Since several people have asked: North CR 15 crosses Boxelder Creek between CR 78 and CR 82. This is north of Fort Collins and SW of the Rawhide Power Plant.
I only had the one good luck in 50 mins of watching but others found the cuckoo after I'd left.
Not able to confirm if there are 2 or just 1.
John Shenot
Fort Collins, CO
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Saturday 30 June 2018
[cobirds] High counts of birds in eBird
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Scott Somershoe and I have written a piece for the Colorado and Wyoming eBird blog that I'd like to point eBirders to:
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Thanks,
Tony
Tony Leukering
currently Guymon, OK
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[cobirds] Canyon towhee, Larimer Co
A canyon towhee showed up in my yard this morning! Second time ever, last one was in 2015.
As best as I can tell in eBird, this is the northernmost observation of the species.
Arvind Panjabi
Across from horsetooth mountain park
Larimer co
[cobirds] Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Boxelder Creek CR 15 (Larimer)
Seen in trees west of bridge over creek at 10:25am. Possibly a pair!
John Shenot
Fort Collins CO
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[cobirds] Yampa Valley Crane Festival, Aug. 30 - Sept. 2, 2018
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-- Just a quick note here to let folks know that registration for the 7th annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival opens tomorrow, Sunday, July 1, at 8am MDT. An overview of the crane festival, including info on the good work of the Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition, can be found here:
https://coloradocranes.org/
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Click on the 2018 Festival tab for the truly remarkable array of workshops, programs, field trips, and other offerings at this year's crane festival. The event is based out of Steamboat Springs and Hayden, Routt County, and offers unparalleled opportunities for wildlife viewing at a ridiculously beautiful time of the year. The festival has a decidedly friendly feel about it, and the lineup of speakers and field trip leaders is impressive indeed. Hope to see you in Steamboat in a couple months!
Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County
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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 30 June 2018
Date: June 30, 2018
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, June 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.
Tundra Swan (Eagle)
Common Goldeneye (Chaffee)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Garfield)
Hooded Merganser (Adams, Boulder, Larimer)
Northern Bobwhite (Jefferson)
Dusky Grouse (Clear Creek)
Band-tailed Pigeon (Routt)
Greater Roadrunner (*El Paso)
LESSER NIGHTHAWK (Montrose)
Black Swift (Boulder, Pueblo)
Chimney Swift (Jefferson)
Rufous Hummingbird (Douglas)
Calliope Hummingbird (Boulder)
Black Rail (Weld)
Virginia Rail (Pitkin)
American Coot (Phillips)
Sandhill Crane (Weld)
Black-necked Stilt (Kiowa)
Snowy Plover (Kiowa)
Mountain Plover (Weld)
Upland Sandpiper (Prowers)
Marbled Godwit (Jefferson)
Willet (Jefferson)
Greater Yellowlegs (Weld)
Caspian Tern (*Boulder)
Forster's Tern (Kiowa)
Common Loon (Kiowa)
Little Blue Heron (*Boulder)
TRICOLORED HERON (Boulder)
Cattle Egret (Jefferson, Pueblo)
Green Heron (Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Kiowa)
Mississippi Kite (El Paso, Kiowa, Larimer, Pueblo)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Larimer)
Northern Goshawk (*Jefferson)
Lewis's Woodpecker (*La Plata, Mesa)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Logan)
Acorn Woodpecker (*La Plata)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Jefferson, Pueblo)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder, Clear Creek, Pueblo)
Peregrine Falcon (*Adams, Weld)
Willow Flycatcher (Garfield, Mesa)
Least Flycatcher (Boulder, Larimer)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Weld)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (*Arapahoe)
Eastern Phoebe (Boulder, Chaffee, Jefferson)
Cassin's Kingbird (Fremont, La Plata, Pueblo)
Bushtit (Adams)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Arapahoe)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld)
Red-eyed Vireo (Boulder, Weld)
Canada Jay (Gray Jay) (*El Paso, Jefferson)
Purple Martin (Routt)
Pacific Wren (Larimer)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Jefferson)
Swainson's Flycatcher (Garfield)
Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso, Pueblo)
Brown Thrasher (Boulder)
Sage Thrasher (Jefferson)
Red Crossbill (Clear Creek, Jefferson, Pueblo)
Lesser Goldfinch (Boulder)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Weld)
McCown's Longspur (Larimer, Weld)
Cassin's Sparrow (Boulder, Douglas, Fremont)
Chipping Sparrow (Arapahoe)
Brewer's Sparrow (Clear Creek, La Plata)
Field Sparrow (Larimer, Weld)
Lark Sparrow (El Paso)
Black-throated Sparrow (Fremont)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Routt, La Plata)
Lark Bunting (Boulder)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Jefferson, Weld)
Fox Sparrow (Clear Creek, Garfield)
White-throated Sparrow (Weld)
White-crowned Sparrow (Pueblo)
Bobolink (Mesa)
Orchard Oriole (Boulder, Weld)
Baltimore Oriole (Prowers)
Ovenbird (Custer, *Larimer)
Virginia's Warbler (Park)
American Redstart (Kiowa)
Northern Parula (Broomfield)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Boulder, Douglas)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo)
Grace's Warbler (Mesa, Pueblo)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Weld)
Indigo Bunting (Boulder, Montrose, Weld)
Dickcissel (Jefferson, *Mesa, Weld)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On June 24 on pond N of Big Dry Creek Park, Matt Hofeditz reported 2 f Hooded Mergansers and 15 Bushtits.
---On June 28 at Morrison Nature Center at Star K Ranch, G Stacks reported 5 Bushtits.
---On June 29 at Barr Lake—Bird Conservancy of Rockies Office Area and below dam, Santiago Tabares and Gabriel Wiltse reported Peregrine Falcon.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On June 24 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On June 25 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On June 26 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso reported 2 Cordilledran Flycatchers. On June 27 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd, to E Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso and Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers; Madsen also reported Red-breasted Nuthatch. On June 28 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On June 29 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers.
---On June 24 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 7 Chipping Sparrows.
---On June 26 at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Jared Del Rosso reported Red-breasted Nuthatch.
---On June 28 at Parker Jordan Centennial Open Space, Cynthia Madsen and David Hill reported Green Heron.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On June 9 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Brian and Kimberly Tavernia spotted a TRICOLORED HERON about 0700 which was seen by many birders; around 1100 James McCall reported both TRICOLORED HERON and Little Blue Heron at Cottonwood and many birders got to see both birds sometime in the same field of view. On June 24 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Jeff Dawson, Phoenix Kwan, Kiki Widjaja, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported TRICOLORED HERON and imm Little Blue Heron. On June 25 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Tim Ryan and Chris Brown reported imm Little Blue Heron. On June 26 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, John Haycraft and Robert Thoren reported imm Little Blue Heron. On June 27 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Markyu Mutchler reported imm Little Blue Heron. On June 29 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Sarah Spotten and Alan de Queiroz reported imm Little Blue Heron.
---On June 16 at South Mesa Trail Parking Lot, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported m Chestnut-sided Warbler, pair of Indigo Bunting and 4 Lesser Goldfinch. On June 24 at South Mesa Trail, Dan Zmolek, Leslie S, John Rutenbeck and Kiki Widjaja reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On June 25 at South Mesa Trail, Rob Cassady reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On June 26 at South Mesa Trail, Gregg Goodrich and Anna Troth reported Chestnut-sided Warbler.
---On June 24 at Golden Ponds in Longmont, Luke Pheneger reported Green Heron, Red-eyed Vireo, and Orchard Oriole. On June 25 at Golden Ponds Sarah Spotten and Luke Pheneger reported Eastern Phoebes. On June 26 at Golden Pond Park, Sarah Spotten reported 2 Eastern Phoebe. On June 27 at Golden Ponds, Luke Pheneger reported Eastern Phoebe.
---On June 24 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Hooded Merganser.
---On June 25 at Izaak Walton Park in Longmont, Sarah Spotten reported 3 juv Hooded Mergansers. On June 27 at Izaak Walton Park, Luke Pheneger reported 3 Hooded Mergansers.
---On June 26 at Rocky Mountain NP Wild Basin, Candice Johnson reported Least Flycatcher. On June 27 at Rocky Mountain NP Wild Basin, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported Calliope Hummingbird and 7 Black Swifts.
---On June 27 On Indian Peaks BBS at Rainbow Lakes, Elena Klaver and Topi Martinez reported American Three-toed Woodpecker.
---On June 28 at Rabbit Mountain, Johanna Beam and Ted Floyd reported Brown Thrasher.
----On June 29 at Lagerman Reservoir, John Rutenbeck reported Caspian Tern.
BROOMFIELD COUNTY:
---On June 21 at 295 Interlock Blvd, Doug Faulkner reported singing Northern Parula by the parking lot and Michael Lester reported the Northern Parula at S end of pond about 5:40 pm. On June 24 at 271 Interlocken Blvd, Kiki WIdjaja reported Northern Parula.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
---On June 24 at Sands Lake SWA, Sally Waterhouse reported f Common Goldeneye and Eastern Phoebe.
---On June 24 at Frantz Lake SWA, Sally Waterhouse reported pair of Eastern Phoebe, one was on nest. On June 26 at Frantz Lakw SWA, Jack Harlan reported 2 Eastern Phoebe.
---On June 28 in San Isabel NF S Cottonwood Drainage, David Olmstead reported f Dusky Grouse.
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY:
---On June 25 on Guanella Pass, Bob Andrewss and Micahel Kiessig reported 3 Brewer's Sparrows at the summit of the pass.
---On June 27 at Chicago Lakes Trail 2s, Chris Wood reported Red Crossbill (Lodgedpole Pine or Type 5).
---On June 27 at Chicago Lakes Trail – Idaho Springs Reservoir, Chris Wood reported American Three-toed Woodpecker and 2 Red Crossbills (Lodgepole Pine, or type 5).
----On June 27 at Chicago Lakes Trail 3s, Clear Creek starting at Wilderness Chris Wood reported Dusky Grouse, Fox Sparrow (Slate-color), Red Crossbill (Lodgepole Pine, or type 5).
---On June 28 at Beaver Meadows TR 44 2c, Chris Wood reported 3 Red Crossbill (Ponderosa Pine, type 2).
CUSTER COUNTY:
---On June 24 at Daveport Campground Rd, Steve Mlodinow reported Ovenbird.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On June 24 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, George Ho reported Green Heron.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On June 24 at 17337 Waterhouse Circle, Tina Peters reported 20 Cassin's Sparrows in Nature Conservation Area.
---On June 25 at Castlewood Canyon SP, Randall Nelson reported Rufous Hummingbird.
---On June 26 at Roxborough SP, Wendi Fisher reported Chestnut-sided Warbler on Fountain Valley Trail.
