cobirds colorado rare bird: December 2016

Saturday, 31 December 2016

[cobirds] Snow Goose Hidden Lake Adams Co.

Spotted one Snow Goose from the West side of the lake (parking lot at 68th and Sheridan). Tons of Canada and Cackling Geese.
Also to my surprise, one lone domestic goose, possibly a domestic Graylag x Swan Goose hybrid? ... near some Mallards. It had a bright orange bill, was mostly white, but some dusky brownish gray. Too far away for any decent photo.
Susan Rosine
Thornton

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[cobirds] Purple Sandpiper

Bird still present in late am-hard to believe it has stayed so long! Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed birding with Joe Himmel too-he was truly a great person! Happy New Year...Bill Fink

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[cobirds] Purple Sandpiper present

Hello all,

The bird is present this morning.

Good birding,

Doug Faulkner

Arvada, CO

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 31 January 2016

Compiler: Joyce Takamine

e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org

Date: December 31, 2016

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, December 31, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species)

NOTE: The RBA is using the new AOU checklist, & the order of families has changed.

BRANT (Adams, Arapahoe)

Trumpeter Swan (Adams, Douglas, El Paso, *Jefferson, Mesa)

Tundra Swan (Boulder, Chaffee, El Paso, *Larimer)

EURASIAN WIGEON (Fremont)

Surf Scoter (Arapahoe)

White-winged Scoter (Arapahoe, Pueblo)

Black Scoter (*Arapahoe)

Long-tailed Duck (Adams, Arapahoe, Chaffee, Larimer)

Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, Arapahoe, Chaffee, *Garfield, Summit)

Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld)

Red-necked Grebe (Boulder)

White-winged Dove (Prowers)

Greater Roadrunner (Baca)

Sandhill Crane (Fremont)

Dunlin (Denver CBC)

PURPLE SANDPIPER (*Summit)

Bonaparte's Gull (Bent, Douglas)

Mew Gull (Arapahoe, Denver)

Thayer's Gull (Arapahoe, Douglas)

ICELAND GULL (Arapahoe)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, *Arapahoe, Boulder)

Glaucous Gull (*Arapahoe)

Great Black-backed Gull (*Arapahoe)

Red-throated Loon (Douglas, Mesa)

Pacific Loon (Arapahoe, Bent)

Turkey Vulture (Costilla)

Lewis's Woodpecker (*El Paso)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (El Paso, Larimer, Prowers)

Red-naped Sapsucker (Boulder)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Baca)

Eastern Phoebe (Arapahoe)

Chihuahuan Raven (Baca)

Winter Wren (Adams, Baca)

Bewick's Wren (*Fremont)

Curve-billed Thrasher (Baca)

Varied Thrush (Logan)

Gray Catbird (Boulder, Larimer)

Northern Mockingbird (Boulder, Denver)

Bohemian Waxwing (Boulder, Routt)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Delta, Denver CBC, Pitkin, Routt, San Miguel)

Black Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Denver, CBC, Pitkin, San Miguel)

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Delta,Denver, CBC, Pitkin, San Miguel)

Common Redpoll (Grand)

Lapland Longspur (Douglas, Routt)

Ovenbird (Bent)

Pine Warbler (Prowers)

Green-tailed Towhee (Mesa)

Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca, *Fremont)

Canyon Towhee (Baca, *Fremont)

Grasshopper Sparrow (Denver CBC)

Lincoln's Sparrow (Larimer, Otero)

Golden-crowned Sparrow (Otero)

Northern Cardinal (Baca, Bent)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (*Denver)

Rusty Blackbird (Weld)

Great-tailed Grackles (Bent, Chaffee)

Brown-headed Cowbird (El Paso)

*****For directions to unfamiliar locations (e.g. "Lower Latham"), please refer to CFO's Colorado County Birding site: www.coloradocountybirding.org

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On December 13 at Hidden Lake, Chris Rurik reported a Black BRANT. Hidden Lake is almost entirely private. You may scope the lake from Sheridan on the west end or park at the baseball field on the east end. All other access points are open only to residents.

On December 18, Chris Gilbert reported BRANT at Hidden Lake. On December 19, Loch Kilpatrick and Ben Sampson reported BRANT at Hidden Lake. On December 21, Gabriel Wiltse reported BRANT on NW side of Hidden Lake and Lesser Black-backed Gull.

---On December 18, Steve Mlodinow reported Winter Wren on South Platte River around 74th Ave area.

---On December 24 at Rocky Mt Arsenal NWR, Lower Derby Lake, William and Peter Van Dyke reported 2 Long-tailed Ducks.

---On December 26, Susan Rosine reported Trumpeter Swan at Rocky Mt Arsenal NWR.

---On December 26 on South Platte River at 88th Ave, Cyndy Johnson and Kiki Widjaja reported 3 Barrow's Goldeneyes (2m, 1f) near the green tank.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On December 9 at Aurora Reservoir, Glenn Walbek and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 2 Mew Gulls (1 ad, 1 1-st cyc), 2 Thayer's Gulls, ICELAND GULL (probably Cherry Creek gull), 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (ad), and Glaucous Gull. On December 10 at Aurora Reservoir, Glenn Walbek and David Dowell reported 1 f-type Surf Scoter, 2 f-type White-winged Scoters, 1 Long-tailed Ducks, 1 Barrow's Goldeneye, 1 1-st-cyc Mew Gull, 6 Thayer's Gulls, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 1 Glaucous Gull. On December 22 at Aurora Reservoir, David Dowell reported 2 White-winged Scoters, Long-tailed Duck, 5 Thayer's Gulls, 2 ICELAND GULLS, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and Great Black-backed Gull. On December 26 at Aurora Reservoir, Gene Rutherford report imm Thayer's Gull, ad ICELAND GULL, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Great Black-backed Gull. On December 27 at Aurora Reservoir, Glenn Walbek reported 2 White-winged Schoters (1 f, 1 juv), Long-tailed Duck, 5 Thayer's Gulls, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (3 ad, 1 3rd-cyc) and 1 1-st cyc Great Black-backed Gull. On December 28 at Aurora Reservoir, Loch Kilpatrick, Matt Hofeditz and Chris Wood reported 2 White-winged Scoters, Mew Gull Thayer's Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Glaucous Gull, Great Black-backed Gull. On December 30 at Aurora Reservoir, Kyle Hawley reported 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Glaucous Gull, and Great Black-backed Gull and Tracy and Luke Pheneger reported Black Scoter.

