Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, Feb 13, posted Feb 12 at 9:50 PM

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Feb 12, 2020, 11:48:30 PM2/12/20

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Date: Thursday, February 13, 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)

Tundra Swan (Larimer)

Dunlin (Pueblo)

Glaucous Gull (Adams)

Great Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo)
YELLOW-BILLED LOON (Douglas/Jefferson Chatfield SP)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Larimer)

GYRFALCON (Larimer)

PACIFIC WREN (Jefferson)

Hermit Thrush (Jefferson)

Gray Catbird (Jefferson)

Black Rosy-Finch (Jackson, La Plata)

SNOW BUNTING (*Jefferson)

Golden-crowned Sparrow (*Jefferson, Mesa)

White-winged Crossbill (Boulder)

Rusty Blackbird (Douglas, *Eagle)

Common Yellowthroat (*Jefferson)

ADAMS COUNTY:

—On Feb 11 a Glaucous Gull was reported at Ken Mitchell Park and Open Space by Adam Vesely, who did not re-find it there on Feb 12.

BOULDER COUNTY:

—On Feb 9 a White-winged Crossbill was reported at Brainard Lake; first reported on Feb 8 by Holden Maxfield.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

—On Feb 6 a corrosion of four Rusty Blackbirds was reported at the Plum Creek Nature Area in Chatfield SP. First reported Jan 26 by Amanda Spears.

DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES:

—On Feb 12 Gregg Goodrich reports that Chatfield Reservoir has frozen over, and the YELLOW-BILLED LOON & others loons are AWOL, but may pop up at other reservoirs.

EAGLE COUNTY:

—Two Rusty Blackbirds were reported on Feb 12 at Daggett Lane. First reported by JoAnn Riggle.

JACKSON COUNTY:

—On Feb 11 Black Rosy-Finches were reported in Walden and at Colorado State Forest--Moose Visitor Center by Norm Erthal.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On Feb 12 a SNOW BUNTING was reported on Clear Creek Trail-Golden to I-70. First reported Feb 6 by Myron Gerhard. First JeffCo eBird record.

—On Feb 12 a wintering Golden-crowned Sparrow has attended a private feeder on Summer Street in Morrison. Observe from public property, please.

—On Feb 12 a wintering Common Yellowthroat was reported again on Clear Creek Trail-Golden to I-70.

---On Feb 9 the wintering PACIFIC WREN was reported at Bear Creek Lake Park in the previous location, described in a recent RBA.

—On Feb 8 a Hermit Thrush was reported at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt-Bass Lake Wildlife Trail. First reported Feb 7 by Mitchell and David Bailey.

—On Feb 7 a Gray Catbird was reported in the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt (near Bass Lake boardwalk) by Mitchell Bailey.

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On Feb 9 a bevy of three Tundra Swans was reported at Boyd Lake by Nick Komar.

—On Feb 9 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was re-found at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins by John Shenot.

—On Feb 10 a GYRFALCON was seen near the Larimer County Landfill in Fort Collins. There is a new stake-out hotspot near its favorite perch. This winter’s first report was on Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. Please post updates to COBirds.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

—On Feb 11 Black Rosy-Finches were reported in Hesperus by Kathy Donaldson.

MESA COUNTY:

---On Feb 10 a Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at Grand Junction Wildlife Area. First reported Jan 28 by Bob Clarke.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

—On Feb 12 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 at Lake Pueblo SP.

—On Feb 8 two wintering Dunlins continue at Pueblo Reservoir-South Marina.

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

South Platte River at West Florida Avenue

Saturday, Feb 15

7 AM - Noon

John Breitsch (jbre...@hotmail.com; 303-588-0552)

Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat/Sawhill (Boulder County)

Sunday, Feb 16

9 AM - Noon

Laura Steadman (laurast...@gmail.com; 843-319-5086)

Southeastern Colorado