cobirds colorado rare bird: November 2019

Saturday, 30 November 2019

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, December 1, 2019

Date: Sunday, December 1, 2019

E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org

Compiler: Allison Hilf; ahilf AT me.com

Phone: 303.888.5110

Birders have been helpful by reporting updates to COBIRDS. Thanks!

CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee at the CFO website.

(*) indicates new information on a species.

For more 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:

Trumpeter Swan (*Arapahoe)

Tundra Swan (Boulder)

Surf Scoter (Arapahoe, *Jefferson)

White-winged Scoter (*Jefferson, Logan)

Black Scoter (Arapahoe, Jefferson)

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (Weld)

Mew Gull (*Weld)

Note, other expected wintering gulls have appeared at Lake Pueblo & other favored sites.

Red-throated Loon (Pueblo)

Yellow-billed Loon (Arapahoe)

Turkey Vulture (*Jefferson)

GYRFALCON (Larimer)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Boulder, El Paso, Larimer)

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

—On November 29 (2) Trumpeter Swans were reported at Eaglewatch Lake in South Platte Park-C470 Area by David Bailey.

—On November 28 a Yellow-billed Loon was reported at Cherry Creek SP Marina. First reported on November 8 by Ben Sampson.

—On December 1 (2) Trumpeter Swans were reported at Cherry Creek SP Marina. First reported on November 28 by Hap Ellis.

—On November 27 a Black Scoter was reported in the Arapahoe County section of the South Platte Reservoir. First reported on November 13 by Burke Angstman.

—On November 24 a Surf Scoter was reported from the Arapahoe County side of South Platte Reservoir. First reported on November 13 by Burke Angstman.

BOULDER COUNTY:

—On November 28 (5) Tundra Swans were reported at Boulder Reservoir by Peter Gent.

—On November 28 (3) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches were reported in eastern Boulder County at North 119th Street, south of Oxford Road by Peter Gent.

EL PASO COUNTY:

—On November 28 (2) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch was reported at Red Rock Canyon Open Space. First reported on November 27 by Jim Merritt.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On November 30 a Turkey Vulture was reported at Chatfield SP/Audubon Office Area by Kathryn Sheely. This is an unusually late sighting for this species given this years relatively early winter.

—On November 30 a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP -N Boat Ramp Area. First reported November 29 by Joey Kellner.

—On November 30 a Surf Scoter was observed at the Jefferson County section of South Platte Reservoir. First reported on November 13 by James McCall.

—On November 24 a Black Scoter was observed at South Platte Reservoir, Jefferson County side. First reported on November 13 by James McCall.

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On November 29 approx (25) Grey-crowned Rosy-Finches (including one Hepburn's (coastal subspecies)) were reported at Lory State Park, around the first rock face from the parking lot on first rock face from the parking lot on the Well Gulch trail, by John Shenot.

—On November 23 a gray-phase GYRFALCON, perhaps a returnee from last winter, made a brief appearance at 7:26 AM on Trilby Road near the Larimer County Landfill in southwest Fort Collins. It was first reported on November 3 by Robert Beauchamp. Please post sightings to CObirds.

LOGAN COUNTY:
—On November 24 a White-winged Scoter was reported from Jumbo Reservoir by David Dowell.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

—On November 29 a Red-throated Loon was reported at Pueblo Reservoir First reported on November 28 by Brandon Percival. I'm

WELD COUNTY:

—On November 30 (3) Mew Gulls were reported at Union Reservoir. First reported on November 28 by Steve Mlodinow.

—On November 24 an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was reported from Union Reservoir. First reported November 17 by Steve Mlodinow.

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

First Creek at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR

Sunday, December 1

7:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955)

North-Central Colorado

Monday, December 2

6:30 AM - 4:00 PM

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

Annual Barrow's Goldeneye Count to Silverthorne

Wednesday, December 4

7:30 AM - 5:30 PM

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

Good Birding,

Allison Hilf

ahilf AT me.com

Phone: 303.888.5110

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[cobirds] Interesting Crow Observation, Estes Park, Larimer Co.

We're enjoying a nice wintry Thanksgiving visit at our place in Estes Park.

