Re: [cobirds] Barr Lake Adams County

[Susan Rosine]

The application cited that the water level increase would be beneficial for
camping, hiking, and birdwatching. In reality, the walking (not hiking)
really will not change, except less/no shade due to lack of trees. Barr
Lake does not allow camping. Of course, unless you like just waterbirds, it
will decrease song birds, shorebirds, and possibly raptors.
Yes, humans value crops, oil/gas, water, fracking. And money. And many of
us value it over wildlife. Sadly, the more wildlife is eliminated, the
worse things are in the long run for humans.

Susan Rosine
Brighton


On Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 11:20 AM M T  wrote:

> Reality is sometimes very distasteful, especially in this situation for
> those of us who love wildlife and the places that this wildlife lives.
> However, in the grand scheme of things decisions are made in favor for the
> many rather than the few. As a wildlife rehabilitator, researcher and
> defender of wildlife I have dealt with many land use issues over the years.
> The battle over these issues have left me angry, frustrated and weary.
> Water is becoming more and more valuable in our region and the value of
> that commodity is going to weigh heavily in favor of how it benefits the
> "owners" of said water.
>
> This plan was approved in 2021 by the Colorado Water Conservation Board.
> Humans and their lifestyle is what this water is being managed for.
> Agriculture, oil and gas, industry and municipal use is what most of the
> impoundments in the region are in existence for. Those are the heavy
> hitters that drive our economy and our lives. Wildlife does benefit from
> this water, but takes a backseat when infrastructure needs repair, upgrades
> and expansion. The challenge for most of us in regards to these issues is
> that we usually don't find out until the 11th hour.
>
> Wildlife that isn't consumed by humans is loved, but is it truly valued?
> How do we get everyone to value wildlife is the $64 question.
>
> Here is a link to the approved plan which explains the full scope of the
> project:
>
>
> https://dnrweblink.state.co.us/CWCB/0/edoc/215078/FarmersReservoirIrrigationCompany-BarrLakeMaximumNormalOperatingWaterLevelRaise_Application.pdf
>
> Respectfully,
> Michael Tincher
> Loveland, CO
>

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Re: [cobirds] Barr Lake, Adams County, ALL species

[Susan Rosine]

Today at the Barr Lake Banding Station we could hear them cutting down more
cottonwoods and other vegetation. They are slowly, but surely, destroying
habitat for birds and other wildlife. It also looks ugly without any trees,
and I sure wouldn't want to take a walk on the trail on a hot day.
If there is something we can do, it needs to be done NOW, because the
destruction has already started.
I think I can speak for all of us when I say we were quite upset and
depressed at the Banding Station today.

Susan Rosine
Brighton

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Re: [cobirds] Barr Lake (Adams) the other day

[Ira Sanders]

To all,
The pelicans have been at Barr Lake all winter.  Hope the ice melts for
them.
Ira Sanders
Golden


On Sun, Feb 16, 2020, 10:45 AM Dave Cameron  wrote:

> We took out-of-town visitors to Barr Lake the other day, hoping to show
> them the 100+ Bald Eagles that had been reported.  The lake was frozen so
> we "only" saw 15 or 16 of them.
>
> What we found interesting was 9 Am. White Pelicans standing around on the
> ice, this early in the year,
> ...and several Western Meadowlarks, only one singing, but still quite
> early.
>
> Also a small flock of Am. Tree Sparrows
> many Song Sparrows scattered along the canal
> Kestrel
> Rough-legged Hawk, roosting over in the Eagles' trees
>
> Dave Cameron
> Denver
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[cobirds] Barr Lake (Adams) the other day

[Dave Cameron]

We took out-of-town visitors to Barr Lake the other day, hoping to show 
them the 100+ Bald Eagles that had been reported.  The lake was frozen so 
we "only" saw 15 or 16 of them.

What we found interesting was 9 Am. White Pelicans standing around on the 
ice, this early in the year,
...and several Western Meadowlarks, only one singing, but still quite early.

