Date: Monday, April 1, 2019 Compiler: Cheryl Teuton ( <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected])
Phone: (303) 912-3341 E-mail: RBA AT <http://cobirds.org/> cobirds.org This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, April 1 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists. Observers have been diligent in reporting sightings and updates on CoBirds. Thanks! CAPITAL LETTERS are used for very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee. (*) indicates new information on this species. Rare, out of place and out of season species include: EURASIAN WIGEON (Huerfano, *Larimer) Black Scoter (Huerfano) Dunlin (*Kiowa) Red-throated Loon (*Adams) NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Adams) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Larimer) Winter Wren (*Jefferson, *Larimer) Eastern Bluebird (Garfield) Northern Mockingbird (*Larimer) Chestnut-collared Longspur (*Clear Creek) Field Sparrow (*El Paso) Fox Sparrow (red) (*Jefferson) Northern Cardinal (Larimer) Gull species: Several winter/spring gulls are being seen, primarily in Pueblo, Larimer, Arapahoe, Kiowa and Adams Counties, e.g., Iceland (Thayer's), Glaucous, Bonaparte's, California, Ring-billed, Herring, Lesser Black-backed, and Great Black-backed Gull. For more information on these gulls, as well as other birds not on this RBA list, please check <http://cobirds.org/> cobirds.org, scroll down to the very bottom "Recent eBird Sightings". ADAMS COUNTY: -On March 27 a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported at McKay Road ponds, directly east of the junction of McKay Rd in Thornton . First reported on March 20 by Greg Levandoski. -On March 31 a Red-throated Loon was reported on the pond across the street from Elaine T Valente Open Space on 104th. First reported March 15 by Peter Ruprecht. CLEAR CREEK COUNTY: ---On March 31, an out of range female Chestnut-collared Longspur was reported on Guanella Pass by Tyler Stewart. EL PASO COUNTY: -On March 31 the overwintering Field Sparrow continues at Red Rock Canyon Open Space. GARFIELD COUNTY: -On March 28 a Eastern Bluebird was reported at CR 320 (SW of the Beaver Water Treatment Plant) First reported on March 24 by Benjamin Althouse. HUERFANO COUNTY: -On March 26 a (male) EURASIAN WIGEON was reported at Orlando Reservoir. First reported on March 18 by the DFO Field Trip/David Suddjian. -On March 26 a Black Scoter was reported at Martin Lake (on the eastern side near the dam outlet) in Lathrop State Park. First reported on March 17 by Kara Carragher. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On March 31 the overwintering Winter Wren at Bear Creek Greenbelt continues, it has been present since December 2018. ---On March 31 a Fox Sparrow (red) was reported at Waterton Canyon, near the beginning of the main trail by Bez Bezuidenhout. KIOWA COUNTY: --- On March 31 three Dunlins was reported at Neenoshee Reservoir (SE corner). First reported on March 24 by David Dowell. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On March 31 a male EURASIAN WIGEON was reported in the Cobb Lake unit of Wellington SWA (south pond) by Andy Bankert, later in same day reported in center pond by Nick Komar and others. Since the original report, the bird has been identified as far as the north lake of the unit. ---On March 31 an overwintering Winter Wren was reported at the Prospect Ponds area. First reported November of 2018. -On March 31 a Northern Mockingbird was reported at Boedecker Reservoir. First reported by Nick Komar on March 23. -On March 30 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported at Grandview Cemetery near the golf course parking lot. Two Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers - 1(m) and 1(f) were reported on March 8,about midway along the south edge of the cemetery that abuts the golf course, by John Shenot -There has been a (f) Northern Cardinal visiting the feeders at the home of Steve Martin SW of Wellington since July. Email for current status and directions: falconridge AT <http://cowisp.net/> cowisp.net. Last report - March 8. Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details on <http://dfobirds.org/> dfobirds.org Writer's Vista Park to McClellan Reservoir Friday April 5 8:00 AM -12:00 PM Doris Cruze (email [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , phone 303-798-8072) Prospect Park (Wheat Ridge Greenbelt) Sunday April 7 7:00 - 11:30 AM Patrick O'Driscoll (email [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , cell 303-885-6955) Park County Reservoirs Monday April 8 5:30 - 3:00 PM David Suddjian (email [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , cell 831-713-8659) Good Birding, Cheryl Teuton Aurora, CO -- 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/009a01d4e884%243288a4d0%249799ee70%24%40earthlink.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