I want to share an interesting observation. On this very windy and cold Saturday morning I eschewed my usual morning walk down to buy the newspaper (a daily excuse to do some early birding) and drove instead. On the way back to our home, I saw well over 20 American Crows in the road up ahead. I assumed they were feeding on road kill, so I drove up slowly. They flew off and all I could see was a large quantify of sand on the pavement, presumably spread by the highway folks after the 15 inches of snow we got on Monday/Tuesday. My guess is that the crows were ingesting the sand as grit for their crops. I have seen groups of small birds doing this on occasion, but it was very interesting first for me to see the highly social crows engaged in this communal behavior.

Jim Nelson

Bethesda, Maryland

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[cobirds] Red-breasted Merganser and Barrow's Goldeneys, South Platte near 88th, Adams Co

A DFO field trip this morning found 28 Red-breasted Mergansers on the Thornton Gravel Pond near 99th and Colorado Blvd.

On the river between 88th and the small dam were at least two male Barrow's Goldeneyes. (Both species were spotted by Burke Angstman.)

Also along the river was a Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk.

Full list https://ebird.org/checklist/S61878240

Chuck Hundertmark

Lafayette, CO

[cobirds] White-winged Dove, Boulder County

A White-winged Dove has visited our home bird feeders for the 3rd time this week, in spite of the heavy snow. A nice winter visitor.

Michael King
Boulder

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, November 30, 2019

Date: Saturday, November 30, 2019

E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org

Compiler: Allison Hilf; ahilf AT me.com

Phone: 303.888.5110

Birders have been helpful by reporting updates to COBIRDS. Thanks!

CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee at the CFO website.

(*) indicates new information on a species.

For more 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:

Trumpeter Swan (*Arapahoe)

Tundra Swan (Boulder)

Surf Scoter (Arapahoe, Jefferson)

White-winged Scoter (*Jefferson, Logan)

Black Scoter (Arapahoe, Jefferson)

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (Weld)

Mew Gull (Weld)

Note, other expected wintering gulls have appeared at Lake Pueblo & other favored sites.

Red-throated Loon (*Pueblo)

Yellow-billed Loon (Arapahoe)

GYRFALCON (Larimer)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Boulder, El Paso, *Larimer)

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

—On November 29 (2) Trumpeter Swans were reported at Eaglewatch Lake in South Platte Park-C470 Area by David Bailey.

—On November 28 a Yellow-billed Loon was reported at Cherry Creek SP Marina. First reported on November 8 by Ben Sampson.

—On November 28 (2) Trumpeter Swans were reported at Cherry Creek SP Marina by Hap Ellis.

—On November 27 a Black Scoter was reported in the Arapahoe County section of the South Platte Reservoir. First reported on November 13 by Burke Angstman.

—On November 24 a Surf Scoter was reported from the Arapahoe County side of South Platte Reservoir. First reported on November 13 by Burke Angstman.

BOULDER COUNTY:

—On November 28 (5) Tundra Swans were reported at Boulder Reservoir by Peter Gent.

—On November 28 (3) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches were reported in eastern Boulder County at North 119th Street, south of Oxford Road by Peter Gent.

EL PASO COUNTY:

—On November 28 (2) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch was reported at Red Rock Canyon Open Space. First reported on November 27 by Jim Merritt.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On November 29 a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP -N Boat Ramp Area by Joey Kellner.

—On November 27 a Surf Scoter was observed at the Jefferson County section of South Platte Reservoir. First reported on November 13 by James McCall.

—On November 24 a Black Scoter was observed at South Platte Reservoir, Jefferson County side. First reported on November 13 by James McCall.

LARIMER COUNTY:

LOGAN COUNTY:
—On November 24 a White-winged Scoter was reported from Jumbo Reservoir by David Dowell.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

—On November 29 a Red-throated Loon was reported at Pueblo Reservoir First reported on November 28 by Brandon Percival. I'm

WELD COUNTY:

—On November 28 (2) Mew Gulls were reported at Union Reservoir by Steve Mlodinow.

—On November 24 an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was reported from Union Reservoir. First reported November 17 by Steve Mlodinow.

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

South Platte River Trail at E 88th Ave and I-76
Saturday, November 30
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Chuck Hundertmark (chundertmark8 AT gmail.com; 303-604-0531)

First Creek at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR

Sunday, December 1

7:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955)

North-Central Colorado

Monday, December 2

6:30 AM - 4:00 PM

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

Annual Barrow's Goldeneye Count to Silverthorne

Wednesday, December 4

7:30 AM - 5:30 PM

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

Good Birding,

Allison Hilf

ahilf AT me.com

Phone: 303.888.5110

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Friday, 29 November 2019

[cobirds] Re: Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches - Lory State Park (Larimer)

Checking my photos at home, I discovered that I had photographed at least one Hepburn's (coastal) GCRF. A little embarrassed I overlooked that detail while I was staring at the live bird!

