Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: July 8, 2012
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, July 8, 2012, sponsored by 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: (*denotes that there is new information on this species in this report)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Clear Creek)
Red-throated Loon (*Bent)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Otero)
Little Blue Heron (*Adams)
REDDISH EGRET (Otero)
Snowy Plover (Otero, Washington)
ACORN WOODPECKER (Pueblo)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Mineral)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Boulder)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Costilla)
Winter Wren (Larimer)
Hooded Warbler (Pueblo)
Please note, detailed directions to most of the following locations can be found on the Colorado County Birding Website:
Adams County:
--An adult Little Blue Heron was reported by Carter near 88th and Platte River. Park in the parking lot and walk north along
the trail about 10 minutes until you see the large lake on the left. The heron was seen on the lake on June 27 and again on July 6. On July 7 Lowrie relocated the Little Blue Heron on the first lake to the north of the parking lot.
Bent County:
--A Red-throated Loon (first-summer) was reported by Nelson on the south side of John Martin Reservoir on July 3. The loon was approximately 15 feet offshore within a Piping Plover / Least Tern nesting closure about 1 1/2 mile west of the dam. If the loon stays in the same place, it might be possible to either see it from the dam, or from the rocky point east of the closure. Note, DO NOT enter any closed areas and respect all closure signs. Duane Nelson reported on July 7 that the Red-throated Loon remains in the same area as he reported on July 3.
Boulder County:
--A Great Crested Flycatcher was reported by Severs at the Westlake Elementary School southwest of 17th Ave and Airport Rd in Longmont mid-day on June 29. It was seen on the NW side of the school next to the kid's wildlife habitat. The Great Crested Flycatcher was seen by Kloster by the volleyball area on July 4. Pheneger refound the Great Crested Flycatcher on July 6 south of the volleyball court.
--A possible Great-Crested Flycatcher was heard by Ruprecht along Bear Creek behind Williams Village and Bear Creek Apartments (about 200m upstream from where Bear Creek crosses Baseline near 37th Street) on July 2.
Clear Creek County:
--A female Barrow's Goldeneye along with 6 young was reported by Schmoker on Echo Lake on July 4. Kemena refound the family on July 5.
Costilla County:
-- A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was found by Andrew Spencer on June 28 at Smith Reservoir. It was in the trees at the northern-most pull-out on the west side of the lake. This would be the first Costilla County record.
Larimer County:
--A Winter Wren was reported by Dunning in the blowdown area below Black Lake in Rocky Mountain NP on July 2.
Mineral County:
--A family of American Three-toed Woodpeckers was reported by Mast on Wolf Creek Pass just S of the road on July 5.
Otero County:
--A REDDISH EGRET (dark-morph; sub-adult) was reported by Percival (found by another observer) at Lake Cheraw on June 29. It was seen again on June 30 (Chartier) July1 (Percival) and July 2 (Oswald and Goff) on the east side of Hwy 109 at Lake Cheraw. Lake Cheraw is north of La Junta. On July 1 the bird was seen from Hwy 266, west of Hwy 109, by scoping the small lake visible along Hwy 266 (this is southwest of Lake Cheraw).
--A NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (imm.) was reported by Percival at the East side of Lake Holbrook on July 1. The bird was sitting in the trees next to Double-crested Cormorants.
Pueblo County:
--2 ACORN WOODPECKERS were reported by Van Manen in Pueblo Mountain Park just south of Beaulah on June 16. The birds were in a large snag next to the little amphitheater between the pavilion and the lodge. On June 23 Percival saw the Acorn Woodpeckers at the usual tree in Pueblo Mountain Park, at the parking lot just west of the Horseshore Lodge (1 seen by Percival on July 1) Also, there was a singing male Hooded Warbler (first found by Van Truan), and one or two singing male Grace's Warblers. These warblers were not far up the road from the old basketball court (south end of the Park). The Hooded Warbler was mostly along the creek and the Grace's Warblers were singing in the tall ponderosa pine trees. On July 5, Roller refound ACORN WOODPECKER, Hooded Warbler, and Grace's Warbler at Pueblo Mountain Park.
Washington County:
--A Snowy Plover was reported by Kellner at Prewitt on July 4.
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, July 8 is to Rocky Mountain National Park and will be led by Ed Holub (303.979.2194). Meet at 8:00am at the Park Visitor's Center, east of Beaver Meadows entrance on US Highway 36. Three quarter's day trip. Bring lunch and clothes for possible changing weather conditions. There is an entrance fee --you either need to have a National parks Pass or to ride with someone who has one, or be prepared to pay the fee. Hope to see 35-40 species.
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
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