Colorado Birding 2006

This is my list of bird species seen in Colorado in 2006.

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The Colorado 2006 List (12/19/2006) - 296 species ID'd

    January

  1. Red-tailed Hawk (1/1) - near Thompson River, Loveland
  2. Northern Flicker (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  3. Belted Kingfisher (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  4. American Dipper (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  5. Black-capped Chickadee (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  6. European Starling (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  7. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  8. Red-winged Blackbird (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  9. Ring-billed Gull (1/1) - all over Loveland
  10. Mallard (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  11. Downy Woodpecker (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  12. White-crowned Sparrow (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  13. House Finch (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  14. Dark-eyed Junco (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  15. Great Blue Heron (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  16. American Crow (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  17. Canada Goose (1/1) - all over Loveland
  18. Cackling Goose (1/1) - all over Loveland
  19. Ring-necked Duck (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  20. Common Goldeneye (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  21. American Robin (1/1) - all over Loveland
  22. Rock Pigeon (1/1) - all over Loveland
  23. American Kestrel (1/1) - Loveland
  24. House Sparrow (1/1) - S of Cattail Pond, Loveland
  25. Golden Eagle (1/1) - S of Cattail Pond, Loveland
  26. Bald Eagle (1/1) - S of Cattail Pond, Loveland
  27. Northern Harrier (1/1) - S of Cattail Pond, Loveland
  28. Great-tailed Grackle (1/1) - S of Cattail Pond, Loveland
  29. * Marsh Wren (1/1) - S of Cattail Pond, Loveland
  30. Say's Phoebe (1/1) - S of Cattail Pond, Loveland
  31. Western Meadowlark (1/1) - Loveland
  32. Brown Creeper (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  33. Song Sparrow (1/1) - Thompson River, Loveland
  34. American Coot (1/1) - Lake Loveland
  35. Herring Gull (1/1) - Lake Loveland
  36. Pied-billed Grebe (1/1) - Lake Loveland
  37. American Wigeon (1/1) - near Thompson River, Loveland
  38. Redhead (1/1) - near Thompson River, Loveland
  39. Hooded Merganser (1/1) - near Thompson River, Loveland
  40. Northern Shoveler (1/2) - ELC, Fort Collins
  41. Common Raven (1/3) - Dixon Reservoir, Fort Collins
  42. Northern Pintail (1/3) - Fossil Creek Res, Fort Collins
  43. Common Merganser (1/3) - Fossil Creek Res, Fort Collins
  44. Horned Lark (1/3) - Fossil Creek Res, Fort Collins
  45. American Goldfinch (1/5) - Long Pond, Fort Collins
  46. + Pine Warbler (1/5) - Long Pond, Fort Collins
  47. Green-winged Teal (1/5) - Prospect Ponds, Fort Collins
  48. Wood Duck (1/5) - Prospect Ponds, Fort Collins
  49. Eurasian Collared-Dove (1/5) - Prospect Ponds, Fort Collins
  50. Gadwall (1/5) - Poudre River, Fort Collins
  51. * Northern Waterthrush (1/5) - Poudre River, Fort Collins
  52. + Brant (1/5) - City Park Lake, Fort Collins
  53. Steller's Jay (1/6) - Lory State Park, Fort Collins
  54. Spotted Towhee (1/6) - Lory State Park, Fort Collins
  55. Black-billed Magpie (1/6) - Lory State Park, Fort Collins
  56. Townsend's Solitaire (1/6) - Lory State Park, Fort Collins
  57. Mountain Chickadee (1/6) - Lory State Park, Fort Collins
  58. Red-breasted Nuthatch (1/6) - Lory State Park, Fort Collins
  59. White-breasted Nuthatch (1/7) - Greyrock Mtn Trail
  60. Pygmy Nuthatch (1/7) - Greyrock Mtn Trail
  61. Clark's Nutcracker (1/7) - Greyrock Mtn Trail
  62. Prairie Falcon (1/9) - CR 21, Logan Cty
  63. + Rough-legged Hawk (1/9) - CR 58, Logan Cty
  64. * Northern Shrike (1/9) - CR 21, Logan Cty
  65. Trumpeter Swan (1/10) - Ryan Gulch Reservoir, Loveland
  66. Ferruginous Hawk (1/10) - Cathy Fromme Prairie, Fort Collins
  67. Lesser Scaup (1/11) - Fossil Creek Reservoir, Fort Collins
  68. Canvasback (1/11) - Fossil Creek Reservoir, Fort Collins
  69. Cedar Waxwing (1/12) - Sylvan Dale Ranch, Loveland
  70. * Lapland Longspur (1/13) - CR 21, Logan Cty
  71. Snow Goose (1/13) - CR 21, Logan Cty
  72. Western Scrub Jay (1/14) - Stout
  73. Pine Siskin (1/14) - Stout
  74. Canyon Wren (1/14) - Lory State Park, FC
  75. Hairy Woodpecker (1/14) - Lory State Park, FC
  76. Red-breasted Merganser (1/15) - Lake Loveland
  77. + Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (1/17) - Fawn Brook Inn, Allenspark
  78. * Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (1/17) - Fawn Brook Inn, Allenspark
  79. * Black Rosy-Finch (1/17) - Fawn Brook Inn, Allenspark
  80. Ross' Goose (1/17) - Dodd Reservoir, Boulder
  81. Greater White-fronted Goose (1/17) - Dodd Reservoir, Boulder
  82. Western Grebe (1/17) - Valmont Reservoir, Boulder
  83. Red-necked Grebe (1/17) - Valmont Reservoir, Boulder
  84. Bufflehead (1/17) - Walden Ponds, Boulder
  85. Great Black-backed Gull (1/17) - Rist Benson Reservoir, Loveland
  86. Lesser Black-backed Gull (1/17) - Rist Benson Reservoir, Loveland
  87. + Cooper's Hawk (1/26) - ELC, FC
  88. Thayer's Gull (1/26) - Rist Benson Reservoir, Loveland
  89. Blue Jay (1/26) - ELC, FC
  90. Barrow's Goldeneye (1/26) - Prospect Ponds, FC
  91. American Tree Sparrow (1/27) - Frank SWA, Windsor
  92. * Red Crossbill (1/28) - Lory State Park, Fort Collins
  93. Wilson's Snipe (1/31) - ELC, FC