EAGLE COUNTY:
---On June 28 at Spring Park Reservoir, Babs Buck reported Tundra Swan.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On June 24 at Adams Open Space, Melanie Herring reported 2 Mississippi Kites.
---On June 25 at Fountain Creek Regional Park – Nature Center/Cattail Marsh, Rod Schmidt reported Mississippi Kite.
---On June 27 at Hanover Road, Tanja Britton and Jim Merritt reported 4 Curve-billed Thrashers. On June 29 on 16831 – 16959 Hanover Road, David and Tammy McQuade reported 3 Greater Roadrunners and Curve-billed Thrasher.
---On June 29 on Pikes Peak, Alan and Mary Lynne Ketcham reported Canada (Gray) Jay.
FREMONT COUNTY:
----On June 24 on Chandler Road, Joel and Dale Adams reported 4 Cassin's Kingbirds, 2 Black-throated Sparrows, and 7 Cassin's Sparrows.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On June 24 in Flat Tops at White Owl Lake, Vic Zerbi reported 2 Barrow's Goldeneyes and Fox Sparrows.
---On June 28 on South Fork of White River near Budges, Vic Zerbi reported 15 Swainson's Thrush and 20 Willow Flycatchers.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On June 24 at Coal Creek OS, Chris Wood reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Sage Thrasher, 13 Grasshopper Sparrows and 6 Dickcissel; Kiki Widjaja reported Dickcissel; Bez Bezuidenhout reported Grasshoper Sparrow and Dickcissel. On June 25 at Coal Creek OS, Steve Rash and Frank Farrell reported Dickcissel; Eric DeFonso reported 3 Dickcissel and 7 Grasshopper Sparrows. On June 26 at Coal Creek OS, Brian Johnson, Gregg Goodrich, Anna Troth, Alison Field, and Stephen Greenwood reported Dickcissel and Grasshopper Sparrows. On June 27 at Coal Creek OS, Meg Reck and Marky Mutcher reported Dickcissel; Mutcher also reported 3 Grasshopper Sparrows.
---On June 24 on Coal Creek Canyon Dr, W of Hwy 93, Chris Wood reported Cattle Egret and Grasshopper Sparrow. On June 26 on Coal Creek Canyon Dr, Mark Chavez reported Cattle Egret.
---On June 24 at Staunton SP, Reed Gorner reported 2 Northern Goshawk, Canada Jay (Gray Jay) and Williamson's Sapsucker. On June 28 at Stauton SP, Rebecca Larochedr and Burke Angstman reported Northern Goshawk, 2 Williamson's Sapsuckers and Red Crossbill.
---On June 24 at Goose Creek Rd W of Stoney Pass, Chris Wood reported Sage Thrasher.
---On June 24 at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Dylan Cooper reported Eastern Phoebe.
---On June 25 at Massey Draw, Chris Courtney reported Northern Bobwhite.
---On June 27 at Standley Lake, David Chernak reported 19 Willets. On June 28 at Standley Lake, David Chernak reported 6 Marbled Godwits.
KIOWA COUNTY:
---On June 25 at Lower Queens Reservoir, Jeff Calhoun reported 4 Black-crowned Night-Heron, and Snowy Plover.
---On June 25 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Jeff Calhoun reported 5 Black-necked Stilt and 5 Forster's Terns.
---On June 26 at Neegronda Reservoir, Jeff Calhoun reported 2 Black-necked Stilt.
---On June 28 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Doug Faulkner reported Common Loon in alternate plumage.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
---On June 28 on Rancho Durango Road, Jim Beatty reported 4 Cassin's Kingbirds, 2 Brewer's Sparrows and Sagebrush Sparrow.
---On June 29 at Meadow Road, Rafter J Subdivision, David Dunford reported Lewis's Woodpecker and 2 Acorn Woodpeckers.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On June 22 at Comanche Peak Wilderness, Creek Falls Trails, Bill and Margaret Rowe, reported Pacific Wren. On June 27 on West Creek Trail in Comanche Peak Wilderness, Bez Bezuidenhout reported Pacific Wren where Nick Komar described and further downstream Bez found 3 more Pacific Wrens – 2 adults and 1 fledging.
---On June 27 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Andy Bankert reported McCown's Longspur. On June 28 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Andy Bankert reported 2 McCown's Longspur.
---On June 25 at Rocky Mountain NP Endovazlley—Alluvial Fan/Fan Lake, Matt Hogan reported Sharp-shinned Hawk
---On June 27 at Rocky Mountain NP Dream and Emerald Lakes, Matt Means reported Mississippi Kite.
---On June 28 at Fossil Creek Reservoir and Regional Park, Nick Komar reported 2 f Hooded Mergansers.
---On June 28 at Lorey SP Well Gulch Trail, David Leatherman reported Least Flycatcher.
---On June 29 at Rist Canyon (Miles 6 – 9), Georgia Doyle reported Ovenbird.
MESA COUNTY:
---On June 24 on ME Rd approx. .15 mile from intersection with 57 Rd, Jim Liewer reported Bobolink and Dickcissel. On June 25 on ME ¾ Rd W of 57 Rd, Katheleen McGinley, Carol Ortenzio, and Eileen Cunningham reported m Dickcissel and 3 m Bobolink. On June 26 on ME ¾ Rd, David Price reported Bobolink and Dickcissel. On June 27 on ME ¾ and 57 Rd, Rodene Harwood, Ronda Woodward and Mike Henwood reported Bobolink and 3 Dickcissels. On June 28 on OE Rd/57 Rd/ME ¾ Rd, Nic Korte and Vic Zerbi reported Bobolink and Dickcissel.
---On June 27 at Vega Reservoir and Vega SP, Mike Henwood reported 2 Lewis's Woodpeckers and Willow Flycatcher (southwest)
---On June 28 on Divide Road Thimble Pt FR #417, Mike Henwood reported 2 Grace's Warblers.
---On June 28 at Jack's Canyon Area, Mike Henwood reported 2 Grace's Warblers.
---On June 29 at Molina/Upper Plateau Creek, Connee Moffatt reported Dickcissel.
MONTROSE COUNTY:
---On June 26 at Nucla Sewage Lagoons, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported LESSER NIGHTHAWK.
---On June 27 on Old Hwy 90 through Silver Hawk Ranch, Brenda Wright and Coen Dextger reported Indigo Bunting.
PARK COUNTY:
---On June 28 at Spruce Grove CG, Lane Quinn reported Virginia's Warbler.
PITKIN COUNTY:
---On June 27 at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Susan Foster and Catherine Hagen reported Virginia Rail.
PROWERS COUNTY:
---On June 24 on S 13th St. Dorothy Russell reported Baltimore Oriole.
---On June 26 on Fencerow Windmill Strip west of US 385 between CR CC and CR X, Jane Stulp reported 2 Upland Sandpipers.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On June 24 at Mineral Palace Park, Cameron Carver and Steve Mlodinow reported Yellow-throated Warbler; Mlodinow also reported pair of nesting Mississippi Kites.
---On June 24 at Pueblo Reservoir Swallows area, Tim Leppek and Matthew Carwford reported Cattle Egrets.
---On June 24 on Swallows Road in Pueblo, Matthew Crawford reported Cassin's Kingbird, Curve-billed Thrasher, and 2 juv White-crowned Sparrows.
---On June 24 at Pueblo Mountain Park, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Grace's Warblers and 2 Red Crossbill.
---On June 24 on Hwy 78 Burn, Steve Mlodinow reported American Three-toed Woodpecker and Williamson's Sapsucker.
---On June 28 on Swallow's Road Cedmetery, Alan and Mary Lynn Ketcham reported 2 Cattle Egret.
ROUTT COUNTY:
---On June 24 on Yampa BBS Route, Tom Hall reported 2 Sagebrush Sparrows, Band-tailed Pigeon and Purple Martins.
WELD COUNTY:
---On June 24 at Lower Latham Marsh, Gary Lefko reported Greater Yellowlegs. On June 26 at Lower Latham Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Black Rail, 3 Sandhill Cranes, and Dickcissel.
---On June 26 at S Platte River at Hwy 60, Steve Mlodinow reported Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, and 3 Orchard Orioles.
---On June 26 on Hwy 14 between CR 77 & CR 79, Johanna Beam reported 23 Mountain Plover, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Chestnut-collared Longspur, 2 McCown's Longspur, and 7 Grasshopper Sparrows.
DFO Field Trips
See DFO website for more information
Staunton State Park
Saturday, June 30
6:45 AM – 2:00 PM
Rebecca Laroche (RebeccaLLaroche AT gmail.com; 626-318-4435)
This trip is FULL.
Turkey Creek Ranch and Flying J Ranch
Sunday, July 1
6:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Karen Drozda (drozforte AT AOL.com; 303-388-0891)
Good Birding
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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Friday 29 June 2018
[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 29 June 2018
Date: June 29, 2018
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 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.
Tundra Swan (*Eagle)
Common Goldeneye (Chaffee)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Garfield)
Hooded Merganser (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, *Larimer)
Northern Bobwhite (Jefferson)
Dusky Grouse (Clear Creek)
Band-tailed Pigeon (Routt)
LESSER NIGHTHAWK (Montrose)
Black Swift (Boulder, Pueblo)
Chimney Swift (Jefferson)
Rufous Hummingbird (Douglas)
Calliope Hummingbird (*Boulder)
Black Rail (Weld)
Virginia Rail (Pitkin)
American Coot (Phillips)
Sandhill Crane (Weld)
Black-necked Stilt (Kiowa)
Snowy Plover (Kiowa)
Mountain Plover (Weld)
Upland Sandpiper (Prowers)
Marbled Godwit (*Jefferson)
Willet (Jefferson)
Greater Yellowlegs (Weld)
Forster's Tern (Kiowa)
Common Loon (*Kiowa)
Little Blue Heron (Boulder)
TRICOLORED HERON (Boulder)
Cattle Egret (Jefferson, *Pueblo)
Green Heron (*Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Kiowa)
Mississippi Kite (El Paso, Kiowa, Larimer, Pueblo)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Denver, Larimer)
Northern Goshawk (*Jefferson)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Mesa)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Jefferson, Logan)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan)
Williamson's Sapsucker (*Jefferson, Pueblo)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (*Boulder, Clear Creek, Larimer, Pueblo)
Peregrine Falcon (Weld)
Willow Flycatcher (*Garfield, Mesa)
Least Flycatcher (Boulder, *Larimer)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Weld)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (*Arapahoe, Boulder)
Eastern Phoebe (Boulder, Chaffee, Jefferson)
Cassin's Kingbird (Boulder, Fremont, *La Plata, Pueblo)
Northern Shrike (Pueblo)
Bushtit (*Adams)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Arapahoe)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld)
Red-eyed Vireo (Boulder, Weld)
Canada Jay (Gray Jay) (Jefferson)
Purple Martin (Gunnison, Routt)
Pacific Wren (Larimer)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Broomfield, Jefferson)
Swainson's Flycatcher (*Garfield)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso, Pueblo)
Brown Thrasher (*Boulder)
Sage Thrasher (Jefferson)
Red Crossbill (Clear Creek, *Jefferson, Pueblo)
Lesser Goldfinch (Boulder)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Weld)
McCown's Longspur (*Larimer, Weld)
Cassin's Sparrow (Boulder, Douglas, Fremont)
Chipping Sparrow (Arapahoe)
Brewer's Sparrow (Clear Creek, *La Plata)
Field Sparrow (Larimer, Weld)
Lark Sparrow (El Paso)
Black-throated Sparrow (Fremont)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Routt, *La Plata)
Lark Bunting (Boulder)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Jefferson, Weld)
Fox Sparrow (Clear Creek, Garfield, Gunnison)
White-throated Sparrow (Weld)
White-crowned Sparrow (Pueblo)
Bobolink (*Mesa)
Orchard Oriole (Boulder, Weld)
Baltimore Oriole (Prowers)
Ovenbird (Custer)
Virginia's Warbler (*Park)
American Redstart (Kiowa)
Northern Parula (Broomfield)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Boulder, Douglas)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo)
Grace's Warbler (*Mesa, Pueblo)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Weld)
Indigo Bunting (Boulder, Montrose, Weld)
Dickcissel (Jefferson, *Mesa, Weld)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On June 24 on pond N of Big Dry Creek Park, Matt Hofeditz reported 2 f Hooded Mergansers and 15 Bushtits.