Also a small flock of Am. Tree Sparrows
many Song Sparrows scattered along the canal
Kestrel
Rough-legged Hawk, roosting over in the Eagles' trees

Dave Cameron
Denver

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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams CO

[Ira Sanders]

Birders
Today at Barr Lake we had a Merlin & 2 Common Ravens. I believe the Merlin
was a Prairie ssp. We had 1 VERY small goose fly over but the visibility
was poor due to the snow and I couldn't get any field marks except size.
Ira Sanders
Golden, CO

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[cobirds] Barr Lake, Adams Co

[Robert Righter]

Highlight:
American Golden-Plover, in immaculate juv. plumage, circulating between the 
southern and middle sections of the lake

There was an impressive quantity of waterbirds on the lake today, the most 
numerous--listed by volume:
American  White Pelican 1000
Double-crested Cormorant less than a 1000
Ringed-billed Gull 400
Killdeer 350
American Coot, 325
Ruddy Duck 250
Shoveler Duck 200  

Others of note:
Sanderling, juvenile,1
Baird’s Sandpiper, juvenile 40
Lesser Yellowlegs several
Long-billed Dowitchers; 40

Bob Righter
Denver, CO


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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams Co - 11/12/16

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,
Sorry for the late report.
We were at Barr Lake yesterday and the best birds were:
Ross's Goose (1) Was with some Snow's.
Snow Goose (11 white and 5 Blue, 3 of which are juv.)  They were not all
together.  The Blues were hanging out with Canada's and Cackling.
Bonaparte's Gull (3)
Bald Eagle (7) (2 adults at the nest)
Lots of ducks have arrived.

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Golden, CO
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[cobirds] Barr Lake, Adams Co.

['Andrews Robert' via Colorado Birds]

Hello all,
On June 14, Rob Raker and I did a bicycle birding trip around Barr Lake, 
starting at the northeast parking lot and going clockwise. There was a female 
Bufflehead at the south end of the lake, and 3 Cattle Egrets flew over below 
the dam. In the woods below the dam near the east end, there were 3 Barn Owls. 
These could be the birds that were in the nest box near the banding station; we 
saw no owls in or near the box. We counted 85 active Western Grebe nests. We 
saw all of them from the trail along the southwest side of the lake, in several 
bays south of Barr Lake Village. Some nests were still under construction, but 
there were birds sitting on most of the nests. In several nests closest to the 
trail, we could see one or two eggs when the sitting bird stood up or moved off 
the nest.
Bob AndrewsYekepa, Liberia, West Africa (temporarily in Centennial, CO)

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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams County

[JBreitsch - Denver]

2 May 2016
Barr Lake State Park - From the Visitor's Center bridge to the Pioneer Trail

I went to Barr in the afternoon just to get out of the house on such a 
beautiful day.  There were a few migrants such as Hermit Thrush, 
Orange-crowned Warbler, and Horned Grebe.  My favorite for the day was a 
White-crowned Sparrow staying tantalizingly far enough in front of me on 
the path to avoid any classic photos.  Sometimes, you just have to applaud 
their unwillingness to interact with humans.  

John Breitsch
Denver, Colorado
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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams

[JBreitsch - Denver]

11 April 2016
Barr Lake - South side
Overcast, slightly breezy

American Avocets, Yellow-headed Blackbirds, seaweed dancing Western Grebe 
pairs, and many other signs of spring abounded at Barr this morning.  I'm 
just here to report that the previously located Harris's Sparrow is still 
present in the same location as a week or so ago.  If you're familiar with 
the back side of Barr, there is a small boardwalk and gazebo (not the 
larger, well known one farther east).  The entrance to this area is just 
north of the bridge on the trail in the area of the Obrian canal.  On the 
opposite side of the trail from the entrance to the small boardwalk is a 
downed tree and scrubby looking area that seems perfect for sparrows and 
wrens.  This is where the Harris's has been.  The first time I went by 
there this morning I had two Song Sparrows and two Black-capped Chickadees 
and nothing else.  Ten minutes later, I had multiple Song Sparrows, 
White-crowned Sparrows, and the Harris's Sparrow.  At one point, the 
Harris's flew west to a cottonwood tree with a large dirt mound next to it. 
 So if you don't see anyone there, you may just want to wait a few minutes.