John Shenot

Fort Collins, CO

On Friday, November 29, 2019 at 11:42:52 AM UTC-7, John Shenot wrote:

There was a group of about 25 Rosy-Finches feeding on the first rock face from the parking lot on the Well Gulch trail this morning 11:00-11:30ish. All gray-crowned, no Hepburn's.

John Shenot
Fort Collins CO

[cobirds] Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Ken Caryl, JeffCo

A lonely-looking Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch was at the north end of the Ken Caryl Ranch this morning. It was one of the only birds around.

David Suddjian

Ken Caryl Valley

Littleton, CO

Re: [cobirds] Turning Point in Kirtland's Warbler Conservation —thread closed

Thread closed. Not relating to Colorado birds.

Thank you

David Suddjian

CoBirds list moderator

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On Nov 29, 2019, at 12:39 PM, Peggy Gonder <Peggy.Gonder@gonderpr.com> wrote:

Kirtland's Warbler faced extinction on their breeding grounds in Michigan in the 1970s. For 40 years, volunteers
planted jack pines and biologists trapped and killed cowbirds, which were parasitizing Kirtland nests.

Over the past 4 years, biologists have been removing the cowbird raps and the amount of cowbird parasitism
has been very low!

https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/news/conservation/cowbird-trapping-protect-kirtlands-warbler/

This is good news because the population of Kirtland's is now able to stand on its own, at least as
regards cowbirds. The Mio Michigan community know birding tourism is a cash cow, so they will
hopefully continue maintaining the breeding grounds with jack pines and low-growing vegetation.

If you haven't been to Mio, Michigan (or the other community where Audubon conducts tours), go!
You are virtually guaranteed to see Kirlands in May. Cheers for a conservation success story.

This story was posted mid-summer, but I discovered it when cleaning out my inbox!

Good Birding,

Peggy Gonder
Westminster, CO

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[cobirds] Trumpeter Swans Arapaho’s County

2 trumpeter swans found sitting together in Eaglewatch lake at S Platte Park. Sadly no scoters in the reservoir. EBird checklist with photos below:

https://ebird.org/checklist/S61846926

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[cobirds] Turning Point in Kirtland's Warbler Conservation

Kirtland's Warbler faced extinction on their breeding grounds in Michigan in the 1970s. For 40 years, volunteers

planted jack pines and biologists trapped and killed cowbirds, which were parasitizing Kirtland nests.

Over the past 4 years, biologists have been removing the cowbird raps and the amount of cowbird parasitism

has been very low!

https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/news/conservation/cowbird-trapping-protect-kirtlands-warbler/

This is good news because the population of Kirtland's is now able to stand on its own, at least as

regards cowbirds. The Mio Michigan community know birding tourism is a cash cow, so they will

hopefully continue maintaining the breeding grounds with jack pines and low-growing vegetation.

If you haven't been to Mio, Michigan (or the other community where Audubon conducts tours), go!

You are virtually guaranteed to see Kirlands in May. Cheers for a conservation success story.

This story was posted mid-summer, but I discovered it when cleaning out my inbox!

Good Birding,

Peggy Gonder

Westminster, CO

[cobirds] Pueblo Reservoir birds 11/29

Since it is "get outside Black Friday", I got my uncle Van Truan outside this morning, and we birded Pueblo Reservoir. We saw Red-throated Loon (1), Pacific Loon (1), Common Loon (3), Red-necked Grebe (1), Glaucous Gull (1), Great Black-backed Gull (1), Northern Shrike (1), Lincoln's Sparrow (1), were the highlights.

Brandon Percival
Pueblo West, CO

[cobirds] Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches - Lory State Park (Larimer)

There was a group of about 25 Rosy-Finches feeding on the first rock face from the parking lot on the Well Gulch trail this morning 11:00-11:30ish. All gray-crowned, no Hepburn's.

John Shenot
Fort Collins CO

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[cobirds] Re: Gyrfalcon--no

I staked out west Trilby road from 7:40 to 8:30 am this morning and there was no sign of the Gyrfalcon. A thick fog was blanketing the landscape for most of the time, so visibility was not ideal.

