Friday 21 June 2019

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 21, 2019.

Date:  Friday, June 21, 2019

Compiler:  Joe Roller   jroller9 AT gmail.com

Phone:  (303) 204-0828

E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org


The Summer Solstice occurs at 9:54 MDT today.

What birds are around this week? Breeding birds in their breeding habitats!


Observers 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 this species.

For 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:

Caspian Tern (Arapahoe, *Jackson, Larimer)

Green Heron (Broomfield)

EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (Logan, Pueblo)

Black Phoebe (*Jefferson)

BLUE-WINGED WARBLER (Denver)

Chestnut-sided Warbler (*Boulder)

Graces's Warbler (*Pueblo)



ADAMS COUNTY:

—-On June 18 a (m) Baltimore Oriole was reported at Metzger Farm Open Space; first reported by Lauren Burke on June 17. It was paired with a female Bullock's Oriole. Please view from a distance.


ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

—-On June 16 a Caspian Tern was reported at Cherry Creek SP by Meg Reck. 


BROOMFIELD COUNTY:

—-On June 17 a Green Heron was reported at Big Dry Creek & Willow Run Open Space by Chipper Phillips. This is the first eBird record for the county since 2010.


BOULDER COUNTY:

—-On June 19 a singing male Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported from Bluebell Canyon, 100-200 meters up McClintock Trail from the stone bridge. First reported on June 11 by Peter Gent. 


DENVER COUNTY:

—-On June 17 a (m) BLUE-WINGED WARBLER was last reported at Fort Logan Cemetery, at the small pond just south of Kenyon Ave. Park in the cemetery OR in the small parking lot on Kenyon on the south side of Bear Creek Park and go through a gap in the fence into the Cemetery to the nearby pond. First found by Douglas Kibbe on June 14.


JACKSON COUNTY:

—-On June 20 a Caspian Tern was reported at Walden Reservoir by David Suddjian. 


JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—-On June 19 a Black Phoebe was reported at Chatfield SP (Audubon Center and Trails). First reported on June 18 by Claire H. 


LARIMER COUNTY:

—-On June 16 a Caspian Tern was reported at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area--fishing ponds and trails by Andy Bankert.


MONTROSE COUNTY:

—-On June 17 a Least Flycatcher was reported at the Ute Indian Museum in the town of Montrose by Laura Steadman. First county record.


PUEBLO COUNTY:

—-On June 19 a Grace's Warbler was reported at a small pond near the entrance to Pueblo Mountain Park by Evan Carlson. This has become an annual occurrence and is a site close to Front Range birders.

—-On June 16 a singing EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE was reported from the Arkansas River Trail, halfway between Pueblo Nature Center & Pueblo Blvd; first seen by Evan Carlson on June 10.



Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details on dfobirds.org


Boulder County

Friday, June 21

6:00 AM - 11:00 AM

John Malenich (john.malenich at comcast.net or 303-359-9456)


Eldorado Canyon SP

Sunday, June 23

6:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Karen Drozda (drozforte…@AOL.com or 303-388-0891)


Lair o' the Bear Park

Sunday, June 23

6:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk…@gmail.com or 303-885-6955)


Mt. Evans area via Squaw Pass Rd.

Tuesday, June 25

7:00 - 4:00 PM

Mark Amershek (mamershek…@msn.com or 303-329-8646)

Note that this trip is full and there are four on the waiting list.


Beaver Brook Trail

Thursday, June 27

5:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Paul Slingsby ( paslingsby…@comcast.net or 720-347-5169)


Good birding!

Joe Roller, Denver

303 204-0828

jroller9…@gmail.com

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUB1FqknEMXUf%3DZ5FgQhcTLW%2BuVvncuJgRNAUiUrWpoyfw%40mail.gmail.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

No comments:

Post a Comment