The Harris's was quiet last week, but was chirping away today.  He even 
managed to sing to me a few times.  I know what you're thinking.  He was 
singing an unrequited love song to the non existent female Harris's 
Sparrows he was hoping to find.  But hey, I'm a sad and lonely old man, and 
if I say he was singing for my benefit, do you really want to take that 
away from me?  I tried to get a video of the song, but only managed a few 
call notes instead. Such is life.

Map of Barr Lake.  If you look at the bottom of the water, you will see the 
canal and the area the bird is at.

https://disperser.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/barr-lake-state-park-map.jpg

John Breitsch
Denver, Colorado
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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams County

[JBreitsch - Denver]

6 April 2016
0700 - 0900
Back end side, parked at 126th off of Buckley, SW end of the lake.

Of the 43 species seen this morning, there were a few species that may be 
of interest.  In no particular order they were:  Harris's Sparrow (is it 
possible to have a first winter bird three weeks into spring?), Blue-winged 
Teal, Tree Swallow, Greater Yellowlegs, Great-tailed Grackle, and 
Red-tailed Hawks of various flavors.

John Breitsch
Denver, Colorado
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[cobirds] Barr Lake (Adams County) Birding on 11/28

[William H Kaempfer]

I joined Niña Routh and her band of Black Friday Birders a day late this year 
for a half-day of birding at Barr Lake State Park.

We started in the NW corner by the BCOR (aka RMBO) headquarters where we had 
our most unusual birds of the day-5 Least Sandpipers trying to find some shore 
between the ice and the water.  Also in this area were a fairly large number of 
Mourning Doves for November (16) and a Say's Phoebe.  Swinging around to the 
BLSP Visitor Center we worked through the 4 species of white and white-cheeked 
geese present as well as good numbers of regular diving ducks but did not find 
the Lesser Black-backed Gull reported earlier by the Sanders family.

We continued on for quick visits to Horsecreek and Prospect Reservoirs (the 
latter will soon be frozen) but our most significant finds on that loop were a 
Merlin tending a large flock of Horned Larks and a sharp looking Rough-legged 
Hawk.

(as an aside, I will note that the afore mentioned, by Peter Gent, White-winged 
Scoter was still present, but over by the Baseline Reservoir dam by 4:00 p.m.)

Bill Kaempfer
Boulder

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[cobirds] Barr Lake, Adams - Say's Phoebe

[Gregg Goodrich]

Cobirders,

Ann Troth and I had a Say's Phoebe on the dam behind Bird Conservancy at
Barr Lake this morning. Wonder where it is roosting. Distant photo in eBird
check list below.

I remember Bill Kaempfer had one on the Barr Lake CBC.

We also had 10 Snow Geese and 1 Greater White-fronted Goose SW of the
visitors center among the thousands of Canada/Cackling Geese. It took us
about an hour to find the Greater White-fronted Goose. You think it would
be easy with those orange legs and bill, but when they are sitting with
their heads tucked it is hard.

eBird Checklist – Barr Lake SP--Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory office area
 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25909885


Gregg Goodrich
Brighton, CO

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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams CO - 50 Bald Eagles

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,
On our monthly bird walk today we had more than 50 Bald Eagles at Barr
Lake.  Thousands of white-cheeked geese and a few Snows and Ross's.
The dark morph Rough-legged Hawk is still there and there was a Sharpie
raiding the bird feeders.

