Date: Thursday, April 25, 2019 Compiler: Allison Hilf; ahilf AT me.com Phone: (303) 888-5110 E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, April 25, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists. Observers have been helpful by 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: Black Scoter (Arapahoe) Long-tailed Duck (*Arapahoe, Fremont) Anna’s Hummingbird (Douglas) Whimbrel (Boulder) Pectoral Sandpiper (Boulder) Mew Gull (Jefferson) Caspian Tern (Adams, Pueblo) Red-throated Loon (Pueblo) NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Jefferson) Yellow-crowned Night Heron (*Fremont) Cassin’s Vireo (Larimer) PACIFIC WREN (*Boulder) Sagebrush Sparrow (Jefferson) HOODED ORIOLE (*Denver) Worm-eating Warbler (Prowers) Hooded Warbler (*Denver) Northern Parula (*Fremont, Pueblo) Black-throated Gray Warbler (Park, Prowers) Townsend’s Warbler (*Fremont, Prowers) For more information on other birds not on the RBA today, go to cobirds.org and scroll to the bottom for “Recent eBird Sightings”. ADAMS COUNTY —-On April 21 a Caspian Tern was reported at South Platte River/100th Ave (McKay Road) by Adam Vesely. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: —-On April 24 a Long-tailed Duck was reported at Aurora Reservoir by David Suddjian. —-On April 22 a Black Scoter was reported at Cherry Creek State Park by Loch Kilpatrick. BOULDER COUNTY: —On April 24 a Pacific Wren was reported near LOBOS trail west of 63rd, on Robinson Place near Gunbarrel Commons Park (moving around approx btwn 4540 and 4698 Robinson Pl). First reported April 20 by John Tumasonis. —-On April 23 a Pectoral Sandpiper was reported at Lagerman Reservoir. First reported with April 17 by Peter Burke. —-On April 21 a Whimbrel was reported at Boulder Reservoir by Michael King. —-On April 21 a Whimbrel was reported at Lagerman Reservoir. First reported April 17 by Peter Burke. DENVER COUNTY: —-On April 24 a HOODED ORIOLE was reported at Westerly Creek Park, south of the MLK Boulevard bridge at Beeler St, by Joe Bidgood. Parking is allowed on the Beeler Street south of Martin Luther King Blvd. DOUGLAS COUNTY: —-On April 22 a Anna’s Hummingbird was photographed near Roxborough SP by Thomas Cote Stevens. FREMONT COUNTY: —- On April 24 a Yellow-crowned Night Heron was reported at Sell Lake. Take Sell Road, east from 9th Street in Canon City, pond on south side of Sell Road, before reaching Canon City Riverwalk. First reported April 24 by Derek Huggins. —-On April 24 a Northern Parula and a Townsend’s Warbler were reported on the Canyon City Riverwalk along the Bluff Trail east of Sells Lake by Brandon Percival. —-On April 22 a Long-tailed Duck was reported at Blue Heron Ponds on Hwy 115 by Joel Adams. JEFFERSON COUNTY: —-On April 23 a Sagebrush Sparrow was reported at Bear Creek Lake Park, in the parking lot just above Pelican Point, by Myron Gerhard. —-On April 22 a Mew Gull was reported at Hine Lake, Robert A Easton Regional Park by Dale Pate. —-On April 21 a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported at Hine Lake, Robert A Easter Regional Park. First reported April 12 by David Suddjian. LARIMER COUNTY: —-On April 23 a Cassin’s Vireo was reported at Boyd Lake by Cathy Sheeter. PARK COUNTY: —-On April 22 a Black-throated Gray Warbler was reported at Eleven Mile State Park (Sucker Cove area) by Joel Adams. PROWERS COUNTY: —-On April 23 a Worm-rating Warbler was reported at Lamar Community College at the very south end by Kathy Minh Dunning. —-On April 23 a Black-throated Gray Warbler was reported at the Lamar High School shelterbelt by Kathy Minh Dunning. —-On April 21 a Townsend’s Warbler was reported at Lamar Community College Woods (north end) by Mark Miller. PUEBLO COUNTY: —-On April 23 a Northern Paula was reported at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area) mostly atbthe Headquarter Willows and nearby cottonwoods. —-On April 22 a Red-throated Loon and (3) Common Loons were reported at Pueblo Reservoir by Monday Birders/Brandon Percival. —-On April 22 a Caspian Tern was reported at Pueblo Reservoir and at Runyon Lake (perhaps same bird) by Monday Birders/Brandon Percival. Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details on dfobirds.org Ken Caryl Valley Area Friday, April 26 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) Ketring Park Saturday, April 27 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Gregg Goodrich (GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com; 303-655-9135) Cherry Creek State Park (Arapahoe County) Sunday, April 28 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM Mary Cay Burger & Robert Righter; (mcburger3 AT juno.com; 720-940-8394) South-Central Colorado Monday, April 29 - Tuesday, April 30 4:00 AM - 10:00 PM David Suddjian ([email protected]; 831-713-8659) Good Birding, Allison Hilf Aurora, CO (303) 888-5110 Sent from my iPhone -- 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/61E1EF4C-B285-4D54-AC8B-FBB0F5A2D3BB%40me.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
