Tuesday, 4 June 2019

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, June 4, 2019.

Date:  Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Compiler:  Gregg Goodrich gregggoodrich@gmail.com
Phone:  303-655-9135
E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org


This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, June 4, 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:


RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (LARIMER)

COMMON GALLINULE (Larimer)

LAUGHING GULL (Boulder, Kiowa)

ARCTIC TERN (Pueblo)

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (Douglas)

ZONE-TAILED HAWK (Prowers)

Sprague's Pipit (*Weld)

Baltimore Oriole (Pitkin)

Prothonotary Warbler (*Routt)

Nashville Warbler (Larimer)

CONNECTICUT WARBLER (El Paso)

Magnolia Warbler (Jefferson, Weld)

Chestnut-sided Warbler (Jefferson, *Pitkin)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Lincoln)

Palm Warbler (Boulder)

Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo)

Black-throated Green Warbler (Boulder)

Scarlet Tanager (Boulder)


BOULDER COUNTY:

—-On June 1 a singing male Black-throated Green Warbler was reported from Sawhill Ponds (south of Lake # 5 and west of Lake # 4) by Paula Hansley.

—-On May 30 a (m) Scarlet Tanager flew over a home in Gunbarrel reported by Mike Patterson.

—-On May 30 a Palm Warbler  at Pleasant View Marsh reported by Ernest Crvich on May 28.

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


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 June 1 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at Lair O' the Bear Park by Mike Blatchley.

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

—-On May 29 a Chestnut-sided Warbler 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.


KIOWA COUNTY:

On June 2 (2) Laughing Gulls were reported from Neenoshe Reservoir by Steve Mlodinow.


LARIMER COUNTY:

—-On June 2 a COMMON GALLINULE was reported from Wellington SWA—Schware Unit. Present for over a 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 June 1 a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD was reported at the Moraine Park Visitor Center in Rocky Mountain National Park by Anisha Pockharel. The Park's only previous eBIrd record was from Moraine Park on 9/7/04.


LINCOLM COUNTY:

—-On June 2 a Black-throated Blue Warbler was reported at D Ave and Hillcrest Dr in Limon by Steve Bauer.


PITKIN COUNTY:

—-On June 3 a Chestnut-sided Warbler reported by Anders Weiss at private home.

—-On May 31 a Baltimore Oriole was reported along Hwy 133 north of Redstone by Mary Harris.


PUEBLO COUNTY:

—-On May 31 an ARCTIC TERN was reported from Chico Basin Ranch by John Drummond.

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

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


PROWERS COUNTY: 

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

ROUTT COUNTY:
—-On June 3 the Prothonotary Warbler with droopy left wing continues along the Yampa River on the flotsam behind the Botanic Garden and the Osprey nest reported by Dave and Ann Jones on May 22.

WELD COUNTY:

—-On June 2 Sprague's Pipit was reported by Doug Ward at Weld County Rds 87 & 112 (stub road 1mi north of the main CR110).

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


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


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)


Eldorado Canyon SP

Sunday, June 9

6:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Karen Drozda (drozforte AT AOL.com or 303-388-0891)


Roxborough State Park

Sunday, June 9

7:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Allison Kondler (birdtrills AT gmail.com or 303-904-9140)


Good birding,

Gregg Goodrich, Denver
303-655-9135
gregggoodrich AT gmail.com

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1 comment:

  1. Don't know how to post RBA here (and I'm
    using a PC; I'm always on an ipad). We are visiting from Riverside, CA, staying at Blue Lake Ranch near Durango. There are several pairs of tri-colored blackbirds nesting at the pond on the property. Also a lone hooded merganser.

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