cobirds colorado rare bird: September 2019

Monday 30 September 2019

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Grand Valley Audubon Society, 9/30/19

Today's wind brought with it a few fewer birds, but luckily some of them were good ones! Today's 9 birds of 6 species included two that were first-of-season birds.

Warbling Vireo 1 (FOS)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1

Swainson's Thrush 1 (FOS)

White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) 4

White-crowned Sparrow (Mountain) 1

Western Scrub-jay 1

We are out here every weekday until Oct 11 - feel free to stop by, the earlier the better! We are closing these days at around 11:00 (depending on weather) but it's best to stop by before 9:30. Hope to see you there!

Vicki Morgan

Bander, Grand Valley Audubon Society

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/30/19

Fittingly, the last day of what's been a warm and windy month was warm and windy. We enjoyed about an hour of nice conditions this morning before the south breeze picked up, and we had to close most of our nets by 9:00. Not too many birds turned up as a result: 13 newly banded individuals, 1 recapture, and 6 total species.

The morning's highlight was another Sharp-shinned Hawk, a hatch-year female that made for a nice contrast to last week's much smaller male. Otherwise, we noted a decent number of Hermit Thrushes, Kinglets, and Yellow-rumped Warblers around, but most of them were among the tall cottonwoods on the more-protected north side of the banding station area where we don't have nets set up. Here's hoping they'll turn up among the nets tomorrow.

Another interesting capture was a male Ruby-crowned Kinglet with yellow-orange crown feathers rather than the typical scarlet/ruby color. This is a relatively rare color variation found in under 10% of male kinglets!

Today's summary:

Wilson's Warbler 2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6

Hermit Thrush 2

Gray Catbird 1 + 1 recapture

Spotted Towhee 1

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1

We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. Tomorrow we'll be operating nets from 6:50–11:50 AM on Monday, and from 7:00 AM––Noon the remaining days––weather permitting. Come visit!

Robert Snowden

Bander, Chico Basin Ranch

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] County Road 124 Pond Update [Weld]

Hi all

The Weld CR 124 pond is drawing down and offers nice shorebird habitat--and birds! Did not walk into Weld CR 122 (.5m west of Weld CR 75/122) but suspect same conditions there. Weld CR 116 playa is full of water, no shoreline and two shovelers.

Wilson's Snipe - 7
Long-billed Dowitcher - 15
Greater Yellowlegs - 6+
Least Sandpiper - 2
Loads of ducks, some geese

I did most of travel on county roads north of Pawnee Buttes to WY border ...

Ferruginous Hawk - 3
Swainson's Hawk - 6
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Prairie Falcon - 3
Tons of Vesper Sparrow, meadowlarks and horned larks
Some Lark, White-crowned, and Chipping Sparrow
Other interesting bird was Yellow-headed Blackbird - 2 hanging out with flock of Red-wingeds in the "middle of nowhere"

Other odd novelties were a small, looks to be a working, Zion Church on Weld CRs 124/111 in the "middle of nowhere" with houses/ranches not to be found in vicinity. Also, nearby was a four-story what looked to be a fire lookout perched in middle of prairie.

Beautiful drive ...

Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn

http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/

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[cobirds] Hooded warbler Arapaho county

Hooded warbler was seen in the thickets across the stream at 39.577202, -104.982320.
It is off the gravel trail that goes from Mineral to the west on Lee Gulch trail. About 50 yards in there is a dead tree with a limb that comes straight out then goes straight up at a 90 degree angle.
Birders were Claire Montour and myself.

