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Interesting Bird Sightings
2000 hours MDT 10/7
Birds are listed in chronological order by Area of Colorado and Birding Location.
Birds left on list long past last report; we believe may still be there!
NOTE: [County] (Initial Reporter:Observer/Last Reporter)
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Grouse and Prairie-Chicken Updates; Updated January 4, 2008
Xcel Energy Valmont Power Plant Owl Cam (Great Horned & Barn Owl)
Fort St. Vrain Eagle Cam
Rowe Sanctuary Sandhill Crane Cam, NE
Computer Sci building at Cal State Bakersfield (Great Horned Owl)
NCAR Owl Cam
Jefferson County
- Reynolds Park
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (adult female) (M. Brown) first 10/7
- (Eagle's View Tr/200 yds/west/"new" junction w/Raven's Roost Tr)
- Northern Pygmy-Owl (M. Brown) first 10/2
- (Oxen Draw Trail; first heard west/junction/w/Elkhorn Trail/later farther west along Oxen Draw Trail)
- Dusky Grouse --Oxen Draw Tr/150 yds/southwest of Raven's Roost & Eagle's View Trails (M. Brown) first 9/9
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (adult feeding fledgling) (M. Brown/Michaels) (first 7/10) last 7/16
- (Latest: 20 ft/east/Eagle's View Tr/60 yds/south/junction/Raven's Roost & Oxen Draw Tr)
- Common Poorwill --north of Foxton Road/west/parking lot (Stevens/Michaels) (first 6/11) last 7/16
- Pine Valley Ranch Park & Pike National Forest See Trail Maps
- American Three-toed Woodpecker
- (adult f) (PNF) --South/Strawberry Jack Tr/200 yds west/Parkview Tr (Jenkins) last 10/6
- (adult f) (PNF) --Strawberry Jack Tr/150-170 yds south of Parkview Tr/heading south (M. Brown/Stevens) last 9/30
- (adult f) --Strawberry Jack Tr, 200 yds north/Parkview Tr (Stevens) last 9/20
- (1) (PVR) --uphill/closed gate/west end/Narrow Gauge Tr (Stevens) last 9/17
- Northern Pygmy-Owl (heard only) (M. Brown) first 9/29
- (Cliffs/west/Pine Lake Loop/along Buck Gulch Tr/until 40 yds/north/Strawberry Jack Tr/bird heading southeast)
- Northern Pygmy-Owl --Parkview Tr switchbacks (Stevens) last 9/20
- Northern Pygmy-Owl --closed gate/west end/Narrow Gauge Tr (Stevens) first 9/17
- Deer Creek Canyon Park
- Broad-winged Hawk (flyover) (Weston) first 9/30
- Genesee Mountain Park
- Williamson's Sapsucker (Ehlmann/Stevens) (first 5/19) last 9/20
- (Latest: male: around group picnic area)
- (Also check: dead tree, north of flagpole, top of park)
Boulder County
- Walden Ponds
- Red Phalarope (Waagan/Heinrich) (first 10/4) last 10/7
- Pectoral Sandpiper (2) (Guarente) first 10/6
- McIntosh Lake
- Brown Pelican (Guarente) first 10/4
- Baseline Reservoir
- Common Loon (2) (Blatchley) first 10/4
Weld County
- Windsor Reservoir
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (up to 7) (Komar/Lefko) (first 9/28) last 10/5
- Great Black-backed Gull (adult) (Lefko; 2nd hand) (first 9/28) last 10/5
- Sabine's Gull (3 juv) (Freiberg/Lefko) (first 9/25) last 10/3
- Union Reservoir
- Sabine's Gull (juv) (Floyd/Plage) (first 9/21) again 10/4-5
- Sabine's Gull (adult) (Floyd) first 10/5
- Crow Valley Campground
- Varied Thrush --northwest corner (Freiberg/Cryder) (first 10/1) last 10/5
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (1st fall) (Walbek) first 10/4
- American Redstart (female) (Walbek) first 10/4
- White-throated Sparrow (Sanders) first 10/2
- Bay-breasted Warbler (adult male) --northwest corner (A. Spencer) first 10/1
- Pawnee National Grasslands (West side of CR 59 at 0.9 miles South CR 120)
