Hello cobirders,

New reports from Monday:
Douglas (Black Vulture, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Bobolink,
Dickcissel, Cassin's Sparrow)
Boulder (Ovenbird, Eastern Bluebird, Cassin's Sparrow)

FRONT RANGE NORTHERN COLORADO
Douglas County
Yesterday, Stevens relocated the BLACK VULTURE (Walbek, 7/2) over the northwest
corner of Castlewood Canyon State Park. Stevens found a male ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK in the front yard of the first house on the south side of Willow Drive,
west of Castlewood Canyon Road (probably: same bird as Cheryl Teuton reported a
male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK near the Homestead parking lot. Yesterday, Stevens
relocated BOBOLINK (Stevens 5/18) at the Winkler Ranch south of Castlewood
Canyon State Park. Steven saw a Dickcissel in the field just north of the
Ranch's entrance. Stevens also found a CASSIN'S SPARROW while he walked along
Highway 83 at 1.5 miles south of Lake Gulch Road (south of east entrance to
Castlewood Canyon State Park). On 6/29, Stevens & Danka relocated AMERICAN
THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS (Ehlmann, 6/22) along the Cheesman Canyon Trail from Hwy
126 to the Reservoir.

Boulder County
Yesterday, Christian Nunes relocated the OVENBIRD (Nunes, 6/22) and reported an
adult and juvenile Eastern Bluebird (Spring Brook Loop) in Eldorado Mountain
Open Space. On 7/5, Roger Danka relocated the LITTLE BLUE HERON (Zilly, 7/1)
west of the pond just south of Boulder Creek and along White Rocks Trail. On
7/2, Szeliga relocated a LEAST FLYCATCHER (Floyd, 6/28) on the White Rocks Trail
in east Boulder. On 7/5, Danka relocated CASSIN'S SPARROWS (Kaempfer, 7/1) in
the Open Space South of Lefthand Canyon Reservoir. Nick Komar found a Cassin's
Sparrow at 75th Street and CR 4. David Waltman relocated 2+ GREEN HERON at
Walden Ponds. On 7/5, Ted Floyd relocated a BOBOLINK (Stevens, 6/10) at Pella
Crossing Park.

On 7/3, Stevens and Danka heard 2 NORTHERN PYGMY-OWLS near the southeast side of
Gross Reservoir. On 7/3, Teuton relocated the KENTUCKY WARBLER (Andes, 6/5) and
HOODED WARBLER (Kaplan, 5/18) at Gregory Canyon. John Tumasonis relocated the
male SCARLET TANAGER (Mihm Dunning, 5/27). On 7/3, Teuton relocated the
OVENBIRD and HOODED WARBLER (Nunes, 6/22) at Eldorado Mountain Open Space.
Tumasonis relocated BOBOLINK (Nunes, 6/10) at the Boulder Open Space along
Cherryvale Road at S. Boulder Road. Ted Floyd relocated an AMERICAN THREE-TOED
WOODPECKER near Brainard Lake (fee area).

Adams County
On 7/4, John Tumasonis relocated 42+ BURROWING OWL (Stevens, 3/24) along the DIA
Owl Loop. On 5/30, Kosten Counted 9+ BURROWING OWLS along the east side of Rocky
Mountain Arsenal (Buckley road).

Weld County
On 7/4, Cole Wild reported a GLOSSY IBIS along CR 48, Lower Latham Reservoir.
On 6/22, Keirn relocated AMERICAN BITTERN at Lower Latham Reservoir (CR 48).

Denver County
On 7/3, Cheryl Teuton relocated 2 COMMON LOON (Jones, 6/3) at Marston Reservoir.

Jefferson County
On 7/4, Jean Hackos relocated WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKERS (Finch, 4/13) at Genesee
Mountain Park. On 7/3, Teuton relocated an INDIGO BUNTING at Bear Creek
Regional Park. Terry Michaels reported 1 or 2 OVENBIRDS at Roxborough State
Park (above meadow up Carpenter Peak Trail). On 6/28, Stevens reported AMERICAN
THREE-TOED WOODPECKERS and a NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL in Pike National Forest (see
CoBus website for directions).

