[cobirds] Re: American Three-toed Woodpeckers, Clear Creek County

Thanks for the tip! Barb and I enjoyed seeing the Three-toeds today, male and female. Not a burn area, but some beetle-killed trees.

T&B Wilberding

Littleton, CO

On Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 7:09:57 AM UTC-6, Bob Andrews wrote:

Hello all,

On July 24, Michael Kiessig and I saw seven American Three-toed Woodpeckers on the north side of Guanella Pass, Clear Creek County. Several were along the dirt road leading to the Silver Dollar Lake trailhead from the parking lots at the paved Guanella Pass road, and others were along the lower portions of the Silver Dollar Lake Trail. None of the birds were seen in the morning when we were hiking up; all were seen in the afternoon as we were hiking back down. Four of the birds involved were two separate adult males feeding single young birds following the males and being fed by them. A third bird was seen near one of the male-fledgling pairs and may have been the female parent. Two other single birds were also seen. A female Hairy Woodpecker was seen in the same area, so woodpeckers need to be checked carefully. The area was birdy, with many fledgling Yellow-rumped Warblers, Wilson's Warblers, Lincoln's Sparrows, and White-crowned Sparrows. Several Pine Grosbeaks were also seen and heard.

Bob Andrews

Yekepa, Liberia (currently staying in Highlands Ranch)

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[cobirds] Least Bittern in Bent County

Birders,

I flushed a Least Bittern along Bent County Road JJ just east of Van's
Grove this morning. It flew off to the south. Gageby Creek is slowly
flowing into John Martin Reservoir here, and it should prove to be
spectacular for migrating and staging waterbirds and shorebirds in the
coming weeks. My best birds today were a couple of Pectoral Sandpipers.
A scope will be necessary for shorebirds, which should mostly be south
of Road JJ.

For those who have missed them, there are a couple of pairs of Least
Terns on "Gravel Island" on the north shore of John Martin Reservoir.
Gravel Island is west of the cattle guard marking the boundary between
the State Park and the State Wildlife Area, and immediately west of
"Plover Island, marked by a line of large boulders theoretically
preventing sportsmen from attempting to drive across a channel built to
protect nesting shorebirds.

Sincerely,

Duane Nelson

Las Animas, Bent County CO

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[cobirds] Hummingbirds - Golden - Jeffco

Birders,

Just to let you know that we have the 4 usual species of hummer at our feeders and in the garden in front of our house.  Birders are welcome to come by and look.

314 DeFrance Ct

Golden, CO

If you need directions, email me and I'll send them.

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Golden, CO

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[cobirds] Yellow-throated Warbler Pueblo 7/31

Since I was over by Parkview Hospital in Pueblo (Pueblo County) this morning, I decided to quickly go look for the Yellow-throated Warbler that has been around, since April.  I saw one and heard it chipping as well.  It was on the West side of Court Street at 16th street in the only tree there.

Brandon K. Percival

Pueblo West, CO

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert; Tuesday, June 31.

Date:        July 31, 2018 

Compiler:  Allison Hilf

e-mail:      RBA AT cobirds.org  

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, July 31 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Note that the RBA is using the new AOU checklist.

Rare and out of range species include: (* indicates new information on this species)

MOTTLED DUCK (Kiowa)

Surf Scoter (Alamosa)

COMMON GALLINULE (Larimer)

NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Kiowa)

Glossy Ibis (Larimer)

BAIRD'S SPARROW (Larimer)

Summer Tanager (Douglas, Jefferson)

Northern Cardinal (Boulder)

ALAMOSA COUNTY:

---On July 17 at San Luis Lake, Lisa Rawinski reported Surf Scoter. It was seen again on July 23.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On July 22 Richard Trinkner reported a Northern Cardinal on the 1500 block of Hawthorn Ave in Boulder. 

DOUGLAS COUNTY/JEFFERSON COUNTY (Chatfield SP)

—On July 28 Joey Kellner reported a Summer Tanager at Chatfield SP —Plum Creek Picnic Area, in the cottonwoods by the picnic tables between the parking lot and the reservoir).

---On July 24 Candice Johnson reported a Summer Tanager at Chatfield SP--Audubon Center & Trails--on trail north of Audubon center, near the large lake.