---On December 11, Steve Stachowiak reported at 1-st winter f-type Black Scoter in the NE corner of South Platte Reservoir. The scoter was seen by several birders. On December 11, Bill Kaempfer reported that a Long-tailed Duck had joined the Black Scoter at South Platte Reservoir. On December 12, David Suddjian, Charles Lawrence, and Thomas Holub reported Black Scoter at South Platte Reservoir and David Suddjian reported that the Long-tailed Duck had moved to Blackrock Lake in the park. On December 13, David Suddjian and many other birders reported Black Scoter and Long-tailed Duck at South Platte Reservoir. On December 13, David Suddjian reported a Long-tailed Duck on Blackrock Lake. On December 14, at South Platte Reservoir, DuWayne Worthington reported Black Scoter and Long-tailed Duck. On December 14, Tina Jones reported Long-tailed Duck on Blackrock Lake in South Platte Park. On December 15, Peter Gent reported f-type Black Scoter and f Long-tailed Duck at South Platte Reservoir and f Long-tailed Ducks at Blackrock Lake. On December 16, Norm Lewis and Tom Wilberding reported Black Scoter at South Platte Reservoir. On December 21, Diane Roberts reported Black Scoter and Long-tailed Duck at South Platte Reservoir. On December 23, Joey Kellner and Diane Roberts reported Black Scoter and Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte Reservoir. On December 26, Chris Wood and Jessie Berry reported 1 imm f Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte Reservoir and C Warneke reported Black Scoter. On December 27, Dan Belter reported 2 f-type Black Scoters at South Platte Reservoir. On December 28, David Suddjian reported Long-tailed Duck at South Platte Reservoir.

---On December 18 Ben Sampson reported Eastern Phoebe on South Platte River Northern Wildlife Area from W Bowles Ave. Take the Lee Gulch Trail.

---On December 23, Meg Reck reported BRANT at Aurora Reservoir.

BACA COUNTY:

---On December 26 on Cottonwood Canyon Loop 1, Steve Mlodinow reported Greater Roadrunner, 2 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, Winter Wren, 18 Canyon Towhees and pair of Northern Cardinals. On December 26 on Cottonwood Canyon Loop 2, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Greater Roadrunners, 4 Curve-billed Thrashers, 25 Canyon Towhees, and 5 Rufous-crowned Sparrows.

---On December 26 at Two Buttes Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Chihuahuan Raven.

---On December 26 at Two Buttes SWA below the dam, Steve Mlodinow reported 10 Winter Wren.

BENT COUNTY:

---On December 15, Duane Nelson reported the following on the John Martin CBC: Ovenbird found by Kathy Mihm Dunning at Fort Lyon SW Easement; Pacific Loon, Northern Cardinals, and 1475 Great-tailed Grackles. On December 15, Kathy Mihm Dunning and Alan Versaw reported Bonaparte's Gulls on the John Martin CBC.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On December 18 at Valmont Reservoir Complex, Peter Burke reported 4 Tundra Swans, Red-necked Grebe, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and Gray Catbird. On December 28 at Valmont Ovewlook (Legion Park), Chris Wood reported 3 Tundra Swans (2 ad, 1 juv).

---On December 18 at Doudy Draw, Aidan Coohill reported Northern Mockingbird.

---On December 27 at Bohn Park in Boulder, Peter Burke reported Red-naped Sapsucker.

---On December 28 at Fawn Brook Inn in Allenspark, Chris Wood reported all 3 species of Rosy-Finches and 22 Bohemian Waxwings.

CHAFFEE COUNTY:

---On December 11 at Sands Lake SWA, Jack Harlaln reported 1 m Long-tailed Duck and Barrow's Goldeneye. On December 12, Jeff Guy reported Long-tailed Duck and Barrow's Goldeneyes at Sands Lake SWA. On December 17 the male Long-tailed Duck was reported by Bill Kaempfer at Sands Lake SWA where it was seen by many birders on the Salida CBC. On December 29, Bill Tweit reported 2 Tundra Swans (1 ad, 1 imm), male Long-tailed Duck, 40 Barrow's Goldeneyes, and 6 Great-tailed Grackles at Sands Lake SWA.

COSTILLA COUNTY:

---On December 25, Carlos Lina reported Turkey Vulture on CO 159 north of the New Mexico border.

DELTA COUNTY:

---On December 15, Dennis Garrison reported Rosy-Finches on the bank of the Gunnison River about 1/2 mile above confluence with North Fork at Gunnison River Pleasure Park.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On December 21, David Hill reported 3 Yellow-headed Blackbirds on the DIA loop. On December 23, Jason Bidgood reported Yellow-headed Blackbird on DIA loop.

---On December 27 at Bible and Hutchinson Parks, Jen Ottinger reported a Northern Mockingbird.

---On December 29 at Gun Club Road, S of E 112th Ave, Matt and Gary Gray reported Yellow-headed Blackbird.

DENVER CBC:

---On December 17, Joey Kellner reported the following on the Denver CBC: Dunlin (near McClelland Reservoir), all 3 species of Rosy-Finches, Grasshopper Sparrow at Chatfield.

---On December 28 at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Matt Gray reported Mew Gull.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

---On December 24, Tim Ryan reported Bonaparte's Gull at Parker Regional Park.

