With all reports from SE Colorado (Bent, Prowers, Kiowa, and Baca
Counties), there were at least 16 species of Warblers found today (5 May).
I saw 11 species of Warbler today, Cape May, Palm, Nashville, Virginia's,
and Townsend's all reported today, though not by me.
I saw Blackpoll, Black-and-whi
Lisa and I had limited time but managed a quick trip to SE Colorado
Monday-Tuesday. It is always a joy for us to get down that way and see
species we don't normally get in the San Luis Valley. Monday was
rainy/snowy and birds were hard to come by. Tuesday was better.
Hasty: Slow, cold and windy
All:
Wife and I just got back from a three day trip to SE Colorado, recording
50 species between Brent, Baca, Prowers and Kiowa counties. It was hot,
windy, dry, dusty, and did I mention windy and dry? Having done our first
trip down there in 2003, this was the driest we have seen it. The li
Here are the highlights from yesterday, from our MAMBO group in SE Colorado.
Lamar Community College, Prowers County
Summer Tanager - 1 female
Near Lamar, Prowers County:
Black-and-white Warbler - 1 female
American Redstart - 1
Ovenbird - 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 male
Baltimore Oriole - 1 mal
Birds certainly showed up this morning in SE Colorado. Some birds weren't
staying put very long.
Here is what my group saw/heard today.
Lamar Community College, Prowers County:
Northern Parula - 1 singing this in the north side
Blue Grosbeak and Warbling Vireo singing
Van's Grove, Bent Co.:
LES
A few other highlights from Sunday in SE Colorado.
Singing Northern Parula at Lamar Community College, north end in Prowers
County.
At Melody Tempel Grove, I saw Barn Owl, Warbling Vireo, and Wilson's
Warbler, others saw a Northern Waterthrush.
No luck with the Painted Redstart in Eads, no sight
Kara, Cody, and I saw a male Tennessee Warbler at Two Buttes Reservoir,
Baca County in 5/3, then we saw three female Tennessee Warblers in one tree
at Lamar Community College, Prowers County on 5/4. The another birding
party saw two more Tennessee Warblers at Hasty Campground, Bent County on
5/4.
Tom Whitten and I visited three Kiowa County Reservoirs yesterday, seeing
our first of the year Swainson's Hawk on Hwy 287 and then arriving at
Neenoshe Reservoir at 6:45 a.m. They've thinned and partially cleared the
west-side locust grove there, it doesn't look ideal. The two-track that
goes
Greetings All
Today, Dave Ely and I stood overlooking Neegronda (Kiowa) at sunrise, before us
a number of ducks, mostly Redhead, which still boggles my mind
After a bit, Dave found a dark M Duck (Mottled, Mexican. Mallard) To our
surprise it was a female Mexican, differing from the Mottled whi
After not seeing the Golden-crowned Warbler in Cheyenne County, Van Truan
and I decided to bird in the 90+ degree heat in Kiowa, Bent, and Otero
Counties in SE Colorado on the way back to Pueblo (returning to Pueblo at
7:30pm after leaving at 4:15am (long day!).
Migrant land bird passerines were p
I was able to spend the last week, checking migrant traps and lakes in SE
Colorado. A big thanks to the gracious landowners for allowing me to see
amazing birds on their properties.
The public birding locations that produced rarer birds were: Lamar
Community College grove (Prowers), Melody Tempel
I left Pueblo West on Friday night, as soon as I read about the RUFF in
Kiowa County yesterday evening, so I'd be at Upper Queens Reservoir at
daybreak. I was hoping my Colorado Ruff jinx would be over (I've missed
three of them in recent years), no such luck. At Upper Queens Reservoir,
Kiowa Cou
I took a group of 8 from Boulder to Lamar today for the start of a three day
trip in SE Colorado. We had a terrific time over a long day and ended up with
at least 115 species on our collective list. Real highlights were Mountain
Plover at Arriba, Prairie Warbler below the dam at Flagler, a fe
Mark Peterson, Kara Carragher, and I birded SE Colorado 6 and 7 May.