Joe Kipper,

Fort Collins

[cobirds] Male White Winged Scoter Chatfield Boat Ramp

Saw a wwsc reported at the Jeffco boat ramp and expected to see one of the females that was here earlier this month but it is a beautiful male. Was swimming closer to Douglas side but could keep wandering around.

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Thursday, 28 November 2019

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

Date: Friday, November 29, 2019

E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org

Compiler: Allison Hilf; ahilf AT me.com

Phone: 303.888.5110

Birders have been helpful by reporting updates to COBIRDS. Thanks!

CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee at the CFO website.

(*) indicates new information on a species.

For more 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:

Trumpeter Swan (*Arapahoe)

Tundra Swan (*Boulder)

Surf Scoter (Arapahoe, Jefferson)

White-winged Scoter (Logan)

Black Scoter (Arapahoe, Jefferson)

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (Weld)

Mew Gull (Larimer, *Weld)

Note, other expected wintering gulls have appeared at Lake Pueblo & other favored sites.

Red-throated Loon (*Pueblo)

Yellow-billed Loon (*Arapahoe)

GYRFALCON (Larimer)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (*Boulder, *El Paso)

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

—On November 28 a Yellow-billed Loon was reported at Cherry Creek SP Marina. First reported on November 8 by Ben Sampson.

—On November 28 (2) Trumpeter Swans were reported at Cherry Creek SP Marina by Hap Ellis.

—On November 27 a Black Scoter was reported in the Arapahoe County section of the South Platte Reservoir. First reported on November 13 by Burke Angstman.

—On November 24 a Surf Scoter was reported from the Arapahoe County side of South Platte Reservoir. First reported on November 13 by Burke Angstman.

BOULDER COUNTY:

—On November 28 (5) Tundra Swans were reported at Boulder Reservoir by Peter Gent.

—On November 28 (3) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches were reported in eastern Boulder County at North 119th Street, south of Oxford Road by Peter Gent.

EL PASO COUNTY:

—On November 28 (2) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch was reported at Red Rock Canyon Open Space. First reported on November 27 by Jim Merritt.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On November 27 a Surf Scoter was observed at the Jefferson County section of South Platte Reservoir. First reported on November 13 by James McCall.

—On November 24 a Black Scoter was observed at South Platte Reservoir, Jefferson County side. First reported on November 13 by James McCall.

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On November 23 an adult Mew Gull was reported from Timnath Reservoir by Josh Bruening.

LOGAN COUNTY:
—On November 24 a White-winged Scoter was reported from Jumbo Reservoir by David Dowell.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

—On November 28 Red-throated Loon(s) were reported at Pueblo Reservoir/North Picnic Road and Sailboard Launching Area by Brandon Percival.

WELD COUNTY:

—On November 28 (2) Mew Gulls were reported at Union Reservoir by Steve Mlodinow.

—On November 24 an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was reported from Union Reservoir. First reported November 17 by Steve Mlodinow.

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

Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR

Friday, November 29

8:00 AM -1:30 PM

Jill Boice (jill AT booksandcats.net; 303-863-7580)

South Platte River Trail at E 88th Ave and I-76
Saturday, November 30
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Chuck Hundertmark (chundertmark8 AT gmail.com; 303-604-0531)

First Creek at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR

Sunday, December 1

7:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955)

North-Central Colorado

Monday, December 2

6:30 AM - 4:00 PM

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

Annual Barrow's Goldeneye Count to Silverthorne

Wednesday, December 4

7:30 AM - 5:30 PM

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

Good Birding,

Allison Hilf

ahilf AT me.com

Phone: 303.888.5110

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[cobirds] Random acts of gratefulness: sandhill cranes, bushtits, and more Larimer County

This morning about 11:30 we saw 8 sandhill cranes over Reservoir Ridge, headed south east. Nearby at our bird feeders at about 12:30, we counted 16 bushtits.
Then at Watson Lake this afternoon, there was one dipper and one kingfisher on the river.
Happy Thanksgiving! We are pretty lucky.

