Date:Friday, January 31, 2020
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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.”
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Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include:
BRANT (Jefferson)
Trumpeter Swan (Mesa)
White-winged Scoter (Douglas )
Dunlin (Pueblo)
Mew Gull (Pueblo)
Glaucous Gull (Kiowa , *Larimer)
SLATY-BACKED GULL ( * Larimer )
Glaucous-winged Gull ( * Larimer )
Great Black-backed Gull (Boulder,*Larimer, Pueblo)
Red-throated Loon (Pueblo) ,
Pacific Loon (Jefferson, Douglas)
YELLOW-BILLED LOON (Jefferson)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Larimer)
GYRFALCON (Larimer)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (* Mesa )
Pacific Wren ( Jefferson )
Rusty Blackbird ( Douglas,)
Palm Warbler (Pueblo)
Western Tanager (Pueblo)
BOULDER COUNTY:
—On
Jan 25 a first cycle Great Black-backed Gull was reported at Macintosh
Lake; first reported there by David Waltman on the 18th.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
On Jan 29 (2) Rusty Blackbirds were reported from the Plum Creek Delta . First reported by Amanda Spears on Jan 26 .
DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES:
——On Jan 29 a (juv) YELLOW-BILLED LOON was reported at Chatfield SP—in both counties; first reported by Gregg Goodrich.
—On Jan 24 the Pacific Loon reported from JeffCo, by Tom H, was also seen in DougCo.
—On Jan 22 the White-winged Scoter reported from the Jefferson side of Chatfield SP was also seen on the Douglas County side.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On Jan 29 the wintering PACIFIC WREN was reported by David Bailey at Bear Creek Lake Park in the previous location.
—On Jan 28 a BRANT was reported at Lake Arbor; first reported Dec 20 by Amy Cervene.
KIOWA COUNTY
-- On Jan 29 a Glaucous Gull was reported from Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir by Richard Bunn .
LARIMER COUNTY:
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On Jan 30 probable first cycle SLATY_BACKED and GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS
were reported from Warren Lake, first reported by by Nick Komar and others on Jan 29 .These ID's are
out for review and confirmation. Attracted by the fish kill at this lake
. Warren Lake is private view from roads .
—On Jan 30 a first cycle Great Black-backed Gull was reported from Warren Lake. First reported by by Nick Komar on Jan 26. View from Breakwater Rd.
—On Jan 30 a Glaucous Gull was reported at Warren Lake, first reported on Jan 29 by m.obs.
—On
Jan 17 a GYRFALCON was seen near the Larimer County Landfill in Fort
Collins. Not reported since then, but it may still be around. First
reported Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. Please post updates to COBirds.
MESA COUNTY:
---On Jan 30 a Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at Grand Junction Wildlife Area , first reported by Bob Clarke on Jan 28 . .
PUEBLO COUNTY:
—On Jan 26 a Palm Warbler was reported west of the Valco Ponds parking lot. First reported by Mark Yaeger on Jan 18.
—On Jan 26 (3) Mew Gulls were reported from Pueblo Reservoir-South Shore Marina by David Dowell.
—On Jan 28 a Red-throated Loon was reported at Pueblo Reservoir; first reported by Brandon Percival on Nov 28, 2019.
—On Jan 24 (2) Dunlin were reported at Pueblo Reservoir—South Marina; first reported Dec 19 by Evan Carlson.
—On
Jan 28 the Great Black-backed Gull known as “Murray” was reported at
Pueblo Reservoir’s South Marina. Murray has spent 20-plus years as a
winter resident of Lake Pueblo SP.
—On
Jan 22 a Western Tanager was reported at Pueblo West Gravel Pit by
Amanda Spears, first reported in the area by Brandon Percival on Jan 2.
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Upcoming Denver Field Ornithologists field trip (details at dfobirds.org)
Aurora Reservoir and Cherry Creek SP
Monday, February 3
7:00 AM - Noon
South Platte River Trail at 88th Avenue
Saturday, February 8
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Cherry Creek SP Wetlands (Arapahoe County )
Sunday , Feb 9
9:00 AM -- 1:00 PM
Good birding,
John Drummond Colorado Springs
703-629-115