Tuesday 21 January 2020

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, Jan 21, 2020.

Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Email: RBA@cobirds.org

Compiler: Joe Roller. jroller9@gmail.com

303 204-0828


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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."

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Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include: 


BRANT (Jefferson)

Trumpeter Swan (Logan, *Mesa, *Weld)

Tundra Swan (Weld)

Dunlin (*Pueblo)

Franklin's Gull (*Pueblo)

Glaucous Gull (*Larimer)

Great Black-backed Gull (*Bent, *Boulder, *Larimer, *Pueblo)

    Have this many been reported in the state previously on the same day?

Red-throated Loon (*Pueblo)

Pacific Loon (*Jefferson)

YELLOW-BILLED LOON (Arapahoe, *Jefferson)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*Larimer)

Red-Naped Sapsucker (*Garfield)

GYRFALCON (Larimer)

Palm Warbler (*Pueblo)

 

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

—On Jan 19 a YELLOW-BILLED LOON was reported at Aurora Reservoir; first reported Dec 29 by Steve Mlodinow. There is a $10 entrance fee.


BENT COUNTY:

—On Jan 20 an adult Great Black-backed Gull was reported at John Martin Reservoir by Duane Nelson.


BOULDER COUNTY:

—On Jan 20 a first cycle Great Black-backed Gull was reported at Macintosh Lake; first reported there by David Waltman on the 18th.


GARFIELD COUNTY:

—On Jan 20 a Red-naped Sapsucker was reported at Centennial Park in Carbondale by Dick Filby. This is the second eBird winter record for Garfield.


JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On Jan 20 a (juv) YELLOW-BILLED LOON and a Pacific Loon were reported from Chatfield SP—Northern Boat Ramp - the former by Gregg Goodrich on a DFO field trip and the latter by Tom H.

—On Jan 19 a BRANT was reported at Lake Arbor; first reported Dec 20 by Amy Cervene.


LARIMER COUNTY:

—On Jan 20 a first cycle Great Black-backed Gull circled high above the Larimer landfill, Nick Komar reported; it may be headed towards Horsetooth Reservoir.

—On Jan 20 a (first cycle) Glaucous Gull was reported from Lake Loveland by Joshua Smith. 

—On Jan 20 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported in Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins. Two males (adult and immature) were reported Jan 7. The adult was first reported in mid-Nov and the immature on Dec. 23 by Dave Leatherman. New location for adult as of Jan 15: (Section 8 just south of the boundary road dividing Section 8 from Section G, about 60 yards w of ditch). Immature is near entrance on a linden tree.

—On Jan 17 a GYRFALCON was seen near the Larimer County Landfill in Fort Collins. First reported Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. Please post updates to COBirds.


LOGAN:

—On Jan 19 (2) Trumpeter Swans were reported at Little Jumbo Reservoir; first reported by Tom Wilberding on the 14th. Probably the same swans reported by Steve Larson on the 8th at Red Lion SWA.


MESA COUNTY:

—On Jan 20 (2) Trumpeter Swans  were reported at Highline Lake State Park; first reported by Brian Tarbox on the 18th.

 

PUEBLO COUNTY:

—On Jan 20 a very early Franklin's Gull in breeding plumage was reported at Pueblo Reservoir off N Picnic Rd by Brandon Percival.

—On Jan 20 the Great Black-backed Gull known as "Murray" was reported at Pueblo Reservoir's South Marina. Murray has spent 20-plus years as a winter resident of Lake Pueblo SP.

—On Jan 20 (2) Dunlin were reported at Pueblo Reservoir—South Marina; first reported Dec 19 by Evan Carlson.

—On Jan 20 a Red-throated Loon was reported at Pueblo Reservoir; first reported by Brandon Percival on Nov 28, 2019.

—On Jan 20 a Palm Warbler was reported just west of the Valco Ponds parking lot. First reported by Mark Yaeger on Jan 18.

—On Jan 18 a Trumpeter Swan was reported by Mark Yaeger at the Sailboat Launch on Pueblo Reservoir.


WELD COUNTY:

—On Jan 20 a Trumpeter Swan was reported at St. Vrain State Park; first reported by David Dowell on Jan 16th.

—On Jan 17 a Tundra Swan was reported at St. Vrain State Park; first reported  by Kelly Ormesher on Jan 15th.


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Upcoming Denver Field Ornithologists field trip (details at dfobirds.org)

 

Joder Ranch

Saturday, January 25

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Chuck Hundertmark (Email: chundertmark8@gmail.com Phone: 303-604-0531)


Stearns Lake

Sunday, January 26

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Laura Steadman (Email: lauramsteadman@gmail.com or Phone 843 319-5086)


South Platte Park

Monday, January 27

7:30 AM - 12:30 PM

David Suddjian (dsuddjian@gmail.com or Phone 831-713-8659)


 

Good birding, 

Joe Roller, Denver

jroller9@gmail.com

303 204-0828

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