[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Station, 8/31/19

Hot, slow day; 28 new birds:

Red-eyed Vireo 1

House Wren 1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1

Gray Catbird 1

Orange-crowned Warbler 1

Yellow Warbler 4

Wilson's Warbler 13

Chipping Sparrow 5

White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1

We are open 6 days per week, Tuesday-Sunday, weather permitting, through October 13. We are opening nets at 6:40 and should have birds back at the station by 7:20. We will close nets most days at 11:40, with some being closed earlier as long as this heat continues. School groups arrive most weekdays at about 9:30. The best time to visit (fewest people, most birds) is before 9:30 weekdays and Sundays. 

 

Come visit!

 

Meredith McBurney 

Bander, Barr Lake Station 

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, August 31, 2019

Date:  Saturday,  August 31, 2019

E-mail:  RBA AT cobirds.org

Compiler:  Allison Hilf; ahilf@me.com

Phone:  303.888.5110

Birders have been helpful by reporting updates to COBirds. Thanks!@

CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee at the CFO website.

(*) indicates new information on a species.

For more information on birds seen today, go to cobirds.org and scroll to the bottom for "Recent eBird Sightings".

Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include:

PIPING PLOVER (Douglas)

Long-billed Curlew (Broomfield)

Marbled Godwit (Saguache)

Red Phalarope (*Boulder, Jackson)

Caspian Tern (Las Animas)

Gray Flycatcher (*Jackson)

Ash-throated Flycatcher (Morgan)

White-winged Crossbill (Douglas)

Eastern Kingbird (Clear Creek)

Canada Jay (Douglas)

Clay-colored Sparrow (Teller)

Bobolink (Jackson)

Northern Waterthrush (Clear Creek)

BOULDER COUNTY:

—On August 30 a Red Phalarope was reported at Lagerman Reservoir.  First reported on August 29 by Peter Burke.  The viewing location at Lagerman is from the north side near the parking lot and the bird (and most other species present) was in the west end of the reservoir.  Shore access to the west end is restricted until September 1, so scope from area near north side parking lot.

BROOMFIELD COUNTY:

—On August 26 a Long-billed Curlew was reported at Great Western Reservoir by Norm Erthal.

CLEAR CREEK:

—On August 27 an Eastern Kingbird was reported at Bard Creek Ponds (PRIVATE, must view from roads).  Reported by David Suddjian.

— On August 27 a Northern Waterthrush was reported at Bard Creek Ponds (PRIVATE, must view from roads).  Reported by Dale Pate.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

—On August 28 (2) Canada Jay was reported at Experimental Forest Rd (39.157, -105.03) by David Tønnessen.  This is a first county e-bird record for this species.

—On August 27 a White-winged Crossbill was reported at Rampart Range Lodgepole Pine Forest, near a pull-off at (39.1299029, -105.0293509) by  David Tønnessen. 

—On August 26 a Piping Plover was reported at the Plum Creek Delta of Chatfield State Park; other shorebirds in area include Semipalmated Sandpiper.  First reported on August 24 by Joey Kellner.

JACKSON COUNTY:

—On August 30 a Gray Flycatcher was reported in Cowdrey at FSR 895 (40.985, -106.272) by Elaine Wagner.

—On August 27 a Red Phalarope was reported at Cowdrey Reservoir by Nathan Pieplow.  This is a first county e-bird record for this species.

—On August 27 (4) Bobolink were reported in Walden at CR 12 W (40.735, -106.42) by Nathan Pieplow.

LAS ANIMAS COUNTY:

—On August 29 a Caspian Tern was reported at Trinidad Reservoir by Tony Godfrey.

MORGAN COUNTY:

—On August 26 an Ash-throated Flycatcher was reported at the playa by Morgan CT JJ & Hwy 71 by Chuck Aid.  This is a first county e-bird record for this species.

