Date: Monday, April 8, 2019
Compiler: Joe Roller jroller9@gmail.com
Phone: (303) 204-0828
E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, April 8, 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:
Greater Roadrunner (Adams)
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (Logan)
Red-throated Loon (Adams)
Black Phoebe (*Jefferson)
Vermillion Flycatcher (Kiowa)
Winter Wren (Jefferson, Larimer)
Fox Sparrow (Slate-colored) (Jefferson)
For more information on other birds not on the RBA today, go to cobirds.org and scroll to the bottom for "Recent eBird Sightings".
ADAMS COUNTY:
—-On April 6 a Greater Roadrunner was reported at the Barr Lake Nature Center by Ira Sanders. Second county record. Ira had the first county record too, in July,2013.
----On April 6 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.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
—-On April 7 a Fox Sparrow (Slate-colored) was reported at Reynolds Ranch
Count Park by Chris Wood. It was along drainage on Oxen Draw trail, about 200m above Elkhorn Trail cutoff.This subspecies breeds in our mountains, but is rarely seen in migration.
—-On April 6 a Black Phoebe was reported at Arvada Blunn Reservoir by Lorraine Lanning. It was seen again on April 7.
—-On April 4 the Winter Wren that overwintered in the Bear Creek Greenbelt—S Kipling to S Wadsworth Blvd was seen again.
KIOWA COUNTY:
—-On April 5 a (m) Vermillion Flycatcher was reported on the north side of Sheridan Lake by Geoff Hill.
LARIMER COUNTY:
—-On April 3 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported on Loveland Recreation trail just east of Rossum Drive by Jay Breidt.
—-On April 5 an overwintering Winter Wren was reported at the Prospect Ponds area. First reported November of 2018.
LOGAN COUNTY:
—-On April 6 a GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was reported at North Sterling Reservoir and SP by Chris Wood.
Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details on dfobirds.org
Park County Reservoirs
Monday April 8
5:30 – 3:00 PM
David Suddjian (email dsuddjian@gmail.com, cell 831-713-8659)
Mt. Falcon Park (Jefferson County)
Saturday April 13
7 AM til noon
John Breitsch (jbreitsch@hotmail.com, 303 588-0552)
Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop (Arapahoe County)
Sunday, April 14
8:00 AM - Noon
Karen von Saltza (kvonsaltza@yahoo.com , 303 941-4881
Good Birding,
Joe Roller, Denver
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