[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, November 25

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, November 25 at 6:36 AM, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists.

Rare, out of place and out of season species include: (* indicates new information on this species)

Trumpeter Swan (* Jefferson)

Eurasian Wigeon  (Montezuma)

Mexican Duck  (Weld)

Surf Scoter  (Arapahoe, Jefferson, Ouray)

White-winged Scoter  (Chaffee, Park)

Black Scoter  (*Arapahoe, Jefferson, Park)

Greater Roadrunner (La Plata)

Red-throated Loon (*Douglas, *Jefferson)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  (Fremont, *Larimer, Pueblo)

Black Phoebe (Jefferson)

Vermilion Flycatcher  (*Boulder)

SEDGE WREN  (Eagle)

Golden-crowned Sparrow  (Boulder)

Rusty Blackbird  (*Arapahoe)

Black-and-White Warbler (Larimer)

Prothonotary Warbler (Jefferson)

CAPE MAY WARBLER  (Pueblo)

Blackburnian Warbler  (Boulder)

Palm Warbler  (*Arapahoe, Broomfield, *Jefferson, Larimer)

Pine Warbler (*Jefferson)

Northern Cardinal (*Larimer)

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On November 13 at South Platte Reservoir, Mary Keithler, Cynthia Madsen, & David Hill reported Surf & Black Scoters. The Black Scoter was seen Nov 23 & 24.

---On November 20 the Tuesday Birders saw a Rusty Blackbird at the east edge of the Swim Beach at Cherry Creek SP; it continued through Nov 24.

---On November 24 Christopher Warneke reported a Palm Warbler at Eagle Watch Lake, which is just east of South Platte Reservoir.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On November 15 at Walden Ponds, Leslie S reported a Vermilion Flycatcher, seen daily through November 24.

---On November 13 in SW Longmont, near Airport Rd & Dry Creek Greenway, Scott Severs reported a 1st winter Blackburnian Warbler.  It continued through Nov 18 in pines near there, then again on November 22.

---On November 13 at CU South, Matt Hofeditz reported a Golden-crowned Sparrow south of the parking lot for Tennis Complex. It continued through Nov 18.

BROOMFIELD COUNTY:

---On November 19 Thomas Sather found a Palm Warbler at Parkland St. Ponds, which can be found by going south from Hwy 36 on Hwy 121 one block, then left on Uptown Ave & wind around to reach the ponds on the left.

CHAFFEE COUNTY:

---On November 18 Sally Waterhouse reported a White-winged Scoter at Sands Lake SWA; it was seen again on November 19 & 20.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

---On November 23 Joey Kellner reported an immature Red-throated Loon at Chatfield SP, seen from the Lake View parking lot, which is between Campground Loops B & C. It lingered and was seen on Nov 25.

EAGLE COUNTY:  

---On November 15 at Lake Creek Village Wetland, Eric Culbertson reported a SEDGE WREN, which has continued through November 23. There have been only two previous West Slope records on eBird!

FREMONT COUNTY:

---On November 19 Jerry DeBoer reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Rouse Park. 

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On November 14 at Bear Creek Lake Park—Big Soda Lakes N Trail, Chuck Aid & Michael Kiessig reported 2 Black Scoters, seen again on Nov 20.

---On November 13 at South Platte Reservoir SW Bay, Cynthia Madsen and others reported Surf & Black Scoter in the bay and Palm Warbler at the edge of the parking lot. The Palm Warbler was seen again near there Nov 21-24. The Surf Scoter was seen on Nov 19; the Black on Nov 20 through 23.

---On November 20 Burke Angstman reported a Palm Warbler at the boat launch area at Bear Creek Lake Park; still there on Nov 21.

---On November 21 Daniel Horton reported a Prothonotary Warbler and Black Phoebe at the "Clear Creek Trail--Golden to I-70" eBird hotspot. Both were seen again on Nov 23. On November 24 a Palm Warbler was seen there.

---On November 23 Franks Ferrell reported an adult Trumpeter Swan at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, seen again on Nov 24.

---On November 24 the Red-throated Loon found by Joey Kellner at Chatfield SP in Douglas County, was also seen in Jefferson County.

---On November 24 Jerry Baines reported a Pine Warbler at Denver West Office Park.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

---On November 22 a Greater Roadrunner was reported by Sioux Toburen from Durango, where it is quite rare.

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On November 16 at Grandview Cemetery John Shenot reported a Black-and-white Warbler. He found it again on Nov 22 in a mixed species flock in area 9.

---On November 18 David Wade reported an imm Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Grandview Cemetery. It continued through November 24.

---On November 20 Andy Bankert found a Palm Warbler at Running Deer Natural Area in Fort Collins. It hung out in the shrubby area to the east of the trail that heads due south from the parking lot and was seen again on November 21.

---On November 24 SW of Wellington, Steve Martin reported that a f Northern Cardinal has been visiting his feeders for over six weeks. If anyone is interested in trying to see the Cardinal, please contact Steve at falconridge AT cowisp.net 

---On November 24 Nick Komar reported a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Eden Valley Institute in Fort Morgan.

MONTEZUMA COUNTY:

---On November 16 at Industrial Park Pond, Brenda Wright, Coen Dexter, & Erik Hendrickson reported a Eurasian Wigeon, which continued through November 21.

OURAY COUNTY: 

---On November 19 Brenda Wright reported that the Surf Scoter continues, present for over two weeks at Ridgway Reservoir.

PARK COUNTY:

---On November 14 at Eleven Mile SP David Tonnessen, Mark Peterson & Lisa Edwards reported 8 White-winged Scoters & 5 Black Scoters. Joey Kellner reported that both scoter species continued in similar numbers there on Nov 18.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

---On November 15 at Pueblo City Park, Brandon Percival and Clif Smith reported juv Yellow-bellied Sapsucker near the admin building. One or more continued through November 23.  

---On November 17 & 18 Brandon & Van Truan & others saw a CAPE MAY WARBLER in Pueblo City Park. It was seen again on Nov 19 & 20.

WELD COUNTY:

---On November 20 Steve Mlodinow reported a Mexican Duck at Stewart's Pond, which is east of Hwy 85 on Weld CR 46. 

DFO Field Trips...trip details are at the DFO website:   DFObirds.org 

Aurora Reservoir & Cherry Creek SP

Monday, November 26

6:30 AM -- 2:00 PM

David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)

North-Central Colorado

Tuesday, November 27

6:30 AM - 4:00 PM

David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) and

John Malenich (john.malenich AT comcast.net; 303-359-9456)

Annual Barrow's Goldeneye Count to Silverthorne

Thursday, November 29

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Paul Slingsby (paslingsby AT comcast.net; 720 347-5169)

First Creek at Denver Open Space

Saturday, December 1

7:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com, 303 837-0864)

South Platte River at West Florida Avenue

Sunday, December 2

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Bill Wuerthele (wuerthel AT central.com, 720 270-8467)

Aurora Reservoir and Cherry Creek SP

Monday, December 3

6:15 AM - 1:00 PM

David Suddjian ((dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)

South-Central Colorado

Tuesday, December 4

5:00 AM - 6:00 PM

David Suddjian ((dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)

Good birding!

Joe Roller, Denver

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