[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, July 21, 2013

Compiler:  Joyce Takamine

Date         July 21,2013

email:       rba AT cobirds.org

phone:      303-659-8750

 

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, July 21, 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):

 

Mexican Duck (Weld)

Pacific Loon (El Paso)

Red-necked Grebe (Jackson)

TRICOLORED HERON (Fremont)

REDDISH EGRET (Kiowa)

Green Heron (Fremont)

GLOSSY IBIS (Weld)

American Golden-Plover (Washington)

Snowy Plover (Washington)

LAUGHING GULL (El Paso, Crowley,Washington)

Caspian Tern (*Arapahoe)

American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder)

CAVE SWALLOW (Washington)

Great Crested Flycatcher (Washington)

SEDGE WREN (Gunnison)

Summer Tanager (Fremont)

Indigo Bunting (*Jefferson, Larimer)

Scott's Oriole (Montezuma)

 

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

--2 Caspian Terns were reported by Walbek on the South Shore at Cherry Creek SP on July 20.

BOULDER COUNTY: 

--On July 15, around 11:00 am, Wait reported an American Three-toed Woodpecker, while walking up the 4th of July trail towards Arapahoe Pass. The bird was on the north side of the path.  

CROWLEY COUNTY:

--On June 29, Dowell reported a 1st summer LAUGHING GULL at Lake Henry, seen again on July 12, by Dowell, but not present on July 13.

 

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 13, by Kibbe.

--On July 13,  Kibbe reports that the Pacific Loon continues at Big Johnson.

 

FREMONT COUNTY:

-- 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 Kibbe at Holcim on July 13. (Added bonus was a fledgling Least Bittern.)

 

JACKSON COUNTY:  On July 12, Lee Farrell reported a Red-necked Grebe in breeding plumage on Lake John, outside of Walden.  Bring a scope as it is generally in the middle of the lake.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

--A male Indigo Bunting was reported by Henwood along the Cottonwood Trail at Bear Creek Lake Park on July 20.

 

KIOWA COUNTY:

--On July 13, Dowell reports a white morph REDDISH EGRET at Lake Meredith, probably the same bird that was seen by Nelson at Adobe Creek Res.

-- 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.

LARIMER COUNTY:

--An Indigo Bunting was reported by Sparks on the Poudre Bike Trail on July 19.

GUNNISON COUNTY:

--A singing SEDGE WREN was reported by Zerbi at McCabe Wetlands west of Gunnison on July 18.

MONTEZUMA COUNTY:

-- Garrison reports that his mother had two Scott's Orioles in her back yard, on July 13, from 7:00-7:30 AM.  They were eating apricots.

She is willing for birders to try to see them.  Her address: 203 S. Market, Cortez, CO, (blue house). Knock on her door, as the tree is in her fenced back yard.

WASHINGTON COUNTY: 

--On July 14 at Prewitt Reservoir, Dowell reported a Laughing Gull, (2nd y,worn, not unlike the Big Johnson Bird) a Snowy Plover, ad., and an American Golden-Plover, (apparent first alternate plumage) on the south end of the reservoir in the mud.

--Dowell reported a Great Crested Flycatcher on July 14 at Prewitt Reservoir, the bird was along the inlet channel.

--On July 17, Mlodinow reported an immature CAVE SWALLOW feeding along the south shore of Prewitt Reservoir.  This would be

a new state record if accepted.  Take the first entrance into Prewitt.  The road ends in a T.  Go left, take second right, which winds to edge of resevoir.  Walk to water's edge, and then work area between water's edge and inlet channel.  You can cross the fragmented inlet channel and chase swallows on the far side.  They seem to sit on drier mud and feed over entire area.

WELD COUNTY:

--A GLOSSY IBIS and Mexican Duck were reported by Mlodinow at Loloff on July 17.

 

DFO FIELD TRIPS

Sunday, July 21, Mt. Falcon Park (Jefferson County) Lois Levinson, 303-908-3403 Meet leader at 7 a.m. at upper parking lot of west side of Mount Falcon Park. From C-470 and US 285 South: Turn right at the Indian Hills exit to Parmalee Gulch Road. Follow Parmalee Gulch Road for approximately 2.5 miles to Picutis Road, turn right at Picutis, then follow the signs for Mt. Falcon to the upper parking area. Mt. Falcon features a variety of habitats, so we can hope to see Pygmy and White-breasted Nuthatch, Williamson's Sapsucker, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Western Tanager, Townsend's Solitaire, and Western and Mountain Bluebird. This will be a half-day trip, so lunch is optional. Bring water, snacks, and sun protection. Call leader if you plan to go.

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder

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