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Interesting Bird Sightings From Colorado Rare Bird Alert
1900 hours MST 5/17
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Adams County
Barr Lake
Gray-cheeked Thrush --pioneer trail (Stevens) first 5/17
Townsend's Warbler --mm 3.0 (Washburn/Stevens) (first 5/16) last 5/17
Black-and-white Warbler --mm 3.0 (Washburn) first 5/16
North of South Platte Birding Area
Grasshopper Sparrow (Hutchinson) first 5/13
(North of 88th Ave, between Riverdale Rd & S. Platte River)
(Sandy Thicket bound by large field on west & utility road on east)
DIA Owl Loop
Burrowing Owl (Symonds) (first 3/31)
(1; 114th Avenue & Trussville; (Stevens), first 4/11; last 5/11
(2+; Prairie Dog Town, 3.4 miles east of Tower Road & 96th Avenue; (Stevens) last 5/11
(1; Picadilly, halfway between 120th & 128th Ave, (Stevens), (first 4/19) last 5/11
(2; 120th Avenue, north of Gun Club Road; Stevens, first 4/6; last 4/19)
Short-eared Owl (Stevens) last 4/20
(4/20, 4/12: Latest: South end of Gun Club Road; Ehlmann)
(4/10; Quency Avenue, east of Oil Tank; Stevens)
(1/17; Corner of 96th & Quency Avenue; Lehnert)
(12/30; Queensburg at 0.4 miles south of 114th avenue; Stevens)
Jefferson/Douglas Counties
Wheat Ridge Greenbelt
Northern Cardinal (Schottler/Michaels) (first 5/10) last 5/17
(Tree Bridge Trail, near wooden boardwalk)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak --old scout corral (Stevens) first 5/17
Plumbeous Vireo --north/Clear Crk/west/Prospect Bridge (Stevens) first 5/17
Chatfield Reservoir
Eastern Phoebe --Plum Creek Delta Bridge (Kibbe/Petersen) (first 3/28) last 5/17
Dusky Flycatcher (McBurney) first 5/16
Black-throated Green Warbler (2) (Greg Prelich) first 5/15
Bobolink (Rob Pine) first 5/14
(southeast corner in field near parking area south of Plum Creek Bridge)
Eastern Phoebe --Kingfisher Bridge area (Kellner/Michaels) (first 4/27) last 5/11
American Redstart (Michaels) first 5/11
(South of paved path, south of Kingfisher Bridge, west side of Platte River)
Pine Valley Ranch Park & Pike National Forest See Trail Maps
American Three-toed Woodpecker
(PVR) (female) --100 feet/north/Strawberry Jack Tr/35 yds/west/Parkview Tr (M. Brown) first 5/15
(PVR) (male) --hill/south/Pine Lake (Stevens) first 5/2
(PNF) (adult female) --30 yds/south/Strawberry Jack Tr/200 yds/south/Parkview Tr (M. Brown) first 4/29
(PNF) (adult male) --150 ft/west/Buck Gulch Trr/250 yds/south Park Boundary Sign (M. Brown) first 4/4
American Three-toed Woodpecker History in Colorado
Northern Pygmy-Owl
(PNF) --100 yds/south/Strawberry Jack Tr/300 yds/south/Parkview Tr (M. Brown/Washburn) last 2/10
(PVR) --Narrow Gauge Trail, 40 yds/west of 2nd bridge (M. Brown) first 1/28
(PVR) --intersection of Buck Gulch & Strawberry Jack Tr (Stevens) first 2/27
Waterton Canyon
Dusky Grouse (2) (Sherry) first 5/14
(Top of canyon, around saddle bench of Colorado Trail)
Reynolds Park
Williamson's Sapsucker
(adult male) --Raven's Roost/40 yds/southwest/Elkhorn trail (M. Brown) first 5/7
