Date: Sunday, March 1, 2020
Email: RBA AT Cobirds.org
Compiler: Dave Leatherman, daleatherman@msn.com
Phone: (970) 690-2257 (cell)
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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."
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Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include:
Swan (Multiple counties reporting, with some listed below. For other locations please check COBIRDS and eBird)
BRANT (*Denver)
Trumpeter Swan (*Mesa)
Tundra Swan (Eagle, Rio Grande, *
Barrow's Goldeneye (Denver)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld)
Dunlin (Pueblo)
Red-necked Phalarope (Boulder)
Mew Gull (Adams, Pueblo)
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (Larimer)
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (*Larimer, *Pueblo)
Red-throated Loon (Pueblo)
Pacific Loon (*Pueblo)
GYRFALCON (Larimer)
PACIFIC WREN (Jefferson)
Winter Wren (*Jefferson)
SNOW BUNTING (Weld)
Rosy-Finches (*Boulder)
White-throated Sparrow (Pueblo)
Harris's Sparrow (Delta)
Rusty Blackbird (Eagle, Garfield)
Common Yellowthroat (*Jefferson)
Western Tanager (Pueblo)
Note, for locations listed below you are not familiar with, go to the Colorado Field Ornithologists' (CFO) website. Select the "Birding Resources" header and toggle down to "County
—On Feb 23 a Mew Gull was reported at
---On Feb 27 a Harris's Sparrow was reported s of Hotchkiss on the e side of 34.00 Rd (38.785105, -107.724793) just s of the electric station by Dick Filby
—On Feb 23 two Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported at Denver City Park/Duck Lake by Anita Denboske.
---On Feb 29 a black BRANT was reported from
—On Feb 26 a Tundra Swan was reported at Dostero Ponds by JoAnn Potter Riggle.
—On Feb 26 two Rusty Blackbirds were reported at
---On Feb 27 five Rusty Blackbirds were reported from
—On Feb 23 a Rusty Blackbird was reported at
—On Feb 29 a continuing Winter Wren was reported at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt -
—On Feb 29 the continuing wintering Common Yellowthroat on Clear Creek Trail (Golden to I-70) was reported by Michael Lester.
—On Feb 26 the wintering PACIFIC WREN was reported at BearCreek LakePark in
—On Feb 18 a GYRFALCON was seen on the big poles west of Taft on
---On Feb 29 a GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (1st winter) was at
---On Feb 29 a GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (1st winter basic) was seen at
A word of caution: other unusual big, white-headed gulls, including hybrids, are at
---On Feb 29 two Trumpeter Swans were reported at Red Lion SWA by Luke Pheneger.
---On Feb 26 three Trumpeter Swans were reported on the
---On Feb 29 nine Trumpeter Swans were reported at
---On Feb 29 two Tundra Swans were reported at
—On Feb 29 a Pacific Loon was reported at Pueblo Reservoir. This bird and a Red-throated Loon were reported much earlier this winter by Brandon Percival. The Red-throated Loon is also probably still around and retained on the RBA.
—On Feb 29 the Great Black-backed Gull known as "
—On Feb 27 two wintering Dunlins continue at Pueblo West Gravel Pit. These birds have also been seen at Pueblo Reservoir-South Marina.
---On Feb 22 the amazing wintering Western Tanager continues in Russian-olives along the Arkansas R e of Pueblo Res Dam at Pueblo West Gravel Pit area. Probably still around, retained on RBA.
---On Feb 27 a continuing second-cycle Mew Gull was at Pueblo West Gravel Pit, first reported by CU Bird Club. Along the river nearby were four White-throated Sparrows, also by CU Bird Club.
—Monte Vista Refuge currently is hosting thousands of Sandhill Cranes.
—On Feb 23 a SNOW BUNTING was reported on Weld CR 134 e of CR 111 by Sue Riffe.
---On Feb 23 a flock of 14 Sharp-tailed Grouse by Sue Riffe n of CR134 just e of CR111.
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Good birding,
Dave Leatherman,
daleatherman AT msn.com
970(690-2257) cell