[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, May 14

Compiler: Joe Roller

Date: Report for Monday, May 14, 2013, updated at 6:25 AM

email: rba AT cfobirds.org

phone: 303-659-8750

 

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, May 14, 2013.

sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If

you are phoning in a message, you can skip the recording by pressing the

star key (*) on your phone at any time. Please leave your name, phone

number, detailed directions, including county and dates for each sighting.

It would be helpful if you would spell your last name.

 

Highlight species include: (* denotes that there is new and often accurate information on this

species in this report)

Glossy Ibis (*Jefferson) 

Broad-winged Hawk (Prowers)

Black-bellied Plover (*Weld)

Whimbrel (*Weld)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Prowers)

Gray Flycatcher (Boulder, Jefferson)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Washington)

Yellow-throated Vireo (Baca, Bent, Prowers)

Cassin's Vireo (*Bent, *Adams, Boulder, Jefferson)

Philadelphia Vireo (Baca)

Veery (El Paso/Pueblo)

GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (Baca, Prowers, El Paso, El Paso/Pueblo, Weld)

Ovenbird (Baca)

Northern Waterthrush (Boulder, El Paso, Jefferson, Washington)

Blackpoll Warbler (Baca, Bent,  El Paso Prowers, Jefferson)

Black-and-White Warbler (Baca, Bent, Boulder, Washington)

Blue-winged Warbler (Prowers)

Tennessee Warbler (Baca, Jefferson, Larimer, *Adams)

Nashvile Warbler (Bent, Boulder, Fremont, Larimer, Prowers) 

Virginia's Warbler (Jefferson)

Hooded Warbler (Bent) 

CAPE MAY WARBLER (Baca)

CERULEAN WARBLER (*Weld)

Northern Parula (Baca, Prowers, *El Paso)

BLACKBURNIAN (Bent, *La Plata)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Baca)

BLACK-THROATED GREEN (Baca, Boulder)

Palm Warbler (Baca, Bent, Denver, Jefferson, Weld, *Larimer)

Townsend's Warbler (Pueblo)

Black-throated Sparrow (Fremont)

Fox Sparrow (Jefferson)

White-throated Sparrow (Douglas/Jefferson)

Harris's Sparrow (Boulder, Fremont)

GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (Jefferson)

Summer Tanager (El Paso, Baca)

SCARLET TANAGER (Las Animas)

Northern Cardinal (*Jefferson)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Prowers, Grand, *Weld)

ADAMS COUNTY: 

On May13, Breitsch reports a Tennessee Warbler and Cassin's Vireo.

 

BACA COUNTY:

On May 11, Walbek reports these birds from Two Buttes, seen May 10 and 11:

Cape May Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Ovenbird

Black-and-White Warbler

American Redstart

McGillivray's Warbler

Virginia's Warbler

Northern Waterthrush

Palm Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Philadelphia Vireo

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Summer Tanager

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

BENT COUNTY:

--On May 10, Mlodinow reports these birds from Bent County:

Blackburnian Warbler at Karney SWA north of John Martin Reservoir along Fort Lyons Canal,

Black-and-white Warbler at Van's Grove,

Western Palm Warbler at John Martin Reservoir,

Black-and-white Warbler at Hasty Lake Campground,

Blackpoll Warbler in the town of McClave,

Yellow-throated Vireo along Bent County Road 34 about 1/2 mile north of CO 196,

Rose-breasted Grosbeak at Bent County Roads 35 and PP,

Gray-cheeked Thrush, 2 Nashville Warblers, a Cassin's Vireo, Dusky Flycatcher, and 2 Common Poorwill at Melody Tempel Grove.

BOULDER COUNTY:

--On May 8 Mlodinow reports these birds at Golden Ponds in Longmont: Nashville and Black-and-white Warblers.

--On May 8, Dowell reports a singing Nashville Warbler from near the South Mesa Trailhead.

--On May 8, Dowell reports a Northern Waterthrush at Golden Ponds in Longmont.

--On May 7, Piombino reports 1 or 2 Harris's Sparrows at her feeder on St. Vrain Road West of Hygiene.

--On May 9, Kingswood reports a Tennessee Warbler seen in mid-morning along the White Cliffs Trail, near the bridge over Boulder Creek.

--On May 9, Miller reports a Northern Waterthrush at Twin Lakes, along the ditch, east of the green pipe.

--On May 10, Chuck Hundertmark and Ted Floyd saw a Cassin's Vireo along Boulder Creek, upstream a ways from the 75th Street Bridge.

--On May 9, Guarente reports a Gray Flycatcher, present for a few days near an office building northwest of the intersection of Valmont and Foothills Parkway. It continues on May 10 at the north end of Center Green Drive near shipping containers..  

--On May 12, Nunes reports a a singing male BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER in the Ponderosa Pines at the corner of Tandra & East Moorhead Circle. From Table Mesa, turn south on Tantra, & go down the street until you reach the forced right hand turn onto E Moorhead. The pine trees are on your right.

DENVER COUNTY:

--On May 7, Witt reports a Palm Warbler (Western) just northwest of the intersection of Little Raven Street and 18^th Street.