---On December 27, Jeff Beavers reported a Trumpeter Swan at Chatfield SP. On December 28, Thomas Holub, Chris Gilbert, and Dean and Carmencita Shoup reported Trumpeter Swan upstream from Kingfisher Bridge. On December 29, Paul Hurtado, Aaron Driscoll, and Doug Kibbe reported Trumpeter Swan at Chatfield upstream from Kingfisher Bridge.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On December 14 on the Fountain Creek CBC, Floyd reported 2 Tundra Swans and 1 Trumpeter Swan on Rice Pond and Diana Beatty reported Brown-headed Cowbird in Area 8. On December 15, David Tonnessen reported 2 Trumpeter Swans and 1 Tundra Swan at Fountain Creek Regional Park.

---On December 27 at Ute Valley Park, Alan Versaw reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

---On December 27 at Fort Carson in Cottonwoods S of Haymes Reservoir, Kyle Hawley reported 2 Lewis's Woodpeckers.

---On December 30 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, David and Cheryl Hubbard reported Lewis's Woodpecker.

FREMONT COUNTY:

---On December 18, a m EURASIAN WIGEON was reported by Brandon Percival and Brad Steeger on Sell Pond on Sell Ave in Canon City.

---On December 30 at Tunnel Drive in Canon City, Dan Belter reported Bewick's Wren, 25 Canon Towhee, and 2 Rufous-crowned Sparrows.

GARFIELD COUNTY:

---On December 27, Dick Filby reported 2 m Barrow's Goldeneyes on the Colorado River off Devereux Rd near Whitewater Rafting Buildings in Glenwood Springs.

---On December 30, Dick Filby reported 15 Barrow's Goldeneyes at Coryell Ranch in Carbondale.

GRAND COUNTY:

---On December 17, Brandon Percival reported that 26 Common Redpolls were seen on the Granby CBC.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On December 25, Paul Welscinger, Tom Behnfield, Art Hudak, and Frank Farrell reported Trumpeter Swan at Crown Hill Regional Park.

---On December 30 at Chatfield SP upstream of Kingfisher bridge, Francis Commerson reported Trumpeter Swan.

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On December 8, David Wade reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Loveland on Hilltop Dr by N Tyler Ave. On December 10, Gwen Moore and Irene Fortune reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Loveland on Hilltop Dr. On December 18, Nick Komar reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Loveland on Hilltop Dr. On December 19, Scott Somershoe reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Loveland on Hilltop Dr.

---On December 17, Austin Hess reported Gray Catbird at Prospect Ponds NA. On December 18, Lori Zabel reported Gray Catbird at Prospect Ponds NA.

---On December 23 at Rawhide Engergy Station/Hamilton Reservoir 5 Tundra Swans, Long-tailed Duck, and Lincoln's Sparrow were reported by Sue Riffe, Bill Kaempfer, Austin Hess, and Nick Komar. On December 30, Irene Fortune reported 2 Tundra Swans at Rawhide Energy Station/Hamilton Reservoir.

LOGAN COUNTY:

---On December 27 a Varied Thrush was reported by Chris Gilbert east of Sterling on RR tracks and 370.

MESA COUNTY:

---On December 13 at Highline Lake SP, Mike Henwood reported juv Red-throated Loon. On December 15, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported Red-throated Loon at Highline Lake SP. On December 17, JoAnn Riggle and Gwen Moore reported Red-throated Loon at Highline Lake SP.

---On December 12 at the DeBeque Canyon exit on I-70, Tom McConnell reported Trumpeter Swan. On December 14, Vic Zerbi reported Trumpeter Swan at the Tunnel Rest Stop in DeBeque Canyon. On December 15, Carol Ortenzio reported Trumpeter Swan at DeBeque Canyon Tunnel. On December 19, JoAnn Riggle reported Trumpeter Swan at DeBeque Canyon Tunnel Pullout.

---On December 25, Meredith Walker spotted a Green-tailed Towhee on the Big Salt Wash trail in far W end of Fruita.

OTERO COUNTY:

---On December 16, at Rocky Ford SWA, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Golden-crowned Sparrow and Lincoln's Sparrow.

PITKIN COUNTY:

---On December 26 at Snowmass Ski at the feeders at top of Sam's Knob, Dick Filby reported all three species of Rosy-Finches.

PROWERS COUNTY:

---On November 11 An adult male Pine Warbler visited the various seed feeders in Janeal Thompson's yard. The bird was also observed eating insects. The Pine Warbler was seen by David Leatherman on November 16 then on November 19 & 20, 29 & 30 by Janeal. On December 2, Janeal Thompson, Dale, and Joel Adams reported Pine Warbler in Lamar. On December 9, Janeal Thompson reported that the Pine Warbler continues in Lamar. On December 11, Janeal Thompson, Art Hudak, and Mark Chavez reported Pine Warbler and 34 White-winged Doves in Lamar.

If you would like to try for the Pine Warbler, please contact Janeal at 719-336-9658(home) or 719-688-7912 (cell) to make

arrangements.

---On December 9, Janeal Thompson reported a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in her neighborhood in Lamar.

ROUTT COUNTY:

---On December 17, Tom Litteral reported the following on the Steamboat CBC: 398 Bohemian Waxwings, Gray-capped Rosy-Finch, and Lapland Longspur.

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY:

---On December 6, Eric Hynes reported all three species of Rosy-Finches coming to his feeders in Telluride. If you would

like to try to see them, contact Eric at erichynes28 AT gmail.com. On December 9, Eric Hynes reported Gray-crowned and Brown-capped Rosy-Finches at his feeders in Telluride. On December 14, Eric Hynes reported all three species of Rosy-Finches at his feeders in Telluride as well as Vic Zerbi observing. On December 25, Eric Hynes reported all three species of Rosy-Finches at his feeders in Telluride.