Grant- it was shortly after you left, closer to Mineral
Many thanks to Santi Tabares who originally spotted the bird.
The most amazing birds have been found lately in areas that I've never even birded before! It was a lifer for me. Thanks

Sent from my iPhone

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Report for Monday ,September 26 2019

Date: Monday September 30

E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org

Compiler: John Drummond jxdrummo AT aol.com

Phone : 703-629-1151

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:

BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD ( Mesa )

American Golden Plover (Adams )

Sabine's Gull (Multiple reports in several counties; see COBirds for updates)

Little Blue Heron ( Logan )

Eastern Phoebe (Custer )

Harris Sparrow (Washington )

SPRAGUE's PIPIT (Weld )

LUCY's WARBLER (Montezuma )

Prothonotary Warbler (Larimer )

Nashville Warbler (Jefferson ,Arapahoe )

Hooded Warbler (*Arapahoe)

Magnolia Warbler (Weld ,Larimer ) )

Black-throated Green Warbler (* Weld )

Hepatic Tanager (Las Animas )

Summer Tanager (Larimer )

ADAMS COUNTY:

__On September 25 a American Golden Plover was reported at Barr Lake by Robert Righter .

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

—On September 29 a Hooded Warbler was reported at Lee Gulch Trail, approximately 50 ft from Mineral. First reported on Sep.20 by Santiago Taberas.

---On September 25 a Nashville Warbler was reported by David Suddjian at Littleton , St Mary's Catholic Church

CUSTER COUNTY

----On September 24 a Eastern Phoebe was reported by Patrick O'Driscoll's group at Greenwood Road (Custer CR389 ).

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On September 28 a Nashville Warbler was reported at Belmar Park . First reported on September 21 by Art Hudak.

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On September 23 a Prothonotary Warbler was reported at the CSU Environmental Learning Center.First reported by Jay Breidt on Sep. 22 . It was located in the far SE corner of the ELC.

-- On September 28 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at the Arapahoe Bend Natural Area by Nick Komar .

----On September 28 a Summer Tanager was reported at the Arapahoe Bend Natural Area by Nick Komar.

LAS ANIMAS COUNTY

---- On September 27 a Hepatic Tanager was reported by Aaron Driscoll at Trinidad Reservoir State Park section .

LOGAN COUNTY

-- On September 28 a Little Blue Heron was reported at Jumbo Reservoir by Renee Casias .

MESA COUNTY

-- On September 27 the sub adult male BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD was reported at a home in Palisade . The bird is being observed not only at the feeders but also at the honeysuckle flowers below the porch , in the elm and ponderosa pine and the the juniper near the entrance to the porch.The home owner Gene Byrne and his wife are welcoming to visitors but have requested that visits now be restricted to between 3 pm and dusk. The address is 566 36 Road (East Orchard Mesa ), Palisade . The house is at the end of a long driveway just across from the fire station . Gene's house is on the right side of the drive . You can park north of the house and easily walk on to the deck/porch that is on the west side of the house overlooking the pond . The porch is in shade until about 3 pm and the majority of the sightings since Friday have been between 2:30 and 6:30 pm.

This would be the fourth state record , the first in 2002 was also in Mesa County.

MONTEZUMA COUNTY

----ON September 25 a LUCY's WARBLER was reported by Carol Bylsma at 28850 Road T.5 81323 Dolores .

WASHINGTON COUNTY

---- ON September 27 a Harris Sparrow was reported by Chris Owens at the Last Chance Rest Area .

WELD COUNTY:

----On September 25 a SPRAGUE's PIPIT was reported by Edward Raynor at the Central Plains Experimental Range , Pawnee NG .

---On September 25 a Magnolia Warbler was reported by Keith Lott at Crow Valley CG /Pawnee NG .

---On September 29 a Black-throated Green Warbler was reported at Crow Valley CG /Pawnee NG .

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

Jackson Lake Reservoir

Saturday ,October 5

7:00 AM- 4:00 PM

Paul Slingsby (paslingsby AT comcast.net 720-347-5169 )

Chatfield SP-S.Platte Delta

Sunday , October 6

7:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Gregg Goodrich ( GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com : 303-388-0891 )

Fairmount Cemetery/High Line Canal (Denver County )

Sunday ,October 6

7:30 AM-- 12: PM

Karen Drozda (drozforte AT aol.com :303-604-0891 )

Happy birding!

