Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: December 21, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, December 21 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species) NOTE: The RBA is now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families has changed. Greater White-fronted Goose (Bent, Boulder, El Paso, Montezuma, *Montrose, *Weld) Trumpeter Swan (*Adams, Boulder) Blue-winged Teal (Morgan) Mallard (Mexican Intergrade) (Boulder) Greater Scaup (Boulder, Delta, *Pueblo) Surf Scoter (Ouray) White-winged Scoter (Otero, Montezuma) Long-tailed Duck (*Weld) Barrow’s Goldeneye (Arapahoe, Garfield, La Plata, Pueblo, Weld) Hooded Merganser (Pitkin) Horned Grebe (Otero) Red-necked Grebe (Arapahoe, *Boulder, Fremont) Eared Grebe (*Boulder) White-winged Dove (Boulder) Greater Roadrunner (Baca, El Paso) Virginia Rail (Pitkin, *Pueblo) Sora (*Pueblo) American Avocet (La Plata) Spotted Sandpiper (Douglas, Fremont) Greater Yellowlegs (Otero) Mew Gull (Boulder, *Pueblo, Weld) Iceland Gull (Kiowa, Pueblo, Weld) Glaucous Gull (Bent, *Weld) Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo) Pacific Loon (Arapahoe, *Boulder, Denver, Larimer) Double-crested Cormorant (*Boulder, Otero) American White Pelican (Arapahoe, *Boulder, Pueblo) Great Egret (Otero, Weld) Northern Goshawk (El Paso) HARRIS’S HAWK (*Larimer) Western Screech-Owl (*Pueblo) Snowy Owl (*Logan, Morgan, Otero) Burrowing Owl (Broomfield) Lewis’s Woodpecker (Garfield) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Fremont) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Fremont, *Pueblo) Hammond’s Flycatcher (*Boulder) Black Phoebe (Fremont) Eastern Phoebe (Boulder) Say’s Phoebe (Boulder, Fremont, Jefferson, *Pueblo) Loggerhead Shrike (El Paso) Steller’s Jay (Baca, Bent, Mesa) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Baca, Bent, *Pueblo) Chichuahuan Raven (Baca, Bent, El Paso) Common Raven (Adams) Mountain Chickadee (Baca) Pygmy Nuthatch (Arapahoe, Morgan, Phillips) House Wren (Boulder) Pacific Wren (*La Plata) Winter Wren (Larimer) Carolina Wren (Prowers, Pueblo) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Boulder, Pueblo) Eastern Bluebird (Douglas) Hermit Thrush (Arapahoe, Prowers) Gray Catbird (El Paso, Jefferson) Curve-billed Thrasher (Baca, Bent) Brown Thrasher (Baca) LONG-BILLED THRASHER (Baca) Northern Mockinbird (*Logan) American Pipit (Boulder) Evening Grosbeak (Garfield) Gray-crowned Rosy- Finch (Fremont, Garfield) Black Rosy-Finch (Garfield) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Fremont) Common Redpoll (Baca, Boulder, Fremont, Logan, Pueblo) Red Crossbill (Arapahoe, Baca, Boulder, Jefferson, Logan) Lapland Longspur (Morgan, *Pueblo) Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Fremont) Canyon Towhee (Baca) Savannah Sparrow (Bent) LECONTE’S SPARROW (Bent) Fox Sparrow (Boulder, Delta) Lincoln’s Sparrow (Baca, Bent, Fremont, Jefferson, Otero, *Pueblo) Swamp Sparrow (Bent, Boulder, *Pueblo, Weld) White-throated Sparrow (Fremont, Garfield, Otero) Harris’s Sparrow (Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, *Denver, Fremont, Larimer) White-winged Dark-eyed Junco (Baca, Pueblo) Brown-headed Cowbird (*Pueblo) Rusty Blackbird (Fremont) Black-and-white Warbler (Larimer) Common Yellowthroat (Boulder, Fremont) Northern Parula (El Paso) Yellow Warbler (Mesa) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Pueblo) Palm Warbler (Larimer) Yellow-rumped Warbler (*Jefferson, Montrose) Yellow-throated Warbler (*Jefferson) Prairie Warbler (*Jefferson, *Pueblo) Northern Cardinal (Logan, Prowers) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On December 9 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Lower Derby Lake, Bruce Snyder reported Trumpeter Swan. On December 10 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Lower Derby Lake, Eric DeFonso and many other