COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT for TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2020

[Patrick O'Driscoll]

Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Email: R...@Cobirds.org

Compiler: Patrick O’Driscoll (pato...@gmail.com)

303-885-6955 mobile

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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: 

 

Trumpeter Swan (Mesa, Pueblo)

American Avocet (*Boulder)

GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (Larimer)

Glaucous Gull (Larimer)

GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (Larimer, Pueblo) 

Red-throated Loon (Pueblo)

Pacific Loon (Pueblo)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Boulder, Larimer, Pueblo)

Black Phoebe (*Mesa)

PACIFIC WREN (Jefferson)

Winter Wren (*Larimer, Jefferson)

Rosy-Finches (Boulder)

Golden-crowned Sparrow (Mesa)

Rusty Blackbird (Eagle, Garfield)

Northern Cardinal (Boulder)

 

Note, for locations below that you are not familiar with, go to the Colorado Field Ornithologists’ (CFO) website. Select the “Birding Resources” header, toggle down to “County Birding,” and indicate the county of interest for site information. https://coloradocountybirding.org/County/BySite.aspx. 

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BOULDER COUNTY:

—On Mar 9, an American Avocet was reported at Lagerman Reservoir by Steven Mlodinow and two others.

—On Mar 7, a singing Northern Cardinal was reported on Oak Avenue west of 21st Street by Ted Floyd.

—Through Mar 3, mixed flocks of rosy-finches (primarily Brown-capped and Gray-crowned, with a few Black Rosy-Finches) were seen fairly regularly at two private feeders in Ward. See Ted Floyd’s Feb 29 report on CO-birds and Todd Deininger’s map from Feb 25 at https://www.google.com/mymaps/viewer?mid=1SJDqKgXs7pMs-DGfOShKT7CYC6I&hl=en_US

—On Mar 4, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported at Lyons Cemetery. First reported Mar 2 by Eric DeFonso.

 

EAGLE COUNTY:

—On Mar 8, a Rusty Blackbird was reported at Daggett Lane. First reported on Feb 12 by JoAnn Potter Riggle.

 

GARFIELD COUNTY:

---On Mar 3, Rusty Blackbirds were reported in Carbondale Nature Park. First reported Feb 27 by John Anderson.

 

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On Mar 6, a wintering PACIFIC WREN was reported again at Bear Creek Lake Park in Lakewood. First reported Dec 22 by Chris Wood and a first record for JeffCo. Location: Walk to creek from Whitetail Deer parking area; a favored area is 50-100 feet downstream. Note: Fee required for entry to this city park via daily or annual pass (NOT a state park).

—On Mar 3, continuing Winter Wren was reported at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt-West Lake. First found Feb 20 by Chris Petrizzo.

 

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On Mar 9, a Winter Wren was reported at Lee Martinez Park in Fort Collins. First reported by Josh Bruening on Mar 2. Seen foraging in stream off bike path at 0.5 mile marker.

—On Mar 8, the wintering Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was seen again in Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins.

---On Mar 8, a Glaucous Gull was reported at Warren Lake in Fort Collins. First reported by Adam Vesely.

—On Mar 6, an adult GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was reported at Warren Lake by Nick Komar.

---On Mar 6, a GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (1st winter) was at Warren Lake.

 

MESA COUNTY:

—On Mar 9, a Black Phoebe was reported at Highline Lake SP, Loma by Mike Henwood.
—On Mar 8, the wintering Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at Grand Junction Wildlife Area. First seen Dec 27 by Mike Henwood.

—On Mar 7, Trumpeter Swans (7) were reported at Highline Lake SP. First reported by Ron Lambeth.

 

 PUEBLO COUNTY:

—On Mar 7, a Trumpeter Swan was reported at Chico Basin Ranch-Twin Ponds (fee area) by Alan Ketcham.

—On Mar 7, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported in the town of Beulah by Brandon Percival.

—On Mar 4, the Great Black-backed Gull known as “Murray” was reported at Pueblo Reservoir. Murray has spent 20-plus years as a winter resident at Lake Pueblo SP.

—On Feb 29, a Pacific Loon was last reported at Pueblo Reservoir. This bird and a Red-throated Loon were reported much earlier this winter by Brandon Percival and may still be around.

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

 

Chatfield SP Dog Park (Douglas County)

Saturday, Mar 14

8:30 – 11 AM

Diane Roberts (Samat...@aol.com or 720-278-9025)

Chatfield SP dog park is a fee area ($3) in addition to SP pass. Purchase Dog Off-Leash Area pass at park entrance.

 

First Creek @ RM Arsenal and DEN Open Space (Adams/Denver counties)

Sunday, Mar 15

7:15 – NOON

Patrick O’Driscoll (pato...@gmail.com, 303-885-6955)

 

 

Good birding,

 

Patrick O’Driscoll

pato...@gmail.com

303-885-6955 mobile