Our highlights follow (thanks to many people who kept us updated on
things they were seeing):
Snow Goose - 4 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Kiowa Co. (getting late) on 5/7
American Bittern - 2 calling at Thurston Reservoir, Prowers Co. o
Mark Peterson, Kara Carragher, Lisa Edwards, and I birded in SE
Colorado today (Saturday, 3 September 2016).
The best things we saw were a singing male PINE WARBLER at Fairmount
Cemetery in Lamar, Prowers County (likely the same bird that Dave
Leatherman saw last month) and a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-
Hi Everyone,
I traversed a loop this weekend 6/4-5 of US-50/CO-109/US-160/US-287,
stopping at Lamar Community College, Bent CR JJ, Fort Lyon, Las Animas CR
76.8, Comanche NG, and Picture Canyon. Northbound migration seems to be
about over, so a Least Flycatcher at the LCC Woods was interesting.
Boulder
From: cobirds@googlegroups.com [mailto:cobirds@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Brandon K. Percival
Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 6:29 PM
To: Cobirds
Subject: [cobirds] SE Colorado 5/10
Kara Carragher, Lisa Edwards, and I saw a few things of note today in SE
Colorado.
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Kara Carragher, Lisa Edwards, and I saw a few things of note today in SE
Colorado.
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - 1 male continues in Walsh, Baca County
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 seen and heard south end of Lamar Community
College Grove, Prowers County
Northern Parula - 1 female and 2 singing Nor
Friday marked the start of the CFO's long weekend to SE Colorado. We headed
out is cold, wind and rain, and kept in it most of the day, although we managed
to dodge most big storms.
Last Chance (Washington) produced a single Northern Waterthrush plus common
migrants like Green-tailed Towhee.
Cobirders,
Tim Smart and I headed down to the Lamar area this weekend. There are some
really in depth reports from the area from this weekend already, but we had
some different things that might be of interest.
On 4/24/15, we made a late night stop at the marsh east of Fort Lyon (Bent) at
CR
Birders,
Strong north winds have grounded arriving Piping Plovers, but three
additional individuals arrived at John Martin Reservoir this afternoon. Our
statewide count now stands at five. If you want to see these birds, contact
me, and I'll try to help.
Volatile weather has grounded many
Congrats to you Mr Steve, great article.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
Original message
From: 'Steven Mlodinow' via Colorado Birds
Date:03/06/2015 7:10 AM (GMT-07:00)
To: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Subject: [cobirds] SE Colorado Yesterday
Greetings All
Yesterday, Nick Moore and I birded from Negronda/Neesopah (Kiowa) to John
Martin (Bent) to Henry/Holbrook (Crowley/Otero)
Negronda, Neesopah, Jett Reservoirs all were mostly frozen, but were packed
with birds in the small areas of open water. Nothing of interest though beyond
a
Chris Knight and I spent the weekend birding around SE Colorado. We ended up
with 120 species of birds I think. Warm sunny days, not always good for too
many migrants.
We birded mostly in Otero, Bent, Prowers, and a little in Kiowa Counties.
Here's a recap.
October 4th:
Otero County:
Rock
Chris Knight and I birded our way from Rocky Ford to Lamar today. We had 103
species of birds. 14 species of shorebirds during the day. Best birds:
Northern Parula at Hasty Campground; Sabine's Gull - juvenile at John Martin
Res., Bent Co.; White-throated Sparrow at Melody Tempel Grove; Bent
My birding group of Chris Knight, Kara Carragher, and I had a fun
birding day in Prowers, Bent, and Kiowa Counties in SE Colorado today.
Here are our highlights:
Lamar High School:
Cassin's Sparrows singing
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1
Lamar Community College:
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 singing
Nash
Sorry, I didn't think my message from my ipod to cobirds sent, so I typed it
again from my phone.
Two exact cobirds posts. You can delete one or both if you wish.
Overall kind of quiet in SE CO today. Hopefully more exciting tomorrow.
