[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Lake Banding Report, 9/30/21

Weather was a major factor today.  We arrived at Barr expecting not to open because it was still raining/drizzling throughout Denver and the southern suburbs, but the rain had stopped early in Brighton and things were relatively dry.  It was overcast and cool and very quiet throughout the morning except for about 30 minutes of sun mid-morning, when the resident species came out, netting us several previously banded birds, including a Downy Woodpecker that was banded in 2018.  Otherwise banded just 9 birds, with lots of one-of-a-kinds:

Downy Woodpecker 1, banded 2018

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1

Swainson's Thrush 1

Hermit Thrush 1

Gray Catbird 1

Orange-crowned Warbler 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 1

White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 2

Dark-eyed Junco, Slate-colored 1

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[cobirds] Sanderling, Sabine's Gulls - Boulder Res., Boulder Co., Thurs., Sept. 30

Hey, all.

I squeezed in a quick visit earlier today, Thurs., Sept. 30, to Boulder Reservoir, Boulder County.

There were very few birds on the shore at the north access off 55th Street, but one of them was a sanderling. Perhaps an escapee from Joey Kellner's big flock at Chatfield.

Also two Sabine's gulls--a juvenile for sure, and I believe an adult--whipping around the south shore. (But ID'able even from the north shore. Those wings...)

Lots of gullery and grebery out in the middle, but hard to make things out as there was considerable distortion on and just above the water's surface. Didn't see anything obviously tern-y or jaeger-y, but who knows. Had a quite distant Calidris, too--not a Sanderling.

American pipits and an Audubon warbler were going over, so there was a bit of VisMig today.

Nice morning to be out--cool, with a low cloud deck.

Here's the Sanderling, in all its low-light glory:

Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder County

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[cobirds] Migrants (some) at Chatfield, Douglas County

On the sandspit (by the marina) this morning the were 15 Sanderlings and a Greater Yellowlegs. Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was also on the spit.

Several young gulls, which appear dark (LBBG, RBGU, CAGU and HERG) are also on the lake.

From the Lakeview parking lot 4 imm Sabine's Gulls remain out on the lake.

Joey Kellner
Littleton, Colorado

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Lake Banding Report, 9/29/21

The day started slow, and then the wind kicked up; some nets closed by mid-morning, the entire station closed up an hour early.  Only 6 birds banded:

Orange-crowned Warbler 2

Wilson's Warbler 3

Lincoln's Sparrow 1 

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[cobirds] Crow Valley Campground today (9/29)

It was very windy today at Crow Valley.  As has been the case this fall almost everywhere, bird numbers seemed low.  I found one little pocket of migrants along the dry creekbed sw of the Picnic Pavilion and a few more in the far southwest corner.  Fair number of campers.  Host told me he will be there until November 15, which is when they will close the gate up by CR77.

Best birds today were two bright Townsend's Warblers, a half dozen or so White-throated Sparrows, several Wilson's Warblers, a few Orange-crowned Warblers, a few Yellow-rumped Warblers, a Hermit Thrush, one or two Ruby-crowned Kinglets and a few Gambel's White-crowned Sparrows.  I had 13 species.  I seem to recall visits about this date in the past with 40-50 species.

I did not go to the outback of "Mourning Dove Trail" n of the group area in the northwest corner, nor did I visit Briggsdale.  The wind was pretty prohibitive.

My guess as to the age of the Townsend's Warbler(s) was either 1st fall male or adult female fall.  

      

Dave Leatherman

Fort Collins

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Chico Basin Ranch Daily Update 9/29/21

Today we actually had to close early due to the wind. We had over 90 2nd and 3rd graders come to the station today, and the wind put a real damper on everything, though it was great to educate about bird banding. We did manage to capture and band a NEW Veery, which may stick around for a few days. Like I said previously, Saturday is my last day, so if you'd like to come out to the banding station to visit, please do. 

Chico Basin Ranch Daily Captures 9/29: 

Wilson's Warbler 7 

Dusky Flycatcher 1

MacGillivray's Warbler 1

Hermit Thrush 3

Veery 1 

Dark-eyed Junco 2

We are open 6 days a week at Chico Basin Ranch (closed Sunday), usually returning from the first net run around 7am and staying open until about 11:30am, weather permitting. Thank you for your continued support! 