--On May 11, Henwood reports a Bobolink in the SW corner of Marston Reservoir.

DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES:

ON May 11, Kellner reports a White-throated Sparrow on the Chatfield spring count.

--EL PASO/PUEBLO COUNTIES:

--On May 10, Brown reports ..."several thrushes of four species, Swainson's, Hermit, a (first of season) VEERY, and a FOS GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH" at Chico Basin Ranch.  (fee area and worth it).

--EL PASO COUNTY:

--On May 11, Pals reports these goodies among myriad species seen on the Spring Count at Fountain Creek Park: Braod-winged Hawk, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Blackpoll Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Summer Tanager.

--On May 12, Kosar reports a Northern Parula at Fountain Creek.

--GRAND COUNTY:

--On May 8, Luke reports that a Rose-breasted Grosbeak graced the feeder at 914 Eagle Street in Kremmling.

 

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

--On May 8, Chavez and Hudak each reported a Blackpoll Warbler (seen again on May 11) in Lakewood at Main Reservoir, at the corner of Kipling and Florida. Chavez also saw a Black-throated Gray Warbler there on May 8,,

   and on May 9, a Virginia's Warbler with other migrants. 

--On May 11, the Gray Flycatcher reported by Chavez on May 8, continues in Belmar Park, near the pond near the parking lot.

--On May 10, Schottler discovered several birds in the Wheat Ridge Green Belt - a singing male Northern Cardinal at the Tree Bridge Trail, which is roughly 100 yards WSW of the footbridge over

  Clear Creek and near the wooden board walk. Also a Palm Warbler and a Northern Waterthrush about 100 yards east of the footbridge over Clear Creek. Seen again on May 13 by Baker.

--On May 11, Henwood reports these birds at Bear Creek Lake Park: adult male Blackpoll Warbler at the Boat Launch area, Eastern Phoebe near Soda Lakes,

  Cassin's Vireo and Hammond Flycatcher in the Bear Creek Greenbelt along Bear Creek east of the Stone House.

--On May 13, Henwood reports a Glossy Ibis at Bear Creek Lake Park, near Pelican Point.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

On May 13, Beatty reports a Blackburnian Warbler in Durango, first found by Morris on May 6 and still being seen near the Durango Public Library.

LARIMER COUNTY:

--On May 6, Mammoser reports a Nashville Warbler along the paved Poudre Trail that goes north from Prospect Road in Fort Collins.  The warbler was at the extreme north end of the riparian area that is half way between Prospect and Timberline.  It was re-found on May 7 & 8.

--On May 10, Birek reports a Northern Waterthrush banded at the Museum of Discovery in Fort Collins. A Solitary Sandpiper was nearby.

--On May 11, Walters reports a Tennessee Warbler in Loveland, along the Big Thompson River Walk, just east of the dam on the Wilson Avenue end of the trail. 

--On May 12, Matthews reports an "Eastern" Palm Warbler at Lake Estes.

LAS ANIMAS COUNTY:

--On May 8 Tennery reports a Scarlet Tanager from his home in Valdez.

--On May 8 Crisler reports a female Townsend's Warbler along the riverwalk.

--On May 12, Komar 

 

PROWERS COUNTY:

--On May 9 at LCCW, Nelson reports an American Redstart, continuing Northern Parula and Northern Waterthrush.

--On May 11, Komar reports:  2 SUMMER TANAGERS.  YELLOW-THROATED VIREO and CASSIN'S VIREO, from LCCW.

--On May 13, Komar reports these birds from Lamar: Nashville Warbler at the cemetery south of LCCW and Worm-eating Warbler at the High School grove.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

On May 8, Percival reports a female Townsend's Warbler and other newly arriving migrants.

WASHINGTON COUNTY:

--On May 10 Komar saw a Northern Waterthrush and a Black-and-white Warbler at Last Chance Oasis.

--On May 10 Tammy and Ira Sanders discovered a Scissor tailed Flycatcher west of highway marker 133 on highway 36.  This is 3 miles west of Last Chance rest area.

 

WELD COUNTY:

--On May 8, Mlodinow reports a Black-bellied Plover and 2 Whimbrels at Union Reservoir. The Whimbrels were seen again by Erthal and Schottler on May 13, with 6 Black-bellied Plovers.

--On May 11, Roller reports a "Western" Palm Warbler and a Northern Waterthrush from Crow Valley Campground.

--On May 11, 3 Black-bellied Plovers were seen at Lower Latham.

--On May 13, Erthal and Schottler found 6 BB Plovers and 2 Whimbrels at Lower Latham.

--On May 11, several observers saw up to three Gray-cheeked Thrushes at Crow Valley Campground.

--On May 12, Percival passed on a second-hand, (but detailed) account of a Cerulean Warbler seen at Crow Valley Campground seen on the evening of May 12, but NOT seen on May 13 after a long search.

DFO FIELD TRIPS:

for the weekend of May 18, 19,

Please consult the DFO website: http://dfobirders.org/wordpress/denver-field-ornithologists/field-trips-and-counts/scheduled-field-trips/may-2013-field-trips/ , for information on the various counts and the leaders to call.

Good Birding,

Joe Roller,

Denver

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