[cobirds] Fort Collins Miscellany (Larimer)

Today I visited a new area of Fort Collins at the invitation of a friend who said he was "seeing interesting ducks" at his neighborhood pond.  The pond is called "Willow Springs", I guess.  I can't find it named on any map.  The pond is sw of the intersection of Battlecreek Drive and S. Timberline Road in southeastern Fort Collins.  Waterfowl present today on this totally ice free pond were Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Ducks, Mallards, Cackling Geese and Canada Geese. 

While trying to figure out where the pond was and how to access it from inside the nearby condo maze, I saw some interesting things.  A flock of approximately 15 Red Crossbills (sounded like Type 2s) was coming down to a small drainage to drink.  A Red-breasted Nuthatch was exploring roofs and gutters.  At one juncture he got what looks like a winged carpenter ant but it might be a darkened European Paper Wasp cadaver pulled from its cell in a roof corner comb.  Tough to tell dead insects in the beak of a bird 15 feet away.  

                                                     

A Downy Woodpecker was percussing various objects.  Most notably he checked out adventitious root knots protruding above the grass at the base of a cottonwood (not sure what would be in these) and goldenrod gall fly galls (see below).  

   

(1) Goldenrod plant with three galls (left), (2) opened gall showing two fly larvae (Eurosta solidaginis) which cause these swellings (middle) and (3) downy woodpecker (right) going after goldenrod gall fly maggots (gall is right in front of its chest).

The wonderful red Fox Sparrow first found at the Northern Colorado Environmental Learning Center by Andy Bankert continues.  Yesterday and today it was in the exact site where first reported (southeast of the intersection of the Wilcox and Alden Trails a few tenths of a mile south of the east end of the suspension bridge).  I watched the bird at length both yesterday and today and found its behavior most interesting.  Whatever it is after is down in the leaf litter.  This species is a well-known doublefoot scratcher, similar to towhees and certain other sparrows, including the juncos it hangs with.  What I had never seen before was scratching with a twist.  A full twist, that is.  Its normal posture is head-down and its scratching is modest.  But every once in a while, it raises its head, stands on it clawtip toes, and does a rapid 360-degree spin.  Ice skaters at the upcoming Olympics would receive high marks if they could bust such a move.  Presumably this flips particularly thick or matted litter.  In an attempt to discern what the red sparrow and juncos were getting, several times a minute, from said leaf litter, I got down on my knees, scrunched my trifocals so as to use the reader layer at the bottom to best advantage and scratched back leaves with my hands.  Over a period of 20 minutes and exposing an area of approximately one square meter, I found exactly ZERO insects, one snail barely a mm across, lots of deer droppings, and some seeds of an unidentified plant that might be the answer to the puzzle.  Not exactly the cornucopia I was expecting.  Once again I marvel at the survival skills of birds, once again I walked away stumped.  But that gorgeous sparrow was worth the effort.  If you are looking for it, approach the described area QUIETLY AND SLOWLY.  This bird has been pursued by dozens of birders, many of them loud and impatient, playing tapes, etc.  It is VERY WARY, very difficult to see.  Find the junco flock, stay back and just watch all the scratchers.  It is usually the farthest one away.  When approached or warned of something by nervous juncos, it usually goes up a short ways into the boxelder trees.  Patience usually is rewarded by it returning to the leaf litter but sometimes this takes 15-30 minutes.

                                                         

I have looked for the Harris's Hawk out off Prospect Road near the Welcome Center at I-25 yesterday and today and not seen it (which means NOTHING with that bird).  It works a huge area, is quite active, never seems to sit in the same place for very long or two days in a row.  

Dave Leatherman

Fort Collins

[cobirds] May Convention(s)

Cobirders,

 

I hope you are all making plans for this year’s CFO Convention.  I believe it is the 55^th CFO Convention, but the first to be located in Longmont with its access to plains, prairies, foothills, and mountains.  As always the CFO Convention from May 17^th to 20^th will offer you all sorts of opportunities for fieldtrips, paper sessions, evening entertainment, and a smash-up banquet.

 

While I don’t want to discourage you from attending the CFO Convention, there is some competition that weekend.  If you seek something different you might consider the Nebraska Ornithologists Union Spring Meetings at Fort Robinson, Nebraska in the northwest corner of the state on May 18-20.  I’ve attended the last two NOU Meetings and loved the friendly comradery and great birding.  If you want more information on the NOU Spring Meetings (or on the NOU in general), please contact Robin Harding, Vice President of the NOU at snowbunting@rcom-ne.com

 

Bill Kaempfer

Boulder

(with permission from CFO President, David Gillian)

[cobirds] Rosy-Finches Snowmass (Pitkin Cty)

Hi all

 

I did another free birding session at Snowmass Ski-area today, Wednesday

 

We enjoyed

 

BROWN-CAPPED ROSY-FINCHES  c30

GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCHES – 2. One was a Coastal form, the other an Interior form

PINE GROSBEAK – 1 adult male

Mountain Chickadees several

Steller's Jay – 1+

 

 

Good birding all

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale, CO

 

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 31 January 2018

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine

e-mail:      RBA AT cobirds.org  

Date:        January 30, 2018

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, January 30 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species)

NOTE:  The RBA is now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families has changed.

Greater White-fronted Goose (Jefferson, Kiowa)

Trumpeter Swan (Fremont)

Greater Scaup (Adams, Arapahoe, El Paso, *Jefferson, *Weld)

White-winged Scoter (*Arapahoe, Jefferson)

Long-tailed Duck (Adams, Arapahoe)

Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, Fremont, Garfield, Kiowa, Mesa, Summit) 

Wild Turkey (*Denver)

Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo)

Sora (Larimer)

White-winged Dove (Boulder)

Greater Roadrunner (Bent, El Paso)

Long-billed Curlew (Baca)

Least Sandpiper (Mesa)

Long-billed Dowitcher (Adams)

Spotted Sandpiper (Garfield)

Mew Gull (Larimer)

California Gull (Arapahoe, Douglas, Kiowa, Larimer)

Iceland Gull (Arapahoe, El Paso, Larimer, Pueblo, *Weld) 

Glaucous Gull (Larimer)

Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo)

YELLOW-BILLED LOON (*Arapahoe, Jefferson)

Double-crested Cormorant (Kiowa)

HARRIS'S HAWK (Larimer)

Snowy Owl (Weld)

RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (El Paso)

Williamson's Sapsucker (El Paso)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso)

Say's Phoebe (*Arapahoe, Baca, Douglas, Jefferson)

Steller's Jay (Baca)

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Baca)

Chihuahuan Raven (Fremont, Kiowa)

Bushtit (Baca)

Rock Wren (Baca)

Canyon Wren (Baca)

Pacific Wren (La Plata)

Winter Wren (Arapahoe, Baca, El Paso)

Varied Thrush (El Paso)

Curve-billed Thrasher (Baca, El Paso)

Northern Mockingbird (Baca)

American Pipit (Eagle, Mesa)

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Conejos, Larimer, Park)

Black Rosy-Finch (Conejos)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Conejos, Park, Weld)

PURPLE FINCH (*Yuma)

Cassin's Finch (Baca, *Yuma)

Common Redpoll (Chaffee, *Larimer)

Red Crossbill (Arapahoe)

Lapland Longspur (El Paso, Kiowa)

Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kiowa)

European Goldfinch (Boulder)

Green-tailed Towhee (Denver)

Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca)

Canyon Towhee (Baca)

Field Sparrow (Baca)

Fox Sparrow (Delta, *Larimer)

Lincoln's Sparrow (Baca, Pueblo)

Swamp Sparrow (El Paso)

White-throated Sparrow (Mesa)

Harris's Sparrow (*Denver, El Paso)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Weld)

Brewer's Blackbird (Kiowa)

Great-tailed Grackle (Eagle, Kiowa)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Arapahoe)

Prairie Warbler (Pueblo)

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On January 27 at McKay Road Ponds in Thornton, Adam Vesely reported Long-tailed Duck in Southern most pond between S Platte River and 104th Ave east of McKay Road.  On January 28, at McKay road Ponds, Joe Roller and Eric DeFonso reported f Long-tailed Duck.

