On New Years Eve we conducted the 43rd consecutive CBC at Barr Lake. We had
nice calm weather, great visibility, and a great turnout with 39
participants. We tallied 54,114 birds of 76 species, a bit above our
average of ~70 species for the count circle.
The relatively mild winter so far made
Hi all,
Passing this along from Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Nathan Pieplow
Boulder
*Update on Barr Lake from Bird Conservancy of the Rockies:*
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies met with FRICO (Farmers Reservoir and
Irrigation Company) and CPW staff to discuss mitigating damage to critical
Here is a link to the Colorado Sun's article on the changes at Barr Lake.
https://coloradosun.com/2023/10/04/barr-lake-bulldozing-birders-conservation/
John Malenich
Boulder, CO
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appreciate you!
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On Friday, September 22, 2023 at 2:07:34 PM UTC-6 Susan Rosine wrote:
> Thank you for the update, Tyler.
> I have found out that this year
Thank you for the update, Tyler.
I have found out that this year the bird banding will continue as usual.
FRICO mitigation work is not heading further towards our banding station
this year.
Next year, before we start banding, FRICO will do required work near/around
the banding station. Currently,
Folks in the state and the NGO community have to be careful as all (for the
parks employee) and much (Bird Conservancy) of their funding comes from
public sources. It is those of us who are from the outside to be rabble
rousers.
On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 10:10 AM 'Norm Lewis' via Colorado Birds <
Dear CO Birders,
As most of you know, recent changes in the management of water storage at
Barr Lake has led Farmer’s Reservoir and Irrigation Company (FRICO) to
begin a project to remove vegetation from a portion of the shoreline. Barr
Lake State Park is a wildlife viewing and recreation
Agreed! The tone of the broadcast was conciliatory, suggesting that everything is just fine. I was hoping for something a little more critical.Norm LewisLakewood Sent from my iPhoneOn Sep 21, 2023, at 9:53 PM, Lauren Hyde wrote:I don’t think this broadcast will do a damn thing. Neither women nor
I don’t think this broadcast will do a damn thing. Neither women nor the broadcast was assertive enough to let the public know what is really going on. On Sep 21, 2023, at 9:42 PM, Nathan Pieplow wrote:Hi all,9News ran a segment on the Barr Lake situation with interviews from Tammy VerCauteren,
Hi all,
9News ran a segment on the Barr Lake situation with interviews from Tammy
VerCauteren, executive director of Bird Conservancy, as well as with the
manager of Barr Lake State Park. Video here:
Thanks so much for passing this along, Michael. Coincidentally, there is a
hybrid Water Conservancy Board meeting today and an opportunity for public
comment,
https://cwcb.colorado.gov/events/hybrid-board-meeting-september-20-21-2023.
I agree it may be too late, but it would be helpful for the
Wow. If I read correctly the report that Michael linked, this work at Barr
Lake is being funded by you and me (state taxpayers) for $278,000.
And who gets the water? Says the report:"Barr Lake provides water to
industrial water users such as Anadarko Petroleum Corp and Nobel Energy for
their
The application cited that the water level increase would be beneficial for
camping, hiking, and birdwatching. In reality, the walking (not hiking)
really will not change, except less/no shade due to lack of trees. Barr
Lake does not allow camping. Of course, unless you like just waterbirds, it
Reality is sometimes very distasteful, especially in this situation for
those of us who love wildlife and the places that this wildlife lives.
However, in the grand scheme of things decisions are made in favor for the
many rather than the few. As a wildlife rehabilitator, researcher and
FRICO is removing all cottonwood trees right now, not just dead and dying
ones. I'm at the Barr Lake Banding Station six days a week, and they are
making their way towards us. They will continue (unless somehow stopped)
past us, past the Nature Center, clear up to the biggest gazebo (eagle
viewing
I doubt if FRICO needs an EIS. When I was working at DOW we increased the
storage of a reservoir and an EIS was not needed. Barr being an off channel
reservoir likely would be exempt and FRICO would be allowed to basically
remove most if not all of the large cottonwoods that are dead or dying
Today at the Barr Lake Banding Station we could hear them cutting down more
cottonwoods and other vegetation. They are slowly, but surely, destroying
habitat for birds and other wildlife. It also looks ugly without any trees,
and I sure wouldn't want to take a walk on the trail on a hot day.