SUMMIT COUNTY:

---On December 16, a PURPLE SANDPIPER was reported by Jack and Ryan Bushong at Dillon Reservoir at the Blue River Arm about 20 yds off of Hwy 9. This would be a new state record if accepted. On December 17, Jack and Ryan Bushong reported that the PURPLE SANDPIPER was refound at the same spot and many birders were able to see the bird and comfirm the identification in better light. On December 18, Joey Kellner reported that the PURPLE SANDPIPER was refound in the same area as reported andwas seen by many birders. On December 18, Todd Deininger reported PURPLE SANDPIPER in same area as reported and was seen by many birders. On December 20, Lisa Edwards reported PURPLE SANDPIPER in same area as reported and it was seen by many birders. On December 21, Scott Manwaring reported PURPLE SANDPIPER at the delta of the creek. On December 22, Pablo Quesada reported PURPLE SANDPIPER at the usual spot and David Dowell reported 4 Barrow's Goldeneyes at Dillon Reservoir Blue river Inlet. On December 23, Chip Clouse reported PURPLE SANDPIPER at mouth of creek. On December 24, Frank Farrell, bruce Neuman, Gene Rutherford, Tina Toth, and Christine Alexander reported PURPLE SANDPIPER at Dillon Reservoir. On December 25, Irene Rivas and Nick Moore reported PURPLE SANDPIPER at Dillon Reservoir. On December 26, Chris Wood and Jessie Barry reported that the PURPLE SANDPIPER came flying into the inlet around 0800. The PURPLE SANDPIPER was seen by many birders on December 26. On December 27, Larry Modesitt and Ivan Mota reported PURPLE SANDPIPER at the usual spot and it was seen by many birders. On December 28, the PURPLE SANDPIPER was reported by John Vanderpoel and Dan Belter. On December 29, Chuck Hundertmark reported PURPLE SANDPIPER continues at Dillon Reservoir. On December 30, Bill Twiet, Lucy Winter, and Sue Riffe reported PURPLE SANDPIPER at Dillon Reservoir, Blue River Inlet.

---On December 27, Dale Pate reported 21 Barrow's Goldeneyes at Silverthorne WTP.

WELD COUNTY:

---On December 27 at Pawnee National Grasslands, Adams & Bunker Reservoir # 1, Chris Wood reported singing m Rusty Blackbird.

---On December 27 at CR 136 between CR 99 and CR 105, Chris Wood reported 12 Sharp-tailed Grouse.

Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips:

The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, January 7 will be Mini Birding Derbies led by Gregg Goodrich (GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com; 303-655-9135) Meet at the parking lot at 0730 near lake at Belmar Historic Park at 800 s. Wadwsorth Blvd in Lakewood. From Alameda and Wadsworth; go south on Wadsworth, turn west at the light on West Ohio Ave. Drive a short 2 blocks to the parking lot.

Join for some friendly birding competition. At three or four SW Denver hotspots we will split inot three random teams (there will be guest leaders), set a time limit, and see who can come up with the most secies. At the next place we'll split into new teams and go at it again. Bring water, snacks, sunscreen. Scopes will not be allowed. Register online or contact leader.

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, January 8 will be the South Platte River trail at E 88th Ave and I-76 led by Ira and Tammy Sanders (zroadrunner14 At gmail.com; 303-278-7172). Meet at the parking area at 88th Ave and South Platte RIver Trail at 0745. From I-76 take E 99th Ave exit, go west on 88th for 1.6 miles, the turn south at Colorado Blvd. Turn left again into parking lot for South Platte River Greenway Trailhead.

Will start at 88th and Platte parking lot and drive to multiple parking areas along the river anticipate up to three miles of walking on paved trails and adjacent areas. Should see plenty of ducks, a few raptors, and some hardy winter residents. bring water, hat sunscreen, snack, binoculars/scope. Come prepared for weather. Register on-line or contact leader.

Help with Christmas Bird Counts.

Good birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder

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Friday, 30 December 2016

[cobirds] Ken Caryl Valley birds, JeffCo

Yesterday 12/29 I found a male Varied Thrush in Douglas-fir forest in the upper watershed of Massey Draw in the Ken Caryl Ranch foothills open space. [Note: there is no public access to this area]. The bird flushed up as I came nearby, paused on a branch for about 30 seconds, and then it flew on upslope. Later I heard a few of its fluted hum song phrases drifting down my way. A cooperative Nor. Pygmy-Owl was also noted on the same outing. An iPhone recording of the owl is uploaded to the eBird checklist below.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S33297680

This morning 12/30 a flurry of bird activity around my home was brought to an abrupt end when a Prairie Falcon zoomed in at rooftop level and took a Red-winged Blackbird. A blackbird flock had been loitering on my neighbors roof and they flushed with the falcon's sudden appearance, and one was snagged. I'm thankful the falcon looped back around toting the blackbird so I could confirm the ID of the predator...it was all a blur in the moment of the kill. I've had Prairie flying over my home are a few times before, but this was the first I've had "down on the deck" much like an Accipiter.

Lesser Goldfinches continue in numbers at multiple spots in the Ken Caryl Valley, and Ruby-crowned Kinglets are still frequently in evidence. I had three RCKIs in my yard at the same time yesterday afternoon! They are attracted to the suet feeders.

David Suddjian

Ken Caryl Valley

Littleton, CO

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[cobirds] 4 Gr White-fronted Geese Littleton Arapahoe

4 are with Cackling flock at Ridgeview Park at S. Prince x Houston Waring Circle right now

David Suddjian
Littleton, Co

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[cobirds] Black scoter aurora resivoir, Arapaho county

If we get better pictures we will post them on EBird

Tracy Pheneger and Luke Pheneger
Longmont,Colorado

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[cobirds] Black scoter aurora resivoir, Arapaho county

Hi everyone,

My mom and I have found a black scoter at aurora resivoir. We veiwed it from the swim area looking east at the cat tailes.

Poor quality photos, working on better photos it is really far out. Bill and breast are almost distorted with these photos my apologize.

