[cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker

[Nathan Pieplow]

I am looking at the possible Red-breasted Sapsucker in Morrison right now
from the creek path between Park Ave and the Highway 8 bridge. It's in a
Douglas-fir across the creek to the south.

Nathan Pieplow
Boulder

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[cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker Jefferson County

[Burke Angstman]

Seen just east of Morrison Park at the bridge/overpass (Hwy 8).  Bird was 
just east of the bridge and south of the creek by the green house.  Seen 
with Diane Davies.  Bird was moving around a lot and difficult to ID. Diane 
got good photos, I did not - currently identified as a Yellow-bellied 
Sapsucker in her checklist but I'm pretty sure it it a Red-breasted 
Sapsucker.  Red head and breast, white spot in front of eye. White vertical 
wing patch. See her checklist for the good photos.  Cool bird.

Burke Angstman
Lakewood, Colorado

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[cobirds] Red-breasted sapsucker and scope

[Paula Hansley]

Don’t think this has been mentioned— Take a spotting scope to see this gorgeous 
bird!  We were very glad we had one, because it tends to stay in the same place 
for a long time whether feeding, sleeping or preening on the trunk of one of 
the Austrian  pines. 

Paula Hansley 
Louisville



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[cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker

[Carol Ortenzio]

The Red-breasted Sapsucker was seen this afternoon in the Austrian Pines on the 
property south of 13 Mirada at the stakeout site. It was working the tree 
farthest back in the group of 3 & in the shade at about 145p. When it moved 
into the sun it was brilliant!
Carol Ortenzio 
Grand Junction 

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[cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker - yes

[sheflew]

Seen in the same pine trees at 13 Mirada Rd at 8:30.

Sue Riffe
Lyons CO

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[cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker 1/1/18 El Paso Cty

[Mel Goff]

Happy New Year!


This morning I went to the Red-breasted Sapsucker spot on Mirada Rd in Colorado 
Springs, El Paso county.


I got there at 7:15a and was joined shortly thereafter by a group from the DFO 
on their way to Pueblo. The bird was in the usual spot in the usual Austrian 
pine trees. The light was not good, but we did get to see the bird.


Nice way to start the new year.


Mel Goff

Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker - yes

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It is being seen on private property around 13 Mirada Rd.

Sue Riffe
Lyons CO

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[cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker, Yes! (Mirada Rd, COS)

[macawolf via Colorado Birds]

Four or five of us got a great show around 2:30. The bird was perched about 8' 
up on the western-most large limb of the cottonwood tree adjacent to the three 
Austrian pines, & stayed fairly stationary & in plain sight for close to 10 
minutes, occasionally preening & stretching, before slipping around to the back 
side of the limb, and then disappearing back into the Austrians. 


Marty Wolf
NW Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker -- thanks Colorado birders and sapsucker neighbors

[Jim Nelson]

Nearly at the end of a holiday visit to Colorado to see family, I was lucky to 
be in Colorado Springs for a less than 24-hour stay.  We were in Estes Park the 
rest of our visit as I read listserv posts and saw eBird Rare Bird Alerts for 
the Red-breasted Sapsucker expecting the bird to disappear just as we made it 
to Colorado Springs.


We got in too late on Wednesday to try for the bird.  I saw reports from 
Wednesday, so this morning during a 45-minute window I had available to try for 
the bird before needing to check out from our motel and head to an appointment, 
I arrived at Mirada Road with no birders in sight (bad sign?).  I am usually 
the kiss of death for unusual birds.  I almost always miss the target when I go 
in search of a bird that dozens of birders have seen over several days.  So I 
had low expectations for success today.


Three other birders arrived within a few minutes, none of whom had seen the 
bird in previous tries, and we were wandering up and own Mirada looking for the 
sapsucker with no success.  The clock was ticking.  My stroke of luck was to 
stand in front of the house of a very nice woman (Carol, who Norm Lewis 
mentioned yesterday) scanning various pines with my binoculars.  Carol came out 
her door, coffee cup in hand, and asked if I had seen the bird.  When I said 
"no," she told me to wait a minute and she would take me to where she was sure 
it would be.  She walked me back up Mirada where we gathered the other three 
folks and entered the HOA's open space with Carol, her so, and (I believe) 
daughter-in-law.  And there was the bird.  We all had great views and enjoyed 
sharing the special experience.


I added a lifer (thanks to friendly Coloradans, birders and non-birders) and 
made it back in time to check out and go to our appointment.  Couldn't ask for 
a better experience and a great end to our holiday visit as we fly back east 
tomorrow.


Thanks David T. for the great find and all who helped me and other birders see 
this great bird.


Jim Nelson
Bethesda, Maryland




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Re: [cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker

['Larry Modesitt' via Colorado Birds]

Good news—it flew back to the left tree of his favorite group of Austrian Pines!
Larry Modesitt
Greenwood Village 

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> It flew north from the Austrian Pines (look like ponderosa) into the large 
> group of white firs in the back. 
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Re: [cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker

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It flew north from the Austrian Pines (look like ponderosa) into the large 
group of white firs in the back. 
Larry Modesitt 
Greenwood Village 

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[cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker

[Scott Manwaring]

Sapsucker is still here in its regular tree near house #13, 10:15 AM

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[cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker

[Doug Faulkner]

Still present this morning at same location.

