Colorado Rare Bird Report April 22, 2020, posted April 21--10:10pm
Ira Sanders
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 posted at 10:10 pm April 21, 2020
Email: RBA AT cobirds.org
Compiler: Ira Sanders, zroadr...@gmail.com
Phone: 303-278-7172
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The Colorado Rare Bird report is an informational service.
Because of statewide coronavirus “Stay at Home” orders, the purpose of this report is to keep homebound readers abreast of rare bird sightings across the state during spring migration.
It does NOT endorse or encourage illegal travel to see or "chase" rare birds beyond your own local area.
Once again, we must urge readers to respect state and local restrictions on non-critical travel and limits on outdoor activities that include birding.
Please bird ONLY at or close to home and ONLY with universally promoted safety precautions, including physical “social distancing” and face coverings.
Or, as Dave Leatherman noted this week, “Be like a Cedar Waxwing . . . very compliant in their wearing of masks.”
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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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Spring migration notes:
Raptor migration is in full swing. The past several days there have been numerous reports of many species, in particular Broad-winged Hawks and Turkey Vultures so there may not be individual reports here.
Cassin’s Finches are continuing to be reported around the State, but at much fewer numbers than earlier in the week.
Swallows, Broad-tailed and Black-chinned Hummingbirds, phoebes, sparrow and longspur migrations are also upon us.
Shorebirds (sandpipers, plovers, phalaropes, Dunlins, many curlews, and many godwits) are showing up at shores and flooded fields.
And did somebody say “warblers”?
What’s in your yard or near your home? Let us know on COBirds.
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Rare, out-of-place and some out-of-season species reports are listed below. Birds that are within a few weeks of typical patterns are not listed below:
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK (Otero)
Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe, *Jefferson, *Larimer)
Clark’s Grebe (*Ouray)
Snowy Plover (Montezuma)
Long-billed Curlew (Multiple counties, see COBirds for details)
Marbled Godwit (Multiple counties, see COBirds for details)
Dunlin (Boulder)
Solitary Sandpiper (Montezuma)
Iceland Gull (Thayer’s) (*Larimer)
Pacific Loon (*Montezuma)
Yellow-billed Loon (*Jefferson)
Neotropic Cormorant (*Bent)
Cattle Egret (Archuleta)
Glossy Ibis (El Paso, Grand, La Plata)
Broad-winged Hawk (MANY reports ON 4/18 and 4/19)
Black Phoebe (*Larimer)
Gray Flycatcher (*Ouray)
White-eyed Vireo (Pueblo)
Yellow-throated Vireo (*Jefferson,*Pueblo)
Winter Wren (Fremont)
Carolina Wren (Bent)
Eastern Bluebird (Chaffee)
Northern Mockingbird (Boulder)
Black Rosy-Finch (Eagle, Larimer)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Adams, Boulder)
McCowns Longspur (Douglas, El Paso)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (*Denver)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Denver, El Paso, Jefferson)
Swamp Sparrow (La Plata)
Rusty Blackbird (*El Paso)
Tennessee Warbler (*Larimer)
Hooded Warler (Bent)
Northern Parula (*Bent)
Summer Tanager (El Paso)
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ADAMS COUNTY:
—On April 17 a Chestnut -collared Lonspur was reported at Rocky Mountain Arsenal on the Wildlife Drive at approx. .5 mile (northern leg), by Bob Shade.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
—On April 19 a Long-tailed Duck was reported at Quincy Reservoir. First reported April 3 by G Stacks.
ARCHULETA COUNTY:
—On April 18 a Cattle Egret was reported in Pagosa Springs at Village Lake by Charles Martinez. There are no previous eBird records for Archuleta County.
BENT COUNTY:
—On April 19 a Hooded Warbler and a Carolina Wren were reported on the west end of John Martin Reservoir, within John Martin SWA by Duane Nelson.
—On April 20 a Neotropic Cormorant was reported at John Martin Reservoir at Lake Hasty for the 21st day. (Multiple obs)
---On April 20 a Northern Parula was reported at John Martin Reservoir SWA by Duane Nelson.
BOULDER COUNTY:
—On April 19 a Northern Mockingbird was reported at the South Mesa Trailhead parking area by Curt Brown.
—On April 19 a Chestnut-collared Longspur was reported in Longmont at Pipit Rd east of N. 119th Street. First reported on April 17 by John Rutenbeck.
—On April 18 twelve Dunlin were reported at Lagerman Agricultural Preserve/Lagerman Reservoir near one of the spits on the west side of reservoir by Karen and David Coupland.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
—On April 17 an Eastern Bluebird was reported at Mount Ouray State Wildlife Area by Sally Waterhouse.
DENVER COUNTY:
—On April 20 a Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at Sand Creek - Havana St.- to Westerly Creek. First reported on April 19 by Jake Shorty. There are no previous eBird records for Denver County. Seen again on April 21.
—On April 18 a Sagebrush Sparrow was reported at Overland Park are by Jacqui Geiselman.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
—On April 17 a McCown’s Longspur was reported at Chatfield State Park -Model Airplane Field. First reported on April 16 by Myron Gerhard.