---On June 28 at Morrison Nature Center at Star K Ranch, G Stacks reported 5 Bushtits.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On June 23 on High Line Canal Trail—S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers and 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch. On June 24 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On June 25 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On June 26 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso reported 2 Cordilledran Flycatchers. On June 27 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd, to E Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso and Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers; Madsen also reported Red-breasted Nuthatch. On June 28 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers.
---On June 23 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 5 Chipping Sparrows and 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch. On June 24 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 7 Chipping Sparrows.
---On June 23 at St Mary's Catholic Church in Littleton, David Sddjian reported Red-breasted Nuthatch.
---On June 23 at South Platte Park, Cynthia Madsen reported m Hooded Merganser.
---On June 23 on Little Dry Creek Trail—Holly Street to High Line Canal, Jared Del Rosso reported Cordilleran Flycatcher.
---On June 26 at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Jared Del Rosso reported Red-breasted Nuthatch.
---On June 28 at Parker Jordan Centennial Open Space, Cynthia Madsen and David Hill reported Green Heron.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On June 23 at Boulder Creek at 75th St bridge, Maureen Blackford reported Eastern Phoebe near white barn.
---On June 9 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Brian and Kimberly Tavernia spotted a TRICOLORED HERON about 0700 which was seen by many birders; around 1100 James McCall reported both TRICOLORED HERON and Little Blue Heron at Cottonwood and many birders got to see both birds sometime in the same field of view. On June 23 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Barbara Brown and several other birders reported imm Little Blue Heron and TRICOLORED HERON. On June 24 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Jeff Dawson, Phoenix Kwan, Kiki Widjaja, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported TRICOLORED HERON and imm Little Blue Heron. On June 25 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Tim Ryan and Chris Brown reported imm Little Blue Heron. On June 26 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, John Haycraft and Robert Thoren reported imm Little Blue Heron. On June 27 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Markyu Mutchler reported imm Little Blue Heron.
---On June 16 at South Mesa Trail Parking Lot, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported m Chestnut-sided Warbler, pair of Indigo Bunting and 4 Lesser Goldfinch. On June 23 at South Mesa Trail, Steve Frye and Maureen Blackford and Cyndy Johnson reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On June 24 at South Mesa Trail, Dan Zmolek, Leslie S, John Rutenbeck and Kiki Widjaja reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On June 25 at South Mesa Trail, Rob Cassady reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On June 26 at South Mesa Trail, Gregg Goodrich and Anna Troth reported Chestnut-sided Warbler.
---On June 23 at Heil Valley Ranch, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported Cassin's Kingbird and 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers nesting.
---On June 24 at Golden Ponds in Longmont, Luke Pheneger reported Green Heron, Red-eyed Vireo, and Orchard Oriole. On June 25 at Golden Ponds Sarah Spotten and Luke Pheneger reported Eastern Phoebes. On June 26 at Golden Pond Park, Sarah Spotten reported 2 Eastern Phoebe. On June 27 at Golden Ponds, Luke Pheneger reported Eastern Phoebe.
---On June 24 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Hooded Merganser.
---On June 25 at Izaak Walton Park in Longmont, Sarah Spotten reported 3 juv Hooded Mergansers. On June 27 at Izaak Walton Park, Luke Pheneger reported 3 Hooded Mergansers.
---On June 26 at Rocky Mountain NP Wild Basin, Candice Johnson reported Least Flycatcher. On June 27 at Rocky Mountain NP Wild Basin, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported Calliope Hummingbird and 7 Black Swifts.
---On June 27 On Indian Peaks BBS at Rainbow Lakes, Elena Klaver and Topi Martinez reported American Three-toed Woodpecker.
---On June 28 at Rabbit Mountain, Johanna Beam and Ted Floyd reported Brown Thrasher.
BROOMFIELD COUNTY:
---On June 21 at 295 Interlock Blvd, Doug Faulkner reported singing Northern Parula by the parking lot and Michael Lester reported the Northern Parula at S end of pond about 5:40 pm. On June 23 at 295 Interlocken Blvd., Matt Hofeditz, Bruce Snyder, Bob Spencer, and Eric DeFonso reported Northern Parula. On June 24 at 271 Interlocken Blvd, Kiki WIdjaja reported Northern Parula.
---On June 23 on Eldorado Blvd, bird from road, Matt Hofeditz reported 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
---On June 24 at Sands Lake SWA, Sally Waterhouse reported f Common Goldeneye and Eastern Phoebe.
---On June 24 at Frantz Lake SWA, Sally Waterhouse reported pair of Eastern Phoebe, one was on nest. On June 26 at Frantz Lakw SWA, Jack Harlan reported 2 Eastern Phoebe.
---On June 28 in San Isabel NF S Cottonwood Drainage, David Olmstead reported f Dusky Grouse.
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY:
---On June 25 on Guanella Pass, Bob Andrewss and Micahel Kiessig reported 3 Brewer's Sparrows at the summit of the pass.
---On June 27 at Chicago Lakes Trail 2s, Chris Wood reported Red Crossbill (Lodgedpole Pine or Type 5).
---On June 27 at Chicago Lakes Trail – Idaho Springs Reservoir, Chris Wood reported American Three-toed Woodpecker and 2 Red Crossbills (Lodgepole Pine, or type 5).
----On June 27 at Chicago Lakes Trail 3s, Clear Creek starting at Wilderness Chris Wood reported Dusky Grouse, Fox Sparrow (Slate-color), Red Crossbill (Lodgepole Pine, or type 5).
---On June 28 at Beaver Meadows TR 44 2c, Chris Wood reported 3 Red Crossbill (Ponderosa Pine, type 2).
CUSTER COUNTY:
---On June 24 at Daveport Campground Rd, Steve Mlodinow reported Ovenbird.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On June 23 at Bluff Nature Center, Jason Bidgood, Steve Hebert, Gwen Moore and Art Hudak reported Green Heron. On June 24 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, George Ho reported Green Heron.
---On Junes 23 at City Park West/Whittier Neighborhood, Patrick O'Driscoll reported Sharp-shinned Hawk.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On June 24 at 17337 Waterhouse Circle, Tina Peters reported 20 Cassin's Sparrows in Nature Conservation Area.
---On June 25 at Castlewood Canyon SP, Randall Nelson reported Rufous Hummingbird.
---On June 26 at Roxborough SP, Wendi Fisher reported Chestnut-sided Warbler on Fountain Valley Trail.
EAGLE COUNTY:
---On June 28 at Spring Park Reservoir, Babs Buck reported Tundra Swan.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On June 23 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, Tim Leppek and Michelle Puplava reported Mississippi Kite. On June 24 at Adams Open Space, Melanie Herring reported 2 Mississippi Kites.
---On June 23 on S Meridian Road – Hanover Road to Pueblo County line, Gary and Kevin Ash reported Greater Roadrunner.
---On June 25 at Fountain Creek Regional Park – Nature Center/Cattail Marsh, Rod Schmidt reported Mississippi Kite.
---On June 27 at Hanover Road, Tanja Britton and Jim Merritt reported 4 Curve-billed Thrashers.
FREMONT COUNTY:
----On June 24 on Chandler Road, Joel and Dale Adams reported 4 Cassin's Kingbirds, 2 Black-throated Sparrows, and 7 Cassin's Sparrows.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On June 24 in Flat Tops at White Owl Lake, Vic Zerbi reported 2 Barrow's Goldeneyes and Fox Sparrows.
---On June 28 on South Fork of White River near Budges, Vic Zerbi reported 15 Swainson's Thrush and 20 Willow Flycatchers.
GUNNISON COUNTY:
---On June 23 on BBS Ragged Mount route, Stop # 2, Rodene Harwood and Ronda Woodward reported 15 Purple Martin and 2 Fox Sparrows.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On June 23 at Coal Creek OS, Maureen Blackford and Cyndy Johnson reported 1 Dickcissel and 2 Grasshopper Sparrows. On June 24 at Coal Creek OS, Chris Wood reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Sage Thrasher, 13 Grasshopper Sparrows and 6 Dickcissel; Kiki Widjaja reported Dickcissel; Bez Bezuidenhout reported Grasshoper Sparrow and Dickcissel. On June 25 at Coal Creek OS, Steve Rash and Frank Farrell reported Dickcissel; Eric DeFonso reported 3 Dickcissel and 7 Grasshopper Sparrows. On June 26 at Coal Creek OS, Brian Johnson, Gregg Goodrich, Anna Troth, Alison Field, and Stephen Greenwood reported Dickcissel and Grasshopper Sparrows. On June 27 at Coal Creek OS, Meg Reck and Marky Mutcher reported Dickcissel; Mutcher also reported 3 Grasshopper Sparrows.
---On June 24 on Coal Creek Canyon Dr, W of Hwy 93, Chris Wood reported Cattle Egret and Grasshopper Sparrow. On June 26 on Coal Creek Canyon Dr, Mark Chavez reported Cattle Egret.
---On June 24 at Staunton SP, Reed Gorner reported 2 Northern Goshawk, Canada Jay (Gray Jay) and Williamson's Sapsucker. On June 28 at Stauton SP, Rebecca Larochedr and Burke Angstman reported Northern Goshawk, 2 Williamson's Sapsuckers and Red Crossbill.
