Date:Thursday, January 30, 2020
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03-629-1151
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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 (*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, 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 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.
EL PASO:
—On Jan 22 a Rusty Blackbird was reported at Birdsall Rd by Glenn Walbek.
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:
--- On Jan29 possible first cycle SLATY_BACKED and GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS were reported from Warren Lake by Nick Komar and others .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 29 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 29 a Glaucous Gull was reported at Warren Lake 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 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 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
703-629-1151.