[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 13 April 2014

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: April 13, 2014 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, April 13, 2014, sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can skip the

[cobirds] Las Animas county Common Poorwill

I heard at least two different COPO last night just after sunset. Bird/species numbers are up this past week. Great to see...and hear. Paul Tennery Valdez CO Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To unsubscribe

[cobirds] Weekend in San Luis Valley

Birds to see in SLV this weekend: Blue-winged Teal on north side of Alamosa NWR; Am. Tree Sparrow at Alamosa Ranch (near golf course), also Am White Pelican cruising around lake; tons of Yellow-th Blackbirds at Alam MV NWRs and at Home Lake; tons of Ruddy Ducks at Home Lake; a few Greater and

[cobirds] Boulder County, FOS Snipe winnowing

along with FOS Chipping Sparrow and up to 4 Harris's Sparrows Best, Pam Piombino -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

[cobirds] Common Loon - Chatfield, Douglas County

One single common in the gravel pits in chatfield this morning. Beautiful. Matt Crooks, Littleton CO www.cheezwhizdom.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it,

[cobirds] FOY American Goldfinch

This American Goldfinch showed up at our backyard feeder in South Lakewood this morning. https://www.flickr.com/photos/behnfield/13826980375/ Tom Debbie Behnfield Lakewood, CO www.flickr.com/photos/behnfield -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[cobirds] Greeley egrets

I checked out Glenmere Park in Greeley and found 2 snowy egrets, 5 pelicans, and about a dozen cormorants. None of the nests looked complete as yet and there were no signs of the night herons. Rick Reeser Greeley -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[cobirds] lingering Rough-legged Hawks

While returning from Omaha, NE late yesterday afternoon, had two young Rough-legged Hawks hovering along I-76 yesterday between the Julesburg (Sedgwick) and Crook (Logan) Exits on 12April. Getting a bit late. Since their irruption into Colorado was particularly pronounced this past winter, it

[cobirds] Return of Piping Plovers

Birders, The first Piping Plover of 2014 returned to traditional nesting habitat on Saturday, April12th, four days later than in 2013. Despite adverse migration conditions, it was joined by a second bird today. These birds are well inside an endangered species closure area, and probably

[cobirds] Update on Bald Eagle nest Highland Lake, Weld, CO

As I posted a few of weeks ago, there was a new Bald Eagle nest on the north shore of Highland Lake near Mead, Weld. A pair of eagles had been hanging around for weeks. I observed them in the nest and changing places. There was one almost all the time, hanging out about 50 yards away, chasing off

[cobirds] A slight clarification on Piping Plover return

Savvy birders probably deduced the Piping Plover location as John Martin Reservoir in Bent County, and they would have guessed correctly. Sorry I didn't make that clear in my original post. Duane Nelson Las Animas, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[cobirds] Littleton, Arapahoe Co Apr 13

A stop at Ketring Lake in the early afternoon during light snow had my first of season SNOWY EGRETS (2), a male and female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD (my first in town in Littleton), 3 NOR. ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, 12 BARN SWALLOWS and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW. A trio of SAY'S PHOEBES was intent on hovering low

[cobirds] Fort Collins Natural Areas

I was out at Riverbend Ponds, Running Deer, and Cottonwood Hollow Natural Areas yesterday (4/12/14) and this is what I saw: - Great blue herons - One yellow-crowned night heron - One bald eagle - One male northern harrier - Two nesting osprey - American white pelicans -

[cobirds] Great Egret/Jefferson County

My wife Nancy and I spotted a Great Egret perched at the top of one of the trees on the island in Kountze Lake in Belmar Park at 11:40 this morning. It hung around for a couple of minutes after we noticed it and then took off in a northwesterly direction. Nancy has posted one of her photos at

[cobirds] Larimer County gulls

Horseshoe Lake in northeast Loveland is currently a gull hotspot. Late Saturday afternoon, the muddy southeast lobe of the lake hosted: California Gull – 600 adults, many in pairs, some copulating Franklin’s Gull - 80+ pink-breasted adults Ring-billed Gull – 15 or 20, various ages Herring Gull –

[cobirds] Chatfield State Park

As of 4pm, alternate plumage Common Loon still present at the diving pond (SW of Kingfisher Bridge) (Jefferson County).  6 McCown's Longspurs (5m, 1f) at the model air field (Douglas County). Joey Kellner Littleton, Colorado -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

[cobirds] YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER -- EL Paso Co. 4/13

Tyler Stuart found a Yellow-throated Warbler at the banding station at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), El Paso County at 3:25pm. Brandon Percival Pueblo West, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds group. To unsubscribe from this group

[cobirds] Eastern Phoebe, Salida, Chaffee Co. 4/11

On Friday I saw an Eastern Phoebe at the Sands Lake SWA (Chaffee Co.). It was calling next to the platform that juts out toward the river at the back of the pond. Then, today, at Johnson Lake in the San Luis Valley (Saguache Co.), feeding with 10 White-faced Ibis, were a Great Egret and a

[cobirds] Masonville (Larimer County) Turkey Vulture Roost update

Happy snowy Sunday! I've been meaning to update the group on the Masonville Post Office turkey vulture roost but have been out of town (getting some birding and ranch work done in the Hill Country of Texas). We spotted the first tuvu on the roost the evening of April 5. We just checked

[cobirds] Manitou Lake, Teller County

New species at Manitou Lake (Fee $6) since Friday. . Ruddy Duck . Osprey . Ring-billed Gull . Lone Franklin's Gull hanging out at lake today . American Kestrel . Yellow-rumped Warbler (odd looking male mix between auduboni and coronata -

[cobirds] Boulder County storm birds, Apr. 13th

Hello, Birders. I had a bit of time this snowy Sunday afternoon, Apr. 13, so I made the quick jaunt over to South Teller Lake, Boulder County, where the snow was horizontal out of the north. Hard enough to see the lake, and even harder to see the birds, but there were many of them, including: 6

Re: [cobirds] YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER -- EL Paso Co. 4/13

COBirders, Thank you for posting this find for me, Brandon. On an afternoon that was more bark than bite at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), 4 of us found a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at the banding station (El Paso County). The warbler was foraging among the Russian olives immediately southeast of