EAGLE COUNTY:
—On April 17 a Black Rosy-Finch, along with several Gray-crowned and Brown-capped rosy-finches, was reported in Avon at feeders on Old Trail Rd D by Jennifer Prusse.
EL PASO COUNTY:
—On April 19 a Glossy Ibis was reported at Clear Spring Ranch. First reported on April 18 by Tyler Stewart. Seen again on April 21.
—On April 19 a Rusty Blackbird (male) was reported at Kettle Lakes, in the NE corner of the lower pond. First reported on April 17 by Kip Miller. Seen again April 21.
—On April 17 a McCown’s Longspur was reported at Squirrel Creek Rd on the eastern prairie by Linda Hodges.
—On April 19 a Summer Tanager was reported in a NW Colorado Springs backyard. First reported on April 16 by Marty Wolf.
---On April 21 a Rusty Blackbird was reported at Fountain Creek Regional Park near mile marker 18 by Jenyva Fox.
NOTE: Chico Basin Ranch is closed until at least Apr 30 because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
FREMONT COUNTY:
—On April 17 a Winter Wren was reported at Cañon City Riverwalk--Sell Lake to S Raynolds Ave by Joel Adams.
GRAND COUNTY:
—On April 20 a Glossy Ibis was reported at Shadow Mountain Lake by Eliza Prall.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
—On April 21 a Yellow-billed Loon was reported at Standley Lake and Park. First reported on April 18 by Will Anderson.
—On April 20 two Long-tailed Ducks were reported at South Platte Park/South Platte Reservoir —Southwest Bay Area. First reported March 11 by David Bailey.
— On April 19 a Sagebrush Sparrow was reported at Standley Lake Park-North Shore by Steven Snyder.
—On April 17 a Sagebrush Sparrows were reported at Bear Creek Lake Park feeding on the road near the stables by Ginny Bergstrom.
---On April 21 a Yellow-throated Vireo was reported at Harriman Lake Park by Kevin DeBoer.
NOTE: Red Rocks Park is closed indefinitely because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
—On April 19 a Glossy Ibis was reported at Zink’s Pond by James Beatty.
—On April 16 a Swamp Sparrow was reported at Zink’s Pond, near the right end of the second island from left, by James Beatty.
LARIMER COUNTY:
—On April 20 a Black Phoebe was reported at Colorado State University Environmental Learning Center by Robert Beauchamp. Seen again on April 21.
—On April 20 a Tennessee Warbler was reported at Pineridge Natural Area/Dixon Reservoir. First reported on April 19 by Jessie Reese.
—On April 20 a Long-tailed Duck was reported at Watson Lake. First reported April 18 by Josh Bruening.
—On April 18 four Iceland Gull (Thayer’s) were reported at Horseshoe Reservoir. First reported on March 10 by Nick Komar. Seen again on April 21.
—On April 16 one Black-Rosy-Finch and twenty-three Brown-capped Rosy-Finches were reported in Estes Park by Scott Rashid.
MONTEZUMA COUNTY:
—On April 20 a Pacific Loon was reported at McPhee Reservoir - west end by Glenn Dunmire. There are no previous records for Montezuma County.
—On April 19 a Solitary Sandpiper was reported at a puddle (37.414082, -108.485924) by Erik Hendrickson.
—On April 18 a Marbled Godwit were reported at McPhee Reservoir. Ten birds were first reported on April 16 by Eric Hendrickson.
—On April 17 a Snowy Plover was reported at Puett Reservoir State Wildlife Area by Erik Hendriickson.
OTERO COUNTY:
—On April 18 six BLACK-BELLIED-WHISTLING DUCKS were reported in La Junta at Blaine Park by Susan DietrichSchneider. There are only 2 previous records of Black-Bellied Whistling-Ducks in Colorado.
OURAY COUNTY:
—On April 17 a Gray Flycatcher was reported at Ridgeway SP-Visitor Center & Campground By Don Marsh. Seen again April 21.
---On April 21 eight Clark’s Grebes were reported at Ridgeway SP — Bay View Day Use Area by Don Marsh.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
—On April 19 two Black-throated Gray Warblers were reported at Runyon Lake near the footpath by Jamie Barringer.
—On April 17 a White-eyed Vireo was reported along the Arkansas River, on the south west side of Runyon Lake in Pueblo by Evan Carlson.
---On April 21 a Yellow-throated Vireo was reported by Percival at Pueblo City Park.
NOTE: Chico Basin Ranch is closed until at least Apr 30 because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
TELLER COUNTY:
—On April 18 a Broad-winged Hawk was reported in Florissant by Michael Britten. There are no previous eBird reports for Teller County.
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PLEASE NOTE: Because of COVID-19 pandemic precautions, Denver Field Ornithologists has suspended all field trips scheduled for April, May and June. Other birding clubs have also canceled activities, and the annual Colorado Field Ornithologists convention, set for Pueblo in May, has been canceled.
Please share interesting and/or unusual birds and behavior observations on COBirds.
Good birding,
Ira Sanders
Golden, CO
Zroadrunner14 AT gmail.com
303-278-7172