- Sprague's Pipit (Mayer) first 10/1
- (Not relocated by 4 birders in a 3 hour search)
Larimer County
- Rocky Mountain National Park & Area
- Northern Pygmy-Owl --Cow Creek (McMillan/Stevens) (first 6/15) last 10/5
- White-tailed Ptarmigan (10-15) (R. Haire/Stevens) (first 6/2) 2; last 9/29
- (Seen along trail to north of Medicine Bow Curve pullover)
- Horseshoe Lake
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Lefko) first 10/4
- Upper Ryan Gulch
- Great-tailed Grackle (2) (Lefko) first 10/4
- Young Gulch Trail #999
- Dusky Grouse (Lefko) first 9/27
Arapahoe County
- Cherry Creek Reservoir
- Red-necked Grebe (juvenile) (Petrosky/Michaels) (first 9/25) last 10/4
- Sabine's Gull (2 juv) (Stevens/Michaels) (first 9/17) 2+; last 10/4
- Long-tailed Jaeger (sub-adult, intermediate) (Walbek/Petrosky) (first 9/11) last 10/2
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Stevens/Petrosky) (first 9/26) last 10/1
- Mew Gull (Kilpatrick/Leukering) (first 9/12) last 9/27
- Possible Arctic Tern (2) (Leukering) first 9/27
- Aurora Reservoir
- Long-tailed Jaeger (Petrosky) (first 9/23) last 9/28
- (again; morning 9/25 evening 9/27 morning 9/28)
Adams County
- DIA Owl Loop
- Burrowing Owl (Ehlmann) last 10/4
- (2) --Tower Road at 0.2 miles north of 56th Avenue
- Short-eared Owl --0.3 miles/south/88th avenue (Ehlmann & Kosten) first 10/4
- (Hovering along Tower Road across from Garbage Office and Landfill)
Douglas County
- Cheesman Reservoir Area
- Nashville Warbler --see directions (Weston) first 9/30
- (Willows/east/green cabin/west/Cheesman Canyon Trail/along hwy 126)
- Northern Pygmy-Owl (Weston) first 9/30
- (east side hwy 67/1.2 miles after it turns to gravel/on way to Cheesman Park)
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (2) (Weston) first 9/30
- (less than 1 mile up Cheesman Canyon Trail)
Otero County
- Lake Holbrook
- Red Phalarope (Megan Smith) first 10/5
- Common Tern (Peterson) first 10/5
- Black-bellied Plover (juv) (Moss) first 9/30
- Hwy 266, East of Rocky Ford Wildlife Area
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher --see directions (Nelson) first 9/28
- Rocky Ford Inca Doves
- Inca Dove --Washington Street area (Stevens/Ruano) last 6/4
- White-winged Dove --Hwy 202 & Industrial Drive (Stevens/Peterson) (first 4/2) last 4/30
Bent County
- Blue Lake (aka Adobe Reservoir)
- American Golden-Plover --west end (Peterson) first 10/5
- Black-bellied Plover (10+) --west end (Nelson/Peterson) (first 9/29) last 10/5
- John Martin Reservoir
- Short-billed Dowitcher --see directions (Nelson) first 9/27
- Black-bellied Plover (Nelson) first 9/27
- Pectoral Sandpiper (4) (Nelson) first 9/27
Prowers County
- Lamar Community College
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (Kaempfer) last 9/14
Baca County
- Cottonwood Canyon
- Lewis's Woodpecker (Stevens) last 9/13
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow (2) --see directions (Stevens) last 9/13
- Western Screech-Owl (2) (Stevens) last 9/13
Morgan County
- Jackson Reservoir
- American Golden-Plover (6) (Kaempfer/Oberbeck) (first 10/4) last 10/6
- Pectoral Sandpiper (2) (Kaempfer/Oberbeck) (first 10/4) last 10/6
- Pomarine Jaeger (intermediate juv) (Kaempfer/Maynard) (first 10/4) last 10/5
- Sabine's Gull (2 juv) (Maynard) first 10/5
- Red-necked Phalarope (3) (Maynard) first 10/5
- Possible Parasitic Jaeger (juv) (Kaempfer) first 10/4
- Long-tailed Jaeger (adult) (Kaempfer) first 10/4
- Black-bellied Plover (12) (Kaempfer) first 10/4
- Marbled Godwit (Kaempfer) first 10/4