---On June 23 at Stony Pass at Wigwam Creek, Matthew Crawford reported Red-headed Woodpecker.
---On June 24 at Goose Creek Rd W of Stoney Pass, Chris Wood reported Sage Thrasher.
---On June 24 at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Dylan Cooper reported Eastern Phoebe.
---On June 25 at Massey Draw, Chris Courtney reported Northern Bobwhite.
---On June 27 at Standley Lake, David Chernak reported 19 Willets. On June 28 at Standley Lake, David Chernak reported 6 Marbled Godwits.
KIOWA COUNTY:
---On June 25 at Lower Queens Reservoir, Jeff Calhoun reported 4 Black-crowned Night-Heron, and Snowy Plover.
---On June 25 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Jeff Calhoun reported 5 Black-necked Stilt and 5 Forster's Terns.
---On June 26 at Neegronda Reservoir, Jeff Calhoun reported 2 Black-necked Stilt.
---On June 28 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Doug Faulkner reported Common Loon in alternate plumage.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
---On June 23 at Red Mesa, Jim Beatty reported Cassin's Kingbird.
---On June 28 on Rancho Durango Road, Jim Beatty reported 4 Cassin's Kingbirds, 2 Brewer's Sparrows and Sagebrush Sparrow.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On June 22 at Comanche Peak Wilderness, Creek Falls Trails, Bill and Margaret Rowe, reported Pacific Wren. On June 23 at West Creek Trail in Comanche Peak Wilderness, David Wade and Nick Komar reported Pacific Wren. On June 27 on West Creek Trail, Bez Bezuidenhout reported Pacific Wren where Nick Komar described and further downstream Bez found 3 more Pacific Wrens – 2 adults and 1 fledging.
---On June 27 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Andy Bankert reported McCown's Longspur. On June 28 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Andy Bankert reported 2 McCown's Longspur.
---On June 23 at Rocky Mountain National Park along Nymph Lake-Dream Lake Trail, trail starts at Bear Lake parking area, Bob Righter reported nesting American Three-toed Woodpeckers. Two adults were feeding young.
---On June 25 at Rocky Mountain NP Endovazlley—Alluvial Fan/Fan Lake, Matt Hogan reported Sharp-shinned Hawk
---On June 27 at Rocky Mountain NP Dream and Emerald Lakes, Matt Means reported Mississippi Kite.
---On June 28 at Fossil Creek Reservoir and Regional Park, Nick Komar reported 2 f Hooded Mergansers.
---On June 28 at Lorey SP Well Gulch Trail, David Leatherman reported Least Flycatcher.
MESA COUNTY:
---On June 24 on ME Rd approx. .15 mile from intersection with 57 Rd, Jim Liewer reported Bobolink and Dickcissel. On June 25 on ME ¾ Rd W of 57 Rd, Katheleen McGinley, Carol Ortenzio, and Eileen Cunningham reported m Dickcissel and 3 m Bobolink. On June 26 on ME ¾ Rd, David Price reported Bobolink and Dickcissel. On June 27 on ME ¾ and 57 Rd, Rodene Harwood, Ronda Woodward and Mike Henwood reported Bobolink and 3 Dickcissels. On June 28 on OE Rd/57 Rd/ME ¾ Rd, Nic Korte and Vic Zerbi reported Bobolink and Dickcissel.
---On June 27 at Vega Reservoir and Vega SP, Mike Henwood reported 2 Lewis's Woodpeckers and Willow Flycatcher (southwest)
---On June 28 on Divide Road Thimble Pt FR #417, Mike Henwood reported 2 Grace's Warblers.
---On June 28 at Jack's Canyon Area, Mike Henwood reported 2 Grace's Warblers.
MONTROSE COUNTY:
---On June 26 at Nucla Sewage Lagoons, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported LESSER NIGHTHAWK.
---On June 27 on Old Hwy 90 through Silver Hawk Ranch, Brenda Wright and Coen Dextger reported Indigo Bunting.
PARK COUNTY:
---On June 28 at Spruce Grove CG, Lane Quinn reported Virginia's Warbler.
PITKIN COUNTY:
---On June 27 at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Susan Foster and Catherine Hagen reported Virginia Rail.
PROWERS COUNTY:
---On June 24 on S 13th St. Dorothy Russell reported Baltimore Oriole.
---On June 26 on Fencerow Windmill Strip west of US 385 between CR CC and CR X, Jane Stulp reported 2 Upland Sandpipers.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On June 24 at Mineral Palace Park, Cameron Carver and Steve Mlodinow reported Yellow-throated Warbler; Mlodinow also reported pair of nesting Mississippi Kites.
---On June 23 at Pueblo Reservoir Swallows area, Robb Hinds reported 3 Cattle Egret and 2 Curve-billed Thrashers. On June 24 at Pueblo Reservoir Swallows area, Tim Leppek and Matthew Carwford reported Cattle Egrets.
---On June 23 on Swallows Road in Pueblo, Kevin Ash reported Northern Shrike. On June 24 on Swallows Road in Pueblo, Matthew Crawford reported Cassin's Kingbird, Curve-billed Thrasher, and 2 juv White-crowned Sparrows.
---On June 24 at Pueblo Mountain Park, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Grace's Warblers and 2 Red Crossbill.
---On June 24 on Hwy 78 Burn, Steve Mlodinow reported American Three-toed Woodpecker and Williamson's Sapsucker.
---On June 28 on Swallow's Road Cedmetery, Alan and Mary Lynn Ketcham reported 2 Cattle Egret.
ROUTT COUNTY:
---On June 24 on Yampa BBS Route, Tom Hall reported 2 Sagebrush Sparrows, Band-tailed Pigeon and Purple Martins.
WELD COUNTY:
---On June 24 at Lower Latham Marsh, Gary Lefko reported Greater Yellowlegs. On June 26 at Lower Latham Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Black Rail, 3 Sandhill Cranes, and Dickcissel.
---On June 26 at S Platte River at Hwy 60, Steve Mlodinow reported Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, and 3 Orchard Orioles.
---On June 26 on Hwy 14 between CR 77 & CR 79, Johanna Beam reported 23 Mountain Plover, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Chestnut-collared Longspur, 2 McCown's Longspur, and 7 Grasshopper Sparrows.
DFO Field Trips
See DFO website for more information
Staunton State Park
Saturday, June 30
6:45 AM – 2:00 PM
Rebecca Laroche (RebeccaLLaroche AT gmail.com; 626-318-4435)
This trip is FULL.
Turkey Creek Ranch and Flying J Ranch
Sunday, July 1
6:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Karen Drozda (drozforte AT AOL.com; 303-388-0891)
Good Birding
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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Thursday 28 June 2018
[cobirds] Grandview Cemetery of late (Fort Collins, Larimer)
Migration is over, at least for songbirds going north. Oh, there are a few wayward males that got here late or for some other reason never found a mate (no doubt, males would think all this is not their fault) that are singing, ever more weakly, most likely in vain, although a few may get involved in second broods. So, I suppose someone could say spring migration and its aftermath is still unwinding. But the forecast is for 100 degrees and, of course, the bulk of what is going on now involves the primary reason for migration: procreation.
At Grandview Cemetery at the west terminus of Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins, three things smack one's sensibilities these days: plastic flowers, our obsession with tidy grass and the nesting activity of birds.
I have focused on Broad-tailed Hummingbirds the last few years in summer. At present there are three active nests that I am aware of, all on the lower limbs of conifers, all have two young ranging from a few days out of the egg to a week+. Height of these nests above the ground is 4-7 feet. I am aware of three other nests that either produced young already or were predated. I believe the three active nests all represent 2nd broods for 2018 but have no proof of this in terms of the females involved being banded or otherwise marked and having been knowingly associated with a previous 2018 nest. The quickly-procured-by-cell-phone pics here show the same nest in a Colorado blue spruce before and just after egg hatch. I would describe the female as "attentive" but not "ballistic" during the documentation process.
At least 3 pairs of Chipping Sparrows nested at Grandview. At present the young have fledged and are in "half and half" mode as far as food acquisition: they are given half their food by attendant parents, find half their own. The latter involves a lot of investigation of wannabe food like dry leaves and other little dark things like rocks. Unlike most modern human children, it looks like young Chippers are allowed to fall off their bikes without having every boo-boo kissed ad nauseum.
Spotted, fledged robins are likewise foraging along side their parents, accepting chopped up earthworms, and whole worms, finding mulberries on the ground (purple ones are good, greenish-red ones aren't), hopping up in honeysuckle bushes for red berries, looking up for the big bad Red-tailed Hawks that nested nearby and that have a penchant for robin nuggets. All this is constantly punctuated by that staccato screech baby robins make.
At least one House Wren brood is out and about. I love to watch the tail rudder-challenged flights of the youngsters. No earwig, spider or daddy-longlegs harvestman appearing within their gaze is safe.
Both Barn and Cliff Swallows nest where the ditch goes under the busy Taft/Laporte Avenue intersection (Barn Swallows use mostly the east "door", Cliffs the west.
Every summer usually has one Common Nighthawk perching by day on the horizontal limbs of giant American Elms overhanging Laporte Avenue. 2018 is no exception. Not sure if such birds nest on a nearby flat roof or just hang out.
Other nesting species include House Finch, Lesser and American Goldfinch, Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay, Mallard (momma in the ditch has had her brood reduced to one duckling that never lets its beak be more than a centimeter behind her tail), Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared-Dove, European Starling, Common Grackle, and Black-capped Chickadee.
The Great Horned Owls pulled off the mini-miracle of having their young fledge. First time in three years, probably because we had no mega-storm this spring. It is amazing how two big parents and two big offspring can virtually disappear into the dark crowns of mature trees once they leave the nest tree. They are in the cemetery, but where?
Species that might be nesting include Cedar Waxwing, Mourning Dove and Bushtit. I see them every once in a while but have not noticed a pattern that would divulge nests.
The Western Wood-Pewee half-heartedly but persistently moving and singing a couple weeks ago has given up. Better luck next year.
Two days ago I saw my first Brown-headed Cowbird at Grandview, a male that pecked for over half an hour around headstones for something small and active: ants? In the past this nest parasite has exploited Ruby-crowned Kinglets for sure and probably others like House Finch and Chipping Sparrow. No females noted this year, which probably means nothing given their stealth.
I have not seen vultures from the various urban roosts in the neighborhood to the east of the cemetery in over a month. Maybe they have been profiled and exiled, maybe I just don't get over to the cemetery early or late enough in the day to see their commutes to the mountains.
Occasional fly-overs include Great Blue Heron, Chimney Swift, White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Violet-green Swallow and Red-winged Blackbird.
That's the news from Grandview - no rarities, lots of interesting behaviors.
