[cobirds] yet another Dickcissel - Boulder

[Robert Zilly]

CoBirds,

I saw a Dickcissel yesterday on the western unit of Pella Crossing OS
(Hygiene). It was on the NW corner of the property singing from a small
snag. When a Cowbird arrived it retreated to the adjacent fallow horse
pasture. This spot is very close to the intersection of Hygiene and Crane
Hollow roads.

Bob Zilly
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[cobirds] Bobolink - Boulder

[Robert Zilly]

CoBirds,

This morning at Pella Crossing near Hygiene the were two male Bobolinks in
the hay field south of Heron Pond. This is the same field where they breed
every year, but this is about a week and a half earlier than I can remember
seeing them there. Also FOS were Eastern and Western Kingbird, Savannah
Sparrow, Spotted Sandpiper, and a singing Marsh Wren.

Bob Zilly
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[cobirds] Sandhill Crane - Boulder

[Robert Zilly]

COBirds,

This morning around 10 AM, while walking at Pella Crossing near Hygiene, I
spotted a flock of 38 Sandhill Cranes overhead, drifting north. Over on the
western unit near St. Vrain Creek there were about a dozen newly arrived
Great Blue Herons at the small rookery there and one of the nests was
occupied (part of the 'occupy' movement?) by a Great Horned Owl. In the
same area there was also a lone Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler. It's
beginning to look a lot like migration.

Bob Zilly
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[cobirds] Turkey Vulture - Boulder

[Robert Zilly]

CoBirds,

While hiking at Rabbit Mountain open space near Lyons I spotted a juvenile
TV circling overhead. Other than that the birding was very quiet. Just a
handful of Robins and a few Magpies.

Bob Zilly
Longmont

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Re: [cobirds] A Handsome intergrade Northern Flicker, Loveland, Larimer.

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Hi Connie,

Great Photo! I've been watching several intergrades in my back yard too.
One looks like the bird in your photo - like a std red-shafted with the
addition of a red V on the nape and another one that also has a mix of red
and yellow tail feathers. I think it's cool how an ordinary species can
make winter back-yard birding more interesting.

Bob Zilly
Longmont

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> Check him out here:   He is one of several I have
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[cobirds] Flicker Trifecta

[Robert Zilly]

Cobirds,

This morning, in the span of less than an hour, my back yard hosted
Red-shafted, Yellow-shafted, and intergrade Northern Flickers. Actually,
the intergrade has been a regular visitor for several weeks and is a male
sporting both a bold red malar and a slightly less bold looking red V on
its nape. It otherwise looks like a typical Red-shafted. The Yellow-shafted
was a yard first. I don't know if intergrades are particularly uncommon
along the front range but it is new to me.

Bob Zilly
Longmont

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[cobirds] Bobolink Boulder

[Robert Zilly]

Cobirds,

Spotted and heard two male Bobolinks cavorting in the hayfield south of
Heron Pond at Pella Crossing OS near Hygiene this morning.

Bob Zilly
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[cobirds] Avocet - Boulder

[Robert Zilly]

This morning, on totally frozen McIntosh Lake in Longmont, there was an
American Avocet. I spotted it standing next to a few Mallards and a large
group of Canada Geese out on the ice in the NW corner. Unfortunately, not
long after I saw it someone entered the wildlife closure area and walked all
the way to the edge of the ice flushing 80% of the birds present. I did not
stay long enough to see if it relocated to a different part of the lake.
Don't know if this is especially late but it was a first for me seeing one
on ice.

Bob Zilly
Longmont

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[cobirds] Tundra Swan Boulder

[Robert Zilly]

There was one Tundra Swan resting on the north shore at McIntosh in Longmont
at around noon.

Bob Zilly

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Re: [cobirds] grebe

[Robert Zilly]

Pretty sure the Red-necked Grebe was already gone today. Mike Blatchley and
I looked for it around noon but couldn't find it . Quite a lot of the birds
that were present on Saturday were absent today.
Bob Zilly
Longmont

On Oct 31, 2010 7:27 PM, "pygmyowl"  wrote:

 Hi al,

If anyone sees the Red-necked Grebe at McIntosh Resevoir Tomorrow, Monday,
could you post it on Cobirds.

Thanks,
Scott Rashid
Estes Park

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Re: [cobirds] Boulder Red-necked Grebe images

[Robert Zilly]

I want to thank David for getting some additional eyes on this bird and for
posting his photos. Nice to see the size comparison to the Western.

Bob Zilly

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>  Following is a link to a couple of images of the McIntosh Lake (Boulder
> County) Red-necked Grebe.  After looking at my photos, I'm inclined to agree
> with Bob Zilly's opinion that it is an adult non-breeding, but my field
> guides are confusing.
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[cobirds] Red-necked Grebe - Boulder

[Robert Zilly]

There is a Red-necked Grebe (not 100% sure) at Mcintosh in Longmont. Find
the Western Grebes in the middle of the lake and scan patiently as it dives
often at times. Resembles adult non-breeding in Peterson and Smithsonian
guides, not so much like the one in Sibley. Look for white chin and yellow
lower mandible on Gray/brown bird nearly the size of Western Grebe. Best
viewing is from South side off Lakeshore Drive.