    February

  94. Loggerhead Shrike (2/2) - Doyle Rd, Pueblo Cty
  95. Merlin (2/2) - near Manzanola, Hwy 50, Pueblo Cty
  96. Pinyon Jay (2/2) - Lake Pueblo State Park
  97. Great Horned Owl (2/3) - Valco Ponds, Lake Pueblo
  98. Killdeer (2/3) - Valco Ponds, Lake Pueblo
  99. Curve-billed Thrasher (2/3) - Valco Ponds, Lake Pueblo
  100. + Eastern Towhee (2/3) - El Paso Cty
  101. Brown Thrasher (2/3) - El Paso Cty
  102. Gray Catbird (2/3) - El Paso Cty
  103. * Long-billed Thrasher (2/3) - El Paso Cty
  104. + Ring-necked Pheasant (2/3) - Barr Lake State Park
  105. Bushtit (2/5) - Bobcat Ridge, Masonville
  106. Sharp-shinned Hawk (2/5) - Bobcat Ridge, Masonville
  107. Gray Jay (2/12) - Bear Lake, RMNP
  108. Greater Scaup (2/28) - Duck Lake, FC

    March

  109. * Northern Saw-whet Owl (3/1) - Rist Canyon
  110. Pine Grosbeak (3/4) - Allenspark
  111. Cassin's Finch (3/4) - Allenspark
  112. * Northern Goshawk (3/4) - Allenspark
  113. * Eastern Screech-Owl (3/5) - Poudre River, Fort Collins
  114. Cinnamon Teal (3/6) - Lower Latham Res., LaSalle
  115. Lesser Goldfinch (3/7) - my neighborhood, FC
  116. + Sage Sparrow (3/12) - Kogler yard, SW Loveland
  117. Mourning Dove (3/13) - Grandview Cemetery, FC
  118. * Harris' Sparrow (3/13) - Carson Nature Center, Littleton
  119. Horned Grebe (3/13) - 88th and Platte Ponds, Thornton
  120. California Gull (3/13) - Erie Reservoir, Lafayette
  121. Glaucous Gull (3/13) - Erie Reservoir, Lafayette
  122. Franklin's Gull (3/13) - Thomas Reservoir, Lafayette
  123. Mountain Bluebird (3/13) - near Hygiene
  124. Ruddy Duck (3/21) - Fossil Creek Res., FC
  125. Sandhill Crane (3/24) - Greeley
  126. + Greater Yellowlegs (3/26) - Union Reservoir, Longmont
  127. White Pelican (3/26) - Union Reservoir, Longmont
  128. Brewer's Blackbird (3/26) - Beebe Draw
  129. + Winter Wren (3/26) - ELC, FC
  130. Yellow-rumped Warbler (3/26) - ELC, FC
  131. Double-crested Cormorant (3/31) - Boxelder Res.