(male) --Elkhorn Tr near old service road (M. Brown) first 4/26
(male) --40 yds/south/old service road (Petrosky) first 4/4
American Three-toed Woodpecker
(female; top of park (M. Brown) first 5/7
(adult male; 20 yds/south/Oxen Draw Tr/120 yds/from Elkhorn Tr) (M. Brown) first 4/26
((female) Oxen Draw/15 yds/north/Eagle's View and Raven's Roost trails) (Petrosky) last 4/4
Northern Pygmy-Owl (heard only) (M. Brown/Stevens) (first 9/14) last 1/27
(Songbird Tr/west of small parking lot)
Genesee Mountain Park
Williamson's Sapsucker (2m,f) (Breitsch/Stevens) (first 3/31) m; last 5/2
(Latest: group picnic area, also check flagpole area, top of mountain)
Boulder County
Gregory Canyon
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male) (Tumasonis) first 5/17
Northern Parula --plum trees near trailhead parking (Dowell) first 5/14
City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Cherryvale Office
Bobolink (Miner-Lee) first 5/15
Spurgeon Reservoir #1
Bobolink --Nimbus Road, north of reservoir (Alan Bell) first 5/14
St. Vrain Creek
Eastern Phoebe (Floyd) first 5/12
Walden Ponds
Eastern Phoebe --west/75th Street (Tumasonis) last 5/12
Larimer County
CSU Environmental Learning Center
Ovenbird (Sparks) first 5/17
(Across footbridge, 25 feet down the left trail)
Fort Collins
Broad-winged Hawk --Lemay Ave & Poudre River (Dixie Smith) first 5/15
St. Vrain State Park
Neotropic Cormorant --pond on east side of entrance rd (Mlodinow) first 5/15
Big Thompson Recreational Trail
Northern Waterthrush --100 yds/east/diversion dam (Cropper) first 5/14
Eastern Phoebe (Cropper) first 5/14
Tennessee Warbler --east of Wilson Ave dam (Walters) first 5/11
Wellington Downs Gravel Pit Ponds
Glossy Ibis (Dixie Smith) first 5/12
Common Tern (6) (Dixie Smith) first 5/12
Sylvan Dale Ranch
Eastern Screech-Owl (O'Donnell) first 4/28
Weld County
Crow Valley Campground
Summer Tanager (2) (Minner-Lee) first 5/17
Lower Latham Reservoir
Arctic Tern --from CR 47 (Walters) first 5/17
Laughing Gull (Walters) first 5/17
Whimbrel (2) --CR 48 (Schottler/Erthal) (first 5/13) last 5/16
Weld County Road 59 Ponds
Willet (2) (Eric Lutomski) first last 5/16
Crom Lake
Glossy Ibis (Leatherman) first 5/15
Norma's Grove
Northern Waterthrush (Chavez/Leatherman) (first 5/14) last 5/15
Veery (Chavez) first 5/14
Firestone Ponds
Greater Scaup (female) (Mlodinow) first 5/15
Mountain Plover Loops
Mountain Plover (2) (Stevens/Kogler) (first 3/29) last 5/4
(CR 96, between CR 57 and 69)
Highway 85 & County Road 114
Chestnut-collared Longspur (2) --southeast corner (Stevens) first 4/30
Burrowing Owls
(3) --CR 42 (Beebe Draw Area) (Kay) first 4/25
(1) --CR 46/CR 45 (Lefko) first 4/22
(3) --CR 46 at 0.5 miles/west/CR 47 (Kay) first 4/21
(4) --south of CR 100/CR 33 (France) first 4/14
El Paso/Pueblo Counties
Pueblo City Park
Summer Tanager (male) --frisbee golf course creek (Percival) first 5/17
Chico Basin Ranch Area
Ovenbird (S. Brown) first 5/17
Black-and-white Warbler (S. Brown) first 5/17
Ash-throated Flycatcher (S. Brown) (first 5/16) last 5/17
Blue-winged Warbler (Walbek) first 5/16