KIOWA COUNTY:

—On July 29 Steve Mlodinow reported 2 NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Ad and imm) at w end of Kiowa C where hits Neegronda. Look from upper boat ramp to right in willows.

---On July 22 Steve Mlodinow and Tony Leukering reported a female MOTTLED DUCK at Neegronda Reservoir, just   southwest of the upper boat launch, accessed on Kiowa Co Rd C. This is only the second state record. 

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On July 1 at Running Deer & Cottonwood Hollow NA, Robert  Beauchamp reported COMMON GALLINULE. Since then glimpses of this rarity have been had almost daily through July 15; and seen again on July 19. A ladder will enable views that might last for only 3 seconds to extend up to 6 seconds or even longer. Best results have been in early AM. Last sighting July 19; site was checked on July 31, with no Common Gallinule seen.

Updates would be appreciated.

---On July 17 through 24 at Soapstone Prairie NA Andy Bankert reported 5 BAIRD'S SPARROWS. Andy observed nestlings, representing the first documented breeding record of this species in Colorado! This exciting news was released by Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. On July 24 in Meadow Pasture at Soapstone, Andy found 3 singing males and an adult feeding 3 young.

---A small flock of Plegadis ibis have been present at Timnath Reservoir July 24-26. Both Glossy and Glossy/White-faced hybrid have been reported by various observers and photo-documentation is needed. View from County Line Rd.

DFO Field Trips - See DFO website for more information:

Mt. Falcon Park (Jefferson County)

Wednesday, Aug 1

6:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Diane Roberts (Samatha576 AT aol.com  720 278-9025)

Ken Caryl Valley Area (Jefferson County)

Saturday, Aug 4

6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com  831 713-8659)

Green Mountain Falls-town and lower elevation trails (El Paso County)

Aug 5

5:15 AM - 1:00 PM

Chris Gilbert (chrisgee9 AT gmail.com   804 214-1508)

First Creek at RM Arsenal 

Sunday, August 5

6:15-1:00 PM

Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk@gmail.com or 303.855.6955)

Ken Caryl Valley Area

This trip is full; waiting list available

Monday, August 6

6:00AM—10:00AM

David Suddjian  dsuddjian@gmail.com or 831.713.8659)

Southeastern Colorado 

Tuesday, August 7

5:00AM-7:00AM

David Suddjian dsuddjian@gmail.com or 831.713.8659)

Good Birding,

Allison Hilf, Aurora

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[cobirds] Grey Rock Trail, Larimer County 7/30

Bird activity was very quiet at Grey Rock this afternoon. There was a flyover Prairie Falcon flyover though. See list below
Evan B.

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Subject: eBird Report - Grey Rock Trail, Jul 30, 2018

Grey Rock Trail, Larimer, Colorado, US
Jul 30, 2018 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
Comments: Temp 70F. Calm wind. Mostly sunny. Quiet activity. Goldenrods blooming.
14 species (+1 other taxa)

Turkey Vulture 3
Cooper's Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 3
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 2
American Kestrel 1
Prairie Falcon 1
Western Wood-Pewee 1
Steller's Jay (Interior) 3
Canyon Wren 1
House Wren 4
American Robin 4
Spotted Towhee 6
Lazuli Bunting 6
passerine sp. 3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47556953

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

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[cobirds] Running Deer and Cottonwood Hollow Natural Areas, Fort Collins (Larimer) on 7/30/18

For what it's worth, I did NOT see the Common Gallinule today at Running Deer Natural Area.  The area of open water amid the cattails that it frequented a few weeks ago is still visible.  I watched from about noon until 2pm.  It could very well still be present, as it was never easy to see.

Other birds were:

Lark Bunting (11), quite a surprise flying about in the area of rabbitbrush e of where we all stood for the gallinule sightings.

Snowy Egret (39), mostly spending time in Artist's Point Pond within Cottonwood Hollow NA w of where the gallinule has been but a few small flocks worked their way east into Running Deer NA, including the gallinule wet spot.

Great Egret (1)

No Green Herons today but they are probably around.

