Date: Monday, May 11, 2020 Email: RBA AT cobirds.org<http://cobirds.org/>
Compiler: Dave Leatherman, daleatherman@msn.<dot> com _________________________________________ The Colorado Rare Bird Report is an informational service. Because of statewide coronavirus “Stay at Home” and “Safer at Home” orders (depending on where you live), the purpose of this report is to keep homebound readers abreast of rare bird sightings across the state during spring migration. It does NOT endorse or encourage illegal travel to see or "chase" rare birds beyond your own permitted area. We urge readers to respect state and local restrictions on non-critical travel and limits on outdoor activities that include birding. Please do all you can to ensure the safety of others and yourself while birding, including appropriate PPE and distancing. _______________________________________ 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<http://cobirds.org/> and scroll to the bottom for “Recent eBird Sightings.” _______________________________________ Spring migration notes: Either it has been an exceptional migration and/or “stay local” has its benefits, as the roster below verifies. Suffice it to say certain birds we would all be proud to find/see are seemingly “everywhere”. In the interest of shortening this report, the following species listed recently are being removed: White-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Palm Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Northern Parula, and Summer Tanager. Keep reporting these birds on COBIRDS. ________________________________________ Rare birds and some out-of-place or out-of-season birds are listed below. Trumpeter Swan (Las Animas) Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe) Common Tern (Montezuma) Neotropic Cormorant (*Bent) MEXICAN WHIP-POOR-WILL (*Fremont) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (*Park, *Pueblo) Whimbrel (Delta) Short-billed Dowitcher (*Bent) Arctic Tern (Jackson) Reddish Egret (Mesa) Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Arapahoe, Denver) Mississippi Kite ((Arapahoe) Red-tailed Hawk (Adams) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Jefferson, *Weld) Gray Vireo (Teller) Philadelphia Vireo (*Cheyenne, Jefferson) Winter Wren (*Larimer) Gray-cheeked Thrush (*Baca, *Bent, Prowers) Varied Thrush (*Arapahoe, Bent) Bohemian Waxwing (Boulder) Common Redpoll (*Gunnison) Field Sparrow (Boulder, Broomfield, El Paso, Larimer) Sagebrush Sparrow (Denver) Golden-crowned Sparrow (Denver) Canyon Towhee (Routt, Teller) Baltimore Oriole (Boulder, *Eagle) Worm-eating Warbler (Kiowa) Golden-winged Warbler (Jefferson) Blue-winged Warbler (Baca, *Fremont, Otero) Prothonotary Warbler (Chaffee, Jefferson, LaPlata, Larimer) LUCY’S WARBLER (Mesa) Mourning Warbler (Bent, *Prowers) Kentucky Warbler (*Chaffee) Hooded Warbler (Chaffee, *Jefferson, Kiowa, *Larimer) Cape May Warbler (Baca, *Bent, *Prowers) Pine Warbler (*Prowers) Yellow-throated Warbler (Broomfield, Jefferson, Pueblo) Magnolia Warbler (Boulder, Jefferson, *Larimer, Mesa) Bay-breasted Warbler (*Larimer, Pueblo) Black-throated Blue Warbler (Jefferson, Kiowa, Pueblo) HERMIT WARBLER (Bent) Black-throated Green Warbler (Jefferson) Prairie Warbler (Larimer) Scarlet Tanager (Fremont, Rio Grande) Northern Cardinal (*Arapahoe, Boulder) Painted Bunting (*Baca) ___________________________________________ ADAMS COUNTY: --On May 9 a rare Krider’s Red-tailed Hawk was reported from Rocky Mountain Arsenal Prairie Trail by Cathy Sheeter. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: --On May 10 a heard only Northern Cardinal was reported from Platte River Park-Northern Wildlife Area by Brian Johnson. --On May 10 a Varied Thrush was reported as being “present at feeders for last 3 days” at a private residence in Greenwood Village by Ann Coe. Refer to her eBird post. --On May 9 a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was reported by Rajkumar Manikandan from Cherry Creek Ecological Park. --On May 8 a Mississippi Kite was seen soaring over Littleton Cemetery by David Suddjian. [The compiler overlooked this report on the day it was reported and apologizes]. --On May 8 a very late Long-tailed Duck was on Quincy Res, first reported by G. Stacks. --On May 7 a Mississippi Kite was found by David Suddjian BACA COUNTY: --On May 10 at least one of two female type Painted Buntings first reported from below the dam at Two Buttes Res on May 8 by Joey Kellner, were refound. --On May 8 a Blue-winged Warbler was reported from below the dam at Two Buttes Reservoir by Joey Kellner. --On May 8 a Gray-cheeked Thrush was reported by Joey Kellner below the dam at Two Buttes Res. --On May 5 a heard-only Cape May Warbler was reported high in the trees by Steve Mlodinow below the dam at Two Buttes Reservoir. --On May 5 a Gray-cheeked Thrush was reported by Steve Mlodinow at Turk’s Pond SWA. BENT COUNTY: --On May 10 Duane Nelson reports the Neotropic Cormorant he found at Lake Hasty below the John Martin Res dam on March 31 is still present. --On May 10 two Short-billed Dowitchers were reported with a small flock of Long-billed Dowitchers at John Martin Reservoir by John Haycroft and Donna Stumpp. --On May 10 one of two Gray-cheeked Thrushes were refound, first reported by the Phenegers at Tempel Grove on May 6. --On May 8 a Mourning Warbler was reported by Glenn Walbek at Tempel Grove. --On May 9 a Cape May Warbler was refound by mob, first reported by Brandon Percival at Tempel Grove on May 6. --On May 5 a Hermit Warbler was reported by the Phenegers at Tempel Grove west of the CR35 bridge. Despite much effort, this bird has not been refound. --On May 4 a male Varied Thrush was reported along the north side of the parking/equipment area w of CR35 at Tempel Grove by John Malenich. BOULDER COUNTY: --On May 9 a male Baltimore Oriole was at a private residence along Apple Valley Road, first reported by Sue Riffe on May 8, seen by many. --On May 9 a small flock of Bohemian Waxwings, rare along the Front Range the last few years, was reported by Duwayne Worthington and Andy Angstrom at Thorne Nature Experience. The birds flew off and should be looked for in the area. --On May 9 a Magnolia Warbler was found by Bryan Guarante at Garden Acres Park. --On May 9 a Northern Cardinal continues at the Linden and 21st Street stakeout location. --On May 8 a Field Sparrow was at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve by Art Reisman. BROOMFIELD COUNTY: --On May 6 a Field Sparrow was reported in the Big Dry Creek and Willow Run Open Space in Broomfield by Jason Cole. CHAFFEE COUNTY: --On May 10 a Kentucky Warbler was refound at Sands Lake SWA, first reported by Jeff Guy on May 8. --On May 6 a Prothonotary Warbler was reported from Sands Lake SWA by Tyler Wilson. --On May 5 a Hooded Warbler was reported from Sands Lake SWA by Tyler Wilson. CHEYENNE COUNTY: --On May 8 a Philadelphia Vireo was reported from Mitchek Ranch (pvt, bird from the road), site of Golden-crowned Warbler fame, by Donna Stumpp. DELTA COUNTY: --On May 7 a Whimbrel was reported from Fruit Growers Res by Martha Springer. DENVER COUNTY: --On May 8 a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron first reported by John Breitsch at First Creek At Green Valley Ranch (Dunkirk and 53rd) on May 6, continues. --On May 5 a Sagebrush Sparrow was reported at Westerly Creek Park by Jason Bidgood. —On May 4 a Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at Sand Creek (Havana St to Westerly Creek). First reported on April 19 by Jake Shorty. There are no previous eBird records for Denver County. EAGLE COUNTY: --A Baltimore Oriole was reported by Marjorie Westermann at her feeders