Nancy Ransom

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[cobirds] Migration Weather Update (9/29)

COBirders,

Not much to report from this cold frontal passage.  It is a shallow blast from close-by and the convergence pattern is not good for birds to stop over in CO.  Yes, we will see new birds today compared to yesterday that will undoubtedly be migrants.  No, there is not a single birding location in CO that looks like it is going to be the greatest benefactor of the winds.

https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=-105.12,40.19,2061/loc=-105.120,40.191 (9am 9/29; green circle is Longmont, CO)

Keep your eyes peeled as there will be different birds today and you might be lucky enough to find the one or two in your area that are rarities.  

Bryan

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UCAR/The COMET Program

Boulder, CO

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[cobirds] Re: Great Horned Owl on chimney Highlands Ranch Douglas County

Update:  The owl has left!  We are relieved.  : )

Lesley Brown

Highlands Ranch

Douglas County

On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 10:32:36 PM UTC-6 Lesley Brown wrote:

Hi, we've had a great horned owl on top of our chimney for about 3 hours.  We could hear it making kind of clunking noises and thought it must have prey that it was eating. But we just went out with a flashlight to check on it, 2-story house so it's hard to see much.  It's standing on top of the metal chimney cap.  We attempted to get it to fly, just to make sure it wasn't stuck somehow, but it didn't fly away.  My husband thinks the cap has screening on it, so we're worried that it might have caught a talon in the screen.  Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Lesley Brown

Highlands Ranch

Douglas County

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[cobirds] Great Horned Owl on chimney Highlands Ranch Douglas County

Hi, we've had a great horned owl on top of our chimney for about 3 hours.  We could hear it making kind of clunking noises and thought it must have prey that it was eating. But we just went out with a flashlight to check on it, 2-story house so it's hard to see much.  It's standing on top of the metal chimney cap.  We attempted to get it to fly, just to make sure it wasn't stuck somehow, but it didn't fly away.  My husband thinks the cap has screening on it, so we're worried that it might have caught a talon in the screen.  Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Lesley Brown

Highlands Ranch

Douglas County

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Daily Update 9/28/21

Today our capture rate slowed down significantly and I hope it will increase tomorrow as we are expecting the temperatures to dip tomorrow night. We have a school group of 50 showing up tomorrow, so I expect we'll be pretty busy (if not with the birds, definitely the kids) 

Chico captures for 9/28: 

Wilson's Warbler 5

Hermit Thrush 3

Lazuli Bunting 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1

Brown Thrasher 1

We are open 6 days a week at Chico Basin Ranch (closed Sunday), usually returning from the first net run around 7am and staying open until about 11:30am, weather permitting. Thank you for your continued support!  I'll only be here until this Saturday, so if you're interested in coming to visit, make sure to do so before I leave on Sunday! It's been a pleasure working with you all and hope to see you all again soon :) 

Nancy Ransom

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Lake Banding Report, 9/28/21

Twice as many birds banded as Sunday, for a total of 10, as the slow season continues.  We did have a rare bird today - a lovely adult male Black-throated Blue Warbler - only the third caught in the past 15 years.  Here's the breakdown:

House Wren 3

Hermit Thrush 1

Gray Catbird 1

Orange-crowned Warbler 1

Black-throated Blue Warbler 1

Spotted Towhee 1

Lincoln's Sparrow 1

White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1

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[cobirds] Cherry Creek Res--Common Terns

Hi All

At Pelican Point 

3 worn juvenile Common Terns

5 Yellowlegs, Greater and Lesser

3-4  American Pipits on south shore, viewable from Pelican Point.

Bob Righter

Denver Colorado

Re: [cobirds] ID help

Thanks to all for the ID help.

I'll stick with Virginia's Warbler.  My main reason for doubting (and asking for help) was eBird's flagging it as "Rare".

the other suggestions folks have made didn't quite fit.  Kinglet didn't have the yellow wash that I saw so clearly. Yellow-rumps didn't have the complete eye-ring, and the breast on my bird had no streaking. Pine Warbler is even trickier.

Any way thanks for all of your help!