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Golden, CO

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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams CO

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,
Barr Lake is being refilled by the irrigation company that owns the water
there.  Last month the lake was at drought levels as the irrigation company
worked on some gates in the dam.  It is now rising quickly as the work on
the gates is finished.
Today there were 5000 geese there (estimate and I'm probably quite low)
which were mostly Canada and Cackling but included several hundred Snow
Geese, Ross's Geese (incl 1 Blue morph Ross's) and at least 6 Greater
White-fronted Geese.  There were 1,000's of Common Merganser, a handful of
Canvasback and other assorted ducks.   Also 15 Bald Eagles and the dark
morph Rough-legged Hawk has returned for a 5th year.

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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams Co

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,
Today at Barr Lake where the water is WAY down as they are working on the
dam:
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
White Pelican
Killdeer
Pectoral Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
LB Dowitcher
Lesser Yellowlegs
Prairie Falcon
Dark Morph Rough-legged Hawk - likely the same one back for a 4th or 5th
year
Coot
American Pipit
Horned Lark
Gadwall
Mallard
Pintail
Shoveler
Bufflehead
Goldeneye
GW Teal
Ruddy
Western Grebe
Eared Grebe
DC Corm
Gr Blue Heron
Herring, Ring-billed and Calif Gulls

By the looks of the water level, I doubt there will be many geese and
probably very few eagles this winter.  At this level, I wouldn't be
surprised if the whole lake (what's left of it) freezes.

Ira Sanders
Golden, CO


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[cobirds] Barr Lake (Adams Co.) Oct 15

[David Dowell]

I made a quick stop by the ever-shrinking Barr Lake (Adams County) this 
morning.  The highlight was a Red-necked Grebe, about 50 yards from the 
dam.  Western Grebes, cormorants, pelicans, and gulls remain numerous.  One 
of the ongoing Lesser Black-backed Gulls was present.

The most numerous passerine this morning, other than European Starling, was 
American Pipit.  The pipits were particularly numerous at the southwest end 
of the lake, in the company of some Long-billed Dowitchers, Killdeer, and 
Least Sandpipers.

David Dowell
Longmont, CO

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[cobirds] Barr Lake, Adams County on 9/21/14

[Hodges S]

Today at Barr Lake there was a lot of exposed mudflat and large numbers of 
waterbirds, mostly western grebes, a half dozen (of what appeared to be) 
stilt sandpipers and vast quantities of ducks. Gulls included mostly 
Ring-Bills, and a few Franklin's in winter plumage. Within the mass of 
ducks, from the end of Gazebo Boardwalk at the south end of the lake, a 
Eurasian Widgeon was spotted on the sandbar just to the north. Good views 
were had by the two birders present. The time was from 3 PM to 4 PM. Very 
cool!

Steve Hodges

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[cobirds] Barr Lake, Adams County

['Andrews Robert' via Colorado Birds]

Hello all,

The shorebirds that Joe Roller did not find recently at Barr Lake were there on 
Saturday morning, at least in modest numbers. The group I was birding with 
(Michael Kiessig, Cynthia Madsen, Scott Yarberry, Celia Greenman, Karen Drozba, 
and Sue Sommers) found the following along the ample mudflats and shoreline on 
the east and south shores: along with the inevitable Killdeer, 23 Stilt 
Sandpipers, 4 Least Sandpipers, 30 Baird’s Sandpipers, 3 Long-billed 
Dowitchers, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, and 1 juvenile Sanderling. There were also 
about 50 Snowy Egrets, 2 Great Egrets, and 2 Sabine’s Gull, along with large 
numbers of Franklin’s Gulls, Western Grebes, American White Pelicans, and 
Double-crested Cormorants (as mentioned by Joe). Also 6 Bald Eagles (one adult).

Bob Andrews
currently in Centennial

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[cobirds] Barr Lake, Adams, Today

['Steven Mlodinow' via Colorado Birds]

Greetings All


No spanking major highlights at Barr, but had 80 species in the morn. Water 
levels are low, so shorebirds are present, and I was actually a tad surprised 
not to find a jaeger given the number of gulls present.