Barn Owl (at least 4 young in the area where they have been reported)

Dave Leatherman

Fort Collins

[cobirds] Blanca Wetlands Shorebirds Numbers Down

Lisa and I birded the Blanca Wetlands complex today and gave the area a good look. When all was said and done, Lisa, who has done shorebird surveys there for many years, noted that shorebird numbers are way down for this time of year. Usually this count and the next have the highest total shorebird numbers each year. But not this year and we can only speculate the cause...drought? Smoke and fires? Conditions in the north breeding grounds? 

We still tallied some nice birds for the day including Baird's, Western, Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers,  Greater Yellowlegs, Am. Bittern, Peregrine Falcon, and Snowy Plovers (All Alamosa County). We would add that the Snowy Plovers are still raising young so please minimize disturbance to them by viewing them from afar.

John Rawinski

Monte Vista, CO

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[cobirds] Re: New Reymer Birding [Weld]

Forgot to add, an immature Black-crowned Night Heron at Crom Lake--a first for me here.

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn

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On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 3:37:30 PM UTC-6, The "Nunn Guy" wrote:

Hi all

I did a route on Saturday bounded by Hwy 71 x Hwy 14 x Weld CR 127 x Weld CR 132.  Total of 21 species, nice drive and weather for most part--though there is a lot of O & G operations on southern half of Weld CR 127.

Highlights:

• Close encounter of Badger-very cooperating
• Nice shot of Coyote
• Burrowing Owl -2 [Weld CR 141/104-area]
• Northern Mockingbird - 3 (these are occurring more frequently now, I've seen at least ~13 individuals this year)
• Say's Phoebe
• Common Night hawk - 3
• Bullock's Oriole (f) feeding a Brown-headed Cowbird larger than herself--almost got a photo
• Lots of sparrows (Grasshopper, Lark, Cassin's)
  
• Ferruginous Hawk
  

First 24 photos: http://coloradobirder.club/m/photos/home/

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn

http://coloradobirder.club/

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[cobirds] New Reymer Birding [Weld]

Hi all

I did a route on Saturday bounded by Hwy 71 x Hwy 14 x Weld CR 127 x Weld CR 132.  Total of 21 species, nice drive and weather for most part--though there is a lot of O & G operations on southern half of Weld CR 127.

Highlights:

• Close encounter of Badger-very cooperating
• Nice shot of Coyote
• Burrowing Owl -2 [Weld CR 141/104-area]
• Northern Mockingbird - 3 (these are occurring more frequently now, I've seen at least ~13 individuals this year)
• Say's Phoebe
• Common Night hawk - 3
• Bullock's Oriole (f) feeding a Brown-headed Cowbird larger than herself--almost got a photo
• Lots of sparrows (Grasshopper, Lark, Cassin's)
  
• Ferruginous Hawk
  

First 24 photos: http://coloradobirder.club/m/photos/home/

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn

http://coloradobirder.club/

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[cobirds] Re: Field trip to see Black-chinned Hummer nest at Grandview Cemetery

Thanks for organizing!
See you Wednesday!

-Natalie

On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 8:22:12 AM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote:

The other day I posted about the discovery of a Black-chinned Hummingbird nest at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins.  I said if there was interest in seeing this nest we could schedule a little field trip to view the proceedings.  There was interest and I am scheduling two visits to hopefully accommodate those wanting to participate.

Wednesday (day after tomorrow), August 1 at 5pm.  Meet at the entrance to the cemetery at the west end of Mountain Avenue, park near the stone building that used to serve as the cemetery office.

Sunday, August 5 at 8am.  Same meeting arrangement as above.

It is about a 150 yard walk (one and a half football fields) from the entrance to the nest.  If walking is an issue for anyone, I could provide directions to a parking spot very near the nest.  Hopefully nothing happens to the nest between now and these dates.  I observed the nest for about 4 hours yesterday between 9a and 1p and witnessed a whopping 3 brief nest visits.  Activity should pick up this week as the young get bigger and more needy. 

If you have a scope, bring it.

Dave Leatherman

Fort Collins

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[cobirds] Field trip to see Black-chinned Hummer nest at Grandview Cemetery

The other day I posted about the discovery of a Black-chinned Hummingbird nest at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins.  I said if there was interest in seeing this nest we could schedule a little field trip to view the proceedings.  There was interest and I am scheduling two visits to hopefully accommodate those wanting to participate.

