[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, December 22, 2019.

Date : Sunday, December 22, 2019

Email: RBA@cobirds.org

Compiler: Gregg Goodrich  GreggGoodrich@gmail.com

Phone: 303 655-9135

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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:

Brant (*Jefferson)

Trumpeter Swan (*Adams, Delta, *Logan, Mesa)

Tundra Swan (Arapahoe, Las Animas)

White-winged Scoter (Douglas, Jefferson)

Long-tailed Duck continues to be seen in multiple counties. Search with eBird's Explorer menu in your preferred county

Dunlin (Otero, Pueblo)

Glaucous-winged Gull (Larimer)

Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo)

Red-throated Loon (Pueblo)

Pacific Loon (Douglas, Jefferson)

Yellow-billed Loon (Arapahoe)

Williamson Sapsucker (Jerfferson)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Boulder, *Jefferson, *Garfield, Larimer)

GYRFALCON (Larimer)

Varied Thrush (Jefferson)

Rusty Blackbird (Boulder, *Garfield, Pueblo)

Black-and-white Warbler (Denver)

Pine Warbler (Logan)

Wilson Warbler (Boulder)

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ADAMS COUNTY:

—On Dec 21 a Trumpeter Swan was reported at Barr Lake first  by Ray Graham on the 19th.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

—On Dec 17 a Tundra Swan was reported at Ketring Park by K Holland on the 17th.

—On Dec 16 a Tundra Swan was reported at Centennial Park by Bez Bezuidenhout on the 16th.

—On Dec 15 a Yellow-billed Loon was reported at Aurora Res by Ben Lagasse on the 15th.

BOULDER COUNTY:

—On Dec 20 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported by Nathan Pieplow on the 15th In pines along Old Tale Road south of Arapahoe, about halfway to McSorley Lane.

—On Dec 15 a Wilson Warbler was reported at White Rocks Trail area by Christian Nunes on the 15th.

—On Dec 15 a Rusty Blackbird was reported by Nathan Pieplow on the 15th on Cherryvale Road at the cattle trough.

DENVER COUNTY:

—On Dec 19 a Black-and-white Warbler was reported at Bluff Lake by Virginia Dickinson on the 19th.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

—On Dec 18 a Pacific Loon was reported from the Handicap Fisherman's Platform and probably the same bird that has been seen from the N Boat Ramp. First reported by Tony Leukering on Dec 8th.

—On Dec 17 a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP. First reported by Tony Leukering.

GARFIELD COUNTY:

—On Dec 21 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported in Carbondale by Sue Riffe on the 21st.

—On Dec 21 4 Rusty Blackbirds were reported in Carbondale on the CBC by Jason Gregg on the 21st.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On Dec 21 a Brant was reported on Lake Arbor by Amy Cervene on the 20th. Was seen early morning at Lake Arbor on the 21st and later in the morning probably the same bird was reported just west of Lake Arbor at Pomona Lake number 2 in Meadowglen Park.

—On Dec 20 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported in the Beverly Heights Neighborhood by August Hazel on the 20th.

—On Dec 20 a Pacific Loon was reported on Standly Lake on north shore by Myron Gerhard on the 20th.

—On Dec 20 a Williamson Sapsucker was reported at Lookout Mountain Nature Center by Marcel Such on the 20th.

—On Dec 18 a male Varied Thrush was seen at a private home near Carmody Park, Lakewood. For details, please see the note Joe Roller posted Dec 14 on Cobirds. Visitors are welcome, with some reasonable guidelines from the homeowner.

—On Dec 17 a Pacific Loon was reported at Chatfield on the Jefferson side of Chatfield Res. First reported Dec 8 by Joey Kellner.

—On Dec 17 a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP-N Boat Ramp area. Joey Kellner first reported the bird Nov 29.

LAS ANIMAS:

—On Dec 20 a Tundra Swam was reported a Trinidad Res by Tony Godfrey on the 20th.

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On Dec 18 a Gyrfalcon was observed near the Larimer County Landfill in SW Fort Collins. First reported on Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. Please post updates to CObirds.

—On Dec 18 a Glaucous-winged Gull was reported at Horseshoe Res by Joe Kipper on the 18th.

—On Dec 17 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported from the NW corner of the golf course just south of Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins. First reported by David Leatherman. Probably the same individual seen in the cemetery in November.

LOGAN COUNTY:

—On Dec 21 a Trumpeter Swan was reported at Jumbo Res by Glenn Walbek on the 21st.

—On Dec 15 a Pine Warbler (imm) was reported from Row 11 at Tamarack Ranch SWA . First reported on Dec 12 by Norm Erthal. This is the first CO eBird record away from the Front Range & the Arkansas Valley for Dec through Feb.

MESA COUNTY:

—On Dec 17 a pair of Trumpeter Swans continue at Highline Lake SP. First reported on Dec 5 by Don Marsh.

OTERO COUNTY:

—On Dec 17 a Dunlin was reported at Holbrook Res by Brandon Percival on the 17th.

 

PUEBLO COUNTY:

—On Dec 19 a Dunlin was reported at Pueblo Res South Marina on the tires with the gulls. First reported by Evan Carlson on the 19th.

—On Dec 19 "Murray" the Great Black-backed Gull that has spent the last umpteen winters at Lake Pueblo, was reported again, as was a Glaucous Gull.

—On Dec 14 a Red-throated Loon was reported on the Pueblo Christmas Bird Count

—On Dec 14 a Glaucous Gull was reported on the Pueblo Christmas Bird Count

—On Dec 14 a Rusty Blackbird was reported on the Pueblo Christmas Bird Count

 

It's Christmas Bird Count time across Colorado, between Dec 14 & Jan 5.

Please help out and sign up for one or more of these CBCs!

For a clickable map of Colorado's counts with registration/location details, go to https://audubon.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=ac275eeb01434cedb1c5dcd0fd3fc7b4

Upcoming Denver Field Ornithologists field trip (details at dfobirds.org

South Platte Park

Friday, December 27

2:30 PM - 5:30 PM

David Suddjian (Email: dsuddjian@gmail.com Phone: 831-713-8659)

Southwestern Metro Area

Monday, December 30

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

David Suddjian (Email: dsuddjian@gmail.com Phone: 831-713-8659)

Denver City Park (Denver County) 

Sunday, January 5

7:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Patrick O'Driscoll (Email: patodrisk@gmail.com Phone: 303-885-6955 (cell))

 

Good birding,

Gregg Goodrich, Highlands Ranch

GreggGoodrich@gmail.com

Phone: 303 655-9135

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