Date: Sunday, March 31, 2019
Compiler: Cheryl Teuton (teuton@earthlink.net)
Phone: (303) 912-3341
E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, March 31 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists.
Observers have been diligent in reporting sightings and updates on CoBirds. Thanks!
CAPITAL LETTERS are used for very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee.
(*) indicates new information on this species.
Rare, out of place and out of season species include:
Tundra Swan (Larimer, Weld)
EURASIAN WIGEON (Huerfano, *Larimer)
Black Scoter (Huerfano)
Long-tailed Duck (Fremont)
Dunlin (Kiowa)
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (Arapahoe)
Red-throated Loon (*Adams)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Adams)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*Larimer)
Western Wood-Pewee (Mesa)
Winter Wren (Jefferson, *Larimer)
Bewick’s Wren (El Paso)
Eastern Bluebird (Garfield)
Northern Mockingbird (Larimer)
Field Sparrow (El Paso)
Northern Cardinal (Larimer)
Gull species: Several winter/spring gulls are being seen, primarily in Pueblo, Larimer, Arapahoe, Kiowa and Adams Counties, e.g., Iceland (Thayer’s), Glaucous, Bonaparte’s, California, Ring-billed, Herring, Lesser Black-backed, and Great Black-backed Gull.
For more information on these gulls, as well as other birds not on this RBA list, please check cobirds.org, scroll down to the very bottom “Recent eBird Sightings”.
ADAMS COUNTY:
—On March 27 a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported at McKay Road ponds, directly east of the junction of McKay Rd in Thornton . First reported on March 20 by Greg Levandoski.
—On March 30 a Red-throated Loon was reported on the pond across the street from Elaine T Valente Open Space on 104th. First reported March 15 by Peter Ruprecht.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On March 29 a GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was reported at Cherry Creek State Park (marina and nearby dam trail area) by Ben Sampson.
EL PASO COUNTY:
—On March 25 a Bewick’s Wren was reported at Aiken Canyon Preserve. Originally reported there in the parking lot on March 24 by Tyler Stewart.
—On March 30 the overwintering Field Sparrow continues at Red Rock Canyon Open Space.
FREMONT COUNTY:
—On March 25 two Long-tailed Ducks were reported at Blue Heron Ponds on Hwy 115. First reported on March 6 by Rich Miller.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
—On March 28 a Eastern Bluebird was reported at CR 320 (SW of the Beaver Water Treatment Plant) First reported on March 24 by Benjamin Althouse.
HUERFANO COUNTY:
—On March 26 a (male) EURASIAN WIGEON was reported at Orlando Reservoir. First reported on March 18 by the DFO Field Trip/David Suddjian.
—On March 26 a Black Scoter was reported at Martin Lake (on the eastern side near the dam outlet) in Lathrop State Park. First reported on March 17 by Kara Carragher.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On March 26, the overwintering Winter Wren at Bear Creek Greenbelt continues, it has been present since December 2018.
KIOWA COUNTY:
--- On March 29 a Dunlin was reported at Neenoshee Reservoir (SE corner). First reported on March 24 by David Dowell.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On March 30 a male EURASIAN WIGEON was reported in the Cobb Lake unit of Wellington SWA (south pond) by Andy Bankert, later in same day reported in center pond by Nick Komar and others.
---On March 30 an overwintering Winter Wren was reported at the Prospect Ponds area. First reported November of 2018.
—On March 25 a Northern Mockingbird was reported at Boedecker Reservoir. First reported by Nick Komar on March 23.
—On March 25 (2) Tundra Swans were reported at Bud Mielke Reservoir. First reported by Georgia Doyle on March 24.
—On March 30 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported at Grandview Cemetery near the golf course parking lot. Two Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers - 1(m) and 1(f) were reported on March 8,about midway along the south edge of the cemetery that abuts the golf course, by John Shenot
—There has been a (f) Northern Cardinal visiting the feeders at the home of Steve Martin SW of Wellington since July. Email for current status and directions: falconridge AT cowisp.net. Last report - March 8.
MESA COUNTY:
---On March 25 an early Western Wood-Pewee was reported at Gateway Cottonwoods by Mark & Denise Vollmer.
WELD COUNTY:
—On March 25 (3) Tundra Swans were reported at Cozzens Lake. First reported on March 12 by Steve Mlodinow.
Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details on dfobirds.org
Fountain Park Regional Park (El Paso County)
Sunday, March 31
6:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Diane Roberts (E-mail: Samantha576 AT aol.com; 720-278-9025)
Denver City Park (Denver City County)
Sunday, March 31
7:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Patrick O’Driscoll (E-mail: Patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955)
Writer’s Vista Park to McClellan Reservoir
Friday April 5
8:00 AM -12:00 PM
Doris Cruze (phone 303-798-8072)
Prospect Park (Wheat Ridge Greenbelt)
Sunday April 7
7:00 – 11:30 AM
Patrick O’Driscoll (cell 303-885-6955)
Good Birding,
Cheryl Teuton
Aurora, CO