---On January 28 on S Platte River, Hwy 224 and 68th, Gabriel Wiltse reported Greater Scaup.

---On January 28 at S Platte Trail from Riverside Cemetery to Sand Creek, Gabriel Wiltse reported Long-billed Dowitcher where S Platte River instersects York St.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:                                                                  

--On January 22 Frank Ferrell reported Winter Wren at 8413 E. Crescent Circle in Greenwood Village. Bird re-found by Steve Rash on January 24.  On January 27 on East Crescent Parkway in Greenwood Village, Loch Kilpatrick, Glenn Walbek and Diane Roberts reported Winter Wren.  On January 28 on E Crescent Parkway, Gabrield Wiltse reported Winter Wren and Rebecca Laroche reported Yellow-rumped Warbler./

--On January 23, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Greater Scaup, White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, California, Iceland Gull at Aurora Reservoir.

—On January 23 at South Platte Reservoir, White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon continue to be reported by mob.  The loon is also reported to drift to Jefferson County.  On January 26 at South Platte Reservoir, Doug Shoffner and Jane Stulp reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon;  Jodi Chambers reported seeing the White-winged Scoter flying on the Jefferson county side.  On January 27 at South Platte Reservoir, Christian Hagenlocher and many others reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon; Bez Bezuidenhout reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon in the Jefferson County portion of the reservoir.  On January 28 at South Platte Reservoir, Matt Crooks, Jeff Dawson, Joanne Parker, and John McConnell reported White-winged Scoter, and Yellow-billed Loon;  Jeff Dawson also reported White-winged Scoter on the Jefferson County portion of the reservoir.  On January 29 at South Platte Reservoir, Robert Thoren and others reported Yellow-billed Loon and White-winged Scoter in Jefferson County part of reservoir; Candice Johnson and Gwen Moore reported White-winged Scoter in Douglas county.  On January 30 at South Platte Reservoir, Jerry Baines reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon.

---On January 28 at S Platte Park C470 area, Robert Folzenlogen reported 23 Greater Scaup (19m, 4f) at N end of Eaglewatch Lake, Says's Phoebe, and Yellow-rumped Warbler.

---On January 28 at Robert Tartaglia Pavilion, Eric DeFonso reported Say's Phoebe and f Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler.

---On January 30 at Lee Gulch Overlook Trail, David Hill reported Say's Phoebe.

BACA COUNTY:

--On January 25 at Two Buttes Dave Leatherman reported Long-billed Curlew, Winter Wren, Marsh Wren, Rock Wren and Canyon Wren.

---On January 28 at Sike ranch SWA, CR Q, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 4 Curve-billed Thrashers, 3 Canyon Towhee, and f type Cassin's Finch.

---On January 28 at Cottonwood Canyon Southern Approach, Kathy Mihm Dunning and David Dowell reported 4 Lincoln's Sparow, 4 Canyon Towhee, and 4 Rufous-crowned Sparrows.

---On January 28 at CR J, David Dowell and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay and 3 Canyon Towhees.

---On January 28 at Cottonwood Canyon Loop, Kathy Mihm Dunning and David Dowell reported Say's Phoebe and 2 Steller's Jays.

---On January 28 at Picture Canyon, David Dowell and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 7 Bushtit, Winter Wren, Northern Mockingbird, 2 Field Sparrows, 3 Canyon Towhees, and 2 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays.

BENT COUNTY:

--On January 22, Janeal Thompson reported Greater Roadrunner at John Martin State Park.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On January 28 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, Peter Burke and Christian Nunes reported European Goldfinch.  Christian said that the goldfinch was bathing in the creek.  

CONEJOS COUNTY:

---On January 27 John Rawinski reported all 3 species of Rosy-Finches at feeders of Susan Hochstetter.  Go south from Monte Vista on Hwy 15 until payment ends, then go another 1 mile.  Susan's place is on the east side of the road with numerous feeders.  

DELTA COUNTY:

---On January 29 in Paonia, Dennis Garrison reported that the Fox Sparrow continues to visit the FS office feeder.

DENVER COUNTY:

--On January 24 at First Creek Open Space Doug Kibbe reported Harris's Sparrow.  Re-found by Ivan Mota on January 25.  On January 30 at First Creek at DEN, Brian Johnson reported Harris's Sparrow.

--On January 25 at First Creek Open Space Ivan Mota reported Marsh Wren.

---On January 26 at Denver Botanic Gardens and Cheeseman Park, Mark Obmascik reported Green-tailed Towhee.

---On January 30 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Alison Hixon reported Wild Turkey.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

--On January 24 at 10001 S. Oswego St., Jodi Chambers reported Say's Phoebe.

---On January 27 at Chatfield SP, Joey Kellner and others reported California Gull.

EAGLE COUNTY:

--On January 22 at Lake Creek Village Wetlands Marbry Hopkins reported American Pipit.  On January 26 at Lake Creek Village Wetland, JoAnn Riggle reported American Pipit and Great-tailed Grackle.

EL PASO COUNTY:

--On December 21 David Tonnessen reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (ruber) on Miranda Road in Colorado Springs, most recently re-found by Michael Turisk on January 25.  On January 27 on Miranda Road, Gary Koehn reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER.

--On January 17 JoAnn Riggle and Linda Hodges most recently reported Varied Thrush at Starsmore Discovery Center.  On January 27 at Starsmore Discovery Center, Brook Nelson reported a f-type Varied Thrush, not the bright male that has been seen.

--On January 21 at Red Rock Canyon Open Space, Jim Merritt reported a Harris's Sparrow.  Re-found on January 25.

--On January 25 at Fountain Creek, Bill Maynard observed a Swamp Sparrow.

---On January 26 at Double Tree Hotel Pond in Colorado Springs, Jim Merrit and Alan Ketcham reported f Greater Scaup.  On January 28 at couble Tree Hotel Pond, Gary Koehn reported f Greater Scaup.

---On January 27 at S Meridian Road, Roger Massey reported m Ladder-backed Woodpecker and 2 Curve-billed Thrashers.

---On January 27 in east El Paso County, Tim Leppek reported hundreds of Lapland Longspurs on Finch Rd and Myers Rd and east into Lincoln county.

---On January 28 on Hanover Road, Cheri Phillips reported Curve-billed Thrasher; Robb Hinds reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker; Joy and Leonard Lake reported Greater Roadrunner.

---On January 28 at Aiken Canon Preserve, Jim Merritt reported Williamson's Sapsucker.

 

FREMONT COUNTY:

--On January 19 at Tunnel Drive, Rich Miller reported Barrow's Goldeneye.--On January 20 at Valco Pond, DFO Field Trip reported one Greater White-fronted Goose.

--On January 21 at Valco Pond, Joel Adams reported Barrows Goldeneye.  On January 28 at Canon City Valco Pond, Joel Adams reported imm m Barrow's Goldeneye.

--On January 25 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jerry DeBoer, Alan Ketchum and MaryLynne Ketchum reported Trumpeter Swan.  On January 26 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jim Merrit reported 2 Trumpeter Swans and 2 Chihuahuan Ravens; Joel Adams reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.  On January 27 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Robb Hinds, Glenn Walbek, and Loch Kilpatrick reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.  On January 29 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, John Drummond and Richard Dunn reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.

GARFIELD COUNTY:

---On January 25 at Coryell Ranch in Carbondale, Dick Filby reported 11 Barrow's Goldeneyes.

---On January 29 on Devereux Rd and Two Rivers Park, JoAnn Rigggle reported 5 Barrow's Goldeneyes and Spotted Sandpiper.

GUNNISON COUNTY:

--On January 18 at Blue Mesa Reservoir, Jon Horn reported Barrow's Goldeneye.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

--On January 23 at Denver West Office Park, Rob Raker reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

--On January 24 at Denver West Office Space, Brian Johnson reported Say's Phoebe.

--On January 24 at RA Easton Park Gwen Moore reported continuing Greater White-fronted Goose.  Re-foound by Cathy Fennelly on January 25.

--On January 25 at South Platte Reservoir David Suddjian reported continuing Yellow-billed Loon also in Arapahoe.