Wednesday (day after tomorrow), August 1 at 5pm.  Meet at the entrance to the cemetery at the west end of Mountain Avenue, park near the stone building that used to serve as the cemetery office.

Sunday, August 5 at 8am.  Same meeting arrangement as above.

It is about a 150 yard walk (one and a half football fields) from the entrance to the nest.  If walking is an issue for anyone, I could provide directions to a parking spot very near the nest.  Hopefully nothing happens to the nest between now and these dates.  I observed the nest for about 4 hours yesterday between 9a and 1p and witnessed a whopping 3 brief nest visits.  Activity should pick up this week as the young get bigger and more needy. 

If you have a scope, bring it.

Dave Leatherman

Fort Collins

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, July 30

Date:        July 30, 2018 

Compiler:  Allison Hilf

e-mail:      RBA AT cobirds.org  

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, July 30 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Note that the RBA is using the new AOU checklist.

Rare and out of range species include: (* indicates new information on this species)

MOTTLED DUCK (Kiowa)

Surf Scoter (Alamosa)

COMMON GALLINULE (Larimer)

NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (*Kiowa)

Glossy Ibis (Larimer)

BAIRD'S SPARROW (Larimer)

Summer Tanager (Douglas, Jefferson)

Northern Cardinal (Boulder)

ALAMOSA COUNTY:

---On July 17 at San Luis Lake, Lisa Rawinski reported Surf Scoter. It was seen again on July 23.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On July 22 Richard Trinkner reported a Northern Cardinal on the 1500 block of Hawthorn Ave in Boulder. 

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

—On July 28 Joey Kellner reported a Summer Tanager at Chatfield SP —Plum Creek Picnic Area, in the cottonwoods by the picnic tables between the parking lot and the reservoir).   

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On July 24 Candice Johnson reported a Summer Tanager at Chatfield SP--Audubon Center & Trails--on trail north of Audubon center, near the large lake.

KIOWA COUNTY:

—On July 29 Steve Mlodinow reported 2 NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Ad and imm) at w end of Kiowa C where hits Neegronda. Look from upper boat ramp to right in willows.

---On July 22 Steve Mlodinow and Tony Leukering reported a female MOTTLED DUCK at Neegronda Reservoir, just   southwest of the upper boat launch, accessed on Kiowa Co Rd C. This is only the second state record. 

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On July 1 at Running Deer & Cottonwood Hollow NA, Robert  Beauchamp reported COMMON GALLINULE. Since then glimpses of this rarity have been had almost daily through July 15; and seen again on July 19. A ladder will enable views that might last for only 3 seconds to extend up to 6 seconds or even longer. Best results have been in early AM. 

Updates would be appreciated.

---On July 17 through 24 at Soapstone Prairie NA Andy Bankert reported 5 BAIRD'S SPARROWS. Andy observed nestlings, representing the first documented breeding record of this species in Colorado! This exciting news was released by Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. On July 24 in Meadow Pasture at Soapstone, Andy found 3 singing males and an adult feeding 3 young.

---A small flock of Plegadis ibis have been present at Timnath Reservoir July 24-26. Both Glossy and Glossy/White-faced hybrid have been reported by various observers and photo-documentation is needed. View from County Line Rd.

DFO Field Trips - See DFO website for more information:

Mt. Falcon Park (Jefferson County)

Wednesday, Aug 1

6:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Diane Roberts (Samatha576 AT aol.com  720 278-9025)

Ken Caryl Valley Area (Jefferson County)

Saturday, Aug 4

6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com  831 713-8659)

Green Mountain Falls-town and lower elevation trails (El Paso County)

Aug 5

5:15 AM - 1:00 PM

Chris Gilbert (chrisgee9 AT gmail.com   804 214-1508)

First Creek at RM Arsenal 

Sunday, August 5

6:15-1:00 PM

Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk@gmail.com or 303.855.6955)

Ken Caryl Valley Area

This trip is full; waiting list available

Monday, August 6

6:00AM—10:00AM

David Suddjian  dsuddjian@gmail.com or 831.713.8659)

Southeastern Colorado 

Tuesday, August 7

5:00AM-7:00AM

David Suddjian dsuddjian@gmail.com or 831.713.8659)

Good Birding,

Allison Hilf, Aurora

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Re: [cobirds] El Paso county Kingbird identification ???

