Date:Monday, February 3, 2020Email: [email protected]: John Drummond [email protected]————————————————— 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: BRANT (Jefferson)Mew Gull ( *Pueblo)Glaucous Gull (Kiowa , *Larimer)SLATY-BACKED GULL ( * Larimer )Glaucous-winged Gull ( * Larimer ) Great Black-backed Gull (*Larimer,* Pueblo)Red-throated Loon ( *Pueblo) , YELLOW-BILLED LOON ( *Jefferson)Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Larimer)GYRFALCON (Larimer)Golden-crowned Sparrow ( Mesa ) Pacific Wren ( Jefferson ) Common Redpoll ( * Boulder ) Rusty Blackbird ( *Douglas,)Palm Warbler ( *Pueblo)
BOULDER COUNTY:--- On Feb 2 , a Common Redpoll was reported at feeders at Pleasant View Marsh . The home owner , Ernest Crvich , welcomes birders to view the feeders from the street or sidewalk but do not enter his property . The address is 3896 Bosque Court . DOUGLAS COUNTY:On Feb 2 (2) Rusty Blackbirds were reported from the Plum Creek Delta . First reported by Amanda Spears on Jan 26 . DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES:——On Feb 2 a (juv) YELLOW-BILLED LOON was reported at Chatfield SP—in both counties; first reported by Gregg Goodrich. JEFFERSON COUNTY:---On Feb 1 the wintering PACIFIC WREN was reported at Bear Creek Lake Park in the previous location. —On Jan 28 a BRANT was reported at Lake Arbor; first reported Dec 20 by Amy Cervene. KIOWA COUNTY-- On Jan 29 a Glaucous Gull was reported from Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir by Richard Bunn . LARIMER COUNTY:--- On Feb 2 first cycle SLATY_BACKED and GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS were reported from Warren Lake, first reported by by Nick Komar and others on Jan 29 .These ID's have received conflicting assessments by outside reviewers . Attracted by the fish kill at this lake . Warren Lake is private view from roads . —On Feb 2 a first cycle Great Black-backed Gull was reported from Warren Lake. First reported by by Nick Komar on Jan 26. View from Breakwater Rd.—On Feb 1 a Glaucous Gull was reported at Warren Lake, first reported on Jan 29 by m.obs.—On Jan 17 a GYRFALCON was seen near the Larimer County Landfill in Fort Collins. Not reported since then, but it may still be around. First reported Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. Please post updates to COBirds. MESA COUNTY:---On Feb 1 a Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at Grand Junction Wildlife Area , first reported by Bob Clarke on Jan 28 . . PUEBLO COUNTY:—On Feb 2 a Palm Warbler was reported west of the Valco Ponds parking lot. First reported by Mark Yaeger on Jan 18.—On Feb 1 a Mew Gull was reported from Pueblo Reservoir-North Shore Marina , reported by m.ob throughout January. —On Feb 2 a Red-throated Loon was reported at Pueblo Reservoir; first reported by Brandon Percival on Nov 28, 2019.—On Feb 2 the Great Black-backed Gull known as “Murray” was reported at Pueblo Reservoir’s South Marina. Murray has spent 20-plus years as a winter resident of Lake Pueblo SP. _______________________________________________ Upcoming Denver Field Ornithologists field trip (details at dfobirds.org) Aurora Reservoir and Cherry Creek SPMonday, February 37:00 AM - NoonDavid Suddjian ([email protected] or Phone 831-713-8659) South Platte River Trail at 88th AvenueSaturday, February 88:00 AM - 1:00 PMMark Amershek ([email protected] or 303-329-8646) Cherry Creek SP Wetlands (Arapahoe County )Sunday , Feb 9 9:00 AM -- 1:00 PMPatrick O'Driscoll ( [email protected] or 303-885-6955 ) Southeastern Colorado Tuesday , Feb 11 5:00 AM-- 6:00 PMDavid Suddjian ( [email protected] or 831-713-8659 ) Good birding, John Drummond Colorado Springs 703-629-115-- -- -- -- 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/862052005.1118098.1580742384949%40mail.yahoo.com.
