Date: Saturday September 28 E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Compiler: John Drummond jxdrummo AT aol.com Phone : 703-629-1151
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: BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD (* Mesa ) American Golden Plover (Adams ) Sabine’s Gull (Multiple reports in several counties; see COBirds for updates) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Larimer)Eastern Phoebe (Custer )Harris Sparrow (*Washington ) SPRAGUE's PIPIT (Weld )LUCY's WARBLER (Montezuma ) Prothonotary Warbler (Larimer )Nashville Warbler (Jefferson ,Arapahoe )Hooded Warbler (Arapahoe)Magnolia Warbler (Weld ) Hepatic Tanager (*Las Animas ) ADAMS COUNTY:__On September 25 a American Golden Plover was reported at Barr Lake by Robert Righter . ARAPAHOE COUNTY:—On September 26 a Hooded Warbler was reported at Lee Gulch Trail, approximately 50 ft from Mineral. First reported on Sep.20 by Santiago Taberas.---On September 25 a Nashville Warbler was reported by David Suddjian at Littleton , St Mary's Catholic Church CUSTER COUNTY----On September 24 a Eastern Phoebe was reported by Patrick O'Driscoll's group at Greenwood Road (Custer CR389 ). JEFFERSON COUNTY:—On September 26 a Nashville Warbler was reported at Belmar Park . First reported on September 21 by Art Hudak. LARIMER COUNTY:—On September 23 a Prothonotary Warbler was reported at the CSU Environmental Learning Center.First reported by Jay Breidt on Sep. 22 . It was located in the far SE corner of the ELC.—On September 22 a Yellow-billed Cuckoo was reported at the private residence of Ken Allen. He lives in neighborhood east of Warren Lake at2719 Ticonderoga Drive. He is OK with birders stopping by although the bird disappeared from the cottonwood. He got onto it because of a vocalization it made. It could still be in general area, so be sure to use your ears! LAS ANIMAS COUNTY---- On September 27 a Hepatic Tanager was reported by Aaron Driscoll at Trinidad Reservoir State Park section . MESA COUNTY -- On September 27 the sub adult male BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD continues at a home in Palisade . The bird is being observed not only at the feeders but also at the honeysuckle flowers below the porch , in the elm and ponderosa pine and the the juniper near the entrance to the porch.The home owner Gene Byrne and his wife are welcoming to visitors but have requested that visits now be restricted to between 3 pm and dusk. The address is 566 36 Road (East Orchard Mesa ), Palisade . The house is at the end of a long driveway just across from the fire station . Gene's house is on the right side of the drive . You can park north of the house and easily walk on to the deck/porch that is on the west side of the house overlooking the pond . The porch is in shade until about 3 pm and the majority of the sightings since Friday have been between 2:30 and 6:30 pm. This would be the fourth state record , the first in 2002 was also in Mesa County. MONTEZUMA COUNTY----ON September 25 a LUCY's WARBLER was reported by Carol Bylsma at 28850 Road T.5 81323 Dolores . WASHINGTON COUNTY---- ON September 27 a Harris Sparrow was reported by Chris Owens at the Last Chance Rest Area . WELD COUNTY:----On September 25 a SPRAGUE's PIPIT was reported by Edward Raynor at the Central Plains Experimental Range , Pawnee NG . ---On September 25 a Magnolia Warbler was reported by Keith Lott at Crow Valley CG /Pawnee NG . Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details at dfobirds.org Writer's Vista Park to McClellan ReservoirSaturday, September 288:00 AM - 12:00 PMDoris Cruze (cruzeduo AT aol.com; 303-798-8072) Kettle LakesSunday, September 296:15 AM - 1:00 PMChris Gilbert (chrisgee9 AT gmail.com; 804-214-1508) Jackson Lake Reservoir Saturday ,October 57:00 AM- 4:00 PM Paul Slingsby (paslingsby AT comcast.net 720-347-5169 ) Chatfield SP-S.Platte Delta Sunday , October 67:30 AM - 11:30 AMGregg Goodrich ( GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com : 303-388-0891 ) Happy birding! John Drummond ;[email protected] Colorado Springs -- 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/1723621047.564948.1569675485416%40mail.yahoo.com.