---On January 26 at Belmar Park, Joe Roller, Doug Kibbe, and Dale Pate reported m Greater Scaup.   On January 27 at Belmar Park, Candice Johnson and Reed Gorner reported m Greater Scaup.  On January 29 at Belmar Park, Jerry  Baines reported Greater Scaup.  On January 30 at Belmar Park, Mark Chavez reported Greater Scaup.

KIOWA COUNTY:

---On January 28 in town of Eads, Steve Mlodinow reported Brewer's Blackbird and 2 Great-tailed Grackles.

---On January 28 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Chihuahuan Ravens, California Gull, and Great-tailed Grackle.  On January29 at Neenoshe Reservoir Locust Grove, Jane Stulp and Janeal Thompson reported Double-crested Cormorant.

---On January 28 at Upper Queens/Neeshkah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Greater White-fronted Goose, 3 Barrow's (2m, 1f) Goldeneyes, California Gull, Lapland Longspur.

---On January 28 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Lapland Longspur and Chestnut-collared Longspur.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

---On January 28 at Animas River Trail Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area, Ryan Votta reported Pacific Wren.

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On January 20 Carl Bendorf and John Rutenbeck most recently reported continuing HARRIS'S HAWK at Running Deer and Cottonwood Hollow Natural Areas.  On January 27, Georgia Doyle and Phil Carafo and several others reported HARRIS'S HAWK near the Welcom Center; Nick Komar reported HARRIS'S HAWK at Box Elder Creek at SW Frontage Road.  On January 28, Bill Schmoker reported HARRIS'S HAWK on Frontage Rd N of Prospect at the Welcome Center and many other birders reported the hawk near Welcome Center and on SW Frontage Rd.  On January 29, Kerry Hargrove reported HARRIS'S HAWK on Frontage Rd N of Welcome Center.

--On January 21 at Livermore Community Church Andy Bankert reported 1 Brown-capped Rosy Finch, 1 Gray-crowned Rosy Finch, 15 rosy finch sp., and 3 Common Redpoll.  Nick Komar re-found one Common Redpoll on January 22.  On January 26 at Livermore Community Church, Loch Kilpatrick reported one Common Redpoll.

--On January 22 at Carter Lake, Nick Komar, Andy Bankert and other observers reported Iceland, Iceland (Thayer's), California, and Glaucous Gulls.

--On January 23 at Horsetooth Mountain Park, Arvind Panjabi reported 9 Common Redpoll.  On January 30 at Horsetooth Mountain Park, Arvind Panjabi reported 13 Common Redpoll.

--On January 25 at College Lake, Nick Komar reported Mew Gull.

--On January 25 at CSU Environmental Learning Center Colby Plante reported Fox Sparrow.  On January 26 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Jim Nachel Loch Kilpatrick, and Jonny Appleseed reported Red Fox Sparrow.  On January 27 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Mikkp Jimenez, Gwen Moore, and Nick Komar reported Red Fox Sparrow.  On January 28 at CSU Enviromental Learning Center, Dave Leatherman and Janeal Thompson reported Red Fox Sparrow.  On January 30 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Austin Hess and Alexa Stickel reported Red Fox Sparrow.

---On January 27 at Riverbend Ponds NA, Nick Komar reported Sora.  On January 28 at Riverbend Ponds NA, Jim Nachel reported Sora.

MESA COUNTY:

--On January 24, Ronda Woodward reported Barrow's Goldeneye at Colorado River State Park, Fruita Section.

---On January 25 at Grand Junction Wildlife Area, Dick Filby reported White-throated Sparrow.

---On January 25 at Horsethief Canyon, Dick Filby reported 7 Least Sandpipers and American Pipit.

 

PARK COUNTY:

--On January 23 in Jefferson (town) Brian Johnson reported 4 Brown-capped Rosy-finches and 56 Gray-crowned Rosy-finches.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

--On January 23 at Pueblo Reservoir Wildlife Area David Tonnessen reported Red-necked Grebe.

--On January 24 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Dale Pate report continuing Great Black-backed Gull.  On January 27 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Matt Newport reported Great Black-backed Gull.  On January 28 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Matt Hofeditz and Cheri Phillips reported Great Black-backed Gull.

--On January 24 Dale Pate reported continuing Prairie Warbler in Rock Canyon below the Pueblo Reservoir Dam.  On January 28 at Pueblo Reservoir Rock Canyon below dam N of river, Cheri Phillips reported Prairied Warbler.

---On January 27 at Olive Marsh, Van Truan reported Lincoln's Sparrow.

 

SUMMIT COUNTY:

—On January 20 Phil Lyon reported continuing Barrow's Goldeneye at Silverthorne WTP.

WELD COUNTY:

--On January 23 at Frederick Reservoir and Recreation Area, Steve Mlodinow reported Greater White-fronted Goose, Barrow's Goldeneye.

---On January 27 at Windsor Lake, Gene Rutherford reported Iceland (Thayer's) Gull.

---On January 27 on Hwy 402 also known as CR54 east of Hwy 257, Jazmine Novela reported a Snowy Owl on a power pole.

---On January 28 at Grover, Gene Rutherford reported a large flock of Rosy-Finches most of which were Gray-crowned.

---On January 29 on CR 50 between CR 47 and CR 49, Gene Rutherford reported Yellow-headed Blackbird.

---On January 30 at Wood Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported Iceland (Thayer's) Gull.

---On January 30 at Windsor Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Iceland (Thayer's) Gulls.

---On January 30 at Firestone Gravel Pits (View from road), Steve Mlodinow reported f Greater Scaup.

YUMA COUNTY:

---On January 30 at Bonny Reservoir SP, Glenn Walbek reported both a PURPLE FINCH and Cassin's Finch in the same tree.

DFO Field Trips

The DFO Field trip for Saturday/Sunday February 3- 4 will be to Southeastern Colorado led by Amber Carver (caramb22 AT gmail.com; 310-483-5721)  This is a two-day trip.  This trip is full.

The DFO Field trip for Saturday, February 3 will be a Northeastern Raptor Tour led by Joey Kellner (vireo1 AT comcast.net; 303-978-1748).  This trip is full.

The DFO Field trip for Monday, February 5 will be Front Range Owling led by David Suddjian (dsuddjian T gmail.com; 831-713-8659)

This trip is full.

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder

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[cobirds] Rocky Mount Arsenal, Adams County

With my day off I went out to roam around Rocky Mountain Arsenal and though I had to work to find them I did find some nice birds. I got a great look at a pair of Ferruginous hawks along side of the road. This road is part of the new expansion for the wildlife drive. If you have not seen it it is an extra 7 ish miles of exploring in an area previously unavailable except by tour bus. It is part of the new Bison rang expansion. To reach this new area drive past Lower Derby Lake (which now has a parking lot and a observation deck) and just before the road turns to gravel (the way to Blue Stem Lake) there is a left hand turn. It becomes a one way road after a bit so you must enter here. Since it is part of Bison Range you must stay in your car. At the end is a parking lot for Rattle Snake Hill, and a short loop trail. It's great to have some new options at such a great location.
Brian Johnson
Englewood CO

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[cobirds] Harris's Sparrow still present, First Creek At Denver, Denver County

HI,
After roaming around Rocky Mountain Arsenal I went over to check out First Creek to see if the Barn Owls where around (I did not find them) or if that Harris's Sparrow was still around that was reported a while ago (I can't remember when and by whom). I did find the Harris's Sparrow to be around. I found it with a flock of White Crowned Sparrows, a Song Sparrow and some Dark Eyed Juncos (Oregon). They where on the other side of the fence in some dead fall under a tree. This was at the intersection of Buckley Road (which is the trail here if you have not been here before) and the other trail heading east and under Pena BLVD.
Brian Johnson
Englewood CO

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[cobirds] Open Water

Greetings All

On Sunday, I went off to Kiowa County and found significant open water at Lower and Upper Queens as well as Neenoshe and Neegronda. The latter two had most of the birds, but the most interesting birds by far were on Upper Queens: Two male and one female Barrow's Goldeneye. Not seen since, alas (I couldn't refind them 3 hours later)

In Weld, Windsor Lake has a nice bit of open water, best viewed from south side in AM and from west side in PM, though I had far more birds present in morning (including 2 Thayer's Gulls)

Windsor Reservoir has substantial amount of open water on the south side. Nothing rare, unless you like studying hybrid geese :o)

Woods Lake also has much open water. In PM (or a cloudy AM), I'd go up the road along the lake's west side, find a safe place to park, and then walk down the road until you find an opening to survey the lake. 1 Thayer's and 1 LBB Gull were the best birds there today, but a reasonable number of gulls and lotsa ducks

Drake's Lake has some open water, but gulls seemed unwilling to land with the bevy of eagles on the ice

Black Hollow is still an ice cube

Union has a sliver of water opening -- mostly Mallards.