Brandon K. Percival
In Lamar
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Chris Knight and I birded our way from Pueblo to Lamar area today. We
ended up with 115 species of birds. Seven species of warbler and 15
species of shorebirds (Cheraw and Thurston had most of them).
Rocky Ford SWA:
Broad-winged Hawk - 1 Dark morph
Lake Holbrook:
Gadwall X Mallard hybrid - 1
V
Chris Knight and I birded from Rocky Ford to Lamar area today. Here is what we
saw. 115 species of birds. 7 species of warblers and 15 species of shorebirds.
Rocky Ford SWA:
Broad-winged Hawk - 1 dark morph
Lake Holbrook:
Gadwall x Mallard hybrid - 1
Van's Grove:
Swainson's Thrush - 1
Virgin
Jeff,
Thanks for your interesting report. eBird has what seems to me like a
strange way of
naming Rock Pigeon populations.
The only valid native populations are living in cliffs
in EUROPE and other far away places, but NOT is the US. Somehow the Brits
decided to start
calling the TAME ROPI's in Tra
Wife, dog and myself drove to Picture Canyon (Baca County) for a weekend of
camping in one of our most favorite places.
Picture Canyon
Bird highlights at Picture Canyon:
. Western Screech-Owl calling about 300 yards south of picnic area
starting at dark.
. Rufous-crowned Sparr
COBirders,
Here's hoping everyone has had a pleasant Christmas Day.
Today Jim Thompson of La Junta sent me three spectacular photos of a dust
storm near there he took on Tuesday. It's worth taking a look at them and
imagining what effect such storms have on the local bird life. My wife
look
Birders,
The male Ruby-throated Hummingbird was at my feeder in Las Animas (Bent
County) again at 3:18 this afternoon. It is interacting with the other
two hummingbirds in my yard, both presumably Black-chinned Hummingbird
females or immatures. You are welcome to visit providing you call or
e
Hi Everyone-
Today 8/11 I birded my way from Lamar to Longmont. First stop was Two
Buttes. Surprise! There is a raging torrent where the road into the Two
Buttes Dam camping area used to be, and the road is roped off. The reservoir
is as full as I've ever seen it. Best thing I saw in the area w
Greetings All
Sorry for the barrage of varied emails re: SE Colorado this weekend
I won't duplicate my email re: Friday in Bent.
I will repeat myself in giving a million thank you's to Duane Nelson for
guiding us about on Friday and for the use of his binoculars, without which,
this weekend wou
Joe might do Mother's Day in Phillips County, but I try to head SE on this
weekend. Here are some highlights from today-Limon to La Junta the long way.
The day featured wave after wave of sparrows-mainly Chipping and Lark, but also
one or two to many of Grasshopper, Vesper, Brewer's, Clay-colo
Two Buttes
Yellow-throated Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler (2)
Black-and-White Warbler
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Lamar Community College
Northern Parula
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (male)
Broad-winged Hawk
Gray-cheeked Thrush (Rawinski's only)
White-throated Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Stulp Ra
14 people birding southeast Colorado this weekend.
Friday:
Eads municiple building:
Yellow Warbler
Blackpool Warbler
Melody Tempel grove:
Hooded Warbler
Cassin's Vireo
Lamar Community College:
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird
Carolina Wren
Saturday (so far):
Two Buttes (below the dam):
Yellow-t
Greetings birders -
Friday and Saturday, Jeff and I headed down to SE Colorado for a short
get-a-way. We lucked out with exceptional weather (moderate temps,
light winds) and even found a few decent birds:
Holbrook Reservoir: Partially filled with water. A good assortment of ducks.
Lake Cheraw
COBirders,
You may find details for the eleven Christmas Bird Counts in the Arkansas
Valley Audubon Chapter's area (almost one fourth of our State) on our
website, www.socobirds.org. Just click on the link on the homepage. All
are invited to participate in any of these great counts!
Leon
The 1st-year female "Black-throated Warbler" I saw at Tempel Grove on Tuesday
was a Black-throated BLUE. Sorry for the omitted BLUE.