Gary Brower

Unincorporated Arapahoe County

On Sep 28, 2021, at 8:00 AM, Lynne Forrester <lforrester27@gmail.com> wrote:

Why do you doubt Virginia's? I've seen them in the suburbs in early fall, especially in brushy areas around water. Have you also considered Nashville.?I find them very similarly this time of year and have seen both together in the fall as well.

Lynne Forrester

Jefferson County

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Friends, 

I know this is a challenge, but I could use some help. Here's the description of a bird I saw this morning in Cherry Creek SP, semi-near Cherry Creek HS:

Warbler shaped/sized. White eye-ring. Pale yellow wash on throat, and extending down each side of the breast.. Fluttering in top of tree. Some wing-barring. Chest was buff-colored.

In looking through field guides, I ruled out vireos. Not a sparrow, clearly. The closest thing (by picture) was Virginia's Warbler…..but I highly doubt that!

Suggestions?

Thanks!

Gary Brower

Unincorporated Arapahoe County 

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Re: [cobirds] ID help

Why do you doubt Virginia's? I've seen them in the suburbs in early fall, especially in brushy areas around water. Have you also considered Nashville.?I find them very similarly this time of year and have seen both together in the fall as well.

Lynne Forrester

Jefferson County

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Friends, 

I know this is a challenge, but I could use some help. Here's the description of a bird I saw this morning in Cherry Creek SP, semi-near Cherry Creek HS:

Warbler shaped/sized. White eye-ring. Pale yellow wash on throat, and extending down each side of the breast.. Fluttering in top of tree. Some wing-barring. Chest was buff-colored.

In looking through field guides, I ruled out vireos. Not a sparrow, clearly. The closest thing (by picture) was Virginia's Warbler…..but I highly doubt that!

Suggestions?

Thanks!

Gary Brower

Unincorporated Arapahoe County 

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[cobirds] Scott Somershoe’s Joe Roller Memorial Big Green Year

Hi all,
Just wanted to give a major shout-out and hats (or helmets?) off to Scott for his phenomenal efforts and success so far in his Joe Roller Memorial Green Big Year project.
To have reached over 260 species with three months still left in the year speaks to Scott's extraordinary effort, skill, strategy, commitment and, not least, ability to balance all that with being a dedicated father and husband!

(To give a little perspective, I've been green birding since 2008, keeping Big Green Year lists, and only in the last three years have I exceeded 200 species. And at this date last year, my best year by far, I had not yet seen even 240 species.)

It's been such a pleasure, and truly inspiring, to follow Scott's adventures through his blog, and go along for the ride. He's got a great way of capturing the full experience; the thrill of unexpected finds and super rarities, the suffering and persevering through bitter cold and intense heat, the serious physical toll, the disappointment of dipping and not knowing whether there'll be time (and/or the energy!) for another chance.

It'll be exciting to see how the rest of the year turns out. At Scott's pace, 270 is on the horizon…maybe 280, 290, 300 by year's end? 🙂

I'm sure many of us on Cobirds have already pledged, but if you are still on the sidelines, I would encourage those who are able, to join in the excitement and cheer on Scott to the finish line by pledging (perhaps for each additional species from this point on?). I pledged a certain amount per species, and then double for each over 250 (Scott's initial goal), which is now adding up, but for a great cause!

A huge congrats to Scott for his terrific year so far, and best wishes for a safe and successful journey to Dec. 31st!

—Thomas

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Boulder, CO
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[cobirds] ID help

Friends, 

I know this is a challenge, but I could use some help. Here's the description of a bird I saw this morning in Cherry Creek SP, semi-near Cherry Creek HS:

Warbler shaped/sized. White eye-ring. Pale yellow wash on throat, and extending down each side of the breast.. Fluttering in top of tree. Some wing-barring. Chest was buff-colored.

In looking through field guides, I ruled out vireos. Not a sparrow, clearly. The closest thing (by picture) was Virginia's Warbler…..but I highly doubt that!

Suggestions?

Thanks!

