Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: May 10, 2014
email: rba AT cfobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, May 10, sponsored
by the 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 (* indicates new information on this species in
this report).
Little Blue Heron (*Weld)
Green Heron (Douglas/Jefferson, Fremont, Larimer, Pueblo, Weld)
GLOSSY IBIS (Boulder, Fremont)
Broad-winged Hawk (Jefferson, *Larimer, Prowers, *Weld)
LAUGHING GULL (Prowers)
White-winged Dove (Boulder, Montrose)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Prowers)
Black Phoebe (Mesa, *Pueblo)
Eastern Phoebe (Bent, Fremont, Pueblo)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Yuma)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Prowers)
Gray Vireo (*Prowers)
White-eyed Vireo (*El Paso)
Bell's Vireo (*El Paso)
WOOD THRUSH (Bent)
Golden-winged Warbler (Bent)
Tennessee Warbler (Prowers)
Nashville Warbler (*El Paso, Weld)
Northern Parula (Douglas/Jefferson, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Prowers, Weld)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Kit Carson, Weld)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (*El Paso, Ouray, *Pueblo)
Black-and-white Warbler (Larimer, Rio Grande, Weld)
Worm-eating Warbler (Arapahoe, *Prowers)
SWAINSON'S WARBLER (Bent)
Ovenbird (Bent, El Paso/Pueblo, Prowers, Weld)
Northern Waterthrush (Bent, El Paso/Pueblo, *Larimer, *Mesa, Prowers, *Pueblo, Yuma)
Hooded Warbler (El Paso/Pueblo, Kit Carson, Weld)
Summer Tanager (Bent, Larimer, Prowers, Pueblo)
Black-throated Sparrow (Garfield/Mesa)
White-throated Sparrow (Pueblo)
Harris's Sparrow (Prowers, *Pueblo)
Northern Cardinal (Prowers, *Yuma)
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
--A Worm-eating Warbler was found by Rutherford by the Smokey Hills picnic area of Cherry Creek SP on May 6 and it was seen by m.o.b.
BENT COUNTY:
--On May 5 at Tempel Grove, Duane Nelson reported WOOD THRUSH, 2 Ovenbirds, Northern Waterthrush, and imm m Summer Tanager. On May 5 at Tempel Grove, Leatherman reported SWAINSON'S WARBLER, Stulp found a m Golden-winged Warbler, and Eastern Phoebe. On May 6, Leatherman reported WOOD THRUSH and 2 Ovenbirds at Tempel Grove.
BOULDER COUNTY:
--A GLOSSY IBIS was reported by Waltman at Cottonwood Marsh on May 5.
--A White-winged Dove was reported by Michael King at his feeders in Boulder on May 5. If you would like to try to
see the bird contact him at michaelking4 AT me.com
DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES:
--On May 5 at the swim beach at Chatfield SP, Suddjian reported Green Heron.
--On May 6, an ad m Northern Parula was reported by Darling at the south edge of Chatfield along Plum Creek after heading N from Audubon Discovery Pavilion.
EL PASO COUNTY:
--A Northern Parula was repored by Farese at Sondermann Park in Colorado Springs on May 7.
--At Clear Springs Ranch on May 9, Brown banded a m Black-throated Gray Warbler and a Nashville Warbler flew over.
--At Paint Mines Interpretive Park outside of Calhan, Farese reported White-eyed Vireo and Bell's Vireo on May 9.
EL PASO/PUEBLO COUNTIES:
--Gobris reported that an Ovenbird and Hooded Warbler were banded at the Chico Basin banding station on May 7.
--A Northern Waterthrush was reported by Drummond at Chico Basin HQ willows (fee area) on May 7.
--At Chico Basin Ranch on May 8, Percival reported 2 Summer Tanagers (1 HQ, 1 Rose pond) and 3 Northern Waterthrush (1 HQ, 2 Rose). All on the Pueblo side.
FREMONT COUNTY:
--2 GLOSSY IBIS were reported by Moss in Florence on May 7.
--Moss reported an Eastern Phoebe at Florence River Park on May 7.
--A Green Heron was reported by Moss at Florence River Park on May 8.
GARFIELD/MESA COUNTIES:
--Beason reported a Black-throated Sparrow on the Garfield/Mesa County line on May 7.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
--On May 5, Commercon reported 3 Broad-winged Hawks over the hawk watch. On May 7, Rouch reported 1 Broad-winged Hawk over the Dinosaur Ridge Hawk Watch.
--A Northern Parula was reported by Crooks at the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt on May 4. It was on N side of river, east of Prospect Park Footbridge. The Northern Parula was reported by Shade at the greenbelt on May 5. ON May 7, Mitzen reported Northern Parula and Broad-winged Hawk at the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt. On May 8, Chavez reported Northern Parula at Wheat Rigde Greenbelt.
KIT CARSON COUNTY:
--A f Hooded Warbler was reported by Kaempfer at Flagler SWA on May 7. A f Chesnut-sided Warbler was reported by Breitsch at Flager SWA on May 7. On May 8 Kaempfer reported f Hooded Warbler and Great Crested Flycatcher below the dam.