Along with a common loon, and great black back full continues.

See photos

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[cobirds] Next Raptor Alley Field Trip [Nunn, Weld]

Hi all

Next Raptor Alley trip is Jan 14 (Sat) details here: http://coloradobirder.club/m/events/view/Raptor-Alley-Driving-Tour. Other CO birding events here: http://coloradobirder.club/m/events/home/

See ya there!
Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://coloradobirder.club/

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 30 December 2016

Compiler: Joyce Takamine

e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org

Date: December 30, 2016

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 30, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species)

NOTE: The RBA is using the new AOU checklist, & the order of families has changed.

BRANT (Adams, Arapahoe)

Trumpeter Swan (Adams, *Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Mesa)

Tundra Swan (Boulder, *Chaffee, El Paso, Larimer)

EURASIAN WIGEON (Fremont)

Surf Scoter (Arapahoe)

White-winged Scoter (Arapahoe, Pueblo)

Black Scoter (Arapahoe)

Long-tailed Duck (Adams, Arapahoe, *Chaffee, Larimer)

Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, Arapahoe, *Chaffee, Garfield, Summit)

Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld)

Red-necked Grebe (Boulder)

White-winged Dove (Prowers)

Greater Roadrunner (Baca)

Sandhill Crane (Fremont)

Dunlin (Denver CBC)

PURPLE SANDPIPER (*Summit)

Bonaparte's Gull (Bent, Douglas)

Mew Gull (Arapahoe, Denver)

Thayer's Gull (Arapahoe, Douglas)

ICELAND GULL (Arapahoe)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder)

Glaucous Gull (Arapahoe)

Great Black-backed Gull (Arapahoe)

Red-throated Loon (Douglas, Mesa)

Pacific Loon (Arapahoe, Bent)

Turkey Vulture (Costilla)

Lewis's Woodpecker (El Paso)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (El Paso, Larimer, Prowers)

Red-naped Sapsucker (Boulder)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Baca)

Eastern Phoebe (Arapahoe)

Chihuahuan Raven (Baca)

Winter Wren (Adams, Baca)

Curve-billed Thrasher (Baca)

Varied Thrush (Logan)

Gray Catbird (Boulder, Larimer)

Northern Mockingbird (Boulder, Denver)

Bohemian Waxwing (Boulder, Routt)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Delta, Denver CBC, Pitkin, Routt, San Miguel)

Black Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Denver, CBC, Pitkin, San Miguel)

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Delta,Denver, CBC, Pitkin, San Miguel)

Common Redpoll (Grand)

Lapland Longspur (Douglas, Routt)

Ovenbird (Bent)

Pine Warbler (Prowers)

Green-tailed Towhee (Mesa)

Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca)

Canyon Towhee (Baca)

Grasshopper Sparrow (Denver CBC)

Lincoln's Sparrow (Larimer, Otero)

Golden-crowned Sparrow (Otero)

Northern Cardinal (Baca, Bent)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (*Denver)

Rusty Blackbird (Weld)

Great-tailed Grackles (Bent, *Chaffee)

Brown-headed Cowbird (El Paso)

*****For directions to unfamiliar locations (e.g. "Lower Latham"), please refer to CFO's Colorado County Birding site: www.coloradocountybirding.org

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On December 18, Steve Mlodinow reported Winter Wren on South Platte River around 74th Ave area.

---On December 24 at Rocky Mt Arsenal NWR, Lower Derby Lake, William and Peter Van Dyke reported 2 Long-tailed Ducks.

---On December 26, Susan Rosine reported Trumpeter Swan at Rocky Mt Arsenal NWR.

---On December 26 on South Platte River at 88th Ave, Cyndy Johnson and Kiki Widjaja reported 3 Barrow's Goldeneyes (2m, 1f) near the green tank.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On December 18 Ben Sampson reported Eastern Phoebe on South Platte River Northern Wildlife Area from W Bowles Ave. Take the Lee Gulch Trail.

---On December 23, Meg Reck reported BRANT at Aurora Reservoir.

BACA COUNTY:

---On December 26 at Two Buttes Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Chihuahuan Raven.

---On December 26 at Two Buttes SWA below the dam, Steve Mlodinow reported 10 Winter Wren.

BENT COUNTY:

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On December 18 at Doudy Draw, Aidan Coohill reported Northern Mockingbird.

---On December 27 at Bohn Park in Boulder, Peter Burke reported Red-naped Sapsucker.

---On December 28 at Fawn Brook Inn in Allenspark, Chris Wood reported all 3 species of Rosy-Finches and 22 Bohemian Waxwings.

CHAFFEE COUNTY:

COSTILLA COUNTY:

---On December 25, Carlos Lina reported Turkey Vulture on CO 159 north of the New Mexico border.

DELTA COUNTY:

---On December 15, Dennis Garrison reported Rosy-Finches on the bank of the Gunnison River about 1/2 mile above confluence with North Fork at Gunnison River Pleasure Park.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On December 21, David Hill reported 3 Yellow-headed Blackbirds on the DIA loop. On December 23, Jason Bidgood reported Yellow-headed Blackbird on DIA loop.

---On December 27 at Bible and Hutchinson Parks, Jen Ottinger reported a Northern Mockingbird.

---On December 29 at Gun Club Road, S of E 112th Ave, Matt and Gary Gray reported Yellow-headed Blackbird.

DENVER CBC:

---On December 17, Joey Kellner reported the following on the Denver CBC: Dunlin (near McClelland Reservoir), all 3 species of Rosy-Finches, Grasshopper Sparrow at Chatfield.

---On December 28 at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Matt Gray reported Mew Gull.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

---On December 24, Tim Ryan reported Bonaparte's Gull at Parker Regional Park.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On December 27 at Ute Valley Park, Alan Versaw reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

---On December 27 at Fort Carson in Cottonwoods S of Haymes Reservoir, Kyle Hawley reported 2 Lewis's Woodpeckers.

