different route:
Red tailed hawk - 7
Ferruginous hawk - 2
Prairie falcon - 2
American kestrel  - 9
Bald eagle - 16
Northern harrier - 1
Rough legged hawk - 5
Notes:  Every kestrel seen was a male.  Bald eagles at close range right 
along roadsides. 

>From December 22nd, Boulder County; quick pass through:
American kestrel - 6
Bald eagle - 7
Red tailed hawk - 14

>From December 21st:  Boulder, Adams, and Weld county - completely different 
route from previous mentioned:
Rough legged hawk - 14
Bald eagle - 6
Red tailed hawk - 16
American kestrel - 8
Northern harrier - 1
Ferruginous hawk - 1
Notes:  Again kestrels, all males.  Good numbers of rough legged hawks east 
of I-25;

Noted trends:  rough-legged hawks are in good numbers this year, especially 
east of I-25, but are now moving into more westerly regions in Boulder and 
Adams Counties.
American kestrels are turning out to be 9 males for every 1 female - I have 
no idea why this is - anyone shed some light on this? 
Northern harriers look like they are (sadly) still in decline.
Bald eagles in very good numbers this year, especially lots of immatures.
Ferruginous hawks - in very low numbers this year.  I saw lots more 
last summer. 


Don't miss Gary Lefko's trip to "Raptor Alley".  He always pulls in a lot 
of good raptors on that trip.  

I intend to do another independent tour again January 4th.  If interested, 
contact me via email, but don't post to entire Cobirds group, so you don't 
clog the site.  Thanks.

John T (Tumasonis) of Louisville CO  




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[cobirds] calliope hummers Louisville Boulder County

[JohnT]

All:
   At Louisville last night - North Open Space sector (north of 
South Boulder Road)

Two calliope humming birds - good looks both perching and flying

Blue grosbeaks - male and female pair

Bushtits - 6 in neighborhood adjoining North Open Space

Along with spotted towhees, bullock's orioles, lots of flicker families, 
house wrens, and blue jays


Google in North Open Space sector of Louisville.   There is a canal ditch 
with an obscure mud and dirt trail (s, don't tell anyone)  that runs 
along the south section along the ditch - a good place for birding.

>From the activity, I'm guessing the blue grosbeaks are \ were nesting.

Bushtits have become a "normal" occurrence in Louisville in certain 
suburban neighborhoods the last two years.  


Other stuff from the last couple weekends:  

South Arapahoe Peak by Arapahoe Glacier - at least a dozen brown capped 
rosy finches, a dozen or so pipits, fox sparrows, white crowned sparrows, 
and Lincoln's sparrows

Castle Peak Trail (near Aspen) -  more brown capped rosy finches at the end 
of the jeep trail where the Castle Peak climb begins, more fox sparrows 
lower down, along with red-napped, downy, and hairy woodpeckers

Mount Audubon - white tailed ptarmigan above 11,500 feet (seen almost every 
year along the trail), dozens of American pipits and white crowned sparrows 
and a couple of brown capped rosy finches.


Alpine wildflowers are just past peak, but the July displays have been 
spectacular, especially along the 4th of July Trail and Mount Audubon 
trail.  (Indian Peaks Wilderness).   Alpine sunflowers, alpine avens, 
American bistort, cinquefoil, and blue columbine - covering fields and 
meadows.  Great!

Marmots and pikas in abundance.  Moose sign along every trail in Indian 
Peaks.

Hope you are enjoying the summer - I certainly am.   -   John T (Tumasonis) 
of Louisville CO 

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[cobirds] Louisville and Boulder seed eaters

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
With the extreme cold this morning many small birds have 
gone into feeding frenzy modes.

Dan Zmolek and I birded a suburban zone adjoining sections of Open Space 
near Bear Canyon Drive when a spur trail leads to the Bear Creek Trail.   
Also in neighborhoods to the south, weaving in and out of dead end 
streets.  This area is one of my favorite areas in winter months due to the 
mixed habitat, feeding stations, and exotic plantings of pinion pine, 
ponderosa, spruce, scotch pine, and mixed berry bushes.   In that general 
area we saw:

Bushtits - 12
Red crossbills - several flocks on spruce trees with thick cone crops.
Townsend's solitaire - 4
Stella's jay - dozens, gathering peanuts from backyard feeders
Scrub jay - 6
Black billed magpie - 3
Crow - 2
Raven - 1
Mt. chickadee - dozens
Black capped chickadee - several
Red breasted nuthatch - 4
White breasted nuthatch - 6
A. robin - 2
N. flicker - 12
Downy woodpecker - 1
5 morphs of juncos - dozens
Spotted towhee - 3
House finch - dozens
Rock dove - 30


In Boulder Mt Park - on Ranger Trail near off Flagstaff Mt. Road about 3 
days ago:
30 Evening Grosbeaks

In Louisville:
My backyard feeder had 10 bushtits - eating sunflower chips.  I've never 
seen this behavior before.  They must be really hungry.  
Plus a great horned owl yesterday. 

Coopers hawks and sharp shined hawks are appearing throughout Louisville 
neighborhoods also. 