Doug Faulkner
Arvada, CO

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Re: [cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker YES

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> After a 6 hr absence, the bird is back. 8 of us are seeing it now
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> The bird has NOT been seen since at least 9am, as I write this at 11:40. 
> Several of us have been looking unsuccessfully for almost 2 1/2 hours now. 
>
> Eric DeFonso 
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> The famous sapsucker continues in the same location this morning, 
> Christmas Eve. Congratulations to David T. for this magnificent find. 
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> Nick Komar
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Re: [cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker YES

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After a 6 hr absence, the bird is back. 8 of us are seeing it now

Eric D

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>> On 12/24/2017 11:52 AM, bay.w...@gmail.com wrote:
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>> Several of us have been looking unsuccessfully for almost 2 1/2 hours now.
>> 
>> Eric DeFonso 
>> Denver 
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>>> Thanks for the report Nick. Just passed Monument now, on my way
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> On Dec 24, 2017, at 8:34 AM, Nicholas Komar  wrote:
 
 The famous sapsucker continues in the same location this morning, 
 Christmas Eve. Congratulations to David T. for this magnificent find. 
 
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 Fort Collins CO
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Re: [cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker YES

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The bird has NOT been seen since at least 9am, as I write this at 11:40. 
Several of us have been looking unsuccessfully for almost 2 1/2 hours now.

Eric DeFonso 
Denver 

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[cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker YES

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The famous sapsucker continues in the same location this morning, Christmas 
Eve. Congratulations to David T. for this magnificent find. 

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[cobirds] RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, El Paso County --- Please read

['Mark Peterson' via Colorado Birds]

COBirders,
I am JUST the messenger and not trying to be the birding police.  Late this 
evening a gentleman from the Broadmoor stopped to see what was going on and to 
inform us that a permit is required to photograph any Broadmoor property.  Now, 
the bird was mostly on what is apparently private property but the Broadmoor 
does own property on both sides of the road.  The gentleman was not sure if 
that was their property or not but did not believe so.  However, when he was 
there the bird was most definitely on Broadmoor property (the gold course).
If you plan on going to see this bird and want to photograph it, just make sure 
not to point your cameras towards the Broadmoor without a permit.  You can 
obtain a permit at the front desk if you would like, that is found at the main 
entrance to the Broadmoor.  I did let them know that there may be a lot of 
people around tomorrow and he was going to inform security.

The bird did move around a bit, visiting at least five trees.  Two different 
pines (the Scot's Pine on the golf course) and three deciduous trees.  So if 
you are there and do not see the bird right away, I recommend just hanging out 
and watching and it will most likely fly to another tree where hopefully you 
see it.


Good luck and GREAT FIND DAVID!!!
Mark Peterson

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[cobirds] RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, El Paso County

[David Tønnessen]

Ok CObirders, it is now official.
Yesterday, 21 December, I found a Red-breasted Sapsucker along Mirada Rd in 
southern Colorado Springs, El Paso County. The bird appears to be very much 
pure, and of the northern subspecies (ruber) which shows even less white in 
the face/malar than does the southern ssp.

Mirada is a public road that cuts between a Broadmoor-owned golf course on 
the west side, residential land on the east side, and is wide enough to 
have cars parked along the side. However, the bird itself is hanging out in 
a stand of Austrian Pines that is on someone's property, though viewable 
from the road. For directions, look for a number 13 marked in white on the 
curb on the residential side, which is the address of that property. Three 
large, evenly spaced trees to the south of this, there should be a reddish 
flag at the base of a few bushes. From here, look straight out, or due east 
for a stand of 3 large pine trees (Austrian) and a large cottonwood, with 
smaller conifers (a few small scotts and Austrian). Focus on the 3 large 
Austrian Pines. The tree in the back appears to be the most heavily used by 
the sapsucker, and is precisely where the bird has been the majority of the 
time while I was there to see it, both yesterday around 1:00 pm and today 
around 9:20 am. Given that the vantage points are west of the sapsucker's 
tree, better lighting was around 1:00, and I would imagine most of the 
afternoon should have the sun hitting that part of the tree for nice 
views/photos (given the bird is on the right side of the tree). It might 
take a while of scanning and getting various angles, but do focus your 
attention on the tree in the back of the tri-stand. I suspect this is a 
wintering individual that has been here since at least November and will 
likely continue through at least February, given the shear amount of fresh 
wells that were covering its favored tree.

Finally, my last note of caution: Please do not venture onto the property 
in order to get closer to the sapsucker. The bird is perfectly viewable 
from the road as long as you know which trees to look in and  allow 
yourself ample time of scanning with binoculars around the trunk. I 
revealed the location of this new state bird trusting that others would act 
responsibly and utilize common sense in how they decide to tick this bird, 
while allowing future birders the same opportunity. Even as it is, the 
activity of many birders on this otherwise empty road could result in 
suspicion from neighbors or passers by, as well as the homeowner whom I 
have not been able to contact yet likely due to my being at the location at 
midday during the week.

Attached below, respectively, are proof of the Red-breasted Sapsucker, then 
a photo shot while facing east from the vantage point, showing the reddish 
flag at the base of some bushes, and behind that, the stand of Austrian 
Pines to the right of a large cottonwood, then a photo of the base of the 3 
Austrian Pines, the back tree being the middle one, and lastly, a photo 
facing west taken through a chain link fence, showing a land mark Scotts 
Pine on the golf course (you should park on the golf course side right next 
to this).

Good birding, and good luck.
David Tønnessen
Colorado Springs, CO










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[cobirds] Red-breasted Sapsucker - Mesa County

[Mike Henwood]

A group of us finished up the Grand Valley Audubon Society Waterfowl Field
Trip by doing some birding in the campground at Highline Lake State Park.
Our reward was great looks at  a male RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER (most gone by
mid-October). Other birds nearby included Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Brown
Creepers, and many juncos.  We also were able to get a brief look at a
Western Screech Owl peeking out of a box and a Great Horned Owl roosting in
the pine trees.

Earlier in the day we had a Black Phoebe and a Say's Phoebe interacting on
the banks of one of the Redlands Parkway Ponds.

Mike Henwood
Grand Junction
Mesa County

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