Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Joe Roller
Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2019
E-mail: R...@cobirds.org
Compiler: Joe Roller jrol...@gmail.com
Phone: 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.”
Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include:
Trumpeter Swan (Delta, Mesa, *Pueblo)
Tundra Swan (Arapahoe, Jefferson, Mesa, Weld)
White-winged Scoter (*Douglas, Jefferson)
Black Scoter (Arapahoe, *Jefferson)
Long-tailed Duck (*Arapahoe, *Boulder, *Jefferson, Weld)
Mew Gull (Weld)
Glaucous Gull (*Pueblo)
Great Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo)
Red-throated Loon (Kiowa)
Pacific Loon (Jefferson, Kiowa)
Red-naped Sapsucker (Kiowa)
GYRFALCON (*Larimer)
Winter Wren (Larimer)
Eastern Bluebird (Huerfano)
Varied Thrush (La Plata)
Gray Catbird (Arapahoe, Pueblo)
Green-tailed Towhee (Ouray)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Kiowa)
Common Yellowthroat (Jefferson)
Yellow Warbler (Pueblo)
Western Tanager (Denver)
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ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
—On Dec 8 Tundra Swans (2) were reported at Cherry Creek SP by Meg Reck.
—On Dec 8 a Black Scoter and a Long-tailed Duck were reported in the Arapahoe County section of South Platte Reservoir. First reported Nov 13 by Burke Angstman.
—On Dec 7 a Gray Catbird was reported at Lee Gulch in Littleton by David Suddjian.
BOULDER COUNTY:
—On Dec 8 a Long-tailed Duck was reported from Lagerman Reservoir by Emil Yappert.
DENVER COUNTY:
—On Dec 8 a Western Tanager (late) was reported at Bible & Hutchinson Parks by Jason Bidgood.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
—On Dec 9 a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP. First reported by Tony Leukering on the previous day.
HUERFANO COUNTY:
—On Dec 6 Eastern Bluebirds (7) were reported at Lathrop SP. First reported Dec 5 by Tony Godfrey.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
—On Dec 9 a Black Scoter was reported at South Platte Reservoir, lingering since Nov 17. A Long-Tailed Duck continued there too.
—On Dec 8 a Pacific Loon was reported at Chatfield SP - N Boat Ramp area by Joey Kellner.
—On Dec 8 a Common Yellowthroat was on Clear Creek Trail - Golden to I-70 by Mark Chavez.
—On Dec 9 a White-winged Scoter reported at Chatfield SP - N Boat Ramp area by Joey Kellner, who first reported the bird Nov 29.
—On Dec 6 Tundra Swans (4) were reported at Harriman Lake Park. First reported Dec 1 by Lucy Deakins.
KIOWA COUNTY:
—On Dec 7 a Red-throated Loon and a Pacific Loon were reported at Neegronda Reservoir by Steven Mlodinow.
—On Dec 7 a Red-naped Sapsucker and a Yellow-headed Blackbird were reported on Kiowa Creek at Kiowa CR 40 by Steven Mlodinow.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
—On Dec 6 a Varied Thrush was reported at the Animas River - Huck Finn Pond & Hatchery area in Durango. First reported Dec. 4 by Ryan Votta.
LARIMER COUNTY:
—On Dec 9 a Gyrfalcon was observed outside the Larimer County Landfill in SW Fort Collins. First reported on Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. Please post updates to CObirds.
—On Dec 6 a Winter Wren was reported in Lee Martinez Park by Carrie Olson.
MESA COUNTY:
—On Dec 6 Trumpeter Swans (2) were reported at Highline Lake SP. First reported on Dec 5 by Don Marsh.
—On Dec 6 a Tundra Swan was reported at Highline Lake SP. First reported Dec 3 by Charlie Chase.
OURAY COUNTY:
—On Dec 6 a Green-tailed Towhee was reported at Ridgway SP marina by Janet Haw.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
—On Dec 9 the Great Black-backed Gull that has spent the last umpteen winters at Lake Pueblo was reported again, as was a Glaucous Gull.
—On Dec 9 Trumpeter Swans (3) were seen at Lake Pueblo near the dam.
—On Dec 7 a Yellow Warbler was reported at Pueblo Reservoir - Rock Canyon area (below dam, north of river). First reported in late November by David Tønnessen, Brandon Percival and Jim Merritt.
On Dec 7 a Gray Catbird was reported at Nature and Raptor Center of Pueblo by several birders.
WELD COUNTY:
—On Dec 8 a trio of Tundra Swans was reported at Union Reservoir. First reported Dec 7 by Marc Hemmes.
On Dec 8 Long-tailed Ducks (2) were reported at Union Reservoir. First reported Dec 1 by Sabrina Hepburn.
—On Dec 6 a Long-tailed Duck was reported at Windsor Lake. First reported Dec. 5 by Josh Bruening.
—On Dec 5 a Mew Gull was reported at Union Reservoir. First reported on Nov 28 by Steve Mlodinow.
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Upcoming Denver Field Ornithologists field trip (details at dfobirds.org)
Southwestern Metro Area
Monday, Dec 16
7 AM – 1 PM
David Suddjian (dsud...@gmail.com; 831-713-8659)
It's Christmas Bird Count time across Colorado, between Dec 14 & Jan 5.
Please help out and sign up for one or more of these CBCs!
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Good birding,
Joe Roller, Denver
Phone: 303 204-0828