Yuma County
- Bonny Reservoir & Hale Ponds
- Henslow's Sparrow --Hopper Ponds (Wild) (first 10/3) last 10/4
- Le Conte's Sparrow --Hopper Ponds (Wild/Drummond) (first 10/3) last 10/4
- American Golden-Plover (4) (Wild/Spencer) (first 10/3) 3; last 10/4
- Black-bellied Plover (3) (Spencer) first 10/4
- Swamp Sparrow (Wild) first 10/3
- Barn Owl (Stevens) first 9/15
- Short-eared Owl (Stevens) first 9/15
- Eastern Screech-Owl (Stevens) last 9/15
- (Along Republican River; CR LL.5 to Kansas border)
- Playa North side of Hwy 36, east of Joes
- American Golden-Plover (2) (Wild) first 10/3
- Idalia
- Inca Dove (Ehlmann) last 9/27
- (Bird has been found 3 of the last 19 times we passed through town in 2008)
- (Still a question of whether there are more than one; and nesting?)
- Wray Fishing Unit
- Northern Cardinal (Kosten) first 9/16
- County Road 7, just east of Highway 385
- Burrowing Owl (3+) (Stevens/Weston) (first 4/8) last 9/15
Logan/Sedgwick Counties
- Jumbo Reservoir
- Parasitic Jaeger (juv) (Ehlmann) first 10/4
- Black-bellied Plover (2) (Ehlmann) first 10/4
- American Golden-Plover (2) (Ehlmann) first 10/4
- Barn Owl --north end (Weston) last 10/4
- DePoorter Lake
- Harris's Sparrow (2) (Ehlmann) first 10/4
- Hooded Warbler (adult male) (Ehlmann) first 9/25
- (Wood pile and scrubs near old dump)
Washington County
- Playa along CR 63, south of Akron
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Wild) first 10/3
- American Golden-Plover (9) (Wild) first 10/3
Logan County
- Tamarack Ranch Wildlife Area
- Blackburnian Warbler --7W (Ehlmann) first 9/24
- Blue-headed Vireo --behind maintenance building (Ehlmann) last 9/24
- Eastern Phoebe --south of CR 385 (Ehlmann) first 9/24
- Cassin's Kingbird (Ehlmann) first 9/24
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo --2E (Ehlmann) first 9/24
- Northern Cardinal (3) (Danka/Ehlmann) last 9/24
- Red-bellied Woodpecker (5) (Danka/Ehlmann) 7; last 9/24
- Eastern Screech-Owl (Stevens) last 9/24
- Red Lion Wildlife Area
- Magnolia Warbler --eastern tree line (Weston) first 9/24
- Field Sparrow --east of Little Jumbo Reservoir (Stevens) first 9/24
- White-throated Sparrow (Stevens) first 9/24
Washington/Logan Counties County
- Prewitt Reservoir
- Eastern Screech-Owl (Stevens/Weston) last 9/23
Montezuma County
- Denny Lake
- Possible Common Moorhen --south end (S. Meyer) first 10/7
Grand County
- Snow Mountain Ranch
- Harris's Sparrow --Legget building (Jenkins) first 10/6
- Ovenbird (Hartley) first 10/4
- (due west from the reservoir at Columbine Point)
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (2) (Hartley) first 10/4
- (higher elevation than Ovenbird)
- County Road 14S (149 Road)
- White-winged Crossbill (3+) (Weston) first 8/18
- Northern Pygmy-Owl (Weston) first 8/18
- Gore Pass
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (2) --near mm 14 (Weston) first 8/15
- Rabbit Ears Pass (Grand County)
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (female) (Stevens/Zeeto) (first 3/28) last 5/24
- (Driveway to maintenance building; 4.8 miles north of Hwy 14 & Hwy 40 intersection)
Montrose County
- East of Nucla Sewer Ponds
- Common Tern (Dexter) first 10/5
Clear Creek County
- Mt. Evans Byway (Now Closed for Season at Ecko Lake)
- Brown-capped Rosy Finch (2) (Stevens/Mayer-King) (first 6/7) 2+; last 10/2
- (Latest: seen at northwest and southwest corners of Summit Lake)
- White-tailed Ptarmigan (2) (Stevens) first 9/20
- (Walking uphill, after first curve, no longer can see Summit Lake)
