On our way back from Nebraska where we caught the end of the Brood IV
17-year Cicada eruption, we were searching for some odes and tiger beetles in
the Pawnee Grassland and happened to go by Crow Valley and found the gates
open and the hosts in place and working on getting the place ready for
There was a group of 3 female/immature Surf Scoters at Union Res., Weld
County, East of Longmont Friday afternoon. Part of the time they were in a
group of Am. Coots right along the south side (WCRoad 26). Also 1 Common
Loon still in partial breeding plumage and 1 Pacific Loon. A huge grou
A female Black Scoter was seen about 11 AM Saturday from the south side
(Weld Co Rd 26) of Union Res., east of Longmont. It was flushed by a sculler
and flew to the NW side, still visible from the south but farther away.
Lots of other water birds have come in in the last day or so but we sa
We ran our Breeding Bird Survey Route that starts on Lincoln County Road U
10 miles east of Karval and ends on road T 13 miles west of Karval. Most
of the area is terribly dry and the western part is even worse. I felt
bird numbers were way down, some of the stops I had to listen very hard
A Caspian Tern has been(Friday evening and Saturday AM) at the old gravel
pit at the NW corner of Colorado Hwy 119 and Weld County Road 9 east of
Longmont. It can usually be seen by parking on the north side of Co. 119.
Parking along Weld Co road 7 is prohibited and sometimes enforced by Sta
While birding Union Reservoir that was largely devoid of birds yesterday,
we happened on a corvid foraging in some pine trees. Our first impression
was crow-sized but with binoculars we could see a raven tail, bill and
chough. The bill and chough were not quite up to what we expect Common
Union Reservoir, east of Longmont has open water for the first time since
early December thanks to the high winds last night and today. Birds are
starting to pour in: 100 Common Merganser, 50 Common Goldeneye, 4 Bufflehead,
10 Green-winged Teal, 60 Mallard, 200 Ring-billed Gull, 3 Herring Gul
Wednesday afternoon there were 3 Short-eared Owls on Weld County Road 7 a
couple miles north of Mead. They were flying low and perching on posts and
on the ground on both sides of the road near the top of the ridge north of
Weld County Road 38. A couple of Ferruginous Hawks and groups of
Longmont Christmas Bird Count had a preliminary total of 92 species(a
couple of areas had not reported in yet). One species was found for the first
time: A Eastern Phoebe in St. Vrain Park in south central Longmont. Other
unusual species were Hermit Thrush, Horned Grebes, Winter Wren, Am. W
We saw a Dunlin on the NE side of Union reservoir in Weld County, east of
Longmont, Saturday about noon. Probably the same as reported at Jim Hamm
pond by Joel and Marcel Such earlier this week. There were still 2 immature
Black-crowned Night-herons on the SW lobe of Pelican pond at St Vrain
2 Western and 1 Least Sandpiper were with the Kildeer in the NW corner of
Union Res., east of Longmont. Ducks and geese are increasing daily, we saw
nothing unusual. 4 American Pipits on the south shore. Still quite a few
Grebes (Western, Horned, Pied-billed). 2 dark Harlan's Hawks in the
The storm brought in a good mix of birds to Union Res., east of Longmont in
Weld County Friday. 5 Black-Bellied Plovers were along the NW shore and 3
Surf Scoters were feeding close to the south shore at times. Lots of
other ducks joined the thousands of grebes, lots to look at. Bill and I
The Immature Little Gull was on the far west side of Union about 10 AM
Sunday. It could be seen from WCR 26 on the south side but you could get much
closer by going inside the Longmont Park at the SW corner of the res. There
is a fee for entering the park. Bill and Inez Prather, Longmont
We saw the Ground dove at the reported location about 1 PM Friday. In the
area was a very nice black Thinsulate glove. If it is yours we will try to
get it to you. Bill and Inez Prather Longmont
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In a message dated 10/8/2011 9:57:22 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
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Greetings All,
Today, Tim Smart and I birded Prewitt Res, Red Lion SWA, Jumbo Res,
Tamarack SWA, and Akron.
Birding Prewitt was, quite frankly, miserable with moderate winds,
moderate rain, and di
The number and variety of ducks at the large gravel pond south of Hwy 119
between Weld Co. road 7 and the St Vrain River was down some from Wednesday
when we checked Friday afternoon. Still a lot of ducks and more geese but no
Tufted Duck. There was a little open water on ponds 1 and 2 at Golde
We looked around the east side of Longmont before the wind and snow came in on
Wednesday. The best collection of ducks was in the gravel pond on the south
side of Colorado Hwy 119 west of Weld County road 7. There were Common
Goldeneyes, Buffleheads, Common and Red-breasted Mergansers, Ring-ne
The Black-legged Kittiwake and 2 Long-tailed Ducks were seen again at Union
reservoir, east of Longmont Weld County, Monday morning The Tufted Duck/Scaup?
female was not seen.. Quite a few birds escaped the almost freeze over Saturday
night and the winds are opening up more water today. The Lo
Union Res, east of Longmont in weld county, has a lot of ice and some good
birds this AM. A female duck showing a small tuft, a thin white ring at the
base of the bill and a long bright wing stripe was seen from the north side.It
could be a Lesser Scaup but has sort of a different look to it.
Union Reservoir, west of Longmont, had a number of unseasonable species
Tuesday. 5 species of grebes, including a Red-necked, and a Long-tailed Duck
topped the list. Also all 3 species of mergansers. There are still a number of
Bonaparte's Gulls but we did not see the Black-leggd kittiwake. Bi
We are all devastated to hear that Mona Hill of Cortez died suddenly Monday
AM. Many Colorado birders have been given a gracious welcome to Mona and
Dean Hill's house in Cortez. Mona was always a valuable source of
information and research. She was instrumental in finding the Colorado
bree
2 Blackpoll warblers, 1 male and 1 female, were on the east side of Jim's Pond
at jim Hamm nature area on 17th st and Boulder/Weld county line road east of
Longmont Sunday morning. Quite a few other migrants, nothing very rare, were
present also. About 40 species seen in about an hour. Bill
We met Joe Himmel at Beebe Draw, Weld County Friday afternoon. He had
just seen a Hudsonian Godwit with 2 Marbled Godwits north of Weld County road
42 east of Weld County Road 45. The group had flown before we arrived and
we weren't able to relocate any of the godwits. A beautiful day to b
A flock of about 100 Ibis north of the road on the north side of Union
Reservoir, east of Longmont, included 1 apparent Glossy Ibis and 2 that showed
intermediate characteristics, possibly hybrids? Lots of gulls, 100s of
Ring-billed and Franklins, at least 15 Bonapartes. Big groups of swal
Union Reservoir in Weld County east of Longmont is slowly opening up.
Bald Eagles (up to 14) and gulls (lots of Ring-billed and Herring) are finding
lots of fish snacks. The first Pelican of the year and a large group of
Common Mergansers in a hole in the middle of the ice pack. Jim Hamm p
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
On Saturday, March 14, we got to spend more time at Jumbo Res. A more
careful estimate of the White-fronted Geese put the number over 1000, an
amazing
number, to me, for Colorado. The Snow and Ross' Geese must have been 20 to 30
thousand or more-it was hard to comprehend the blizzard of th
A quick stop at Jumbo Res at 10am Friday found a few interesting birds. The
thousands of geese included an estimated 500 White-fronted and many Ross's.
About 1 in 50 of the "white" geese were the blue form. Of the many gulls a
few were close enough to confidently ID. These included 2 adu
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