[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 12, 2013

Compiler:  Mary Driscoll

Date         July 12, 2013

email:       rba AT cobirds.org

phone:      303-659-8750

 

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 12, 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)

REDDISH EGRET (Kiowa)

Green Heron (Fremont)

LAUGHING GULL (El Paso, Crowley)

SANDWICH TERN (Teller)

White-winged Dove (Garfield)

Greater Roadrunner (Adams)

ACORN WOODPECKER (Pueblo)

BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER (Alamosa)

Pacific Wren (Grand)

Black Phoebe (Fremont)

Blue-winged Warbler (Park County)

Black-throated Green Warbler (Chaffee)

Summer Tanager (Freemont)

 

ADAMS COUNTY:

--Sanders reported a Greater Roadrunner at Barr Lake State Park on the entrance road between the entry station and Picadilly Road on July 3.

 

ALAMOSA COUNTY:

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

 

BOULDER COUNTY:

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

CHAFFEE COUNTY:  On July 7, Eric DeFonso reported hearing the song of a  Black-throated Green Warbler while he was doing RMBO work at a high elevation.

He will provide directions to the location if you are interested and like to do high elevation birding at 12,000. His email address is: bay.wren@gmail.com 

CROWLEY COUNTY:

--On June 29, Dowell reported a 1st summer LAUGHING GULL at Lake Henry.

 

EL PASO COUNTY:

--A non-breeding ad LAUGHING GULL was reported by Peterson on June 28 in the SE corner of Big Johnson and was seen again on July 9 by B. Brown.

--On July 9, B. Brown reports that the Pacific Loon continues at Big Johnson.

 

FREMONT COUNTY:

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

-- On July 10, Core reported a Summer Tanager near the MacKenzie parking area of the Canon City Riverwalk. (Access is only from Reynolds Ave.)

-- On July 7, Moss reported that the ad TRICOLORED HERON was at Holcim wetlands and one Green Heron was seen by Moss at Holcim on July 5.

GRAND COUNTY:  On July 6, Jones reported hearing a Pacific Wren in Arapahoe National Forest.  The bird was just off the highway 125, about 12 yds. It was singing in a Willow Carr area, which was bordered by many dead Lodgepole Pines, on the north side of the campground entrance road.  The wren was heard at the Sawmill Gulch campground.

 

GARFIELD COUNTY:

-- Dahl reports a White-winged Dove at his feeder in Rifle on July 2.

 

KIOWA COUNTY:

-- On July 5 and July 6  Nelson reports a white morph REDDISH EGRET at Adobe Creek Reservoir 200 yards east of the easternmost camping unit in the SE part of the lake.

PARK COUNTY:  On July 9, Paula Hansley reported hearing a Blue-winged Warbler in Como while she was doing a USGS breeding bird route.  

After finishing her route, she was unable to find the bird.

 

PUEBLO COUNTY:

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

 

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.

 

DFO FIELD TRIPS:

Friday, July 12–Sunday, July 14
North Park (Jackson County)
Chris Owens, christiel@q.com
home: 303-772-6048
cell: 970-481-7271
Meet at 7 a.m. at Jim Hamm Park to begin our adventure to North Park, Arapahoe National Wildlife Refuge, and points in transit. Since this is my inaugural trip, participants are limited to 12. We will caravan to Walden while stopping at birding sites along the way. Sunday we will be more loosely organized and people
will be able to return at their own pace starting after lunch. Bring water, snacks, binoculars, scopes, radios, and appropriate clothing for the predicted weather.
Breakfast will be on your own and lunch will be in the field––so bring eats with you––but we will share an evening meal at a local restaurant Friday and Saturday nights. There are several motels in Walden but there will be no official place to stay so make your own reservations. Please be ready to carpool, either driving or riding. (Costs are shared at $0.30 per mile divided by the number of people in the car.) I have taken this trip with previous leaders and it can be loads of fun with very good birds. I am talking to people knowledgeable of the area and hope to have a plan in a few weeks. To register for this trip, call or email
to get on the list. I will also have a wait list. DO NOT TEXT. It will go unanswered and you will not be added to the list.

Sunday, July 14
Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop
(Arapahoe County)
Karen vonSaltza
cell: 303-941-4881

Meet leader at 8 a.m. at the Prairie Loop log in Cherry Creek SP. Park pass required or day pass. From either entrance follow Lake View Road to the Prairie Loop parking lot at the south rim of the reservoir. This half-day walk passes through most of the important habitats of the park, a distance of about 4 miles. Trails may be slippery, so dress accordingly in boots. Bring water and snacks. Lunch optional. Beginning birders are welcome. Co-sponsored with Denver Audubon.

 

Good Birding,

Mary Driscoll

Unincorporated Arapahoe County

 

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