RE: [cobirds] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Van Bibber Trail, Jefferson Co.

As of shortly before noon, the scissor-tailed flycatcher is still along the Van Bibber Creek Trail.  My wife (Laura) and I actually took the wrong horse

trail that runs along the southern border of the open space property.  We did hook up with Patti Echelmeyer for a bit.  She returned to the bike concrete

trail while Laura and I walked on to Indiana Street.   Patti located the bird pretty much where Nicolle, Ira, and Doug found it but it was fairly close

to the bike trail.  When we saw it,  it was actually perched on a Russian Olive tree making it much harder to see.  There is a picnic table in the shade

under some cottonwood trees on the south side of the concrete trail.  Almost but not quite directly across perhaps 20-30 feet (I'm poor at estimating

directions), there are two Russian Olive trees and the flycatcher was perched in that tree.  Sometimes, it would fly into the tree and out of side and  I

assume it was going after insects.  From the picnic table, we could see the yellow fire hydrant.

Thanks Doug, another State bird for us.

Wayne Wathen

Highlands Ranch

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Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:09:08 -0600
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Van Bibber Trail, Jefferson Co.
From: nicolle.h.martin@gmail.com
To: zroadrunner14@gmail.com
CC: migrant44@aol.com; pomjaeger@aol.com; cobirds@googlegroups.com

All, the bird was there as of 3:30 today, in the location described by Doug.  At the time I saw him, he was in the vicinity of a yellow fire hydrant.

 

Nicolle Martin

Littleton, CO

On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Ira Sanders <zroadrunner14@gmail.com> wrote:
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> the flycatcher is still present as of 145 p.m. today at the location described by Doug.
> Ira SandersGolden CO

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migrant44@aol.com wrote:

Interesting- I saw the same (presumably) bird this afternoon perched on a line along the 6th Ave. frontage road in front of Red Rocks College.  I had intended to mention it after divesting myself of grandkids, but hadn't gotten around to it.  I assume it is the same bird (proximity to Doug's location and relative rarity of the bird), though I didn't get much detail due to being in the car with aforementioned short people.

 

Norm Lewis

Lakewood

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From: pomjaeger <pomjaeger@aol.com>
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Sent: Sat, Aug 25, 2012 7:30 pm
Subject: [cobirds] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - Van Bibber Trail, Jefferson Co.

Hi all,

 

I came across a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher along the Van Bibber Trail, Arvada, Jefferson Co. this evening.  The trail parking lot is on the west side of Ward Road about a 1/4 mile south of 58th Avenue (and just north of the mega-church).  Although I didn't have bins, I was able to sneak to within 30 feet of the bird and see the light gray head and the obviously long black tail with white outertail feathering that originally drew my attention.  I think it may be a female as the central tail feathers did not see overly long, but there was some obvious molt going on too so I'm not sure what all that means.

 

The flycatcher was perched on a ranch fence about 1/2 mile west of the parking lot just before a short, but steep, downhill on the bike path.  However, my recommendation would be to walk the dirt horse path that runs from the northeast corner of the parking lot and follow it west instead of the concrete bike path.  The horse path follows the fenceline the flycatcher was perched on for much of that 1/2 mile.  Also in the area is a Say's Phoebe.

 

good birding,

 

Doug Faulkner

Arvada, CO

 

 

 

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