Larimer County
The Yellow-throated Warbler continues to visit our backyard feeders here in Fort Collins, near City Park. I have learned that there has been a Yellow-throated Warbler visiting a yard just two blocks from here on several occasions since January, so I suspect this is the same bird.
John Todd
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John Todd <jflowerman@gmail.com>: Mar 17 12:50AM -0600
Fort Collins, Larimer County
There was a Yellow-throated Warbler at one of our feeders here in our
backyard near City Park in Fort Collins, yesterday March 16th.
John Todd
Glenn Walbek <gwalbek@comcast.net>: Mar 16 05:21PM -0700
Folks,
Once again I am performing surveys in Lincoln Co. this spring season. Some
of the recent arrivals include: Four Mountain Plovers seen today in a
sprouting winter wheat field. This is a week earlier than last year and
the earliest I have seen this species in Colorado. Three Sage Thrashers
were observed in various locations, usually involving wood (fences, wood
piles). Lastly, I observed a couple of thousand McCown's Longspurs during
the past 2 days. They are using last year's stubble fields and this year's
wheat fields, adjacent to short grass prairie. I noticed longspurs in
amazing numbers last spring in this area and this spring appears to be
beginning the same. I am certain a few McCown's and Chestnut-collared
Longspurs overwintered here with thousands of Lapland Longspurs, but the
numbers of McCown's I am seeing now is way too great for wintering birds.
There are a handful of Chestnut-collared Longspurs mixed in, and may be
the over-wintering population. The longspurs are mostly in breeding
plumage. I was hoping to get some looks at Lapland Longspurs in breeding
plumage before they flew north, however I have not seen nor heard any in 2
days of surveying. Spring has arrived.
Should you plan to look for birds south of Arriba, please stay on county
roads. Not surprisingly, the birds frequent the gravel roads during
inclement weather.
Glenn Walbek
Castle Rock, CO
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David Waltman <djwaltman@comcast.net>: Mar 16 03:25PM
A few days ago I saw several Horned Grebes at Boulder Reservoir. I also viewed one or two confusing birds that I reported as Horned/Eared Grebe. Kenn Kaufman's Facebook page notes that at this time of the year as birds have begun to molt out of winter plumage "it can be tougher to ID things like Eared Grebes vs Horned Grebes." He goes on to say that Shakespeare understood this. Kaufman says "That's why, in Shakespeare's play 'Julius Caesar,' a soothsayer utters the famous line: 'Beware the ID's of March!'"
I "liked" that.
David Waltman
Boulder
Ted Floyd <tedfloyd57@hotmail.com>: Mar 16 12:30PM -0700
Tony Leukering has a fine article on how molt timing can help us ID
Horned/Eared grebes at this time of year:
http://cobirds.org/CFO/ColoradoBirds/InTheScope/26.pdf
Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County
On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at 9:25:35 AM UTC-6, David Waltman wrote:
Joyce Takamine <jabirujt@gmail.com>: Mar 16 04:08AM -0600
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: March 16, 2016
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, March 16, sponsored by Denver
Field
Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
Mute Swan (Weld)
Trumpeter Swan (Archuleta, Weld)
Tundra Swan (Garfield, Park)
Eurasian Wigeon (*La Plata)
Long-tailed Duck (El Paso, Jefferson, Washington)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Chaffee, Garfield, Jefferson, Park)
Chukar (El Paso)
Thayer's Gull (Boulder)
Great Black-backed Gull (Boulder, El Paso)
Burrowing Owl (Denver, El Paso)
ACORN WOODPECKER (Pueblo)
Red-belllied Woodpecker (Bent, Prowers)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Archuleta, Jefferson)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Bent, Jefferson)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Jefferson)
Eastern Phoebe (Larimer)
Black Phoebe (Chaffee, La Plata, Montrose)
Chihuahuan Raven (Arapahoe, Baca)
Gray Catbird (Boulder, El Paso, Jefferson)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Otero)
COMMON MYNA (Eagle)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Fremont, Kiowa)
McCown's Longspur (Baca, Kit Carson)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca)
Canyon Towhee (Baca, Otero)
Black-throated Sparrow Fremont)
Sagebrush Sparrow (La Plata)
Northern Cardinal (Boulder, Prowers)
Rusty Blackbird (El Paso)
Great-tailed Grackle (El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer)
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
--A Chihuahuan Raven was reported by Gene Rutherford on February 29 at E
Yale and E Jewell in Aurora.
