Date: Sunday, September 1, 2019 E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Compiler: Allison Hilf; [email protected] Phone: 303.888.5110
Birders 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 a species. For more 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: PIPING PLOVER (Douglas) Long-billed Curlew (Broomfield) Marbled Godwit (Saguache) Red Phalarope (Boulder, Jackson) Caspian Tern (Las Animas) Gray Flycatcher (Jackson) Ash-throated Flycatcher (Morgan) White-winged Crossbill (Douglas) Eastern Kingbird (Clear Creek) Canada Jay (Douglas) Clay-colored Sparrow (Teller) Bobolink (Jackson) Northern Waterthrush (Clear Creek) BOULDER COUNTY: —On August 30 a Red Phalarope was reported at Lagerman Reservoir. First reported on August 29 by Peter Burke. BROOMFIELD COUNTY: —On August 26 a Long-billed Curlew was reported at Great Western Reservoir by Norm Erthal. CLEAR CREEK: —On August 27 an Eastern Kingbird was reported at Bard Creek Ponds (PRIVATE, must view from roads). Reported by David Suddjian. — On August 27 a Northern Waterthrush was reported at Bard Creek Ponds (PRIVATE, must view from roads). Reported by Dale Pate. DOUGLAS COUNTY: —On August 28 (2) Canada Jay was reported at Experimental Forest Rd (39.157, -105.03) by David Tønnessen. This is a first county e-bird record for this species. —On August 27 a White-winged Crossbill was reported at Rampart Range Lodgepole Pine Forest, near a pull-off at (39.1299029, -105.0293509) by David Tønnessen. —On August 26 a Piping Plover was reported at the Plum Creek Delta of Chatfield State Park; other shorebirds in area include Semipalmated Sandpiper. First reported on August 24 by Joey Kellner. JACKSON COUNTY: —On August 30 a Gray Flycatcher was reported in Cowdrey at FSR 895 (40.985, -106.272) by Elaine Wagner. —On August 27 a Red Phalarope was reported at Cowdrey Reservoir by Nathan Pieplow. This is a first county e-bird record for this species. —On August 27 (4) Bobolink were reported in Walden at CR 12 W (40.735, -106.42) by Nathan Pieplow. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: —On August 29 a Caspian Tern was reported at Trinidad Reservoir by Tony Godfrey. MORGAN COUNTY: —On August 26 an Ash-throated Flycatcher was reported at the playa by Morgan CT JJ & Hwy 71 by Chuck Aid. This is a first county e-bird record for this species. SAGUACHE COUNTY: —On August 26 a Marbled Godwit was reported at Russel Lakes SWA by Stephen Noseworthy. TELLER COUNTY: —On August 29 (2) Clay-colored Sparrows were reported at Indian Creek by MaryLynne Ketcham. —On August 27 a Clay-colored Sparrow was reported at Manitou Lake by David Tønnessen. Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details at dfobirds.org Rocky Mountain Arsenal Sunday, September 1 6:45 AM - 11:00 AM Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955) Ken Caryl Valley Area Monday, September 2 6:30 AM - 10:30 AM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) Southeastern Colorado Tuesday, September 3 4:30 AM - 8:00 PM David Suddjian ( dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) Ouzel Falls, Rocky Mt. Natl. Park Wednesday, September 4 6:00 AM - 3:00 PM John Malenich (john.malenich AT comcast.net; 303-359-9456) Green Mountain Falls-town and lower elevation trails Saturday, September 7 6:00 AM - 2:00 PM Chris Gilbert (chrisgee9 AT gmail.com; 804-214-1508) FALL COUNTS are coming up! Save the dates and pick a place to join groups of eager birders on one of these time-honored birding trips. There’ll be seven trips in all during the peak of fall migration, September 13 through 15. Sign up now at the DFO website: https://dfobirds.org/FieldTrips/UpcomingTrips.aspx Details will appear on the Colorado RBA as the dates draw near. Good birding! Allison Hilf Aurora, CO ahilf AT me.com 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/520294FE-8AD2-4F25-93F5-90263E177BFE%40me.com.
