Date: Sunday, September 1, 2019
E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Compiler: Allison Hilf; ahilf@me.com
Phone: 303.888.5110
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:
PIPING PLOVER (Douglas)
Long-billed Curlew (Broomfield)
Marbled Godwit (Saguache)
Red Phalarope (Boulder, Jackson)
Caspian Tern (Las Animas)
Gray Flycatcher (Jackson)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (Morgan)
White-winged Crossbill (Douglas)
Eastern Kingbird (Clear Creek)
Canada Jay (Douglas)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Teller)
Bobolink (Jackson)
Northern Waterthrush (Clear Creek)
BOULDER COUNTY:
—On August 30 a Red Phalarope was reported at Lagerman Reservoir. First reported on August 29 by Peter Burke.
BROOMFIELD COUNTY:
—On August 26 a Long-billed Curlew was reported at Great Western Reservoir by Norm Erthal.
CLEAR CREEK:
—On August 27 an Eastern Kingbird was reported at Bard Creek Ponds (PRIVATE, must view from roads). Reported by David Suddjian.
— On August 27 a Northern Waterthrush was reported at Bard Creek Ponds (PRIVATE, must view from roads). Reported by Dale Pate.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
—On August 28 (2) Canada Jay was reported at Experimental Forest Rd (39.157, -105.03) by David Tønnessen. This is a first county e-bird record for this species.
—On August 27 a White-winged Crossbill was reported at Rampart Range Lodgepole Pine Forest, near a pull-off at (39.1299029, -105.0293509) by David Tønnessen.
—On August 26 a Piping Plover was reported at the Plum Creek Delta of Chatfield State Park; other shorebirds in area include Semipalmated Sandpiper. First reported on August 24 by Joey Kellner.
JACKSON COUNTY:
—On August 30 a Gray Flycatcher was reported in Cowdrey at FSR 895 (40.985, -106.272) by Elaine Wagner.
—On August 27 a Red Phalarope was reported at Cowdrey Reservoir by Nathan Pieplow. This is a first county e-bird record for this species.
—On August 27 (4) Bobolink were reported in Walden at CR 12 W (40.735, -106.42) by Nathan Pieplow.
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY:
—On August 29 a Caspian Tern was reported at Trinidad Reservoir by Tony Godfrey.
MORGAN COUNTY:
—On August 26 an Ash-throated Flycatcher was reported at the playa by Morgan CT JJ & Hwy 71 by Chuck Aid. This is a first county e-bird record for this species.
SAGUACHE COUNTY:
—On August 26 a Marbled Godwit was reported at Russel Lakes SWA by Stephen Noseworthy.
TELLER COUNTY:
—On August 29 (2) Clay-colored Sparrows were reported at Indian Creek by MaryLynne Ketcham.
—On August 27 a Clay-colored Sparrow was reported at Manitou Lake by David Tønnessen.
Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details at dfobirds.org
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Sunday, September 1
6:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955)
Ken Caryl Valley Area
Monday, September 2
6:30 AM - 10:30 AM
David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)
Southeastern Colorado
Tuesday, September 3
4:30 AM - 8:00 PM
David Suddjian ( dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)
Ouzel Falls, Rocky Mt. Natl. Park
Wednesday, September 4
6:00 AM - 3:00 PM
John Malenich (john.malenich AT comcast.net; 303-359-9456)
Green Mountain Falls-town and lower elevation trails
Saturday, September 7
6:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Chris Gilbert (chrisgee9 AT gmail.com; 804-214-1508)
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!
Allison Hilf
Aurora, CO
ahilf AT me.com
303.888.5110
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