And the ponds at Firestone have many Aythya. Nothing rare but potential is there.

Cheers

Steve Mlodinow

Longmont CO

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[cobirds] Re: Common redpolls et al., Horsetooth mountain park, Larimer county

The redpolls are back in the same draw, at least 13 of them just now at 7:55 am.

Arvind Panjabi

Fort Collins 


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On Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 4:44 PM, arvind panjabi <apanjabi@yahoo.com> wrote:

I encountered a flock of nine Common Redpolls in Horsetooth Mountain park today. They were along the hiking trail (footpath) at the first drainage crossing less than a quarter-mile from the trailhead. They were mostly feeding on the ground near the edge of melting snow.  

Also seen was a Northern Goshawk and a Sharp-shinned Hawk. The goshawk was flying high over the ridge as if it were moving some distance. The last few days I've had several raptors soaring over the south facing ridge at Horsetooth mountain park including Golden Eagles, Red-tailed Hawks and a Rough-legged Hawk.  Red Crossbills are much fewer in number than this time last year, almost non-existent, although I did bump into a flock of 8 today.  

Also of note, I had a flock of 10 Evening Grosbeaks stop ever so briefly in my yard in Horsetooth Lake Estates exactly 2 weeks ago today. 

Good birding,

Arvind Panjabi

West of Fort Collins

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 30 January 2018

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine

e-mail:      RBA AT cobirds.org  

Date:        January 30, 2018

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, January 30 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species)

NOTE:  The RBA is now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families has changed.

Greater White-fronted Goose (Jefferson, Kiowa)

Trumpeter Swan (Fremont)

Greater Scaup (Adams, Arapahoe, El Paso, *Jefferson)

White-winged Scoter (*Arapahoe, *Jefferson)

Long-tailed Duck (Adams, Arapahoe)

Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, Fremont, *Garfield, Kiowa, Mesa, Summit) 

Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo)

Sora (Larimer)

White-winged Dove (Boulder)

Greater Roadrunner (Bent, *El Paso)

Long-billed Curlew (Baca)

Least Sandpiper (*Mesa)

Long-billed Dowitcher (*Adams)

Spotted Sandpiper (*Garfield)

Mew Gull (Larimer)

California Gull (Arapahoe, Douglas, Kiowa, Larimer)

Iceland Gull (Arapahoe, El Paso, Larimer, Pueblo, Weld) 

Glaucous Gull (Larimer)

Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo)

YELLOW-BILLED LOON (*Arapahoe, *Jefferson)

Double-crested Cormorant (*Kiowa)

HARRIS'S HAWK (*Larimer)

Snowy Owl (Weld)

RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (El Paso)

Williamson's Sapsucker (El Paso)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso)

Say's Phoebe (Arapahoe, Baca, Douglas, Jefferson)

Steller's Jay (Baca)

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Baca)

Chihuahuan Raven (Fremont, Kiowa)

Bushtit (Baca)

Rock Wren (Baca)

Canyon Wren (Baca)

Pacific Wren (La Plata)

Winter Wren (*Arapahoe, Baca, El Paso)

Varied Thrush (El Paso)

Curve-billed Thrasher (Baca, El Paso)

Northern Mockingbird (Baca)

American Pipit (Eagle, Mesa)

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Conejos, Larimer, Park)

Black Rosy-Finch (Conejos)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Conejos,  Park, Weld)

Cassin's Finch (Baca)

Common Redpoll (Chaffee, Larimer)

Red Crossbill (*Arapahoe)

Lapland Longspur (*El Paso, Kiowa)

Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kiowa)

European Goldfinch (Boulder)

Green-tailed Towhee (Denver)

Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca)

Canyon Towhee (Baca)

Field Sparrow (*Baca)

Fox Sparrow (*Delta, *Larimer)

Lincoln's Sparrow (Baca, Pueblo)

Swamp Sparrow (El Paso)

White-throated Sparrow (*Mesa)

Harris's Sparrow (Denver, El Paso)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Weld)

Brewer's Blackbird (Kiowa)

Great-tailed Grackle (Eagle, *Kiowa)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Arapahoe)

Prairie Warbler (Pueblo)

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On January 27 at McKay Road Ponds in Thornton, Adam Vesely reported Long-tailed Duck in Southern most pond between S Platte River and 104th Ave east of McKay Road.  On January 28, at McKay road Ponds, Joe Roller and Eric DeFonso reported f Long-tailed Duck.

---On January 28 on S Platte River, Hwy 224 and 68th, Gabriel Wiltse reported Greater Scaup.

---On January 28 at S Platte Trail from Riverside Cemetery to Sand Creek, Gabriel Wiltse reported Long-billed Dowitcher where S Platte River instersects York St.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:                                                                  

--On January 22 Frank Ferrell reported Winter Wren at 8413 E. Crescent Circle in Greenwood Village. Bird re-found by Steve Rash on January 24.  On January 27 on East Crescent Parkway in Greenwood Village, Loch Kilpatrick, Glenn Walbek and Diane Roberts reported Winter Wren.  On January 28 on E Crescent Parkway, Gabrield Wiltse reported Winter Wren and Rebecca Laroche reported Yellow-rumped Warbler./

--On January 23, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Greater Scaup, White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, California, Iceland Gull at Aurora Reservoir.

—On January 23 at South Platte Reservoir, White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon continue to be reported by mob.  The loon is also reported to drift to Jefferson County.  On January 26 at South Platte Reservoir, Doug Shoffner and Jane Stulp reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon;  Jodi Chambers reported seeing the White-winged Scoter flying on the Jefferson county side.  On January 27 at South Platte Reservoir, Christian Hagenlocher and many others reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon; Bez Bezuidenhout reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon in the Jefferson County portion of the reservoir.  On January 28 at South Platte Reservoir, Matt Crooks, Jeff Dawson, Joanne Parker, and John McConnell reported White-winged Scoter, and Yellow-billed Loon;  Jeff Dawson also reported White-winged Scoter on the Jefferson County portion of the reservoir.  On January 29 at South Platte Reservoir, Robert Thoren and others reported Yellow-billed Loon and White-winged Scoter in Jefferson County part of reservoir; Candice Johnson and Gwen Moore reported White-winged Scoter in Douglas county.

---On January 28 at S Platte Park C470 area, Robert Folzenlogen reported 23 Greater Scaup (19m, 4f) at N end of Eaglewatch Lake, Says's Phoebe, and Yellow-rumped Warbler.

---On January 28 at Robert Tartaglia Pavilion, Eric DeFonso reported Say's Phoebe and f Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler.

BACA COUNTY:

--On January 25 at Two Buttes Dave Leatherman reported Long-billed Curlew, Winter Wren, Marsh Wren, Rock Wren and Canyon Wren.

---On January 28 at Sike ranch SWA, CR Q, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 4 Curve-billed Thrashers, 3 Canyon Towhee, and f type Cassin's Finch.

---On January 28 at Cottonwood Canyon Southern Approach, Kathy Mihm Dunning and David Dowell reported 4 Lincoln's Sparow, 4 Canyon Towhee, and 4 Rufous-crowned Sparrows.

---On January 28 at CR J, David Dowell and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay and 3 Canyon Towhees.

---On January 28 at Cottonwood Canyon Loop, Kathy Mihm Dunning and David Dowell reported Say's Phoebe and 2 Steller's Jays.

