Date: Friday, May 10, 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, May 10, 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: LESSER NIGHTHAWK (Bent) COMMON GALLINULE (*Larimer) Piping Plover (*Adams, *Arapahoe) Red-throated Loon (Larimer) NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Jefferson) Tricolored Heron (Washington) Vermilion Flycatcher (Baca) Great-crested Flycatcher (*El Paso) Yellow-throated Vireo (Prowers) Philadelphia Vireo (Larimer) Wood Thrush (El Paso) Sagebrush Sparrow (Boulder) Golden-crowned Sparrow (Larimer) Worm-eating Warbler (*Prowers) Golden-winged Warbler (*Boulder) Prothonotary Warbler (Kiowa) Mourning Warbler (Weld) Hooded Warbler (*Prowers) Blackpoll Warbler (Chaffee, Jefferson, Weld) Yellow-throated Warbler (Bent) Scarlet Tanager (Rio Grande) ADAMS COUNTY: —-On May 9 a PIPING PLOVER was reported at Clear Creek Valley Park, just south of the Tennyson parking lot. First reported on May 7 by Gabriel Wiltse. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: —-On May 9 a PIPING PLOVER was reported at Cherry Creek SP/Swim Beach. First reported On May 8 by Santiago Tabares. This appears to be the first e-bird recorded Arapahoe County sighting of this species. BACA COUNTY: —-On May 5 a (f) Vermilion Flycatcher was reported east of Campo, along Baca CR J near CR 31, by Alicia Arnold. BENT COUNTY: —-On May 8 a Yellow-throated Warbler was reported at Melody Temple Grove. First reported on May 7 by Brandon Percival/Monday Birders. —-On May 6 a LESSER NIGHTHAWK was reported from Van's Grove (Bent CR JJ, east of Ft Lyon), Found on May 3 by Duane Nelson. BOULDER COUNTY: —-On May 9 a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER was reported at Univ of CO- Boulder/Varsity pPond Area. First reported on May 7 by Anna Gilmour. —-On May 8 a Sagebrush Sparrow was reported along S. 66th St near Marshall Mesa (Mayhoffer Trailhead, roadside— a couple dozen yards uphill from the marsh). First reported on May 6 by by Aidan Coohill. CHAFFEE COUNTY: —-On May 7 a Blackpoll Warbler was reported at SandsLake State Wildlife Area by Jack Harlan. EL PASO COUNTY: —-On May 9 a Great-crested Flycatcher was reported at Fountain Creek Regional Park, on the west side of the pond adjacent to the Nature Center, by —-On May 5 a Wood Thrush was reported from Chico Basin Ranch—El Pas (fee area) by Kevin DeBoer. JEFFERSON COUNTY: —-On May 7 a Blackpoll Warbler was reported at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt - Prospect Park & Lake. First reported on May 5 by Mark Chavez. —-On May 6 a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported at Robert A Easton Regional Park. First reported on April 12 by David Suddjian. KIOWA COUNTY: —-On May 5 a (m) Prothonotary Warbler was reported just south of Eads where Kiowa Creek crosses under County Road 40 by Brandon Percival. LARIMER COUNTY: —-On May 9 a COMMON GALLINULE was reported from Wellington State Wildlife Area, first seen by John Bruening on April 29. This rarity was at a pond north of Larimer CR 60 in the Schware Unit. (Note that this is not Morris Reservoir, which is on the south side of 60). —-On May 8 a Philadelphia Warbler was reported at North Shield Ponds in Ft. Collins by Rachel Hopper. —-On May 7 a Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at Riverbend Ponds SWA frequenting the rabbit brush and dirt path at NE corner of the most NE pond; first found 4/25 by Lori Zabel. —-On May 6 a Red-throated Loon was reported from Cobb Lake. (This private reservoir on CR 56 is viewable only from the road or the SWA parking lot). First reported on May 4 by David Wade. PROWERS COUNTY: —-On May 9 a Hooded Warbler was reported at Lamar Community College (south end) by Brandon Percival. —-On May 10 a Worm-eating Warbler was reported at Lamar Community College by Jim Merritt. —-On May 6 a Yellow-throated Vireo was reported at Lamar Community College by James McCall. RIO GRANDE COUNTY: —-On May 5 a Scarlet Tanager was reported at Home Lake SWA, east of Monte Vista by John Rawinski. WASHINGTON COUNTY: —-On May 5 a Tricolored Heron was reported from the inlet canal of Prewitt Reservoir by Robert Beauchamp. WELD COUNTY: —-On May 7 a (f)Blackpoll Warbler was reported at Crow Valley Campground by Rachel Hopper. —-On May 6 a Mourning Warbler was reported at Pawnee NG/Crow Valley Campground by Lynn Thompson. Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details on dfobirds.org SPRING COUNT: Cherry Creek SP Friday, May 10 6:30 AM - 2:00 PM Cynthia Madsen (cmadsen08 AT gmail.com; (303) 909-6930) SPRING COUNT: Audubon Nature Center Saturday, May 11 6:30 AM - 3:00 PM Karen Drozda (drozforte AT aol.com; 303-388-0891) SPRING COUNT: Lower Bear Creek Saturday, May 11 6:30 AM - 12:30 PM Mark Amershek (mamershek AT msn.com; 303-329-8646) SPRING COUNT: Barr Lake State Park Saturday, May 11 6:30 AM - 2:00 PM David Hill (d_d_hill AT comcast.net; 303-870-4316) SPRING COUNT: Chatfield State Park Saturday, May 11 6:30 AM - 7:00 PM Joey Kellner (vireo1 AT comcast.net; 303-978-1748) SPRING COUNT: Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Sunday, May 12 6:15 AM - 5:00 PM David Hill (d_d_hill AT comcast.net; 303-870-4316) SPRING COUNT: Castlewood Canyon State Park (Douglas County) Sunday, May 12 6:30 AM - 12:30 PM Karen Drozda (drozforte AT aol.com; 303-388-0891) SPRING COUNT: Barr Lake Periphery Sunday, May 12 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM Gregg Goodrich (GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com; 303-655-9135) Good birding, Allison Hilf Aurora, CO (303) 888-5110 ahilf AT me.com Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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