The day got off to a good start when Bob Chase and I found an Ovenbird in
brilliant plumage on the hill side below the dam. It was so close to us we
first thought it was a thrush with an orange stripe on its head. Scott
Roederer later found a female American Redstart along the Big Thompson
River,
COBirders,
My yard list rose to 154 today after adding Northern Waterthrush, Cassin's
Vireo and a Clay-colored Sparrow, traveling with a large group of Chipping
Sparrows. Numerous Yellow-rumped Warblers, Swainson's Thrushes, Western
Tanagers, a Gray Catbird and a Warbling Vireo were the most in
To add to David Leatherman's report:
Monday at Crow Valley Campground:
We did see Black-headed Grosbeaks, 3 males, 1 female
Flushed 1 Poorwill
Numerous Orange-crowned Warblers
I'm still in awe over how many Spotted Towhee's were present
Just west of SR14 and CR57 we saw one immature Gol
According to those who visited and camped at Crow Valley this past weekend, it
was much less birdy today by comparison, but still held an impressive array of
species and numbers of individuals. The following are highlights from what I
saw, and a few observations from the several other birders p
Hi again!
My neighbor called (1/4 mile away) with a bird description that sounded like a
western tanager. While we were talking I looked out the window and low and
behold there he was! What a beaut! This is a first for a western tanager to
be in our yard. I heard of another one in the area
Savannah Sparrow (#93) was singing in our landscaped area as we walked
the path admiring the many blooming shrubs and trees. Lots of bees,
too!
Full yard/species detail here:
http://coloradobirder.ning.com/notes/My_Yard_Birds
Thanks
Gary Lefko, Nunn/CO
http://ColoradoBirder.ning.com/ -- Home of
1. Today, I found a Virginia's Warbler on the Platte (east side of river)
between Evans and Florida. This is in Denver County.
2. Thursday morning I am going to meet whoever shows up at Florida and the
Platte River in Denver at 8:15 AM for a quick 60 to 90 minute bird walk.
Hopefully, the bi
Birders,
A pair of LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS were cavorting in the large burned Ponderosa Pine
trees along the hogback in the Eldorado Mountain Open Space today. To get to
this location, turn left onto CR 67 just before dropping into Eldorado Springs
off of Eldorado Springs Drive. Go to the end o
Hello, Birders.
The more I think about the effects of weather on nocturnal migration in
Colorado, the less certain I am of anything...
Still, I cautiously predict that tonight (May 11th-12th) could be great for
nocturnal migration over the Front Range region. The weather has cleared up,
ob
The sparrow fallout continued east of Longmont today with Chipping, Lark,
Brewer's, Clay-colored, Vesper, Savannah, White-crowned, and Song all easy
to find (hard to miss), and Lincoln's findable. Some of the White-crowns
are the dark-lored type (Oriantha or Leucophrys?). It was the first
Hi COBirders,
After seeing Ted Floyd's forecast for a good morning, we were
anticipating a good run. Brian Gibbons opened nets at 6:15, and by
7:45 we'd already netted about 30 birds. Many Swainson's Thrush and
Spotted Towhees were on the ground early - and we anticipated a big
Swainson'
I made a quick 30 minute stop at Pueblo City Park this morning.
Highlights:
BAND-TAILED PIGEON - 1 (2nd spring in a row I've seen one in Pueblo)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 female along the Frisbee Golf Course Creek
Plumbeous Vireo - 1 singing along the Frisbee Golf Course Creek
Brandon Percival
I did not get out much Sunday to see the nice migration, but luckily
it came to me here at my house. The best bird was a WINTER WREN
investigating a pile of old timbers in the remodeling wreckage across
the alley. I guess that was the closest thing to a fallen tree around
here. Mountain birds appe
Twin Lakes. I was there early and found out there had been a big exodus of the
weekend birds. All I found were a few Yellow-rumped Warblers, Yellow Warblers,
a Cedar Waxwing, and an Eastern Kingbird. I didn't stay long.
Boulder Creek between 30th and Arapahoe bike underpass. Kaempfer already
r
COBirders,
A few minutes ago a FOS lesser goldfinch came to my backyard feeder. The
plumage on his back is between the "green" and "black" forms.
Leon Bright
Pueblo
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We held the Lower Bear Creek/
Wow, what a morning. 63 species!
I spent 3 hours around the reservoir and the marsh below this
morning. Hundreds and hundreds of Clay-colored and Chipping Sparrows.
Several hundred Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Hundreds of swallows of all kinds, Tree, Cliff, Northern Rough-
winged, Violet-green
Hello, Birders.
Belatedly, I tried this morning, Monday, May 11th, to get in on some of this
Front Range fallout action. So I poked around Greenlee Preserve, Boulder
County, after breakfast. It was great! Highlights:
1 Gray-cheeked Thrush
2 Veeries
2 Blackpoll Warblers
85+ (!) Clay-colored
While birding in the riparian woods of Lee Martinez Park, around the parking
lot due north of the intersection of Mason and Cherry streets, and just west of
hwy 287, i had a female Tennesee Warbler in the tall cottonwoods just east of
the parking lot and south of the bike trail. Also had a Nort
Lagerman Reservoir continues to have quite the turnover from hour to hour.
Just yesterday afternoon I observed 20+ Willets fly in, feed for 15minutes,
and depart in formation to the north. Moments later, the same story with a
flock of White-faced Ibis. Seems like shorebirds are using it for a qui
This morning at Walden/Sawhill Ponds:
Osprey - 2 (Cottonwood Marsh)
Peeps - several (Cottonwood Marsh)
Wilson's Phalarope - 5+ (Cottonwood Marsh)
Red-necked Phalarope - 1 (Cottonwood Marsh)
Caspian Tern - 2 (Cottonwood Marsh)
Willow Flycatcher - 1 (Sawhill)
Brown Thrasher - 1 (Sawhill)
Dear Cobirders,
This morning, I walked upstream from Scott Carpenter Park along
Boulder Creek to Warbler Woods below CU. The field at Scott Carpenter
Park was full of Sparrows, particularly Clay-colored Sparrows,
Chipping Sparrows and Lark Sparrows. The creek was littered with
Ye
While Rose-breasted continue to visit in twos and threes…their numbers have
flipped with the Evening Grosbeaks, which are here by the dozens now.
Black-headed Grosbeaks are here in nearly as high numbers…odd though how they
sort of hang with the Red-winged Blackbirds and are every bit as shy.
I rechecked Boulder Creek on CU's East Campus (east of 30th St) this
morning, and while the bird volume seems to have decreased from
yesterday, it was still active early on. I rediscovered a Blackpoll
Warbler found yesterday by Christian Nunes in the grove that is south of
the trail and right next
Hello, Birders.
There were 67 postings to COBirds this past weekend, every single one of them
from east of the Continental Divide.
Well, bucking the trend, here's a summary from the Carpenter Ranch, Routt
County, this past Saturday-Sunday, May 9th-10th. Kei, Hannah, and Andrew and I
were u
Hello, Birders.
I ventured out to Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County, earlier this "morning,"
Monday, May 11th.
Between 3:10 and 3:25 there was a nice, steady flight of passerines, mainly
warblers and sparrows, but I did hear 4 Swainson's Thrush flight calls, too.
The diversity of flight ca
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date:May 11, 2009
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This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, May 11, 2009 at
5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory.
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