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --northeast corner/Echo Lake (Stevens/Weston) (first 8/25) last 9/1
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Echo Lake Campgrounds (Bingham) first 7/13
- Guanella Pass
- White-tailed Ptarmigan (Zeeto) last 9/9
- (50 yds/south/hill to southeast of parking lot)
- Guanella Pass Campgrounds
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --500 yds/up/Lost Silver Dollar Trail (Weston) first 6/22
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --west of campgrounds (Weston) first 6/22
Garfield County
- Glenwood Canyon (above Shoshone Dam)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (female) (McConnell) last 9/30
- Silt River Park
- Black-throated Green Warbler --see directions (Dexter) first 9/28
Mesa County
- Lucy ferril Ela Sanctuary
- White-throated Sparrow (Stephens) first 9/29
- Grand Mesa
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (3) (Robinsong) first first 9/21
- (Behind Raber Cabins along Lands End Road)
- White-winged Crossbill --Visitor's Center (Cooper) first 9/7
- Boreal Owl (Stevens/Ehlmann) (first 4/24) last 7/10
- (First pullover, south of Spruce Grove campgrounds)
- White-winged Crossbill --just southeast/Spruce Grove Campground (Weston & all) first 7/9
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Little Bear Campground (Ehlmann) first 7/8
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Island Lake Campground (Stevens) first 7/8
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Scotland Trailhead (Aquila) first 6/21
- Boreal Owl (Stevens) last 5/18
- (At 0.2 miles east of Center; along road heading east from Visitor's Center)
- Powderhorn Ski Area on the Grand Mesa
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (2) (Stevens/Aquila) (first 4/13) last 6/21
- Northern Pygmy-Owl (Stevens/D. King) (first 3/12) last 4/28
Jackson & Larimer Counties
- Walden Reservoir
- Sabine's Gull (Stevens) first 9/28
- County Road 26 (several miles north of Hwy 14)
- Greater Sage-Grouse (Hanson) first 9/28
- Colorado State Forest
- Boreal Owl (Stevens/Hanson) last 9/27
- Pennock Pass
- Flammulated Owl (Stevens/Hanson) last 9/27
- (Contact Stevens at birdertoo (at) hotmail.com or 303-324-7994)
- (We are trying to spread out searches as to not visit same spot each trip)
- Cameron Pass Area
- Boreal Owl (Stevens/E. Peters) last 9/7
- (Contact Stevens at birdertoo (at) hotmail.com or 303-324-7994)
- (We are trying to spread out searches as to not visit same spot each trip)
Fremont County
- Arkansas Riverwalk
- Hooded Warbler (male) --bluff trail (Moss) first 9/28
Custer County
- DeWeese Reservoir
- Bell's Vireo (Peterson) first 9/27
Eagle County
- Bighorn Creek Trail #2013
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (Dee) first 9/27
- Lost Lake Trail
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (2+) (Dee) first 9/4
- Slough Grass Lake
- White-winged Crossbill (2+) (Weston) first 8/14
- Lost Lake
- Boreal Owl --west side (Weston) first 8/13
- Piney Lake
- Flammulated Owl (Weston) first 8/12
Park County
- Antero Reservoir
- Long-tailed Jaeger (adult breeding) (Pals) first 9/26
- Georgia Pass & Michigan Creek Road
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (Michaels/Zeeto) (first 7/6) last 8/24
- Northern Pygmy-Owl --east/Woodpecker trail (Zeeto) first 8/24
- Dusky Grouse --switchbacks/west/Woodpecker trail (Zeeto) first 8/23
- Hoosier Pass
- White-tailed Ptarmigan (Michaels/D. Ryan) (first 7/6) 6; last 7/29