John T (Tumasonis) of Louisville CO


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[cobirds] Pine Warbler Louisville CO

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
  I watched Pine Warbler foraging in ponderosa trees behind the 
Cinebarre Theatre in Louisville today. Unfortunately the bird flew off 
across route 36 over to the Whole Foods parking lot, and I did not give 
chase.   There is no telling if the bird will be back or not. 

Cinebarre Theatre is located off Macaslin Blvd Near Dillion Road.   Park in 
the back of the theatre (park 'n ride area)  - there is a row of pine trees 
behind the theatre, where it was spotted.   Good luck!  


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[cobirds] Boulder County raptors, owls, passerines

[JohnT]

Cobirds:

I did my annual  owl and raptor tour yesterday in Boulder County with 
several participants.  Here are some notes and highlights:

Great horned owls - many of the best observable nest sites are gone from 
last year, due to destroyed nest sites, red tailed hawks taking over, or 
desertion.  All viewing was done with scopes due to far distances.  
Nonetheless we saw at least 10 adults and chicks at nest sites.  

Bald eagle nest sites are active with chicks on nests.

The Golden Eagle nest site at Meadow Park in Lyons is active. 

Ospreys are thriving in Boulder County, and almost all platform poles we 
visited had ospreys. 

Red tailed hawk nest sites are active.  I've noted to others that the red 
tails have started nesting (in Boulder County) 4 weeks earlier than usual 
in some cases.  

Swainson's hawks are present. 

Turkey vultures were observed, and have been present since last week at 
least. 

American White Pelicans have been present for several weeks.  Walden \ 
Sawhills had several. 

Great Blue Heron rookeries are very active at Crane Hollow Road and Boulder 
Reservoir (northwest side).  There was one lone great blue heron building a 
nest near Laggerman Reservoir near the horse ranch. 

Other notes: 
House wrens, common grackles, mourning doves, yellow rumped warblers, blue 
gray gnatcatchers, mountain bluebirds, have all returned.  Wildflowers are 
blooming in the foothills.  Snakes are out.  Coyote activity is increasing, 
even during daylight.  Flickers are drumming.  Spotted towhees have staked 
out territories and females have arrived.  Western meadowlarks and red 
winged blackbirds are actively singing and chasing now.  Large numbers of 
robins have returned and songs can be heard early mornings in suburban 
neighborhoods.  

Best wishes,  John T (Tumasonis),  Louisville CO




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[cobirds] Sandhill Crane at Walden, Boulder

[JohnT]

Cobirds:
   I had trouble logging into Cobirds this morning, so this is kind 
of late:  there was a lone sandhill crane at Walden Ponds on one of the 
little islands in the center of Cottonwood Marsh, easily observable from 
the parking lot this morning.  

John T (Tumasonis), Louisville CO 

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[cobirds] Boulder County - Marbled Godwits

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Cobirds:
   Marbled godwits at Walden Ponds this morning along with avocets, 
pelicans, killdeers, cowbirds, barn swallows, violet green swallows, house 
wrens, and Audubon's warblers.  Sorry about the delay again.  

Forecast for the next 10 days shows cooler rainy weather ahead interspersed 
with sunny days. For those in the know, and new birders in the area, this 
means "knock downs" will occur.  Look for large flocks of chipping 
sparrows, clay colored sparrows, brewers sparrows, odd warblers, thrushes, 
swallows, and neo-tropicals coming down to feed in select areas for food 
and shelter.  

For those in Boulder County, areas like Gregory Canyon, Skunk Canyon, 
Walden \ Sawhills, South Mesa Trail, Doudy Draw, and parks and open space 
areas east of town - are generally good in weather conditions like 
these.  Put on the rain gear and go. 

Happy birding,  John T (Tumasonis), of Louisville CO  

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[cobirds] Boulder, Lousville, RMNP spring

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Cobirds:
   Spring is here (or has been for some time if you go by the 
weather).  Some observations:

Robins singing now in all suburban front range neighborhoods.  House 
finches singing since February.  Magpies are actively building nests.  Male 
towhees are singing.  Western meadowlark numbers are increasing, and songs 
have began.  

In Rocky Mt. National Park yesterday:

At least 5 Three Toed Woodpeckers from Copeland Lake up to Ouzel Falls in 
the Wild Basin area.  This is generally a good area for 3-toes, but they 
can be found throughout the park in mixed conifer \ aspen areas.  The 
staccato drumming usually comes to a halt by late March, making them harder 
to find.  I still consider this to be a common bird throughout Colorado.  
Much harder to find Williamson's and Red Napped sapsuckers. 

Red crossbills at the Copeland Lake parking area - dozens.  Also in 
Allenspark, and Myers Gulch in Boulder County - all good areas to find 
them. 

Pygmy nuthatches, white breasted nuthatches, red breasted 
nuthatches, mountain chickadees, brown creepers (lots), American dippers, 
ravens, crows, stellar's jays, lots of robins (none singing), Townsends 
solitaires (singing) - all along Wild Basin Trail.  