Is the bill long enough For a tropical kingbird?
Deb Carstensen, Littleton

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On Jul 29, 2018, at 5:39 PM, kickback <bill_kosar@msn.com> wrote:

I saw this Kingbird  next to the El Paso county maintenance yard in Peyton and at first I thought it was just a Western kingbird (yawn) but that it looked a little different. Close examination of the picture makes me wonder if  it could be a tropical kingbird due to the  absence of grey on its chest near the neck and what seems like a lot of yellow in the feathers.

http://www.avoapples.com/birds/1Z7A4947_cr.jpg

What do you all think??

Thanks

Bill Kosar

El Paso county

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[cobirds] Re: El Paso county Kingbird identification ???

After I posted this I noticed the thin white line on tail feathers which I think would make this a Western. Several sharp eyed folks have commented on this as well.

Thanks

bill

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I saw this Kingbird  next to the El Paso county maintenance yard in Peyton and at first I thought it was just a Western kingbird (yawn) but that it looked a little different. Close examination of the picture makes me wonder if  it could be a tropical kingbird due to the  absence of grey on its chest near the neck and what seems like a lot of yellow in the feathers.

http://www.avoapples.com/birds/1Z7A4947_cr.jpg

What do you all think??

Thanks

Bill Kosar

El Paso county

bill_kosar@msn.com

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[cobirds] El Paso county Kingbird identification ???

I saw this Kingbird  next to the El Paso county maintenance yard in Peyton and at first I thought it was just a Western kingbird (yawn) but that it looked a little different. Close examination of the picture makes me wonder if  it could be a tropical kingbird due to the  absence of grey on its chest near the neck and what seems like a lot of yellow in the feathers.

http://www.avoapples.com/birds/1Z7A4947_cr.jpg

What do you all think??

Thanks

Bill Kosar

El Paso county

bill_kosar@msn.com

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[cobirds] Common Poorwill - two more images

Two more interesting shots of the Common Poorwills.

David Suddjian

Ken Caryl Valley

7-27-2018 (Ph. Karen Drozda). Here the brooding adult (facing slightly away) has its wings slightly opened, as it shelters the chicks under them

7-28-2018. The chick on the right had just made a threat display - lunging and gaping, and flicking out its wings.

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[cobirds] How do baby Common Poorwills stay dry when it rains?

Their mom or dad shelters them with their wings! 

This is what we observed at the Common Poorwill nest in Ken Caryl Valley when we revisited it on July 27, for the first visit since July 20 when there had been two very new chicks in the nest. We arrived just before sunset on July 27 -- and about 30 minutes after some early evening rains -- and found one of the adults sheltering the two chicks under its wings, with just their black bills and the very fronts of the heads and breasts projecting out. The brooding adult was wet, and the exposed parts of the chicks were wet, too. The adult did not flush from the chicks, which on this day were 8-9 days old. [Photo below]. It is tempting to say that is Mom with her young, but both male and female take part in the brooding of the chicks, so maybe it was Dad. [Note: the normal two eggs in the clutch are laid one day apart. Incubation begins when the first egg is laid, and that egg usually hatches one day ahead of the other. Thus, it is likely one chick is one day older than the other.]

7/27/2018 (ph. Karen Drozda). The brooding adult is the dark form facing right at center (note wet feathers on crown), and the head and breast of the chick under its left wing is the pale fuzzy form showing on the right side of the blade of grass that is directly in front of the front of the adult.

The July 27 location of the chicks was different than on July 20, but was again a patch of open bare ground, a little bit farther from the nest scrape than the July 20 position of the chicks. 