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
[cobirds] Northern Three Toed Woodpecker on best, Boulder County
Cobirders, while participating in the Indian Peaks breeding bird survey at Rainbow Lakes, Topi Martínez and I had a Northern Three Toed Woodpecker at a nest. It seemed as if the woodpecker (a male) was working on the cavity, as we didn't see a female or hear young in the tree, and the wood shavings at the base of the tree looked very fresh. We didn't have any surprises on the count, as it was fairly windy most of the morning.
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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 28 June 2018
Date: June 28, 2018
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, June 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.
Swan spec (Mesa)
Common Goldeneye (Chaffee)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Garfield)
Hooded Merganser (Adams, Arapahoe, *Boulder)
Northern Bobwhite (Jefferson)
Dusky Grouse (*Clear Creek)
Band-tailed Pigeon (Routt)
LESSER NIGHTHAWK (*Montrose)
Black Swift (*Boulder, Pueblo)
Chimney Swift (Jefferson)
Rufous Hummingbird (Douglas)
Calliope Hummingbird (*Boulder)
Black Rail (Weld)
Virginia Rail (*Pitkin)
American Coot (Phillips)
Sandhill Crane (Weld)
Black-necked Stilt (Kiowa)
Snowy Plover (Kiowa)
Mountain Plover (Weld)
Upland Sandpiper (Prowers)
Willet (*Jefferson)
Greater Yellowlegs (Weld)
Forster's Tern (Kiowa)
Little Blue Heron (*Boulder)
TRICOLORED HERON (Boulder)
Cattle Egret *Jefferson, Pueblo)
Green Heron (Boulder, Denver)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Kiowa)
Mississippi Kite (Denver, El Paso, Jefferson, Kiowa, *Larimer, Las Animas, Pueblo)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Denver, Larimer)
Northern Goshawk (Jefferson)
Lewis's Woodpecker (*Mesa)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Jefferson, Logan)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Jefferson, Pueblo)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (*Clear Creek, Larimer, Pueblo)
Peregrine Falcon (Denver, Weld)
Willow Flycatcher (*Mesa)
Least Flycatcher (Boulder, Larimer)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Weld)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (*Arapahoe, Boulder)
Eastern Phoebe (*Boulder, Chaffee, Jefferson)
Cassin's Kingbird (Boulder, Fremont, La Plata, Pueblo)
Northern Shrike (Pueblo)
Bushtit (Adams)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (*Arapahoe)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld)
Red-eyed Vireo (Boulder, Weld)
Canada Jay (Gray Jay) (Jefferson)
Purple Martin (Gunnison, Routt)
Pacific Wren (*Larimer)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Broomfield, Jefferson)
Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso, Pueblo)
Sage Thrasher (Jefferson)
Red Crossbill (*Clear Creek, Pueblo)
Lesser Goldfinch (Boulder)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Weld)
McCown's Longspur (*Larimer, Weld)
Cassin's Sparrow (Boulder, Douglas, Fremont)
Chipping Sparrow (Arapahoe)
Brewer's Sparrow (Clear Creek)
Field Sparrow (Larimer, Weld)
Lark Sparrow (El Paso)
Black-throated Sparrow (Fremont)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Routt)
Lark Bunting (Boulder)
Grasshopper Sparrow (*Jefferson, Weld)
BAIRD'S SPARROW (Larimer)
Fox Sparrow (*Clear Creek, Garfield, Gunnison)
White-throated Sparrow (Weld)
White-crowned Sparrow (Pueblo)
Bobolink (*Mesa)
Orchard Oriole (Boulder, Weld)
Baltimore Oriole (Prowers)
Ovenbird (Custer)
American Redstart (Kiowa)
Northern Parula (Broomfield)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Boulder, Douglas)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo)
Grace's Warbler (Pueblo)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (*Weld)
Indigo Bunting (Boulder, *Montrose, Weld)
Dickcissel (Chaffee, *Jefferson, *Mesa, Weld)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On June 24 on pond N of Big Dry Creek Park, Matt Hofeditz reported 2 f Hooded Mergansers and 15 Bushtits.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On June 22 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported Red-breasted Nuthatch and 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On June 23 on High Line Canal Trail—S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers and 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch. On June 24 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On June 25 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On June 26 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso reported 2 Cordilledran Flycatchers. On June 27 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd, to E Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso and Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers; Madsen also reported Red-breasted Nuthatch.
---On June 23 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 5 Chipping Sparrows and 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch. On June 24 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 7 Chipping Sparrows.
---On June 23 at St Mary's Catholic Church in Littleton, David Sddjian reported Red-breasted Nuthatch.
---On June 22 at South Platte Park Eaglewatch Lake, Bob Andrews m Hooded Merganser. On June 23 at South Platte Park, Cynthia Madsen reported m Hooded Merganser.
---On June 23 on Little Dry Creek Trail—Holly Street to High Line Canal, Jared Del Rosso reported Cordilleran Flycatcher.
---On June 26 at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Jared Del Rosso reported Red-breasted Nuthatch.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On June 23 at Boulder Creek at 75th St bridge, Maureen Blackford reported Eastern Phoebe near white barn.
---On June 9 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Brian and Kimberly Tavernia spotted a TRICOLORED HERON about 0700 which was seen by many birders; around 1100 James McCall reported both TRICOLORED HERON and Little Blue Heron at Cottonwood and many birders got to see both birds sometime in the same field of view. On June 22 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Justin Lawson reported TRICOLORED HERON and Little Blue Heron. On June 23 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Barbara Brown and several other birders reported imm Little Blue Heron and TRICOLORED HERON. On June 24 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Jeff Dawson, Phoenix Kwan, Kiki Widjaja, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported TRICOLORED HERON and imm Little Blue Heron. On June 25 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Tim Ryan and Chris Brown reported imm Little Blue Heron. On June 26 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, John Haycraft and Robert Thoren reported imm Little Blue Heron. On June 27 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Markyu Mutchler reported imm Little Blue Heron.
---On June 16 at South Mesa Trail Parking Lot, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported m Chestnut-sided Warbler, pair of Indigo Bunting and 4 Lesser Goldfinch. On June 22 at South Mesa Trail, Sue Riffe reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On June 23 at South Mesa Trail, Steve Frye and Maureen Blackford and Cyndy Johnson reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On June 24 at South Mesa Trail, Dan Zmolek, Leslie S, John Rutenbeck and Kiki Widjaja reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On June 25 at South Mesa Trail, Rob Cassady reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On June 26 at South Mesa Trail, Gregg Goodrich and Anna Troth reported Chestnut-sided Warbler.
---On June 23 at Heil Valley Ranch, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported Cassin's Kingbird and 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers nesting.
---On June 24 at Golden Ponds in Longmont, Luke Pheneger reported Green Heron, Red-eyed Vireo, and Orchard Oriole. On June 25 at Golden Ponds Sarah Spotten and Luke Pheneger reported Eastern Phoebes. On June 26 at Golden Pond Park, Sarah Spotten reported 2 Eastern Phoebe. On June 27 at Golden Ponds, Luke Pheneger reported Eastern Phoebe.
---On June 24 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Hooded Merganser.
---On June 25 at Izaak Walton Park in Longmont, Sarah Spotten reported 3 juv Hooded Mergansers. On June 27 at Izaak Walton Park, Luke Pheneger reported 3 Hooded Mergansers.
---On June 26 at Rocky Mountain NP Wild Basin, Candice Johnson reported Least Flycatcher. On June 27 at Rocky Mountain NP Wild Basin, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported Calliope Hummingbird and 7 Black Swsifts.
BROOMFIELD COUNTY:
---On June 21 at 295 Interlock Blvd, Doug Faulkner reported singing Northern Parula by the parking lot and Michael Lester reported the Northern Parula at S end of pond about 5:40 pm. On June 22 at East Interlocken Park, David Ely reported Northern Parula at noon on east side of pond. On June 23 at 295 Interlocken Blvd., Matt Hofeditz, Bruce Snyder, Bob Spencer, and Eric DeFonso reported Northern Parula. On June 24 at 271 Interlocken Blvd, Kiki WIdjaja reported Northern Parula.
---On June 23 on Eldorado Blvd, bird from road, Matt Hofeditz reported 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
---On June 22 at 9000 Ute Trail in Salida, Todd Deininger reported 4 Dickcissel.
---On June 24 at Sands Lake SWA, Sally Waterhouse reported f Common Goldeneye and Eastern Phoebe.
---On June 24 at Frantz Lake SWA, Sally Waterhouse reported pair of Eastern Phoebe, one was on nest. On June 26 at Frantz Lakw SWA, Jack Harlan reported 2 Eastern Phoebe.
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY:
---On June 25 on Guanella Pass, Bob Andrewss and Micahel Kiessig reported 3 Brewer's Sparrows at the summit of the pass.
---On June 27 at Chicago Lakes Trail 2s, Chris Wood reported Red Crossbill (Lodgedpole Pine or Type 5).
---On June 27 at Chicago Lakes Trail – Idaho Springs Reservoir, Chris Wood reported American Three-toed Woodpecker and 2 Red Crossbills (Lodgepole Pine, or type 5).
----On June 27 at Chicago Lakes Trail 3s, Clear Creek starting at WSildedrness, Chris Wood reported Dusky Grouse, Fox Sparrow (Slate-color), Red Crossbill (Lodgepole Pine, or type 5)
CUSTER COUNTY:
---On June 24 at Daveport Campground Rd, Steve Mlodinow reported Ovenbird.
DENVER COUNTY:
----On June 22 at 1777 Wynkoop, Megan Miller reported 2 Peregrine Falcons and Joe Roller reported 1 Peregrine Falcon perched on ledge of brown skyscraper.
---On June 22 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Candice Johnson reported Green Heron. On June 23 at Bluff Nature Center, Jason Bidgood, Steve Hebert, Gwen Moore and Art Hudak reported Green Heron. On June 24 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, George Ho reported Green Heron.
---On June 22 at Bear Creek Greenbelt – S Wadsworth Blvd, to S Sheridan Blvd, Christ Wood reported flying Mississippi Kite.
---On Junes 23 at City Park West/Whittier Neighborhood, Patrick O'Driscoll reported Sharp-shinned Hawk.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On June 24 at 17337 Waterhouse Circle, Tina Peters reported 20 Cassin's Sparrows in Nature Conservation Area.
---On June 25 at Castlewood Canyon SP, Randall Nelson reported Rufous Hummingbird.
---On June 26 at Roxborough SP, Wendi Fisher reported Chestnut-sided Warbler on Fountain Valley Trail.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On June 23 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, Tim Leppek and Michelle Puplava reported Mississippi Kite. On June 24 at Adams Open Space, Melanie Herring reported 2 Mississippi Kites.
---On June 23 on S Meridian Road – Hanover Road to Pueblo County line, Gary and Kevin Ash reported Greater Roadrunner.