Gray-cheeked Thrush (S. Brown) first 5/16
Black-and-white Warbler (2 female) (S. Brown) first 5/16
Ovenbird (2) (Percival/S. Brown) (first 5/15) last 5/16
(All above: banding area: El Paso County)
Palm Warbler (Percival) first 5/15
Nashville Warbler (Percival) first 5/15
Ovenbird (Percival) first 5/15
Northern Waterthrush (Percival) first 5/15
(Above: headquarters, Pueblo County)
Northern Parula (Percival) first 5/15
American Redstart (Percival0 first 5/15
Northern Waterthrush (Percival) first 5/15
Townsend's Warbler (Percival) first 5/15
Plumbeous Vireo (Percival) first 5/15
(Above: Rose Pond, Pueblo County)
Squirrel Creek Road Pond
Semipalmated Plover (Driscoll) first 5/15
Turkey Creek Ranch
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Drummond/Dan Maynard) (first 2/17) last 3/24
Bohemian Waxwing (30) (Kathy Miller/Dan Maynard) (first 2/16) 65; last 3/24
Both Abover: (38.609338,-104.883044)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Gloria Nikolai) last 3/10
Arapahoe County
Cherry Creek Reservoir
Bonaparte's Gull (3) (Beltz) first 5/16
Douglas County
Castlewood Canyon State Park
Gray Flycatcher (Huffstater) first 5/12
Eastern Bluebird (Huffstater) first 5/12
(Both above: Castlewood Canyon Road/north of park; 39.38053,-104.75965)
Bobolink (2) (Stevens) first 5/10
(0.3 to 0.6 miles south of Winkler Ranch entrance)
Denver County
Denver City Park
Greater White-fronted Goose (J. Meredith/Pieplow) (first 3/19) last 5/12
Pueblo County
Pueblo Mountain Park
Acorn Woodpecker (2) --see directions (Dave Van Manen/Crooks) (first 6/16) 2; last 3/2
Prowers County
Lamar Community College
Northern Cardinal (Ehlmann) last 5/15
Cassin's Vireo (Komar/Ehlmann) (first 5/12) last 5/15
Townsend's Warbler (Komar/Ehlmann) (first 5/13) last 5/14
Holly Rest Stop
Northern Cardinal (Ehlmann) first 5/15
Field Sparrow (2) (Ehlmann) first 5/15
Fairmount Cemetery, Lamar
Nashville Warbler (Komar) first 5/13
Lamar High School
Worm-eating Warbler (Komar) first 5/13
Bent County
Lake Hasty and John Martin Reservoir
Summer Tanager --Lake Hasty (Ehlmann) first 5/15
Black Rail (heard) (Stevens/Ehlmann) (first 4/28) last 5/15
(CR JJ cattail marsh
Otero County
Lake Cheraw
Snowy Plover (D. Maynard/Ehlmann) (first 4/27) last 5/15
Semipalmated Plover (D. Maynard/Ehlmann) (first 4/27) last 5/15
Baca County
Comanche National Grasslands
Long-billed Curlew (3) --near Rd 8 and Rd R (Besser) first 5/15
Greater Roadrunner (Besser) first 5/15
(Road M, between Cottonwood Canyon and Rd 3.1)
Turk's Pond
Summer Tanager (Ehlmann) first 5/13
Yellow-throated Warbler (Ehlmann) first 5/13
Tennessee Warbler (Ehlmann) first 5/13
Black-and-white Warbler (Ehlmann) first 5/13
American Redstart (Ehlmann) first 5/13
Veery (Ehlmann) first 5/13
Philadelphia Vireo (Ehlmann) first 5/13
Burchfield Wildlife Area
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Ehlmann) first 5/13
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2) (Mlodinow/Ehlmann) (first 5/11) last 5/13
Summer Tanager (Mlodinow) first 5/11
Two Buttes Reservoir
Ovenbird (Ehlmann) last 5/13