I returned on the evening of July 28 (no rain) hoping to better document the appearance of the chicks. They had again moved position, this time about 2 feet from the prior day, again to an open spot, this one covered by old fallen oak leaves. The adult was again brooding or sheltering the chicks, but now flushed readily from the chicks when I was about 10 feet away, flying about 15 feet from the chicks and landing just out of view.. The young, now 9-10 days old, were in plain view, sitting huddled against each other, eyes partly opened. While I was quickly taking a few images, one of the two chicks, perhaps the older one, made a sudden defensive threat display toward me with a rapid snake-like jab of the head while opening wide its vast gape, and flashing open its wings. It was quite startling! The two chicks appeared vigorous and lively, and I departed. At 9-10 days old, the chicks are mostly covered with the gray/tan/white mottled patterning of the adults (but paler) and they are very camouflaged. [Photo below]

7-28-2018. The two chicks at 9-10 days old. I think the one on the right is the older of the two.

David Suddjian

Ken Caryl Valley

Littleton, CO

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[cobirds] Barn Owls Riverbend Ponds/Poudre Trail Fort Collins

Good morning!

Does anyone have any pointers for locating the Barn Owl family that's roughly around the Riverbend Ponds area?

Thanks!
Natalie

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, July 29

Date:        July 29, 2018 

Compiler:  Allison Hilf

e-mail:      RBA AT cobirds.org  

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, July 29 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Note that the RBA is using the new AOU checklist.

Rare and out of range species include: (* indicates new information on this species)

MOTTLED DUCK (Kiowa)

Surf Scoter (Alamosa)

COMMON GALLINULE (Larimer)

NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (*Kiowa)

Glossy Ibis (Larimer)

BAIRD'S SPARROW (Larimer)

Summer Tanager (*Douglas, Jefferson)

Northern Cardinal (Boulder)

ALAMOSA COUNTY:

---On July 17 at San Luis Lake, Lisa Rawinski reported Surf Scoter. It was seen again on July 23.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On July 22 Richard Trinkner reported a Northern Cardinal on the 1500 block of Hawthorn Ave in Boulder. 

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

—On July 28 Joey Kellner reported a Summer Tanager at Chatfield SP —Plum Creek Picnic Area, in the cottonwoods by the picnic tables between the parking lot and the reservoir).   

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On July 24 Candice Johnson reported a Summer Tanager at Chatfield SP--Audubon Center & Trails--on trail north of Audubon center, near the large lake.

KIOWA COUNTY:

—On July 29 Steve Mlodinow reported 2 NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Ad and imm) at w end of Kiowa C where hits Neegronda. Look from upper boat ramp to right in willows.

---On July 22 Steve Mlodinow and Tony Leukering reported a female MOTTLED DUCK at Neegronda Reservoir, just   southwest of the upper boat launch, accessed on Kiowa Co Rd C. This is only the second state record. 

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On July 1 at Running Deer & Cottonwood Hollow NA, Robert  Beauchamp reported COMMON GALLINULE. Since then glimpses of this rarity have been had almost daily through July 15; and seen again on July 19. A ladder will enable views that might last for only 3 seconds to extend up to 6 seconds or even longer. Best results have been in early AM. 

Updates would be appreciated.

---On July 17 through 24 at Soapstone Prairie NA Andy Bankert reported 5 BAIRD'S SPARROWS. Andy observed nestlings, representing the first documented breeding record of this species in Colorado! This exciting news was released by Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. On July 24 in Meadow Pasture at Soapstone, Andy found 3 singing males and an adult feeding 3 young.

---A small flock of Plegadis ibis have been present at Timnath Reservoir July 24-26. Both Glossy and Glossy/White-faced hybrid have been reported by various observers and photo-documentation is needed. View from County Line Rd.

DFO Field Trips - See DFO website for more information:

Denver City Park (Denver County)

Sunday, July 29

6:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com  303 837-0864)

Mt. Evans area (Jefferson & Clear Creek Counties)

Sunday, Jul 29

7:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Gregg Goodrich (gregggoodrich AT gmail.com   303 655-9135)

Mt. Falcon Park (Jefferson County)

Wednesday, Aug 1

6:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Diane Roberts (Samatha576 AT aol.com  720 278-9025)

Ken Caryl Valley Area (Jefferson County)

Saturday, Aug 4

6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com  831 713-8659)

Green Mountain Falls-town and lower elevation trails (El Paso County)

Aug 5

5:15 AM - 1:00 PM

Chris Gilbert (chrisgee9 AT gmail.com   804 214-1508)

Good Birding,

Allison Hilf, Aurora

Ahilf@me.com    303.888.5110