---On January 28 at Picture Canyon, David Dowell and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 7 Bushtit, Winter Wren, Northern Mockingbird, 2 Field Sparrows, 3 Canyon Towhees, and 2 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays.

BENT COUNTY:

--On January 22, Janeal Thompson reported Greater Roadrunner at John Martin State Park.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On January 28 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, Peter Burke and Christian Nunes reported European Goldfinch.  Christian said that the goldfinch was bathing in the creek.  

CONEJOS COUNTY:

---On January 27 John Rawinski reported all 3 species of Rosy-Finches at feeders of Susan Hochstetter.  Go south from Monte Vista on Hwy 15 until payment ends, then go another 1 mile.  Susan's place is on the east side of the road with numerous feeders.  

DELTA COUNTY:

---On January 29 in Paonia, Dennis Garrison reported that the Fox Sparrow continues to visit the FS office feeder.

DENVER COUNTY:

--On January 24 at First Creek Open Space Doug Kibbe reported Harris's Sparrow.  Re-found by Ivan Mota on January 25.

--On January 25 at First Creek Open Space Ivan Mota reported Marsh Wren.

---On January 26 at Denver Botanic Gardens and Cheeseman Park, Mark Obmascik reported Green-tailed Towhee.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

--On January 24 at 10001 S. Oswego St., Jodi Chambers reported Say's Phoebe.

---On January 27 at Chatfield SP, Joey Kellner and others reported California Gull.

EAGLE COUNTY:

--On January 22 at Lake Creek Village Wetlands Marbry Hopkins reported American Pipit.  On January 26 at Lake Creek Village Wetland, JoAnn Riggle reported American Pipit and Great-tailed Grackle.

EL PASO COUNTY:

--On December 21 David Tonnessen reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (ruber) on Miranda Road in Colorado Springs, most recently re-found by Michael Turisk on January 25.  On January 27 on Miranda Road, Gary Koehn reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER.

--On January 17 JoAnn Riggle and Linda Hodges most recently reported Varied Thrush at Starsmore Discovery Center.  On January 27 at Starsmore Discovery Center, Brook Nelson reported a f-type Varied Thrush, not the bright male that has been seen.

--On January 21 at Red Rock Canyon Open Space, Jim Merritt reported a Harris's Sparrow.  Re-found on January 25.

--On January 25 at Fountain Creek, Bill Maynard observed a Swamp Sparrow.

---On January 26 at Double Tree Hotel Pond in Colorado Springs, Jim Merrit and Alan Ketcham reported f Greater Scaup.  On January 28 at couble Tree Hotel Pond, Gary Koehn reported f Greater Scaup.

---On January 27 at S Meridian Road, Roger Massey reported m Ladder-backed Woodpecker and 2 Curve-billed Thrashers.

---On January 27 in east El Paso County, Tim Leppek reported hundreds of Lapland Longspurs on Finch Rd and Myers Rd and east into Lincoln county.

---On January 28 on Hanover Road, Cheri Phillips reported Curve-billed Thrasher; Robb Hinds reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker; Joy and Leonard Lake reported Greater Roadrunner.

---On January 28 at Aiken Canon Preserve, Jim Merritt reported Williamson's Sapsucker.

 

FREMONT COUNTY:

--On January 19 at Tunnel Drive, Rich Miller reported Barrow's Goldeneye.--On January 20 at Valco Pond, DFO Field Trip reported one Greater White-fronted Goose.

--On January 21 at Valco Pond, Joel Adams reported Barrows Goldeneye.  On January 28 at Canon City Valco Pond, Joel Adams reported imm m Barrow's Goldeneye.

--On January 25 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jerry DeBoer, Alan Ketchum and MaryLynne Ketchum reported Trumpeter Swan.  On January 26 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jim Merrit reported 2 Trumpeter Swans and 2 Chihuahuan Ravens; Joel Adams reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.  On January 27 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Robb Hinds, Glenn Walbek, and Loch Kilpatrick reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.  On January 29 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, John Drummond and Richard Dunn reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.

GARFIELD COUNTY:

---On January 25 at Coryell Ranch in Carbondale, Dick Filby reported 11 Barrow's Goldeneyes.

---On January 29 on Devereux Rd and Two Rivers Park, JoAnn Rigggle reported 5 Barrow's Goldeneyes and Spotted Sandpiper.

GUNNISON COUNTY:

--On January 18 at Blue Mesa Reservoir, Jon Horn reported Barrow's Goldeneye.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

--On January 23 at Denver West Office Park, Rob Raker reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

--On January 24 at Denver West Office Space, Brian Johnson reported Say's Phoebe.

--On January 24 at RA Easton Park Gwen Moore reported continuing Greater White-fronted Goose.  Re-foound by Cathy Fennelly on January 25.

--On January 25 at South Platte Reservoir David Suddjian reported continuing Yellow-billed Loon also in Arapahoe.

---On January 26 at Belmar Park, Joe Roller, Doug Kibbe, and Dale Pate reported m Greater Scaup.   On January 27 at Belmar Park, Candice Johnson and Reed Gorner reported m Greater Scaup.  On January 29 at Belmar Park, Jerry  Baines reported Greater Scaup.

KIOWA COUNTY:

---On January 28 in town of Eads, Steve Mlodinow reported Brewer's Blackbird and 2 Great-tailed Grackles.

---On January 28 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Chihuahuan Ravens, California Gull, and Great-tailed Grackle.  On January29 at Neenoshe Reservoir Locust Grove, Jane Stulp and Janeal Thompson reported Double-crested Cormorant.

---On January 28 at Upper Queens/Neeshkah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Greater White-fronted Goose, 3 Barrow's (2m, 1f) Goldeneyes, California Gull, Lapland Longspur.

---On January 28 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Lapland Longspur and Chestnut-collared Longspur.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

---On January 28 at Animas River Trail Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area, Ryan Votta reported Pacific Wren.

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On January 20 Carl Bendorf and John Rutenbeck most recently reported continuing HARRIS'S HAWK at Running Deer and Cottonwood Hollow Natural Areas.  On January 27, Georgia Doyle and Phil Carafo and several others reported HARRIS'S HAWK near the Welcom Center; Nick Komar reported HARRIS'S HAWK at Box Elder Creek at SW Frontage Road.  On January 28, Bill Schmoker reported HARRIS'S HAWK on Frontage Rd N of Prospect at the Welcome Center and many other birders reported the hawk near Welcome Center and on SW Frontage Rd.  On January 29, Kerry Hargrove reported HARRIS'S HAWK on Frontage Rd N of Welcome Center.

--On January 21 at Livermore Community Church Andy Bankert reported 1 Brown-capped Rosy Finch, 1 Gray-crowned Rosy Finch, 15 rosy finch sp., and 3 Common Redpoll.  Nick Komar re-found one Common Redpoll on January 22.  On January 26 at Livermore Community Church, Loch Kilpatrick reported one Common Redpoll.

--On January 22 at Carter Lake, Nick Komar, Andy Bankert and other observers reported Iceland, Iceland (Thayer's), California, and Glaucous Gulls.

--On January 23 at Horsetooth Mountain Park, Arvind Panjabi reported 9 Common Redpoll.

--On January 25 at College Lake, Nick Komar reported Mew Gull.

--On January 25 at CSU Environmental Learning Center Colby Plante reported Fox Sparrow.  On January 26 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Jim Nachel Loch Kilpatrick, and Jonny Appleseed reported Red Fox Sparrow.  On January 27 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Mikkp Jimenez, Gwen Moore, and Nick Komar reported Red Fox Sparrow.  On January 28 at CSU Enviromental Learning Center, Dave Leatherman and Janeal Thompson reported Red Fox Sparrow.

---On January 27 at Riverbend Ponds NA, Nick Komar reported Sora.  On January 28 at Riverbend Ponds NA, Jim Nachel reported Sora.

MESA COUNTY:

--On January 24, Ronda Woodward reported Barrow's Goldeneye at Colorado River State Park, Fruita Section.

---On January 25 at Grand Junction Wildlife Area, Dick Filby reported White-throated Sparrow.

---On January 25 at Horsethief Canyon, Dick Filby reported 7 Least Sandpipers and American Pipit.