SAGUACHE COUNTY:

—On August 26 a Marbled Godwit was reported at Russel Lakes SWA by Stephen Noseworthy.

TELLER COUNTY:

—On August 29 (2) Clay-colored Sparrows were reported at Indian Creek by MaryLynne Ketcham.

—On August 27 a Clay-colored Sparrow was reported at Manitou Lake by David Tønnessen.

Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details at dfobirds.org

Pawnee National Grasslands (Weld County)

Saturday, August 31

6:15 AM - 4:00 PM

Amber Carver (caramb22 AT gmail.com; 310-483-5721)

Rocky Mountain Arsenal

Sunday, September 1

6:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955)

Ken Caryl Valley Area

Monday, September 2

6:30 AM - 10:30 AM

David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)

Southeastern Colorado

Tuesday, September 3

4:30 AM - 8:00 PM

David Suddjian ( dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)

Ouzel Falls, Rocky Mt. Natl. Park

Wednesday, September 4

6:00 AM - 3:00 PM

John Malenich (john.malenich AT comcast.net; 303-359-9456)

FALL COUNTS are coming up! Save the dates and pick a place to join groups of eager birders on one of these time-honored birding trips. There'll be seven trips in all during the peak of fall migration, September 13 through 15. 

Sign up now at the DFO website: https://dfobirds.org/FieldTrips/UpcomingTrips.aspx

Details will appear on the Colorado RBA as the dates draw near.

Good birding! 

Allison Hilf

Aurora, CO

ahilf AT me.com

303.888.5110

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[cobirds] Golden-winged Warbler---Jeffco

This morning while getting ready for work. I noticed a grayish-white bellied bird flitting and feeding on the underside of our cherry tree leaves.  I initially thought I had a possible Warbling Vireo.  I grabbed my binoculars and was stunned to see a beautiful male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER!!!  I had phenomenal views of the bird as he stopped to eat his catch on an unobstructed branch for about 8-10 seconds. If anyone knows me, they know I have pride in getting a photo to verify any rare to uncommon bird.  I ran to my vehicle to get my camera, which took no more than 20 seconds, to find the bird was nowhere to be found. I watched the yard for the next 10 hours, but the bird did not return. My observation throughout the day was that the hummers where extremely aggressive, chasing all small flitting birds out of the yard, and they even chased out two Western Tanagers attempting eating Golden Elder berries.  When I left to get the camera, the Golden-winged seemed content feeding near the water feature.  The last thing on my radar was seeing this beautiful migrant since migration has not hinted of any eastern migrants so far along the front range.  This is why I love fall migration...you never know!!

  

Mark Chavez
Lakewood-Green Mtn
http://jaeger29.smugmug.com/

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Station, 8/30/19

A somewhat cooler morning and a great variety of birds! We had an Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush and hatch year Lazuli Bunting at the same time!  61 new birds, 17 species:

Western Wood-pewee 1

Least Flycatcher 1

Hammond's Flycatcher 1

Dusky Flycatcher 2

House Wren 13

Gray Catbird 1

Orange-crowned Warbler 2

Yellow Warbler 15

American Redstart 2

Ovenbird 1

Northern Waterthruse 1

MacGillivray's Warbler 1

Wilson's Warbler 14

Chipping Sparrow 3

Clay-colored Sparrow 1

Song Sparrow 1

Lazuli Bunting 1

We are open 6 days per week, Tuesday-Sunday, weather permitting, through October 13. We are opening nets at 6:40 and should have birds back at the station by 7:20. We will close nets most days at 11:40, with some being closed earlier as long as this heat continues. School groups arrive most weekdays at about 9:30. The best time to visit (fewest people, most birds) is before 9:30 weekdays and Sundays. 

Come visit!

