[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Compiler: Ira Sanders

Date        July 2, 2013

email:      rba AT cobirds.org

phone:     303-659-8750

 

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, July 2, 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 (* indicates new information on this species in this report):

 

Pacific Loon (El Paso)

TRICOLORED HERON (*Fremont)

Green Heron (*Fremont)

LAUGHING GULL (El Paso, Crowley)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (El Paso)

SANDWICH TERN (*Teller)

White-winged Dove (Alamosa, Archuleta)

LESSER NIGHTHAWK (Montrose)

ACORN WOODPECKER (Pueblo)

American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder)

BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER (*Archuleta)

Black Phoebe (Archuleta, Fremont)

Fox Sparrow (Boulder)

White-winged Crossbill (Boulder)

 

ALAMOSA COUNTY:

--2 White-winged Doves were reported by Pike at Zapata Ranch near Mosca on June 27.

--A BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER was reported by Pitcher on private property near Mosca on June 29.  It has not been seen since.

 

ARCHULETA COUNTY:

--A White-winged Dove was reported by Allerton at Navajo Lake SP on June 25.  It was singing from a conifer next to the picnic pavilion at SP headquarters.

--On June 25, Allerton reported nesting Black Phoebes at the Watchable Wildlife Area on CO 151 near Arboles.

 

BENT COUNTY:

 

BOULDER COUNTY:

--White-winged Crossbills were reported by Hansley on the Arapaho Glacier Rim Trail in Indian Peaks Wilderness on June 25.  They were high in Douglas Fir Trees.  They were about 3/4 mile to 1 mile up the trail.  The trailhead is at Rainbow Lakes campground parking area.  The Rainbow lakes road heads west 6.2 miles north of Nederland from Hwy 119.  On June 27, Dowell reported White-winged Crossbills and a pair of American Three-toed Woodpeckers on the Arapaho Glacier Trail.

--On June 26, Boswell reported singing Fox Sparrows and 2 American Three-toed Woodpeckers at Brainard Lake.

--On June 29, Morton reported singing Ovenbirds in Skunk Canyon.

 

CROWLEY COUNTY:

--On June 29, Dowell reported a 1st summer Laughing Gull at Lake Henry.

 

DELTA COUNTY:

 

EL PASO COUNTY:

--A non-breeding ad LAUGHING GULL was reported by Peterson on June 28 in the SE corner of Big Johnson.

--On June 28, Peterson reported that the Pacific Loon continues at Big Johnson.

--On June 28, Peterson reported two Lesser Black-backed Gulls at Big Johnson.

 

FREMONT COUNTY:

-- On June 29, Moss reported Black Phoebes near the MacKenzie parking area of the Canon City Riverwalk.

--On July 1, Moss reported that the ad TRICOLORED HERON was back at Holcim wetlands and two Green Herons were also present at Holcim.

 

GRAND COUNTY:

 

KIOWA COUTY:

 

MONTROSE COUNTY:

--On June 23 and 24, Dexter reported a LESSER NIGHTHAWK show in Nucla.  There are between 300 - 500 nighthawks

flying around low over ponds and hayfields that have just been cut. The nighthawks pass over the road, West 5th Ave very low and several LESSER NIGHTHAWKS can be seen among the Common Nighthawks.

 

PUEBLO COUNTY:

--On June 29, the Boulder Audubon Field trip organized by Piombino to Pueblo Mountain Park saw at least 3 ACORN WOODPECKERS (2m, 1 f).

 

TELLER COUNTY:

--On June 27 Linfield reported a breeding plumaged SANDWICH TERN at Manitou Lake.  This would be a new state record if accepted.  On June 28, Jeff Jones reported that the SANDWICH TERN returned to Manitou Lake.  Manitou Lake is north of Woodland Park on Hwy 67.  Approximately 6.5 miles north of Hwy 24.  The tern was last reported on June 30.

 

WELD COUNTY:

 

DFO FIELD TRIPS:

No trips are scheduled for Saturday July 6 or Sunday, July 7 due to large number of weekday trips this month.

 

Good Birding,

Ira Sanders

Golden, CO