Wild Basin snow conditions above Calypso Cascades get arduous, with 3 feet 
of base, and post holing as the day warms up.  I did make it to Ouzel lake 
without snowshoes.  

I observed "snow fleas" (springtails) swarming in high snow areas above 
Ouzel falls.  Snow fleas are nearly microscopic - about 1/10 the size of a 
grain of rice.  I wondered if any birds ever take the time to feed on them 
(?)

Boulder, Lafayette, Louisville:

Pine Grosbeaks put in a appearance last weekend just below Bear Peak in 
Boulder Mt. Park.  This is an uncommon sighting at this elevation - winter 
or no winter.

Clark's Nutcracker - in Boulder Mt. Park in February and March.  Again, 
unusual.  Although last year they put in an appearance every month of the 
year, including June, July, and August. 

Bushtits have been in neighborhoods in Boulder, Louisville, and Lafayette, 
all winter long, including in Boulder Mt. Park

Killdeers showing up at Walden, Twin Lakes, and other ponds in Boulder 
County.  

Red tail hawks mating and nest building is beginning all over Boulder and 
Weld counties.  Seems a bit earlier than last year.  

Lots of waterfowl showing up at Valmont Res, Sawhills, and Walden - good 
time to get out and enjoy them, before the lakes get topped off (shorelines 
are low).

Raccoons and skunks are now actively seeking mates and are getting 
massacred on roads;  this phenomenon will increase into early April.  I 
mention this as magpies, ravens and crows will swarm down to the fresh road 
kills to take their share of the protein - and many nearly get killed in 
the process. 

Great horned owls - of the 31 nest sites I've monitored over the last 5 
years, only a handful are present - a lot of the nest sites are blown out 
(hawks nests) and old tree limbs snapped off.  Many of the owls have moved 
back on restricted parcels of open space or private land - making them 
harder to see.  (If anyone have good observation points, let me know 
offline).  

Flowers blooming (coincides with certain bird events):  dandelion, 
cranesbill, bastard toadflax, Oregon grape (holly grape), and spring 
beauties.  

Chorus frogs are singing in ditches and vernal ponds;  and great blue 
herons are back out to get them.  

Spring has sprung.  Happy birding. 

John T (Tumasonis) of Louisville CO

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[cobirds] Phoebes, Boulder, and wildlife closure areas

[JohnT]

All:
With all the hoopla about the 3 species of phoebes now at the 
75th St Bridge at 75th and Boulder Creek, many birders are coming to see 
the show.  Note:  Several birders are ignoring the Conservation Habitat 
signs for Lower Boulder Creek.  If you cross 75th going east, on either 
side to the creek (north or south) you are subject to fines.   Don't be 
tempted to do this.  The area is off limits, except for research permit 
holders. And rangers and researches do patrol this area.  Avoid the 
temptation, and lets not give the birding community a "black-eye."  

 That said:  All three phoebe species are easily seen on the 
West Side of the bridge (the legal side) near the parking area.  The black 
phoebe has been actively calling and feeding all weekend in this area.  On 
Saturday the eastern phoebe was seen collecting nesting materials, and 
trying to carry them up under the street bridge, but was frightened off 
several times by people standing under the bridge.  A say's phoebe can be 
seen further west along the Heatherwood Trail near the footbridge by the 
water treatment plant.   There is also a dipper singing and foraging under 
the 75th street bridge.  


Other notes:

Western and Mountain bluebirds are in Boulder Mt Park.  Check the NCAR 
parking lot area up Table Mesa Drive. 

Bushtits seen along the Mesa Trail near NCAR

Turkey vultures have arrived in numbers throughout Boulder County

Common grackles and mourning doves have returned to Boulder, Lafayette, and 
Louisville

Male towhee numbers are increasing as well as songs - Boulder and Louisville

Wild Turkeys seen along the Mesa Trail near Shannahan Ridge

Great Horned owls are on nest is several locations in Boulder County as 
well as Bald Eagles and Red Tailed Hawks (prolific).  

Blooms and events: 
Wild plum just started:  when wild plum is in full bloom along the 
foothills, watch for returning warblers such as orange-crowned, yellow, 
Audubon's, McGillvray's. and Virginia's
Yellow violet - a signal that prairie falcons are on nests
Oregon Grape - towhees are singing vigorously
Sand Lilly's - sandhill cranes are migrating 
Dandelions - robins singing and returning
You get the picture.
Also:  bladderpod, goldenbanner, spring beauties, bastard toadflax (not to 
be confused with toadflax), Wyeth bisquitroot, desert parsley, buttercup 
ssp., and others

Animals seen \ Boulder County:
Fox squirrel, aberts squirrel, chickaree, mule deer, red fox, black tailed 
prairie dog.  

Up higher in RMNP Larimer County side:
Signs:  Moose, Elk, Mule Deer, Coyote, Red Fox, Pocket Gopher, Vole ssp;  
Jumping mice ssp;  -  bird life quiet but did note mountain bluebirds in 
good numbers.  

Everything is connected.  Including that ticket the ranger just gave you.   
;)

Happy birding,
John T (Tumasonis) of Louisville CO




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