on Tenneessee Park. See her eBird report. EL PASO COUNTY: --On May 6 a Field Sparrow was banded at Clear Springs Ranch by Steven Brown. Note: Chico Basin Ranch is closed to the public, except for dues-paying members of the birding, hunting and fishing clubs. At the request of CBR, posts about birds seen there have been removed from the CO RBA. FREMONT COUNTY: --On May 9 a MEXICAN WHIP-POOR-WILL was reheard on the Oak Creek Grade Road (a continuation of 6th Street in Canon City, which going south out of town becomes 143 Road and is later called Oak Creek Grade), about 6 miles south of Canon City, first heard on May 6 by Jerry DeBoar Since there will probably be much interest in this bird, birders are asked to refrain from tape playing. --On May 10 a Blue-winged Warbler between Sell Lake and Raynolds on the Canon City Riverwalk, continues, first found on May 9 by Jerry DeBoar. --On May 9 a male Scarlet Tanager was along the Canon City Riverwalk between Sell Lake and Raynolds, found by Mark Peterson. --On May 9 a male Scarlet Tanager was photographed at a feeder in Lincoln Park (pvt residence) by SeEtta Moss on May 9. GUNNISON COUNTY: --On May 10 an interesting report of a well-described Common Redpoll came from Drew Kelly who was hiking/climbing in the Raggeds Wilderness Area of Daisy Pass on his way to Mineral Point. This is about 7 miles nw of Crested Butte. JACKSON COUNTY: --On May 9 an Arctic Tern was reported from Walden Res by Steve Mlodinow. JEFFERSON COUNTY: --On May 10 a Hooded Warbler was refound at Tucker Gulch and seen by many, first found May 9 by Bill Eley. --On May 9 a Prothonotary Warbler put Tucker Gulch in Golden even more prominently on the map, found by Michael Lester. --On May 9 a Golden-winged Warbler was refound by many at Tucker Gulch, first found by Terrance Wells on May 7. --On May 7 a Magnolia Warbler was reported from Tucker Gulch by Timo Mitzen. —A male Black-throated Blue Warbler first reported by Michael Lester on May 2 at Tucker Gulch in Golden (stakeout hotspot) was most recently seen May 5. NOTE: Red Rocks Park is closed indefinitely because of the COVID-19 outbreak. KIOWA COUNTY: --On May 9 a Black-throated Blue Warbler was at Upper Queens Res (west end of CR C), first found by Brandon Percival on May 7. --On May 9 a Worm-eating Warbler was refound by mob, first reported by Brandon Percival at Upper Queens Res. --On May 4 a Hooded Warbler was reported from Upper Queens Res by John Malenich. LA PLATA COUNTY: --On May 6 a Prothonotary Warbler first reported May 4 from Pastorius Res by David Dunford was reported as continuing. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: --On May 7 a Trumpeter Swan was reported at Pinon Lake Res by John Vanderpoel. LARIMER COUNTY: --On May 10 a Winter Wren was reported from a vegetation tangle in the dry ditch at the southwest corner of Sheldon Lake at City Park in Fort Collins (intersection of W. Mountain Ave and Bryan) by E.J. Raynor. --On May 10 a Magnolia Warbler was reported by Philip Carnehl from Seven Lakes Park hotspot in Loveland. --On May 10 a Hooded Warbler first reported on May 9 along CR5 between Rd 82 and Rd 92 by Nick Komar and Caleb Alons was refound. --On May 10 a Summer Tanager was found in the northwest corner of the Environmental Learning Center, first reported by Rob Sparks on May 9. --On May 9 a Field Sparrow was at Mariana Buttes NA in Loveland by Christine Sparks. --On May 9 a Bay-breasted Warbler was refound at Morey Wildlife Reserve near the bridge off Cedar Valley Rd in Loveland, first found May 5 by Nick Komar. --On May 7 a Field Sparrow was at Greyrock Commons in nw Fort Collins by Doug Schwarz. --On May 6 a Piping Plover was reported flying from n side to the nw side of Cobb Lake (pvt, view from 56Rd) by Josh Bruening. --On May 8 a Prothonotary Warbler continues Prospect Ponds NA , first