Highlights included
2 Sabine's Gulls (immatures)
1 LBB Gull (adultish thing, present for at least a couple weeks)
2 Lutescent Warblers (western race of OC Warbler; the true status of these is 
unclear, but the good ones are usually quite obvious in fall, being entirely 
bright green and yellow).
1 late-ish Orchard Oriole and Willow Flycatcher
1 Hammond's and 1 Least Flycatcher
1 Townsend's Warbler
1 Rock Wren


Overall numbers were good with about 20 OC Warblers and 80 Wilson's. 


1400 or so DC Cormorants and couldn't pick out a Neotrop. Despite huge breeding 
success on the w. Gulf Coast, this seems not the year for that species in CO


Good Birding
Steven Mlodinow
Longmont CO

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[cobirds] Barr Lake, Adams County, July 2

[Ted Floyd]

Hello, Birders.

I had an errand yesterday, *Wednesday, July 2,* at *Barr Lake, Adams 
County.* Convenient place for a birder to have an errand, eh?

The very first bird I saw was a *Cackling Goose.* Photo here: 
http://tinyurl.com/Cackling-Barr-Lake Cathy Sheeter tells me there have a 
few here this summer. To which I say: What's up with that?

The only nuthatch I saw and heard was a good match for *Rocky Mountain 
Nuthatch.* And what, pray tell, is a Rocky Mountain Nuthatch? Well, 
Colorado's own peripatetic Steve Mlodinow has a handy primer in this 
month's *Birding* magazine, published by the American Birding Association, 
on how to separate the Carolina, Rocky Mountain, and Slender-billed 
nuthatches, two taxa of which occur regularly in Colorado. Here is a link 
to a PDF download of Steve's article:

http://aba.org/birding/2014-MAY-JUN/14-3_08Mlodinow-R4.pdf

All four of the vireos I saw and heard were good phenotypic matches for 
*Eastern 
Warbling-Vireo.* Here's audio of a Rocky Mountain Nuthatch with a descant 
from an Eastern Warbling-Vireo:

https://soundcloud.com/ted-floyd/wbnu-ls101522

Barr Lake is a great venue for appreciating the East-meets-West aspect of 
Colorado birding.

Complete eBird checklist 
here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18972990

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado


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Re: [cobirds] Barr Lake, Adams County, July 2

['Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds]

Ted, you were asking what was up with the cackling geese hanging out here for 
the summer.

I have up to 800 geese on the townhouse property where I live near Littleton in 
the winter time, many of them being the lesser forms.  By migration time, March 
or so, all of those geese leave with just the 50
Resident Giesting.

For the first time in the 11 years that  I've been here, a pair of lesser 
Canada geese and a greater white fronted goose stayed here. I was surprised by 
that. They didn't have any offspring, but did seem to be accepted by the other 
geese.

Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County, Colorado.
Sent from my iPhone

 On Jul 3, 2014, at 6:05 AM, Ted Floyd tedfloy...@hotmail.com wrote:
 
 Hello, Birders.
 
 I had an errand yesterday, Wednesday, July 2, at Barr Lake, Adams County. 
 Convenient place for a birder to have an errand, eh?
 
 The very first bird I saw was a Cackling Goose. Photo here: 
 http://tinyurl.com/Cackling-Barr-Lake Cathy Sheeter tells me there have a few 
 here this summer. To which I say: What's up with that?
 
 The only nuthatch I saw and heard was a good match for Rocky Mountain 
 Nuthatch. And what, pray tell, is a Rocky Mountain Nuthatch? Well, Colorado's 
 own peripatetic Steve Mlodinow has a handy primer in this month's Birding 
 magazine, published by the American Birding Association, on how to separate 
 the Carolina, Rocky Mountain, and Slender-billed nuthatches, two taxa of 
 which occur regularly in Colorado. Here is a link to a PDF download of 
 Steve's article:
 
 http://aba.org/birding/2014-MAY-JUN/14-3_08Mlodinow-R4.pdf
 
 All four of the vireos I saw and heard were good phenotypic matches for 
 Eastern Warbling-Vireo. Here's audio of a Rocky Mountain Nuthatch with a 
 descant from an Eastern Warbling-Vireo:
 
 https://soundcloud.com/ted-floyd/wbnu-ls101522
 
 Barr Lake is a great venue for appreciating the East-meets-West aspect of 
 Colorado birding.
 