FREMONT COUNTY:

---On December 18, a m EURASIAN WIGEON was reported by Brandon Percival and Brad Steeger on Sell Pond on Sell Ave in Canon City.

GARFIELD COUNTY:

---On December 27, Dick Filby reported 2 m Barrow's Goldeneyes on the Colorado River off Devereux Rd near Whitewater Rafting Buildings in Glenwood Springs.

GRAND COUNTY:

---On December 17, Brandon Percival reported that 26 Common Redpolls were seen on the Granby CBC.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On December 25, Paul Welscinger, Tom Behnfield, Art Hudak, and Frank Farrell reported Trumpeter Swan at Crown Hill Regional Park.

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On December 17, Austin Hess reported Gray Catbird at Prospect Ponds NA. On December 18, Lori Zabel reported Gray Catbird at Prospect Ponds NA.

---On December 23 at Rawhide Engergy Station/Hamilton Reservoir 5 Tundra Swans, Long-tailed Duck, and Lincoln's Sparrow were reported by Sue Riffe, Bill Kaempfer, Austin Hess, and Nick Komar.

LOGAN COUNTY:

---On December 27 a Varied Thrush was reported by Chris Gilbert east of Sterling on RR tracks and 370.

MESA COUNTY:

---On December 25, Meredith Walker spotted a Green-tailed Towhee on the Big Salt Wash trail in far W end of Fruita.

OTERO COUNTY:

---On December 16, at Rocky Ford SWA, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Golden-crowned Sparrow and Lincoln's Sparrow.

PITKIN COUNTY:

---On December 26 at Snowmass Ski at the feeders at top of Sam's Knob, Dick Filby reported all three species of Rosy-Finches.

PROWERS COUNTY:

If you would like to try for the Pine Warbler, please contact Janeal at 719-336-9658(home) or 719-688-7912 (cell) to make

arrangements.

---On December 9, Janeal Thompson reported a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in her neighborhood in Lamar.

ROUTT COUNTY:

---On December 17, Tom Litteral reported the following on the Steamboat CBC: 398 Bohemian Waxwings, Gray-capped Rosy-Finch, and Lapland Longspur.

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY:

---On December 6, Eric Hynes reported all three species of Rosy-Finches coming to his feeders in Telluride. If you would

SUMMIT COUNTY:

---On December 27, Dale Pate reported 21 Barrow's Goldeneyes at Silverthorne WTP.

WELD COUNTY:

---On December 27 at Pawnee National Grasslands, Adams & Bunker Reservoir # 1, Chris Wood reported singing m Rusty Blackbird.

---On December 27 at CR 136 between CR 99 and CR 105, Chris Wood reported 12 Sharp-tailed Grouse.

Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips:

Help with Christmas Bird Counts.

Good birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder

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Thursday, 29 December 2016

Re: [cobirds] Screech Owl, Creepers Ft Collins NOW

Is anyone going to see the owl this weekend? I would love to see this bird. Please email me back if you are going to be at the cemetery bird watching.

Shawn

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> On Dec 29, 2016, at 11:46 AM, Susan Rosine <u5b2mtdna@gmail.com> wrote:
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> The Screech Owl is showing himself at Grandview Cemetery right now 11:45 am Thursday. Also saw two Brown Creepers, and the usual suspects.
> Susan R.
> Thornton
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[cobirds] Hawk in nest

Today I saw a hawk(redtail?) in a nest that was active last year off I-25.on the east side across ffom the heron rookery by the Harmony exit.
Jerry Welch Windsor

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[cobirds] Purple Sandpiper remains

Paul Slingsby and I observed the Purple Sandpiper between 11-11:30 this morning. Other observers coming and going; passersby walking down to see what was going on.

Chuck Hundertmark
Lafayette, CO
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[cobirds] Joe Himmel

Joe was an amazing man. When he retired from teaching he took up birding and was an awesomely fast learner. With the help of Jerry Cairo (from whom a lot of us learned many things) he quickly became an expert, particularly in birding by ear. In addition to the first and early records for Fulvous Whilstling-duck,
Eurasian Collard-dove, Common Ground-dove as Dave and Joe mentioned he was among the first to see and identify Glossy Ibis when others discounted the idea they were in Colorado. He also picked out the songs of White-eyed Vireos at Riverside Reservoir and Crow Valley before most of us had seen that species in Colorado. He saw the Henslow's Sparrow at Red Lion (2nd Colorado record). When the Baikal Teal showed up in Evergreen he was asked to research the report that some individuals of that species had escaped from a place near Greeley. He ultimately reported back that it may have happened but the place in question was owned by a reputed mob figure and Joe felt that too much interest in that person's activities could lead to problems. An incident I still laugh about occurred when Joe, Jerry Cairo and I were on our way to the Jumbo Reservoir area very early one morning. We stopped at the Atwood exit off of Interstate 76 at a gas station/coffee shop now closed. Jerry asked for a coffe to go and was given what must have been a 30 or 36 ounce monster cup. Joe's eyes sort of bugged out and he said "my gosh, don't you have something smaller?" The waitress said "sure" and gave him a cup the size of what you get samples in at the grocery store, I guess about 3 ounces. We all stared at that and Jerry burst out laughing and could not stop, he thought it was a joke. The waitress was perfectly straight-faced however and Jerry finally wheezed 'Don't worry Joe you can have some of mine, I've got plenty." Joe was always a fun guy to be with. Bill Prather, Longmont

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[cobirds] Trumpeter Swan still @ Chatfield

Currently in the same pond as yesterday.

Good Birding,
Paul Hurtado

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[cobirds] Screech Owl, Creepers Ft Collins NOW

The Screech Owl is showing himself at Grandview Cemetery right now 11:45 am Thursday. Also saw two Brown Creepers, and the usual suspects.
Susan R.
Thornton

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[cobirds] Louviers(Douglas) CBC

All are welcome to join us this Saturday , December 31 , for the Louviers part of the Douglas County CBC .

