I birded Florence River Park yesterday morning and this afternoon. It is
still 'the hotspot' for bird activity in eastern Fremont County (except
Williamson's Sapsucker, will post on that tomorrow). I have talked with
Rich Miller and he has had the same experience as I have in the past week
and a
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: October 6, 2012
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phone: 303-659-8750
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We have decided that it is too cold and too likely to rain/snow to open
today. Not to mention that our nets are cold, wet and/or close to frozen
and we will need some sun just to get them open (we haven't been open since
Wed). We hope to be back in business tomorrow morning for our last week of
The thousands of sandhill cranes reported last evening by Cade Cropper left
Timnath Reservoir in groups from about 7:10 AM, with the largest number leaving
between about 7:30 and 7:50. They first headed east for about a half mile,
then south.
Marcia and Ron Maeda
E. of Timnath
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Kathy Mihm-Dunning, Chris Owens, Charlie Lawrence, Dick Schottler and myself
birded Jackson Reservoir this afternoon and found the variety of shorebirds
to be quite remarkable for this time of year. Among the birds seen were
22(!) American Golden-Plovers and only one(!) Black-bellied Plover.
At west fisherman's point, there was a Common Tern and flyover Sandhill Cranes.
Kind of quiet overall today, so far.
Brandon K. Percival, Pueblo West, CO -- sent from my phone.
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Hi COBirders,
At 12:00, 200 cranes passed high over the Scar and Waldo Canyon Burn in
Mountain Shadows, Westside Colorado Springs.
Steve Brown
Colo Spgs
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At 12:15pm had some 50 cranes circling to gain altitude at Vista Ridge, Erie
(Weld Co.) The birds were roughly above the intersection of Erie Pkwy (Co. Rd.
8) and I 25.
Luis (Beto) Matheus
Erie, CO
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A lot of bird activity around the HQ. Best bird was a Philadelphia vireo.
None other of the rareties noted yesterday. Rose Pond had a Nashville warbler.
David ChartierColorado Springs, CO
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I currently have an immature male broad-tailed hummingbird in the backyard
feeding on flowers and feeder. At one point he seemed to be gleaning half
frozen bugs off of our raspberry leaves (video). He has a huge belly full
of fat and appears healthy. 23 degree low tonight! Keep eating little
About 40 Sandhill Cranes flew over Florence 10 min ago-heading southwest
SeEtta Moss
Canon City
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Hi All,
A fantastic new bird documentary is airing on Discovery Channel tonight.
Here's info from the website link below.
In the U.S. premiere of the Discovery Channel/BBC co-production *Winged
Planet*, airing Saturday, October 6th at 8/7c, experience the astonishing
physical wonders of our
One Western Palm Warbler with Yellow-rumped and a Wilson's Warbler near
Snakeskin Picnic Area, close to the footbridge. This is below Pueblo Res. Dam.
Also cranes flying over.
Brandon K. Percival, Pueblo West, CO -- sent from my phone.
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Here is a summary from the 2nd week of banding at Connected Lakes State
Park in Grand Junction. We banded 95 individuals from 13 species. Our
highlight was a White-throated Sparrow, caught early this morning.
White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's): 45
White-crowned Sparrow (Mountain): 11
American
Both a Philadelphia and Cassin's Vireos west of Valco ponds parking lot, close
too the Fish Hatchery ponds.
Brandon K. Percival, Pueblo West, CO -- sent from my phone.
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At 2:40 this afternoon, I looked out through my sliding glass patio door
only to see a Hermit Thrush sitting on the step looking in at me! It was
all fluffed up, but I could see the reddish tail even without my glasses.
Another thrush was farther away pecking at millet on the patio, but
instead
Today at about 1:45, we saw an interesting flock of raptors on the move along
County Road 301 just a bit north of the Fisherman's Bridge parking area along
the Arkansas River. Zell counted 2 light-morph Rough-legged Hawks, 2
dark-morph Rough-legged Hawks, 8 Red-tailed Hawks, and 1 sub-adult
Hello, Birders.
Hannah Floyd just told me that, during a class field trip yesterday, Friday,
Oct. 5th, she heard Sandhill Cranes flying over downtown Lafayette, Boulder
County. Heard-only. Attagirl... :-)
(Hannah also got to see the police respond to a robbery. Did she have an
exciting
Hi Cobirds
I relocated a single American Dipper in Clear Creek at Lowell Blvd. (Adams
Co.) today at 2:20 pm. It was seen from the Lowell Blvd bridge, looking
downstream. Last sighting was Sept. 26.
Bob Canter
Denver Co
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Today there were hundreds of sparrows, mostly White-crowned and Song, in
the brushy areas around the Holcim Wetlands. Highlights were a
White-throated Sparrow and a brilliantly rusty, eastern-type Fox Sparrow.
