Colorado Rare Bird Alert, Saturday, June 30

[Joe Roller]

Compiler:   Joe Roller

Date:         June 30, 2012

email:        rba at cfobirds.org

phone:       303-204-0828

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for  Saturday, June 30, 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)

TRI-COLORED HERON (Jefferson)

REDDISH EGRET (*Otero)

ACORN WOODPECKER (Pueblo)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (*Boulder, Costilla)

Grace's Warbler (Pueblo)

Hooded Warbler (Pueblo)

Please note, detailed directions to most of the following locations can be found on the Colorado County Birding Website:

http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/index.php

--Boulder County

-- A Scissor-tailed 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.

--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 will be the first Costilla County record.

--Jefferson County

--Peter Plage reports a TRI-COLORED HERON, (which would be a FIRST COUNTY RECORD for Jefferson County) at the "wildlife preserve" area of Crown Hill Regional Park,

seen mid-day on June 26. The wildlife preserve is at the corner of Kipiing and West 32nd in Wheat Ridge, and the closest parking is in the Wheat Ridge High School lot. The heron has not

been seen on subsequent searches on the 26th and 27th.

--Otero County

-- Percival posted that an dark-morph sub-adult REDDISH EGRET was seen by another observer at Lake Cheraw on June 29. David Chartier saw it on June 30 on the east side of Hwy 109 at Lake Cheraw, Otero County.  Then it just flew (735am) 1/4 mile west and landed in a field.  Lake Cheraw is north of La Junta.

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.  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." 

Joe Roller, Denver

303 204-0828

[Scott E. Severs]

Just a note to let folks know that the flycatcher I saw in Longmont is a Great Crested Flycatcher.

Also the school's name is Westview Middle School, 1651 Airport Rd. I had reported the incorrect name.

Some snap shots: https://picasaweb.google.com/scottesevers/GreatCrestedFlycatcherWestviewElem6292012?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Thanks to all who maintain the RBAs.

--Scott

Scott E. Severs
Longmont, CO