ARCHULETA COUNTY:
--A m Williamson's Sapsucker was reported by Ben Bailey and Byron Greco on
March 10.
--A Trumpeter Swan was reported by Barbara Johnson at Pagosa Lake on March
12.
BACA COUNTY:
--On March 12 at Carizzo and Cottonwood Canyons, Gloria Nikolai reported
Chihuahuan Ravens, 3 Rufous-crowned Sparrows, Canyon Towhee, and McCown's
Longspur.
BENT COUNTY:
--At Lake Hasty on March 13, Gloria Nikolai reported Red-bellied Woodpecker.
--At a cemetery N of John Martin on March 13, Gloria Nikolia reported
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
BOULDER COUNTY:
--On March 8, Phil Thorpe reported a singing male Northern Cardinal on Iris
Ave between 4th St and 6th St.
--A Great Black-backed Gull was reported by Jack and Ryan Bushong at
Boulder Reservoir on March 12.
--An ad Thayer's Gull was reported by Ted Floyd at Greenlee Preserve/Waneka
Lake in Lafayette on March 12.
--A Gray Catbird was reported by Holden Maxfield, Jack and Ryan Bushong in
Louisville on March 13.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
--On March 8, Van Truan reported m Barrow's Goldeneye and Black Phoebe at
Sands Lake SWA in Salida.
DENVER COUNTY:
--A Burrowing Owl was reported by Adam Vesely at 11345 Trussville near DIA
on March 4. On March 5, Cheri Phillips and Renee Casias reported Burrowing
Owl near DIA at fire training center. On March 6, Kim Mauritz reported a
Burrowing Owl at 114th and Trussville. On March 8, Tom Behnfield
reported Burrowing Owl at 112th and Trussviille in the Fire Dept enclosure.
EAGLE COUNTY:
--3 COMMON MYNA were reported by Ryan Marsh on Colorado River Road in
Gypsum on March 7. Are they escapees or wild birds?
EL PASO COUNTY:
--A Gray Catbird was reported by Tyler Stuart at Sinton Pond in Colorado
Springs on February 22. On March 3, Alan Versaw reported Gray Catbird at
Sinton Pond.
--At Big Johnson on February 24, Mark Peterson and Alan Versaw reported
Long-tailed Ducks and Burrowing Owl. On March 3, Mark Peterson reported
Long-tailed Duck at Big Johnson. On March 5, Aaron Driscoll reported 2
Long-tailed Ducks at Big Johnson. On March 5, Chris Brobin reported
Burrowing Owl at Big Johnson. On March 9, Alan Versaw reported Long-tailed
Duck and Burrowing Owl at Big Johnson.
--On March 5, Jesse Casias and Adam Vesely reported Rusty Blackbird at 8790
Birdsall Road. On March 7, Cheri Phillips reported 2 Rusty Blackbirds on
Birdsall Road.
--On March 6, Jesse and Renee Casias reported 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
and 2 Great Black-backed Gulls at Big Johnson.
--On March 14, Alan Versaw reported Great-tailed Grackle at Mallard Pond.
--On March 15, French Steward reported Chukar on N Calhan Hwy.
FREMONT COUNTY:
--On March 7, S of Florence on CR19 on backside of Federal Prison, Mark
Peterson reported Black-throated Sparrow and Chestnut-collared Longspur.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
--On March 4, Sue Riffe and Gwen Moore reported 3 Tundra Swans and 22
Barrow's Goldeneyes near Carbondale on CR 106.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
--On March 1, David Suddjian reported 2 Long-tailed Ducks at Chatfield SP
just south of North Boat Launch parking area and David Hill reported 3
Long-tailed Ducks near the swim beach at Chatfield.
--On March 1, Gerald Baines reported Gray Catbird at Main Reservoir in
Lakewood.
--On March 3, Tim Mitzen reported a f Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Norm D
Memorial Park in Golden. It was actively feeding around the playground
area. The Parking loot is on the west side of Ford St just north of Texas
St.
--On March 7, David Suddjian reported f Barrow's Goldeneye N of Deer Creek
Inlet at Chatfield SP.
--On March 11 at Falcon Ridge Cub Creek (S of Evergreen) Chuck Aid reported
f Williamson's Sapsucker, and 3 American Three-toed Woodpeckers (2m, 1f).
--On March 12 Laura Steadman reported Great-tailed Grackle at Lower Church
Lake.
