Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 24, 32020
Joe Roller
Date: Friday, January 24, 2020
Email: R...@cobirds.org
Compiler: Joe Roller. jrol...@gmail.com
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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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Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include:
BRANT (Jefferson)
Trumpeter Swan (Logan, Mesa, Weld)
White-winged Scoter (Douglas, Jefferson)
Dunlin (Pueblo)
Franklin’s Gull (Pueblo)
Glaucous Gull (Larimer)
Great Black-backed Gull (Bent, Boulder, Larimer, *Pueblo)
Red-throated Loon (Pueblo)
Pacific Loon (*Jefferson)
YELLOW-BILLED LOON (Arapahoe, *Jefferson)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Larimer)
Red-naped Sapsucker (Garfield)
GYRFALCON (Larimer)
Rusty Blackbird (El Paso)
Common Yellowthroat (Pueblo)
Palm Warbler (Pueblo)
Western Tanager (Pueblo)
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
—On Jan 19 a YELLOW-BILLED LOON was reported at Aurora Reservoir; first reported Dec 29 by Steve Mlodinow. There is a $10 entrance fee.
BENT COUNTY:
—On Jan 20 an adult Great Black-backed Gull was reported at John Martin Reservoir by Duane Nelson.
BOULDER COUNTY:
—On Jan 22 a first cycle Great Black-backed Gull was reported at Macintosh Lake; first reported there by David Waltman on the 18th.
DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES:
—On Jan 22 the White-winged Scoter reported from the Jefferson side of Chatfield SP was also seen on the Douglas County side, as was the YELLOW-BILLED LOON.
EL PASO:
—On Jan 22 a Rusty Blackbird was reported at Birdsall Rd by Glenn Walbek.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
—On Jan 20 a Red-naped Sapsucker was reported at Centennial Park in Carbondale by Dick Filby. This is the second eBird winter record for Garfield.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
—On Jan 23 a (juv) YELLOW-BILLED LOON was reported from Chatfield SP—Northern Boat Ramp; first reported by Gregg Goodrich.
—On Jan 23 a Pacific Loon was reported from Chatfield SP—N Boat Ramp; first reported by Tom H.
—On Jan 22 a BRANT was reported at Lake Arbor; first reported Dec 20 by Amy Cervene.
—On Jan 21 a White-winged Scoter was reported from Chatfield—N Boat Ramp by James McCall. Present off and on this winter.
LARIMER COUNTY:
—On Jan 20 a first cycle Great Black-backed Gull circled high above the Larimer landfill, Nick Komar reported; it may have headed towards Horsetooth Reservoir.
—On Jan 20 a first cycle Glaucous Gull was reported from Lake Loveland by Joshua Smith.
—On Jan 20 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported in Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins. Two males (adult and immature) were reported Jan 7. The adult was first reported in mid-Nov and the immature on Dec. 23 by Dave Leatherman. New location for adult as of Jan 15: (Section 8 just south of the boundary road dividing Section 8 from Section G, about 60 yards w of ditch). Immature is often in a Linden just north of the flag cluster at the entrance.
—On Jan 17 a GYRFALCON was seen near the Larimer County Landfill in Fort Collins. First reported Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. Please post updates to COBirds.
LOGAN:
—On Jan 19 (2) Trumpeter Swans were reported at Little Jumbo Reservoir; first reported by Tom Wilberding on the 14th. Probably the same swans reported by Steve Larson on the 8th at Red Lion SWA.
MESA COUNTY:
—On Jan 22 a Trumpeter Swan was reported from Horsethief Canyon SWA by David Price.
—On Jan 22 (2) Trumpeter Swans were reported at Highline Lake State Park; first reported by Brian Tarbox on the 18th.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
—On Jan 23 the Great Black-backed Gull known as “Murray” was reported at Pueblo Reservoir’s South Marina. Murray has spent 20-plus years as a winter resident of Lake Pueblo SP.
—On Jan 22 a Western Tanager was reported at Pueblo West Gravel Pit by Amanda Spears, who first reported it at Valco Ponds on Jan 21.
—On Jan 22 a Palm Warbler was reported just west of the Valco Ponds parking lot. First reported by Mark Yaeger on Jan 18.
—On Jan 22 a very early Franklin’s Gull in breeding plumage was reported at Pueblo Reservoir off N Picnic Rd by Brandon Percival.
—On Jan 21 a Common Yellowthroat was reported from Valco Ponds SWA by Amanda Spears.
—On Jan 20 (2) Dunlin were reported at Pueblo Reservoir—South Marina; first reported Dec 19 by Evan Carlson.
—On Jan 20 a Red-throated Loon was reported at Pueblo Reservoir; first reported by Brandon Percival on Nov 28, 2019.
WELD COUNTY:
—On Jan 20 a Trumpeter Swan was reported at St. Vrain State Park; first reported by David Dowell on Jan 16th.
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Upcoming Denver Field Ornithologists field trip (details at dfobirds.org)
Joder Ranch
Saturday, January 25
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Chuck Hundertmark (Email: chunde...@gmail.com Phone: 303-604-0531)
Stearns Lake
Sunday, January 26
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Laura Steadman (Email: laurams...@gmail.com or Phone 843 319-5086)
South Platte Park
Monday, January 27
7:30 AM - 12:30 PM
David Suddjian (dsud...@gmail.com or Phone 831-713-8659)
South Platte Park
Tuesday, January 28
2:30 PM - 5:45 PM
David Suddjian (dsud...@gmail.com or Phone 831-713-8659)
Good birding,
Joe Roller, Denver