Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, August 19
Joe Roller
Date: Monday, August 19, 2019
E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Compiler: Joe Roller, Denver
email: jroller9 AT gmail.com
phone: 303 204-0828
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:
Sanderling (Boulder)
White-winged Crossbill (Boulder)
BOULDER COUNTY:
—-On August 18 a Sanderling continued at Lagerman Reservoir; first reported there on August 14 by Mark Miner-Lee, among other shorebirds.
—-On August 14 (5) White-winged Crossbills were reported at Caribou Townsite to Bald Mountain, NW of Nederland, 39.9897321,-105.5953932, by Dave Hallock. This nomadic species is thinly distributed in Colorado.
Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details at dfobirds.org
Southwestern Metro Area
Tuesday, August 20
6:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Dale Pate (dale...@gmail.com; 575-706-4584)
Prewitt and Jackson Reservoirs
Sunday, August 25
5:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Joey Kellner (vir...@comcast.net; 303-978-1748
Ken Caryl Valley Area
Thursday, August 29
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
David Suddjian (dsud...@gmail.com; 831-713-8659)
FALL COUNTS are coming up! Save the dates and pick a place to join groups of eager birders on one of these time-honored birding trips. There’ll be seven trips in all during the peak of fall migration, September 13 through 15.
Sign up now at the DFO website: https://dfobirds.org/FieldTrips/UpcomingTrips.aspx
Details will appear on the Colorado RBA as the dates draw near.
Good birding!
Joe Roller, Denver
jroller9 AT gmail.com