KIOWA COUNTY:
--On March 11 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported
Chestnut-collared Longspur.
KIT CARSON COUNTY:
--7 McCown's Longspurs were reported by Hugh Kingery on CR 10 near Flager
on March 12.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
--A m Eurasian Wigeon was reported by Riley Morris in a field south of
Pastorius Reservoir in Durango on March 3. On March 4, Jason St. Pierre
reported Eurasian Wigeon in field south of Pastorius Reservoir and Ryan
Votta and Vic Zerbi reported the Eurasian Wigeon on the water in a small
open area. On March 5, Amy Dobbins and Jim Beatty reported Eurasian Wigeon
at Pastorius Reservoir. On March 6, Beth Wolff reported Eurasian Wigeon at
Pastorius Reservoir. On March 7, Jason St Pierre reported Eurasian Wigeon
at Pastorius Reservoir. On March 13, Jim Beatty reported Eurasian Wigeon
at Pastorius Reservoir. On March 15, Tom Behnfield and James Turner
reported Eurasian Wigeon at Pastorius Reservoir.
--A Sagebrush Sparrow was reported by Jason St. Pierre at the corner of CR
136 and CR134 about 40 minutes SW of Durango.
--A Black Phoebe was reported by Katy Shirley at Weasel Skin Bridge (CR
214) on March 12.
LARIMER COUNTY:
--An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Nick Komar and Brad Biggerstaff on the
CDC Campus in Fort Collins on March 10.
--A Great-tailed Grackle was reported by Nick Komar at Ryan Gulch Reservoir
on March 13.
MONTROSE COUNTY:
--On March 6, Coen Dexter reported that Black Phoebes have returned early
to nesting sites at Uravan and along the San Miguel River. He and Brenda
checked five sites and all sites had Black Phoebes.
OTERO COUNTY:
--4 Curve-billed Thrasher were reported by Chris Gilbert in Vogel Canyon on
March 5.
PARK COUNTY:
--On March 5, Steve Mlodinow reported 6 Tundra Swans and 3 Barrow's
Goldeneyes (2m, 1f) at Elevenmile Reservoir.
PROWERS COUNTY:
--On March 11, Gloria Nikolai reported 2 m Northern Cardinals and a
Red-bellied Woodpecker at Lamar Community College Woods.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
--On March 5, Gloria Nikolai and Adam Vesely reported ACORN WOODPECKER at
Pueblo Mountain Park.
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
--A f Long-tailed Ducks was reported by Bill Kaempfer on the S side of CR
59.5 just east of US 6 on March 12. This is the middle road into Prewitt.
WELD COUNTY:
--On March 1, Amy Bauer reported Trumpeter Swans at North Star Reservoir at
CR 19 and CR 8. If you would like to see the swans call her at
720-252-8900. On March 1, Dan Stringer was able to scope the swans from CR
8 and confirmed that they appear to be Trumpeter Swans.
--On March 3, Barbara Webb reported a pair of Mute Swans in Homestead Park
in Greeley.
DFO Field Trips:
The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, March 19 will be to Chatfield State Park
led by Ed Holub (edmund.holub AT gmail.com; 303-979-2194) Meet at 0800 at
swim beach by entering west entrace of park of S Wadsworth, 1.5 mles south
of C-470. State Parks pass or day pass required. Half-day trip. Dress
for weather. Register online or contact leader.
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, March 20 will be to Cherry Creek State Park
led by Mary Keithler (mkeithler AT yahoo.com; 303-771-1421). Meet at 0800
at west marina parking lot. State Parks pass or day pass required. Will
carpool to various stops and walk 1-2 miles. Bring
binoculars,water,snacks, and sunscreen. Scopes are useful. Register
online or contact leader
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, March 20 will be to Roxborough State Park
led by Doris Cruze (cruzeduo AT aol.com; 303-798-8072). Meet at 0815 at
Visitor Center. Directions: Take S Wadsworth Blvd past Chatfield SP to
Waterton Rd on left. Take Waterton Rd 1.6 miles east to North Rampart
Rnage Road. TUrn right and go south 2.3 miles to ROxborough Park Rd. TUrn
left (east) onto Roxborough Park Rd and the turn immediately right (south)
on Roxborough Rd and follow signs to the Park (2.2 miles). State Parks
pass or day pass required.
Will walk Fountain Valley trail, a 2.3 miles loop trail. Bring
binoculars, water, and snacks. Dress in layers for changing weather
conditions. Register online or contact leader.
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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