---On June 25 at Fountain Creek Regional Park – Nature Center/Cattail Marsh, Rod Schmidt reported Mississippi Kite.
---On June 27 at Hanover Road, Tanja Britton and Jim Merritt reported 4 Curve-billed Thrashers.
FREMONT COUNTY:
----On June 24 on Chandler Road, Joel and Dale Adams reported 4 Cassin's Kingbirds, 2 Black-throated Sparrows, and 7 Cassin's Sparrows.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On June 24 in Flat Tops at White Owl Lake, Vic Zerbi reported 2 Barrow's Goldeneyes and Fox Sparrows.
GUNNISON COUNTY:
---On June 22 at Gunnison National Forest Crested Butte, Linda Swanson reported pair of American Wigeon.
---On June 23 on BBS Ragged Mount route, Stop # 2, Rodene Harwood and Ronda Woodward reported 15 Purple Martin and 2 Fox Sparrows.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On June 22 at Coal Creek Open Space Rob Cassady reported Dickcissel. On June 23 at Coal Creek OS, Maureen Blackford and Cyndy Johnson reported 1 Dickcissel and 2 Grasshopper Sparrows. On June 24 at Coal Creek OS, Chris Wood reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Sage Thrasher, 13 Grasshopper Sparrows and 6 Dickcissel; Kiki Widjaja reported Dickcissel; Bez Bezuidenhout reported Grasshoper Sparrow and Dickcissel. On June 25 at Coal Creek OS, Steve Rash and Frank Farrell reported Dickcissel; Eric DeFonso reported 3 Dickcissel and 7 Grasshopper Sparrows. On June 26 at Coal Creek OS, Brian Johnson, Gregg Goodrich, Anna Troth, Alison Field, and Stephen Greenwood reported Dickcissel and Grasshopper Sparrows. On June 27 at Coal Creek OS, Meg Reck and Marky Mutcher reported Dickcissel; Mutcher also reported 3 Grasshopper Sparrows.
---On June 24 on Coal Creek Canyon Dr, W of Hwsy 93, Chris Wood reported Cattle Egret and Grasshopper Sparrow. On June 26 on Coal Creek Canyon Dr, Mark Chavez reported Cattle Egret.
---On June 24 at Staunton SP, Reed Gorner reported 2 Northern Goshawk, Canada Jay (Gray Jay) and Williamson's Sapsucker.
---On June 22 at Stony Pass at Wigwam Creek, Myron Gerhard reported Red-headed Woodpecker. On June 23 at Stony Pass at Wigwam Creek, Matthew Crawford reported Red-headed Woodpecker.
---On June 22 on Hwy 72 W of Hwy 93, Rob Cassady reported 3 Cattle Egret. On June 22 on Hwy 93 just south of Hwy 72, Lindsay Purifoy reported 2 Cattle Egret.
---On June 22 at S Otis Court, Chris Wood reported Mississippi Kite flying towards Denver.
---On June 24 at Goose Creek Rd W of Stoney Pass, Chris Wood reported Sage Thrasher.
---On June 24 at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Dylan Cooper reported Eastern Phoebe.
---On June 25 at Massey Draw, Chris Courtney reported Northern Bobwhite.
---On June 27 at Standley Lake, David Chernak reported 19 Willets.
KIOWA COUNTY:
---On June 25 at Lower Queens Reservoir, Jeff Calhoun reported 4 Black-crowned Night-Heron, and Snowy Plover.
---On June 25 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Jeff Calhoun reported 5 Black-necked Stilt and 5 Forster's Terns.
---On June 26 at Neegronda Reservoir, Jeff Calhoun reported 2 Black-necked Stilt.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On June 22 at Lory SP, John Shenot, Jeff Shenot, Nick Komar reported Least Flycatcher.
---On June 22 at Comanche Peak Wilderness, Creek Falls Trails, Bill and Margaret Rowe, reported Pacific Wren. On June 23 at West Creek Trail in Comanche Peak Wilderness, David Wade and Nick Komar reported Pacific Wren. On June 27 on West Creek Trail, Bez Bezuidenhout reported Pacific Wren where Nick Komar described and further downstream Bez found 3 more Pacific Wrens – 2 adults and 1 fledging.
---On June 22 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Andy Bankert reported BAIRD'S SPARROW and 15 McCown's Longspurs. On June 27 a t Soapstone Prairie NA, Andy Bankert reported McCown's Longspur.
---On June 23 at Rocky Mountain National Park along Nymph Lake-Dream Lake Trail, trail starts at Bear Lake parking area, Bob Righter reported nesting American Three-toed Woodpeckers. Two adults were feeding young.
---On June 25 at Rocky Mountain NP Endovazlley—Alluvial Fan/Fan Lake, Matt Hogan reported Sharp-shinned Hawk.
---On June 27 at Rocky Mountain NP Dream and Emerald Lakes, Matt Means reported Mississippi Kite.
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY:
---On June 22 at RCR 94001 CR 20.6, Jim Dennis reported 7 Mississippi Kites.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
---On June 23 at Red Mesa, Jim Beatty reported Cassin's Kingbird.
MESA COUNTY:
---On June 22 at Palisade Riverbend Park close to Coloradco River, Roger Brown reported swan flying low.
---On June 24 on ME Rd approx. .15 mile from intersection with 57 Rd, Jim Liewer reported Bobolink and Dickcissel. On June 25 on ME ¾ Rd W of 57 Rd, Katheleen McGinley, Carol Ortenzio, and Eileen Cunningham reported m Dickcissel and 3 m Bobolink. On June 26 on ME ¾ Rd, David Price reported Bobolink and Dickcissel. On June 27 on ME ¾ and 57 Rd, Rodene Harwood, Ronda Woodward and Mike Henwood reported Bobolink and 3 Dickcissels.
---On June 27 at Vega Reservoir and Vega SP, Mike Henwood reported 2 Lewis's Woodpeckers and Willow Flycatcher (southwest)
MONTROSE COUNTY:
---On June 26 at Nucla Sewage Lagoons, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported LESSER NIGHTHAWK.
---On June 27 on Old Hwy 90 through Silver Hawk Ranch, Brenda Wright and Coen Dextger reported Indigo Bunting.
PITKIN COUNTY:
---On June 27 at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Susan Foster and Catherine Hagen reported Virginia Rail.
PROWERS COUNTY:
---On June 24 on S 13th St. Dorothy Russell reported Baltimore Oriole.
---On June 26 on Fencerow Windmill Strip west of US 385 between CR CC and CR X, Jane Stulp reported 2 Upland Sandpipers.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On June 24 at Mineral Palace Park, Cameron Carver and Steve Mlodinow reported Yellow-throated Warbler; Mlodinow also reported pair of nesting Mississippi Kites.
---On June 23 at Pueblo Reservoir Swallows area, Robb Hinds reported 3 Cattle Egret and 2 Curve-billed Thrashers. On June 24 at Pueblo Reservoir Swallows area, Tim Leppek and Matthew Carwford reported Cattle Egrets.
---On June 23 on Swallows Road in Pueblo, Kevin Ash reported Northern Shrike. On June 24 on Swallows Road in Pueblo, Matthew Crawford reported Cassin's Kingbird, Curve-billed Thrasher, and 2 juv White-crowned Sparrows.
---On June 24 at Pueblo Mountain Park, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Grace's Warblers and 2 Red Crossbill.
---On June 24 on Hwy 78 Burn, Steve Mlodinow reported American Three-toed Woodpecker and Williamson's Sapsucker.
ROUTT COUNTY:
---On June 24 on Yampa BBS Route, Tom Hall reported 2 Sagebrush Sparrows, Band-tailed Pigeon and Purple Martins.
WELD COUNTY:
---On June 24 at Lower Latham Marsh, Gary Lefko reported Greater Yellowlegs. On June 26 at Lower Latham Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Black Rail, 3 Sandhill Cranes, and Dickcissel.
---On June 26 at S Platte River at Hwy 60, Steve Mlodinow reported Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, and 3 Orchard Orioles.
---On June 26 on Hwy 14 between CR 77 & CR 79, Johanna Beam reported 23 Mountain Plover, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Chestnut-collared Longspur, 2 McCown's Longspur, and 7 Grasshopper Sparrows.
DFO Field Trips
See DFO website for more information
Staunton State Park
Saturday, June 30
6:45 AM – 2:00 PM
Rebecca Laroche (RebeccaLLaroche AT gmail.com; 626-318-4435)
This trip is FULL.
Turkey Creek Ranch and Flying J Ranch
Sunday, July 1
6:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Karen Drozda (drozforte AT AOL.com; 303-388-0891)
Good Birding
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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Wednesday 27 June 2018
[cobirds] Burrowing Owl Photos [Weld]
Hi all
-- I believe there are two families at this new location--one closer to road the other on south end of colony about midpoint of colony (E to W). Fun to watch! Directions in photo comments.
Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
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Re: [cobirds] Singing Cordilleran Flycatcher, Lafayette, Boulder
I would add Pine Siskin, Western Wood-Pewee, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Chipping Sparrow, and probably others besides what Chuck and Nathan already mentioned, to the list of mountain species increasingly occurring at low elevation during summer. My take is that urban tree plantings, particularly in big yards, parks and cemeteries, are maturing and, thus, increasingly provide what these birds need. I imagine, depending on the year, fires and a shortage of conifer cones and other foods (i.e., habitat hardships in the mountains), also play roles in how many of the mountain species seek their fortunes elsewhere (think Red Crossbill).
Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins
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Subject: Re: [cobirds] Singing Cordilleran Flycatcher, Lafayette, Boulder
On the topic of montane species nesting in lowland areas: a pair of Gray-headed Juncos apparently nested in the middle of Boulder this spring, on the creek behind the Basemar shopping center (same spot where the Varied Thrush and Black-throated Blue Warbler were hanging out last fall). I saw an adult singing persistently there on 5/10 and 5/30, and found the adult tending a brown streaky juvenile on 6/15.
Looks like Andy Belt reported a Gray-headed Junco at Rocky Mountain Arsenal on 6/19, too.
Nathan Pieplow
Boulder
On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 8:52 AM Charles Hundertmark <chundertmark8@gmail.com> wrote:
This morning from my bedroom window I heard a Cordilleran Flycatcher singing in the wooded stretch along an irrigation ditch. I first heard a Cordilleran singing in the neighborhood on June 11. I was out of town from June 12-20. Since returning, I've been hearing the Cordilleran calling on multiple days in the same vicinity.--
On June 12, Richard Pautsch reported a persistently singing Cordilleran in Denver.
Are Cordilleran Flycatchers joining the growing list of montane species moving into lowland habitats? In Lynn Wickersham's account for this species in The Second Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas, she notes that the species' population has been increasing and suggests that "…increasing availability of manmade nest substrates…" may be contributing to the increase. Are suburban homes providing a nest substrate the way cabins have in the mountains? Do riparian strips along streams and irrigation ditches provide corridors for movement?