Bob Zilly
Longmont

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[cobirds] Sandhill Cranes Boulder

[Robert Zilly]

Cobirds,

About 40 Sandhill  Cranes passed by just East of Rabbit Mountain at 1:10 PM.
This in northern Boulder county near Lyons.

Bob Zilly
Longmont

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Re: [cobirds] Possible Pacific Loon

[Robert Zilly]

Hi Rudi,
Nice find. Looks just like the McIntosh bird. What part of Union was it on?

BobZ
Longmont

On Oct 5, 2010 1:13 PM, "Rudi Nuissl"  wrote:

I may have found the Pacific Loon at Union Reservoir this morning.
Take a look at my not-so-great photo and decide for yourself.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rudi_noodle/5053947129/

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[cobirds] McIntosh Pacific Loon not found

[Robert Zilly]

Cobirders,

The long-staying Pacific Loon at McIntosh in Longmont appears to have left.
I searched several times for it today to no avail. I believe it was last
seen on the 28th.
In its place there were five grebe types including Western, Clark's, Horned,
Eared, and Pied-billed, plus a newly arrived raft of Ring-necked Ducks.

Bob Zilly
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Re: [cobirds] Loon molt

[Robert Zilly]

Hi Folks,

I just returned from watching the Big Mac Pac Loon and it was diving
frequently. Many of the dives were very short, 1 - 4 seconds. A few were
closer to 10 seconds and one time when I got to 20 seconds I looked around
and realized it had swum out of view while under. It was also spending a lot
of time simply holding its head under. The clartity of the water was rather
poor. You cannot see the bottom three feet from shore. There was just a
slight breeeze and it was only making a ripple on the surface. I wonder if
its behavior could be due to the water conditions rather than illness of
injury?

I also found a City of Longmont doc which states that fishermen could expect
to catch carp, walleye, and crappie. And the shoreline has always been
popular with large waders like Great Egret and Great-blue Heron.

Bob Zilly,
Longmont




On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:27 PM,  wrote:

> Nick et al.:
>
> While wing molt may not be the cause of the McIntosh PALO not diving, there
> are any number of other possibilities, such as illness.  However, it might
> behoove us to know what it's eating, if anything.  If nothing, that could
> provide more suggestion in the vein of illness or other infirmity.  However,
> loons eat things other than fish, though usually considered obligate
> piscivores.  From the Common Loon BNA account (I couldn't get to the PALO
> account) -- bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/:
>
> "Crustaceans—e.g., crayfish (Decapoda) constitute major part of diet when
> fish are scarce or water is murky (1.0 m visibility), up to about a third of
> diet for males and more for females (Barr 
> 1973).
> On some Wisconsin lakes, observed adults and chicks regularly observed
> foraging on snails (W. Piper, pers. com.). Leeches (Hirudinea) are
> occasionally an important food, and individuals that are stressed or ill
> sometimes eat vegetation (Barr 1973 )."
>
> Having no chance to go see the loon in question, others will have to
> provide the data on the bird's foraging, or lack thereof.
>
> Tony Leukering
> Villas, NJ
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>
> -Original Message-
> From: Nick Komar 
> To: coloradodip...@aol.com; cobirds@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Thu, Aug 26, 2010 11:47 pm
> Subject: Re: [cobirds] Loon molt
>
>Many thanks to Tony Leukering for setting the record straight on
> underwater wing-powered locomotion (or rather, lack thereof) among loons,
> and also for sharing his vast wealth of ornithological knowledge with our
> Colorado birding community, making us all wealthier (in knowledge, anyway).
> I should have done some basic research before sticking my foot in my mouth
> in a public forum like Cobirds. I have now done the appropriate homework to
> learn more about underwater locomotion among diving birds. A number of bird
> taxa including alcids, diving petrels, some shearwaters, and our Rocky
> Mountain dippers use their wings to power underwater diving as well as
> aerial flight, but not loons. Interestingly, I learned that some of these
> species undergo very heavy wing molt and yet still dive during these periods
> of wing molt. So, it begs the question (maybe Tony can answer this as well),
> why is the Boulder Pacific Loon not diving as would be typical foraging
> behavior for this species.
>
> Thanks again, Tony!
>
> Nick Komar
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Re: [cobirds] Moon Birding

[Robert Zilly]

Great suggestion Connie! I counted 14 in less than ten minutes, all but one
moving North to South. I think I read about this in Miyoko Chu's book
Songbird Journeys but had never tried it myself. When you consider how small
a piece of the sky you are looking at then there must be a heck of a lot of
birds up there right now. Thanks for passing that along.

