[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 29, 2019

Date:  Friday, March 29, 2019

Compiler: Cheryl Teuton (teuton@earthlink.net)

Phone: (303) 912-3341

E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org

 

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 29 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists.

 

Observers have been diligent in reporting sightings and updates on CoBirds. Thanks!

 

CAPITAL LETTERS are used for very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee.

(*) indicates new information on this species.

 

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

 

Tundra Swan (Larimer, Weld)

EURASIAN WIGEON (Huerfano)

Black Scoter (Adams, Huerfano) 

Long-tailed Duck (Fremont)

Dunlin (Kiowa)

Mew Gull (Adams)

Red-throated Loon (*Adams)

NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Adams)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Larimer, Yuma)

Western Wood-Pewee (Mesa)

Winter Wren (Jefferson)

Bewick’s Wren (El Paso)

Eastern Bluebird (*Garfield)

Northern Mockingbird (Larimer)

Field Sparrow (El Paso)

Northern Cardinal (Larimer, Otero)

Rusty Blackbird (Arapahoe)

 

Gull species: Several winter/spring gulls are being seen, primarily in Pueblo, Larimer, Arapahoe, Kiowa and Adams Counties, e.g., Iceland (Thayer’s), Glaucous, Bonaparte’s, California, Ring-billed, Herring, Lesser Black-backed, and Great Black-backed Gull.

For more information on these gulls, as well as other birds not on this RBA list, please check cobirds.org, scroll down to the very bottom “Recent eBird Sightings”. 

 

ADAMS COUNTY:

—On March 26 a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported at McKay Road ponds, directly east of the junction of McKay Rd in Thornton .  First reported on March 20 by Greg Levandoski.

—On March 28 a Red-throated Loon was reported on the pond across the street from Elaine T Valente Open Space on 104th.  First reported March 15 by Peter Ruprecht.

—On March 24 a Mew Gull was reported at McKay Road ponds, directly east of the junction of McKay Rd in Thornton by Gabriel Wiltske.  First reported on March 20 by Chuck Aid.

—On March 23 a Black Scoter was reported at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR  by Ginny Bergstrom.

 

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

—On March 23 the overwintering Rusty Blackbird(s) continue at Cherry Creek SP Swim Beach Area.

 

EL PASO COUNTY:

—On March 25 a Bewick’s Wren was reported at Aiken Canyon Preserve.  Originally reported there in the parking lot on March 24 by Tyler Stewart.

—On March 27 the overwintering Field Sparrow continues at Red Rock Canyon Open Space.

 

FREMONT COUNTY:

—On March 25 two Long-tailed Ducks were reported at Blue Heron Ponds on Hwy 115.  First reported on March 6 by Rich Miller.

 

GARFIELD COUNTY:

—On March 28 a Eastern Bluebird was reported at CR 320 (SW of the Beaver Water Treatment Plant)  First reported on March 24 by Benjamin Althouse.

 

HUERFANO COUNTY:

—On March 26 a (male) EURASIAN WIGEON was reported at Orlando Reservoir.  First reported on March 18 by the DFO Field Trip/David Suddjian.

—On March 26 a Black Scoter was reported at Martin Lake (on the eastern side near the dam outlet) in Lathrop State Park.  First reported on March 17 by Kara Carragher.

 

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On March 26, the overwintering Winter Wren at Bear Creek Greenbelt continues, it has been present since December 2018.

 

KIOWA COUNTY:

--- On March 25 a Dunlin was reported at Neenoshee Reservoir (SE corner). First reported on March 24 by David Dowell.

 

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On March 25 a Northern Mockingbird was reported at Boedecker Reservoir.  First reported by  by Nick Komar on March 23.

—On March 25 (2) Tundra Swans were reported at Bud Mielke Reservoir. First reported by Georgia Doyle on March 24.

—On March 24 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported at the Loveland Riverwalk in Centennial Park by John Reichhardt.

—On March 26 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported at Grandview Cemetery  near the cemetery entrance.  Two Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers  - 1(m) and 1(f) were reported on March 8,about midway along the south edge of the cemetery that abuts the golf course, by John Shenot 

—There has been a (f) Northern Cardinal visiting the feeders at the home of Steve Martin SW of Wellington since July. Email for current status and directions: falconridge AT cowisp.net. Last report - March 8.

 

MESA COUNTY:

---On March 25 an early Western Wood-Pewee was reported at Gateway Cottonwoods by Mark & Denise Vollmer.

 

OTERO COUNTY

—On March 23 (2) Northern Cardinals were reported at Rocky Ford State Wildlife Area by David Dowell.

 

WELD COUNTY:

—On March 25 (3) Tundra Swans were reported at Cozzens Lake.  First reported on March 12 by Steve Mlodinow.

 

YUMA COUNTY:

—On March 23 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported at the Wray Fish Hatchery/Stalker Lake State Wildlife Area by Gregg Goodrich.

 

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

 

Fountain Park Regional Park (El Paso County)

Sunday, March 31

6:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Diane Roberts (E-mail: Samantha576 AT aol.com; 720-278-9025)

 

Denver City Park (Denver City County)

Sunday, March 31

7:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Patrick O’Driscoll (E-mail: Patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955

 

 

Good Birding,

Cheryl Teuton

Aurora, CO