Evi and I had a bunch of shorebirds at this shallow wetland yesterday. Among 
the large number of long-billed dowitchers were 2 stilt sandpipers. On May 9th 
at the same place there was a black-bellied plover.

Paul Opler, Loveland, CO



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>            * COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT, MONDAY MAY 11, 2020 - 1 Update
>            * Black Vulture soaring over Canon City - 1 Update
>            * Migration Weather Advisory: Monday (May 11) Northern Front Range 
> - 1 Update
>            * Black-headed Grosbeak in west Centennial, Arapahoe County - 1 
> Update
>            * Scissor-tailed flycatcher? - 2 Updates
>            * Western tanager, Roxborough Park, DougCo - 1 Update
>            * Magnolia Warbler, Blackpoll Warblers, Summer Tanager, and others 
> at Poudre Ponds (Weld Co.) - 1 Update
>            * Summer Tanager Boulder 5/10 - 1 Update
>            * El Paso County Black-necked Stilt - 1 Update
>            * East campus Boulder - 1 Update
>            * Monte Vista Global Big Day Results - 1 Update
>            * Black-chinned Hummingbird - Weld - 1 Update
>            * Norhern Cardinal, Arapahoe County - 2 Updates
>            * Tennessee, black-and-white warblers continue at CU East, Boulder 
> - 1 Update
>            * Willets Galore at Union Res - Weld CO - 1 Update
>            * Cliff Swallows - Delaney Community Farm , Arapahoe County - 1 
> Update
>            * Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 Update
>            * Leucistic Yellow-headed Blackbird - Boulder County - 1 Update
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> 
>        COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT, MONDAY MAY 11, 2020 
> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/93829b8f35ab5d83?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email
> 
>        DAVID A LEATHERMAN <[email protected]>: May 11 06:11AM
> 
>        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
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>        Black Vulture soaring over Canon City 
> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/35b148a3999db905?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email
> 
>        "SeEttaM ." <[email protected]>: May 10 10:11PM -0600
> 
>        While I was birding the Canon City Riverwalk today I spotted this Black
>        Vulture soaring high above. I dont what is creating the conditions for 
> all
>        the many rarities these past couple days (ie did climate change cause 
> the
>        oceans to rise so much that southern Colorado is now a Gulf Coast 
> state)
>        but keep bringing it on.
>         
>        SeEtta Moss
>        Canon City
> 
>        Back to top
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>        Migration Weather Advisory: Monday (May 11) Northern Front Range 
> http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds/t/ea0bf5bc5f1a1a0a?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email
> 
>        Bryan Guarente <[email protected]>: May 10 09:35PM -0600
> 
>        COBirders,
>        Tomorrow morning (6am) is one of those times that I hope to be really 
> right
>        because it looks amazing for bird migration into the Northern Front 
> Range
>        (from Denver through Fort Collins). The low-level winds are funneling 
> into
>        the Northern Front Range. Think of the Northern Front Range as the 
> small
>        end of the funnel. The opening of the funnel (the other end) is from
>        Houston to Del Rio, TX. Let me show it to you here:
>         
>        
> https://earth.nullschool.net/#2020/05/11/1200Z/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=-105.10,40.19,3000/loc=-105.000,40.000
>        (Boulder
>        is the green circle)
>         
>        Track any single streamline that touches the Northern Front Range to 
> its
>        "origin" and you will get what I mean. I will also attach a few images 
> as
>        well to show you the funnel at different times.
>         
>        Now, this could mean just that the winds happen to be opened up to
>        migration at that time only, which would be a bummer. But, lo and 
> behold,
>        the winds are like this starting tonight around Midnight.
>         
>        
> https://earth.nullschool.net/#2020/05/11/0600Z/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=-105.10,40.19,3000/loc=-105.000,40.000
>        (Boulder
>        is the green circle)
>         
>        I think there are multiple other places along the Front Range that 
> have a
>        chance of getting migratory turnover (most of Eastern CO) and some 
> areas of
>        lesser convergence (between Pueblo and Rocky Ford) but the best 
> convergence
>        is up here in the Northern Front Range and points directly into the
>        mountains which is really nice for meeting the greatest population
>        densities.
>         
>        If you wonder about whether this is starting to occur or not, you can 
> go
>        check the radar and see how it looks for migration. An easy way to do 
> that
>        is with Cornell Lab's birdcast:
>         
>        https://birdcast.info/live-migration-maps/
>         
>        This is derived from radar imagery and gives you some clear indication 
> that
>        this is going to be the case tomorrow morning as the winds are 
> starting to
>        come into line with what is posted in the midnight link above.