Bob Zilly
Longmont

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Re: [cobirds] Boulder - Bobwhite

[Robert Zilly]

Hi Sue,

Northern Bobwhite has been present at Rabbit Mountain, very near your
sighting, pretty much continuously since 7/1. The bird I've seen there is an
adult male, possibly an Eastern type. I could hear it calling today while
hiking the Eagle Wind trail on the Eastern side of RM

Bob Zilly
Longmont
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Sue Riffe  wrote:

> COBirds,
>
> There is a Bobwhite calling in my neighborhood in Boulder Cty. I heard it
> twice two nights ago and again both yesterday and this morning.
>
> Location - from downtown Lyons
> take Hwy 36 towards RMNP
> turn left on the first Apple Valley Road
> turn left on Antelope Dr
> drive to the end of the road and park at the trailhead
> walk back down the hill
> the bird has been calling between the upper and lower JJ Kelly roads on you
> left
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> Happy birding,
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[cobirds] possible hybrid Am Goldfinch?

[Robert Zilly]

Hi Cobirders,

Yesterday, while birding Rabbit Mtn. Open Space near Lyons, I observed an
unusual looking American Goldfinch. Instead of having a yellow head with a
black forehead it had a black face. The chin, sides of the face in front of
the eye, and the lower forehead were black. I also saw the bird from behind
and noted that the nape was pale gray. All other characteristics seemed
consistent with AMGO and it looked to be in alternate plumage, as did all
the other AMGO's present.

I haven't been able to find any information about hybridization in this
species. Would anyone with knowledge of this subject care to comment?

The bird was in a mixed flock with other American and Lesser Goldfinches and
the exact location was: 40.24145, -105.20795.

Regards,

Bob Zilly
Longmont

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[cobirds] Red-shouldered Hawk - Weld

[Robert Zilly]

Cobirds,

The immature Red-shouldered Hawk is still present at Kodak SWA near Windsor.
I was no more than two hundred feet from the SWA parking lot when I spotted
it in flight around 11:30. It flew to the north and I spent most of an hour
trying to relocate it to no avail. Buffy crescents on top side of wing easy
to see in flight.

Bob Zilly

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[cobirds] Great Black-backed Gull - Boulder

[Robert Zilly]

Hi Birders,

Ted Floyd called and asked me to pass on that he has a first cycle Great
Black-backed Gull at Erie res. along with a few Thayers and more birds
"falling out of the sky" as we spoke. I had run in to Ted earlier (8:15am)
at Thomas Res., looking for Walter's Black-tailed Gull, but only found a few
Ringers there.

Bob Zilly
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[cobirds] Kentucky Warbler Gregory Canyon Boulder

[Robert Zilly]

Hi Birders,

Ted Floyd and I visited Gregory Canyon this morning and were able to find
the Kentucky Warbler a little ways up the Amphitheatre Trail.This morning it
was giving its single call note repeatedly rather than its song. Higher up,
in the usual location, we thought we heard the Scarlet Tanager singing but
didn't see it.

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[cobirds] Little Blue Heron, Boulder

[Robert Zilly]

Hi Birders,

I went out to White Rocks Open Space to try for the Flycatchers first found
by Ted and re-found by Walter and came up with something altogether
different; a small, mostly blue colored heron. I called for help from Bill
Kaempfer and Christian Nunes and they determined that it was an almost adult
Little Blue Heron. It still has some white on the belly and flanks and the
sides and back of the neck and head have a maroon cast in the right light.
The front of the neck is mottled with white. It doesn't look like anything
in the field guides and I never would have figured it out without their
help, so thanks guys.

The bird was on the west end of the pond on along the White Rocks trail just
south of Boulder Creek. Parking is on Valmont just West of 95th St.

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[cobirds] N. Parula and Olive-sided FC, Boulder

[Robert Zilly]

Hi Birders,

The Northern Parula is still present at Pella Crossing OS in loop near St.
Vrain Cr. (Western Unit)
In the same area; An Olive-sided flycatcher was working the top of a tall
dead tree.
Also 1 Broad-winged Hawk overhead drifting north.

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[cobirds] Northern Parula - Boulder

[Robert Zilly]

Hi Birders,

A Northern Parula was observed today at Pella Crossing OS near Hygiene. It
was in a mixed flock of Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbs and Black-capped
Chickadees in the western unit in the loop back near St. Vrain Creek. This
individual's upper parts seemed more gray than blue and I only saw a smudge
of black on the chest, no chestnut (female?).

Another nice group of consisting of Vesper Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows, and
BC Chickadees was seen nearer Hygiene road in more open country.

Today's sightings bring to mind the tenth commandment of birding; Let the
Chickadees be your guide!

Good birding

Bob Zilly
Longmont

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[cobirds] Lincon's Sp., YR Warb. Boulder

[Robert Zilly]

Cobirds,

FOS Lincoln's Sparrow and Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler today at Pella
Crossing Open Space near Hygiene. Both spotted on Western side near St.
Vrain Creek. The Lincoln's was hanging with some of the many Pink-sided
Juncos that were present.

Bob Zilly
Longmont

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[cobirds] Great Black-backed Gull - Boulder

[Robert Zilly]

Hey Birders,

Spotted an adult Great Black-backed Gull at McIntosh Lake in Longmont today.
Also seen by Mike and Mary Blatchley. Great views from the south shore and
easy comparison to Herring as there were many present. It was present from
10:30 until after 1 PM when I left.

Bob Zilly
Longmont

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