Date: Saturday, April 20, 2019
Compiler: Allison Hilf; ahilf@me.com
Phone: (303) 888-5110
E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, April 20, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists. Observers have been helpful by 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:
Trumpeter Swan (Grand)
Tundra Swan (Mesa)
Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe)
White-throated Swift (Broomfield)
Whimbrel (Boulder, *El Paso)
Dunlin (Kiowa)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Boulder, Kiowa)
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (Kiowa, Larimer)
Caspian Tern (Kiowa, *Morgan)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (*Jefferson, Kiowa)
Green Heron (Weld)
Glossy Ibis (La Plata)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (Boulder)
Worm-eating Warbler (Pueblo)
Nashville Warbler (*El Paso)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (Pitkin)
For more information on other birds not on the RBA today, go to cobirds.org and scroll to the bottom for "Recent eBird Sightings".
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
—-On April 18 a Long-tailed Duck was reported at Cherry Creek SP near the Marina & Dam. First reported April 14 by Cynthia Madsen.
BOULDER COUNTY:
—-On April 18 a Whimbrel and (2) Pectoral Sandpipers were reported at Lagerman Reservoir. First reported April 17 by Peter Burke.
—-On April 17 a Ash-throated Flycatcher was reported in Longmont at the Peschel Open Space (take the sidewalk from the parking lot, you eventually cross the ditch and it was just passed the ditch) by Kat Bradley-Bennett. See COBirds Post on April 19 for details.
BROOMFIELD COUNTY:
—-On April 15 a White-throated Swift was reported at South Arista by Chipper Phillips.
EL PASO:
—-On April 19 a Nashville Warbler was reported at Sinton Pond Open Space. First reported April 8 by Monday Birders.
—-On April 19 a Whimbrel was reported at Book Dr, north of Enoch Road by Tyler Stewart.
GRAND COUNTY:
—-On April 18 (3) Trumpeter Swans were reported in Kremmiling between 246O1-25099 on Hgwy 40 by Corinna Honscheid.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
—-On April 19 a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported at Robert A Easton Regional Park. First reported April 12 by David Suddjian.
KIOWA COUNTY:
—-On April 15 a Caspian Tern was reported at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir by Mark Peterson.
—-On April 15 a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir by Mark Peterson.
—-On April 15 a Pectoral Sandpiper and (5) Dunlin were reported at Lower Queens Reservoir by Mark Peterson.
—-On April 15 a GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was reported at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir. First reported on April 13 by David Tonnessen.
LA PLATA:
—-On April 16 a Glossy Ibis was reported at Pastorius Reservoir. First reported April 15 by Susan Allerton.
LARIMER COUNTY:
—-On April 14 a GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was reported at Horseshoe Reservoir. First reported April 13 by Andy Bankert.
MESA COUNTY:
—-On April 16 (3) Tundra Swan were reported on the Colorado River, heading south from mm48, by Sue Riffe.
MORGAN COUNTY:
—-On April 19 a Caspian Tern was reported at Jackson Reservoir-North by Scott Somershoe
PITKIN COUNTY:
—-On April 18 a Black-throated Gray Warbler was reported at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies by Rebecca Weiss.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
—-On April 18 a Worm-eating Warbler was reported at Valco Ponds near the river at the eastern part of the parking lot, by MaryLynne Ketchum.
—-On April 17 a Yellow-throated Warbler was reported at Pueblo City Park, east of Headquarter Building in tall sycamore tree, by Brandon Percival.
WELD COUNTY:
—-On April 16 a Green Heron was reported in Ft Collins at CR 13 (~1 mi. S Hinkley Lk) by Sheila Webber.
Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details on dfobirds.org
Chico Basin Ranch
Saturday, April 20
6:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mark Amershek (mamershek AT msn.com; 303-329-8646)
Mt. Falcon Park
Saturday, April 20
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
John Breitsch (jbreitsch AT hotmail.com; 303-588-0552)
Greenwood Gulch and Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve
Sunday, April 21
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Kevin Corwin (KevyGudGuy AT aol.com; 720-277-7118)
Pawnee National Grasslands (Weld County)
Tuesday, April 23
4:00 AM - 7:00 PM
David Suddjian & Diane Roberts (dsuddjian@gmail.com: 831-713-8659)
Ken Caryl Valley Area
Friday, April 26
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
David Suddjian (dsuddjian@gmail.com; 831-713-8659)
Good Birding,
Allison Hilf
Aurora, CO
(303) 888-5110
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