Gary Brower

Unincorporated Arapahoe County 

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Chico Basin Ranch Daily Update 9/27/2021

The weather was very bizarre this morning so I was unsure if I could keep my nets open, but the weather died down and as a result we got a great variety of birds! Today seems to be the day for Woodpeckers as we caught our first Northern Flicker (intergrade) and the first banding record for a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. More pictures would be appreciated if you were at the station, as we believe we do have a hybrid on our hands. Thank you to the MAMBO group for bringing me goodies and your awesome company today. I am going to post the link to my Western Bird Banding Association Webinar video to this update if you're interested in hearing me talk about net set up at Chico and a bird-banding demo. 

https://youtu.be/DrBHgtX-21M

Chico captures for 9/27: 

Wilson's Warbler 13

Dark-eyed Junco 1

Northern Flicker 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2

Gray Catbird 1

Hermit Thrush 5

Chipping Sparrow 3

Gambel's White Crowned Sparrow 3

Song Sparrow 1 

Lincoln's Sparrow 7

Orange-crowned Warbler 2

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 

We are open 6 days a week at Chico Basin Ranch (closed Sunday), usually returning from the first net run around 7am and staying open until about 11:30am, weather permitting. Thank you for your continued support! 

Nancy Ransom

Bander, Chico Basin Ranch

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies 

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[cobirds] Northern Pygmy Owl

My friend and former colleague, Michael Stutzer reports a Northern Pygmy Owl on his deck this morning at 7:00 a.m. in Crestview Estates, Boulder County.  It was stunned by a window collision, but flew off after recovering.

 

Bill Kaempfer

Safety Harbor, FL

[cobirds] Foothills Audubon PNG Trip and Sandhill Cranes!/Weld

Hi all

Fantastic day for our Pawnee trip on Saturday with Foothills Audubon club. We tallied a total of 56 species roaming from Nunn to CR 124 Pond to Crow Valley Campground.

Highlights include:

• Spotted Towhee (my yard)
• Cooper's Hawk (Lone Tree Creek @ CR 110)
• Say's Phoebe, Great Horned Owl, Lapland Longspur, Rock Wren, Sage Thrasher, House Wren, Blue Grosbeak and Clay-colored Sparrow (CR 41/102-area)
• Prairie Falcon (3) and Peregrine Falcon (CR 124)
• American Pipit (CR 124 Pond)
• Townsend's Solitaire, Hairy Woodpecker and unknown thermal soaring raptor-speculate one of the two Broad-winged Hawk seen earlier in week here)

Rest of birds: Bluejay, White-crowned Sparrow, House Sparrow, Eurasian-collared Dove, European Starling, Western Meadowlark, Horned Lark, House Finch, Rock Pigeon, Mallard, American Kestrel, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Flicker, Wilson's Warbler, Northern Harrier, American Goldfinch, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Vesper Sparrow, Ferruginous Hawk, Brewer's Sparrow, Mourning Dove, Barn Swallow, Western Wood-Pewee, Swainson's Hawk, Canada Goose, American White Pelican, Greater Yellowlegs, Red-winged Blackbird, Wilson's Snipe, Killdeer, Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, American Coot, Baird's Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, American Avocet, Gadwall, Geat Blue Heron, Double-crested Cormorant, and Downy Woodpecker.

Some photos: http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/albums/view/237/foothills-audubon-png-trip-9-25-2021

Sunday best bird is 30 Sandhill Crane riding thermals above CR 59 march east of Kersey.

Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Lake Banding Report, 9/26/21

Our slowest day of a very slow season, with only 5 birds banded.  We actually had more recaps (7) - birds banded previously this season that we caught again.  The highlight of the day was a return - a bird banded in a previous season.  This was a House Wren, banded as a hatch year on August 29, 2017 and not caught again until today.  Here are the 5 new plus the 1 return:

House Wren 1 return

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2

Wilson's Warbler 1

Lincoln's Sparrow 1

White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1

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[cobirds] Bay-breasted Warbler - Weld County

Union Reservoir- In the oak tree that is 20' from playground on south side of reservoir. In a mixed flock. Adult male fall plumage, bright wing bars, lots of reddish bay on flanks, black legs, sluggish moving.

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Chico Basin Ranch Daily Update 9/25/21

Wilson's Warblers were still coming in strong yesterday, and remained a majority of my captures. We are starting to get a nice variety of sparrows and juncos trickling in, though, and the Ruby-crowned Kinglets are a staple for the seasons changing. This is my last week here at Chico and I am so thankful for everyone I have met here so far. I'll be banding my last day on Saturday! 