>         
>        So, my recommendation, as usual, is to get out birding locally 
> (abiding by
>        all social distancing and local regulations). Prove me right or wrong.
>        More datapoints = more clarity. Best of luck with the winds and I wish 
> you
>        great birding tomorrow!
>         
>        Thanks,
>        Bryan
>         
>        Bryan Guarente
>        Meteorologist/Instructional Designer
>        UCAR/The COMET Program
>        Boulder, CO
> 
>        Back to top
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>        Black-headed Grosbeak in west Centennial, Arapahoe County 
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> 
>        [email protected]: May 11 03:12AM
> 
>        Hello Fellow Birders,
>           Today a male Black-headed Grosbeak showed up at the feeders in my 
> little townhouse yard near Holly & Arapahoe in west Centennial.  He seemed to 
> prefer the peanut pieces, also ate some suet.  Picture attached.
>        Keep Smilin',Kevin Corwinwest Centennial, Arapahoe County
>        Sent from my Remington Rand Typewriter via my Rotary Dial Wall Phone
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> 
>        Scissor-tailed flycatcher? 
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> 
>        Kristen Davis <[email protected]>: May 10 09:46AM -0600
> 
>        Hi!
>         
>        I saw this bird on a walk near my house in Frederick today. A rare 
> sight,
>        indeed!
>        Caleb A <[email protected]>: May 10 08:10PM -0700
> 
>        Hello, Kristen,
>        That is indeed a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher! Amazing find, and good work
>        getting that IDable photo. Note it's ridiculously long tail, salmon 
> flanks,
>        black and white tail (white seen easier in flight), and light blue 
> back.
>        Happy Mother's Day!
>        *The birds are happy, and so am I*
>        *~Caleb Alons, Larimer County*
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> 
>        Western tanager, Roxborough Park, DougCo 
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> 
>        John Ealy <[email protected]>: May 10 05:12PM -0700
> 
>        This very orange Western tanager has been hanging out with about seven
>        other tanagers in my yard the past two days. Any thoughts on why so 
> orange?
>        It has a yellow rump, as Westerns do, but even the wing bar is part 
> orange,
>        part yellow. Head has very little red in it. The bird is extremely 
> skittish
>        compared to the others. I don't see any hybrids online that look like 
> it.
>         
>        [image: WesternTanager3.jpg]
>        Apologies for the poor photo. All I have is a Nikon Coolpix, and it 
> ain't
>        so cool. The pic at least shows the orange/yellow streaking on the 
> breast.
>        I haven't heard him vocalize, so I don't even have that field mark to 
> go
>        by.
>         
>        John Ealy
>        Roxborough Park, Douglas County, CO
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> 
>        Magnolia Warbler, Blackpoll Warblers, Summer Tanager, and others at 
> Poudre Ponds (Weld Co.) 
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> 
>        Jack Bushong <[email protected]>: May 10 04:29PM -0700
> 
>        Hi all,
>        Today around noon my brother and I observed a stunning male Magnolia
>        Warbler in a flock of Yellow-rumpeds about 20 yards east of N 35th Ave 
> at
>        Poudre Ponds. Further down the trail (closer to N 25th Ave), there 
> were two
>        male Blackpoll Warblers along the river plus a female Summer Tanager. 
> Also
>        at Poudre Ponds were at least three lingering Cackling Geese and a 
> Caspian
>        Tern.
>         
>        Other interesting birds of note included a small flock of Short-billed
>        Dowitchers (ID'd by flight call) and three White-rumped Sandpipers at 
> the
>        Weld CR 59 wetlands.
>         
>        Good Birding,
>        Jack Bushong,
>        Louisville, CO
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> 
>        Summer Tanager Boulder 5/10 
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> 
>        Luke Pheneger <[email protected]>: May 10 04:55PM -0600
> 
>        This early afternoon I found a Summer Tanager along Nimbus Rd near N 
> 41st
>        street in Boulder County.
>         
>         
>        Luke Pheneger
>        Longmont
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> 
>        El Paso County Black-necked Stilt 
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> 
>        kickback <[email protected]>: May 10 03:26PM -0700
> 
>        There was a Black-necked Stilt at Big Johnson Reservoir this afternoon
>        (Sunday) that could be easily seen from the west unpaved area (where 
> all of
>        the birders seem to be) parking lot in the shallows next to the south
>        shore. I have only seen this bird in Galveston previously but I guess 
> they
>        are not that rare for Colorado.
>         
>        Happy Mother's Day!