    April

  132. Osprey (4/1) - near Lions Park
  133. Bonaparte's Gull (4/2) - Horseshoe Lake, Loveland
  134. Common Grackle (4/2) - Loveland
  135. Yellow-headed Blackbird (4/2) - Cattail Pond, Loveland
  136. Lesser Yellowlegs (4/5) - Frank SWA, Windsor
  137. * Greater Sage Grouse (4/7) - Coalmont
  138. + Evening Grosbeak (4/8) - Steamboat Springs
  139. Turkey Vulture (4/9) - Walden
  140. * McCown's Longspur (4/11) - Pawnee Grasslands
  141. + Least Sandpiper (4/11) - near Crook
  142. + White Ibis (4/11) - near Crook
  143. Blue-winged Teal (4/15) - Lower Latham Res.
  144. + Dunlin (4/15) - Lower Latham Res.
  145. Black-bellied Plover (4/15) - Lower Latham Res.
  146. Baird's Sandpiper (4/15) - Lower Latham Res.
  147. + White-faced Ibis (4/15) - Lower Latham Res.
  148. American Avocet (4/15) - Lower Latham Res.
  149. Swainson's Hawk (4/15) - Beebe Draw
  150. Semipalmated Sandpiper (4/15) - Lower Latham Res.
  151. Barn Swallow (4/16) - ELC, FC
  152. Orange-crowned Warbler (4/17) - Dixon Res., FC
  153. House Wren (4/17) - ELC, FC
  154. Brown-headed Cowbird (4/17) - ELC, FC
  155. Lincoln's Sparrow (4/17) - ELC, FC
  156. + Long-billed Curlew (4/17) - Lower Latham Res., LaSalle
  157. + American Bittern (4/17) - Lower Latham Res., LaSalle
  158. Peregrine Falcon (4/17) - Lower Latham Res., LaSalle
  159. Marbled Godwit (4/17) - Lower Latham Res., LaSalle
  160. * Vesper Sparrow (4/17) - Fossil Creek Res., FC
  161. Eared Grebe (4/19) - Fossil Creek Res., FC
  162. Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (4/20) - Dixon Res., FC
  163. Chipping Sparrow (4/20) - ELC, FC
  164. Hermit Thrush (4/20) - ELC, FC
  165. Northern Rough-Winged Swallow (4/20) - Frank SWA, Windsor
  166. American Pipit (4/20) - Lower Latham Res., LaSalle
  167. Wilson's Phalarope (4/20) - Lower Latham Res., LaSalle
  168. Willet (4/20) - Lower Latham Res., LaSalle
  169. + Glossy Ibis (4/20) - Lower Latham Res., LaSalle
  170. + Semipalmated Plover (4/20) - Lower Latham Res., LaSalle
  171. + Snowy Egret (4/23) - Timnath Res., FC
  172. Burrowing Owl (4/23) - US 34/WCR 47, Greeley
  173. Long-billed Dowitcher (4/23) - Lower Latham Res., LaSalle
  174. Pectoral Sandpiper (4/23) - Lower Latham Res., LaSalle
  175. Black-crowned Night-Heron (4/23) - Kountze Lake, Denver
  176. Tree Swallow (4/23) - Kountze Lake, Denver
  177. + Great Egret (4/23) - ??? Reservoir, Longmont
  178. + Black-necked Stilt (4/23) - Duck Lake, FC
  179. + Field Sparrow (4/24) - Dixon Reservior, FC
  180. Eastern Phoebe (4/24) - Dixon Reservoir, FC
  181. + Western Bluebird (4/24) - Fisherman's Nook, Lake Estes
  182. Spotted Sandpiper (4/24) - Fisherman's Nook, Lake Estes
  183. Savannah Sparrow (4/24) - Fisherman's Nook, Lake Estes
  184. Common Loon (4/24) - Fisherman's Nook, Lake Estes
  185. * Brewer's Sparrow (4/26) - Weld CR 110/15
  186. Swainson's Thrush (4/26) - Weld CR 110/US 85
  187. Green-tailed Towhee (4/26) - Pawnee Grasslands, Weld CR 114/27
  188. Rock Wren (4/26) - Pawnee Grasslands, Weld CR 114
  189. Northern Mockingbird (4/26) - Pawnee Grasslands, Weld CR 122/27
  190. Broad-tailed Hummingbird (4/28) - Dixon Res. FC
  191. White-throated Swift (4/28) - Watson Lake, FC
  192. + Broad-winged Hawk (4/29) - Lee Martinez Park, Fort Collins
  193. Clark's Grebe (4/29) - Lonetree Res., Loveland
  194. Western Kingbird (4/30) - Larimer Cty Rd 32E, near Windsor