Meredith McBurney 

Bander, Barr Lake Station 

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] Likely Red Phalarope in Boulder County

Peter Burke found a phalarope yesterday at Lagerman Reservoir (west of Longmont) that was tentatively identified this morning as a Red Phalarope.  The bird was still present when I left around 11:00 a.m.  The viewing location at Lagerman is from the north side near the parking lot and the bird (and most other species present) was in the west end of the reservoir.  Shore access to the west end is restricted until September 1; until you need to scope from the area around the parking lot.  I've attached a photo digiscoped through a 30X scope.

Second opinions always welcome!

Carl Bendorf

Longmont, CO

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[cobirds] Re: Weld County and Larimer County Shorebirds

Hi all

I've yet to be stopped at Weld CR 61/74, I get some funny looks at times, leading a large contingent tomorrow so that should be fun possible encounter! :-)

Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn

http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/

On Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 2:46:29 PM UTC-6, jack straw wrote:

Hi CoBirders,

First, I have a question… for anyone who has been to Wellington State Wildlife Area - Cobb Lake Unit in the last two weeks to view or take photos
of shorebirds, can you tell me where the shorebirds are ?  I went around CR 58, Cr 56, and CR 3, and I could not find what looked like suitable
habitat. The large ponds I found were surrounded by vegetation.

I stopped at CR 74 and CR 61in Weld County. I was getting set up with my scope and camera, when a large pickup with a large man stopped behind me.
He was friendly, but started asking questions….why was I there, what was I looking at. I told him I was looking at and and trying to
photograph birds. I was on the side of the road. He said it was a public road, and he worked for dairy farms in the area. He said there
had been people coming around trying to check out the Organic dairy operations. He took a photo of my license plate, and again told
me it was a public road, again telling me about people coming to the area to check on the daily farms, and then left. So if you stop there, be aware.
There is a large house or building east of the pond, I wonder if someone from that building called security ?

At that pond were two Marbled Godwits, 6 Black-necked Stilts, 8 Long-billed Dowitchers, and 40 Franklin's Gulls.

BeeBee Draw CR 42 ponds were bone dry, and very little water and no shorebirds on CR 48 Lower Latham Area in Weld County.

Larry Wilson
Northglenn

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[cobirds] 🦅 Upcoming Event in Fort Collins: Pájaros Sin Fronteras! (Birds Without Borders!)

Hello from Bird Conservancy of the Rockies!

Wanted to share word about this upcoming FREE multicultural community celebration at CSU's Environmental Learning Center in Fort Collins (Saturday - Sept. 21, 2019), which I thought might be of interest! Click here to visit the Facebook Event listing.

¡Pájaros Sin Fronteras! provides guests with an opportunity to meet scientists and natural resource professionals and learn about bird migration, healthy habitats, and simple ways to help birds around their homes and in their communities. There will be a bird banding station where visitors will be able to see wild birds up close while scientists collect data, deepening their understanding of the natural world through a truly memorable experience. Participants can also enjoy Smithsonian-certified bird-friendly fair trade coffee from Central America and breakfast burritos from Lupita's Mexican Restaurant! The event aims to connect residents to the natural world through unique, hands-on experiences and useful resources, sharing insights about plants, habitats, migration and ways to make a positive difference for birds here and beyond our borders.

The event is being organized collaboratively by Audubon Rockies, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, Colorado State University Environmental Learning Center, The Gardens on Spring Creek, and Trees, Water & People - and made possible with generous support from Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Center in Fort Collins, New Belgium Brewing Co. and the City of Fort Collins. 

A full press release is available for download here.

Hope you can join us!  Please let me know if you would like any additional information.

 

Kind regards,

 

~William

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 30, 2019

Date:  Friday,  August 30, 2019

E-mail:  RBA AT cobirds.org

Compiler:  Allison Hilf; ahilf@me.com

Phone:  303.888.5110

Birders have been helpful by reporting updates to COBirds. Thanks!@

CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee at the CFO website.

(*) indicates new information on a species.

For more information on birds seen today, go to cobirds.org and scroll to the bottom for "Recent eBird Sightings".

Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include:

PIPING PLOVER (Douglas)

Long-billed Curlew (Broomfield)

Marbled Godwit (Saguache)

Red Phalarope (Jackson)

Caspian Tern (*Las Animas)

Ash-throated Flycatcher (Morgan)

White-winged Crossbill (Douglas)

Eastern Kingbird (Clear Creek)

Canada Jay (Douglas)

Clay-colored Sparrow (*Teller)

BAIRD'S SPARROW (Logan)

Bobolink (Jackson)

Northern Waterthrush (Clear Creek)

BROOMFIELD COUNTY:

—On August 26 a Long-billed Curlew was reported at Great Western Reservoir by Norm Erthal.

CLEAR CREEK:

—On August 27 an Eastern Kingbird was reported at Bard Creek Ponds (PRIVATE, must view from roads).  Reported by David Suddjian.

— On August 27 a Northern Waterthrush was reported at Bard Creek Ponds (PRIVATE, must view from roads).  Reported by Dale Pate.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

—On August 28 (2) Canada Jay was reported at Experimental Forest Rd (39.157, -105.03) by David Tønnessen.  This is a first county e-bird record for this species.

—On August 27 a White-winged Crossbill was reported at Rampart Range Lodgepole Pine Forest, near a pull-off at (39.1299029, -105.0293509) by  David Tønnessen. 

—On August 26 a Piping Plover was reported at the Plum Creek Delta of Chatfield State Park; other shorebirds in area include Semipalmated Sandpiper.  First reported on August 24 by Joey Kellner.

JACKSON COUNTY:

—On August 27 a Red Phalarope was reported at Cowdrey Reservoir by Nathan Pieplow.  This is a first county e-bird record for this species.

—On August 27 (4) Bobolink were reported in Walden at CR 12 W (40.735, -106.42) by Nathan Pieplow.

LAS ANIMAS COUNTY:

—On August 29 a Caspian Tern was reported at Trinidad Reservoir by Tony Godfrey.

LOGAN COUNTY:

—On August 24 (3) Baird's Sparrows were reported SE of Crook, CO (40.8417,-102.6901) by Bill Kaempfer.

MORGAN COUNTY:

—On August 26 an Ash-throated Flycatcher was reported at the playa by Morgan CT JJ & Hwy 71 by Chuck Aid.  This is a first county e-bird record for this species.

SAGUACHE COUNTY:

—On August 26 a Marbled Godwit was reported at Russel Lakes SWA by Stephen Noseworthy.

TELLER COUNTY:

—On August 29 (2) Clay-vomited Sparrow were reported at Indian Creek by MaryLynne Ketcham.

—On August 27 a Clay-colored Sparrow was reported at Manitou Lake by David Tønnessen.

Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details at dfobirds.org

Sandstone Ranch (Guided Access) (Field Trip Leaders only this initial trip)

Friday, August 30

8:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Gregg Goodrich & Harriet Stratton (GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com; 303-655-9135)

Pawnee National Grasslands (Weld County)

Saturday, August 31

6:15 AM - 4:00 PM

Amber Carver (caramb22 AT gmail.com; 310-483-5721)

Rocky Mountain Arsenal

Sunday, September 1

6:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955)

Ken Caryl Valley Area

Monday, September 2

6:30 AM - 10:30 AM

David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)

Southeastern Colorado

Tuesday, September 3

4:30 AM - 8:00 PM

David Suddjian ( dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)

Ouzel Falls, Rocky Mt. Natl. Park

Wednesday, September 4

6:00 AM - 3:00 PM

John Malenich (john.malenich AT comcast.net; 303-359-9456)

FALL COUNTS are coming up! Save the dates and pick a place to join groups of eager birders on one of these time-honored birding trips. There'll be seven trips in all during the peak of fall migration, September 13 through 15. 

Sign up now at the DFO website: https://dfobirds.org/FieldTrips/UpcomingTrips.aspx

Details will appear on the Colorado RBA as the dates draw near.