John Drummond ;jxdrummo@aol.com

Colorado Springs

Sunday 29 September 2019

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Lake Station, 9/29/19

Between the early morning fog and the late morning wind, we managed to squeeze in a couple of hours with birds to share with the Kingery's Beginning Birder class. 13 new birds:

House Wren 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3

Gray Catbird 1

Orange-crowned Warbler 3

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 3

Wilson's Warbler 2

PLEASE NOTE the change in our schedule - we are now opening nets at 7:40 (an hour later) and should have birds back at the station by 8:20. We are open 6 days per week, Tuesday-Sunday, weather permitting, through October 13. We will close nets most days at 11:40, although we are closing earlier as needed due to the heat and/or wind. 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] August 2019 Birds Woodland Park and Beyond

August 2019 Birds Woodland Park and Beyond

Northern Goshawk- 1 on 8-29, chasing squirrels

Crystal Res. on 8-18 with bird prey item

Osprey

Along Arkansas River in Buena Vista on 8-23

Dusky Grouse-

Along route to Rinker Peak on 8-23, male with 3 juvs. around 11,700 feet

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Along route to Cronin Peak on 8-27, feathers

Great Horned Owl- hooting on 8-21

Broad-tailed Hummingbird- around most of the time

Along route to Rinker Peak on 8-23, male trilling around 11,5000 feet

Along route to Cronin Peak on 8-27

Callliope Hummingbird- 8-22, 8-21, 8-13, 8-29, 8-30

Singing Crystal Res. on 8-5

Downy Woodpecker- 8-30

Red-naped Sapsucker-

Along route to Cronin Peak on 8-27, drumming

Western Wood-Pewee- singing on 8-24, 8-28

Singing at Crystal Res. on 8-18

Olive-sided Flycatcher-

One along South Platte River near Lake George on 8-7

Warbling Vireo-

Singing Crystal Res. on 8-4, feeding juvs.

Steller's Jay- absent until 8-13

Black-billed Magpie- 12 on 8-15, 16 on 8-20

Gray Jay-

Along route to Rinker Peak on 8-23, at 10,5000 feet

Clark's Nutcracker- 8-28

Along route to Rinker Peak on 8-23, at 10,5000 feet

Along route to Cronin Peak on 8-27, at treeline

Golden-crowned Kinglet-

Along route to Rinker Peak on 8-23, small flock around 11,000 feet

Along route to Cronin Peak on 8-27

Western Bluebird- 8-13, juveniles on 8-3

House Wren-

Putney Gulch Trail on 8-8

Red-breasted Nuthatch- One or two around most of the time, more abundant this year in Teller County

Crystal Res. on 8-17

Rainbow Gulch Trail on 8-22

Along route to Rinker Peak on 8-23, calling at 11,000 feet

White-breasted Nuthatch- one or two around most of the time

Brown Creeper-

Putney Gulch Trail on 8-8, singing

Along route to Cronin Peak on 8-27

Western Tanager- 1F at bath on 8-24, calling all afternoon on 8-22

Wilson's Warbler-

Rainbow Gulch Trail on 8-22

Putney Gulch Trail on 8-8, singing

Along route to Cronin Peak on 8-27, singing at treeline

Yellow-rumped Warbler- 8-21, 8-29

Putney Gulch Trail on 8-8, singing

Small flock behind Walmart on 8-28

Townsend's Warbler-

Along route to Cronin Peak on 8-27, in small mixed flock with Yellow-rumped and Wilson's, near Baldwin Gulch trailhead

Black-headed Grosbeak- 8-24 juv., 2F, 1M on 8-13, 8-20

Chipping Sparrow- 1 im on 8-28

Lincoln's Sparrow-

singing at Putney gulch on 8-3, 8-8

Lark Sparrow

Small flock behind Walmart on 8-28

White-crowned Sparrow-

Along route to Rinker Peak on 8-23, singing at 11,700 feet

Along route to Cronin Peak on 8-27, singing at treeline

Dark-eyed Junco- feeding juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird on 8-17 and 8-21, absent until 8-13, with juvs. on 8-13