birders reported Trumpeter Swan at Lower Derby Lake. On December 11 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Lower Derby Lake, John Breitsch, G Stacks, Frank Farrell, and Eric DeFonso reported Trumpeter Swan. On December 12 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Lower Derby Lake, Candice Johnson, Larry Versaw, and G Stacks reported Trumpeter Swan. On December 13 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal Lower Derby Lake, G Stacks, Jill Holden, and Brian Johnson reported Trumpeter Swan. On December 15 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal Lower Derby Lake, Andrew Fonteno reported Trumpeter Swan. On December 16 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Crystal Wilson and Jason Bidgood reported Trumpter Swan; Bidgood also reported Mew Gull. On December 17 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, J & J Schneider reported Trumpeter Swan at Lower Derby Lake. On December 19 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Timo Mitzen reported Trumpeter Swan at Lower Derby Lake and 2 Common Raven. On December 20 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Lower Derby Lake, Rebecca Laroche, Anne Esson, and Phoenix Kwan reported Trumpeter Swan. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On December 8 at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Jared Del Rosso reported Harris’s Sparrow. On December 13 at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Jared Del Rosso reported Harris’s Sparrow. On December 14 at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, G Stacks and Jared Del Rosso reported Harris’s Sparrow. ---On December 13 at Big Dry Creek Trail from E Dry Creek Rd to E Arapahoe Rd, Jared Del Rosso reported 4 Pygmy Nuthatch. On December 14 at Big Dry Creek Trail from E Dry Creek Rd to E Arapahoe Rd, Jared Del Rosso and G Stacks reported 4 Pygmy Nuthatch. ---On December 12 at Cherry Creek SP, Cheri Phillips reported Red-necked Grebe and 24 American White Pelicans. On December 13 at Cherry Creek SP David Hill, Cynthia Madsen, and Pablo Quesada reported Red-necked Grebe and Bob Righter reported Pacific Loon in NW section. On December 15 at Cherry Creek CP Marina and nearby Dam Trail, Cynthia Madsen, David Hill, Diane Roberts, and Alison Hixon reported Pacific Loon and American White Pelicans. On December 16 at Cherry Creek SP Marina and neaby Dam Trail, Frankie Toon reported Pacific Loon and 3 American White Pelicans. ---On December 14 at Ketring Park and Lake, G Stacks and Jared Del Rosso reported Hermit Thrush. ---On December 16 on High Line Canal Trail from W Mineral Ave to S Elati St, Jared Del Rosso reported Red Crossbill. ---On December 16 at South Platte Park Carson Nature Center, Ben Sampson reported Barrow’s Goldeneye. ---On December 19 at Writers Vista Park and McLellen Reservoir, David Suddjian reported Pygmy Nuthatch. BACA COUNTY: ---On December 15 at Cottonwood Canyon Loop, Steve Mlodinow reported Greater Roadrunner, Brown Thrasher, Lincoln’s Sparrow, 2 Mountain Chickadees, Steller’s Jay. On December 16 at Cottonwood Canyon, Steve Mlodinow reported Common Redpoll, 5 Steller’s Jays, LONG-BILLED THRASHER, Curve-billed Thrasher, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and Harris’s Sparrow ---On December 15 at CR 8 N of Oklahoma, Steve Mlodinow reported 9 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jab, 2 Chihuahuan Ravens, Curve-billed Thrasher, 4 Dark-eyed Junco (White-winged), 5 Canyon Towhees, Red Crossbill. BENT COUNTY: ---On December 11 at Verhoeff Reservoir (private), view from Hwy, Jane Stulp and Janeal Thompson reported Glaucous Gull and 3 Greater White-fronted Geese. On December 14 at Verhoeff Reservoir (Private) view from Hwy, Gwen Moore reported Glaucous Gull. ---On December 14 along Fort Lyon Canal from CR 13 to CR 15, Sue Riffe reported 3 Lincoln’ Sparrow. ---On December 14 on John Martin CBC, Sue Riffe and Gwen Moore reported Steller’s Jay, White-throated Sparrow, 2 Northern Cardinals. ---On December 14 on John Martin CBC, Duane Nelson reported LECONTE’s SPARROW. On December 17 at Le Conte’s Sparrow Stakeout, Dave Leatherman and Janeal Thompson reported LECONTE’S SPARROW, 3 Lincoln’s Sparrows, 4 Swamp Sparrows, 2 Savannah Sparrow. ---On December 14 on John Martin CBC, Jane Stulp and Janeal Thompson reported Steller’s Jay, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jan, Chihuahuan Raven, Curve-billed Thrasher, Harris’s Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow. BOULDER COUNTY: --- On December 16 at Twin Lakes, Leslie S reported Hammond’s Flycatcher. On December 17 at Twin Lakes, Bill Schmoker reported Hammond’s Flycatcher. On December 20 at Twin Lakes, Jeff Parks reported Hammond’s Flycatcher. ---On December 15 at Valmont Complex, Bill Kaempfer reported Pacific Loon. On December 16 at Valmont Reservoir Candace Johnson, Michael Lamson, and Jeff Parks reported Pacific Loon and Red-necked Grebes. On December 17 at Valmont Reservoir Complex, Bill Kaempfer reported Pacific Loon, 3 Red-necked Grebes, Say’s Phoebe, and 2 American Pipits on the Boulder CBC. Pablo Quezada reported Pacific Loon and Red-necked Grebe. On December 18 at Valmont Reservoir Complex, Randy Siebert and Peter Burke reported Pacific Loon and 3 Red-necked Grebes. On December 19 at Valmont Reservoir Complex, Matt Hofeditz reported Red-necked Grebe. On December 20 at Valmont Reservoir Complex, Peter Gent and Phoenix Swan reported Pacific Loonand 3 Red-necked Grebes. ---On December 12 at Boulder Reservoir Complex, David Waltman and Thomas Heinrich reported Trumpeter Swan. On December 13 at Boulder Reservoir, Christian Nunes reported juv Trumpeter Swan. ---On December 16 at Golden Ponds in Longmont, Luke Pheneger reported 3 Swamp Sparrows. ---On December 16 on N 83rd St in Longmont, Paul Ode reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On December 16 on Rozena Drive in Niwot, Longmont CGC, Brenda Lindfield reported Say’s Phoebe. ---On December 17 in South Boulder at corner of Vaquero Rd and Barcelona Rd, Carl Starace reported 22 Red Crossbills on the Boulder CBC. ---On December 17 at Big Gaynor Lake, Carl Starace reported 2 Greater White-fronted Geese. ---On December 17 at Fentress Lake on Boulder CBC, Chuck Hundertmark reported 2 Common Redpolls at a feeder. ---On December 17 at Boulder Reservoir on Boulder CBC, Joyce Takamine reported Pacific Loon and Mew Gull. ---On December 17 on Boulder CBC, Bill Schmoker reported Say’s Phoebe, 2 Pacific Loons, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, White-winged Dove, Red-necked Grebe, Common Yellowthroat, House Wren, Greater Scaup, Fox Sparrow. ---On December 19 on Niwot Loop Trail, John Vanderpoel reported Say’s Phoebe on Lobo Trail about 300 yds from Monarch. ---On December 20 at Boulder Reservoir, Boulder Bird Club reported 2 Eared Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, and American White-Pelican. BROOMFIELD COUNTY: ---On December 15 at 16601 Huron (S of Hwy 7 between Sheridan and Huron) Ivan Mota reported Burrowing Owl. On December 18 at 16601 Huron, Ivan Mota reported Burrowing Owl. DELTA COUNTY: ---On December 19 at FS office in Paonia on Rio Grande, Dennis Garrison reported Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the office feeders. DENVER COUNTY: ---On December 16 at Marston Reservoir Denver CBC Area 3, Alec Hopping reported Pacific Loon. On December 17 at Marston Reservoir Complex West End, Diane Roberts reported Pacific Loon. On December 19 at Marston Reservoir Complex, Eric DeFonso reported Pacific Loon. ---On December 20 at First Creek at Denver Open Space, Doug Kibbe and Elain Wagner reported Harris’s Sparrow. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On December 13 at Chatfield SP Marina Sandspit, Dale Pate reported 2 Spotted Sandpipers. ---On December 14 at Castlewood Canyon Rd, Karen Metz reported m Eastern Bluebird. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On December 15 at Fountain Creek RP Area 4 on Fountain CBC, David Tonnessen reported Gray Catbird. ---On December 15 at Santa Fe Regional Trail Pine Creek, Alan Versaw reported Northern Goshawk. ---On December 15 at Camino Del Rey on Fountain CBC, David Tonnessen reported Chihuahuan Raven. ---On December 15 on Hanover Rd on Fountain CBC, John Drummond reported Greater Roadrunner before intersection with Meridan Road, and 6 Loggerhead Shrikes. ---On December 16 At Willow Springs Pond, Colorado Springs CBC Area 6B, Tanja Britton, Tyler Stuart, and Diana Beatty reported 3 Northern Parula. ---On December 16 at Monument Valley Park, Alan Versaw reported Greater White-fronted Goose and Red Crossbill. ---On December 16 at Hanover Road, Aaron Driscoll reported Loggerhead Shrike. On December 17 at Hanover road, Kevin Ash reported 2 Loggerhead Shrikes. FREMONT COUNTY: ---On December 17 in Canon City Valco Ponds, Dale and Joel Adams reported Red-necked Grebe. ---On December 18 on Canon City Riverwalk from Mackenzie Ave to S Raynolds Ave, Jerry DeBoer reported Spotted Sandpiper. ---On December 19 on Penrose CBC, Mark Peterson reported Red-necked Grebe, Spotted Sandpiper, Williamson’s Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Black Phoebe, Say’s Phoebe, Common Yellowthroat, Harris’s Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Brown-capped Rosy-Finch, Common Redpoll. GARFIELD COUNTY: ---On December 13 on road cut on Hwy 6 2.0 miles W of I-70 West Rifle Exit (87), Art Dahl reported 40 – 50 Rosy-Finches. About 10 were Black and the rest interior Gray-crowned. ---On December 16 on Glenwood Springs CBC, Vic Zerbi reported that the following birds were seen: White-throated Sparrow, Lewis’s Woodpecker Barrow’s Goldeneye, and Evening Grosbeak. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On December 16 at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Riley Morris reported Gray Catbird. ---On December 16 at One Belmar Place apartments, Bill Eley reported a Yellow-throated Warbler show up at his feeder in Bldg 640, the warbler has been visiting a feeder at Bldg 620. While look for the Yellow-throated Warbler, Aaron Shipe and Frank Farrell found a Prairied Warbler in bushes and pines trees across from Bldg 620. On December 17 at Belmar Place apartments, Alec Hopping reported Say’s Phoebe, Yellow-rumped (Audubon’s) Warbler, Prairie Warbler, and Yellow-throated Warbler. On December 17 at Belmar Place apartments, Christine Alexander and Renee Casias reported Say’s Phoebe and Prairie Warbler. On December 18 at 1 Belmar Place, Scott Someshoe and many other birders reported Say’s Phoebe, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, and Prairie Warbler. On December 19 at One Belmar Place pond, Bob Shade, Gary Brower, Gwen Moore, Phoenix Kwan reported Yellow-rumped Warblers, Yellow-throated Warbler, and Prairie Warbler. On December 20 at One Belmar Place, Kevin DeBoer, Mark Obmascik, Jeff Dawson, and Cynthia Madsen reported Say’s Phoebe, 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers, Yellow-throated Warbler, and Prairie Warbler. ---On December 19 at Ken Caryl Valley Blue Grouse Ridge Rd at open space, David Suddjian reported 13 Red Crossbils (Ponderosa Pine, Type 2) and 1 Red Crossbill (Lodgepole Type 5). LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On December 17 at Zink’s Pond, Sue Riffe reported Barrow’s Goldeneye and American Avocet. ---On December 20 at Animas River trail---Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery area, Ryan Votta reported Pacific Wren. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On December 13 at Environmental Learning Center, Lori Zabel reported Black-and-white Warbler. ---On December 12 the HARRIS’S HAWK was first reported by Rebert Beauchamp at Riverbend Ponds off Prospect Road. The HARRIS’S HAWK was seen by many birders at Running Deer NA, rest stop at I-25 and Prospect, and various places between Riverbend Ponds and Running Deer. ---On December 15 the HARRIS’S HAWK was reported by Walter Wehtje at Running Deer NA Parking Lot perched in a tree about 250 m away, later Perched in a tree on S side of Hageman’s Recycling. Later Robert Beauchamp reported the HARRIS’S HAWK perched in a tree behind Hageman’s Recycling Center in a tree behind the main building. On December 16 the HARRIS’S HAWK was reported by Kevin DeBoer and several other birders at Hagerman Recycling Center. On December 17 behind Hagerman’s Recycling Center, Tom Behnfield, Mark Chavez, Art Hudak, David Starbuck and Frank Farrell reported HARRIS’S HAWK. On December 18 Tom Heinrich and several other birders reported HARRIS’S HAWK around Hagerman Recycle Center and Welcome Center. On December 19 Kevin Keirn reported the HARRIS’S HAWK on the largest tree at the farmhouse N of Prospect Rd N of Welcome Center. Many other birders reported HARRIS’S HAWK in the area around Prospect and the Welcome Center. On December 20 in tree in middle of Hagerman Recycle Center Scott Somershoe reported HARRIS’S HAWK and Mark Amershek reported HARRIS’S HAWK at Visitor Center. ---On December 15 at Cobb Lake, Nick Komar reported Pacific Loon. ---On December 16 at 2270 Cache La Poudre Dr Fort Collins CBC area K, Georgia Doyle reported Palm Warbler. On December 17 at Palm Warbler Stakeout, Andy Bankert, Caroline Olson, Nick Komar, and David Wade reported Western Palm Warbler. On December 18 at Palm Warbler Stakeout, Danny Montalvo, Austin Hess, and Joshua Smith reported Western Palm Warbler. On December 19 at Cache La Poudre Dr, Dave Leatherman reported Palm Warbler. ---On December 16 at Lions Open Space in LaPorte, Nick Komar, Austin Hess, and Gwen Moore reported Winter Wren. On December 17 at Lions Open Space, Todd Deininger reported Winter Wren. LOGAN COUNTY: ---On December 14 on the Sterling CBC, Bill Kaempfer reported Red Crossbill and Common Redpoll. ---On December 20 at North Sterling Reservoir and SP, Norm Lewis reported Northern Mockingbird. ---On December 20 on I-76 at mm 130, Paul and Janice Sweet reported Snowy Owl. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On December 13 at Centennial Park/Parque di Vida, Jim Beatty reported 4 Greater White-fronted Geese. On December 15 at Parque di Vida in Cortez, Erick Hendrickson reported 4 Greater White-fronted Geese. ---On December 13 at Narraguinnep Reservoir, Jim Beatty reported White-winged Scoter. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On December 17 at Nucla Sewage Lagoons, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported Yellow-rumped (Audubon’s) Warbler. ---On December 29 at Otter Pond in Montrose, Betty Fenton reported Greater White-fronted Goose. MORGAN COUNTY: ---On December 15 at CR W just W of CR 15, Bill Kaempfer, Mark Maershek, Doug Kibbe, Jeff Dawson reported Snowy Owl on Fort Morgan/Weldona CBC. ---On December 15 at CR 9, Weldona, Bill Kaemfper reported Blue-winged Teal on Fort Morgan/Weldona CBC. ---On December 17 at CR Y wsest of CR 27, NW of Snyder, Christine Alexander, Jesse Casias, Renee Casias, and James McCall reported Snowy Owl sitting on pivot sprinkler and 2 Lapland Longspurs. OTERO COUNTY: ---On December 15 at Holbrook Reservoir on Rocky Ford CBC, Gwen Moore and Mark Peterson reported White-winged Scoter, 12 Double Crested Cormorants, Great Egret, Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Horned Grebes, Lincoln’s Sparrow. On December 17 at Holbrook Reservoir, Dave Leatherman reported White-winged Scoter. ---On December 16 S of La Junta on CR25 S of CR N Robin Bay reported Snowy Owl. On