Date: Thursday, February 13, 2020 Email: r...@cobirds.org
Compiler: Joe Roller, jroll...@gmail.com 303 204-0828 ______________________________________ 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) Tundra Swan (Larimer) Dunlin (Pueblo) Glaucous Gull (Adams) Great Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo) YELLOW-BILLED LOON (Douglas/Jefferson Chatfield SP) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Larimer) GYRFALCON (Larimer) PACIFIC WREN (Jefferson) Hermit Thrush (Jefferson) Gray Catbird (Jefferson) Black Rosy-Finch (Jackson, La Plata) SNOW BUNTING (*Jefferson) Golden-crowned Sparrow (*Jefferson, Mesa) White-winged Crossbill (Boulder) Rusty Blackbird (Douglas, *Eagle) Common Yellowthroat (*Jefferson) ADAMS COUNTY: —On Feb 11 a Glaucous Gull was reported at Ken Mitchell Park and Open Space by Adam Vesely, who did not re-find it there on Feb 12. BOULDER COUNTY: —On Feb 9 a White-winged Crossbill was reported at Brainard Lake; first reported on Feb 8 by Holden Maxfield. DOUGLAS COUNTY: —On Feb 6 a corrosion of four Rusty Blackbirds was reported at the Plum Creek Nature Area in Chatfield SP. First reported Jan 26 by Amanda Spears. DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES: —On Feb 12 Gregg Goodrich reports that Chatfield Reservoir has frozen over, and the YELLOW-BILLED LOON & others loons are AWOL, but may pop up at other reservoirs. EAGLE COUNTY: —Two Rusty Blackbirds were reported on Feb 12 at Daggett Lane. First reported by JoAnn Riggle. JACKSON COUNTY: —On Feb 11 Black Rosy-Finches were reported in Walden and at Colorado State Forest--Moose Visitor Center by Norm Erthal. JEFFERSON COUNTY: —On Feb 12 a SNOW BUNTING was reported on Clear Creek Trail-Golden to I-70. First reported Feb 6 by Myron Gerhard. First JeffCo eBird record. —On Feb 12 a wintering Golden-crowned Sparrow has attended a private feeder on Summer Street in Morrison. Observe from public property, please. —On Feb 12 a wintering Common Yellowthroat was reported again on Clear Creek Trail-Golden to I-70. ---On Feb 9 the wintering PACIFIC WREN was reported at Bear Creek Lake Park in the previous location, described in a recent RBA. —On Feb 8 a Hermit Thrush was reported at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt-Bass Lake Wildlife Trail. First reported Feb 7 by Mitchell and David Bailey. —On Feb 7 a Gray Catbird was reported in the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt (near Bass Lake boardwalk) by Mitchell Bailey. LARIMER COUNTY: —On Feb 9 a bevy of three Tundra Swans was reported at Boyd Lake by Nick Komar. —On Feb 9 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was re-found at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins by John Shenot. —On Feb 10 a GYRFALCON was seen near the Larimer County Landfill in Fort Collins. There is a new stake-out hotspot near its favorite perch. This winter’s first report was on Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. *Please post updates to COBirds*. LA PLATA COUNTY: —On Feb 11 Black Rosy-Finches were reported in Hesperus by Kathy Donaldson. MESA COUNTY: ---On Feb 10 a Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at Grand Junction Wildlife Area. First reported Jan 28 by Bob Clarke. PUEBLO COUNTY: —On Feb 12 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 at Lake Pueblo SP. —On Feb 8 two wintering Dunlins continue at Pueblo Reservoir-South Marina. ______________________________________ Upcoming Denver Field Ornithologists field trip (details at dfobirds.org) *South Platte River at West Florida Avenue* Saturday, Feb 15 7 AM - Noon John Breitsch (jbreit...@hotmail.com; 303-588-0552) *Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat/Sawhill (Boulder County)* Sunday, Feb 16 9 AM - Noon Laura Steadman (laurasteadm...@gmail.com; 843-319-5086) *Southeastern Colorado* Monday, Feb 17 5 AM - 6 PM David Suddjian (Email: dsuddj...@gmail.com; 831-713-8659) Good birding, Joe Roller, Denver jroll...@gmail.com 303 204-0828 -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUDoeof-JzwJV1L%2BQtW337a-od9skK4B_fJrWCXS9j6iog%40mail.gmail.com.