If
In response to the question about the granting agency. it is the Division
of Water Resources only for the original construction of the dam. The
issuance of a dam permit has only a few restriction. One is the offsetting
of evaporation losses for the reservoir and the other is dam safety.
Norm
This article is from 2011. Could you summarize what points are relevant for
today for us?
Thanks!
Susan Rosine
Brighton
On Wed, Sep 20, 2023, 8:58 AM Jo wrote:
> If you want to know what is really going on at Barr Lake, read this
>
>
>
If you want to know what is really going on at Barr Lake, read this
https://www.denverpost.com/2011/07/16/lawyer-had-dual-role-in-deal-that-cost-weld-adams-farmers-water-rights/
JoAnn Hackos
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Who is the granting agency? On Sep 19, 2023, at 3:12 PM, Susan Rosine wrote:If Bald Eagles live at Barr Lake all year round, could that be used as leverage to stop them from destroying the Bald Eagle habitat?Susan RosineBrighton(and volunteer for Bird Conservancy of the Rockies) On Tue, Sep 19,
After a couple of months of rehab for a bum knee, I decided to go on a mountain bike ride around Barr Lake’s perimeter Saturday. Much to my dismay, the state park that I consider my home base, was being torn to shreds. I didn’t understand why until this thread. During my entire ride, Joni
I sent emails to all the local news channels but everyone else should as well.---Rachel Kolokoff HopperFollow me on iNaturalistrkhphotography.netho...@comcast.netFt. Collins, COOn Sep 19, 2023, at 5:55 PM, James Bruening <87211...@gmail.com> wrote:Nathan, Tammy, et al.,Anyone
Nathan, Tammy, et al.,
Anyone who thinks rip rap is habitat enhancement should have themselves
checked. Has anyone alerted any Denver News channels? How about Crime
Stoppers (I wish that were possible)? What was the granting agency that
approved the increased water level? Can we email them
If Bald Eagles live at Barr Lake all year round, could that be used as
leverage to stop them from destroying the Bald Eagle habitat?
Susan Rosine
Brighton
(and volunteer for Bird Conservancy of the Rockies)
On Tue, Sep 19, 2023, 1:49 PM Nathan Pieplow wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Tammy VerCauteren
Hello all,
Tammy VerCauteren at Bird Conservancy of the Rockies let us know this
morning that an unfortunate situation is unfolding at Barr Lake State Park.
FRICO, the ditch company that built the reservoir and owns the water
rights, recently increased the water level in the reservoir to
Wow! That was actually a LOT of birds!
33,914? Amazing!
Especially the number of Bald Eagles. 礪
Nice job everyone!
Cinnamon Bergeron
On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 2:15 PM Colin Woolley <
colin.wool...@birdconservancy.org> wrote:
> We held our Barr Lake CBC on Jan 2nd. It was a cold, foggy morning with
We held our Barr Lake CBC on Jan 2nd. It was a cold, foggy morning with
limited visibility, but at least it wasn't snowing during the count! All
things considered, we had a great day and were able to see plenty of birds
despite the challenging weather (we couldn't even see Barr Lake for most of
I don't have a photo of the Rough Legged Hawk. It would have made a great
photo but my camera battery deiced to randomly die eve thought it was
fresh. Not sure what happened.
Good Birding
Brian Johnson, Englewood
On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 9:36:20 PM UTC-7 jennyan...@gmail.com
wrote:
Kathy -- thanks for sending a link to the app. It sounds like that could be
very helpful in IDing raptors and I will check it out.