 Complete eBird checklist here: 
 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18972990
 
 Ted Floyd
 
 Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado
 
 
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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams County

[JBreitsch - Denver]

Date:  12 May 2014
Time:  Noon - 4PM
Location:  Barr Lake - Mostly between the bridge at the visitor's center to 
the Pioneer Trail

I started birding in the snow and ended up staying out for a few hours. 
 There were many, many thrushes around, mostly Swainson's, some Hermit's, 
and one Veery.  Also Gray Catbird.  For sparrows, I had Song, Lincoln's, 
Chipping, Clay-colored, Lark, White-crowned, and one White-throated 
Sparrow.  Also a Green-tailed Towhee.  I added one Orchard Oriole to the 
many Bullock's.  Warblers included the usual suspects plus Yellow-breasted 
Chat, MacGillavray's, and Townsend's.  Other birds of possible interest 
were a Peregrine Falcon, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Warbling Vireo, Eastern 
Kingbird, Least, Dusky, and one or two dozen unidentified Flycatchers, and 
many soaring pelicans.  

Before I left my development I also had a Northern Mockingbird just to kick 
start things.  Not a bad day.  

John Breitsch
Denver, Colorado
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[cobirds] Barr Lake (Adams Co.)

[Cathy Sheeter]

I spent about three hours at Barr Lake this afternoon.  The lake is about 
75% frozen.  Open areas had abundant geese coming and going (Snow, Cackling 
and Canada seen) and the normal duck suspects.  I also had one male 
Barrow's Goldeneye quite a ways out on the water (with some Commons).  
Other notable species was a juvenile Harris Sparrow (with a flock of 
White-Crowns), one Swamp Sparrow (in the ditch), and I heard (but never 
saw) a flock of Sandhill Cranes.  Gulls were few, Raptors were plentiful (7 
Bald Eagles, 7 Red-Tailed Hawks, 2 Rough-Legged Hawks, 2 Kestral, 2 
Northern Harrier, 1 Coopers).  Not a rarity, but lots of fun, was a 
juvenile Northern Shrike which let me approach within about 30 feet, all 
the while calling and clicking, and making all sorts of noises.  
 
Photos of some of the raptors can be viewed at: 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aphelionart/
 
Good Birding-
 
Cathy Sheeter
Fort Lupton

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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams County

[JBreitsch - Denver]

I didn't have my scope with me, since I hadn't planned on going to Barr.  I 
just ended up there.  If anyone feels like sorting through a lot of white 
geese, there are dozens of them all over the park; both in and out of the 
water.  If someone said there were 50 there, I wouldn't argue.  
 
Also there, and along the way (DIA Owl Loop) were large numbers of 
raptors.  These ranged from kestrels to Bald Eagles, with harriers, 
Red-tailed, and Ferruginous in between.  
 
John Breitsch
Denver, Colorado
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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams County

[JBreitsch - Denver]

Nothing exceptional to note, although the Nashville Warblers (2) are still 
there.  Both in the brush along the canal between the banding station and 
the Pioneer trail.  Other birds today included:
 
Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's, Townsend's MacGillaray's, and Orange-crowned 
Warblers
Green-tailed and Spotted Towhee
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Many less flycatchers than a few days ago.
 