American Redstart (Ehlmann) last 5/13
Veery (Ehlmann) last 5/13
Cottonwood Canyon
Black-throated Green Warbler (Ehlmann) first 5/12
Tennessee Warbler (Ehlmann) first 5/12
Black-and-white Warbler (Ehlmann) first 5/12
(Above: 1.4 miles east of camping area at Carrizo Creek & CR 5)
Gray Vireo --0.2 miles west/camping area (Ehlmann) first 5/12
Cassin's Vireo --draw/south/camping area (Ehlmann) first 5/12
Red-eyed Vireo --Carrizo Creek at camping area (Ehlmann) first 5/12
Eastern Phoebe (6) (Stevens/Ehlmann) (first 3/24) last 5/12
Rufous-crowned Sparrow --1.4 miles/east/camping area (Ehlmann) last 5/12
Cassin's Sparrow --road to Carrizo Mountain (Ehlmann) first 5/12
Lewis's Woodpecker (Ehlmann) last 5/10
Western Screech-Owl (Ehlmann) last 5/10
Campo Lek Entrance to Cemetery to West
Cassin's Sparrow (Stevens/Ehlmann) (first 4/29) last 5/10
Picture Canyon
Curve-billed Thrasher (Ehlmann) first 5/10
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Ehlmann) first 5/10
Washington County
Last Chance Rest Stop & Area
Yellow-throated Vireo (Minner-Lee) first 5/17
Tennessee Warbler (Washburn) first 5/17
Townsend's Warbler (Kellner) first 5/17
Akron Golf Course
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Walbek) first 5/17
Baltimore Oriole (Male) (Walbek) first 5/17
Glossy Ibis (Walbek) first 5/15
Broad-winged Hawk (Walbek) first 5/15
Phillips County
CR 41 to Holyoke Airport
Piping Plover (Lindfield) first 5/15
Haxtun Sewage Ponds
Semipalmated Plover (Linfield) first 5/14 NOT 5/15
Lincoln County
Hugo Wildlife Area
Worm-eating Warbler (Stevens:Petrosky/Ehlmann) (first 5/14) last 5/15
Blackburnian Warbler (Stevens:Petrosky) first 5/14
Black-and-white Warbler (Stevens:Petrosky) first 5/14
Kinney Lake Wildlife Area
Mountain Plover (Stevens:Petrosky/Ehlmann) (first 5/14) last 5/15
Nashville Warbler (Stevens:Petrosky) first 5/14
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Mlodinow) first 5/12
Cheyenne County
Kit Carson
Yellow-throated Vireo (Stevens:Petrosky) first 5/14
(Main and West 2nd Street)
Yuma County
Bonny Reservoir & Hale Ponds
Eastern Screech-Owl (Stevens:Petrosky) four locations; last 5/14
(Northeast/Hale Ponds, East/CR LL.5 & CR 4; East/Hwy 385; West of Foster's Grove)
Prairie Warbler --CR 2 (Stevens:Petrosky) (first 5/13) last 5/14
(40 yards northeast of first right hand turn, east of Hwy 385)
Eastern Meadowlark --CR 3 (Stevens:Petrosky) first 5/13
Northern Cardinal --Foster's Grove (Stevens:Petrosky) first 5/13
Summer Tanager --wagon wheel (Stevens:Petrosky) first 5/13
Black-and-white Warbler --south side (Stevens:Petrosky) first 5/13
Gray-cheeked Thrush --Hopper Ponds (Stevens:Petrosky) first 5/13
Hooded Warbler --Hale Ponds (Stevens:Petrosky) first 5/13
Veery --Hale Ponds (Stevens:Petrosky) first 5/13
Red-bellied Woodpecker --Hale Ponds (Stevens:Petrosky) first 5/13
Yuma County Road 45
Greater Prairie-Chicken (4+) (Stevens/Ehlmann) (first 3/8) 5+; last 5/7
Wray Fishing Unit
Barn Owl (Washburn) first 4/24
Elbert County
Kiowa
American Redstart --at Museum (Stevens:Petrosky) first 5/14
Kit Carson County