 

PARK COUNTY:

--On January 23 in Jefferson (town) Brian Johnson reported 4 Brown-capped Rosy-finches and 56 Gray-crowned Rosy-finches.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

--On January 23 at Pueblo Reservoir Wildlife Area David Tonnessen reported Red-necked Grebe.

--On January 24 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Dale Pate report continuing Great Black-backed Gull.  On January 27 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Matt Newport reported Great Black-backed Gull.  On January 28 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Matt Hofeditz and Cheri Phillips reported Great Black-backed Gull.

--On January 24 Dale Pate reported continuing Prairie Warbler in Rock Canyon below the Pueblo Reservoir Dam.  On January 28 at Pueblo Reservoir Rock Canyon below dam N of river, Cheri Phillips reported Prairied Warbler.

---On January 27 at Olive Marsh, Van Truan reported Lincoln's Sparrow.

 

SUMMIT COUNTY:

—On January 20 Phil Lyon reported continuing Barrow's Goldeneye at Silverthorne WTP.

WELD COUNTY:

--On January 23 at Frederick Reservoir and Recreation Area, Steve Mlodinow reported Greater White-fronted Goose, Barrow's Goldeneye.

---On January 27 at Windsor Lake, Gene Rutherford reported Iceland (Thayer's) Gull.

---On January 27 on Hwy 402 also known as CR54 east of Hwy 257, Jazmine Novela reported a Snowy Owl on a power pole.

---On January 28 at Grover, Gene Rutherford reported a large flock of Rosy-Finches most of which were Gray-crowned.

---On January 29 on CR 50 between CR 47 and CR 49, Gene Rutherford reported Yellow-headed Blackbird.

DFO Field Trips

Mueller State Park and Victor

Tuesday, January 30

5:30 AM - 3:30 PM

David Suddjian (Email: dsuddjian@gmail.com Phone: 831-713-8659)

Trail Difficulty: Moderate

Maximum Participants: 12

Directions: Meet at Lowe's in Castle Rock near the outlet stores.. I-25 south, exit at Founders/Meadows Pkwy (exit 184), turn right (west), then right on Santa Fe Dr (Hwy 85), then right on New Beale St. Exact address 1360 New Beale St, Castle Rock, CO 80108

We will seek forest and mountain birds at Mueller, with possible Pygmy-Owl and Gray Jay, and look for

Rosy- finches at the nearby towns of Victor and Cripple Creek. Then we will make our way back via Road 87 to Deckers and along the South Platte back toward Sedalia, birding as we go. Register online or contact leader.

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder

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[cobirds] Response to email about unusual geese at Stearns lake

I have two similar geese on the ponds at my house that have been here for about five years. They have grown to have more white on their head and neck through the years.
I decided that they were a hybrid of Canada geese and white farm geese or emden geese. One of the features I looked at is that they have a lot of fat underneath their tail, a large white rump that sticks up higher out of the water that is reported to be caused by the amount of fat that they carry there. Their legs were orange/pink when they first came, they're darker now.
They are slightly bigger than the other Canada geese. They became in charge of our geese fairly quickly, have a distinctive, loud honk and are clearly the guard geese for the ponds.

These pictures are from a year and a half ago and their heads and next are much whiter now.

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[cobirds] Unusual Goos -- Stearn's Lake (Boulder County) -- additional photos

Sorry -- regarding the hybrid goose I forgot to say that more photos are available on eBird at

https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S42352414

Alex Brown

Boulder, CO

[cobirds] Unusual goose at Stearn's Lake (Boulder County) -- Monday Jan 29

This morning Gillian and I found a very unusual goose at Stearn's Lake (southeast Boulder County).

The bird resembled a "Blue" Snow Goose but had an all dark beak and non-standard plumage.

Our best guess is that the bird is a Snow Goose hybrid with either Canada or Cackling Goose.

There is a faint but obvious "grin" patch on the beak, so it is unlikely to be a Ross's Goose hybrid.

There were six Snow Geese this morning at Stearn's Lake -- three "white" and three "Blue".

This the most Snow Geese that I have ever seen at one place in Boulder County.

Alex Brown

Boulder, CO

[cobirds] Re: Ft. Collins Harris’s Hawk present 09:30

Hi all

Pat G. took a nice photo of the Fort Collin's Harris's Hawk: http://coloradobirder.club/m/photos/view/Harris-s-Hawk-Running-Deer-OS

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.club/


On Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 9:33:08 AM UTC-7, Bill Schmoker wrote:

Folks- I finally caught up with the Harris's Hawk. It flew into a tree along the frontage  road north of Prospect at the welcome center (I25 & Prospect.) The tree is west of the road just before the hard right turn.

Bill Schmoker, Longmont

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[cobirds] Harris's Hawk

The Harris's Hawk is still at previously recorded location on frontage road north of the welcome center

Kerry Hargrove
Thornton

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 29 January 2018

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine

e-mail:      RBA AT cobirds.org  

Date:        January 29, 2018

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, January 29 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species)

NOTE:  The RBA is now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families has changed.

Greater White-fronted Goose (Jefferson, *Kiowa)

Trumpeter Swan (Fremont)

Greater Scaup (*Adams, *Arapahoe, *El Paso, Jefferson)

White-winged Scoter (*Arapahoe, *Jefferson)

Long-tailed Duck (*Adams, Arapahoe)

Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, *Fremont, *Garfield, *Kiowa, Mesa, Summit) 

Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo)

Sora (*Larimer)

White-winged Dove (Boulder)

Greater Roadrunner (Bent, *El Paso)

Long-billed Curlew (Baca)

Least Sandpiper (*Mesa)

Long-billed Dowitcher (*Adams)

Mew Gull (Larimer)

California Gull (Arapahoe, *Douglas, *Kiowa, Larimer)

Iceland Gull (Arapahoe, El Paso, Larimer, Pueblo, *Weld) 

Glaucous Gull (Larimer)

Great Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo)

YELLOW-BILLED LOON (*Arapahoe, Jefferson)

HARRIS'S HAWK (*Larimer)

Snowy Owl (Weld)

RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (El Paso)

Williamson's Sapsucker (*El Paso)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso)

Say's Phoebe (*Arapahoe, *Baca, Douglas, Jefferson)

Steller's Jay (*Baca)

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (*Baca)

Chihuahuan Raven (Fremont, *Kiowa)

Bushtit (*Baca)

Rock Wren (Baca)

Canyon Wren (Baca)

Pacific Wren (*La Plata)

Winter Wren (*Arapahoe, *Baca, El Paso)

Varied Thrush (El Paso)

Curve-billed Thrasher (*Baca, *El Paso)

Northern Mockingbird (*Baca)

American Pipit (Eagle, *Mesa)

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Conejos, Larimer, Park)

Black Rosy-Finch (Conejos)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Conejos,  Park, *Weld)

Cassin's Finch (*Baca)

Common Redpoll (Chaffee, Larimer)

Lapland Longspur (El Paso, *Kiowa)

Chestnut-collared Longspur (*Kiowa)

European Goldfinch (*Boulder)

Green-tailed Towhee (Denver)

Rufous-crowned Sparrow (*Baca)

Canyon Towhee (*Baca)

Field Sparrow (*Baca)

Fox Sparrow (*Larimer)

Lincoln's Sparrow (*Baca, Pueblo)

Swamp Sparrow (El Paso)

White-throated Sparrow (*Mesa)

Harris's Sparrow (Denver, El Paso)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (*Weld)

Brewer's Blackbird (*Kiowa)

Great-tailed Grackle (Eagle, *Kiowa)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (*Arapahoe)

Prairie Warbler (*Pueblo)

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On January 27 at McKay Road Ponds in Thornton, Adam Vesely reported Long-tailed Duck in Southern most pond between S Platte River and 104th Ave east of McKay Road.  On January 28, at McKay road Ponds, Joe Roller and Eric DeFonso reported f Long-tailed Duck.

---On January 28 on S Platte River, Hwy 224 and 68th, Gabriel Wiltse reported Greater Scaup.