- (Latest: few hundred feet beyond metal gate)
Moffat County
- Loudy Simpson Park
- Cassin's Vireo (Dexter) first 9/26
- Nashville Warbler (Dexter) first 9/25
- Oxbow Wildlife Area and Oxbow Lake
- Sage Sparrow (Stevens/Luke) first (first 3/12) last 9/7
- Pinyon Jay (Stevens/Luke) first (first 3/7) last 9/7
Summit County
- A.M. Bailey Bird Sanctuary
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (Petrosky/Stevens) (first 7/18) last 9/22
- (Between trailhead and sanctuary)
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --at Sanctuary/west of Creek (Petrosky/Stevens) (first 7/18) last 9/22
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (adult male) --150 yds/up from Trailhead (Ryan) first 7/28
- Johnson Road
- Hooded Warbler --see directions (Luke) first 9/18
- Salmon Lake Trail
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (3) --along trail (Nims) first 8/23
Ouray County
- Box Canyon
- Black Swift (Ehlmann/Hirshman) (first 6/12) last 9/17
Gunnison County
- Gunnison County Road 38
- Gunnison Sage-Grouse (12+) (Ehlmann/Owdom) (first 6/11) last 9/6
- Lost Lake Slough & Beckwith Pass Trail
- White-winged Crossbill (4-5) (Robinsong) first 8/18
- (Between Wilderness Boundary and Lost Lake)
Rio Grande County
- County Road 28 near Rock Creek Cemetery
- Lewis's Woodpecker (3) (Simmons) first 8/30
Routt County
- Buffalo Pass
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (25+) (Hilf/Weston) (first 8/2) 5; last 8/20
- (Between Lake Dinosaur and Fish Creek Reservoir)
- White-winged Crossbill (Williams & Merrill/Weston) (first 8/6) last 8/20
- (Latest: Seen just west of Dry Lake Campgrounds)
- (Seen 5.0 miles from the turnoff for Buffalo Pass Road (CR 38)
- Along Three Island Trail & Burn Ridge Trail Off CR 443
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (11) (Hilf/Weston) (first 7/21) 3+; last 8/19
- (Trails are off Seedhouse Road, also Forest Road 400)
Pitkin County
- Ivanhoe Lake
- Northern Pygmy-Owl -1/4 mile above lake (Weston) first 8/11
- Lyle Lake
- Northern Pygmy-Owl --halfway up trail (Weston) first 8/10
Chaffee County
- Marshall Pass
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (4+) (Stevens) first 8/4
- (both sides of pass; including Saguache County)
- Buena Vista
- Lewis's Woodpecker (2) (Tuvesson/Ehlmann) (first 7/4) last 7/29
- (Along Brookdale Avenue)
- Pinyon Jay --KOA campgrounds/below Buena Vista Overlook (Ehlmann) last 7/29
- Pinyon Jay (30+) (Tuvesson) first 7/4
- (County Road 361, just north of CR 350 (Crossman Ave))
- Monarch Pass Ski Area Parking Lot
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (Weston & all) first 7/29
- Monarch Spur RV Park, West of Salida
- Magnificent Hummingbird --please read directions (Germany) (first 7/8) last 7/16
La Plata County
- Wildcat Canyon
- Acorn Woodpecker (Zerbi) last 8/4
Alamosa County
- Great Sand Dunes National Monument
- Western Screech-Owl (Weston/Stevens) (first 8/2) last 8/3
- (Medano Creek, Saguache County Section)
- Zapata Falls
- Black Swift (5+) (Ruano/Weston & all) (first 5/30) last 8/1
Delta County
- Escalante Canyon
- Black Phoebe (2) --Creek across/Pinnacle Rock (Stevens/Ehlmann) (first 3/31) last 7/3
- Chukar (2) --Gunnison River to sheep corral (Stevens/Ehlmann) last 7/3
- Fruitgrower's Reservoir
- Lewis's Woodpecker (Ehlmann) last 7/1
- (Drive South first paved road west of Reservoir; large cottonwoods as road heads west again)
- American Bittern (Nicholoff/Horn) (first 5/6) last 6/15
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