This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 5 am
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory.
Highlight species include (*Denotes that there is new information for this
species in this report)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Eagle)
Little Blue H
Hello, Birders.
Hannah and Andrew and I looked for Boulder County shorebirds in the rainsnow
yesterday evening, Wednesday, May 12th.
Teller Lake No. 5 had a spiffy alternate Stilt Sandpiper (uncommon in Boulder
County in the spring) and 4 Semipalmated Plovers.
Clover Basin Reservoir didn't
Suzanne Olmstead reports that she and her bluebird-monitoring companion saw
6 Evening Grosbeaks at Betasso Monday. There may have been more, but there
were at least 6.
We had a Lazuli Bunting visit our S. Boulder feeder the same day. New yard
bird.
George Oetzel
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Cobirders,
Bear Creek Nature Center is hosting it's annual Spring Bird Count this
Saturday, May 15 from 7 - 10:30 a.m. Bird enthusiasts of all ages and
abilities are invited to participate in this citizen science project counting
species and populations of birds in this El Paso County Park
Today while birding my way to work I saw a bright male American
Redstart foraging low in some boxelders. Another find was a Northern
Waterthrush singing in the same area, in the vicinity there was a
Hermit Thrush and a couple of Orange-crowned Warbler's and Clay-
colored Sparrow’s. These birds we
Senior skip day and court left me with ten students in my class today so we
finished up class out side. While working with students I was distracted by a
singing Pine Warbler. There are two small Ponderosa(?) in our small court
yard.
Todd Deininger
Longmont, CO
"Only the muddy fox lives"
I put up a hummingbird feeder with sugar water and the Oriole pair comes to
drink throughout the day. The window is open near the feeder and their chatter
tells me when they are feeding.
He is gorgeous.
Norma Erickson
North of Greeley along HWY 392
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Picked up the bird on a debris pile under a decommisioned bridge over
the Poudre in the NW corner of the property. The bird was foraging
with a group of YRWAs. The Blackpoll and the group then moved to some
willows on the east side of the river where they worked the area for a
minute or two. The
I checked out Grandview Cemetery this morning from 7-noon, and had the
following highlights:
White-winged Crossbill - I am certain the female is now on her new nest. The
male comes in to feed her at about hourly intervals. The nest is in the
southeast corner of Section 1, in a very tall, cone
An hour walk around Manitou Lake at noon turned up 8 new species today in 35
degrees, wind, snow and overcast.
Black-crowned Night-Heron - on schedule within a week; bred last year; in
marsh south and across hwy 67 from lake)
Solitary Sandpiper - only 3rd record
Wilson's Phalarope - 5; one st
Hi Birders,
Cherry Creek SP offered some nice birds this morning. Carl Stecher alerted
John Streeter and us to the Scarlet Tananger and two Willets in the picnic
table area near the west entrance to the park, and to several other nice
birds. When we saw the Willets, they were on the beach toward
Today I've seen ...
Black-headed Grosbeak - 2
White-crowned Sprarrow - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 2 + 1 female
Green-tailed Towhee
Broad-tailed Hummer - 2
House Wren (tho the breeding pair have been here for about 10 days building
their nest)
Bullock's Oriole
Yellow Warbler
Blue Jay
Say's Phoebe
ALL in
I have seen a parent and juvenile great horned owl at least 6 times along
the S. Platte River in Littleton, north of the Carson Nature Center, taking
the unpaved path along the river. The owls are on the east side of the
river in a cottonwood grove, about 10 minutes walk from the Carson Nature
Cen
Hi Cobirders
Another good cold day here at Chico. Steve Brown and I saw the Harris's
Sparrow early but it was hard to relocate (impossible). 93 birds of 22 species
banded today. Large influx of Swainson's Thrushes after just 3 yesterday.
Warblers were still around but in smaller numbers.
B
Last night while dog walking around Wonderland Lake I finally saw the
Sora's that I have been hearing for a week. The two were swimming
along the north east edge near the spill way.
Handsome birds.
Wonderland Lake is located between Utica and Quince Streets, west of
Broadway backing up to the Footh
Of interest to Colo Spgs birders :
A quick walk at Sonderman Park between errands in town produced the following:
2 Swainson's Thrushes by the footbridge
1 Hermit Thrush about 10-12 meters upstream from the footbridge
2 Bullock's Orioles,
2 Black-headed Grosbeak
1 Downy Woodpecker
3 Spotted tow
A quick summary of the more unusual stuff I saw today at Chico Basin Ranch.
Pueblo County:
Northern Parula - 1 at Rose Pond
American Redstart - 1 female at Rose Pond
Indigo Bunting - 1 male, south of Rose Pond
Northern Waterthrush - 5 (3 at Rose Pond, 2 at Headquarter Willows and pond)
Veery - 1
Ok, so it is a good year for my yard! This evening I had a beautiful
MacGillvary's Warbler out front. What a nice find for me and another new yard
bird! Makes up for my lack of feeder birds.
The lark buntings have just descended as well. Yesterday 5/12 was the first
day I saw them in Prower
During lunch I went out looking for the Pine Warbler and came across a singing
White-winged Dove in front of the high school.
Todd Deininger
Longmont, CO
"Only the muddy fox lives"
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COBirders,
I wandered over to Sondermann Park in Colorado Springs this evening around 5:45
pm. I met up with Robb Hines. We caught glimpses of a very uncooperative
Northern Parula. I am assuming this is the same bird that Allan Burns reported
a few days ago.
Other birds:
Swainson's Thrush
My last stop for the week at Clover Basin today was not disappointing . A
Lesser Yellowleg with completely muddy legs was a new shore bird at this
location for my. It was accompanied by a Willet. I watched both of them
navigating the which came up to their bellies at some points. Peeps (Western,
Oh, I did want to mention that by my count there have been 22 shorebirds
spotted at Clover Basin Res. since April 25th.
Todd Deininger
Longmont, CO
"Only the muddy fox lives"
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