---On January 28 at S Platte Trail from Riverside Cemetery to Sand Creek, Gabriel Wiltse reported Long-billed Dowitcher where S Platte River instersects York St.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:                                                                  

--On January 22 Frank Ferrell reported Winter Wren at 8413 E. Crescent Circle in Greenwood Village. Bird re-found by Steve Rash on January 24.  On January 27 on East Crescent Parkway in Greenwood Village, Loch Kilpatrick, Glenn Walbek and Diane Roberts reported Winter Wren.  On January 28 on E Crescent Parkway, Gabrield Wiltse reported Winter Wren and Rebecca Laroche reported Yellow-rumped Warbler./

--On January 23, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Greater Scaup, White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, California, Iceland Gull at Aurora Reservoir.

—On January 23 at South Platte Reservoir, White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon continue to be reported by mob.  The loon is also reported to drift to Jefferson County.  On January 26 at South Platte Reservoir, Doug Shoffner and Jane Stulp reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon;  Jodi Chambers reported seeing the White-winged Scoter flying on the Jefferson county side.  On January 27 at South Platte Reservoir, Christian Hagenlocher and many others reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon; Bez Bezuidenhout reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon in the Jefferson County portion of the reservoir.  On January 28 at South Platte Reservoir, Matt Crooks, Jeff Dawson, Joanne Parker, and John McConnell reported White-winged Scoter, and Yellow-billed Loon;  Jeff Dawson also reported White-winged Scoter on the Jefferson County portion of the reservoir.

---On January 28 at S Platte Park C470 area, Robert Folzenlogen reported 23 Greater Scaup (19m, 4f) at N end of Eaglewatch Lake, Says's Phoebe, and Yellow-rumped Warbler.

---On January 28 at Robert Tartaglia Pavilion, Eric DeFonso reported Say's Phoebe and f Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler.

BACA COUNTY:

--On January 25 at Two Buttes Dave Leatherman reported Long-billed Curlew, Winter Wren, Marsh Wren, Rock Wren and Canyon Wren.

---On January 28 at Sike ranch SWA, CR Q, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 4 Curve-billed Thrashers, 3 Canyon Towhee, and f type Cassin's Finch.

---On January 28 at Cottonwood Canyon Southern Approach, Kathy Mihm Dunning and David Dowell reported 4 Lincoln's Sparow, 4 Canyon Towhee, and 4 Rufous-crowned Sparrows.

---On January 28 at CR J, David Dowell and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay and 3 Canyon Towhees.

---On January 28 at Cottonwood Canyon Loop, Kathy Mihm Dunning and David Dowell reported Say's Phoebe and 2 Steller's Jays.

---On January 28 at Picture Canyon, David Dowell and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 7 Bushtit, Winter Wren, Northern Mockingbird, 2 Field Sparrows, 3 Canyon Towhees, and 2 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays.

BENT COUNTY:

--On January 22, Janeal Thompson reported Greater Roadrunner at John Martin State Park.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On January 28 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, Peter Burke and Christian Nunes reported European Goldfinch.  Christian said that the goldfinch was bathing in the creek.  

CONEJOS COUNTY:

---On January 27 John Rawinski reported all 3 species of Rosy-Finches at feeders of Susan Hochstetter.  Go south from Monte Vista on Hwy 15 until payment ends, then go another 1 mile.  Susan's place is on the east side of the road with numerous feeders.  

DENVER COUNTY:

--On January 24 at First Creek Open Space Doug Kibbe reported Harris's Sparrow.  Re-found by Ivan Mota on January 25.

--On January 25 at First Creek Open Space Ivan Mota reported Marsh Wren.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On January 26 at Denver Botanic Gardens and Cheeseman Park, Mark Obmascik reported Green-tailed Towhee.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

--On January 24 at 10001 S. Oswego St., Jodi Chambers reported Say's Phoebe.

---On January 27 at Chatfield SP, Joey Kellner and others reported California Gull.

EAGLE COUNTY:

--On January 22 at Lake Creek Village Wetlands Marbry Hopkins reported American Pipit.  On January 26 at Lake Creek Village Wetland, JoAnn Riggle reported American Pipit and Great-tailed Grackle.

EL PASO COUNTY:

--On December 21 David Tonnessen reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (ruber) on Miranda Road in Colorado Springs, most recently re-found by Michael Turisk on January 25.  On January 27 on Miranda Road, Gary Koehn reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER.

--On January 17 JoAnn Riggle and Linda Hodges most recently reported Varied Thrush at Starsmore Discovery Center.  On January 27 at Starsmore Discovery Center, Brook Nelson reported a f-type Varied Thrush, not the bright male that has been seen.

--On January 21 at Red Rock Canyon Open Space, Jim Merritt reported a Harris's Sparrow.  Re-found on January 25.

--On January 25 at Fountain Creek, Bill Maynard observed a Swamp Sparrow.

---On January 26 at Double Tree Hotel Pond in Colorado Springs, Jim Merrit and Alan Ketcham reported f Greater Scaup.  On January 28 at couble Tree Hotel Pond, Gary Koehn reported f Greater Scaup.

---On January 27 at S Meridian Road, Roger Massey reported m Ladder-backed Woodpecker and 2 Curve-billed Thrashers.

---On January 27 in east El Paso County, Tim Leppek reported hundreds of Lapland Longspurs on Finch Rd and Myers Rd and east into Lincoln county.

---On January 28 on Hanover Road, Cheri Phillips reported Curve-billed Thrasher; Robb Hinds reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker; Joy and Leonard Lake reported Greater Roadrunner.

---On January 28 at Aiken Canon Preserve, Jim Merritt reported Williamson's Sapsucker.

 

FREMONT COUNTY:

--On January 19 at Tunnel Drive, Rich Miller reported Barrow's Goldeneye.--On January 20 at Valco Pond, DFO Field Trip reported one Greater White-fronted Goose.

--On January 21 at Valco Pond, Joel Adams reported Barrows Goldeneye.  On January 28 at Canon City Valco Pond, Joel Adams reported imm m Barrow's Goldeneye.

--On January 25 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jerry DeBoer, Alan Ketchum and MaryLynne Ketchum reported Trumpeter Swan.  On January 26 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jim Merrit reported 2 Trumpeter Swans and 2 Chihuahuan Ravens; Joel Adams reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.  On January 27 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Robb Hinds, Glenn Walbek, and Loch Kilpatrick reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.  

GARFIELD COUNTY:

---On January 25 at Coryell Ranch in Carbondale, Dick Filby reported 11 Barrow's Goldeneyes.

GUNNISON COUNTY:

--On January 18 at Blue Mesa Reservoir, Jon Horn reported Barrow's Goldeneye.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

--On January 23 at Denver West Office Park, Rob Raker reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

--On January 24 at Denver West Office Space, Brian Johnson reported Say's Phoebe.

--On January 24 at RA Easton Park Gwen Moore reported continuing Greater White-fronted Goose.  Re-foound by Cathy Fennelly on January 25.

--On January 25 at South Platte Reservoir David Suddjian reported continuing Yellow-billed Loon also in Arapahoe.

---On January 26 at Belmar Park, Joe Roller, Doug Kibbe, and Dale Pate reported m Greater Scaup.   On January 27 at Belmar Park, Candice Johnson and Reed Gorner reported m Greater Scaup.

KIOWA COUNTY:

---On January 28 in town of Eads, Steve Mlodinow reported Brewer's Blackbird and 2 Great-tailed Grackles.

---On January 28 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Chihuahuan Ravens, California Gull, and Great-tailed Grackle.

---On January 28 at Upper Queens/Neeshkah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Greater White-fronted Goose, 3 Barrow's (2m, 1f) Goldeneyes, California Gull, Lapland Longspur.

---On January 28 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Lapland Longspur and Chestnut-collared Longspur.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

---On January 28 at Animas River Trail Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area, Ryan Votta reported Pacific Wren.

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On January 20 Carl Bendorf and John Rutenbeck most recently reported continuing HARRIS'S HAWK at Running Deer and Cottonwood Hollow Natural Areas.  On January 27, Georgia Doyle and Phil Carafo and several others reported HARRIS'S HAWK near the Welcom Center; Nick Komar reported HARRIS'S HAWK at Box Elder Creek at SW Frontage Road.  On January 28, Bill Schmoker reported HARRIS'S HAWK on Frontage Rd N of Prospect at the Welcome Center and many other birders reported the hawk near Welcome Center and on SW Frontage Rd.

