Colorado (Statewide) RBA
April 19, 2006
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- RBA
* Colorado
* Denver and statewide
* April 19, 2006
* CODE0604.19
- Birds mentioned
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
WHITE IBIS
GLOSSY IBIS
Broad-winged Hawk
Merlin
Snowy Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Dunlin
Glaucous Gull
Caspian Tern
White-winged Dove
INCA DOVE
Greater Roadrunner
Red-bellied Woodpecker
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER
Black Phoebe
Eastern Phoebe
VERMILION FLYCATCHER
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
LONG-BILLED THRASHER
Curve-billed Thrasher
Black-throated Gray Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Black-and-white Warbler
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Black Rosy-Finch
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
- Transcript
hotline: Colorado
date: April 19, 2006
number: (303) 659-8750
coverage: Colorado statewide
compiler: Joyce Takamine
transcriber: Doug Faulkner
internet: myiodynastes@aol.com
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, April 19 at 5 a.m.
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory.
Highlight species include: Greater Scaup, Long-tailed Duck, WHITE IBIS,
GLOSSY IBIS, Broad-winged Hawk, Merlin, Snowy Plover, Dunlin, Glaucous Gull,
Caspian Tern, White-winged Dove, INCA DOVE, Greater Roadrunner, Red-bellied
Woodpecker, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, Black Phoebe, Eastern Phoebe, VERMILION
FLYCATCHER, SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, LONG-BILLED THRASHER, Curve-billed
Thrasher,
Black-throated Gray Warbler, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, Black-and-white Warbler,
Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Sage Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Northern
Cardinal, and Rosy-Finches.
To skip this recording to leave a message, press star at any time. Please
leave your name, phone number, and detailed directions and dates for all
sightings. It would be helpful if you would spell your last name and identify
the
county of the sighting.
Adams County:
A GLOSSY IBIS was reported by Leukering on the west side of Buckley Road
south of 126th on April 18.
Baca County:
--At Two Buttes SWA Pieplow reported an EASTERN PHOEBE on April 15.
Bent County:
--At Blue Lake Pieplow reported three SNOWY PLOVERS on April 15.
--A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was reported by Gibbons and Iliff below Hasty
along the road south of the campground and near the bridge on April 16.
--A BLACK PHOEBE was reported by Gibbons and Iliff at Carrizo Creek on April
17.
--At Campo cemetery a male VERMILION FLYCATCHER was reported by Gibbons and
Iliff on April 17.
Boulder County:
--A possible GLOSSY or HYBRID IBIS was reported by Szeliga at the easternmost
Swede Lake between Boulder and Longmont on April 16. Swede Lakes are between
63rd and 75th Streets and north of Lagerman Reservoir.
--A FOX SPARROW (slate-colored) was reported by Boyce in the parking lot for
the Mesa Trail in south Boulder on April 17.
El Paso County:
--A LONG-BILLED THRASHER, initially found by Percival on January 14, was seen
as recently as April 16 on a private ranch. An EASTERN TOWHEE and
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER were also reported by Percival at the same location on
April 16.
--A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was found by a group of United Kingdom birders at
Palmer Lake on April 15. The bird was seen again on April 16 in the
southeast corner of the lake.
--A male LONG-TAILED DUCK was reported by Peterson at Big Johnson Reservoir
on April 18.
Gunnison County:
--ROSY-FINCHES are coming to feeders in the yard of Linda Powers at 324
Whiterock (Corner of 4th) in Crested Butte. They were still being seen as of
April
18. Most are Brown-capped.
Jefferson County:
--At the Dinosaur Ridge Hawk Watch on April 14, Walbek reported two
BROAD-WINGED HAWKS and one MERLIN.
Kiowa County:
--One SNOWY PLOVER was reported by Pieplow at Long Lake on April 15.
Larimer County:
--A SAGE SPARROW was reported by Roederer at Chat Flat in the bird sanctuary
at Lake Estes on April 13.
--Three GREATER SCAUP were reported by Komar at Fossil Creek Reservoir on
April 16.
--Komar reported that a CASPIAN TERN flew over Greenbriar Park baseball
fields in northeast Fort Collins on April 17.
Logan County:
--A WHITE IBIS was reported by Laczek-Johnson on a pond just south of CR 64.5
between CR 89 and 93 northeast of Crook on April 10. The ibis was seen again
on April 15.
--At Tamarack Ranch SWA at Area 7, Roller reported NORTHERN CARDINAL and
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER on April 12.
Montrose County:
--Three singing BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS were reported by Dexter near
Biscuit Rock which is west of the Dolores River on April 14.
Otero County:
--Two INCA DOVES and a single WHITE-WINGED DOVE were reported by Percival in
Rocky Ford on April 14.
--In the Higbee area, Percival reported one CURVE-BILLED THRASHER and four
RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROWS on April 14.
--At Lake Cheraw, Percival reported two SNOWY PLOVERS on April 14.
Prowers County:
--A GREATER ROADRUNNER was reported by Pieplow in Lamar on April 15.
--A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was reported by Pieplow at the Lamar Community
College Grove on April 15.
--At Thurston SWA, Pieplow reported one GLOSSY IBIS on April 15.
Pueblo County:
--A SWAMP SPARROW was reported by Percival in the Pueblo section of Chico
Basin Ranch on April 16.
--A juvenile YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was reported by Percival at Pueblo City
Park east of the pond in pine trees on April 17.
Weld County:
--A second summer GLAUCOUS GULL was reported by Wild at the Weld County
Landfill which is west of Ault off of Hwy 14 on April 13.
--A DUNLIN was reported by Wild on the south side of Lower Latham Reservoir
on April 14. It was on the south side of the road in a shallow pond. It was
with a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. Both birds were transitioning to breeding
plumage. Both birds were seen again on April 15.
Yuma County:
--Three SNOWY PLOVERS were reported by Pieplow at the west end of Bonny
Reservoir on April 16.
The field trip for Saturday, April 22 is along the St Vrain and South Platte
Rivers led by Dick Pratt. Meet the leader at 0830 at the Park n' Ride on the
southeast corner of the intersection of I-25 and Hwy 119. Full day; bring
lunch. May go to Lower Latham for early shorebirds. Call
303-651-6860 for more information.
The field trip for Sunday, April 23 is to the Longmont area led by Larry and
Roni Wilson, Chris Owens, Wayne and Diana Johnston. Meet the leaders at 0800
at Jim Hamm Park. Bring lunch for 3/4 day trip. Call 303-451-6311 for more
information.
Thank you and good birding.
- end transcript
Doug Faulkner
Arvada, CO
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