Good birding! 

Allison Hilf

Aurora, CO

ahilf AT me.com

303.888.5110

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[cobirds] Re: Flight photos - plovers - Plum Creek Delta - Chatfield

This association seems similar to the Piping Plover and Semipalmated Plover seen at Cherry Creek State Park earlier this year. At least when I saw them, they stuck fairly close together as well. I know it would be a bit of a stretch, but is it possible that these are the same individuals?

Santiago Tabares

Littleton, CO

On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 10:30:14 AM UTC-6, Gregg Goodrich wrote:

I don't see any eBird rare bird reports from yesterday on the Piping and Semipalmated Plovers at Plum Creek Delta. They may be gone. It looks like about 25 ebirders reported the birds. Pretty good for a difficult area to get to. I got these two flight shots of the pair. Pretty tight pair. I think most folks got to see them both in the same field of view.

So good the water level is down. Great spot for shore birds to take a break. Even with all the construction, people and boats, Chatfield can still get some good birds.

Gregg Goodrich 

Highlands Ranch 

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Re: [cobirds] Scarcity of ptarmigan

I saw an adult and 4 little ones on the way to the top of Mt Bierstadt on August 5th.  My one and only hike above tree line. 
Graham Ray
Denver

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White-tailed Ptarmigan have been scarce in the Colorado mountains this year.  Presumably the heavy snow last winter led to a high mortality.  I've done 30 hikes above treeline this summer, in different parts of the state, but have only seen one ptarmigan.  That was August 28 in NW Conejos County.

Roger Linfield
Boulder

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Station, 8/29/19

A somewhat slower day, with even fewer Yellows around and Wilson's still just getting started.  43 new birds:

Mourning Dove 1

Black-capped Chickadee 1, banded 2018

Red-breasted Nuthatch 2

Gray Catbird 1

Yellow Warbler 6

American Redstart 1

Northern Waterthrush 1

MacGillivray's Warbler 1

Common Yellowthroat 1

Wilson's Warbler 28

We are open 6 days per week, Tuesday-Sunday, weather permitting, through October 13. We are opening nets at 6:40 and should have birds back at the station by 7:20. We will close nets most days at 11:40, with some being closed earlier as long as this heat continues. School groups arrive most weekdays at about 9:30. The best time to visit (fewest people, most birds) is before 9:30 weekdays and Sundays. 

 

Come visit!

 

Meredith McBurney 

Bander, Barr Lake Station 

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] Re: Woodpecker on our hummingbird feeder (Jefferson)

Yes, we regularly get a Hairy Woodpecker on our hummingbird feeder in Allenspark. He cannot decide if he likes sunflower seeds or nectar better! Candice Johnson, Denver

On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 8:13:26 PM UTC-6, Bob Shade wrote:

We seldom see woodpeckers in our yard let alone on our hummingbird feeder! I was thinking, "What is this bird thinking?" then I realized that woodpeckers have long tongues and could lap up the sugar water that way.  My first impression was "Hairy" but did not get the binocs on the backlighted bird and now wonder if it was a sapsucker. Anyone else seen the like?

Bob Shade

Lakewood

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[cobirds] Scarcity of ptarmigan

White-tailed Ptarmigan have been scarce in the Colorado mountains this year. Presumably the heavy snow last winter led to a high mortality. I've done 30 hikes above treeline this summer, in different parts of the state, but have only seen one ptarmigan. That was August 28 in NW Conejos County.

Roger Linfield
Boulder

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[cobirds] Weld County and Larimer County Shorebirds

Hi CoBirders,

First, I have a question… for anyone who has been to Wellington State Wildlife Area - Cobb Lake Unit in the last two weeks to view or take photos
of shorebirds, can you tell me where the shorebirds are ? I went around CR 58, Cr 56, and CR 3, and I could not find what looked like suitable
habitat. The large ponds I found were surrounded by vegetation.

