Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, July 8, 2019.
Joe Roller
Date: Monday, July 8, 2019
Compiler: Joe Roller jroller9…at gmail.com
Phone: (303) 204-0828
E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Observers 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 this species.
For 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:
White-winged Dove (Jefferson)
Common Gallinule (*Larimer)
LEAST TERN (Weld)
Little Blue Heron (Adams)
ZONE-TAILED HAWK (Chaffee)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Otero)
Carolina Wren (Baca)
SMITH’S LONGSPUR (*Custer)
Field Sparrow (*Jefferson)
Baltimore Oriole (*Adams)
Dickcissel (Montrose )
ADAMS COUNTY:
—-On July 4 an adult Little Blue Heron was reported from the NW corner of Barr Lake by JT Cleveland.
—-On July 7 a (m) Baltimore Oriole was reported at Metzger Farm Open Space; first reported by Lauren Burke on June 17. It was paired with a female Bullock’s Oriole. Please view from a distance.
BACA COUNTY:
—-On July 6 a singing Carolina Wren was reported along CR-J, west of CR-8, close to the Wait Ranch, by Kathy Mihm-Dunning.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
—-On July 4 a ZONE-TAILED HAWK was reported flying over McPhelemy Park, an eBird hotspot in Buena Vista, by Jerome Cech.
CUSTER COUNTY:
—-On July 5 a SMITH’S LONGSPUR in breeding plumage was reported on Oak Creek Grade, a road NE of Silver Cliff, by Linda Hodges. This is an extraordinary sighting for Colorado (indeed for the Lower 48) in summer. A search party the next day dipped.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
—-On July 7 a singing Field Sparrow was reported from a pond near Soda Creek Rd by Joann Hackos. First summer Jefferson County record and rare anywhere in the foothills in summer.
—-On July 3 a White-winged Dove was reported in Westminster City Park by John Robinette. Most previous Jeffco records have been on private property.
LARIMER COUNTY:
----On July 7 a Common Gallinule was reported at Wellington SWA -Schware Unit. That has been its haunt since first reported on April 29 by Josh Bruening.
OTERO COUNTY:
—-On July 4 a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was reported SW of La Junta along Homestead Loop entrance road. First reported by Jim Thompson on June 24.
WELD COUNTY:
—-On July 4 a LEAST TERN was reported from the Behrens Reservoir area (Weld CR 41 between CR 46 & 48; private, view from road) by Steve Mlodinow. There only only two previous eBird Weld County records.
Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details on dfobirds.org
Bluff Lake Nature Center
Sunday, July 7
7:30 AM - 11:30AM
Colleen Nunn (cnun...@gmail.com or 303-520-7496 )
Peak to Peak Highway
Monday, July 8
5:30 AM - 3:30 PM
John Malenich (john.malenich…@comcast.net or 303-359-945)
Golden Gate SP
Monday, July 8
7:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Mark Amershek (mamershek…@msn.com or 303-329-8646)
Rainbow Gulch Trail
Wednesday, July 10
5:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Diane Roberts Samatha576…(@aol.com or 720-278-9025)
Staunton State Park
Saturday, July 13
6:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Leader: Chris Gilbert (chrisgee9…@gmail.com or 804-214-150)
Good birding!
Joe Roller,
jroller9…@gmail.com