Monday, 3 February 2020

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday , February 3 , 2020.

Date:Monday, February 3, 2020
Compiler: John Drummond jxdrummo@aol.com
703-629-1151
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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)
Mew Gull ( *Pueblo)
Glaucous Gull (Kiowa , *Larimer)
SLATY-BACKED GULL ( *  Larimer )
Glaucous-winged Gull ( * Larimer )
Great Black-backed Gull (*Larimer,* Pueblo)
Red-throated Loon ( *Pueblo) ,
YELLOW-BILLED LOON ( *Jefferson)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Larimer)
GYRFALCON (Larimer)
Golden-crowned Sparrow ( Mesa )
Pacific Wren (  Jefferson )
Common Redpoll ( * Boulder )
Rusty Blackbird ( *Douglas,)
Palm Warbler ( *Pueblo)
 


BOULDER COUNTY:
--- On Feb 2 , a Common Redpoll was reported at feeders at Pleasant View Marsh . The home owner , Ernest Crvich , welcomes birders to view the feeders from the street or sidewalk but do not enter his property . The address is 3896 Bosque Court .

DOUGLAS COUNTY:
On Feb 2 (2) Rusty Blackbirds were reported from the Plum Creek Delta . First reported by Amanda Spears on Jan 26 .

DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES:
——On Feb 2 a (juv) YELLOW-BILLED LOON was reported at Chatfield SP—in both counties; first reported by Gregg Goodrich.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On Feb 1 the wintering PACIFIC WREN was reported  at Bear Creek Lake Park in the previous location.
—On Jan 28 a BRANT was reported at Lake Arbor; first reported Dec 20 by Amy Cervene.

KIOWA COUNTY
-- On Jan 29 a Glaucous Gull was reported from Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir by Richard Bunn .

LARIMER COUNTY:
--- On Feb 2  first cycle SLATY_BACKED and GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS were reported from Warren Lake, first reported by by Nick Komar and others on Jan 29 .These ID's have received conflicting assessments by outside  reviewers .  Attracted by the fish kill at this lake . Warren Lake is private view from roads .
—On Feb 2 a first cycle Great Black-backed Gull was reported from Warren Lake. First reported by by Nick Komar on Jan 26. View from Breakwater Rd.
—On Feb 1 a Glaucous Gull was reported at Warren Lake, first reported on Jan 29 by m.obs.
—On Jan 17 a GYRFALCON was seen near the Larimer County Landfill in Fort Collins. Not reported since then, but it may still be around. First reported Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. Please post updates to COBirds.

MESA COUNTY:
---On Feb 1 a Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at Grand Junction Wildlife Area , first reported by Bob Clarke on Jan 28 . .
 
PUEBLO COUNTY:
—On Feb 2  a Palm Warbler was reported west of the Valco Ponds parking lot. First reported by Mark Yaeger on Jan 18.
—On Feb 1 a Mew Gull was reported from Pueblo Reservoir-North Shore Marina ,  reported by m.ob throughout January.
—On Feb 2 a Red-throated Loon was reported at Pueblo Reservoir; first reported by Brandon Percival on Nov 28, 2019.
—On Feb 2 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.

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

Aurora Reservoir and Cherry Creek SP
Monday, February 3
7:00 AM - Noon
David Suddjian (dsuddjian@gmail.com or Phone 831-713-8659)

South Platte River Trail at 88th Avenue
Saturday, February 8
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Mark Amershek (mamershek@msn.com or 303-329-8646)

Cherry Creek SP Wetlands (Arapahoe County )
Sunday , Feb 9
9:00 AM -- 1:00 PM
Patrick O'Driscoll ( patodrisk@gmail.com or 303-885-6955 )

Southeastern Colorado
Tuesday , Feb 11
5:00 AM-- 6:00 PM
David Suddjian ( dsuddjian@gmail.com or 831-713-8659 )




Good birding,
John Drummond Colorado Springs
703-629-115
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