[cobirds] Re: Alert: Hooded Warbler

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Kelly Goocher

Divide,  CO

On Thu, Jun 11, 2026, 11:04 AM Hondochica z <hondochica@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks to Merlin I found a Hooded Warbler this morning in Teller County.  Had a great look. Might go back for a photo.  Male singing.  Butterbutts chasing him around. 

Found in the riparian habitat at 304 Kingston rd; was closer to the driveway gate than the road junction; off Lower Twin Rocks road between Divide and Teller 1.  

Do Not Trespass:  the property owner has cameras.  

Good luck!

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[cobirds] Alert: Hooded Warbler

Thanks to Merlin I found a Hooded Warbler this morning in Teller County.  Had a great look. Might go back for a photo.  Male singing.  Butterbutts chasing him around. 

Found in the riparian habitat at 304 Kingston rd; was closer to the driveway gate than the road junction; off Lower Twin Rocks road between Divide and Teller 1.  

Do Not Trespass:  the property owner has cameras.  

Good luck!

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Re: [cobirds] Need identification help for bird seen on Manitou Lake near Deckers

Hi,

That is not a duck, but a shorebird - an American Avocet. Probably only infrequently found at that location, so a nice find.

David Suddjian

Littleton, CO

On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 10:58 AM Amanda Dodson <amandaksdodson@gmail.com> wrote:

I saw a duck I'd never seen before on Manitou Lake yesterday. It was smaller, maybe crow sized. Black and white wings with an orangey-tan wash over the head. Its eye ring and the skin around its bill was nearly pale blue in hue. Its beak was dark and very long, like a snipe. 

I never observed it diving or feeding, though I did see it do quick bobs of its head often. There was only one.

Any ideas? Merlin came up with no matches, and I haven't been able to find anything in the CO field guides. The snipe has a similar beak but the markings and coloring are quite different.

Apologies for the bad cell phone photo. 

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[cobirds] Need identification help for bird seen on Manitou Lake near Deckers

I saw a duck I'd never seen before on Manitou Lake yesterday. It was smaller, maybe crow sized. Black and white wings with an orangey-tan wash over the head. Its eye ring and the skin around its bill was nearly pale blue in hue. Its beak was dark and very long, like a snipe. 

I never observed it diving or feeding, though I did see it do quick bobs of its head often. There was only one.

Any ideas? Merlin came up with no matches, and I haven't been able to find anything in the CO field guides. The snipe has a similar beak but the markings and coloring are quite different.

Apologies for the bad cell phone photo. 

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[cobirds] Chama Basin Hotspot

I am proposing the Chama Basin Trailhead as a birding hotspot. It is in Archuleta County and It is a fantastic place for Swainsons Thrush, Fox Sparrow, Lincolns Sparrow, Dipper and Sora. It is on Rio GRande National Forest lands so camping permitted in dispersed campsites. Yesterday it even produced a rare to these parts White-eyed Vireo. San Luis Valley only has 6 observations of the white-eyed vireo so far as I know. Check it out sometime. My friend Jake and I ended the morning with 37 species. Fully exciting morning. 

John Rawinski

Monte Vista, CO

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[cobirds] Fw: Ospreys and cliff swallows

It is mid June now and the ospreys are still working on building their nest. At times, the female is actually in the nest like she is sitting on eggs, but I don't think she actually is.

Cliff swallows have taken over the underside of the pier at Highland Lake. I have no idea how many there are, but it looks to be well over 100 maybe more. This is the first time I've been able to see Cliff swallow Nests Up this close. Looks like our mosquito population is going to take a hit this year. I do have a few barn swallows in my outbuildings, But not in the numbers, I'm used to seeing. 

Pauli Smith 

Highlandlake/Mead, Weld County 

[cobirds] White-winged Dove

Just saw it in my backyard feeder in Denver at Arkansas and Steele.

Jim Esten, Denver, CO

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