--On January 21 at Livermore Community Church Andy Bankert reported 1 Brown-capped Rosy Finch, 1 Gray-crowned Rosy Finch, 15 rosy finch sp., and 3 Common Redpoll.  Nick Komar re-found one Common Redpoll on January 22.  On January 26 at Livermore Community Church, Loch Kilpatrick reported one Common Redpoll.

--On January 22 at Carter Lake, Nick Komar, Andy Bankert and other observers reported Iceland, Iceland (Thayer's), California, and Glaucous Gulls.

--On January 23 at Horsetooth Mountain Park, Arvind Panjabi reported 9 Common Redpoll.

--On January 25 at College Lake, Nick Komar reported Mew Gull.

--On January 25 at CSU Environmental Learning Center Colby Plante reported Fox Sparrow.  On January 26 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Jim Nachel Loch Kilpatrick, and Jonny Appleseed reported Red Fox Sparrow.  On January 27 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Mikkp Jimenez, Gwen Moore, and Nick Komar reported Red Fox Sparrow.  On January 28 at CSU Enviromental Learning Center, Dave Leatherman and Janeal Thompson reported Red Fox Sparrow.

---On January 27 at Riverbend Ponds NA, Nick Komar reported Sora.  On January 28 at Riverbend Ponds NA, Jim Nachel reported Sora.

MESA COUNTY:

--On January 24, Ronda Woodward reported Barrow's Goldeneye at Colorado River State Park, Fruita Section.

---On January 25 at Grand Junction Wildlife Area, Dick Filby reported White-throated Sparrow.

---On January 25 at Horsethief Canyon, Dick Filby reported 7 Least Sandpipers and American Pipit.

 

PARK COUNTY:

--On January 23 in Jefferson (town) Brian Johnson reported 4 Brown-capped Rosy-finches and 56 Gray-crowned Rosy-finches.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

--On January 23 at Pueblo Reservoir Wildlife Area David Tonnessen reported Red-necked Grebe.

--On January 24 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Dale Pate report continuing Great Black-backed Gull.  On January 27 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Matt Newport reported Great Black-backed Gull.  On January 28 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Matt Hofeditz and Cheri Phillips reported Great Black-backed Gull.

--On January 24 Dale Pate reported continuing Prairie Warbler in Rock Canyon below the Pueblo Reservoir Dam.  On January 28 at Pueblo Reservoir Rock Canyon below dam N of river, Cheri Phillips reported Prairied Warbler.

---On January 27 at Olive Marsh, Van Truan reported Lincoln's Sparrow.

 

SUMMIT COUNTY:

—On January 20 Phil Lyon reported continuing Barrow's Goldeneye at Silverthorne WTP.

WELD COUNTY:

--On January 23 at Frederick Reservoir and Recreation Area, Steve Mlodinow reported Greater White-fronted Goose, Barrow's Goldeneye.

---On January 27 at Windsor Lake, Gene Rutherford reported Iceland (Thayer's) Gull.

---On January 27 on Hwy 402 also known as CR54 east of Hwy 257, Jazmine Novela reported a Snowy Owl on a power pole.

---On January 28 at Grover, Gene Rutherford reported a large flock of Rosy-Finches most of which were Gray-crowned.

---On January 29 on CR 50 between CR 47 and CR 49, Gene Rutherford reported Yellow-headed Blackbird.

DFO Field Trips

Mueller State Park and Victor

Tuesday, January 30

5:30 AM - 3:30 PM

David Suddjian (Email: dsuddjian@gmail.com Phone: 831-713-8659)

Trail Difficulty: Moderate

Maximum Participants: 12

Directions: Meet at Lowe's in Castle Rock near the outlet stores.. I-25 south, exit at Founders/Meadows Pkwy (exit 184), turn right (west), then right on Santa Fe Dr (Hwy 85), then right on New Beale St. Exact address 1360 New Beale St, Castle Rock, CO 80108

We will seek forest and mountain birds at Mueller, with possible Pygmy-Owl and Gray Jay, and look for

Rosy- finches at the nearby towns of Victor and Cripple Creek. Then we will make our way back via Road 87 to Deckers and along the South Platte back toward Sedalia, birding as we go. Register online or contact leader.

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder

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[cobirds] Barrow's, Rosy-Finches etc: Last week in Garfield/Pitkin/Mesa

Hi all

 

Despite being insanely busy, have managed to snatch some time to go birding this last week

Some of the highlights

 

Grand Junction Wildlife Area (Mesa) – Thursday (thanks Mike, Eileen)

White-throated Sparrow 1

Northern Harrier 1

Evening Grosbeak 1

 

Horsethief Canyon (Mesa) Thursday

Least Sandpiper 7

American Pipit 1

Wilson's Snipe 5

Killdeer 3

Rough-legged Hawk 1

 

Carbondale Coryell Ranch (Garfield) Thursday

BARROW'S GOLDENEYE 11

 

Carbondale - Powers art centre (Garfield) ongoing

Rough-legged hawk 1-2 (still today, Sunday 28)

 

Snowmass Ski Area (Pitkin)

100+ Brown-capped Rosy Finches  - most days – latest Wednesday

                Porcupine – on 17^th

 

Carbondale - Crystal River valley by Hwy133 (Garfield/Pitkin County line) most days – but none Sat or Sun

                Snow Goose 1-2              

                Canada Geese – up to 700

                Cackling Geese – up to 9

                Bald Eagle and Golden Eagle on roadside Mule Deer carcass last Sunday

                Rough-legged Hawk – 1 today (Sun 28)

 

No matter how dry you think it is here, just be glad you don't live in Cape Town, South Africa..

Looking very likely to be the first major city in the world to run out of water – in just 10 weeks – or less

 

Good birding all

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale, CO

 

 

 

[cobirds] Denver Post article on the DFO Big Year

Hey, all. Jenn Fields has a nice article in The Denver Post on the ongoing Denver Field Ornithologists (DFO) Big Year:

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/01/26/denver-birding-2018-year-of-the-bird/

In the random-birds-I-saw-recently category, here are a couple of Ross's Geese from Erie Reservoir, Boulder County, earlier today, Sunday, Jan. 28:

Ted Floyd

Lafayette, Boulder County

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[cobirds] Long-eared owl (Boulder)

A long-eared owl perched quietly by our deck for about an hour around noon today. (Some 4 miles north of Boulder, near Spurgeon Reservoir.) New house bird.

Alan Bell, Boulder

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[cobirds] Re: Pueblo Prairie Warbler, maybe gone 1/27

Someone reported seeing the Prairie Warbler this morning in Pueblo,
not sure why it didn't show up yesterday, when all the other birds
were present. If it is still present, maybe it will still be around
in February, for a first February record of the species for Colorado.
It seems like this bird has become very hard to find, not like in
December when it wasn't too hard to find.

Brandon K. Percival
Pueblo West, CO

On 1/27/18, Brandon <flammowl17@gmail.com> wrote:
> Today (27 January 2018), there were lots of birds at times, in the
> area where the Prairie Warbler has been seen, below Pueblo Reservoir
> dam, Pueblo County (from 5 December 2107 to 24 January 2018), though
> the Prairie Warbler never appeared. Maybe it is still alive and well,
> though, I think I should have seen it today, as I spent a lot of time
> looking (and also looked yesterday for a little while). If anyone
> does happen to find it again, please report it. I'm thinking it is
> gone for real this time, so I'll be documenting it for the Colorado
> Birds Records Committee soon. This is the first ever Prairie Warbler
> in Colorado, during the month of January, and will be the 2nd
> documented sighting for Pueblo County, during the winter months. I'm
> happy it stayed a long time, and was seen by a lot of people. The
> other winter Prairie Warbler in Pueblo County, was last seen on the
> Pueblo Reservoir CBC on 16 December 1995, and not reported after that
> date, as far as I know.
>
> --
> Brandon Percival
> Pueblo West, CO
>

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