Date: Monday, May 27, 2019
Compiler: Allison Hilf (ahilf AT me.com)
Phone: (303) 888-5110
E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, May 27 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists. Observers have been helpful by 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.
For 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:
Long-tailed Duck (Weld)
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (Weld)
COMMON GALLINULE (*Larimer)
SNOWY PLOVER (Weld)
RED KNOT (*Weld)
Red Phalarope (Weld)
Green Heron (Weld)
Great Crested Flycatcher (*Larimer)
Gray-Cheeked Thrush (El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Logan)
Baird's Sparrow (*Larimer)
EASTERN MEADOWLARK (*YUMA)
Ovenbird (Adams)
Northern Waterthrush (Boulder, Chaffee)
Prothonotary Warbler (gRoutt)
Tennessee Warbler (Bent, El Paso, Jefferson, Montrose)
MOURNING WARBLER (El Paso, Larimer)
Hooded Warbler (Jefferson)
Magnolia Warbler (*Boulder, *Chaffee, *Weld)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Bent, Boulder, El Paso, *Jefferson, *Larimer)
Blackpoll Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler (*Pueblo)
HERMIT WARBLER (Boulder)
Summer Tanager (Fremont, Jefferson)
Scarlet Tanager (*Douglas) is a
Northern Cardinal (Weld)
ADAMS COUNTY:
—-On May 25 a Ovenbird was reported at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR by Kim Mauritz.
BENT COUNTY:
—-On May 24 a Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported at Van's Grove by Duane Nelson.
—-On May 24 (2) Tennessee Warbler were reported at Van's Grove by Duane Nelson.
BOULDER COUNTY:
—-On May 26 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at Boulder Creek/Univ. of CO by Richard Trinkner.
—-On May 25 a HERMIT WARBLER was reported at Varsity Pond North End, best seen at the corner of University and 17th. First reported On May 24 by Steve Larson.
—-On May 25 a Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported at Twin Lakes by Pablo Quezada.
—-On May 23 a Northern Waterthrush was reported at Greenlee Wildlife Preserve by Ted Floyd.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
—-On May 26 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at
28700 County Road 304 in Buena Vista by Zach Millen.
—-On May 25 a Northern Waterthrush was reported at Sands Lake SWA by Greg Mihalik.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
—-On May 26 a Scarlet Tanager was reported visiting suet feeders in Louviers at corner of 1st and Elm by Tom Halverstadt.
EL PASO:
—-On May 25 a Gray-cheeked Thrush was reported at Chico Basin Banding Area by Duwayane Worthington.
—-On May 25 a Tennessee Warbler was reported at Chico Basin Banding Station by Luke Pheneger.
—-On May 24 a MOURNING WARBLER was reported at Chico Basin Ranch wooded area by Cody Ensanian.
—-On May 25 a Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported at Bear Creek Nature Center (on the song bird trail) by Eric Storms.
—-On May 25 a Gray-cheeked Thrush was reported at Chico Basin Banding Area by Duwayane Worthington.
FREMONT COUNTY:
—-On May 25 a Summer Tanager was reported at Brush Hollow Reservoir by Susan Blansett.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
—-On May 26 a Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported at Chatfield State Park/Audubon Center &Trails by Claire H.
—-On May 25 a Summer Tanager was reported at Main Reservoir by Joe Roller.
—-On May 25 a Hooded Warbler was reported at Main Reservoir approx. 100 yds west of the south parking lot on the main trail. First reported on May 22 by Ric Olsen.
—-On May 24 a Gray-cheeked Thrush was reported at Chatfield SP/Audubon Nature Center & Trails by Michael Lester.
—-On May 24 a Blackpoll Warbler was reported at Leyden Lake by James McCall.
—-On May 23 a Tennessee Warbler was reported at Main Reservoir by Pablo Quezada.
LARIMER COUNTY:
—-On May 26 a Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported at Matthews-Reese's Bird Sanctuary at Lake Estes by James Nelson.
