Susan Pellegrini and I decided to look around today for some of the interesting birds seen recently at Holcim Wetlands (Fremont County), Manitou Lake (Teller), and Big Johnson Reservoir (El Paso). We were successful in finding the Tricolored Heron around 11:30 a.m., in the SW corner of the wetlands, both in and out of the cattails, but no other heron family members other than 3 Great Blues. We were also successful in finding the Laughing Gull and a whole lot of other birds, including many ducks, at Big Johnson, but not the Pacific Loon. We did not find the Sandwich Tern at Manitou Lake (and weren't really expecting to given that it wasn't seen yesterday, but thought it worth a try anyway).
David Gillilan
Littleton
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Tuesday, 2 July 2013
[cobirds] Re: Rufous Hummingbird, Franktown, Douglas
Good to know I am just north of you and been waiting for them to show. Thanks for the update.
Derek Scott
Parker,CO
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Parker,CO
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[cobirds] Rufous Hummingbird, Franktown, Douglas
Our neighbor, Rhonda Lancaster, emailed me today, " I was sitting on our deck last night and saw our first Rufous hummer come to the feeder! Boy did it make an entrance - very noisy and aggressive and had that coppery color."
So, finally, they have started to show up in this part of the state.
So, finally, they have started to show up in this part of the state.
Hugh Kingery
Franktown, CO
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[cobirds] TRICOLORED HERON Yes this morning at Holcim Wetlands
I stopped by Holcim Wetlands east of Florence this morning. From a high point in parking area I was able to spot the TRICOLORED HERON intermittantly as it foraged on the west side of the wetlands.
SeEtta Moss
Canin City
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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Compiler: Ira Sanders
Date July 2, 2013
email: rba AT cobirds.org
phone: 303-659-8750
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, July 2, 2013 sponsored by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in a message, you can skip the recording by pressing the star key (*) on your phone at any time. Please leave your name, phone number, detailed directions including county, and dates for each sighting. It would be helpful if you would spell your last name.
Highlight species include (* indicates new information on this species in this report):
Pacific Loon (El Paso)
TRICOLORED HERON (*Fremont)
Green Heron (*Fremont)
LAUGHING GULL (El Paso, Crowley)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (El Paso)
SANDWICH TERN (*Teller)
White-winged Dove (Alamosa, Archuleta)
LESSER NIGHTHAWK (Montrose)
ACORN WOODPECKER (Pueblo)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder)
BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER (*Archuleta)
Black Phoebe (Archuleta, Fremont)
Fox Sparrow (Boulder)
White-winged Crossbill (Boulder)
ALAMOSA COUNTY:
--2 White-winged Doves were reported by Pike at Zapata Ranch near Mosca on June 27.
--A BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER was reported by Pitcher on private property near Mosca on June 29. It has not been seen since.
ARCHULETA COUNTY:
--A White-winged Dove was reported by Allerton at Navajo Lake SP on June 25. It was singing from a conifer next to the picnic pavilion at SP headquarters.
--On June 25, Allerton reported nesting Black Phoebes at the Watchable Wildlife Area on CO 151 near Arboles.
BENT COUNTY:
BOULDER COUNTY:
--White-winged Crossbills were reported by Hansley on the Arapaho Glacier Rim Trail in Indian Peaks Wilderness on June 25. They were high in Douglas Fir Trees. They were about 3/4 mile to 1 mile up the trail. The trailhead is at Rainbow Lakes campground parking area. The Rainbow lakes road heads west 6.2 miles north of Nederland from Hwy 119. On June 27, Dowell reported White-winged Crossbills and a pair of American Three-toed Woodpeckers on the Arapaho Glacier Trail.
--On June 26, Boswell reported singing Fox Sparrows and 2 American Three-toed Woodpeckers at Brainard Lake.
--On June 29, Morton reported singing Ovenbirds in Skunk Canyon.
CROWLEY COUNTY:
--On June 29, Dowell reported a 1st summer Laughing Gull at Lake Henry.
DELTA COUNTY:
EL PASO COUNTY:
--A non-breeding ad LAUGHING GULL was reported by Peterson on June 28 in the SE corner of Big Johnson.
--On June 28, Peterson reported that the Pacific Loon continues at Big Johnson.
--On June 28, Peterson reported two Lesser Black-backed Gulls at Big Johnson.
FREMONT COUNTY:
-- On June 29, Moss reported Black Phoebes near the MacKenzie parking area of the Canon City Riverwalk.
