[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, August 21

Date:  Wednesday, August 21, 2019

E-mail:  RBA AT cobirds.org

Compiler:  Gregg Goodrich, Highlands Ranch

email: gregggoodrich AT gmail.com

phone:  303 655-9135

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 (*Archuleta) 

Upland Sandpiper (Boulder, *Larimer)

Sanderling (*Boulder)

White-winged Crossbill (Boulder)

ARCHULETA COUNTY:

—On August 19 a Trumpeter Swan was reported in Pagosa Springs at Village Lake and first seen by Barbara Baring on the 18th.

BOULDER COUNTY:

--On August 20 a Sanderling continued at Lagerman Reservoir; first reported there on August 14 by Mark Miner-Lee, among other shorebirds.

—On August 14 (5) White-winged Crossbills were reported at Caribou Townsite to Bald Mountain, NW of Nederland, 39.9897321,-105.5953932, by Dave Hallock. This nomadic species is thinly distributed in Colorado.

BROOMFIELD COUNTY:

—On August 18 an Upland Sandpiper was reported at Walnut Creek — Great Western Reservoir to Simms Street by Chipper Phillips behind the subdivision. Upland Sandpipers have also been reported at (1 Bent, 1 Logan, 1 Phillips, 1 Sedgwick, 2 Prowers, 23 Kiowa)

LARIMER COUNTY:

--On August 20 an Upland Sandpiper was heard and reported by Andy Bankert at the Wellington State Wildlife Area—Cobb Lake Unit. Andy also had a Willet.

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

Prewitt and Jackson Reservoirs

Sunday, August 25

5:30 AM - 7:30 PM

Joey Kellner (vireo1@comcast.net; 303-978-1748

Ken Caryl Valley Area

Thursday, August 29

7:00 PM - 9:30 PM

David Suddjian (dsud...@gmail.com; 831-713-8659)

FALL COUNTS are coming up! Save the dates and pick a place to join groups of eager birders on one of these time-honored birding trips. There'll be seven trips in all during the peak of fall migration, September 13 through 15. 

Sign up now at the DFO website: https://dfobirds.org/FieldTrips/UpcomingTrips.aspx

Details will appear on the Colorado RBA as the dates draw near.

Good birding! 

Gregg Goodrich, Denver

GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com

303 655-9135

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