For those of you who don't subscribe to eBird Rare Bird Alerts, the following sighting from July 25 just appeared on today's Colorado eBird Alert of a Black Rosy-Finch on Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. Worth keeping an eye out even though it is now five days later. Probably a visiting birder just catching up on eBird submissions.
Black Rosy-Finch (Leucosticte atrata) (1) - Reported Jul 25, 2016 11:30 by Louis La Mont - Rocky Mountain NP--Trail Ridge Rd--Medicine Bow Curve/Alpine Visitor Center, Larimer, Colorado - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.4436865,-105.7536221&ll=40.4436865,-105.7536221 - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30895302 - Comments: "Bird appeared at the glacier point at the RMNP Visitor Center. It landed next to the remaining snow pack and stayed for approximately 15 seconds. Bird was a breeding male mostly black on body with a slight lighter color at the edge of the beak near his face. Grayish band starting at eye of going around his head. Slight red (or rosy) coloration on leading edge of wings and on flanks Gave brief appearance of whitish color underneath. No media taken Jim Nelson Bethesda, Maryland -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/31083615.2686065.1469892662788.JavaMail.root%40vznit170060.mailsrvcs.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