Evening Grosbeak- 7 on 8-13 with juvs., Small flocks around most of the time

Pine Siskin- 8 on 8-13 with juvs., Small flocks around most of the time

Crystal Res. on 8-4

Red Crossbill- small flocks around most of the time, seemed to be everywhere in Teller County this year

Putney Gulch on 8-3, flock of over 100, also on 8-8

Crystal Res. on 8-4, 8-5, 8-17

Pine Grosbeak

Along route to Rinker Peak on 8-23, around 11,500 feet

Along route to Cronin Peak on 8-27, near treeline

House Sparrow- 1M on 8-24

American Mink

One along South Platte River near Lake George on 8-7

Golden-mantled Ground-Squirrel- 8-24, 8-21, 8-19, 8-20, 8-13

Joe LaFleur

Woodland Park, Teller County, 8500 feet

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Re: [cobirds] Hooded Warbler

Still present. Low along creek near mineral ave entrance, approx 1/2 between mineral ave and the little clearing downstream.

Eric Storms

Castle Rock

On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 1:19 PM DuWayne Worthington <duwayne.worthington@valorchristian.com> wrote:

The hooded warbler is still in the same spot as of this morning at 10:30am. I got a brief glimpse of him in the middle of the thicket on the south side of the stream. When you are sitting in the clearing on the north side of the stream, the thicket is upstream on the south side. He was very deep in the thicket and hard to see, but I got a really good brief glimpse of his head.
DuWayne Worthington

Science Teaching Faculty

Valor Christian High School

Influence through Excellence

3775 Grace Blvd.

Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

303-471-3000 x 3278
www.govalor.com

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 10:33 AM Meg Reck <m.reck1027@comcast.net> wrote:
The Hooded Warbler is still here this morning. I saw him shortly after 10 am. Following the coordinates shared by Greg Goodrich. Same exact area near the ground near very bottom of gulch. Sun lite and seen well.

Meg Reck
Arapahoe

Sent from my iPhone

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[cobirds] Red-naped sapsucker, Louisville

CObirders,

A handsome male Red-naped sapsucker came to the fountain on my patio a few minutes ago and took a long drink!

It is DRY out there! Put water out for the migrating and resident birds.

Paula Hansley
Boulder County

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Report for Sunday September 29th ,2019

Date: Sunday September 29

E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org

Compiler: John Drummond jxdrummo AT aol.com

Phone : 703-629-1151

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:

BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD ( Mesa )

American Golden Plover (Adams )

Sabine's Gull (Multiple reports in several counties; see COBirds for updates)

Little Blue Heron (* Logan )

Eastern Phoebe (Custer )

Harris Sparrow (*Washington )

SPRAGUE's PIPIT (Weld )

LUCY's WARBLER (Montezuma )

Prothonotary Warbler (Larimer )

Nashville Warbler (*Jefferson ,Arapahoe )

Hooded Warbler (*Arapahoe)

Magnolia Warbler (Weld ,*Larimer ) )

Hepatic Tanager (Las Animas )

Summer Tanager (*Larimer )

ADAMS COUNTY:

__On September 25 a American Golden Plover was reported at Barr Lake by Robert Righter .

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

—On September 28 a Hooded Warbler was reported at Lee Gulch Trail, approximately 50 ft from Mineral. First reported on Sep.20 by Santiago Taberas.

---On September 25 a Nashville Warbler was reported by David Suddjian at Littleton , St Mary's Catholic Church

CUSTER COUNTY

----On September 24 a Eastern Phoebe was reported by Patrick O'Driscoll's group at Greenwood Road (Custer CR389 ).

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On September 28 a Nashville Warbler was reported at Belmar Park . First reported on September 21 by Art Hudak.

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On September 23 a Prothonotary Warbler was reported at the CSU Environmental Learning Center.First reported by Jay Breidt on Sep. 22 . It was located in the far SE corner of the ELC.