December 17 in Comanche National Grassland on CR 803 E of CR 25, Kim Score reported Snowy Owl. On December 18 at Junction of GR 802 and CR 25, Dave Leatherman and Janeal Thompson reported Snowy Owl. OURAY COUNTY: ---On December 19 at Ridgway Reservoir and SP, Aaron Yappert reported Surf Scoter. PITKIN COUNTY: ---On December 11 and 12 at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Catherine Hagen reported f Hooded Merganser. On December 15 at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Jon Gorter and Catherine Hagen reported f Hooded Merganser. On December 19 at Aspen Center for Enviromental Studies, Catherine Hagen reported f Hooded Merganser and 2 Virginia Rail. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On December 16 at Lamar Community College, Dave Leatherman reported 2 Carolina Wren, 2 Hermit Thrush, and 3 Northern Cardinals. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On December 16 at Pueblo Reservoir, John Drummond reported Great Black-backed Gull. On December 18 at Pueblo Reservoir South Shore Marina, Rebecca Laroache reported Great Black-backed Gull. ---On December 13 on Arkansas River Trail east of Pueblo Blvd, Aaron Yappert reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On December 16 on Arkansas River Trail east of Pueblo Blvd, John Drummond reported 4 Barrow’s Goldeneyes and Carolina Wren. ---On December 16 at Pueblo Reservoir below the dam, John Drummond reported Prairie Warbler. On December 19 at Pueblo Reservoir below the dam, Brandon Percival and Rebecca Laroche reported Prairie Warbler. ---On December 13 at Pueblo Reservoir, Gwen Moore and Aaron Yappert reported Prairie Warbler and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. ---On December 16 at Pueblo Reservoir CBC South Central Region, Doug Kibbe reported Great Black-backed Gull, Lincoln’s Sparrow, American White Pelican, Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull. ---On December 16 at Pueblo Reservoir CBC Swallows area, Van Truan reported Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Lapland Longspurs, White-winged Junco, 2 Lincoln’s Sparrows and Common Redpoll. ---On December 20 at 40th Lane, Brandon Percival and Van Truan reported Sora, 8 Virginia Rail, and Western Screech-Owl. ---On December 20 on Pueblo CBC, Brandon Percival reported Greater Scaup, Sora, Mew Gull, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Say’s Phoebe, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Lapland Longspur, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Brown-headed Cowbird. WELD COUNTY: ---On December 11 at Windsor Lake, Gary Lefko and Josh Bruening reported Long-tailed Duck; Bruening also reported f Barrow’s Goldeneye. On December 12 at Windsor Lake, Steve Mlodinow, Gene Rutherford, Ryan Graves, Gwen Moore and Brandon Nooner reported Long-tailed Duck; Ryan Graves also reported 2 Barrow’s Goldeneyes. On December 17 at Windsor Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Iceland (Thayer’s) Gulls, and 2 Red Crossbill. On December 18 at Windsor Lake, Josh Brueing reported Long-tailed Duck, f Barrow’s Goldeneye, and imm Glaucous Gull. On December 19 at Windsor Lake, Steve Mlodinow and Alison Nixon reported Long-tailed Duck. On December 20 at Windsor Lake, Jim Nachel reported Greater White-fronted Goose and Long-tailed Duck; Ryan Graves reported Glaucous Gull. ---On December 17 at Woods Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported Mew Gull and Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull. ---On December 19 at 35th Ave Ponds in Greeley, Shawn Mason reported Great Egret. DFO Field Trip: No Field Trips scheduled until Jan 1. Help with a Christmas Count. Good Birding, Joyce Takamine Boulder -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHtstTfVODY7Z1VnbR9U_-8-NRLZTtDWKf%3DaQJLPf4kWbJFviw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