On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 8:48:53 AM UTC-7 grb...@gmail.com wrote:
> Thanks for the pointer to the app!
>
> Gary Brower
> Unincorporated Arapahoe County
>
Thanks for the pointer to the app!
Gary Brower
Unincorporated Arapahoe County
> On Feb 10, 2021, at 8:44 AM, KATHY HOLLAND wrote:
>
> Jen,
>
> I just found out about a cool APP last night for ID'ing raptors. It's called
> Raptor ID by HawkWatch International and it's free! Gobs of photos
I have been continuing the ebird challenge of a complete checklist a day
challenge. Today I hit 1500 days.
So with such a milestone I headed out to Barr Lake today. It was a cold day
at around 10 with a windchill bellow that, but I was bundled up and
carrying around 20 ponds of gear (scope,
Over the last 10 years the Barr Lake CBC has between 124-424 Western
Meadowlark each count with an average of 272.
The Denver Urban count has between 1-72 with an average of 41 and many of
those from Rocky Mt. Arsenal.
Charlie Chase
Denver
On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 11:04 AM Dave Cameron wrote:
We have meadowlarks year around at Barr Lake.
Ira Sanders
On Tue, Dec 8, 2020, 5:28 PM elena wrote:
> I have had western meadowlarks in he area of the Barr Lake CBC that I do-
> the large northern section that is mostly driving. I also have had them
> near my home on the Longmont CBC in Niwot
I have seen meadowlarks in all months of the year.
I think they do migrate but ours move south and are replaced by birds from
the north.
Attached are the summer and winter ebird maps.
Bez Bezuidenhout
Arapahoe County
On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 5:04 PM Diana Beatty wrote:
> I think two years ago on
Scouting parts of Denver and Aurora south of the airport after Christmas
for the Urban Denver CBC on New Year's a couple of years ago, I found a
flock of more than 25 Western Meadowlarks in grassy fields next to a big
new warehouse complex.
Patrick O'Driscoll
Denver
On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 5:32
I live outside of Keenesburg on a small acreage. They are around my place all
year, although the winter they aren’t as numerous and are very quiet.
Lauren Hyde
Keenesburg, Weld County
> On Dec 8, 2020, at 5:32 PM, Susan Rosine wrote:
>
> I just saw a flock of them two days ago, in extreme
I just saw a flock of them two days ago, in extreme south Weld County. I
even got some good pictures of one of them.
They don't seem to sing much after the autumnal equinox, but they are
around all year.
Susan Rosine
Brighton
On Tue, Dec 8, 2020, 5:28 PM elena wrote:
> I have had western
I have had western meadowlarks in he area of the Barr Lake CBC that I do- the
large northern section that is mostly driving. I also have had them near my
home on the Longmont CBC in Niwot in an agricultural property. I have also
heard them sing, though they also call.
Sent from my iPhone
I think two years ago on my area of the Colorado Springs CBC I came across
a flock of 14 Western Meadowlarks together in one tree. I was not used to
seeing them all together like that.
Diana Beatty
El Paso County
On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 5:02 PM 'Larry Modesitt' via Colorado Birds <
Hi Dave,
I see a few on Christmas Bird Counts, and during the winter. So it appears that
the information you received is accurate. Some do and some don’t!
Or maybe all do, and the ones in our area, Barr Lake for example, had migrated
from farther north.
In any case, they aren’t as likely to
Slightly late report... On Sunday the 6th, at Barr Lake SP:
A good flock (20 or so) American Tree Sparrows
5,000 or so Common Merganser
Possibly double that many geese, including Canada, Cackling and TWO Ross'
Geese
150-200 Am. White Pelicans. The previously mentioned swan that was
associating
Hi everyone, we're looking at 3 American Golden-Plovers at Barr Lake (Adams
Co.). Birds are roughly in the western, central portion of the lake and
requires a bit of a walk to look over some sand banks.