On 6/26, Chris Sherry found an OVENBIRD at Fountain Valley Overlook, Roxborough
State Park. On 6/23, Sherry found 2 OVENBIRDS up High Grade Road (see website
for directions). Sherry found an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER at the picnic
area across from the old school on Pleasant Park Road (up High Grade Road). On
6/22, Merlynn Brown relocated a WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER at Reynolds Park. On
6/16, Merlynn Brown reported an adult male AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER 90
yards southwest of the decaying bridge along the Skipper Trail in Pike National
Forest.

Larimer County
On 7/2, Dixie Smith found an INDIGO BUNTING at Boxelder Creek along CR 15. On
6/30, Jason Gold relocated WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN at Medicine Bow Curve in Rocky
Mountain National Park. Gary Matthews reported a BROWN-CAPPED ROSY FINCH at the
Lava Cliffs snow bank. On 6/27, Chris Feeney relocated 3 FLAMMULATED OWL on
Pennock Pass. On 6/25, Danka relocated an American Three-toed Woodpecker
(Stevens, 6/11) on the east side of Chambers Lake.

Arapahoe County
On 6/30, Kosten relocated 3 BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD (Stevens, 5/18) behind the
ranger's office at Cherry Creek State Park. On 6/27, Jim Nelson relocated a
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD (Latona, 5/11) around the Carson Nature Center at
South Platte Park. On 6/26, Stevens relocated 2 BURROWING OWLS (defrowe) along
Jewell Avenue between the Great Plains Park and E470.

Clear Creek
On 6/27, Matt Resone relocated WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN at Guanella Pass. Resone
relocated BROWN-CAPPED ROSY FINCHES at the northwest corner of Summit Lake, Mt
Evans. Phil Tizzard reported a WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN at mile 12, Mt Evans. On
6/26, Sherry saw a WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN (Sherry, 6/22) at the first switchback
up from Summit Lake, Mt Evans, see directions. On 6/7, Terry Michaels relocated
WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN (Stevens, 6/5) at the eastern side of the Mt. Evans
Parking Lot. On 6/26, Tizzard relocated a WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN up the western
trail at Loveland Pass.

Huerfano County
On 6/26, Beverly Jensen relocated a WHITE-WINGED DOVE in La Veta. On 6/21,
Polly Neldner reported a BURROWING OWL along the Valley Road Cutoff to La Veta.

Elbert County
On 6/25, Stevens reported DICKCISSEL along Elbert Road at 4.1 miles south of
Highway 86. Stevens also reported one (1) Bobolink.

SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO
Lincoln County
On 6/24, Stevens and Danka saw a SHORT-EARED OWL at the southwest corner of
Karval Reservoir Wildlife Area.

Cheyenne County
On 5/6, Green relocated BURROWING OWLS (Stevens, 4/18) at mile marker 164 of Hwy
385 (a few miles south of Kit Carson County).

NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
Morgan County
On 6/23, Stevens and Danka relocated RED-BELLIED WOODPECKERS and an EASTERN
SCREECH-OWL (Stevens, 1/22) at Brush Wildlife Area.

Sedgwick County
On 6/22, Stevens reported At Sedgwick Bar Wildlife Area, a GREAT CRESTED
FLYCATCHER and 2 EASTERN BLUEBIRD; At Pony Express Wildlife Area, RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER; At Julesburg Wayside Rest Stop, BALTIMORE ORIOLE and CHIMNEY SWIFT;
At DePoorter Lake, a FIELD SPARROW. On 6/21, Stevens relocated 2 Yellow-billed
Cuckoo (Danka, 6/16) at Julesburg Wildlife Area. Stevens found a male NORTHERN
CARDINAL at the southwest corner of Ovid.

Logan/Sedgwick Counties
On 6/20, Stevens found a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO at the northern woods at Jumbo
Reservoir. On 6/14, Danka relocated a Barn Owl at the eastern campgrounds at
Jumbo Reservoir.

MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN COLORADO
Teller County
On 7/4, Steve Campbell reported a WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER at Mueller State Park
(see CoBus website for directions).

Delta County
On 7/4, Dan Garrison reported a WILLET at Overland Reservoir. On 6/11, Weston
relocated BLACK PHOEBE & CHUKAR at Escalante Canyon. On 5/26, Andrea Robinsong
reported from Fruitgrower's Reservoir: 2 American Bittern & LEWIS'S WOODPECKER
below/west of Fruitgrower's Reservoir.