Libby Edwards
Fort Collins
Larimer County

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[cobirds] Boulder County

All,

Having dug out of over 2' of snow on Tuesday, I ventured around Boulder County this morning. There was a Greater White-fronted Goose on the south side of Valmont Res, and a family of 5 Tundra Swans (2 adults, 3 juveniles) happily swimming in the middle of Boulder Res. Lageman Res is mostly frozen, and there were no geese at Dodd Res, so I went to the east part of the county hoping to see a Longspur in with the Horned Larks. Instead, on N 115th St south of Oxford Road I found 3 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches eating by the side of the road. I cannot remember seeing them this far east in Boulder County before.

Happy Thanksgiving,

Peter Gent, Boulder.

[cobirds] American Dippers in Clear Creek, Adams Ctny, today

Hi COBirders

I found two American Dippers east of Lowell Blvd. this morning. One was just below the check dam at Lowell. I watched it until it flew into the waterfall created by the dam. The other was under the I-76 bridges about 400 yards east of Lowell.

Happy Thanksgiving, Bob Canter, Denver

[cobirds] Gyrfalcon--no

Hi all,

We spent about an hour in the Gyrfalcon area in Ft. Collins this morning. We started at 7:30 and scanned all of the power poles from Trilby Rd. We plan on trying again in the coming days. Any reports, positive or negative, would be appreciated. Thank you!

Bert Harris

Orlean, Virginia

[cobirds] Red-throated Loon(s) at Pueblo Reservoir, Pueblo Co.

I have seen Red-throated Loon(s) from a couple Pueblo Reservoir locations this morning, off North Picnic Road is latest location, earlier from Sailboard launching Area.

Happy Thanksgiving to the cobirds birding community, thanks for reporting your fun bird sightings around the state.

Brandon K. Percival
Pueblo West, CO

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[cobirds] Merganser x Goldeneye jeff co

Mary Geder and I are at Robert a.Easton and are scoping a most fabulous duck. It has been difficult to get photos. If anyone in the area needs a walk....
Rebecca Laroche
Currently in jefferson country for the holiday

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, November 28, 2019

Date: Thursday, November 28, 2019

E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org

Compiler: Allison Hilf; ahilf AT me.com

Phone: 303.888.5110

Birders have been helpful by reporting updates to COBIRDS. Thanks!

CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee at the CFO website.

(*) indicates new information on a species.

For more 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:

Trumpeter and Tundra Swans are being reported, but fewer than in mid-November. Check the CFO website or eBird for recent locations.

Surf Scoter (Arapahoe, *Jefferson)

White-winged Scoter (Logan)

Black Scoter (*Arapahoe, Jefferson)

AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (Weld)

Mew Gull (Larimer)

Other expected wintering gulls have appeared at Lake Pueblo & other favored sites.

GYRFALCON (Larimer)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (*El Paso)

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

—On November 27 a Black Scoter was reported in the Arapahoe County section of the South Platte Reservoir. First reported on November 13 by Burke Angstman.

—On November 24 a Surf Scoter was reported from the Arapahoe County side of South Platte Reservoir. First reported on November 13 by Burke Angstman.

EL PASO COUNTY:

—On November 27 (2) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch was reported at Red Rock Canyon Open Space by Jim Merritt.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On November 27 a Surf Scoter was observed at the Jefferson County section of South Platte Reservoir. First reported on November 13 by James McCall.

—On November 24 a Black Scoter was observed at South Platte Reservoir, Jefferson County side. First reported on November 13 by James McCall.

LARIMER COUNTY:

;—On November 23 an adult Mew Gull was reported from Timnath Reservoir by Josh Bruening.

LOGAN COUNTY:
—On November 24 a White-winged Scoter was reported from Jumbo Reservoir by David Dowell.

WELD COUNTY:

—On November 24 an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER was reported from Union Reservoir. First reported November 17 by Steven Mlodinow.

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

Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR

Friday, November 29

8:00 AM -1:30 PM

Jill Boice (jill AT booksandcats.net; 303-863-7580)

South Platte River Trail at E 88th Ave and I-76
Saturday, November 30
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Chuck Hundertmark (chundertmark8 AT gmail.com; 303-604-0531)

First Creek at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR

Sunday, December 1

7:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955)

North-Central Colorado

Monday, December 2

6:30 AM - 4:00 PM

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

Annual Barrow's Goldeneye Count to Silverthorne

Wednesday, December 4

7:30 AM - 5:30 PM

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

Happy Thanksgiving and Good Birding,

Allison Hilf

ahilf AT me.com

Phone: 303.888.5110

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