Adam Vesely
Thornton, CO
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Just knocking around hoping for fallout based on Bryan Guarente's comments
on wind shift the other day, we went East for more birds and fewer people.
We did see the Philadelphia Vireo at the visitors' center at Barr Lake, and
fyi, there is another out around mile marker three. Also out back
I just refound the Philadelphia Vireo at the Barr Lake Nature Center (Adams
County). Several of us on it.
Adam Vesely
Thornton, CO
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I spent about 3 hours at Barr Lake today walking between the boat launch
and below the dam in the riparian habitat. It was quite birdy in some
areas. The large cottonwoods right at the boat launch area were very
active first thing in the morning with Townsend's Warblers being the most
Hi All,
We are thrilled to running the Barr Lake Banding Station this fall! We
have had to make a number of modifications due to Covid-19, most related to
the education portion of the program; I've included info about that at the
end of this e-mail.
Let me start with a report about our
Hello everyone,
We at Bird Conservancy of the Rockies wanted to provide a little background
on the recent removal of trees below the dam at Barr Lake…
The property is owned and managed by FRICO (Farmers Reservoir and
Irrigation Company) of Brighton. The site is actually a “toe ditch” and
Birders will be making fewer trips below the Barr Lake Dam, obviously.
BUT Checklists collected at that eBird hotspot will be useful in
documenting changes in
the avifauna, before and after the habitat destruction. So don't give up on
it; get down there when you can!
Joe Roller, Denver
On Wed,
Hi everyone,
Some of you that have recently been to the north side of Barr Lake (Adams
Co.) may have noticed the obliteration of the tree-lined stream area below
the Barr Lake dam. Large construction vehicles continued their warpath
today, removing more trees along the stream that have
While in the midst of preparing the banding station for operation in a
week, I had time to wander around a bit along the south shore. An adult
mostly breeding plumage Dunlin was in the SE bay at the end of the dam
along with several Bairds Sandpipers, a Spotted and about 60 Killdeer
feeding
To all,
The pelicans have been at Barr Lake all winter. Hope the ice melts for
them.
Ira Sanders
Golden
On Sun, Feb 16, 2020, 10:45 AM Dave Cameron wrote:
> We took out-of-town visitors to Barr Lake the other day, hoping to show
> them the 100+ Bald Eagles that had been reported. The lake
We took out-of-town visitors to Barr Lake the other day, hoping to show
them the 100+ Bald Eagles that had been reported. The lake was frozen so
we "only" saw 15 or 16 of them.
What we found interesting was 9 Am. White Pelicans standing around on the
ice, this early in the year,
...and
Birders
Today at Barr Lake we had a Merlin & 2 Common Ravens. I believe the Merlin
was a Prairie ssp. We had 1 VERY small goose fly over but the visibility
was poor due to the snow and I couldn't get any field marks except size.
Ira Sanders
Golden, CO
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Hi folks,
The Barr lake CBC is on Sunday, December 29th from 7am - 3pm. Contact the
compiler Tyler Cash at tyler.c...@birdconservancy.org if you're interested
for a fun day of counting birds! The Old Stone House at 14500 Lark Bunting
Lane in Brighton will be the base of operations and all
Birders,
Yesterday at Barr Lake, Dave Hill had 2 juv Sabine's Gulls and I had 1
adult. There were also 3 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls and lots of Franklin's.
Not a lot of passerines.
--
Ira Sanders
Golden, CO
"My mind is a raging torrent flooded with rivulets of thought cascading
into a waterfall
Highlight:
American Golden-Plover, in immaculate juv. plumage, circulating between the
southern and middle sections of the lake
There was an impressive quantity of waterbirds on the lake today, the most
numerous--listed by volume:
American White Pelican 1000
Double-crested Cormorant less than
Hello all,
Congratulations to Cathy for the sighting of a female Purple Martin at Barr
Lake. A great record and always a nice find in eastern Colorado. On April 29,
1976, I saw a beautiful male Purple Martin along the east side of Barr Lake, on
a cold, cloudy day and mixed in with hundreds
I spent a few hours birding Barr Lake SP (Adams County) from the Fishing
Dock to about 2/3 of the way across the dam (along the riparian habitat
below the dam first and then across the top to come back). Things were
fairly slow on the warbler front, with mostly only YRWA present. I did have
Hi COBirders,
The middle of winter – a time when bird banders and many other field
biologists have a chance to catch up. So, a perfect time to share
highlights of the 2018 fall banding season at Barr Lake!