John Breitsch
Denver Colorado
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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams County

[JBreitsch - Denver]

I made it out to Barr Lake this afternoon and I thought I was having a good 
day.  Then I read Meredith's post.  Apparently, some of the good birds that 
I found were caught earlier in the morning, so none of them have any 
stealth capabilities whatsoever.  No wonder I was able to find them all.  
They were still great to see, even though I have very few photos to show 
for it.  Among the better ones for the counters to be on the lookout for 
tomorrow are:
 
Nashville Warbler (irrigation canal)
Townsend's Warbler (irrigation canal)
Clay-colored Sparrow (canal near the picnic area past the banding station)
MacGillavray's Warbler
Osprey with a fish
Yellow-billed Cuckoo with a black bill (young.  Yellow orbital ring and 
rufous in the wings) (Pioneer Trail)
Great-crested Flycatcher (Pioneer Trail)
Cassin's Kingbird (picnic area past the banding station - opposite side of 
canal)
Green-tailed Towhee
Golden-winged Warbler (canal near the picnic area past the banding station)
Vesper Sparrow (same area as the GWWA)
Western Tanager (Pioneer Trail)
 
There were also many other flycatchers, which included (some definite, some 
possible) Hammond's, Cordilleran, Olive-sided.
 
Good photos were few and far between, but the cuckoo came out okay in one.  
Some of the others are on the link below my name.
 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/9741875683/in/photostream/
 
Great-crested Flycatcher
http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/9741869843/in/photostream/
 
Townsend's Warbler
http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/9741861687/in/photostream/
 
Warbler
http://www.flickr.com/photos/breitschbirding/9743975662/in/photostream/
 
John Breitsch
Denver, Colorado
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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams County

[JBreitsch - Denver]

I spent a couple of hours at Barr Lake State Park between 0700-0900.  Some 
new species are starting to find their way there.  Of the 50+ species were 
the following:
 
Swainson's, Hermit, and Gray-checked (refound) Thrush
Yellow-rumped, Orange-crowned, Yellow, and Tennessee Warblers
Warbling and Cassin's Vireo
Green-tailed Towhee
Western and Eastern Kingbirds and a Western Wood Pewee
Western Tanagers and Bullock's Orioles added to the color
 
With all of these great birds, I think I managed to get a picture of a 
poorly lit House Wren.  Ah, well, can't have it all.
 
John Breitsch
Denver, Colorado
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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams CO

[Ira Sanders]

Birders, 

Today we did our monthly bird walk.  Birds of interest were:

 

Common Loon

Burrowing Owls

Dusky Flycatcher

Cinnamon Teal

 

Ira and Tammy Sanders

Golden, CO 

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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams CO - Addendum

[Ira Sanders]

Sorry I forgot:

 

Townsend's Solitaire

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

 

Ira Sanders

Golden, CO

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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams Co

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,

Highlights on our monthly Barr Lake bird walk, we had:

 

6 or 7 Ross's Geese (1 blue morph)

Western Kingbird  FOS (near the gate to Barr Lake)

Burrowing Owls (2) our first in the years we have been doing this walk.
John Breitsch found them south and west of the Nature Center

Ferruginous Hawk

Yellow-rumped Warblers (John found one with an orangish throat)

Osprey on the nesting platform

Solitary Sandpiper in the ditch

Greater Yellowlegs (2) in the ditch

 

AND there was a report of a Roadrunner near the entrance to the park
reported by another group.  I didn't know any of them.

 

Ira Sanders

Golden, CO

 

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[cobirds] Barr Lake, Adams County

[JBreitsch - Denver]

It was a fairly quiet afternoon at Barr Lake.  There are definite signs of 
spring, however.  Yesterday I was there and saw the Ospreys back on their 
pole for the first time this year.  Also, there was a FOS Chipping 
Sparrow.  Today added Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Phoebe (on the waters 
edge just a bit north of the banding station), six White-faced Ibis flying 
over (there was one there yesterday as well), multiple kestrels, and about 
a half dozen Say's Phoebes.  I also had Swainson's Thrush, very active 
hawks of most varieties and a Myrtle's Yellow-rumped Warbler.  I only spent 
an hour there and I'm calling in slow, but I did have over 40 species in 
that time.  
 
It was funny to see the dozens of posts earlier this week.  Snow, sleet, 
high winds, lousy road conditions - and all the birders were out in force.  
Storms=birds.  Apparently, birders CAN be trained.  Now if we could only 
put the toilet seat down.
 
