Date: April 23, 2011, updated at 5:45 AM
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This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, April 23, 2011,
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain
Bird Observatory.
If you are phoning in a message, you can skip the recording by pressing the
star key (*) on your phone at any time.
Please leave your name, phone number, detailed directions, including county
and dates for each
sighting. It would be helpful if you would spell your last name.
Highlight species include: (* denotes that there is new information on the
species in this report)
RED-THROATED LOON (Arapahoe)
RED-NECKED GREBE (Arapahoe)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Arapahoe)
Glossy Ibis (*La Plata)
Broad-winged Hawk (*Jefferson)
HUDSONIAN GODWIT (*Kiowa, Otero)
Dunlin (Arapahoe)
Short-billed Dowitcher (LaPlata)
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE (Weld, *Logan)
Yellow-throated Vireo (*Boulder)
SEDGE WREN (Boulder)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Jefferson)
LUCY'S WARBLER (*Montezuma)
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (*Boulder)
PALM WARBLER (Boulder)
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (Bent)
EASTERN TOWHEE (Broomfield)
BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW (*Mesa)
BAIRD'S SPARROW (Yuma)
White-throated Sparrow (Jefferson)
Harris's Sparrow (El Paso, Jefferson)
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (Jefferson)
Summer Tanager (*Yuma)
Arapahoe County:
--Andrews reported a Long-billed Curlew and a breeding plumage RED-NECKED
GREBE at Cherry Creek Reservoir on April 16th; they were seen again on the
17th.
--A juv NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported by Asteriades at the marina at
Cherry Creek State Park on April 8. It is associating with Double-crested
Cormorants. It has been seen daily through the 21st.
--Teuton reported an alternate plumaged RED-THROATED LOON near the Marina on
April 19.
Bent County:
--A LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was reported April 20 by Nelson from Tempel Grove.
To get there, study a map & travel on Highway 287 to Bent County road A (not
signed). This is south of the Great Plains
Reservoirs (NeeGrande, etc). Road A goes west just before the sign for
Prowers County. Go west on A and then south on the first road.
You will then be in Bent County. The mature trees at Tempel Grove will loom
up in front
of you. The bird was still there on 4/21, but very shy. The bird stuck
around even after most of its favored feeding sites were flooded
by a sudden, large influx of water into the canal. The Tempel Ranch property
is
off limits, but you may walk on the path along the canal. As always, please
do not disturb
this very rare warbler. Photographs confirmed the ID as Louisiana
Waterthrush and will be submitted
to the Colorado Bird Record Committee of the CFO. Tempel Grove is a stop on
the Colorado Birding Trail.
Boulder County
--A brightly colored Yellow-throated Vireo was reported by Alex Brown on
4/21 from near the intersection of the Boulder Creek Trail
and the Skunk Creek Trail, which site is just west of where Arapahoe crosses
Boulder Creek. Later in the day Kaempfer found
it a little south of there. It is best found by looking through a flock of
warblers in that general area.
-- A Yellow-throated Warbler was reported from the same general area by
xxxxxxxx on April 22.
--On 4/21 Floyd reported a PALM WARBLER at the Greenlee Preserve. "The bird
was in that strip of dense vegetation that runs
between the south side of Greenlee Reservoir and the north side of Waneka
Lake."
--On 4/21 Nunes reported a calling SEDGE WREN "in the extensive cattail
marsh just south of the Eagle Trailhead on 51st St, about 1/8th mile north
of the south entrance to Boulder Reservoir."
Broomfield County:
-- A male Eastern Towhee was reported by Zorawowicz from the southeast
corner of
Plaster Reseroir on April 19. Sanders saw it in the same place later in the
day. This is a first county record.
Jefferson County:
--On April 9, Henwood reported Curve-billed Thrasher, White-throated
Sparrow, GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, and Harris's Sparrow at Red Rocks Trading
Post. Bob Spencer reported these again on April 17, and they were there on
the 20th.
-- On April 16 the Schmokers reported 4 Broad-winged Hawks including one
dark
morph at the Dinosaur Ridge Hawkwatch site, southeast of the intersection
of
I-70 and Morrison Road. 4 more were seen on the 21st.