David Gillilan
Denver
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I wasn't trying to pursue any kind of birding marathon, but did spend some time
at a few well-known birding spots in SE Colorado these last 2 days. My summary:
Tempel Grove (Prowers) -- in over 1-1/2 hours yesterday afternoon, I found a
whopping 8 individual birds (yes, it was quiet and slow) co
Greetings,
Sorry again for a post a day late, but a post at midnight yesterday would've
likely done few folks much good.
Yesterday I started at Flagler SWA in Kit Carson Co, then went to Needgronde
and Neenoshe Reservoirs in Kiowa Co, and finished the day at Kinny SWA, s. of
Hugo, in Lincoln C
Mark Peterson and I did some birding and dragonfly looking in Southeastern
Colorado today, from the Kansas border, east of Holly in Prowers County, west
through Kiowa, Bent, Otero, and Crowley Counties.
The best birds of the day were at Lake Holbrook, Otero County, near Rocky Ford.
Two adult L
Hi all – my wife Kristin and I did a whirlwind tour of SE Colorado
this weekend. Below is a pretty complete list of what we saw – LOTS
of Western kingbirds, lark buntings, horned larks, and Mississippi
kites. Thanks to Dave and Diane (didn’t get their last names) fresh
from the CFO convention who
Today Nick Moore and I birdedr southeastern Colorado. At Jane Stulp's
there was a Veery and a Russet-backed Thrush, the west coast form of
Swainson's. There was a Black-throated Blue Warbler and a Nashville at
Lamar CC. At Temple Grove. there was an Eastern Towhee, found by Cheryl
and Dan, plus
COBirders,
Yesterday, Brad Steger and I did some birding in southeast Colorado. We
decided to give BLACK RAIL a shot and eventually found one at the Bent Marshes.
It was giving the typical, "ki-ki-krr" call in rapid succession. There were
many Virginia Rails and Sora's and other than one oth
Birders,
It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of Melody Tempel.
Birders will know Gale and Melody Tempel as owners of the ranch in
Northeast Bent County that included "Tempel Grove", a well-known migrant
trap that I will unabashedly call my favorite place to look for migrant
l
Tom Wilberding, Todd Deininger and I headed down to Bent County yesterday to
try for Crested Caracara. Alas, when we arrived at about 6:30 on Friday
evening, Steve Larson was there saying that he had last glimpsed the bird
briefly over 150 minutes earlier. (Minutes will continue to be importan
CO Birders :
Spent the last three days atlasing in Otero and Las Animas counties south
of La Junta and some of the highlights as follows :
Saturday 5/28 : Otero County : Picket Wire Canyon trail to the cemetery ,
singing first spring Summer Tanager ( coordinates N 38 deg 32' 26" , W 104 d
COBirders,
Kara Carragher, Brandon Percival, Dan Maynard and I birded what ended up being
all day in southeast Colorado. It was actually chilly in the morning hours in
Baca and Prowers counties before the sun somewhat broke out and warmed things a
little. Below are the highlights, hopefully
Kara Carragher and I went out to Southeastern Colorado today searching for
migrant land birds. We had to deal with 20-45 MPH winds all day (which I think
means we missed things at some of birdy spots listed below).
Things started slow in the Lamar Area. We checked most of the places, that
Cobirders,
I continued my trek through the southeast corner of our state--far from
released bird controversy today. Nevertheless I would characterize today as a
NAFTA express day--continuous 35 MPH south winds clearing everything from south
of the border to north of the border. As a result th
Folks,
I've posted a few pics from this weekend's SE Colorado trip. Thanks to Joey
Kellner for organizing and leading us, Jane Stulp for allowing us access to
her beautiful and incredibly birdy yard and everyone who participated,
making this an annual blast. The trip exceeded expectations!
Hhi All,
Twenty-one people spent a three-day weekend (May 6-8) in SE Colorado
birding the migrant traps. Most of the time was spent birding
together, some time was spent in smaller groups going after target
species or to target locations. Below is a summary of “notable”
species seen across all p
I've uploaded quite a few photos of some of the more unusual birds, that I was
able to photographed in the last two days in SE Colorado.