We will start at 8:00 AM at the Louviers Post Office (80131) and explore the historic town and the Douglas County Parks Dupont Open Space.

We usually finish around 1:00 PM

Thanks

Tom Halverstadt

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[cobirds] Joe

Those of us who knew Joe Himmel will always remember him as the kindest of souls who was respectful of everything: us, habitats, landowners and most of all, the birds. He loved warblers. I believe he was the first among us to see a Common Ground-Dove and Fulvous Whistling-Duck on Colorado soil. Anybody who visits the ponds on Weld CR59 s of the old Monfort feedlot e of Greeley, or Norma's Grove nw of Crow Valley, in large measure has Joe to thank for helping put those places on our map. I saw my first Colorado Snowy Owl at Riverside Reservoir because he told me it was a good place to go. I cringe when I hear somebody start a COBIRDS post with "there are no records in eBird of.....", because there were a lot of birds and birders before eBird. Joe and the things he saw bear testimony. That makes eBird no less powerful a database but should remind us it is nevertheless very incomplete, the filters imperfect, and thru no fault of Tony or anybody else, they always will be. His passing reminds me anew the world didn't start with one institution, person or technology coming on the scene. He connects us to an earlier Colorado avifauna that was just as real as the myriad species counted on this year's CBCs. We need not wring our hands that Joe and his many observations might go wherever we go when we cease breathing. We just need to remember his humility and apply it to our thinking about our year-end number, our particular style of birding, the collective knowledge of us birders lucky enough to still be birding, and even our birding tools, however technologically savvy they might be. Joe didn't worry if he was going out the door with everything charged up and what the some alert or digest said was present according to the latest intel. He just went out the door, probably figured out where he wanted to go after he left the house, and thoroughly enjoyed whatever birds he came across. And in that mode, probably because of that mode, he saw a ton of birds.

Today we should all listen to a Chopin nocturne, drink a cup of tea, daydream of seeing a Blackburnian next spring at our patch, maybe even shed a tear - in Joe's honor.

Dave Leatherman

Fort Collins

[cobirds] Nest-building by Eurasian Collared Doves

Interesting thread. I hadn't seen many Eurasian Collated Doves (aka the B-52s) around my yard lately. Around Thanksgiving they started appearing. Usually a pair; sometimes 3 or 4. Yesterday I was out in the backyard and started hearing the whooo-whooo-whooo calls. Lo and behold, they were not only whooo-ing, but making whoopie in the junipers as well. I think there are the beginnings of a nest there too. Ah, Winter.
Mary Geder
Lakewood, Jefferson County

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[cobirds] December Rare Birds

HI

I Counted 56 Rare Birds posted on Cobirds for December. Would this be the month in which we can expect the most rare bird sighting for any month?

Bob Righter
Denver, CO

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[cobirds] Remembering Joe

Hi

Years ago Joe and I we're roommates on a birding trip to Grand Manan, NS.. Joe became infatuated with the smoky, aroma of the tea I was drinking, Lapsong Suchong (SP?). It was impossible not like Joe. He was one of the most congenial birders I've known. One would seek Joe out just to be with him. When I have cup of that tea now, it will be like sharing a cup with Joe.

Bob Righter
Denver, CO

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 29 December 2016

Compiler: Joyce Takamine

e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org

Date: December 29, 2016

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, December 29, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species)

NOTE: The RBA is using the new AOU checklist, & the order of families has changed.

BRANT (Adams, Arapahoe)

Trumpeter Swan (Adams, *Douglas/Jefferson, El Paso, Jefferson, Mesa)

Tundra Swan (*Boulder, El Paso, Larimer)

EURASIAN WIGEON (Fremont)

Surf Scoter (Arapahoe)

White-winged Scoter (*Arapahoe, Pueblo)

Black Scoter (Arapahoe)

Long-tailed Duck (Adams, *Arapahoe, Chaffee, Larimer)

Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, Arapahoe, Chaffee, Garfield, Summit)

Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld)

Red-necked Grebe (Boulder)

White-winged Dove (Prowers)

Greater Roadrunner (Baca)

Sandhill Crane (Fremont)

Dunlin (Denver CBC)

PURPLE SANDPIPER (*Summit)

Bonaparte's Gull (Bent, Douglas)

Mew Gull (*Arapahoe, *Denver)

Thayer's Gull (*Arapahoe, Douglas)

ICELAND GULL (Arapahoe)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, *Arapahoe, Boulder)

Glaucous Gull (*Arapahoe)

Great Black-backed Gull (*Arapahoe)

Red-throated Loon (Douglas, Mesa)

Pacific Loon (Arapahoe, Bent)

Turkey Vulture (Costilla)

Lewis's Woodpecker (*El Paso)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (El Paso, Larimer, Prowers)

Red-naped Sapsucker (Boulder)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Baca)

Eastern Phoebe (Arapahoe)

Chihuahuan Raven (Baca)

Winter Wren (Adams, Baca)

Curve-billed Thrasher (Baca)

Varied Thrush (Logan)

Gray Catbird (Boulder, Larimer)

Northern Mockingbird (Boulder, Denver)

Bohemian Waxwing (*Boulder, Routt)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (*Boulder, Delta, Denver CBC, Pitkin, Routt, San Miguel)

Black Rosy-Finch (*Boulder, Denver, CBC, Pitkin, San Miguel)

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (*Boulder, Delta,Denver, CBC, Pitkin, San Miguel)

Common Redpoll (Grand)

Lapland Longspur (Douglas, Routt)

Ovenbird (Bent)

Pine Warbler (Prowers)

Green-tailed Towhee (Mesa)

Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca)

Canyon Towhee (Baca)

Grasshopper Sparrow (Denver CBC)

Lincoln's Sparrow (Larimer, Otero)

Golden-crowned Sparrow (Otero)

Northern Cardinal (Baca, Bent)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Denver)

Rusty Blackbird (Weld)

Great-tailed Grackles (Bent)

Brown-headed Cowbird (El Paso

*****For directions to unfamiliar locations (e.g. "Lower Latham"), please refer to CFO's Colorado County Birding site: www.coloradocountybirding.org

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On December 18, Steve Mlodinow reported Winter Wren on South Platte River around 74th Ave area.