I stopped at CR 74 and CR 61in Weld County. I was getting set up with my scope and camera, when a large pickup with a large man stopped behind me.
He was friendly, but started asking questions….why was I there, what was I looking at. I told him I was looking at and and trying to
photograph birds. I was on the side of the road. He said it was a public road, and he worked for dairy farms in the area. He said there
had been people coming around trying to check out the Organic dairy operations. He took a photo of my license plate, and again told
me it was a public road, again telling me about people coming to the area to check on the daily farms, and then left. So if you stop there, be aware.
There is a large house or building east of the pond, I wonder if someone from that building called security ?

At that pond were two Marbled Godwits, 6 Black-necked Stilts, 8 Long-billed Dowitchers, and 40 Franklin's Gulls.

BeeBee Draw CR 42 ponds were bone dry, and very little water and no shorebirds on CR 48 Lower Latham Area in Weld County.

Larry Wilson
Northglenn

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[cobirds] Insect phenomenon yesterday in Fort Collins (Larimer)

Yesterday afternoon and evening an amazing phenomenon occurred in Fort Collins (and maybe elsewhere along the northern Front Range?).  My stroll around Grandview Cemetery, which started about 3:30pm, had been rather lackluster until an emergence of flying ants, which I think has been on-going at low levels for several days, intensified.  Then, the airspace overhead was sort of like that over DIA, only without traffic controllers.  Barn Swallows coming as low as a foot off the ground, numbered a few dozen.  At least 6 Common Nighthawks cavorted in irregular circles up high.  Two Western Wood-Pewees darted out from the trees.  Ditto for two Wilson's Warblers.  A few Cedar Waxwings did deadhead stalls at the point of ant interception, showing off their yellow-rimmed tails in the backlight.  It was quite a show.

A couple days ago I saw what I supposed was two family groups of Red-breasted Nuthatches foraging empidlike from a tall Douglas-fir near the cemetery entrance.  I couldn't help but think this had to be more interesting and immediately nutritious for them than their normal primary mission at this time of year caching conifer seed after conifer seed after conifer seed.  I could not tell what they were after but other than certain winged aphids, which also disperse in late summer, the likely targets were also flying ants.

Last evening I walked downtown from my apartment a mile east.  Heading into the sun, the sky over all the streets was filled with flying ants of at least three types.  If you saw me chasing after them, swatting at the air with cupped hand and putting them in a bottle, thanks for not calling the police.

Anybody else noticing flying ants and bird responses lately?

Dave Leatherman

[cobirds] Re: Woodpecker on our hummingbird feeder (Jefferson)

When we first moved to Tucson (after many years in Colorado), we were surprised to see Gila woodpeckers slurping down all of our hummingbird feeders.   They are quite fun to watch, but they made a pretty big mess, as they'd cause the feeders to swing and spill much of the sugar water.    We finally switched to mostly smaller feeders with little or no perch, and they no longer visit those.   To atone for our selfishness, we now put out cut oranges for them. 

Jim and Rosie Watts

Tucson, Arizona

On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 7:13:26 PM UTC-7, Bob Shade wrote:

We seldom see woodpeckers in our yard let alone on our hummingbird feeder! I was thinking, "What is this bird thinking?" then I realized that woodpeckers have long tongues and could lap up the sugar water that way.  My first impression was "Hairy" but did not get the binocs on the backlighted bird and now wonder if it was a sapsucker. Anyone else seen the like?

Bob Shade

Lakewood

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, August 29, 2019

Date:  Thursday,  August 29, 2019

E-mail:  RBA AT cobirds.org

Compiler:  Allison Hilf; ahilf@me.com

Phone:  303.888.5110

Birders have been helpful by reporting updates to COBirds. Thanks!@

CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee at the CFO website.

(*) indicates new information on a species.

For more information on birds seen today, go to cobirds.org and scroll to the bottom for "Recent eBird Sightings".

Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include:

PIPING PLOVER (Douglas)

Long-billed Curlew (Broomfield)

Marbled Godwit (Saguache)

Red Phalarope (Jackson)

Ash-throated Flycatcher (Morgan)

White-winged Crossbill (Douglas)

Eastern Kingbird (Clear Creek)

Canada Jay (*Douglas)

Clay-colored Sparrow (Teller)

BAIRD'S SPARROW (Logan)

Bobolink (Jackson)

Northern Waterthrush (Clear Creek)

BROOMFIELD COUNTY:

—On August 26 a Long-billed Curlew was reported at Great Western Reservoir by Norm Erthal.

CLEAR CREEK:

—On August 27 an Eastern Kingbird was reported at Bard Creek Ponds (PRIVATE, must view from roads).  Reported by David Suddjian.

— On August 27 a Northern Waterthrush was reported at Bard Creek Ponds (PRIVATE, must view from roads).  Reported by Dale Pate.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

—On August 28 (2) Canada Jay was reported at Experimental Forest Rd (39.157, -105.03) by David Tønnessen.  This is a first county e-bird record for this species.

—On August 27 a White-winged Crossbill was reported at Rampart Range Lodgepole Pine Forest, near a pull-off at (39.1299029, -105.0293509) by  David Tønnessen. 

—On August 26 a Piping Plover was reported at the Plum Creek Delta of Chatfield State Park; other shorebirds in area include Semipalmated Sandpiper.  First reported on August 24 by Joey Kellner.

JACKSON COUNTY:

—On August 27 a Red Phalarope was reported at Cowdrey Reservoir by Nathan Pieplow.  This is a first county e-bird record for this species.

—On August 27 (4) Bobolink were reported in Walden at CR 12 W (40.735, -106.42) by Nathan Pieplow.

LOGAN COUNTY:

—On August 24 (3) Baird's Sparrows were reported SE of Crook, CO (40.8417,-102.6901) by Bill Kaempfer.

MORGAN COUNTY:

—On August 26 an Ash-throated Flycatcher was reported at the playa by Morgan CT JJ & Hwy 71 by Chuck Aid.  This is a first county e-bird record for this species.

SAGUACHE COUNTY:

—On August 26 a Marbled Godwit was reported at Russel Lakes SWA by Stephen Noseworthy.

TELLER COUNTY:

—On August 27 a Clay-colored Sparrow was reported at Manitou Lake by David Tønnessen.

Upcoming DFO Fielder d Trips...trip details at dfobirds.org

Ken Caryl Valley Area

Thursday, August 29

7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)

Sandstone Ranch (Guided Access) (Field Trip Leaders only this initial trip)

Friday, August 30

8:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Gregg Goodrich & Harriet Stratton (GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com; 303-655-9135)

Pawnee National Grasslands (Weld County)

Saturday, August 31

6:15 AM - 4:00 PM

Amber Carver (caramb22 AT gmail.com; 310-483-5721)

Rocky Mountain Arsenal

Sunday, September 1

6:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955)

Ken Caryl Valley Area

Monday, September 2

6:30 AM - 10:30 AM

David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)

Southeastern Colorado

Tuesday, September 3

4:30 AM - 8:00 PM

David Suddjian ( dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)

Ouzel Falls, Rocky Mt. Natl. Park

Wednesday, September 4

6:00 AM - 3:00 PM

John Malenich (john.malenich AT comcast.net; 303-359-9456)

FALL COUNTS are coming up! Save the dates and pick a place to join groups of eager birders on one of these time-honored birding trips. There'll be seven trips in all during the peak of fall migration, September 13 through 15. 

Sign up now at the DFO website: https://dfobirds.org/FieldTrips/UpcomingTrips.aspx

Details will appear on the Colorado RBA as the dates draw near.

Good birding! 

Allison Hilf

Aurora, CO

ahilf AT me.com

303.888.5110

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