On Monday, March 2, 2020 at 12:00:58 AM UTC-7, Dave Leatherman wrote:
Date: Monday, March 2, 2020
Email: RBA AT Cobirds.org
Compiler: Dave Leatherman, daleat...@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:
BRANT (Denver)
Trumpeter Swan (*Mesa)
Tundra Swan (Eagle, Rio Grande, *Mesa)
Dunlin (*Pueblo)
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (*Larimer)
Glaucous Gull (*Larimer)
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (*Larimer, *Pueblo)
Red-throated Loon (Pueblo)
Pacific Loon (Pueblo)
GYRFALCON (Larimer)
PACIFIC WREN (Jefferson)
Winter Wren (*Jefferson)
Rosy-Finches (Boulder)
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 Birding", and indicate county of interest. Site info is then available. https://coloradocountybirding.
org/County/BySite.aspx .
BOULDER COUNTY: Mixed locks of Rosy-Finches (primarily Brown-capped Rosy-Finches and Gray-crowned Rosy Finches, with fewer Black Rosy-Finches) have been seen fairly regularly at 2 different feeders in Ward. See Ted Floyd report for Feb 29. The following map with the exact locations are from a COBirds post by Todd Deininger dated Feb. 25: https://www.google.com/mymaps/
viewer?mid=1SJDqKgXs7pMs- DGfOShKT7CYC6I&hl=en_US
DELTA COUNTY:
---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
DENVER COUNTY:
---On Feb 29 a black BRANT was reported from Central Park. This bird was first reported from nearby Bluff Lake Nature Center by Kathryn Kay on Feb 27.
EAGLE COUNTY:
—On Feb 26 a Tundra Swan was reported at Dostero Ponds by JoAnn Potter Riggle.
—On Feb 26 two Rusty Blackbirds were reported at Daggett Lane. First reported on Feb 12 by JoAnn Potter Riggle.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On Feb 27 five Rusty Blackbirds were reported from Carbondale Nature Park by John Anderson.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
—On March 1 continuing Winter Wren was reported at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt - West Lake.
—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 Lakewood. From the Whitetail Deer parking area walking to the creek, it has often been reported as close as 50-100 ft downstream. This 1st JeffCo eBird record first reported on Dec 22 by Chris Wood. Note, this location requires a fee via Daily or AnnualPass (not covered by State Park Pass).
LARIMER COUNTY:
—On Feb 18 a GYRFALCON was seen on the big poles west of Taft on W Trilby Rd, near the Larimer County Landfill in Fort Collins. There is a new stake-out eBird hotspot near its favorite perch. This winter's first report was on Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. Please post updates to COBirds. Although not seen for almost 2 weeks, including searches mid-morning on Feb 26, this bird is probably still around and, thus, retained on the RBA.
---On March 1 a GREAT BLK-BACKED GULL (1st winter) was at Warren Lk in Fort Collins.
---On March 1 an adult GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was first reported by Nick Komar at Robert BensonLake (on e side of US287 between Ft Collins and Loveland) and later seen on March 1 at Warren Lake by David Tonneson, David Farmer and EJ Raynor.
---On March 1 a first winter Glaucous Gull was reported at Warren Lake in Ft Collins by the Morris's and Adam Vesely.
[A word of caution: other unusual big, white-headed gulls, including hybrids, are at Warren Lake in Fort Collins, best viewed from Breakwater Drive. This gull set has been present for weeks at various locations in the Fort Collins area including Horsetooth Reservoir, Boyd Lake State Park and the Larimer County Landfill. These gulls move around.]
LOGAN COUNTY:
---On Feb 29 two Trumpeter Swans were reported at Red Lion SWA by Luke Pheneger.
MESA COUNTY:
---On Feb 26 three Trumpeter Swans were reported on the Colorado River at Debeque (39.1962,-108.2673) by Carol Ortenzio.
---On Feb 29 nine Trumpeter Swans were reported at Highline Lake SP by Ron Lambeth.
---On Feb 29 two Tundra Swans were reported at Highline Lake SP by Ron Lambeth.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
—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 March 1 the Great Black-backed Gull known as "Murray" was reported at Pueblo Reservoir. Murray has spent 20-plus years as a winter resident at Lake Pueblo SP.
—On March 1 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.
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Upcoming Denver Field Ornithologists field trips (details at dfobirds.org)
Littleton (Arapahoe County)
Monday, March 2
6:30 AM - 12:00 PM
David Suddjian (Email: dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)
Bear CreekLakePark (Jefferson County)
Saturday, March 7
7 AM – 2 PM
Mark Amershek (Email: mamershek AT msn.com; 303-329-8646)
Cherry CreekStatePark Wetlands Loop (Arapahoe County)
Sunday, March 8
9 AM – 1 PM
Patrick O'Driscoll (Email: patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955)
Good birding,
Dave Leatherman, Fort Collins
daleatherman AT msn.com
970(690-2257) cell
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