Hope you enjoy. I know there were a lot of birders with their big cameras,
that will have some great photos of things I'm sure.
Brandon Percival
Pueblo Wes
A bunch of birders of all over the state birded below the dam at Two Buttes
Reservoir, Baca County this morning. Seen were a singing male Blackpoll
Warbler, a female Black-and-white Warbler, a female Summer Tanager, a male
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and two Indigo Buntings.
Another hotspot today
My wife and I birded 2 days in SE Colorado and had some nice birds. It was nice
to be back there after a few years hiatus of raising our kids. Below are the
hilights...
BLANCA FEEDERS: Lazuli Bunting
LATHROP ST PARK: Northern Parula, Green Herons (possibly 2 of them), Plumbeous
Vireo, Osprey
RO
Mark Peterson and I were the people who saw Worm-eating Warbler at Tempel Grove
I'm NE Bent County this morning. We also saw an Ovenbird and a White-throated
Sparrow. An afternoon birding party found different goodies here, so stuff is
moving around.
Good birding,
Brandon Percival
Currently i
Hi all - my wife and I spent 3 days driving 700 miles from Denver to
Lamar, Pueblo, and back to Denver mainly birding Kiowa, Prowers, Bent,
and Otero counties.
Many thanks to all the kind birders in that part of the state - we met
Brandon Percival (nicknamed "a couple of weeks too soon" by my wife
Hey birders,
Forrest Rowland and I surveyed many of the hot spot areas in the southeast
yesterday. Although migrants were few and far between here are some of the
birds we had.
Lesser Prairie-Chickens- 17 birds on the Cimmaron National Grasslands
One our way back from the chickens we took Hwy 5
I continued my birding in SE Colorado today, essentially circumnavigating the
Wood Thrush Grove Fire. Lots of spring birds, but I found it interesting that
I missed several species that are being seen further north.
>From La Junta I drove south to Kim and then east to Cottonwood Canyon. That
This is not an April Fool's Day joke, I actually went birding outside of Pueblo
County today. Most of the highlights were spring migrants that I hadn't seen
this year yet until today.
Otero County (83 species of birds):
The best bird for me would be the STELLER'S JAY in the town of Rocky Ford n
This weekend was the first annual Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Ranch Trip which was auctioned off last August at the 2010 RMBO
picnic.
Led by Seth Gallagher, Christine Sibona and I birded 6 counties in SE Colorado.
Saturday we visited 2 Lesser-prairie Chicken leks in Prowers County.
We saw mul
Nick Komar started at Two Buttes SWA and then worked our way north. Interesting
birds include:
Two Buttes SWA (Baca County)
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 juvenile
Sprague's Pipit - 1 flyover
Swamp Sparrow - 1
Brown Creeper - 1
BAIRD'S SPARROW - 1 bird in a
Todd Deininger and I braved the weather and ventured out for a mid-May
trip to Southeast Colorado this weekend. We ended up with 157 trip
species, a 122 species day on Saturday and a 120 species day on our
return yesterday. Sorry for the late report, but I was off line during
the trip and too tir
Cobirders :
As part of the Bent on Birding Festival , Duane Nelson , Jeannie
Mitchell and myself collectively had the following interesting birds.
Bent's Old Fort ( Otero Cty ) : Black Rail 5/14 (seen ) and 5/15 (heard ).
Rocky Ford SWA ( Otero Cty ) : Blue-winged Warbler 5/15 ( thank
Lamar Community College (Prowers County)
1 ALDER FLYCATCHER
1 American Redstart
3 Northern Waterthrush
Fairmont Cemetery (Prowers County) I had the pleasure of joining Duane Nelson
at this location.
2 Blackpoll Warblers
1 YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (singing)
Temple Grove (Bent County)
1 Yellow-bill
Hi Everyone--
I had a long weekend of birding in Kansas (migration is definitely happening
out there), and saw a few good birds in Colorado on the way. At the Lamar
Community College Woods on 5/7, I saw a Summer Tanager and a White-winged
Dove. At the Holly Rest Area on 5/7, a male Baltimore Oriol
Cobirders,
I had to do a little work this morning before joining Mark Peterson and
Cole Wild in Lamar. By the time I joined them, they had seen a Magnolia
Warbler and Virginia's Warbler at the High School Woods and three
Blackpoll Warblers at Lamar Fairmont Cemetary.