---On December 24 at Rocky Mt Arsenal NWR, Lower Derby Lake, William and Peter Van Dyke reported 2 Long-tailed Ducks.

---On December 26, Susan Rosine reported Trumpeter Swan at Rocky Mt Arsenal NWR.

---On December 26 on South Platte River at 88th Ave, Cyndy Johnson and Kiki Widjaja reported 3 Barrow's Goldeneyes (2m, 1f) near the green tank.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On December 18 Ben Sampson reported Eastern Phoebe on South Platte River Northern Wildlife Area from W Bowles Ave. Take the Lee Gulch Trail.

---On December 23, Meg Reck reported BRANT at Aurora Reservoir.

BACA COUNTY:

---On December 26 at Two Buttes Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Chihuahuan Raven.

---On December 26 at Two Buttes SWA below the dam, Steve Mlodinow reported 10 Winter Wren.

BENT COUNTY:

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On December 18 at Doudy Draw, Aidan Coohill reported Northern Mockingbird.

---On December 27 at Bohn Park in Boulder, Peter Burke reported Red-naped Sapsucker.

---On December 28 at Fawn Brook Inn in Allenspark, Chris Wood reported all 3 species of Rosy-Finches and 22 Bohemian Waxwings.

CHAFFEE COUNTY:

COSTILLA COUNTY:

---On December 25, Carlos Lina reported Turkey Vulture on CO 159 north of the New Mexico border.

DELTA COUNTY:

---On December 15, Dennis Garrison reported Rosy-Finches on the bank of the Gunnison River about 1/2 mile above confluence with North Fork at Gunnison River Pleasure Park.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On December 21, David Hill reported 3 Yellow-headed Blackbirds on the DIA loop. On December 23, Jason Bidgood reported Yellow-headed Blackbird on DIA loop.

---On December 27 at Bible and Hutchinson Parks, Jen Ottinger reported a Northern Mockingbird.

DENVER CBC:

---On December 17, Joey Kellner reported the following on the Denver CBC: Dunlin (near McClelland Reservoir), all 3 species of Rosy-Finches, Grasshopper Sparrow at Chatfield.

---On December 28 at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Matt Gray reported Mew Gull.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

---On December 24, Tim Ryan reported Bonaparte's Gull at Parker Regional Park.

DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES:

---On December 27, Jeff Beavers reported a Trumpeter Swan at Chatfield SP. On December 28, Thomas Holub, Chris Gilbert, and Dean and Carmencity Shoup reported Trumpeter Swan upstream from Kingfisher Bridge.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On December 27 at Ute Valley Park, Alan Versaw reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

---On December 27 at Fort Carson in Cottonwoods S of Haymes Reservoir, Kyle Hawley reported 2 Lewis's Woodpeckers.

FREMONT COUNTY:

---On December 18, a m EURASIAN WIGEON was reported by Brandon Percival and Brad Steeger on Sell Pond on Sell Ave in Canon City.

GARFIELD COUNTY:

---On December 27, Dick Filby reported 2 m Barrow's Goldeneyes on the Colorado River off Devereux Rd near Whitewater Rafting Buildings in Glenwood Springs.

GRAND COUNTY:

---On December 17, Brandon Percival reported that 26 Common Redpolls were seen on the Granby CBC.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On December 25, Paul Welscinger, Tom Behnfield, Art Hudak, and Frank Farrell reported Trumpeter Swan at Crown Hill Regional Park.

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On December 17, Austin Hess reported Gray Catbird at Prospect Ponds NA. On December 18, Lori Zabel reported Gray Catbird at Prospect Ponds NA.

---On December 23 at Rawhide Engergy Station/Hamilton Reservoir 5 Tundra Swans, Long-tailed Duck, and Lincoln's Sparrow were reported by Sue Riffe, Bill Kaempfer, Austin Hess, and Nick Komar.

LOGAN COUNTY:

---On December 27 a Varied Thrush was reported by Chris Gilbert east of Sterling on RR tracks and 370.

MESA COUNTY:

---On December 25, Meredith Walker spotted a Green-tailed Towhee on the Big Salt Wash trail in far W end of Fruita.

OTERO COUNTY:

---On December 16, at Rocky Ford SWA, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Golden-crowned Sparrow and Lincoln's Sparrow.

PITKIN COUNTY:

---On December 26 at Snowmass Ski at the feeders at top of Sam's Knob, Dick Filby reported all three species of Rosy-Finches.

PROWERS COUNTY:

If you would like to try for the Pine Warbler, please contact Janeal at 719-336-9658(home) or 719-688-7912 (cell) to make

arrangements.

---On December 9, Janeal Thompson reported a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in her neighborhood in Lamar.

ROUTT COUNTY:

---On December 17, Tom Litteral reported the following on the Steamboat CBC: 398 Bohemian Waxwings, Gray-capped Rosy-Finch, and Lapland Longspur.

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY:

---On December 6, Eric Hynes reported all three species of Rosy-Finches coming to his feeders in Telluride. If you would

SUMMIT COUNTY:

---On December 27, Dale Pate reported 21 Barrow's Goldeneyes at Silverthorne WTP.

WELD COUNTY:

---On December 27 at Pawnee National Grasslands, Adams & Bunker Reservoir # 1, Chris Wood reported singing m Rusty Blackbird.

---On December 27 at CR 136 between CR 99 and CR 105, Chris Wood reported 12 Sharp-tailed Grouse.

Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips:

Help with Christmas Bird Counts.

Good birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder

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