[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 31, 2019.

Date:  Friday,  May 31, 2019

Compiler:  Joe Roller   jroller9 AT gmail.com

Phone:  (303) 204-0828

E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 31, 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 at the CFO website.

(*) 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:

COMMON GALLINULE (*Larimer)

LAUGHING GULL (Boulder)

WHITE-TAILED KITE (Prowers)

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (Douglas)

ZONE-TAILED HAWK (Prowers)

Great Crested Flycatcher (Larimer)

Yellow-throated Vireo (Phillips)

BAIRD'S SPARROW (*Larimer)

EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Yuma)

Prothonotary Warbler (Routt)

CONNECTICUT WARBLER (El Paso)

MOURNING WARBLER (Yuma)

Magnolia Warbler (Boulder, Chaffee, Weld)

Chestnut-sided Warbler (*Jefferson, *Pueblo)

Palm Warbler (Boulder)

Yellow-throated Warbler (*Pueblo)

Scarlet Tanager (*Boulder)

BOULDER COUNTY:

—-On May 30 a (m) Scarlet Tanager flew over a private home in Gunbarrel, as reported by Mike Patterson. This has been a banner year for tanagers as a group, with more Scarlet Tanagers this May than ever.

—-On May 29 a LAUGHING GULL was reported from Lagerman Agricultural Preserve—Lagerman Reservoir by Barbara Brown.

—-On May 30 a Palm Warbler was reported from Pleasant View Marsh; first reported by Ernest Crvich on May 28.

—-On May 26 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at Boulder Creek/Univ. of CO by Richard Trinkner.

CHAFFEE COUNTY:

—-On May 26 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at 28700 County Road 304 in Buena Vista by Zach Millen.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

—-On May 29 a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was found near 355 Willow Lake Dr by Urling Kingery.

EL PASO:

—-On May 29 a CONNECTICUT WARBLER was found at Clear Spring Ranch by Alan Ketchum and reported by Brandon Percival.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—-On May 30 a Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported at Main Reservoir; first reported on May 29 by Rob Raker.

—-On May 29 a Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported at the Farmers Highline Canal Trail—Pierce St to Westminster Blvd by James McCall.

—-On May 29 a Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported at Arvada Blunn Reservoir by Josh Lefever.PUEBLO COUNTY:

—-On May 28 a Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported at Chatfield State Park/Audubon Center & Trails; first reported by Claire H on May 27.

LARIMER COUNTY:

—-On May 30 a BAIRD'S SPARROW was reported at Soapstone Prairie Natural Area; first reported on May 13 by Andy Bankert.

—-On May 29 a COMMON GALLINULE was reported from Wellington SWA—Schware Unit. Present for a full month now, it was first seen by Josh Bruening on April 29 at the pond north of Larimer CR 60. Drive about  1/4 mile east of Morris Reservoir, to the pond at the east end of hedgerows, on the north side of the road.

—-On May 27 a Mourning Warbler was reported at Dixon Reservoir by Robert Beauchamp.

—-On May 26 a Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported at Matthews-Reeser Bird Sanctuary at Lake Estes by James Nelson.

—-On May 26 a Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported at 50318-50836 Poudre 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.

PHILLIPS COUNTY:

—-On May 26 a Yellow-throated Vireo was reported at Haxtun City Park by Thomas Holub.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

—-On May 30 a long-staying Yellow-throated Warbler was reported at Roselawn Cemetery in Blende, near the west entrance off Aspen Street.  First reported on May 11 by Evan Carlson.

—-On May 29 a Least Bittern was heard at Nepesta Marsh by David Suddjian.

—-On May 28 a Chestnut-Sided Warbler was reported from Goodnight River Trail by Jim Merritt.

—-On May 28 a Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported from Arkansas River Trail, east of Pueblo Blvd.

—-On May 30 a Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported from Arkansas River near Reservoir Rd; first reported May 28 by Rick Clawges.

PROWERS COUNTY: 

—-On May 29 an (imm) ZONE-TAILED HAWK  was reported by Eric DeFonso from Lamar Community College.

—-On May 27 a WHITE-TAILED KITE was photographed by Jill White Smith near Prowers CRs 31 and KK. It then flew north. The message was relayed by Cathy Sheeter. If accepted by the CBRC, this would be the first Colorado record documented with a photograph.

ROUTT COUNTY:

—-On May 27 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 29 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at Crow Valley Campground. First reported by Laura Steadman on May 26.

YUMA COUNTY:

—-On May 28 a Mourning Warbler was reported at Wray City Park by Steve Mlodinow.

—-On May 26 a Mourning Warbler was seen at Hale Ponds by David Dowell.

—-On May 26 an 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

Mt. Falcon Park

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; 720 775-9710)

Golden Gate Canyon SP

Monday, June 3

7:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Mark Amershek (mamershek AT msn.com or 303-329-8646)

Bailey Nesting Area

Thursday, June 6

5:30 AM - 5:00 PM 

Chris Blakeslee & Paul Slingsby ( ChrisABla AT aol.com;  303-694-4670)

Upper Beaver Meadows - Rocky Mountain National Park

Friday, June 7

7:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Bill Wuerthele    (Wuerthel AT ecentral.com or 303-333-2519)

Good birding,

Joe Roller, Denver

303 204-0828

jroller9 AT gmail.com

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