Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Joe Roller
Date: Wednesday October 9th
E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Compiler: Joe Roller, jroller9 @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:
Trumpeter Swan (Garfield)
American Golden Plover (Adams, Sedgwick)
Dunlin (Larimer, Sedgwick)
Sabine’s Gull (reported from several counties; see COBirds for updates)
Cattle Egret (*Arapahoe)
Broad-winged Hawk (Jefferson)
SPRAGUE's PIPIT (Crowley, El Paso, Yuma)
Prothonotary Warbler (*Adams)
Tennessee Warbler (*Arapahoe)
Hooded Warbler (Arapahoe)
ADAMS COUNTY:
—On October 8 a (f) Prothonotary Warbler was banded by Meredith McBurney at the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies banding station and seen after release by Mary Burger.
—On October 3 an American Golden Plover was reported at Barr Lake by Bob Righter.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
—On October 7 (2) Cattle Egrets, uncommon in the county, were reported at Aurora Reservoir by David Suddjian.
—On October 8 a Tennessee Warbler was reported at Aurora Reservoir by Amanda Spears.
—On October 7 a Hooded Warbler was reported at Lee Gulch Trail, about 50 ft from Mineral Ave. First reported on September 20 by Santiago Taberas.
CROWLEY COUNTY:
—On October 5 a SPRAGUE’S PIPIT was reported at Lake Henry by Steve Mlodinow.
EL PASO COUNTY:
—On October 5 a SPRAGUE’S PIPIT was reported at Chico Ranch Ranch (fee area) by John Drummond.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
—On October 5 a Trumpeter Swan was reported from the Rio Grande bike trail,1380 County Rd 100, Carbondale by Ted Uhlemann.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
—On October 6 a Palm Warbler was reported at Standley Lake Park on north shore by James McCall.
—On October 3 a Palm Warbler was reported at Belmar Park on South side of lake; first reported by Kevin DeBoer on the 1st.
LARIMER COUNTY:
—On October 7 a Dunlin was reported at Timnath Reservoir; first found by Nick Komar on the 4th.
SEDGWICK COUNTY:
—On October 6 a Dunlin & an American Golden-Plover were reported at Jumbo Reservoir by Tim Smart.
YUMA COUNTY:
—On October 7 (3) SPRAGUE’S PIPIT was reported at Pipit Hill; first reported 10/5 by David Dowell.
Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details at dfobirds.org
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)
Ken Caryl Valley Area
Monday, October 14
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM
David Suddjian (Email: dsuddjian AT gmail.com Phone: 831-713-8659)
Lake County
Tuesday, October 15
5:30 AM - 4:00 PM
David Suddjian (Email: dsuddjian AT gmail.com Phone: 831-713-8659)
Cherry Creek State Park (Arapahoe County)
Saturday, October 19
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Mary Cay Burger (Email: mcburger3 AT juno.com Phone: 720-940-8394)
Good birding!
Joe Roller, Denver