Re: [cobirds] Barr Lake Walk on 5/10 - PUMA and BEVI (Adams County)

2019-05-11 Thread 'Andrews Robert' via Colorado Birds 
 
Hello all,

Congratulations to Cathy for the sighting of a female Purple Martin at Barr 
Lake. A great record and always a nice find in eastern Colorado. On April 29, 
1976, I saw a beautiful male Purple Martin along the east side of Barr Lake, on 
a cold, cloudy day and mixed in with hundreds of other swallows. I have not 
entered most of my old records into e-Bird, so it won’t show up there. I may 
have submitted the record to the CFO Records Committee, but I am not sure.
Bob AndrewsYekepa, Liberia, West Africa

On Saturday, May 11, 2019, 1:43:15 PM GMT, 'Cathy Sheeter' via Colorado 
Birds  wrote:  
 
 I spent a few hours birding Barr Lake SP (Adams County) from the Fishing Dock 
to about 2/3 of the way across the dam (along the riparian habitat below the 
dam first and then across the top to come back). Things were fairly slow on the 
warbler front, with mostly only YRWA present. I did have one Northern 
Waterthrush along the stream below the dam. Best birds of the day were an 
exhausted looking female Purple Martin (first record for Barr Lake and possibly 
first Adams county record) - viewed perched about half way down between dock 
and dam, but flew off after a while).  I also heard a singing Bell's Vireo 
(heard for about 30 seconds in one of the trees close to the parking lot and 
flew towards fishing dock). I did not get a solid visual or any photo of the 
BEVI, but felt comfortable with what I heard and briefly saw and I am fairly 
experienced with the song of this species.   BEVI have been caught and banded 
at Barr Lake once in the past.  Full checklist with photos of the PUMA can be 
found here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56087406.

Good Birding-
Cathy SheeterAurora, CO (Arapahoe)

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[cobirds] Barr Lake Walk on 5/10 - PUMA and BEVI (Adams County)

2019-05-11 Thread 'Cathy Sheeter' via Colorado Birds 
I spent a few hours birding Barr Lake SP (Adams County) from the Fishing 
Dock to about 2/3 of the way across the dam (along the riparian habitat 
below the dam first and then across the top to come back). Things were 
fairly slow on the warbler front, with mostly only YRWA present. I did have 
one Northern Waterthrush along the stream below the dam. Best birds of the 
day were an exhausted looking female Purple Martin (first record for Barr 
Lake and possibly first Adams county record) - viewed perched about half 
way down between dock and dam, but flew off after a while).  I also heard a 
singing Bell's Vireo (heard for about 30 seconds in one of the trees close 
to the parking lot and flew towards fishing dock). I did not get a solid 
visual or any photo of the BEVI, but felt comfortable with what I heard and 
briefly saw and I am fairly experienced with the song of this species.   
BEVI have been caught and banded at Barr Lake once in the past.  Full 
checklist with photos of the PUMA can be found here: 
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56087406 

.

Good Birding-

Cathy Sheeter
Aurora, CO (Arapahoe)

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