-- On September 28 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at the Arapahoe Bend Natural Area by Nick Komar .

----On September 28 a Summer Tanager was reported at the Arapahoe Bend Natural Area by Nick Komar.

LAS ANIMAS COUNTY

---- On September 27 a Hepatic Tanager was reported by Aaron Driscoll at Trinidad Reservoir State Park section .

LOGAN COUNTY

-- On September 28 a Little Blue Heron was reported at Jumbo Reservoir by Renee Casias .

MESA COUNTY

This would be the fourth state record , the first in 2002 was also in Mesa County.

MONTEZUMA COUNTY

----ON September 25 a LUCY's WARBLER was reported by Carol Bylsma at 28850 Road T.5 81323 Dolores .

WASHINGTON COUNTY

---- ON September 27 a Harris Sparrow was reported by Chris Owens at the Last Chance Rest Area .

WELD COUNTY:

----On September 25 a SPRAGUE's PIPIT was reported by Edward Raynor at the Central Plains Experimental Range , Pawnee NG .

---On September 25 a Magnolia Warbler was reported by Keith Lott at Crow Valley CG /Pawnee NG .

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

Writer's Vista Park to McClellan Reservoir

Saturday, September 28

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Doris Cruze (cruzeduo AT aol.com; 303-798-8072)

Kettle Lakes

Sunday, September 29

6:15 AM - 1:00 PM

Chris Gilbert (chrisgee9 AT gmail.com; 804-214-1508)

Jackson Lake Reservoir

Saturday ,October 5

7:00 AM- 4:00 PM

Paul Slingsby (paslingsby AT comcast.net 720-347-5169 )

Chatfield SP-S.Platte Delta

Sunday , October 6

7:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Gregg Goodrich ( GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com : 303-388-0891 )

Fairmount Cemetery/High Line Canal (Denver County )

Sunday ,October 6

7:30 AM-- 12: PM

Karen Drozda (drozforte AT aol.com :303-604-0891 )

Happy birding!

John Drummond ;jxdrummo@aol.com

Colorado Springs

Saturday 28 September 2019

[cobirds] Nuthatch behavior, Boulder county

I sat in a forest west of Nederland for four hours today as I played the fiddle for families walking through an "enchanted forest ". It was a fundraiser for a Nederland ecology/nature center that is going to be built there.
I enjoyed the wildlife and bemoaned the fact that I hadn't brought my binoculars. Nonetheless, I enjoyed being "forced " to sit for 4 hours, time to let me watch the wildlife at work.
Specifically, I watched as a chipmunk stored his seed under a small flat rock. A short while later, a red breasted nuthatch came and stole his stash. The chipmunk came back a while later with his cheek pouches full and stored a new batch of seeds. Soon after that a white breasted nuthatch came and stole the whole stash.
Although it was quite the score for the birds, I do hope the chipmunk figures it out and gets to store enough for winter!
It was a beautiful day!
Deb Carstensen, Arapaho county

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Grand Valley Audubon Society, 9/28/19

Today's public banding day went well, with most visitors arriving early enough to see plenty of birds. We ended up banding 13 new birds and 5 recaptures, including one return from a previous season. For some reason, Spotted Towhees came out in force today and we ended up with six. We also got one new species, an Audubon's Warbler. Though we were worried about high winds, the weather held out until around 11.

Audubon's Warbler 1 (FOS)

Juniper Titmouse 1

White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) 6 (plus two banded this season)

Spotted Towhee 5 (plus one return from a previous season)

Bewick's Wren 1 bird banded this season

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 bird banded this season

I'm banding at Connected Lakes State Park every M-F until October 11th! If you would like to see some birds feel free to stop by between 7:30 and 11:00, the earlier the better.