Chico captures for 9/25: 

Wilson's Warbler 18

Orange-crowned Warbler 1 

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2

House Wren 1

Slate-colored Junco 1

Unknown Junco 1 

Hermit Thrush 2

White-crowned Sparrow 1 

Song Sparrow 1

Gray Catbird 1

Blue Jay 1

We are open 6 days a week at Chico Basin Ranch (closed Sunday), usually returning from the first net run around 7am and staying open until about 11:30am, weather permitting. Thank you for your continued support! 

Nancy Ransom

Bander, Chico Basin Ranch

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies 

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Re: [cobirds] Re: From Canon City Daily Record newspaper

Well, that's just a wonderful success story . . .

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Wow--sounds like a tremendous team effort! Thank you to Bob, Tim, and Dan for rescuing this bird. And most importantly, kudos to SeEtta for recognizing the dire situation this bird was in and taking the initiative to do something about it. Great job all! 

Adam Vesely

Thornton, CO

On Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 1:30:18 PM UTC-6 Laura Gorman wrote:

Thanks to the coming together of different people and entities in Cañon City, the young osprey on the nest at Valco Ponds was saved at 6 a.m. Sept. 16.

Local resident and wildlife photographer Char Lindner said that SeEtta Moss, a local bird expert, had been studying the young osprey and noticed it had not left to begin its southward migration. She notified Bob Carochi of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife that the bird seemed to be entangled.

Carochi, after receiving permission from the property owners, had help from Tim Koehn and Dan O'Shea, journeyman lineman with Black Hills Energy, who lifted Carochi up in the Black Hills bucket lift to help the bird.

What he found were cords and baling twine, completely ensnarling the legs and talons of the osprey so that it could not fly from the nest.

Moss had been watching its mother bringing in food when, at its maturity, it should have been doing this on its own, Lindner said.  Carochi covered the bird with a towel and proceeded for almost half an hour cutting the twine and cords. Once freed, the bird flew off to a nearby tree.

"Thanks to our Cañon City neighbors for caring and for saving the bird," Lindner said.

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[cobirds] Ken Caryl Birds in the last 24 hours

I was out walking in the dark early this morning. It was kind of like the Patsy Cline song about walking after midnight in that there was a bright moon for me, too. It helped to light my way up the trails near my Ken Caryl Valley home, as I made it up into the forests of Massey Draw in the private Ken Caryl Ranch open space, where my headlamp had to fill in for the moon under the trees. I saw a small owl flush ahead of me as I was going up the steep canyon trail and I was able to find it later perched on a broken limb near the main trunk of a Douglas-fir - an adult Saw-whet Owl! They are not so easy to find now, in my experience, so I was pleased with the surprise.

Further towards dawn, and now down along open foothill slopes, I heard a Common Poorwill. We are right near the end of their warm-season stay here; my latest in the area was Sept 29. 

Birding after sunrise produced a Tennessee Warbler seen nicely with an Orange-crowned.  

A Merlin flew by near my home last evening after sunset. I only seldom see one at Ken Caryl.

David Suddjian

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Littleton, CO

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Lake Banding Report, 9/25/21

Fall technically began a few days ago, but it was today that we hit a turning point at the station that really made it feel official; a species of sparrow outnumbered the Wilson's Warblers for newly banded birds. That honor belonged to the White-crowned Sparrows (all Gambel's). We had 21 newly banded birds of 8 species today, here are the totals:

House Wren - 2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1

Wilson's Warbler - 6

Orange-crowned Warbler - 2

Song Sparrow - 1

Lincoln's Sparrow - 1

Oregon Junco - 1

Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow - 7

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Colin Woolley

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Re: [cobirds] BBS coordinator

Thank you for your many years of service Hugh!  Thank you David for stepping up.

Diana Beatty

El Paso County

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This week David Suddjian replaces me as BBS Coordinator for Colorado. If you'd like to volunteer, contact him. [dsuddjian@gmail.com]. David seems to have taken on a whole bunch of tasks, including running DFO field trips. Thank you, David.

