Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday , February 3 , 2020.

[John D]

Date:Monday, February 3, 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)

Mew Gull ( *Pueblo)

Glaucous Gull (Kiowa , *Larimer)

SLATY-BACKED GULL ( *  Larimer )

Glaucous-winged Gull ( * Larimer )

Great Black-backed Gull (*Larimer,* Pueblo)

Red-throated Loon ( *Pueblo) ,

YELLOW-BILLED LOON ( *Jefferson)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Larimer)

GYRFALCON (Larimer)

Golden-crowned Sparrow ( Mesa )

Pacific Wren (  Jefferson )

Common Redpoll ( * Boulder )

Rusty Blackbird ( *Douglas,)

Palm Warbler ( *Pueblo)

 

BOULDER COUNTY:

--- On Feb 2 , a Common Redpoll was reported at feeders at Pleasant View Marsh . The home owner , Ernest Crvich , welcomes birders to view the feeders from the street or sidewalk but do not enter his property . The address is 3896 Bosque Court .

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

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

DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES:

——On Feb 2 a (juv) YELLOW-BILLED LOON was reported at Chatfield SP—in both counties; first reported by Gregg Goodrich.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On Feb 1 the wintering PACIFIC WREN was reported  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:

--- On Feb 2  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 have received conflicting assessments by outside  reviewers .  Attracted by the fish kill at this lake . Warren Lake is private view from roads .

—On Feb 2 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 Feb 1 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 Feb 1 a Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at Grand Junction Wildlife Area , first reported by Bob Clarke on Jan 28 . .

 

PUEBLO COUNTY:

—On Feb 2  a Palm Warbler was reported west of the Valco Ponds parking lot. First reported by Mark Yaeger on Jan 18.

—On Feb 1 a Mew Gull was reported from Pueblo Reservoir-North Shore Marina ,  reported by m.ob throughout January.

—On Feb 2 a Red-throated Loon was reported at Pueblo Reservoir; first reported by Brandon Percival on Nov 28, 2019.

—On Feb 2 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.

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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)

Cherry Creek SP Wetlands (Arapahoe County )

Sunday , Feb 9

9:00 AM -- 1:00 PM

Patrick O'Driscoll ( pato...@gmail.com or 303-885-6955 )

Southeastern Colorado

Tuesday , Feb 11

5:00 AM-- 6:00 PM

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

Good birding,

John Drummond Colorado Springs

703-629-115

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