>         
>        Bill Kosar
>        Colorado Springs
>        El Paso County
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> 
>        East campus Boulder 
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> 
>        goldenplover <[email protected]>: May 10 02:40PM -0700
> 
>        On 5-10-20I saw a Nashville warbler about 30 yards up the main 
> trail(heading west) from the small bridge. Happy Mother’s Day! Bill Fink 
> Longmont
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> 
>        Monte Vista Global Big Day Results 
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> 
>        John Rawinski <[email protected]>: May 10 12:23PM -0700
> 
>        I spent a full day conducting the Global Big Day in my locality. 
> Weather
>        was wonderful and very few winds. I ended the day with 100 species. All
>        within Rio Grande County.
>        Best birds were:
>         
>        2 Scarlet Tanagers (male and female different locations)
>        2 Northern Waterthrushes (2 in different locations. One was at
>        Shriver-Wright SWA)
>        1 Osprey
>        1 Peregrine Falcon
>        6 Red Crossbills
>        1 Gray Catbird
>        1 Sora
>        2 Virginia Rail
>        1 Red-necked Phalarope (MV Refuge)
>        1 Bittern
>         
>        John Rawinski
>        Monte Vista, CO
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> 
>        Black-chinned Hummingbird - Weld 
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> 
>        Joey Angstman <[email protected]>: May 10 11:35AM -0700
> 
>        Just had a black-chinned hummer visit my feeder in Greeley. I’ve never 
> had any hummingbirds in Weld during Spring before, I’m glad I put my feeder 
> up anyway.
>         
>        Joey Angstman
>        Greeley, CO
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>        Norhern Cardinal, Arapahoe County 
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> 
>        Brian Johnson <[email protected]>: May 10 09:01AM -0700
> 
>        I'm currently listening to a Nothern Cardinal singing in the Northern 
> Wildlife area. This is upstream of Reynolds Landing. The bird is somewhere in 
> the deep foliage across the river from the trail in the North West part of 
> the trail. For the life of me I can't locate it however.
>        Good birding
>        Brian Johnson, Englewood, CO
>        Brian Johnson <[email protected]>: May 10 09:49AM -0700
> 
>        Just to give an update. This is the wildlife area north of Carson 
> Nature Center. It's a ebird hot spott named Northern Wildlife area. Reynolds 
> Landing is the closest park. I tried calling it and pssing but no luck. Its 
> happy apparently on the other side of the river tormenting me. Its appers to 
> be moving around that area.
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> 
>        Tennessee, black-and-white warblers continue at CU East, Boulder 
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> 
>        Laura Steadman <[email protected]>: May 10 10:33AM -0600
> 
>        Good birds continue at CU East Campus / Boulder Creek Path in Boulder.
>         
>        *Tennessee Warbler* seen by *many* in a cottonwood at an intersection 
> west
>        of the scoreboards.
>         
>        *Black-and-white warbler* hanging out just to the west of the 
> confluence
>        and skunk creek ponds area, right along the bike path.
>         
>        *Northern waterthrush* and *green-tailed towhee *at the little wood 
> bridge
>        area near the ponds.
>         
>        Lots of bullock’s orioles and western tanagers, too!
>         
>        Good birding,
>        Laura Steadman
>        Boulder
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> 
>        Willets Galore at Union Res - Weld CO 
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> 
>        Susan Rosine <[email protected]>: May 10 09:16AM -0700
> 
>        Police officers also don't get excited if you tell them there's a 
> Loggerhead Shrike in a tree, and an owl's nest at the intersection. Just 
> sayin'.
>        Susan Rosine
>        Brighton
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>        Cliff Swallows - Delaney Community Farm , Arapahoe County 
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> 
>        Ken Wat <[email protected]>: May 10 09:02AM -0600
> 
>        100's of Cliff Swallows at the bridge by the farm. Very awesome to 
> watch
>        going in and out of the nests there.
>         
>        Ken Wat
>        Aurora, CO
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>        Bay-breasted Warbler 
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> 
>        Robin Allison <[email protected]>: May 09 09:28PM -0600
> 
>        Robin Allison Jasper
>        Sent from my iPad
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> 
>        Leucistic Yellow-headed Blackbird - Boulder County 
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> 
>        Ted Floyd <[email protected]>: May 09 08:59PM -0700
> 
>        Not all whitish blackbirds are leucistic! Here's an odd one, a common
>        grackle, I found this sunny Sat. morning, May 9, at Greenlee Preserve,
>        Boulder County:
>         
>        [image: CoGr.JPG]
>         
>        I think it spent the night at the base of a Great Blue Heron rookery...
>         
>        Ted Floyd
>        Lafayette, Boulder County
>         
>        On Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 1:40:48 PM UTC-6, Megan Jones Patterson 
> wrote:
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