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Lockwood,402 FastHarriet Avenue, Alpine, Dr., #12190, Livingston,TX 77399-2021. Pierce,Jerry Pilny (JPi), Randy Pinkston Texas79830, ([email protected]); email: [email protected]),Terry Fuller (RPi), David & TeresaPritchard, Martin EricCarpenter, 10610 Morado Circle #2325, Austin, (TFu),Tony Gallucci, Derry &Jo AnnGartig, Quest,Ross Rasmussen, Ellen Ratoosh,Jim Texas78759, ([email protected]); Brian Gibbons, Connie Goldman, Steve Ray,Martin Reid (MR), Bill Reiner(BRe), Ce- WillieSekula, 7063 Co. Rd. 228, Falls City, Texas 78113- Gross,April Grunspan,Mary Gustafson,W cilia Riley (CRi), Mary Nell Risley(MNR), 2627,([email protected]) Colorado&Wyoming TonyLeukering { Bill Schmoker fewspecies in unheard-ofnumbers. A superb ChristopherL. Wood flightof Veeryand Gray-cheeked Thrush up- stagedthe seasoh'slackluster warbler migra- - opesof a reasonablynormal dimatic tion (exceptingBlackpolls). Several other •season meltedas quickly as the win- specieswith few enoughprevious records to ter'ssnowpack whenthe Region ex- counton onehand kept birders busy and will perienceda hot, dry spring.Colorado's tem- undoubtedlyengage both states' records com- '.4 peratureranking was classified"above nor- mittees as documentation is received. mal"by NOAA,while Wyoming's temperature averageranked "much above normal" for the Abbreviations:Bonny (Bonny Res., Yuma); season.By 30 May,the U.S. Drought Monitor BrushHollow (BrushHollow Res.,Fremont); (<http://drought.unl.edu/dudmonitor.html>) Cheraw(L. Cheraw,Otero); Cherry Creek showedmost of Wyomingwith abnormally (CherryCreek Res., Arapahoe); Chico (Chico dry to moderatedrought conditions, while BasinRanch, Pueblo/El Paso); Crow Valley Coloradograded from abnormally dry in the (CrowValley Campground, Pawnee National northwestern corner of the state to extreme Grasslands,Weld); Jumbo (JumboRes., Lo- droughtconditions in thesoutheastern plains. gan/Sedgwick);Table Mt. (TableMt. Wildlife Colorado tallied a new icterid for the state Habitat ManagementArea, Carbon,WY); list (pendingacceptance of thephotographed Tamarack(Tamarack Ranch S.W.A., Logan). bird), and both statesposted impressive if "WestSlope" denotes locations west of the short-livedpulses of shorebirds,induding a Rockies.Due to reportingbiases, all locations VOLUME 60 (2006) NUMBER 3 405 [COLORADO&WYOMING Continuingthe recent spate of nestingrecords, Hill) thatwould provide the stateg 5th record. a femaleHooded Merganser was spied with 11 GlossyIbis continueto be foundin Colorado downyyoung near Ryan Gulch Res., Latimer in highnumbers, with I2 reportsthis spring, 29 May(D. Hall). 15 Apr-29 May (m.ob.).There were also two Twotardy Sharp-tailed Grouse were seen 2 reportsof GlossyIbis x White-facedIbis hy- Aprat Tamarack(SL), a winteringlocation at brids:4 at CationCity, Fremont 12 Apr (MP; whichthe species is notknown to breed.Rare onestill there22 Apr) andone at EastL., Jef- in spring,an alternate-plumagedRe&throat- ferson2-7 May (T. Mitchell). ed Loonwas a nicefind at PuebloRes., Pueblo 29 Apr (BKP).Of the 14 springreports of RAPTORSTHROUGH SHOREBIRDS CommonLoon, only one was from the West Lateon theplains on 20 Apr,a juv.Northern Slope,an alternate-plumagedbird at k. Cata- Goshawkat Chico(BM, BKP) may have been Thehip-pocket vagrant trap at LastChance, Washington mount, Routt 24 Apr-5 May (FL). Two the sameone seen there in Jan.A juv. Re& County,Colorado can be well worth the detour: among Horned Grebes at Chico, Pueblo 25 Mar thenoteworthy birds found there this season were two (BKP) provideda first recordfor this well- VariedThrushes, including this female on 12 May 2006. workedsite. Single Red-necked Grebes were PhotographbyGlenn Walbek. one-daywonders at Saratogak., Carbon,WY canbe assumed to bein Coloradoexcept that 30 Apr (FB) andat Jumbo8 May (HA); the eachWyoming location is notedas suchthe speciesis rarerin springthan in fall in Col- first timeit appearsin thetext. oradobut still nearly annual. The Brown Pel- icanin Larimer27 May (N. A. Komar)may WATERFOWLTHROUGH IBIS havebeen the sameas that reportednot too A smallpond in Sedgwickhosted 150 Greater far away in Greeley,Weld 29 May (NP); White-frontedGeese 2 Apr (SL),a largenum- age/plumagewas not describedin eithercase. berfor Colorado.Now thatTrumpeter Swans Recordsof migrantAmerican Bitterns are havebecome regular in Colorado,the only rarein theRegion, as most are seen at or near out-of-the-ordinaryspring report was of a sin- known breedingsites; one at LathropS.P, Anexceptional shorebird gathedng atTable Mountain glebird at Silt,Garfield 18 Mar (A. Dahl).The Huerfano7 May (RM) wasdearly a migrant. WildlifeHabitat Management Area, Goshen County, male EurasianWigeon at AlamosaN.W.R., Rareardeids in Wyomingincluded a Great Wyoming16 May2006 included this Hudsonian Godwit. Alamosa1 Apr (BKP,L. Edwards)may also Egretfar n. at GlendoRes., Platte 16 Apr PhotographbyStephen J.Dinsmore. have been found a few countiesto the n., at (CM) and 2 GreenHerons at E.K.W.6 May shoulderedHawk wasreported from Lamar, BuenaVista, charfee, the nextday (RHa, SY). (CM;one still present on 16May). An ad.Lit- Prowets10 May OK, GW), a datethat seems In Colorado,an apparentmale Mexican Duck deBlue Heron, first found at Belmar Park, Jef- latefor a migrant.The high count of Broad- (currentlyconsidered the diazi subspeciesof ferson19 Apr (K. Schofield,ph. BS), stayed in wingedHawk at the DinosaurRidge hawk- Mallard)was found at thenortherly location of thearea until at least10 May.It wasjoined at watch,Jefferson was 5 (all light-morphads.) WaldenRes., Jackson 20-21 Apr (MJI,BG, ph. EastL., Jefferson by anotherad. 3 May (DF) on 20 Apr (TL). C. Sheely);there are threeprevious specimen andmay have accounted for a sightingof the SpringRegional reports of AmericanGold- recordsfor the state. Oddly, for spring, all three speciesin Denver11 May (CC). Reportsof en-Ploverare relativelyscarce, so one bird scorerspecies were reportedin the Region, CattleEgrets in themrs., where rare, included photographedby MountainPlover oglers e. of with an imm.male White-winged a holdover singlesin Chaffee13-14 Apr (RHa), Spring Ault,Weld 13 May (J. & S.Mammoser) was of fromwinter in Adams(m.ob.) through at least ParkRes., Eagle 27 Apr-6 May(D. Filby),and someinterest. Wyoming got into the action, 7 Mar and