Date: Saturday, July 13, 2019
E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Observers have been helpful by reporting updates to COBirds. Thanks. CAPITAL LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee at the CFO website. (*) indicates new information on this species. For information on birds seen today, go to cobirds.org and scroll to the bottom for “Recent eBird Sightings”. Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include: COMMON GALLINULE (Larimer) YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Alamosa) Ash-throated Flycatcher (Adams) BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER (*Larimer) Plumbeous Vireo (Denver) Carolina Wren (Baca) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (*Larimer) Baltimore Oriole (Adams) Northern Parula (*El Paso) Dickcissel (Montrose) ADAMS COUNTY: —-On July 11 an Ash-throated Flycatcher was reported at Rocky Mountain Arsenal in a locust tree by the south Ladora parking area by Eric Dinkel. This is a continuing first summer record at the Arsenal and only the third record overall (year-round, all years) at this location. (eBird data). First reported by Orien Richmond on July 10. —-On July 7 a (m) Baltimore Oriole was reported at Metzger Farm Open Space; first reported by Lauren Burke on June 17. It was paired with a female Bullock’s Oriole. Please view from a distance. ALAMOSA COUNTY: —-On July 10 a first-year YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was reported at Blanca Wetlands by Lisa Rawinski. Currently, the wetlands are closed but will be open to birders on July 16th. The bird was seen in the wetlands just to the NW of the parking lot at North Mallard. This appears to be a first San Luis Valley record. BACA COUNTY: —-On July 6 a singing Carolina Wren was reported along CR-J, west of CR-8, close to the Wait Ranch, by Kathy Mihm Dunning. DENVER COUNTY: —-On July 9 a Plumbeous Vireo was reported at High Line Canal Trail – S Valencia – Dayton by Frank and Nancy Hatch. This is a first county record for summer. Only a handful of records exist in Denver county year-round. EL PASO: —-On July 11 a singing Northern Parula was reported at Fountain Creek—S Circle Dr to S Academy Blvd by Tanja Britton. First reported by Richard Bunn on June 26. LARIMER COUNTY: —-On July 12 a Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch was reported at Rocky Mountain National Park—Trail Ridge Rd—Rock Cut by Robert Beauchamp. Also heard singing by two other birders at the Alpine Visitors Center. This is a very rare summer record for Colorado, as there are no summer records currently in eBird. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch departs by late April with earliest arrivals coming in October. One lone record from August was at Steamboat Springs Ski Area, 2002. —-On July 10 a BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER was reported at Reservoir Ridge Natural Area by Fawn Simonds. The bird was seen approximately 0.6 miles west on the trail from the Michaud parking lot in a Narrow Leaf Cottonwood. If accepted by the Colorado Bird Records Committee, this would be the third record for Colorado. Accepted records have been in Alamosa County, 2013 and Weld County, 2007. Birders searched on both Thursday and Friday with no luck. —-On July 10 a COMMON GALLINULE was reported at Wellington SWA -Schware Unit by Matt Newport. That has been its haunt since first reported on April 29 by Josh Bruening. MONTROSE COUNTY —-On July 9 a Dickcissel was reported at Nucla-WTP by Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter. First reported by the same observers on July 1. This appears to be a first county record (eBird data). *Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details on **dfobirds.org* <http://dfobirds.org/> *Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop (Arapahoe County)* Sunday, July 14 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Karen von Saltza kvonsaltza... @yahoo.com or 303-941-4881 *Park County Explorations* Monday, July 15 - Tuesday, July 16 4:30 AM - 3:00 PM David Suddjian dsuddjian... @gmail.com or 831-713-8659 *Banner Lakes SWA (Weld County)* Tuesday, July 16 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM Mark Amershek mamershek... @msn.com or 303-329-8646 *Ken Caryl Valley Area* Friday, July 19 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM David Suddjian dsuddjian... @gmail.com or 831-713-8659 Good birding! Dean Shoup deshoup723… @gmail.com (720) 272-9042 -- 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/9a390eee-683d-42b7-8fe4-04837ef89942%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