Vicki Morgan

Bander, Grand Valley Audubon Society

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/28/19

The weather today truly felt like fall for the first time, but unfortunately, that made it a little harder for us to catch birds. Drizzle postponed our net opening by an hour, and even after that, damp, cloudy, and cool conditions persisted for the remainder of the morning. While I appreciated the cooler temps, there weren't many birds to show for it, with 13 newly banded birds, 1 recapture, and 6 species.

There were a few interesting captures though. These included our first Red-naped Sapsucker of the season, and the 10th fall banding record for the species here. The sapsucker also had the honor of being the 50th species banded this season at Chico. We also had a Red-eyed Vireo––our 3rd capture of the season of the species, more than any previous fall.

Today's summary:

Wilson's Warbler 5

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3

Red-eyed Vireo 1

Cassin's Vireo 1

Hermit Thrush 2 + 1 recapture

Red-naped Sapsucker 1 (FOS)

We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. Next week is our last week of the season, and we'll be operating nets from 6:50–11:50 AM on Monday and Tuesday, and from 7:00 AM––Noon the remaining days. Come visit!

Robert Snowden

Bander, Chico Basin Ranch

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Lake Station, 9/28/19

Well today was quite windy from the start. We were only able to open a handful of the nets due to high winds, and had to close them all at around 9:30. There were lots of warblers and kinglets flitting around the willows and it may have been a busy morning if not for the wind! As it was, we only banded 6 birds for the day, and had 2 recaptures. Here are the newly banded birds:

Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 1

Orange-crowned Warbler: 1

Yellow-rumped 'Audubon's' Warbler: 3

Spotted Towhee: 1

PLEASE NOTE the change in our schedule - we are now opening nets at 7:40 (an hour later) and should have birds back at the station by 8:20. We are open 6 days per week, Tuesday-Sunday, weather permitting, through October 13. We will close nets most days at 11:40, although we are closing earlier as needed due to the heat. 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!

Colin Woolley

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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Re: [cobirds] Hooded Warbler

The hooded warbler is still in the same spot as of this morning at 10:30am. I got a brief glimpse of him in the middle of the thicket on the south side of the stream. When you are sitting in the clearing on the north side of the stream, the thicket is upstream on the south side. He was very deep in the thicket and hard to see, but I got a really good brief glimpse of his head.

DuWayne Worthington

Science Teaching Faculty

Valor Christian High School

Influence through Excellence

3775 Grace Blvd.

Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

303-471-3000 x 3278

www.govalor.com

On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 10:33 AM Meg Reck <m.reck1027@comcast.net> wrote:

The Hooded Warbler is still here this morning. I saw him shortly after 10 am. Following the coordinates shared by Greg Goodrich. Same exact area near the ground near very bottom of gulch. Sun lite and seen well.

Meg Reck
Arapahoe

Sent from my iPhone

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[cobirds] CU Birding Club - Boulder Goshawk

Hello all,

The newly formed CU-Boulder Birding Club made its inaugural outing this morning to Walden and Sawhill Ponds in Boulder. Attendees were Will Anderson, Paige Scatena, Jared Ganeles, Cole Sites, and me (the club's faculty sponsor). We had a nice morning, finding 38 species. The undisputed highlight was a juvenile Northern Goshawk that soared and flapped high over our heads for several minutes. Cole got some nice pictures that should show up on eBird at some point soon.

We heard from a couple other birders that a Sora was walking around in the open on the northwesternmost pond at Sawhill (the one with the Osprey platform). We didn't see it. There were two Great Horned Owls perched in trees along the Sawhill Ponds trail at different points west of the parking lot.

Good birding,

Nathan Pieplow

Boulder

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[cobirds] Fwd: Birders on Netflix

Hi Birders,

Forwarded to me from Cindy Maynard; a film about birds without borders.