Kiowa County:
-- A trio of Hudsonian Godwits was reported by Duane Nelson from NeeNoShe
on April 18. One of these was color banded. Duane learned from several
helpful
researchers that the banded bird was a male, banded on Chiloe Island, CHILE,
15 months ago,
January, 2010. This is stunning news. Access is from US 287 between Wiley
and Eads.
The west boat ramp entrance is signed and is north of Cottonwood Road (Kiowa
County Road 41.2).
Go east until it is clear that you will get stuck in the mud by proceeding
farther. These birds were not seen
on 4/19. HOWEVER, Nelson reported 3 Hudsonian Godwits, probably different
individuals, not color banded,
at nearby NeeGronda Reservoir on the 20th, but were not seen on the 21st.
LaPlata County: --Beatty reported a Short-billed Dowitcher from Pastorius
SWA on 4/19.
Allerton reported that Reynolds, Rees and Rees found a Glossy Ibis among
many White-faced Ibis
on the 20th at Pastorius. On the 221st Beatty found two Glossy Ibis there.
Logan County:
--On 4/22 Kranik reported a juv BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE east of Sterling on
Highway 138 between CR 36.5 and milepost 6.
It was in a field with Franklin's Gulls and a flock of White-faced Ibis.
Mesa County: --A BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW was reported by Frid (an Ontario
birder) on
Devil's Kitchen Trail in Colorado National Monument on April 9. On April
11
Stigen and Arnold were able to relocate a singing BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW
about 300 m up the Devil's Kitchen Trail in a wash beyond Big Sage in an
open area with native bunch grasses. On April 12, Trappett and many other
birders were able to see the bird. On April 13, Shoffner reported the
BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW in late afternoon. On April 13, Wild reported
hearing
another BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW across the road from the trail parking area.
On April 14 Tischbein reported flushing the sparrow from bunch grass. On
April 15, Gent reported the BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW in the usual spot. On
April 16, McConnell reported that the sparrow was seen by many
birders. Still there on 22nd.
Parking is limited in the area. Please do not park along the road or off
road. Please stay on trails and use restraint in approaching the bird.
Dogs are not allowed in the monument. Directions courtesy of Larry Arnold:
use the East entrance to CNM. After passing through the East Entrance
station go about .2 miles and you will see a road to the right leading to
the Devils Kitchen Picnic Area. Stay on the main road; on the left side
there is a small parking lot at the Devil's Kitchen Trailhead. Use that
lot
if space is available. If space is not available there, use the picnic
area
parking. Take the trail. Look and listen for the bird where the trail
levels off in a large sagebrush meadow.
Montezuma County:
-- Percival and Rutherford found a LUCY'S WARBLER at its usual breeding site
in Yellow-jacket Canyon on April 22. Directions are
available in the County Birding Website.
Otero County: --Moss saw 4 distant godwits at Lake Holbrook, located north
of LaJunta, and photos show that these are Hudsonian.
Yuma County -- Dan Maynard saw and heard 2 BAIRD'S SPARROWS in sand-sage
habitat near Wray, Colorado, as well as a Summer
Tanager in Wray City Park on April 21.
Weld County: --A 1st-cyc BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was reported by Wild at
Windsor Lake- on April 7. Mlodinow saw it on the 21st.
The field trip for Sunday, April 24, will travel to Fountain Creek Regional
Park in El Paso county and will be led by Paul Slingsby.
The next DFO meeting is coming up soon --
Jeffrey A. Gordon - The New President of ABA
What's New at the ABA? / Birding Quiz Show
Monday, April 25, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
We appreciate the reports by birders visiting the Centennial State this
month.
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*
Sunday, April 24 Fountain Creek Regional Park
Leader: Paul Slingsby, (303) 422-3728 pasling...@comcast.net . Please
register with the leader beforehand. Meet the leader at 0630 at the
south-east corner of the Great Indoors parking lot. We will carpool from
there. This is just north of C470 on Yosemite. From Denver by I-25 use exit
195, and go West on County Line Road to Yosemite. Take Yosemite south to the
Great Indoors store, which will be on the right (west). Fountain Creek
Regional Park has good trails for easy walking near ponds, wetlands,
grassland and creek. Spring migration should be underway, so expect
surprises.
Bring lunch. Telescope and 2-way radio will be useful if you wish to bring
them. Plan to be back at the carpool meeting place by 1700 at the latest.
*
Good Birding.
Joe Roller, Denver
Please call me at 303 204-0828 with reports or corrections.
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