Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, January 27, 2020

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Jan 27, 2020, 8:24:00 AM1/27/20

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Date: Monday, January 27, 2020

Email: R...@cobirds.org

Compiler: Joe Roller. jrol...@gmail.com

303 204-0828

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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 (Mesa)

White-winged Scoter (Douglas, Jefferson)

Dunlin (Pueblo)

Mew Gull (*Pueblo)

Glaucous Gull (Larimer)

Great Black-backed Gull (Boulder, *Larimer, *Pueblo)

Red-throated Loon (Pueblo)

Pacific Loon (Jefferson, Douglas)

YELLOW-BILLED LOON (Arapahoe, *Jefferson)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Larimer)

GYRFALCON (Larimer)

Rusty Blackbird (*Douglas, 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.

BOULDER COUNTY:

—On Jan 25 a first cycle Great Black-backed Gull was reported at Macintosh Lake; first reported there by David Waltman on the 18th.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

On Jan 26 (2) Rusty Blackbirds were reported from the Plum Creek Delta by Amanda Spears.

DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES:

——On Jan 26 a (juv) YELLOW-BILLED LOON was reported at Chatfield SP—in both counties; first reported by Gregg Goodrich.

—On Jan 24 the Pacific Loon reported from JeffCo, by Tom H, was also seen in DougCo.

—On Jan 22 the White-winged Scoter reported from the Jefferson side of Chatfield SP was also seen on the Douglas County side.

EL PASO:

—On Jan 22 a Rusty Blackbird was reported at Birdsall Rd by Glenn Walbek.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On Jan 26 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 26 a first cycle Great Black-backed Gull was reported from Warren Lake by Nick Komar. View from Breakwater Rd.

—On Jan 25 a Glaucous Gull was reported at Warren Lake by m.obs.

—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. Not reported since then, but it may still be around. First reported Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. Please post updates to COBirds.

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 26 a Palm Warbler was reported west of the Valco Ponds parking lot. First reported by Mark Yaeger on Jan 18.

—On Jan 26 (3) Mew Gulls were reported from Pueblo Reservoir-South Shore Marina by David Dowell.

—On Jan 25 a Red-throated Loon was reported at Pueblo Reservoir; first reported by Brandon Percival on Nov 28, 2019.

—On Jan 24 (2) Dunlin were reported at Pueblo Reservoir—South Marina; first reported Dec 19 by Evan Carlson.

—On Jan 26 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.

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Upcoming Denver Field Ornithologists field trip (details at dfobirds.org)

South Platte Park

Monday, January 27

7:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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Tuesday, January 28

2:30 PM - 5:45 PM

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Aurora Reservoir and Cherry Creek SP