Will Cordilleran join Bushtits and Red-breasted Nuthatches in the list of montane species moving into lowland areas?
"What does not change / is the will to change" The Kingfishers, Charles Olson
Chuck HundertmarkLafayette, CO
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[cobirds] Re: Dr. Alex Cruz
I am very sorry to learn that Alex Cruz is gone.
On Monday, June 25, 2018 at 6:09:52 AM UTC-6, Scott Severs wrote:
-- I've known him in a rather odd way - for some reason he and I had the same activity times/home range so in recent years, I would very often run into him on the CU Boulder campus, and also, several times at Walden Ponds, often when nobody else was there, in late afternoons. He and I barely knew each other (I was briefly in his department quite a few years ago), but we would often chat briefly about recent birds we'd seen.
He seemed quite active - I believe the last time I spoke with him on campus may have been in Nov./Dec. when a couple of beavers had been hanging out at Ricky Weiser Wetland.
He was always friendly and ready to talk birds, even things that no doubt seemed mundane to someone of his experience, despite our rather remote connection.
There is a pile of discarded academic books that appears from time to time in the hallway of Ramaley (where the EBIO program is located) and being a bookworm I often check it. In recent months I took possession of a few of his old books, so now I realize why they were there. (I also have books from Suzi Plooster's collection -- many of you will remember her.)
I will truly miss how mysteriously I kept running into this friendly man over the years.
On Monday, June 25, 2018 at 6:09:52 AM UTC-6, Scott Severs wrote:
I was sorry to learn of the passing last month of Dr. Cruz, professor of ornithology/biology at the University of Colorado. He and his students have regularly contributed to the knowledge of birds in Colorado and beyond.Here is a link to the Cruz lab highlighting some of the research.--Scott E Severs Longmont ScottE...@gmail.com (Note the "E" in the address above) Sent from Gmail Mobile
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Re: [cobirds] Singing Cordilleran Flycatcher, Lafayette, Boulder
On the topic of montane species nesting in lowland areas: a pair of Gray-headed Juncos apparently nested in the middle of Boulder this spring, on the creek behind the Basemar shopping center (same spot where the Varied Thrush and Black-throated Blue Warbler were hanging out last fall). I saw an adult singing persistently there on 5/10 and 5/30, and found the adult tending a brown streaky juvenile on 6/15.
Looks like Andy Belt reported a Gray-headed Junco at Rocky Mountain Arsenal on 6/19, too.
Nathan Pieplow
Boulder
On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 8:52 AM Charles Hundertmark <chundertmark8@gmail.com> wrote:
This morning from my bedroom window I heard a Cordilleran Flycatcher singing in the wooded stretch along an irrigation ditch. I first heard a Cordilleran singing in the neighborhood on June 11. I was out of town from June 12-20. Since returning, I've been hearing the Cordilleran calling on multiple days in the same vicinity.--On June 12, Richard Pautsch reported a persistently singing Cordilleran in Denver.Are Cordilleran Flycatchers joining the growing list of montane species moving into lowland habitats? In Lynn Wickersham's account for this species in The Second Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas, she notes that the species' population has been increasing and suggests that "…increasing availability of manmade nest substrates…" may be contributing to the increase. Are suburban homes providing a nest substrate the way cabins have in the mountains? Do riparian strips along streams and irrigation ditches provide corridors for movement?Will Cordilleran join Bushtits and Red-breasted Nuthatches in the list of montane species moving into lowland areas?"What does not change / is the will to change" The Kingfishers, Charles OlsonChuck HundertmarkLafayette, CO
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[cobirds] Singing Cordilleran Flycatcher, Lafayette, Boulder
This morning from my bedroom window I heard a Cordilleran Flycatcher singing in the wooded stretch along an irrigation ditch. I first heard a Cordilleran singing in the neighborhood on June 11. I was out of town from June 12-20. Since returning, I've been hearing the Cordilleran calling on multiple days in the same vicinity.
On June 12, Richard Pautsch reported a persistently singing Cordilleran in Denver.
Are Cordilleran Flycatchers joining the growing list of montane species moving into lowland habitats? In Lynn Wickersham's account for this species in The Second Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas, she notes that the species' population has been increasing and suggests that "…increasing availability of manmade nest substrates…" may be contributing to the increase. Are suburban homes providing a nest substrate the way cabins have in the mountains? Do riparian strips along streams and irrigation ditches provide corridors for movement?
Will Cordilleran join Bushtits and Red-breasted Nuthatches in the list of montane species moving into lowland areas?
"What does not change / is the will to change" The Kingfishers, Charles Olson
Chuck Hundertmark
Lafayette, CO
[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 27 June 2018
Date: June 27, 2018
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, June 27 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.
Swan spec (Mesa)
Common Goldeneye (Chaffee)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Garfield)
Hooded Merganser (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder)
Northern Bobwhite (Jefferson)
Band-tailed Pigeon (Routt)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Weld)
Black Swift (Pueblo)
Chimney Swift (Jefferson)
Rufous Hummingbird (Douglas)
Black Rail (*Weld)
American Coot (Phillips)
Sandhill Crane (*Weld)
Black-necked Stilt (*Kiowa)
Snowy Plover (Kiowa)
Mountain Plover (*Weld)
Upland Sandpiper (*Prowers)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Weld)
Greater Yellowlegs (Weld)
Forster's Tern (Kiowa)
Little Blue Heron (*Boulder)
TRICOLORED HERON (Boulder)
Cattle Egret (*Jefferson, Pueblo)
Green Heron (Boulder, Denver)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Kiowa)
Mississippi Kite (Denver, El Paso, Jefferson, Kiowa, Las Animas, Pueblo)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Denver, Larimer)
Northern Goshawk (Jefferson)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Jefferson, Logan)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Jefferson, Pueblo)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Larimer, Pueblo)
Peregrine Falcon (Denver, *Weld)
Least Flycatcher (*Boulder, Larimer)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Weld)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (*Arapahoe, Boulder)
Eastern Phoebe (*Boulder, *Chaffee, Jefferson)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (El Paso)
Cassin's Kingbird (Boulder, Fremont, La Plata, Pueblo)
Northern Shrike (Pueblo)
Bushtit (Adams)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (*Arapahoe)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld)
Red-eyed Vireo (Boulder, Weld)
Canada Jay (Gray Jay) (Jefferson)
Purple Martin (Gunnison, Routt)
Pacific Wren (Larimer)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Broomfield, Jefferson)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Pueblo)
Sage Thrasher (Jefferson)
Red Crossbill (Pueblo)
Lesser Goldfinch (Boulder)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (*Weld)
McCown's Longspur (Larimer)
Cassin's Sparrow (Boulder, Douglas, Fremont)
Chipping Sparrow (Arapahoe)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Jefferson)
Brewer's Sparrow (Clear Creek)
Field Sparrow (Larimer, Weld)
Lark Sparrow (El Paso)
Black-throated Sparrow (Fremont)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Routt)
Lark Bunting (Boulder)
Grasshopper Sparrow (*Jefferson, *Weld)
BAIRD'S SPARROW (Larimer)
Fox Sparrow (Garfield, Gunnison)
White-throated Sparrow (Weld)
White-crowned Sparrow (Pueblo)
Bobolink (*Mesa)
Orchard Oriole (Boulder, *Weld)
Baltimore Oriole (Prowers)
Ovenbird (Custer)
American Redstart (Kiowa)
Northern Parula (Broomfield)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (*Boulder, *Douglas)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo)
Grace's Warbler (Pueblo)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (*Weld)
Indigo Bunting (Boulder, *Weld)
Dickcissel (Chaffee, *Jefferson, *Mesa, *Weld)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On June 24 on pond N of Big Dry Creek Park, Matt Hofeditz reported 2 f Hooded Mergansers and 15 Bushtits.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On June 22 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported Red-breasted Nuthatch and 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On June 23 on High Line Canal Trail—S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers and 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch. On June 24 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On June 25 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On June 26 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso reported 2 Cordilledran Flycatchers.
---On June 21 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 2 Chipping Sparrows. On June 23 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 5 Chipping Sparrows and 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch. On June 24 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 7 Chipping Sparrows.
---On June 21 at St Mary's Catholic Church in Littleton, David Suddjian reported Red-breasted Nuthatch. On June 23 at St Mary's Catholic Church in Littleton, David Sddjian reported Red-breasted Nuthatch.
---On June 22 at South Platte Park Eaglewatch Lake, Bob Andrews m Hooded Merganser. On June 23 at South Platte Park, Cynthia Madsen reported m Hooded Merganser.
---On June 23 on Little Dry Creek Trail—Holly Street to High Line Canal, Jared Del Rosso reported Cordilleran Flycatcher.
---On June 26 at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Jared Del Rosso reported Red-breasted Nuthatch.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On June 23 at Boulder Creek at 75th St bridge, Maureen Blackford reported Eastern Phoebe near white barn.
---On June 9 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Brian and Kimberly Tavernia spotted a TRICOLORED HERON about 0700 which was seen by many birders; around 1100 James McCall reported both TRICOLORED HERON and Little Blue Heron at Cottonwood and many birders got to see both birds sometime in the same field of view. On June 21 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Wendi Fish reported TRICOLORED HERON. On June 22 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Justin Lawson reported TRICOLORED HERON and Little Blue Heron. On June 23 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Barbara Brown and several other birders reported imm Little Blue Heron and TRICOLORED HERON. On June 24 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Jeff Dawson, Phoenix Kwan, Kiki Widjaja, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported TRICOLORED HERON and imm Little Blue Heron. On June 25 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Tim Ryan and Chris Brown reported imm Little Blue Heron. On June 26 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, John Haycraft and Robert Thoren reported imm Little Blue Heron.
---On June 16 at South Mesa Trail Parking Lot, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported m Chestnut-sided Warbler, pair of Indigo Bunting and 4 Lesser Goldfinch. On June 22 at South Mesa Trail, Sue Riffe reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On June 23 at South Mesa Trail, Steve Frye and Maureen Blackford and Cyndy Johnson reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On June 24 at South Mesa Trail, Dan Zmolek, Leslie S, John Rutenbeck and Kiki Widjaja reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On June 25 at South Mesa Trail, Rob Cassady reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On June 26 at South Mesa Trail, Gregg Goodrich and Anna Troth reported Chestnut-sided Warbler.
---On June 23 at Heil Valley Ranch, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported Cassin's Kingbird and 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers nesting.
---On June 24 at Golden Ponds in Longmont, Luke Pheneger reported Green Heron, Red-eyed Vireo, and Orchard Oriole. On June 25 at Golden Ponds Sarah Spotten and Luke Pheneger reported Eastern Phoebes. On June 26 at Golden Pond Park, Sarah Spotten reported 2 Eastern Phoebe.
