Colorado Rare Bird Report for Friday October 5th, 2019

[Gregg Goodrich]

Date: Friday October 5th, 2019

E-mail:  RBA AT cobirds.org

Compiler: Gregg Goodrich GreggG...@gmail.com

Phone : 303-655-9135

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”.

Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include:

Anna’s Hummingbird (La Plata)

BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD ( Mesa ) - (not seen in last 6 days)

American Golden Plover (Adams, Washington)

Dublin (*Larimer)

Sabine’s Gull (Multiple reports in several counties; see COBirds for updates) 

Field Sparrow (Jefferson)

SPRAGUE's PIPIT (Weld)

Hooded Warbler (*Arapahoe, Larimer)

Magnolia Warbler (Larimer)

Chestnut-sided Warbler (Adams)

Palm Warbler (*Jefferson)

Black-throated Green Warbler (Weld)

Summer Tanager (Larimer)

ADAMS COUNTY:

—On October 3 an American Golden Plover was reported at Barr Lake by Robert Righter .

—On October 2 a Chestnut-sided Warbler caught at Banding Station and refound after release by Megan Miller.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

—On October 4 a Hooded Warbler was reported at Lee Gulch Trail, approximately 50 ft from Mineral.  First reported on Sep.20 by Santiago Taberas.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On October 4 a Palm Warbler was reported in Ken Caryl at a private area by David Suddjian.

—On October 3 a Field Sparrow was reported at Belmar Park on SE side of lake. First reported by Kevin DeBoer on the 1st.

—On October 3 a Palm Warbler was reported at Belmar Park on South side of lake first reported by Kevin DeBoer on the 1st.

La Plata County:

—On October 3 an Anna’s Hummingbird was reported at a Private Residence by James Beatty.

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On October 4 a Dublin was reported at Timnath Reservoir by Nick Komar.

—On September 30 a Hooded Warbler was reported at a Private Residence by Caleb Alons.

---On September 28 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at the Arapahoe Bend Natural Area by Nick Komar .

---On September 28 a Summer Tanager was reported at the Arapahoe Bend Natural Area by Nick Komar.

MESA COUNTY

---On September 28 the sub adult male BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD was reported at a home in Palisade .  The bird has not been seen in the last 6 days. It may be gone. The bird is being observed not only at the feeders but also at the honeysuckle flowers below the porch , in the elm and ponderosa pine and the the juniper near the entrance to the porch.The home owner Gene Byrne and his wife are welcoming to visitors but have requested that visits now be restricted to between 3 pm and dusk. The address is 566 36 Road (East Orchard Mesa ), Palisade . The house is at the end of a long driveway just across from the fire station . Gene's house is on the right side of the drive . You can park north of the house and easily walk on to the deck/porch that is on the west side of the house overlooking the pond .  The porch is in shade until about 3 pm and the majority of the sightings since Friday have been between 2:30 and 6:30 pm.

This would be the fourth state record , the first in 2002 was also in Mesa County.. 

WASHINGTON COUNTY

—On September 30 an American Golden Plover was reported at Prewitt Reservoir by Tim Smart on the 30th.

WELD COUNTY:

---On September 30 a SPRAGUE's PIPIT was reported by Edward Raynor at the Central Plains Experimental Range , Pawnee NG .

---On September 29 a Black-throated Green Warbler was reported at Crow Valley CG /Pawnee NG

Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details at dfobirds.org

Jackson Lake Reservoir

Saturday ,October 5

7:00 AM- 4:00 PM 

Paul Slingsby (paslingsby AT comcast.net 720-347-5169 )

Chatfield SP-S.Platte Delta

Sunday , October 6

7:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Gregg Goodrich ( GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com : 303-388-0891 )

Fairmount Cemetery/High Line Canal (Denver County )

Sunday ,October 6

7:30 AM-- 12: PM

Karen Drozda (drozforte AT aol.com :303-604-0891 )

Joder Ranch

Saturday, October 12

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Chuck Hundertmark (Email: chundertmark8 AT gmail.com Phone: 303-604-0531)

Chatfield State Park, The Big Sit

Sunday, October 13

6:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Joey Kellner (Email: vireo1 AT comcast.net Phone: 303-978-1748)

Longmont Area Birding

Sunday, October 13

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Christie Owens (Email: christieowens2 AT icloud.com Phone: 9704817271)

Happy birding!

Gregg Goodrich 

Highlands Ranch, CO

GreggG...@gmail.com