found by Joshua Keller at the diversion dam on May 5. --On May 4 a Prairie Warbler in an off-limits portion of Cottonwood Hollow NA was heard from across the river to the west in Prospect Ponds NA by Matthew Webb. —On May 4 a Hooded Warbler first reported from just east of Hamilton Reservoir (40.84861, -105.00980) by Matthew DeSaix was seen by the mob. The nickname for this small wetland is “The Oasis”. The legality of access to this area needs clerification. MESA COUNTY: --On May 9 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at Horsethief Canyon SWA near the kiosk by Carol Ortenzio. --On May 5 a white morph Reddish Egret was nicely discerned among other white wader species at the Redlands Parkway Ponds w of Grand Jct. by Carol Ortenzio. —On May 9 a LUCY’S WARBLER at the hotspot “Gateway Cottonwoods” west of Gateway (town), first found here on April 26 by Kathleen McGinley, continues and may be nesting. BIRDERS ARE ASKED NOT TO PLAY TAPES. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: --On May 9 a Common Tern was reported in the west end of McPhee Res by Glen Dunmire. OTERO COUNTY: --On May 7 the Phenegers report a Vermilion Flycatcher, Blue-winged Warbler and Summer Tanager from Higbee Valley Road south of LaJunta. PARK COUNTY: --On May 10 a Ruby-throated Hummingbird was reported coming to a private feeder in Pueblo by Chuck Telotte. See his eBird report. PROWERS COUNTY: --On May 10 a Cape May Warbler was found in Willow Creek Park in Lamar by Brandon Percival. --On May 10 a Pine Warbler was reported as “continuing” at Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar by Brandon Percival. --On May 10 a Mourning Warbler was reported from the Lamar Community College Woods by Brandon Percival and others. --On May 8 a Gray-cheeked Thrush was reported from the Lamar Community College Woods by the Phenegers. PUEBLO COUNTY: --On May 10 a Ruby-throated Hummingbird was reported coming to a private feeder in Pueblo by Alanna Fenlon. See her eBird report. --On May 10 a Yellow-throated Warbler first reported from RoselawnCemetery in Pueblo on May 7 by Evan Carlson was refound. --On May 7 a Black-throated Blue Warbler was reported from the Rock Creek area below the Pueblo Res Dam on the north side of the Ark. River by Chris Knight. Note: Chico Basin Ranch is closed to the public, except for dues-paying members of the birding, hunting and fishing clubs. At the request of CBR, birds seen there have been removed from the CO RBA. RIO GRANDE COUNTY: --On May 7 John Rawinski found a male Scarlet Tanager at Home Lake SWA. ROUTT COUNTY: --On May 9 a pioneering Canyon Towhee was photographed at the Yampa River Preserve by Noah Brinkman. This has to be one of the northernmost records of this species in CO. --On May 9 a Nashville Warbler was at Yampa River Preserve by Noah Brinkman. TELLER COUNTY: --On May 9 a Gray Vireo was reported among many Plumbeous Vireos on the Shelf Road by Scott Schaum. --On May 9 Scott Schaum reports a Canyon Towhee on the Shelf Road at Keyhole Rock. WELD COUNTY: --On May 10 a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was photographed in Frederick between CR11 and CR13 north of Godding Hollow near the Frederick Skate Park, which is still under construction (40.118, -104.954) by Kristen Davis. Crow Valley Campground is closed to all human activity (per USFS District Office). ____________________________________ PLEASE NOTE: Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Denver Field Ornithologists and other CO birding clubs have suspended all field trips scheduled for May and June, including the annual Colorado Field Ornithologists convention in Pueblo (reset for May 2021). Dave Leatherman, Fort Collins -- 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/CY4PR0601MB3763CE6AD046DB6DCDFCFC3BC1A10%40CY4PR0601MB3763.namprd06.prod.outlook.com.
