Date: Friday, April 26, 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 Friday, April 26, 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) Marbled Godwit (*Gunnison) Pectoral Sandpiper (Boulder) Red-throated Loon (Pueblo) NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (*Jefferson) Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Fremont) Cassin’s Vireo (Larimer) PACIFIC WREN (*Boulder) Golden-crowned Sparrow (*Larimer) Sagebrush Sparrow (Jefferson) HOODED ORIOLE (Denver) Worm-eating Warbler (Prowers) Nashville Warbler (*Jefferson) Northern Parula (Fremont, *Jefferson, Pueblo) Black-throated Gray Warbler (Prowers) Townsend’s Warbler (Fremont) For more information on other birds not on the RBA today, go to cobirds.org and scroll to the bottom for “Recent eBird Sightings”. 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 25 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 25 a Pectoral Sandpiper was reported at Lagerman Reservoir. First reported with 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. 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. GUNNISON COUNTY: —-On April 25 a Marbled Godwit was reported at Blue Mesa Reservoir-eastern portion, by Garrett MacDonald. JEFFERSON COUNTY: —-On April 25 a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported at Hine Lake, Robert A Easton Regional Park. First reported April 12 by David Suddjian. —-On April 25 a Nashville Warbler was reported at Harriman Lake Park by Claire H. —-On April 25 a Northern Parula was reported at Main Reservoir in Lakewood (by the parking lot) by James McCall. —-On April 23 a Sagebrush Sparrow was reported at Bear Creek Lake Park, in the parking lot just above Pelican Point, by Myron Gerhard. LARIMER COUNTY: —-On April 25 a Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at Riverbend Ponds frequenting the rabbit brush and dirt path at NE corner of the most NE pond by John Shenot. —-On April 23 a Cassin’s Vireo was reported at Boyd Lake by Cathy Sheeter. 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. 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. 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) 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) was 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/BEDD88EB-CBB3-43CD-B6F9-4DA03BE8FDE9%40me.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