Flagler Reservoir
Baltimore Oriole (3) (Mlodinow/Stevens) (first 5/12) last 5/13
Cassin's Vireo (Stevens) first 5/13
Tennessee Warbler (Stevens) first 5/13
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Mlodinow) first 5/12
Logan/Sedgwick County
Jumbo Reservoir
Eastern Screech-Owl --heard only/north end/private property (Ehlmann) last 5/6
Logan County
Tamarack Ranch Wildlife Area
Northern Cardinal (3) (Ehlmann) last 5/5
Red-bellied Woodpecker (5+) (Ehlmann) last 5/5
Eastern Screech-Owl (2) (Ehlmann) last 5/5
Montezuma County
North of Bauer Reservoir
Painted Redstart (Komar) first 5/17
(County Road 41; 37.398705 -108.298016)
McPhee Reservoir
Bonaparte's Gull (2+) (Beatty/Kaempfer) (first 5/10) last 5/16
Yellow Jacket Canyon
Lucy's Warbler (5) (Kaempfer) first 4/13
Black-throated Sparrow (Kaempfer) first 4/13
La Plata County
Vallecito Reservoir
Common Loon (Robert Parsons) first 5/17
Pastorius Reservoir
Bonaparte's Gull (Goulart) first 5/17
Wildcat Canyon
Acorn Woodpecker (Rob Batchelder) last 5/16
Durango Public Library
Blackburnian Warbler (Morris/Beatty) (first 5/6) last 5/13
Chaffee County
Salida
Red-necked Phalarope (York) (first 5/10) last 5/17
(Crestone Ave; 38.5403783,-106.0041618)
Buena Vista Area
Pinyon Jay (20+) (Stevens) last 2/14
(Latest: Hwy 285, 1-2 miles South of Buena Vista)
(Also check: Buena Vista Overlook and between Buena Vista overlook & Ruby Mountain)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Stevens) last 1/23
(Best area to search: south/Brookdale Avenue & east/N. Pleasant Avenue Area)
(Also check: County Road 163) (Kibbe) first 10/16
Northern Saw-whet Owl --north/Buena Vista Overlook (Washburn) last 9/4
Routt County
Sharp-tailed Grouse Leks
Sharp-tailed Grouse (up to 61m, 15f) (Ehlmann/Stevens) (first 3/3) 14m, last 5/16
Ouray County
Billy Creek Wildlife Area
Black Phoebe (pair) (Zerbi/Kaempfer) (first 5/14)
(Bridge over the Uncompahgre River at County Road 2)
Fremont County
Canon City
Bobolink (2) (Rich Miller) first 5/16
(Field North of Arkansas River, off west side of Lincoln Street; 38.431085,-105.1856589)
Arkansas Riverwalk
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (pair) (Moss) first 5/16
(North side of irrigation ditch near McKenzie Avenue end of Riverwalk)
Tunnel Drive
Rufous-crowned Sparrow --mile down trail (Pals) last 5/6
Jackson County
Jackson County Road 26
Greater Sage-Grouse (60+m, 10+f) (Stevens/Hudson) (first 3/2) 14+ male; last 5/15
Walden Reservoir
Bonaparte's Gull (2) (Stevens/Strehl) (first 4/28) last 5/15
Cameron Pass Area
Boreal Owl
(5/9, 5/5, 5/4: one seen, four heard; near & west of Cameron Pass Summit (Stevens) 2 heard, last 5/9
(5/7, 3/30: south of Crags Campgrounds; (Stevens) last 5/7
(5/6, 12/20, 11/25; Ruby Jewell Road (Stevens) last 5/6
(3/29; 3/11: heard; upper parking lot for Joe Wright Reservoir (Stevens) last 3/11
(Contact Stevens at birdertoo (at) hotmail.com or 303-324-7994)
(Richard Stevens has been conducting an owl study in the area since 2006)
(We are trying to spread out searches as to not visit same spot each trip)