—-on May 26 a Chestnut Sided Warbler was reported at 50318-50836 Puere Canyon Rd in Bellevue
by Sondler Selvig.
—-On May 26 a Great Crested Flycatcher was reported at Running Deer & Cottonwood Hallow Natural Areas by Robert Beauchamp.
—-On May 26 (2) Baird's Sparrow were reported at Soapstone Prairie Natural Area. First reported on May 13 by Andy Bankert.
—-On May 26 a COMMON GALLINULE was reported from Wellington State Wildlife Area, first seen by Josh Bruening on April 29. This rarity was at a pond north of Larimer CR 60 in the Schware Unit. (Note that this is not Morris Reservoir, which is on the south side of 60).
—-On May 24 a Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported at Wellington SWA/Cobb Lake Unit (near east parking lot). First reported on May 18 by Phillip Bailey.
—-On May 23 a MOURNING WARBLER was reported at Lee Martinez Park (last seen next to ditch on north side of bike path). First reported on May 19 by David Wade.
—-On May 23 a Gray-cheeked Thrush was reported at Spring Canyon Community Park by Nick Kamar.
LOGAN COUNTY:
—-On May 25 a Gray-cheeked Thrush was reported at Tamarack Ranch SWA by Loch Kilpatrick.
MONTROSE COUNTY:
—-On May 24 a Tennessee Warbler was reported at Django's Castle by Susan Entsminger.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
—-On May 26 a Yellow-throated Warbler was reported was reported at Roselawn Cemetery in Blende, near the west entrance off Aspen Street. First reported on May 11 by Evan Carlson.
ROUTT COUNTY:
—-On May 26 a Prothonotary Warbler was reported behind the Yampa River Botanic Park, between the Core Trail gate into the park and the Osprey nest pole. First reported on May 22 by Dave and Ann Jones.
WELD COUNTY:
—-On May 26 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at Crow Valley Campground by Laura Steadman.
—-On May 25 a RED KNOT (in mostly winter plumage) was reported at Stewart's Pond by Doug Kibbe.
—-On May 25 a Black-bilked Cuckoo was reported at Poudre Ponds by Steve Mlodinow.
—-On May 25 a Long-tailed Duck was reported at Firestone Gravel Ponds (smaller pond) by Seven Mlodinow.
—-On May 24 a Red Phalarope was reported at Baxter Lake, on east side of county line road, a mile or so south of 56, which goes into Berthoud. Park on Wilfred Road, cross county line road with care, and find safe place to scan from. Reported by Steve Mlodinow.
—-On May 24 a Snowy Plover was Crom Lake by Grant Beauprez.
—-On May 24 a Green Heron was reported at Neff Lake & Hogarty Reservoir Area by Gene Rutherford.
—-On May 24 a Northern Cardinal was reported at Pawnee NG/Norma's Grove by Gene Rutherford.
YUMA COUNTY:
—-On May 26 a EASTERN MEADOWLARK was reported southwest of the CR3 -Hwy 385 Intersection. First reported on May 12 by David Dowell.
Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details on dfobirds.org
Bar CCC
Wednesday, May 29
6:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Tim Ryan & Diane Roberts ( Tryan4thebirds AT yahoo.com; 720-545-5084)
Sedalia to Cheesman for Woodpeckers
Thursday, May 30
6:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Chris Blakeslee & Paul Slingsby ( ChrisABla AT aol.com; 303-694-4670)
Mt. Falcon Park (Jefferson County)
Saturday, June 1
6:00 AM - 11:00 AM
John Breitsch ( jbreitsch AT hotmail.com; 303-588-0552)
Ken Caryl Valley Area
Saturday, June 1
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
David Suddjian ( dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)
Bluff Lake Nature Center
Sunday, June 2
7:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Megan Miller (Megan.k.miller2473 AT gmail.com; 7207759710)
Good birding,
Allison Hilf
Aurora, CO
303.888.5110
ahilf AT me.com
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