Pam Piombino

I just found this on Netflix. I think you'll love it! I sure did.

https://www.netflix.com/title/80244682

Cindy Maynard

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Report for Saturday September 28 , 2019

Date: Saturday September 28

E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org

Compiler: John Drummond jxdrummo AT aol.com

Phone : 703-629-1151

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:

BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD (* Mesa )

American Golden Plover (Adams )

Sabine's Gull (Multiple reports in several counties; see COBirds for updates)

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Larimer)

Eastern Phoebe (Custer )

Harris Sparrow (*Washington )

SPRAGUE's PIPIT (Weld )

LUCY's WARBLER (Montezuma )

Prothonotary Warbler (Larimer )

Nashville Warbler (Jefferson ,Arapahoe )

Hooded Warbler (Arapahoe)

Magnolia Warbler (Weld )

Hepatic Tanager (*Las Animas )

ADAMS COUNTY:

__On September 25 a American Golden Plover was reported at Barr Lake by Robert Righter .

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

—On September 26 a Hooded Warbler was reported at Lee Gulch Trail, approximately 50 ft from Mineral. First reported on Sep.20 by Santiago Taberas.

---On September 25 a Nashville Warbler was reported by David Suddjian at Littleton , St Mary's Catholic Church

CUSTER COUNTY

----On September 24 a Eastern Phoebe was reported by Patrick O'Driscoll's group at Greenwood Road (Custer CR389 ).

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On September 26 a Nashville Warbler was reported at Belmar Park . First reported on September 21 by Art Hudak.

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On September 23 a Prothonotary Warbler was reported at the CSU Environmental Learning Center.First reported by Jay Breidt on Sep. 22 . It was located in the far SE corner of the ELC.

—On September 22 a Yellow-billed Cuckoo was reported at the private residence of Ken Allen. He lives in neighborhood east of Warren Lake at 2719 Ticonderoga Drive. He is OK with birders stopping by although the bird disappeared from the cottonwood. He got onto it because of a vocalization it made. It could still be in general area, so be sure to use your ears!

LAS ANIMAS COUNTY

---- On September 27 a Hepatic Tanager was reported by Aaron Driscoll at Trinidad Reservoir State Park section .

MESA COUNTY

-- On September 27 the sub adult male BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD continues at a home in Palisade . The bird is being observed not only at the feeders but also at the honeysuckle flowers below the porch , in the elm and ponderosa pine and the the juniper near the entrance to the porch.The home owner Gene Byrne and his wife are welcoming to visitors but have requested that visits now be restricted to between 3 pm and dusk. The address is 566 36 Road (East Orchard Mesa ), Palisade . The house is at the end of a long driveway just across from the fire station . Gene's house is on the right side of the drive . You can park north of the house and easily walk on to the deck/porch that is on the west side of the house overlooking the pond . The porch is in shade until about 3 pm and the majority of the sightings since Friday have been between 2:30 and 6:30 pm.

This would be the fourth state record , the first in 2002 was also in Mesa County.

MONTEZUMA COUNTY

----ON September 25 a LUCY's WARBLER was reported by Carol Bylsma at 28850 Road T.5 81323 Dolores .

WASHINGTON COUNTY

---- ON September 27 a Harris Sparrow was reported by Chris Owens at the Last Chance Rest Area .

WELD COUNTY:

----On September 25 a SPRAGUE's PIPIT was reported by Edward Raynor at the Central Plains Experimental Range , Pawnee NG .

---On September 25 a Magnolia Warbler was reported by Keith Lott at Crow Valley CG /Pawnee NG .

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

Writer's Vista Park to McClellan Reservoir

Saturday, September 28

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Doris Cruze (cruzeduo AT aol.com; 303-798-8072)

Kettle Lakes

Sunday, September 29

6:15 AM - 1:00 PM

Chris Gilbert (chrisgee9 AT gmail.com; 804-214-1508)

Jackson Lake Reservoir

Saturday ,October 5

7:00 AM- 4:00 PM

Paul Slingsby (paslingsby AT comcast.net 720-347-5169 )

Chatfield SP-S.Platte Delta

Sunday , October 6

7:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Gregg Goodrich ( GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com : 303-388-0891 )

Happy birding!

John Drummond ;jxdrummo@aol.com

Colorado Springs