    May

  195. Virginia's Warbler (5/3) - Dixon Res., FC
  196. Forster's Tern (5/4) - Swede Lake, FC
  197. Bank Swallow (5/4) - Swede Lake, FC
  198. Cliff Swallow (5/4) - Swede Lake, FC
  199. + Chimney Swift (5/4) - downtown FC
  200. Wilson's Warbler (5/5) - Crow Valley Campground, Briggsdale
  201. Western Wood-Pewee (5/6) - Dixon Res., FC
  202. + Common Yellowthroat (5/6) - Dixon Res., FC
  203. Yellow Warbler (5/6) - Dixon Res., FC
  204. * Cassin's Vireo (5/6) - Dixon Res., FC
  205. Bullock's Oriole (5/8) - Riverbend Ponds, FC
  206. Eastern Kingbird (5/8) - Walden Ponds, Boulder
  207. Western Tanager (5/8) - Belmar Park, Lakewood
  208. * Sora (5/8) - East Reservoir, Lakewood
  209. Solitary Sandpiper (5/8) - East Reservoir, Lakewood
  210. Violet-Green Swallow (5/8) - East Reservoir, Lakewood
  211. + Little Blue Heron (5/8) - East Reservoir, Lakewood
  212. Red-necked Phalarope (5/9) - Duck Lake, FC
  213. Sanderling (5/10) - Duck Lake, FC
  214. Lark Sparrow (5/10) - Fossil Creek Res., FC
  215. * Yellow-throated Vireo (5/10) - Lee Martinez Park, FC
  216. MacGillivray's Warbler (5/11) - Dixon Res., FC
  217. Warbling Vireo (5/12) - Dixon Res., FC
  218. Gray Catbird (5/12) - Dixon Res., FC
  219. + Dusky Grouse (5/13) - McGraw Ranch, RMNP
  220. * Golden-crowned Kinglet (5/13) - McGraw Ranch, RMNP
  221. * Flammulated Owl (5/14) - Stove Prairie Rd., Poudre Canyon
  222. + Hammond's Flycatcher (5/14) - Rist Canyon
  223. Black-Headed Grosbeak (5/14) - Rist Canyon
  224. Lazuli Bunting (5/14) - Rist Canyon
  225. Red-naped Sapsucker (5/14) - Rist Canyon
  226. * Dusky Flycatcher (5/14) - Rist Canyon
  227. * Least Flycatcher (5/14) - Rist Canyon
  228. * Clay-colored Sparrow (5/14) - Fossil Creek Res., FC
  229. * Black Tern (5/14) - Lower Latham Res., LaSalle
  230. + Whimbrel (5/14) - Lower Latham Res., LaSalle
  231. Stilt Sandpiper (5/14) - Loloff Res., Weld Cty
  232. Ring-necked Pheasant (5/14) - WCR 50
  233. Orchard Oriole (5/14) - Hwy 37, near Greeley
  234. Lark Bunting (5/14) - WCR 392
  235. * Blackpoll Warbler (5/14) - Crow Valley Campground, Briggsdale
  236. + American Redstart (5/14) - Crow Valley Campground, Briggsdale
  237. * Gray-Cheeked Thrush (5/14) - Crow Valley Campground, Briggsdale
  238. * Veery (5/15) - Crow Valley Campground, Briggsdale
  239. Yellow-breasted Chat (5/16) - Dixon Res., FC
  240. + Black-chinned Hummingbird (5/16) - Sondermann Park, Colo Spgs
  241. Olive-sided Flycatcher (5/16) - Clear Creek Open Space, Colo Spgs
  242. + Ovenbird (5/17) - Sondermann Park, Colo Spgs
  243. * Plumbeous Vireo (5/17) - Chico Basin Ranch
  244. Common Nighthawk (5/17) - Chico Basin Ranch
  245. Scaled Quail (5/17) - Chico Basin Ranch
  246. Red-headed Woodpecker (5/20) - Weld CR 100/85
  247. Baltimore Oriole (5/28) - Duck Creek SWA
  248. Eastern Bluebird (5/28) - Duck Creek SWA
  249. Upland Sandpiper (5/28) - Duck Creek SWA
  250. Bell's Vireo (5/28) - Duck Creek SWA
  251. Dickcissel (5/28) - Duck Creek SWA
  252. Great Crested Flycatcher (5/28) - Tamarack Ranch SWA
  253. Red-bellied Woodpecker (5/28) - Tamarack Ranch SWA
  254. * White-rumped Sandpiper (5/29) - Bonny SWA
  255. * American Golden-Plover (5/29) - Bonny SWA
  256. * Cassin's Sparrow (5/29) - Flagler SWA
  257. * Willow Flycatcher (5/29) - Flagler SWA
  258. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (5/29) - Flagler SWA
  259. * Hudsonian Godwit (5/29) - Duck Lake, Fort Collins
  260. + Green Heron (5/31) - Prospect Ponds, FC