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[cobirds] BBS coordinator

This week David Suddjian replaces me as BBS Coordinator for Colorado. If you'd like to volunteer, contact him. [dsuddjian@gmail.com]. David seems to have taken on a whole bunch of tasks, including running DFO field trips. Thank you, David.

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Re: [cobirds] Re: From Canon City Daily Record newspaper - Fremont County

Brava, SeEtta!

And a reminder to us all to keep our eyes out for trash, particularly fishing line and wires, etc.

As in this instance, it might save a life.

Linda Hodges

Conservation Chair

Aiken Audubon

Colorado Springs

On Sat, Sep 25, 2021, 2:41 PM Adam Vesely <avesely22@gmail.com> wrote:

Wow--sounds like a tremendous team effort! Thank you to Bob, Tim, and Dan for rescuing this bird. And most importantly, kudos to SeEtta for recognizing the dire situation this bird was in and taking the initiative to do something about it. Great job all! 

Adam Vesely

Thornton, CO

On Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 1:30:18 PM UTC-6 Laura Gorman wrote:

Thanks to the coming together of different people and entities in Cañon City, the young osprey on the nest at Valco Ponds was saved at 6 a.m. Sept. 16.

Local resident and wildlife photographer Char Lindner said that SeEtta Moss, a local bird expert, had been studying the young osprey and noticed it had not left to begin its southward migration. She notified Bob Carochi of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife that the bird seemed to be entangled.

Carochi, after receiving permission from the property owners, had help from Tim Koehn and Dan O'Shea, journeyman lineman with Black Hills Energy, who lifted Carochi up in the Black Hills bucket lift to help the bird.

What he found were cords and baling twine, completely ensnarling the legs and talons of the osprey so that it could not fly from the nest.

Moss had been watching its mother bringing in food when, at its maturity, it should have been doing this on its own, Lindner said.  Carochi covered the bird with a towel and proceeded for almost half an hour cutting the twine and cords. Once freed, the bird flew off to a nearby tree.

"Thanks to our Cañon City neighbors for caring and for saving the bird," Lindner said.

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[cobirds] Re: From Canon City Daily Record newspaper

Wow--sounds like a tremendous team effort! Thank you to Bob, Tim, and Dan for rescuing this bird. And most importantly, kudos to SeEtta for recognizing the dire situation this bird was in and taking the initiative to do something about it. Great job all! 

Adam Vesely

Thornton, CO

On Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 1:30:18 PM UTC-6 Laura Gorman wrote:

Thanks to the coming together of different people and entities in Cañon City, the young osprey on the nest at Valco Ponds was saved at 6 a.m. Sept. 16.

Local resident and wildlife photographer Char Lindner said that SeEtta Moss, a local bird expert, had been studying the young osprey and noticed it had not left to begin its southward migration. She notified Bob Carochi of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife that the bird seemed to be entangled.

Carochi, after receiving permission from the property owners, had help from Tim Koehn and Dan O'Shea, journeyman lineman with Black Hills Energy, who lifted Carochi up in the Black Hills bucket lift to help the bird.

What he found were cords and baling twine, completely ensnarling the legs and talons of the osprey so that it could not fly from the nest.

Moss had been watching its mother bringing in food when, at its maturity, it should have been doing this on its own, Lindner said.  Carochi covered the bird with a towel and proceeded for almost half an hour cutting the twine and cords. Once freed, the bird flew off to a nearby tree.

"Thanks to our Cañon City neighbors for caring and for saving the bird," Lindner said.

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[cobirds] From Canon City Daily Record newspaper

Thanks to the coming together of different people and entities in Cañon City, the young osprey on the nest at Valco Ponds was saved at 6 a.m. Sept. 16.

Local resident and wildlife photographer Char Lindner said that SeEtta Moss, a local bird expert, had been studying the young osprey and noticed it had not left to begin its southward migration. She notified Bob Carochi of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife that the bird seemed to be entangled.

Carochi, after receiving permission from the property owners, had help from Tim Koehn and Dan O'Shea, journeyman lineman with Black Hills Energy, who lifted Carochi up in the Black Hills bucket lift to help the bird.