--On July 1, Moss reported that the ad TRICOLORED HERON was back at Holcim wetlands and two Green Herons were also present at Holcim.
GRAND COUNTY:
KIOWA COUTY:
MONTROSE COUNTY:
--On June 23 and 24, Dexter reported a LESSER NIGHTHAWK show in Nucla. There are between 300 - 500 nighthawks
flying around low over ponds and hayfields that have just been cut. The nighthawks pass over the road, West 5th Ave very low and several LESSER NIGHTHAWKS can be seen among the Common Nighthawks.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
--On June 29, the Boulder Audubon Field trip organized by Piombino to Pueblo Mountain Park saw at least 3 ACORN WOODPECKERS (2m, 1 f).
TELLER COUNTY:
--On June 27 Linfield reported a breeding plumaged SANDWICH TERN at Manitou Lake. This would be a new state record if accepted. On June 28, Jeff Jones reported that the SANDWICH TERN returned to Manitou Lake. Manitou Lake is north of Woodland Park on Hwy 67. Approximately 6.5 miles north of Hwy 24. The tern was last reported on June 30.
WELD COUNTY:
DFO FIELD TRIPS:
No trips are scheduled for Saturday July 6 or Sunday, July 7 due to large number of weekday trips this month.
Good Birding,
Ira Sanders
Golden, CO
Re: [cobirds] Recording/sonogram of Dickcissel from Canon City and comparison with one in Prowers County
An interesting difference between the two recordings. The Dickcissels I heard last month in Morgan, Washington, and Yuma Counties while doing BBS routes were all similar to SeEtta's Canon City area recording. In those counties, I haven't heard birds singing the song type recorded by Nathan Pieplow in Prowers County. Birds of North America Online reports there is individual variation in song within populations of Dickcissels, but no differences between populations. The BNA account also notes that Dickcissel vocalizations have not been well studied.
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Lafayette, CO
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 12:02 AM, SeEtta Moss <seettam@gmail.com> wrote:
I have also uploaded a recording I made of the Dickcissel I found in Canon City last week with a sonogram from Xeno-canto.org. I have wanted to get a recording of one of the Dickcissels that come to Canon City to breed as it has been my experience that they tend to sing a song that is different from the Dickcissels I have heard singing in far eastern Colorado. This is the first time I have uploaded a recording to Xeno-canto and getting my recording converted to the correct format, etc took a little time. I have borrowed a recording that cobirder/recorder/vocalization specialist Nathan Pieplow did ( Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 ) of a Dickcissel in Prowers County to show the difference in the song of the Canon City Dickcissel. I have uploaded both of these to my Birds and Nature blog .
SeEtta Moss
Canon City
Personal blog @ http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com
Blogging for Birds an Blooms Magazine @ http://BirdsAndBloomsBlog.com
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[cobirds] Fwd: Twin Lakes tree removal update (Boulder Co.)
Folks,
Below is an update regarding the possible tree removal operation at the Twin Lakes birding hotspot. Thanks to Maeve Conran at KGNU, Elena Klaver, Susan Winter, and several local birders who did some sleuthing into the issue. Looks like some continued discussions will be needed with the agencies in charge, but for now the cutting has been delayed until public meetings are held.
--Scott
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Scott E. Severs
Longmont, CO
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From: Maeve Conran <maeve@kgnu.org>
Date: July 1, 2013, 3:05:07 PM MDT
To: scottesevers@gmail.com
Cc: Susan Winter <lapislily@gmail.com>, elena <elena@indra.com>, stephen jones <curlewsj@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Twin Lakes tree removal
Hi everyoneI've spoken with Ryan in the Division of Dam Safety at the State Engineers office who confirmed that due to public outcry over the tree removal, no more trees will be removed until a public meeting is held (that is yet to be scheduled and may not happen until late this year or early next year). I also confirmed this with John the President of the Boulder and Left Hand Ditch Company. The Division of Dam Safety also said that they had required that smaller newer growth trees be cleared out, and that no directive to remove any of the larger trees had been given at this time.I think it would be interesting to talk to someone about the importance of that area to migrating birds...and also how all these different interests play out together (State engineer's office who say they need to mandate this type of thing for safety purposes, ditch company - who's responsibility it is to get irrigation water to their customers - local residents who enjoy the trees - Boulder parks and open space who want to keep area for rec.).ThanksMaeve
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