    June

  261. * Wood Thrush (6/3) - Crow Valley campground, Briggsdale
  262. Lewis' Woodpecker (6/9) - Mile 115, Poudre Cyn Hwy 14
  263. + Bobolink (6/10) - Teller Farm Trail, Boulder Cty

    July

  264. Williamson's Sapsucker (7/30) - Endovalley, RMNP
  265. Rufous Hummingbird (7/30) - Alpine Visitor Center, RMNP

    August

  266. Cordilleran Flycatcher (8/2) - RMBL, Gothic
  267. * Black Swift (8/3) - Box Canyon Falls, Ouray
  268. Wild Turkey (8/4) - Mesa Verde NP
  269. + Black-throated Gray Warbler (8/4) - Mesa Verde NP
  270. Gray Flycatcher (8/4) - Mesa Verde NP
  271. + Acorn Woodpecker (8/5) - Rafter J, Durango
  272. + Eastern Wood-Pewee (8/8) - Boulder Creek, Boulder
  273. + Virginia Rail (8/8) - Cottonwood Marsh, Boulder
  274. * Calliope Hummingbird (8/18) - Hild's yard, Fort Collins
  275. Townsend's Warbler (8/27) - Prewitt Reservoir
  276. + Black-and-white Warbler (8/27) - Prewitt Reservoir
  277. + Short-billed Dowitcher (8/29) - Jackson Reservoir
  278. * Buff-breasted Sandpiper (8/29) - Jackson Reservoir

    September

  279. Sage Thrasher (9/4) - Crow Valley, Briggsdale
  280. * Tennessee Warbler (9/12) - Crow Valley, Briggsdale
  281. + Red-eyed Vireo (9/12) - Crow Valley, Briggsdale
  282. Cassin's Kingbird (9/12) - CR 100/57
  283. * Common Tern (9/20) - Union Reservoir, Longmont
  284. + Brown Pelican (9/22) - Fossil Creek Res., FC
  285. + Black Phoebe (9/27) - Mackenzie Bridge, Canon City

    October

  286. White-throated Sparrow (10/8) - Jackson Reservoir
  287. + Pomarine Jaeger (10/8) - Chatfield Reservoir
  288. Red Phalarope (10/8) - Chatfield Reservoir
  289. + Laughing Gull (10/10) - NE of Greeley, rds 62.5 & 51
  290. Tundra Swan (10/31) - Bud Mielke Reservoir, Loveland

    November

  291. Surf Scoter (11/21) - Ish Reservoir
  292. Long-tailed Duck (11/21) - Union Reservoir, Longmont
  293. * Yellow-billed Loon (11/22) - Erie Reservoir
  294. * Black Scoter (11/27) - Union Reservoir

    December

  295. + Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (12/18) - Grandview Cemetary, FC
  296. + Varied Thrush (12/19) - Crow Valley campground, Briggsdale

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