[cobirds] Rare Bird Alert for Colorado June 1, 2009

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date:June 1, 2009 e-mail: r...@cfo-link.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, June 1, 2009 at 5 am sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Highlight species include (*Denotes that there

[cobirds] Crested Butte Fox Sparrow and more

The birding was lovely yesterday. Jim an d I went out early and took advantage of early sunshine. We went to Gothic. at 10,000 feet north of CB. In the Aspens we saw the cavity nesters in their tree holes. Red-naped Sapsuckers ,Western Bluebirds, House Wrens and Violet-green Swallows.

[cobirds] Late Crow Valley post- Weld Co.

ON yesterday's Pawnee field trip we had one Chestnut-sided Warbler behind the first shelter on your left as you enter the campground, at Crow Valley Campground. Other than that things were quiet. Still lots of Swainson's Thrushs around. Cheers, Mike Freiberg Nikon Birding Market Specialist

[cobirds] Bobolinks south of Castewood Canyon (Douglas County)

Boblinks are available at a site where they have been seen for decades in Doublas County. Drive south through Castlewood Canyon State Park for over a mile upstream of the old dam. You will see a large ranch house on the left (the Winkler Ranch, I believe) and on your right look at the

[cobirds] Neotropic Cormorant in Bent County

Cobirders, At around 9:30 a.m. on 6/1/09, I observed an immature-plumaged Neotropic Cormorant on the south side of Adobe Creek Reservoir. It was perched on a low snag in the water at the end of the outlet canal road heading north from the dam. I got to observe the small size, slender body,

[cobirds] nocturnal bird

Hello All, I'm trying to identify a bird sound from up at Lost Creek Wilderness (East Lost Park area). It is a who, who, who that goes on for about 7-9 times, and is ascending in pitch. It is nocturnal and call comes from north facing conifer forest. From Sibley's, I think I narrowed it

[cobirds] Baltimore Oriole, Chatfield SP

I am uncertain how frequently the Baltimore Oriole is seen around Chatfield State Park, so if it is mundane, please excuse me. I spotted one along the Platte River, about 100 yards downstream from the Watterton Rd. Bridge. It was working the top of the cottonwoods just within the private

[cobirds] Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County, June 1st

Hello, Birders. I saw a curious sight at Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County, earlier today, Monday, June 1st. A loudly singing Northern Waterthrush, a late migrant, got chased away from its song perch by a male Spotted Towhee; and, then, about 15 minutes later, the waterthrush pursued the

[cobirds] Ovenbird in SW ColoSpgs

I heard an Ovenbird singing again this year just up the hillside to the south of the gate to Seven Falls in South Cheyenne Canyon Park. There have been Ovenbirds in this area for many years Dave David Elwonger, who roosts at 6200' in Skyway in SW Colorado Springs

[cobirds] Crow Valley Campground and Pawnee Grasslands to the north and west (all Weld) on 6/1

On the Pawnee Grasslands, it was a beautiful, mostly overcast, green day for the start of the summer quarter. Crow Valley Highlights: Swainson's Thrush (10+) Red-breasted Nuthatch (1) American Robin babies fledged normal breeding species (except I did not see the Eastern Screech-Owl) no

[cobirds] Dipper Behavior - BCLP - Jefferson County

Fellow Birders: Rob Raker and I enjoyed watching 4 Dipper young leave the nest today. The nest is inside one of the support beams with a rectangular opening below the footbridge west of Skunk Hollow. Rob had some pictures he took yesterday and it looked like there might be 4 young. When

[cobirds] Ovenbirds - Jefferson County

The Ovenbirds have returned to Willow Springs Open Space (WSOS) in good numbers this year. I did my Ovenbird Count using my regular route on May 28 and counted 21 singing ovenbirds. The DFO field trip I led on Sat. into WSOS counted 12 ovenbirds and the field trip on Sunday (cooler