Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday , January 29 ,2020

[John D]

Date:Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Email: R...@cobirds.org

Compiler: John Drummond jxdr...@aol.com

703-629-1151

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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 (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 )

Rusty Blackbird (Douglas, El Paso)

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 27 (2) Rusty Blackbirds were reported from the Plum Creek Delta . First reported by Amanda Spears on Jan 26 .

DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES:

——On Jan 28 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.

EL PASO:

—On Jan 22 a Rusty Blackbird was reported at Birdsall Rd by Glenn Walbek.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On Jan 28 a BRANT was reported at Lake Arbor; first reported Dec 20 by Amy Cervene.

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On Jan 28 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 25 a Glaucous Gull was reported at Warren Lake by m.obs.

—On Jan 20 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported in Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins. Two males (adult and immature) were reported Jan 7. The adult was first reported in mid-Nov and the immature on Dec. 23 by Dave Leatherman. New location for adult as of Jan 15: (Section 8 just south of the boundary road dividing Section 8 from Section G, about 60 yards w of ditch). Immature is often in a Linden just north of the flag cluster at the entrance.

—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 22 a Trumpeter Swan was reported from Horsethief Canyon SWA by David Price.

—On Jan 22 (2) Trumpeter Swans  were reported at Highline Lake State Park; first reported by Brian Tarbox on the 18th.

---On Jan 28 a Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at Grand Junction Wildlife Area by Bob Clarke .

 

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 25 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

David Suddjian (dsud...@gmail.com or Phone 831-713-8659)

South Platte River Trail at 88th Avenue

Saturday, February 8

8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Mark Amershek (mame...@msn.com or 303-329-8646)

Good birding,

John Drummond Colorado Springs

703-629-1151.