It was a big year for migrating songbirds. We caught 1,902 individual
birds, the
Birders,
On our bird walk yesterday at Barr Lake, we had:
2 Sanderlings
3 Black-bellied Plovers
1 American Golden Plover (We watched it fly for several minutes)
2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
1 Franklin's Gull
100's of Cormorants
Other assorted shorebirds and ducks incl Scaup.
Other birds eBird
Hi all, Barr Lake State Park is hopping with migrants. There's been a
Black-bellied Plover hanging out for the last few days. This morning there were
Wilson's Phalaropes, Franklin's Gulls, and Orange-crowned and Wilson's
Warblers. There was even a Rock Wren hanging out by the end of the gazebo
COBirders,
As Meredith has already posted, the weather shut down the banding station
so the Front Range Birding Company bird walk participants disappointedly
spent a little time looking at stuffed ducks and feeder birds in the
Visitor Center before venturing out on the boardwalk. We perked up
I thought I'd follow up on my earlier post about the jaeger (more on him/her in
minute) with a summary of our outing. I had my monthly museum group out at Barr
Lake today, and it was a quite productive day. We started by harrassing the
inimitable Meredith McB at the banding station, where she
The Bird Conservancy Banding Station at Barr Lake will open officially this
Saturday, August 26. We will be opening nets at 6:30 and should have our
first birds back to the banding station by about 7:30 a.m. Normal closing
will be about 11:30, but likely earlier for the first week or so if it
Barr Lake was hopping with new arrivals. In 2 hours there were 2 Black-headed
Grosbeaks, 6 Bullock's Orioles, 3 Yellow Warblers,5 Western Kingbirds, 1
Eastern Kingbird, and one Green-tailed Towhee. The Bald Eagle nest had 2 adults
and at least one chick, and the Ospreys were both on the
Birders,
Sorry for the late report.
We were at Barr Lake yesterday and the best birds were:
Ross's Goose (1) Was with some Snow's.
Snow Goose (11 white and 5 Blue, 3 of which are juv.) They were not all
together. The Blues were hanging out with Canada's and Cackling.
Bonaparte's Gull (3)
Bald
Hi, All!
I reserved a group visit to the banding station at Barr Lake this Friday 7-11,
with the intention of taking students from my school (University of Colorado
Denver). I didn't get much interest, and it is now too late to cancel the trip
without losing my registration fee. I'm happy to
Cobirders,
Ann and I refound the NOWA about 300 yards north of the bridge at the
Nature Center. It was in the canal bathing and flipping leaves. Got some
digiscope photos that are attached to the eBird list. There was a Solitary
Sandpiper in the canal as well. Lots of Wilson's Warblers.
Then
Hello all,
On June 14, Rob Raker and I did a bicycle birding trip around Barr Lake,
starting at the northeast parking lot and going clockwise. There was a female
Bufflehead at the south end of the lake, and 3 Cattle Egrets flew over below
the dam. In the woods below the dam near the east end,
2 May 2016
Barr Lake State Park - From the Visitor's Center bridge to the Pioneer Trail
I went to Barr in the afternoon just to get out of the house on such a
beautiful day. There were a few migrants such as Hermit Thrush,
Orange-crowned Warbler, and Horned Grebe. My favorite for the day was
11 April 2016
Barr Lake - South side
Overcast, slightly breezy
American Avocets, Yellow-headed Blackbirds, seaweed dancing Western Grebe
pairs, and many other signs of spring abounded at Barr this morning. I'm
just here to report that the previously located Harris's Sparrow is still
present
6 April 2016
0700 - 0900
Back end side, parked at 126th off of Buckley, SW end of the lake.