Colorado State Forest Visitor's Center
Rosy Finches (100+) (3 species) (Stevens) (first 11/23) 1; Brown-capped; last 5/6
(Birds come off and on during nice weather, better when inclement)
American Three-toed Woodpecker --north across Hwy 14 (Stevens) last 5/6
Moffat County
Craig Maintenance Center Pond
Red-necked Phalarope (7) (Luke) (first 5/13) last 5/14
Alamosa County
KOA Campgrounds, Alamosa
Possible Ruby-throated Hummingbird (2) (John Downs) first 5/14
(Located just east of town on Juniper Lane)
Mesa County
Grand Mesa
Boreal Owl (heard) (Stevens/Strehl) (first 4/4) last 5/12
(Latest: search pullovers from Spruce Grove CG to 2.0 miles south)
Northern Pygmy-Owl (heard) --Powderhorn Ski Area (Stevens/Miller) (first 4/4) last 4/26
Grand Junction
White-winged Dove --18th & Orchard Streets (Korte) first 5/1
Cameo
Chukar --North Canyon (Stevens) (first 3/6) last 4/26
(Latest: Seen: 60 yds/west/closed pipe gate/40 yds/uphill)
San Juan County
Silverton
Brown-capped Rosy Finch (14) --14th street feeders (Strehl) first 5/10
Delta County
Hotchkiss Wastewater Treatment Plant
Black Phoebe (2) (Beason) first 5/9
West Side of Highway 50 (mm 62.2
Burrowing Owl (2) --near Mesa/Delta County Line (Filby/Beason) (first 3/31) last 5/8
Escalante Wildlife Area
Black Phoebe (6) (Stevens) (first 4/5) last 4/27
Chukar --east old goat farm (Ehlmann) first 3/24
Fruitgrower's Reservoir
Lewis's Woodpecker (Stevens/Miller) (first 4/5) last 4/27
(Cottonwoods at Evelyn Horn's home west of reservoir)
Gunnison Gorge NCA
Black Phoebe (2) (Horn/Harrisonis) (first 4/13) last 4/21
(Relief Canal on the west side of the North Fork of the Gunnison River at the end of H75 Road)
Gunnison County
Waunita Hot Springs Lek
Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Stevens/Strehl) (first 3/23) 12+; last 5/4
Gunnison Rosy Finches
Rosy Finches (3 species) (Leatherman/Gee) (first 4/10) last 4/21
Hinsdale County
Slumgullion Pass
Boreal Owl (heard) (Strehl) last 5/4
Clear Creek County
Loveland Pass
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lott) last 5/3
(3) (Streich) --west/hwy 6/from first pullover on east side/south of Summit) last 5/3
(6) (Pierce/Rausch) --below eastern Summit 4; last 5/2
(2) (Stevens) --below western Summit last 4/30
(2) (Stevens) --east/hwy 6/east of first pullover on west side of hwy, below south side of Summit) last 2/1
(2) (Stevens) --0.6 miles up west side trail) last 1/6
Guanella Pass
NOTE: Road closed from Georgetown side at Lost Silver Dollar Lake Trail; 2 miles to Summit)
NOTE: Road closed from Grant side at Duck Lake, 2 mile hike to Summit)
Mt. Evans Road
NOTE: Mt Evans Road is now closed at Echo Lake until Memorial Day 2013!
Montrose County
Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park
Dusky Grouse (Stevens/Miller) (first 3/7) last 4/27
(South Rim Drive, between Visitor's Center and west end)
Garfield County
County Road 201
Sage Sparrow (3-5) (Stevens/Ehlmann) (first 3/22) last 3/25
(7.6 miles North of CR S, 40 yards north of old corral)
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