What he found were cords and baling twine, completely ensnarling the legs and talons of the osprey so that it could not fly from the nest.

Moss had been watching its mother bringing in food when, at its maturity, it should have been doing this on its own, Lindner said.  Carochi covered the bird with a towel and proceeded for almost half an hour cutting the twine and cords. Once freed, the bird flew off to a nearby tree.

"Thanks to our Cañon City neighbors for caring and for saving the bird," Lindner said.

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[cobirds] hackberry trees

If Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins is any indicator, now is the time to check hackberry trees for small birds including migrants.  Yesterday the fat nymphs of gall-making psyllids within leaf galls and adults in the act of emerging to overwinter in bark were being preyed upon by Wilson's warblers, ruby-crowned kinglets, black-capped chickadees, red-breasted nuthatches, chipping sparrows, bushtits, a red-naped sapsucker and house finches.  This phenomenon doesn't last long in any one locale (week to ten days?).  If the stars align and eastern migrants are going thru when the psyllids are available, hackberry is the site.

    

The pic shows a chickadee extracting blistergall psyllid (Pachypsylla celtidivesicula) nymphs from a leaf it has pulled from its branch attachment to stand on and wail at.  The other pic shows four blistergalls from which a chickadee has precisely removed the contents.

Dave Leatherman

Fort Collins

[cobirds] Re: Sabine’s at Standley north shore, JeffCo

I also located the Lesser Black-backed Gull he saw yesterday. It is currently on the spit near the heronry on the NW corner of Standley. 

🌸 Donna

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Just watched a Sabine's flying above NW portion of Standley lake headed SE. Watched through scope for long looks at the clear M, non-breeding coloring. I also saw a couple here last weekend early. 

🌸 Donna

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[cobirds] Sabine’s at Standley north shore, JeffCo

Just watched a Sabine's flying above NW portion of Standley lake headed SE. Watched through scope for long looks at the clear M, non-breeding coloring. I also saw a couple here last weekend early. 

🌸 Donna

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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Lake Banding Report, 9/24/21

We had another fairly slow morning at Barr Lake today, with the usual mix of sparrows and warblers that we expect in late September. The highlight was a dainty Clay-colored Sparrow, not the first of the season but definitely a species we don't see a lot of. Here is the breakdown of our 16 newly banded birds of 7 species.

House Wren - 1

Wilson's Warbler - 9

Orange-crowned Warbler - 1

Green-tailed Towhee - 1

Clay-colored Sparrow - 1

Lincoln's Sparrow - 2

Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow - 1

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Re: [cobirds] Wilson Warblers-Crow Valley-CG

And this afternoon I had two Wilson's in my back yard (Berkeley neighborhood Denver) - new yard birds for me!

Bill Killam

On Friday, September 24, 2021 at 1:58:02 PM UTC-6 dsud...@gmail.com wrote:

There is a suggestion here maybe to extrapolate a good migrant concentration at one place to fit it to the whole landscape, or similar areas. But I think there is seldom evenness to the distribution of such migrant landbirds. As an isolated grove, maybe the trees of Crow Valley were a draw to bring warblers to concentrate in that general area, even if they were foraging in the thickets?

I had just one Wilson's in my patch near home this morning at Ken Caryl. I could extrapolate that to balance the Crow Valley bounty :-)

David Suddjian  

Ken Caryl Valley

Littleton, CO

On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 1:22 PM Robert Righter <rori...@earthlink.net> wrote:

Hi all

While birding for two hours this morning, I detected 30 migrating Wilson's Warblers. The vast majority were seen in thickets, not so much in the trees. So did I see all the Wilson's Warblers in the campground? Most likely not. Given the inventory of thickets in the region, could I reasonable assume I only saw about half of the actual number—most likely so.  The Wilson Warbler's breeding range stretches from the Pacific ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, although the warbler is more common in the west than in the east.  Since I was only in the region for two hours, what could this information mean towards calculating the total population for this warbler. Since the campground is just a mere speck in the totality of the warbler's migrating range and just a moment in time, would it be reasonable to assume the total population for the warbler to be in the millions, hundreds of millions or……?

Given the above example, what would others estimate Wilson's Warbler total population to be?

Bob Righter

Denver CO

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