Montrose County
On 7/3, Annie Baker relocated the YELLOW-THROATED VIREO (Boyle, 6/10) at Devil's
Point, Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park. On 6/28, Missy Siders reported a
DUSKY GROUSE along the Ouray Loop (sites 13 & 14) at Silver Jack Campground. On
6/19, Coen Dexter relocated 2 LESSER NIGHTHAWK (Dexter, 5/31) at the Nucla Sewer
Ponds.

Summit County
On 7/3, Stevens & Danka reported at Spruce Creek Trail: NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL,
FLAMMULATED OWL, BOREAL OWL. On 7/2, Roger Danka reported from the A.M. Bailey
Bird Sanctuary: AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER, WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN and
NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL. On 7/1, Stevens reported 2 BOREAL OWL (1 seen, 1 heard) at
the upper end of Saint Johns Trail. Stevens reported a NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL 1/2
mile up the Hunkidori Trail. On 6/30, Stevens found heard 2 NORTHERN PYGMY-OWLS
3/4 mile up the Argentine Pass trail.

Fremont County
On 7/3, Moss relocated an EASTERN PHOEBE (Green, 5/3) at the eastern end of the
Arkansas Riverwalk in Canon City. On 7/2, Moss reported a BLACK PHOEBE at
Pathfinder Regional Park. Moss reported 4 BLACK PHOEBE at Florence River Park.
On 7/1, John Drummond reported LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS along CR 2 at 2.5 miles West
of CR 21. Drummond reported PINYON JAYS there on 6/28. On 6/8, Luke relocated
RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW at Tunnel Drive in Canon City.

Lake County
On 7/2, Dick Filby reported an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER at mile marker 53
of Independence Pass. Filby found a WHITE-TAILED PTARMIGAN on the hillside 1/2
mile north of the Independence Pass summit.

La Plata County
On 7/1, Jerry Petrosky relocated ACORN WOODPECKER at Wildcat Canyon.

Montezuma County
On 6/30, Weston relocated LUCY'S WARBLERS and reported a SUMMER TANAGER at
Yellow Jacket Canyon.

Pitkin County
On 6/30, Dick Filby reported BLACK SWIFTS flying over the ridge between Snowmass
and Old Snowmass.

Ouray County
On 6/26, Petrosky relocated BLACK SWIFT (Weston, 6/4) at Box Canyon.

Gunnison County
On 6/26, Jason Beason reported 2 LEAST FLYCATCHER at the McCabe Wetlands in
Gunnison. On 6/25, Weston relocated DUSKY GROUSE along the south rim drive at
Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park. On 6/24, Petrosky reported GUNNISON
SAGE-GROUSE at CR 38 & CR 38A. Petrosky reported 2 LEAST FLYCATCHERS and
relocated a Veery (Bradley, 6/15) at the Neversink Trail west of Gunnison. On
6/23, Petrosky reported an AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER at the View
Campgrounds at Taylor Park Reservoir.

Chaffee County
On 6/23, Petrosky relocated LEWIS'S WOODPECKER at Brookdale Avenue & N. Pleasant
Avenue in Buena Vista.

Jackson County
On 6/17, Stevens and all relocated BOREAL OWLS on Cameron Pass. See CoBus
website for directions. Stevens relocated BROWN-CAPPED ROSY FINCHES (Stevens,
6/11) at the Colorado State Forest Visitor's Center feeders.

Mesa County
On 6/10, Weston relocated FLAMMULATED OWL (Robinsong, 5/9) on the Uncompahgre
Plateau. On 6/8, Gary Weston relocated SCOTT'S ORIOLES (Carpenter 5/9) at
Brewster's Ridge and north of Rabbit Valley (Carpenter, 5/9). On 6/1, GRACE'S
WARBLERS were found near Carson's Hole. On 5/11, Leo Miller ran into 8+ CHUKAR
at Coal Canyon (Cameo). On 5/10, Carpenter found 2 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS and 7
BOREAL OWLS on the Grand Mesa (see CoBus website for directions).

Good birding!

Directions to birding spots on CoBus website:
http://home.att.net/~birdertoo

Sue Ehlmann, CoBus & RMORC Project Director
Brighton, CO
Contact CoBus/Report Interesting Birds: 303-324-7994
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