LARIMER COUNTY:
--A Black-and-white Warbler was reported by Biggerstaff at Dixon Reservoir in west Fort Collins on May 5. A Northern Parula was reported by Wade at Dixon on May 5.
--A f Summer Tanager was reported by Sparks Behind the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery and 2 Green Herons along the Poudre Bike Trail on May 6
--2 Northern Waterthrush were reported by Sparks just S of McMurry Natural Area parking lot in Fort Collins on May 9.
--2 Broad-winged Hawks were reported by Sparks at Lee Martinez Park parking lot in Fort Collins on May 9.
MESA COUNTY:
--At Highline Lake SP on May 6, Beason reported 2 Black Phoebes and a Northern Waterthrush.
--A Northern Waterthrush was reported by Korte at Mogenson Ponds on May 9.
MONTROSE COUNTY:
--A White-winged Dove was reported by Dexter in his yard in Nucla on May 6 and a Black Phoebe was near the Nucla Reservoir.
OURAY COUNTY:
--Kent Nelson reported that a Black-throated Gray Warbler was banded at Ridgway Reservoir on May 5.
PROWERS COUNTY:
--A breeding plumaged Harris's Sparrow was reported by Leatherman at Riverside Cemetery in Lamar on May 5.
--At Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar on May 5, Leatherman reported Tennessee Warbler and Red-bellied Woodpecker.
--At LCCW on May 5, Leatherman reported 3 Summer Tanagers, Red-bellied Woodpecker, and a pair of Northern Cardinals.
--A LAUGHING GULL was reported by Leatherman at the Lamar Truck Stop N of Lamar on May 6.
--At LCCW on May 7, Leatherman reported 2 Northern Waterthrush, juv Broad-winged Hawk, 3 Northern Cardinals and Red-bellied Woodpecker.
--On May 8 at LCCW, Thompson found a Worm-eating Warbler in the SE corner and Duane Nelson found Yellow-throated Vireo and molting m Summer Tanager.
--A Worm-eating Warbler was found by Thompson at Lamar High School windbreak on May 8. On May 9, Duane Nelson reported Worm-eating Warbler and Gray Vireo at Lamar High School Woods.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
--A Green Heron was reported by Percival at Pueblo City Park on May 7.
--At Valco Ponds in Pueblo, Percival reported 1 ad White-throated Sparrow and Eastern Phoebe on May 7.
--On the Valco Pond side of the river, Percival reported Northern Waterthrush near Snakeskin Picnic Area, Black-throated Gray Warbler W of parking lot, 2 Black Phoebe W of parking lot, and a singing Harris's Sparrow at Valco Pond #2 on May 9.
RIO GRANDE COUNTY:
--A Black-and-white Warbler was reported by Simmons at the Del Norte Cemetery on May 5.
WELD COUNTY:
--On May 6 at Crow Valley, Miguel reported Chestnut-sided Warbler and m Hooded Warbler.
--On May 7 at Crow Valley, Mlodinow reported Northern Parula, Nashville Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Ovenbird, and Green Heron.
--At Pearson Park in Fort Lupton, Sheeter reported imm Broad-winged Hawk near the river and an ad Little Blue Heron flew over on May 9.
YUMA COUNTY:
--At W end of old Bonny, Kaempfer reported Northern Waterthrush and Northern Cardinal on May 8.
Help with the Spring Counts
Saturday, May 10
Waterton, Downstream
Leader: Urling Kingery, 303-814-2733
Meet at 0600 at Audubon Center/Discovery Pavilion (left turn immediately after turning from Wadsworth (Colo 121) onto Waterton/Roxborough Road (4.4 miles south of C-470) and before the CPW parking lot for Waterton Canyon. 4-5 mile hike. Wear long pants due to bare-leg-unfriendly plants such as poison ivy, thistles, and knapweed.
Castlewood Canyon State Park
Leader: Tom Halverstadt (303-688-2442 (weekdays) thavs1 AT comcast.net
Meet at 0630 at old entrance. From CO 86, 0.5 miles west of Franktown, turn south on Castlewood Canyon Road, go two miles to old entrance. State Parks pass required.
Chatfield State Park
Leader: Joey Kellner 303-978-1748
Meet at 0600 at west (Deer Creek) entrance to park. State Parks Pass required.
Lower Bear Creek
Leader: Chuck Aid, 303-503-2973 or caid AT ecentral.com
Contact leader if you plan to go. Meet at 0600 at parking lot on Morrison Road at C470 NW corner, next to Conoco Station.
Sunday, May 11
Barr Lake periphery
Leader Dick Anderson, 303-757-4582
This trip does not involve much walking; good for people with limited mobility or stamina. Meet at 0730 on access road to entrance station at Barr Lake State Park.
Barr Lake State Park
Leader: Dick Schottler, 303-278-8035.
Call leader if you plan to go. Meet at 0600 at Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Exit I-76 at Bromley Lane; go east about 1/4 mile and turn right (south) on Lark Bunting Lane, to end of road. State Parks pass required.
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Leader: Urling Kingery, 303-814-2723
Space limited; contact leader to register.
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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