Of the 43 species seen this morning, there were a few species that may be
of interest. In no particular order they were: Harris's Sparrow (is it
possible to have a first winter bird three weeks into
Hi CObirders,
For anyone with children who doesn't have to work on Monday January 18th,
Barr Lake State Park is having a Christmas Bird Count for children ages
3-18. Check out the attached flyer and help get the next generation
interested in birding! Hope to see you there.
Cheers,
Casey Setash
33 volunteers fanned out from the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Environment
Education Center Sunday for the Barr Lake Christmas Bird Count Sunday. Most
standing water was frozen reducing numbers of waterfowl. Despite overall low
waterfowl numbers, one Greater White-fronted Goose was found in
I joined Niña Routh and her band of Black Friday Birders a day late this year
for a half-day of birding at Barr Lake State Park.
We started in the NW corner by the BCOR (aka RMBO) headquarters where we had
our most unusual birds of the day-5 Least Sandpipers trying to find some shore
between
Cobirders,
Ann Troth and I had a Say's Phoebe on the dam behind Bird Conservancy at
Barr Lake this morning. Wonder where it is roosting. Distant photo in eBird
check list below.
I remember Bill Kaempfer had one on the Barr Lake CBC.
We also had 10 Snow Geese and 1 Greater White-fronted Goose SW
2 Greater White-fronted Geese on island west of visitor center at Barr Lake
in Adams county. The Snow Goose is still there today as well. Around 500
mostly Cackling I believe since the snow and fronted look bigger to me. 2
distant photos on the eBird check list below.
Cobirders,
Had a late American Avocet in NW corner of Barr Lake behind the
Bird Conservancy. Then a Snow Goose in a group of around 500
Canada/Cackling Geese on the island west of the Visitors Center.
American Avocet photos.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25776776
Snow Goose
Our Denver Audubon bird class enjoyed an extravaganza at Barr Lake State Park
yesterday.
First we stopped at the banding station, where Meredith McBurney gave her usual
fact-packed analysis of the birds she held in her hands. She managed to present
in checklist order (or at least the 4
Any Bobwhite at Barr Lake and for that matter west of Greeley at least are
all escapes. There are large numbers of hunting clubs that release them for
shooting events and those that are not harvested, wander around until they
die from predators or winter as they are not adapted to living in the
After Alec Hopping's report I headed out to Barr Lake this morning and had
a nice time. The vast majority of the water is frozen but openings remain.
The number of birds around sunrise was amazing, but gull and geese numbers
dropped drastically as the day warmed up.
A small ice hole near the boat
Birders,
On our monthly bird walk today we had more than 50 Bald Eagles at Barr
Lake. Thousands of white-cheeked geese and a few Snows and Ross's.
The dark morph Rough-legged Hawk is still there and there was a Sharpie
raiding the bird feeders.
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Ira Sanders
Golden, CO
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34 participants set out in -5 degree weather Sunday morning to tally 73
species (preliminary count) on the Barr Lake CBC. As temperatures warmed to
a balmy 23 degrees, observers found a handful of Snow Geese and a single
Ross's Goose among the thousands of Cackling and Canada Geese. Highlights
Birders,
Barr Lake is being refilled by the irrigation company that owns the water
there. Last month the lake was at drought levels as the irrigation company
worked on some gates in the dam. It is now rising quickly as the work on
the gates is finished.
Today there were 5000 geese there
My fall has been busy and I have not had much time to bird here in CO, so
loved being outside on such a glorious fall day today.
Nothing REALLY spectacular, except for some impressive numbers for November.