John Breitsch
Denver, Colorado
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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams Co

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,

Today at Barr Lake Tammy and I had:

 

1 Greater White-fronted Goose

6 Snow Geese

1 Horned Grebe (near gazebo) 

2 White Pelicans

Redhead

Canvasback

Pintail

Gadwall

Am Wigeon

Bald Eagles on the nest

Krieder's Red-tailed Hawk

1 Prairie Falcon

1 Great Horned Owl (on the solid part of the Neidrach trail. 

 

and assorted other waterfowl.

Did NOT find a Barn Owl in the duck box behind the banding station.

 

Ira Sanders

Golden, CO

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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams Co

[Ira Sanders]

Birders

Today on the Barr Lake bird walk we had:

Imm 1st winter Harris's Sparrow at the feeders

7 Black-bellied Plovers

Sanderling

Long-billed Dowitcher (too many to count)

3 Greater Yellowlegs 

5 Lesser Yellowlegs

Baird's Sandpiper

Killdeer (same as LB Dow above)

Avocet

Merlin

6 Bald Eagles

Hermit Thrush (west of banding station)

Many species of duck

 

Ira Sanders

Golden, CO

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[cobirds] Barr Lake, Adams Co - Quick Stop

[JBreitsch - Denver]

I made a quick trip to Barr this morning just to get out of the house. 
Among all the usual critters, there were:
 
Harris's Sparrow - same bird at the feeder area
Long-billed Dowitcher - two dozen or so
Sanderlings - two hanging out with the dowitchers
Other sandpipers - at least a couple of other smaller sandpipers I couldn't 
ID
Gulls, pelicans, grebes, etc
 
John Breitsch
Denver, Colorado
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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams Co

[Ira Sanders]

Birders,

Today we did our monthly bird walk at Barr Lake.  There were NO Western
Tanager's (they were everywhere else) or many migrants to speak of.  The
best birds were:

Common Loon (alternate plumage)

Winter Wren (near the end of the Niedrach trail at the east end of the
tunnel of trees)

 

There were only 3 warbler species and 2 thrush (Swainson's and Robin).

The Bullock's Orioles have returned.

There were 2 Osprey at the platform just before the banding station but they
were flushed by a boat in a restricted area that cruised right under the
platform.  The area under the platform is not restricted and at present, I
can't see any efforts being taken to protect the Ospreys platform from
disturbance.

 

Ira Sanders

Golden, CO

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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams County

[JB - Denver]

Barr Lake is picking up just a bit.  There were more Yellow Warblers,
Bullock's Orioles and Western Kingbirds than just a day or two ago.
You can't walk 50 feet along the trail between the Nature Center
footbridge and the banding station without scaring up a pair of Wood
Ducks.  Other birds of note that have shown up are:

Common Yellowthroat (at least one pair)
Virginia's Warbler
Summer Tanager (wearing the 1st year red and yellow colors)

The tanager was observed from just south of the banding station.  It
was in the far Cottonwoods.  It seemed to disappear away from the
trail, more towards the lake.

John Breitsch
Denver, CO
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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams Co - Thayer's Gull

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Birders,
Today during our bird walk at Barr Lake, we had a juvenile Thayer's Gull.
Also, near I-76  E-470 there was a Prairie Falcon.

Ira Sanders
Golden, CO
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[cobirds] Barr Lake - Adams County

[JB - Denver]

Pamela and I took a quick trip to Barr Lake this morning.  It was
early and still cold when we were there.  We found very few warbler
species, but twice as many sparrows.  Included in those were Black-
throated, Clay-colored, Lincoln's, Chipping, Lark, House, Song, and a
couple of towhees.
Also of note were Brown Thrasher, Plumbeous Vireo and Northern
Waterthrush.  On the way to Barr at the corner of Tower and 120th,
there was a Great Egret.

John and Pamela Breitsch
Denver

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