Date: Sunday, December 8, 2019 E-mail: [email protected]
Compiler: Patrick O’Driscoll; [email protected] Phone: 303-885-6955 _________________________________ 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: Trumpeter Swan (Delta, *Mesa) Tundra Swan (Jefferson, *Mesa, *Weld) White-winged Scoter (Jefferson) Black Scoter (*Arapahoe) Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe, Weld) Barrow’s Goldeneye (Weld) Red-breasted Merganser (Mesa) Eared Grebe (Grand) Least Sandpiper (Arapahoe, Weld) Mew Gull (Weld) *NOTE: Other expected wintering gulls have appeared at Lake Pueblo and other favored sites Red-throated Loon (*Kiowa, Pueblo) Pacific Loon (*Kiowa) Yellow-billed Loon (Arapahoe) Double-crested Cormorant (Delta, Mesa) Red-naped Sapsucker (*Kiowa) GYRFALCON (Larimer) Winter Wren (Larimer) Eastern Bluebird (*Huerfano) Varied Thrush (*Jefferson, La Plata) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (El Paso, Weld) Gray Catbird (*Arapahoe, Jefferson, *Pueblo) Green-tailed Towhee (Ouray) Yellow-headed Blackbird (*Kiowa, Weld) Rusty Blackbird (El Paso, Jefferson) Black-and-white Warbler (*Grand) Yellow Warbler (*Pueblo) ______________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY: —On Dec 7, a Gray Catbird was reported at Lee Gulch in Littleton by David Suddjian. —On Dec 7, a Black Scoter was reported by several birders in the Arapahoe County section of South Platte Reservoir. First reported Nov 13 by Burke Angstman. — On Dec 4, a Least Sandpiper was reported at the South Platte River - Northern Wildlife Area by Brian Johnson. —On Dec 3, a Yellow-billed Loon was reported at Aurora Reservoir. First reported Dec 1 by Steve Mlodinow. This might be the same bird previously reported at Cherry Creek SP (Nov 8-28). —On Dec 3, Long-tailed Ducks (2) were reported at South Platte Reservoir. First reported Dec 1 by Adam Vesely. —On Dec 1, Trumpeter Swans (3) were reported at Cherry Creek SP Marina. First reported Nov 28 by Hap Ellis. DELTA COUNTY: —On Dec 5, Double-crested Cormorants (2) were reported at Confluence Park in Delta. First reported Dec 4 by Jon Horn and Bill Harris. —On Dec 4, Trumpeter Swans (4) were reported at Sweitzer Lake. First reported Dec 3 by Don Marsh. EL PASO COUNTY: — On Dec 4, a Rusty Blackbird was reported at Clear Spring Ranch by Alan Ketcham. GRAND COUNTY: —On Dec 7, a Black-and-white Warbler was reported at 2910 River Bend Lane in Grand Junction by Connee Moffatt. If the bird is seen again, birders will be welcome to visit. —On Dec 5, an Eared Grebe was reported at the Grand Lake Complex channel. First reported Dec 4 by Christina Leslie. HUERFANO COUNTY: —On Dec 6, Eastern Bluebirds (7) were reported at Lathrop SP. First reported Dec 5 by Tony Godfrey. JEFFERSON COUNTY: —On Dec 7, a Varied Thrush was reported at a backyard feeder for the past 3 days on South Hoyt Street in Lakewood by Vicki Wilmarth. —On Dec 6, Tundra Swans (4) were reported at Harriman Lake Park. First reported Dec 1 by Lucy Deakins. —On Dec 3, a Gray Catbird was reported at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt - Prospect Park by Cynthia Madsen. —On Dec 3, a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP - N Boat Ramp area. First reported Nov 29 by Joey Kellner. —On Dec 1, a Rusty Blackbird was reported on Clear Creek Trail - Golden to I-70 by Aaron Shipe and Mark Chavez. KIOWA COUNTY: —On Dec 7, a Red-throated Loon and a Pacific Loon were reported at Neegronda Reservoir by Steven Mlodinow. —On Dec 7, a Red-naped Sapsucker and a Yellow-headed Blackbird were reported on Kiowa Creek at Kiowa CR 40 by Steven Mlodinow. LA PLATA COUNTY: —On Dec 6, a Varied Thrush was reported at the Animas River - Huck Finn Pond & Hatchery area in Durango. First reported Dec. 4 by Ryan Votta. LARIMER COUNTY: —On Dec 6, a Gyrfalcon, perhaps the same bird reported last winter, was observed outside the Larimer County Landfill in SW Fort Collins. First reported on Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. *Please post sightings to CObirds*. —On Dec 6, a Winter Wren was reported in Lee Martinez Park by Carrie Olson. MESA COUNTY: —On Dec 6, Trumpeter Swans (2) were reported at Highline Lake SP. First reported on Dec 5 by Don Marsh. —On Dec 6, a Tundra Swan was reported at Highline Lake SP. First reported Dec 3 by Charlie Chase. —On Dec 4, a Red-breasted Merganser was reported at Jerry Creek Reservoirs SWA by Charlie Chase. —On Dec 4, Double-crested Cormorants (2) were reported at Jerry Creek Reservoirs SWA by Charlie Chase. OURAY COUNTY: —On Dec 6, a Green-tailed Towhee was reported at Ridgway SP marina by Janet Haw. PUEBLO COUNTY: —On Dec 7, a Yellow Warbler was reported at Pueblo Reservoir - Rock Canyon area (below dam, north of river) by several birders. First reported in late November by David Tønnessen, Brandon Percival and Jim Merritt. On Dec 7, a Gray Catbird was reported at Nature and Raptor Center of Pueblo by several birders. —On Dec 1, a Red-throated Loon was reported at Pueblo Reservoir. First reported on Nov 28 by Brandon Percival. WELD COUNTY: —On Dec 7, Tundra Swans (3) were reported at Union Reservoir by Marc Hemmes. —On Dec 6, a Long-tailed Duck was reported at Windsor Lake. First reported Dec. 5 by Josh Bruening. —On Dec 5, a Yellow-headed Blackbird was reported in Masters by Norm Lewis. —On Dec 5, a Barrow’s Goldeneye was reported at Union Reservoir. First reported Dec. 1 by Sabrina Hepburn. —On Dec 5, a Mew Gull was reported at Union Reservoir. First reported on Nov 28 by Steve Mlodinow. —On Dec 4, a Long-tailed Duck was reported at Union Reservoir. First reported Dec 1 by Sabrina Hepburn. —On Dec 3, a Least Sandpiper was reported at Union Reservoir by Steve Mlodinow. —On Dec 1, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches (3) were reported in Raymer at CR 105 ( *40.644,-104.068*) by Norm Erthal. ________________________ Upcoming Denver Field Ornithologists field trip (details at dfobirds.org) *Park County Explorations *Tuesday, Dec 10 6:30 AM - 3 PM David Suddjian ([email protected]; 831-713-8659) It's Christmas Bird Count season across Colorado between Dec 14 and Jan 5. Please help out and sign up for one or more of these CBCs! For a clickable map of Colorado's counts with registration/location details, go to https://audubon.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=ac275eeb01434cedb1c5dcd0fd3fc7b4 Good birding, Patrick O’Driscoll [email protected] Phone: 303-885-6955 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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