It came as no surprise when a flock of 137 Sandhill Cranes were seen
flying
Christian Nunes and John Vanderpoel joined me today on a trip due east of
Denver. Ghastly weather proved for great birding.
First stop Last Chance in Washington County (I've always wanted to say that):
almost all of the birds recently seen here were still present including
Black-throated Blue
As of 6pm, there was a jaeger species on Lake McIntosh in northwest Longmont.
More information later...
Bryan Guarente
Instructional Designer
The COMET Program
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, CO
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A few more birds I saw today around Pueblo, that I hadn't posted about yet.
Pueblo City Park:
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 juv.
Pygmy Nuthatch - 2
West of Valco Ponds parking lot:
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 juv.
Nashville Warbler - 1
Chimney Swift - 4 (I don't think these birds were Vaux's,
Too many birds-make that Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at the last stop.
Bill Kaempfer
Boulder
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Kathy Mihm-Dunning, Chris Owens, Charlie Lawrence, Dick Schottler and myself
birded Jackson Reservoir this afternoon and found the variety of shorebirds
to be quite remarkable for this time of year. Among the birds seen were
22(!) American Golden-Plovers and only one(!) Black-bellied Plover.
Several large flocks of Sandhill Cranes just flew over Louisville
heading southeast!
Sharon Norfleet
Louisville
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Hi folks,
Just had two flocks of sandhills cranes fly rather low over our house, more
than 100 in each bunch, headed south and still mounting thermals (must be
hard to find today). They must have spent the night not too far north of
here. In past few years Pam Piombino has seen them stop over in
at least 500 in wave after wave. Heard them before I saw them, and then
just watched with delight
Carol McCasland
Louisville
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Hi CO Birders,
Yesterday late afternoon I saw a male Spotted Towhee in my yard in NW
Denver, near Lowell and 44th.
I've never seen one in my yard before. 2 White crowned sparrows visited
yesterday as well.
Happy Birding,
Terry Cookro
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Colorado Birders,
I will be in Denver on business in early November and have carved out two full
days for birding. I have a target list of birds below. I know I won’t get
them all, but would like to maximize the chance to see as many as possible. I
will have a car.
Where would be the best
We just had 3 flocks of about 150 Sandhill Cranes going over our house. Second
time in 5 years. Very loud, and headed south.
Larry and Roni Wilson,
Northglenn, Co.
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While hiking the Trading Post Loop at Red Rocks Park, I saw 9 different
groups of sandhill cranes fly overhead between 4:15 pm and 5:00pm. The 1st
3 groups were about 350 each. The 4th group was over 700 birds all flying
in several groups, but all together. A couple of other groups had about
The jeager settled on the NW side of the lake and was still there at 6:56.
It was hard to get any details in the light, but it was larger than the
Ring-bill Gulls harassing it.
I will be back in the morning to search for it.
Todd Deininger
Longmont, CO
As of 6pm, there was a jaeger species
Pomarine is the only jaeger with a longer wingspan than Ring-billed Gull.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 7:13 PM
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Subject: [cobirds] Re: jaeger sp. @ McIntosh Lake (Boulder County)
The jeager settled on the NW side
Today, I decided to brave the drizzle and clouds and see if anything dropped in
at Last Chance. The numbers had dropped but the following birds were seen
including a male BLACK-THROATED BLUE near the pond. I'm wondering if this is
the same bird seen by Joey's group behind the motel yesterday.
Here's the scoop on the bird I saw. Saw a juvenile dark jaeger settled in the
middle of Lake McIntosh's deep part. I made plenty of notes about the bird,
since I called 6 people and none of them picked up, I had to go it alone (well
with my non-birding wife and noisy 5 year old son). Bird
Hello, Birders.
Eight intrepid birders assembled at the snowy Fox Ranch, Yuma County, at 6am
this morning, Saturday, Oct. 6th. Four of us (Todd Deininger, David Gillilan,
Bill Schmoker, and I) worked the ranch east of Yuma County Road U. Four others
(Lisa Edwards, Dan Maynard, Steve
One of the features I like about e-bird is the way it flags rare birds,
including common species that would be unexpected at the time of year of the
observation. Birding today in the Fort Collins-Wellington area of eastern
Larimer County, I stumbled upon the following “E-bird rarities”:
Swamp
You can see a photo of this bird at
http://www.pbase.com/quetzal/image/109179723.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
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Greetings All,
Ted got the summary of the westside Fox Ranch group pretty well right, though
I'd probably have put the PACIFIC WREN in caps. The bird was seen briefly
(enough to discern it was a stub-tailed wren and heard well and repeatedly.
We also had 2 Yell0w-bellied Sapsuckers, a
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