Lamar Community College
COBirders,
I birded my way back from SE CO today, where yesterday's strong South winds
produced quite a bit of turnover.
Highlights:
*Lamar CC*
*Kentucky Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler* (both toward the North end, the former low in the
currants, the latter low in the tangles)
Also new for the colleg
Here are some of the highlights from southeast Colorado from 5/3.
Lamar Community College - Prowers County
Prairie Warbler - 1 singing
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 singing
Mourning Warbler - 1 female
"Solitary Vireo" - 2 (1 for sure Cassin's, the other to me looked like it was
probably a Blue-hea
Cobirders,
I began to worry about winter mortality of Piping Plovers, as they have
been about 10 days late to return to Southeast Colorado in 2010.
Normally, over half of our birds are back by this date, and as of
yesterday morning only two were known to be on territory statewide.
Piping Plov
Well, I only get one day for spring break, so I try to make the most of it with
a long weekend. I usually like to tell my fashion conscious friends that I
went to Trinidad, but this year I didn't make it, although I did get to Las
Animas County twice!
I started off on Friday by heading out to
COBirds,
I traveled to SE Colorado and saw the following interesting birds;
Kiowa County
Neenoshe Res - Northern Cardinal (m)
Prowers County
Lamar Community College - Red-bellied Woodpecker, Carolina Wren (both on
south end)
Two Buttes Res & SWA ( north side of CR B 1/2) flock of Horned Larks an
Hi all,
Mark Peterson and I birded today in Southeastern Colorado.
BACA COUNTY:
Cassin's Finch - 1 at Cottonwood Canyon
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2-3 at Cottonwood Canyon
Evening Grosbeak - 1 at Two Buttes Reservoir, below the dam
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 at Two Buttes Reservoir, below the dam
Hi all,
Bill Maynard, Rachel Hopper, Larry Semo, and I checked out various bodies of
water in Southeastern Colorado today. We saw some rarities, and other things.
John Martin Reservoir (from the Northwest side):
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT - 1 photographed
Fort Lyon S.W.A. marshes:
LEAST BITTERN -
Hey all,
This past weekend Joey Kellner led a large group of birders around SE
Colorado, from Last Chance as far south as Burchfield. We had an
excellent trip, with around 188 species seen, 20 of which were
warblers. Highlights include:
White-eyed Vireo
- 1 at the Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar
Hi Everyone--
Sunday 4/27 I was in SE Colorado driving north. On my way through
Springfield, I noted 3 Great-tailed Grackles displaying on top of a street
light. I drove east from US-287 along Baca CR VV toward Two Buttes SWA. Two
Rock Wrens were perched on the barbed wire part of a barbed-wire f
I finished up my trip to Southeast Colorado today, and I think that the
most interesting observation that I can come up with is that the timing
of migration 150-200 miles to the south and east of the front range
wasn't too much different than up here. For instance, I looked at
Brandon Percival's r
Since I couldn't join Todd and Tom on their trip to Durango because of
an appointment in Colorado Springs Friday, I headed southeast instead.
Friday night I heard at least one Black Rail at JJ and 17.5 in Bent
County along with many Sora, Virginia Rails and American Bitterns.
This morning I
CO birders,
I thought I might have had at least this weekend's record for miles
traveled until I read Christian's post... Oh well. I started Friday
after work by driving from Colorado Springs to Granada and camping out.
Saturday started with meeting Fred Dorenkamp and a group from High
Lonesome B
Cobirders,
In preparation for going out with a county lister friend tomorrow, I scouted
some areas of interest between 11 this morning and 4 this afternoon. I found
several good things:
The stock pond approximately 10 miles north of Las Animas on County Road 10
(before you get to Blue Lake) is
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