---On June 24 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Hooded Merganser.
---On June 25 at Izaak Walton Park in Longmont, Sarah Spotten reported 3 juv Hooded Mergansers.
---On June 26 at Rocky Mountain NP Wild Basin, Candice Johnson reported Least Flycatcher.
BROOMFIELD COUNTY:
---On June 21 at 295 Interlock Blvd, Doug Faulkner reported singing Northern Parula by the parking lot and Michael Lester reported the Northern Parula at S end of pond about 5:40 pm. On June 22 at East Interlocken Park, David Ely reported Northern Parula at noon on east side of pond. On June 23 at 295 Interlocken Blvd., Matt Hofeditz, Bruce Snyder, Bob Spencer, and Eric DeFonso reported Northern Parula. On June 24 at 271 Interlocken Blvd, Kiki WIdjaja reported Northern Parula.
---On June 23 on Eldorado Blvd, bird from road, Matt Hofeditz reported 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
---On June 22 at 9000 Ute Trail in Salida, Todd Deininger reported 4 Dickcissel.
---On June 24 at Sands Lake SWA, Sally Waterhouse reported f Common Goldeneye and Eastern Phoebe.
---On June 24 at Frantz Lake SWA, Sally Waterhouse reported pair of Eastern Phoebe, one was on nest. On June 26 at Frantz Lakw SWA, Jack Harlan reported 2 Eastern Phoebe.
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY:
---On June 25 on Guanella Pass, Bob Andrewss and Micahel Kiessig reported 3 Brewer's Sparrows at the summit of the pass.
CUSTER COUNTY:
---On June 24 at Daveport Campground Rd, Steve Mlodinow reported Ovenbird.
DENVER COUNTY:
----On June 21 at 1855 Blake, Megan Miller reported 2 Peregrine Falcons circling Brown Skyscraper west of Xcel Energy. On June 22 at 1777 Wynkoop, Megan Miller reported 2 Peregrine Falcons and Joe Roller reported 1 Peregrine Falcon perched on ledge of brown skyscraper.
---On June 21 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, George Ho reported Green Heron. On June 22 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Candice Johnson reported Green Heron. On June 23 at Bluff Nature Center, Jason Bidgood, Steve Hebert, Gwen Moore and Art Hudak reported Green Heron. On June 24 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, George Ho reported Green Heron.
---On June 22 at Bear Creek Greenbelt – S Wadsworth Blvd, to S Sheridan Blvd, Christ Wood reported flying Mississippi Kite.
---On Junes 23 at City Park West/Whittier Neighborhood, Patrick O'Driscoll reported Sharp-shinned Hawk.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On June 24 at 17337 Waterhouse Circle, Tina Peters reported 20 Cassin's Sparrows in Nature Conservation Area.
---On June 25 at Castlewood Canyon SP, Randall Nelson reported Rufous Hummingbird.
---On June 26 at Roxborough SP, Wendi Fisher reported Chestnut-sided Warbler on Fountain Valley Trail.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On June 21 at Ute Valley Park, Melanie Herring reported Ash-throated Flycatcher.
---On June 23 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, Tim Leppek and Michelle Puplava reported Mississippi Kite. On June 24 at Adams Open Space, Melanie Herring reported 2 Mississippi Kites.
---On June 23 on S Meridian Road – Hanover Road to Pueblo County line, Gary and Kevin Ash reported Greater Roadrunner.
---On June 25 at Fountain Creek Regional Park – Nature Center/Cattail Marsh, Rod Schmidt reported Mississippi Kite.
FREMONT COUNTY:
----On June 24 on Chandler Road, Joel and Dale Adams reported 4 Cassin's Kingbirds, 2 Black-throated Sparrows, and 7 Cassin's Sparrows.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On June 24 in Flat Tops at White Owl Lake, Vic Zerbi reported 2 Barrow's Goldeneyes and Fox Sparrows.
GUNNISON COUNTY:
---On June 22 at Gunnison National Forest Crested Butte, Linda Swanson reported pair of American Wigeon.
---On June 23 on BBS Ragged Mount route, Stop # 2, Rodene Harwood and Ronda Woodward reported 15 Purple Martin and 2 Fox Sparrows.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On June 21 at Coal Creek Open Space, Justin Lawson, Elain Wagner, Doug Kibbe, Seena Spencer, Norm Lewis, Yvonne Parrot, and Lorraine Lanning reported Grasshopper Sparrows, Dickcissels and Cattle Egret. On June 22 at Coal Creek Open Space Rob Cassady reported Dickcissel. On June 23 at Coal Creek OS, Maureen Blackford and Cyndy Johnson reported 1 Dickcissel and 2 Grasshopper Sparrows. On June 24 at Coal Creek OS, Chris Wood reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Sage Thrasher, 13 Grasshopper Sparrows and 6 Dickcissel; Kiki Widjaja reported Dickcissel; Bez Bezuidenhout reported Grasshoper Sparrow and Dickcissel. On June 25 at Coal Creek OS, Steve Rash and Frank Farrell reported Dickcissel; Eric DeFonso reported 3 Dickcissel and 7 Grasshopper Sparrows. On June 26 at Coal Creek OS, Brian Johnson, Gregg Goodrich, Anna Troth, Alison Field, and Stephen Greenwood reported Dickcissel and Grasshopper Sparrows.
---On June 24 on Coal Creek Canyon Dr, W of Hwsy 93, Chris Wood reported Cattle Egret and Grasshopper Sparrow. On June 26 on Coal Creek Canyon Dr, Mark Chavez reported Cattle Egret.
---On June 24 at Staunton SP, Reed Gorner reported 2 Northern Goshawk, Canada Jay (Gray Jay) and Williamson's Sapsucker.
---On June 21 at Lower White Ranch Park, Norm Lewis reported Clay-colored Sparrow.
---On June 22 at Stony Pass at Wigwam Creek, Myron Gerhard reported Red-headed Woodpecker. On June 23 at Stony Pass at Wigwam Creek, Matthew Crawford reported Red-headed Woodpecker.
---On June 22 on Hwy 72 W of Hwy 93, Rob Cassady reported 3 Cattle Egret. On June 22 on Hwy 93 just south of Hwy 72, Lindsay Purifoy reported 2 Cattle Egret.
---On June 22 at S Otis Court, Chris Wood reported Mississippi Kite flying towards Denver.
---On June 24 at Goose Creek Rd W of Stoney Pass, Chris Wood reported Sage Thrasher.
---On June 24 at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Dylan Cooper reported Eastern Phoebe.
---On June 25 at Massey Draw, Chris Courtney reported Northern Bobwhite.
KIOWA COUNTY:
---On June 25 at Lower Queens Reservoir, Jeff Calhoun reported 4 Black-crowned Night-Heron, and Snowy Plover.
---On June 25 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Jeff Calhoun reported 5 Black-necked Stilt and 5 Forster's Terns.
---On June 26 at Neegronda Reservoir, Jeff Calhoun reported 2 Black-necked Stilt.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On June 22 at Lory SP, John Shenot, Jeff Shenot, Nick Komar reported Least Flycatcher.
---On June 22 at Comanche Peak Wilderness, Creek Falls Trails, Bill and Margaret Rowe, reported Pacific Wren. On June 23 at West Creek Trail in Comanche Peak Wilderness, David Wade and Nick Komar reported Pacific Wren.
---On June 22 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Andy Bankert reported BAIRD'S SPARROW and 15 McCown's Longspurs.
---On June 23 at Rocky Mountain National Park along Nymph Lake-Dream Lake Trail, trail starts at Bear Lake parking area, Bob Righter reported nesting American Three-toed Woodpeckers. Two adults were feeding young.
---On June 25 at Rocky Mountain NP Endovazlley—Alluvial Fan/Fan Lake, Matt Hogan reported Sharp-shinned Hawk.
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY:
---On June 22 at RCR 94001 CR 20.6, Jim Dennis reported 7 Mississippi Kites.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
---On June 23 at Red Mesa, Jim Beatty reported Cassin's Kingbird.
MESA COUNTY:
---On June 22 at Palisade Riverbend Park close to Coloradco River, Roger Brown reported swan flying low.
---On June 24 on ME Rd approx. .15 mile from intersection with 57 Rd, Jim Liewer reported Bobolink and Dickcissel. On June 25 on ME ¾ Rd W of 57 Rd, Katheleen McGinley, Carol Ortenzio, and Eileen Cunningham reported m Dickcissel and 3 m Bobolink. On June 26 on ME ¾ Rd, David Price reported Bobolink and Dickcissel.
PROWERS COUNTY:
---On June 24 on S 13th St. Dorothy Russell reported Baltimore Oriole.
---On June 26 on Fencerow Windmill Strip west of US 385 between CR CC and CR X, Jane Stulp reported 2 Upland Sandpipers.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On June 24 at Mineral Palace Park, Cameron Carver and Steve Mlodinow reported Yellow-throated Warbler; Mlodinow also reported pair of nesting Mississippi Kites.
---On June 23 at Pueblo Reservoir Swallows area, Robb Hinds reported 3 Cattle Egret and 2 Curve-billed Thrashers. On June 24 at Pueblo Reservoir Swallows area, Tim Leppek and Matthew Carwford reported Cattle Egrets.
---On June 23 on Swallows Road in Pueblo, Kevin Ash reported Northern Shrike. On June 24 on Swallows Road in Pueblo, Matthew Crawford reported Cassin's Kingbird, Curve-billed Thrasher, and 2 juv White-crowned Sparrows.
---On June 24 at Pueblo Mountain Park, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Grace's Warblers and 2 Red Crossbill.
---On June 24 on Hwy 78 Burn, Steve Mlodinow reported American Three-toed Woodpecker and Williamson's Sapsucker.
ROUTT COUNTY:
---On June 24 on Yampa BBS Route, Tom Hall reported 2 Sagebrush Sparrows, Band-tailed Pigeon and Purple Martins.
WELD COUNTY:
---On June 21 at Baxter Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Lesser Yellowlegs.
---On June 24 at Lower Latham Marsh, Gary Lefko reported Greater Yellowlegs. On June 26 at Lower Latham Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Black Rail, 3 Sandhill Cranes, and Dickcissel.
---On June 26 at S Platte River at Hwy 60, Steve Mlodinow reported Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, and 3 Orchard Orioles.
---On June 26 on Hwy 14 between CR 77 & CR 79, Johanna Beam reported 23 Mountain Plover, Peregrine Falcon, 2 Chestnut-collared Longspur, 2 McCown's Longspur, and 7 Grasshopper Sparrows.
DFO Field Trips
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Western Colorado
Monday, June 25 – Thursday, June 28
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David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)
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Golden Gate Canyon State Park
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