Over 500 American White Pelicans are still staging at Barr. An estimated
1200 Double
Birders,
Today at Barr Lake where the water is WAY down as they are working on the
dam:
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
White Pelican
Killdeer
Pectoral Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
LB Dowitcher
Lesser Yellowlegs
Prairie Falcon
Dark Morph Rough-legged Hawk - likely the same one back for a 4th or 5th
year
I made a quick stop by the ever-shrinking Barr Lake (Adams County) this
morning. The highlight was a Red-necked Grebe, about 50 yards from the
dam. Western Grebes, cormorants, pelicans, and gulls remain numerous. One
of the ongoing Lesser Black-backed Gulls was present.
The most numerous
Today at Barr Lake there was a lot of exposed mudflat and large numbers of
waterbirds, mostly western grebes, a half dozen (of what appeared to be)
stilt sandpipers and vast quantities of ducks. Gulls included mostly
Ring-Bills, and a few Franklin's in winter plumage. Within the mass of
ducks,
Hello all,
The shorebirds that Joe Roller did not find recently at Barr Lake were there on
Saturday morning, at least in modest numbers. The group I was birding with
(Michael Kiessig, Cynthia Madsen, Scott Yarberry, Celia Greenman, Karen Drozba,
and Sue Sommers) found the following along the
Greetings All
No spanking major highlights at Barr, but had 80 species in the morn. Water
levels are low, so shorebirds are present, and I was actually a tad surprised
not to find a jaeger given the number of gulls present.
Highlights included
2 Sabine's Gulls (immatures)
1 LBB Gull
Hello, Birders.
I had an errand yesterday, *Wednesday, July 2,* at *Barr Lake, Adams
County.* Convenient place for a birder to have an errand, eh?
The very first bird I saw was a *Cackling Goose.* Photo here:
http://tinyurl.com/Cackling-Barr-Lake Cathy Sheeter tells me there have a
few here
Ted, you were asking what was up with the cackling geese hanging out here for
the summer.
I have up to 800 geese on the townhouse property where I live near Littleton in
the winter time, many of them being the lesser forms. By migration time, March
or so, all of those geese leave with just
Struck out on the aforementioned Gray-cheeked at Barr yesterday, but the
stretch from the visitor's center to the blind was extremely birdy and
entertaining. Highlights were an adult male Orchard Oriole, 3 Forster's
Terns, a late female Common Merganser, a handful of Lincoln's Sparrows,
scads
Lots of birds at Barr Lake this AM. Mostly common stuff, but a few notables.
Best birds were a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, VEERY, BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, and
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER. A male Rose-breasted Grosbeak was viewed as well.
A flock of lingering Cackling Geese were along one of the banks.
Date: 12 May 2014
Time: Noon - 4PM
Location: Barr Lake - Mostly between the bridge at the visitor's center to
the Pioneer Trail
I started birding in the snow and ended up staying out for a few hours.
There were many, many thrushes around, mostly Swainson's, some Hermit's,
and one Veery.
] On Behalf Of
Carl Starace
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 9:47 PM
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Subject: [cobirds] Barr Lake Birds Today, Adams County
Such a sweet morning for a stroll along Barr Lake. Out on the water there were
90 plus Western Grebe, 19 Eared Grebe, both Common and Red Breasted
Such a sweet morning for a stroll along Barr Lake. Out on the water there
were 90 plus Western Grebe, 19 Eared Grebe, both Common and Red
Breasted Mergansers , both Egrets and some big fish splashing. It was nice
to see a Barn Owl in nest box, a nesting Swainson's Hawk, a briefly
cooperative Gray
On a DFO field trip to Barr Lake below the dam we heard and saw two Rusty
Blackbirds. We were first attracted by a song that sounded somewhat like a
European Starling. The bird we found in a cottonwood singing, however, was
a blackbird with a pale yellow eye. We debated whether it was a Brewer's
A final summary of the Barr Lake CBC can be found on the RMBO web site
http://rmbo.org/v3/Home/tabid/41/EntryId/81/Frigid-Weather-Fails-to-Deter-Christmas-Bird-Counters.aspx
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