Compiler: Gregg Goodrich GreggG...@gmail.com
Phone: 303 655-9135
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Birders have been helpful by reporting updates to COBIRDS. Thanks!
CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee at the CFO website.
(*) indicates new information on a species.
For more information on birds seen today, go to cobirds.org and scroll to the bottom for “Recent eBird Sightings.”
Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include:
Brant (*Jefferson)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*Boulder, Jefferson, Garfield, *Larimer)
PACIFIC WREN (*Fremont)
GYRFALCON (Larimer)
Varied Thrush (*Jefferson)
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ADAMS COUNTY:
—On Dec 17 a Tundra Swan was reported at Ketring Park by K Holland on the 17th.
—On Dec 16 a Tundra Swan was reported at Centennial Park by Bez Bezuidenhout on the 16th.
BOULDER COUNTY:
—On Dec 22 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported by Nathan Pieplow on the 15th In pines along Old Tale Road south of Arapahoe, about halfway to McSorley Lane.
DENVER COUNTY:
—On Dec 19 a Black-and-white Warbler was reported at Bluff Lake by Virginia Dickinson on the 19th.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
—On Dec 22 a Red-necked Grebe was reported at Chatfield SP first reported by Al Guarente on the 21st.
—On Dec 22 a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP. First reported by Tony Leukering.
—On Dec 18 a Pacific Loon was reported from the Handicap Fisherman’s Platform and probably the same bird that has been seen from the N Boat Ramp. First reported by Tony Leukering on Dec 8th.
—On Dec 18 a Glaucous-winged Gull was reported at Horseshoe Res by Joe Kipper on the 18th.
LOGAN COUNTY:
—On Dec 21 a Trumpeter Swan was reported at Jumbo Res by Glenn Walbek on the 21st.
MESA COUNTY:
—On Dec 17 a pair of Trumpeter Swans continue at Highline Lake SP. First reported on Dec 5 by Don Marsh.
OTERO COUNTY:
—On Dec 17 a Dunlin was reported at Holbrook Res by Brandon Percival on the 17th.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
—On Dec 19 a Dunlin was reported at Pueblo Res South Marina on the tires with the gulls. First reported by Evan Carlson on the 19th.
—On Dec 19 “Murray” the Great Black-backed Gull that has spent the last umpteen winters at Lake Pueblo, was reported again, as was a Glaucous Gull.
It's Christmas Bird Count time across Colorado, between Dec 14 & Jan 5.
Please help out and sign up for one or more of these CBCs!
For a clickable map of Colorado's counts with registration/location details, go to https://audubon.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=ac275eeb01434cedb1c5dcd0fd3fc7b4
Upcoming Denver Field Ornithologists field trip (details at dfobirds.org
South Platte Park
Friday, December 27
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
David Suddjian (Email: dsud...@gmail.com Phone: 831-713-8659)
Southwestern Metro Area
Monday, December 30
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
David Suddjian (Email: dsud...@gmail.com Phone: 831-713-8659)
Denver City Park (Denver County)
Sunday, January 5
7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Patrick O'Driscoll (Email: pato...@gmail.com Phone: 303-885-6955 (cell))
Good birding,
Gregg Goodrich, Highlands Ranch
Phone: 303 655-9135