Re: Black Vulture Wheatridge Greenbelt I saw this bird too, from the WGB bike path at 10 AM, over Golden, circling higher and seemingly headed north. Most striking was the extremely short tail. Next, a large white wing patch repeatedly visible in one wing. When I got home, after consulting guidebooks, I talked myself out of reporting a Black Vulture, opting for an immature Golden. The bird seemed huge (and I had a Swainson's Hawk in the same field of view to help). Also, the white patch in the wing was quite large, and not, I think, in the wingtips but more in. On the other hand, no white band was seen in the tail, and the tail was just sooo short.
David G Jeffco On Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 3:04:54 AM UTC-6, ahilf wrote: > > Date: Thursday, May 21, 2020 > > Email: RBA AT cobirds.org > > Compiler: Allison Hilf, ahilf AT me.com > > Phone: (303) 888-5110 > > ______________________________________ > > > The Colorado Rare Bird report is an informational service. > > > > Because of statewide coronavirus “Safer at Home” orders, this report is > meant to keep homebound readers abreast of rare bird sightings across the > state during spring migration. It does NOT endorse and is NOT meant to > encourage the pursuit of rare birds beyond your local area. > > > > We urge readers to respect state and local restrictions on non-critical > travel. > > As potentially asymptomatic outside visitors, unethical urban/suburban > “chase” birders who travel to more remote locales may risk exposing > isolated Colorado populations to the virus. > > > > To ensure your safety and that of others while birding, do the right > thing. Please practice physical distancing, wear face masks and follow all > other Covid-19 precautions. > > _______________________________________ > > > > 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. The Committee requests you please > fill out a report for sightings of these birds. > > (*) 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.” > > _______________________________________ > > > > Spring migration notes > > Colorado’s remarkable 2020 neotropical warbler migration is waning. > > Many Flycatchers, vireos, thrushes, tanagers, sparrows and orioles are > moving; some are already on breeding grounds. Shorebird sightings have > declined. > > > Note: In an attempt to limit an already-overlong daily report, we are > omitting most reports of these recently listed species from the daily > report (exceptions being when they are extremely rare for a given county): > > Gray-cheeked Thrush, Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-white Warbler, > Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warble, Hooded Warbler, Northern Parula, > Chestnut-sided > Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Palm Warbler, and Summer Tanager. > > Please continue, however, to report these birds and other finds on COBIRDS. > > ___________________________________ > > > > Rare birds and some out-of-place or out-of-season birds include: > > > MEXICAN WHIP-POOR-WILL (Fremont, SE CO) > > BLACK VULTURE (*Jefferson, Pueblo) > > ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD (Jefferson) > > BLACK PHOEBE (Rio Grande) > > Vermilion Flycatcher (SE CO) > > Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Jefferson) > > Yellow-throated Vireo (*Denver) > > Winter Wren (Jackson) > > Sedge Wren (Weld) > > Wood Thrush (SE CO) > > McCown’s Longspur (Larimer) > > Field Sparrow (Larimer) > White-throated Sparrow (Yuma) > > EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Lilian’s) (Larimer) > > Baltimore Oriole (Custer) > > SCOTT’S ORIOLE (Broomfield) > > LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (Jefferson) > > Golden-winged Warbler (El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer) > > Blue-winged Warbler (El Paso, Fremont) > > Mourning Warbler (Larimer, Yuma) > > Blackburnian Warbler (Denver, Larimer) > > Black-throated Blue Warbler (Cheyenne, SE CO) > > Pine Warbler (Boulder, Jefferson) > > Yellow-throated Warbler (Jefferson) > > Magnolia Warbler (Arapahoe, Denver, El Paso, Larimer) > > Bay-breasted Warbler (Larimer, Pueblo) > > Black-throated Gray Warbler (Denver, Jefferson, Pitkin, SE CO) > > Scarlet Tanager (El Paso, Rio Grande) > > Northern Cardinal (Boulder) > > ____________________________________ > > > > SOUTHEAST COLORADO: > > Rare Birds located within Baca, Bent, Kiowa, Otero and Prowers Counties > are listed below without location in an effort to limit the temptation for > more birders to chase birds being found primarily by Front Range birders > traveling to these small communities in violation of statewide “safer at > home” regulations. Anyone living in the vicinity wanting detailed location > information may e-mail or phone Compiler. > > —MEXICAN WHIP-POOR-WILL; Vermilion Flycatcher; Wood Thrush; Worm-eating > Warbler; Black-throated Blue Warbler; Black-throated Gray Warbler; Painted > Bunting. > > > ARAPAHOE COUNTY: > > —On May 18 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at Cherry Creek State Park on > the south end near the marshy area of Lake Loop by Cynthia Madsen. > > > > BOULDER COUNTY: > > —On May 19 a Pine Warbler was reported at Walden Ponds Wildlife > Habitat-Cottonwood Marsh by Mimi Emig. > > —On May 17 a Northern Cardinal was reported in a yard near 21st and Meadow > Avenue, Boulder by Neil Reinecke. Apparently the same bird was seen as > early as May 9 on Meadow and also near 21st and Linden Avenue. > > > > BROOMFIELD COUNTY: > > —On May 16 a Scott’s Oriole was reported last week at a private residence > near Colorado Hills Open Space by Nancy Matovich. > > > > CUSTER COUNTY: > > —On May 17 a Baltimore Oriole was reported on Matterhorn Circle South in > Rosita SW of Westcliffe by Kathleen Boulle. > > > > DENVER COUNTY: > > —On May 20 a Yellow-throated Vireo was reported at Heron Ponds Natural > Area, last seen near the south side of pond. First reported Many 19 by > Mike Waters. This is a first eBird report for this species in Denver > County. > > —On May 17 a Black-throated Gray Warbler was reported at Heron Pond > Natural Area by Jake Shorty. > > —On May 17 a Blackburnian Warbler was re-found at First Creek at Green > Valley Ranch and seen by numerous birders. First reported May 14 by Joe > Chen. A Blackburnian also was reported May 13 on Sanderson Gulch Trail near > Ruby Hill Park. > > —On May 16 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at Bluff Lake Nature Center by > Michael Dougherty and seen by numerous birders. > > > > EL PASO COUNTY: > > —On May 17 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at Fields Park, Manitou Springs > by Tyler Stewart. > > —On May 16 a Scarlett Tanager was reported northeast of Old Colorado City > in Fort Collins by Michael Rogers. > > —On May 16 a Golden-winged Warbler was reported at Clear Spring Ranch. > First reported May 13 by Alan Ketcham. > > —On May 16 a Blue-winged Warbler was reported at Clear Spring Ranch. First > reported May 10 by Tyler Stewart. > > *Note: Chico Basin Ranch is closed to the public, except to dues-paying > members of the birding, hunting and fishing clubs. Posts about birds seen > there are being omitted from this report at the ranch’s request. > > > > FREMONT COUNTY: > > —On May 18 a MEXICAN WHIP-POOR-WILL was re-heard off Oak Creek Grade Road > south of Cañon City (Road 143) in Pike-San Isabel NFs. (Coordinates: > 38.3296,-105.2398). First heard May 6 by Jerry DeBoer. Because of high > interest in this bird, PLEASE no playing of birdsong recordings. > > —On My 18 a Blue-winged Warbler was reported on the Cañon City Riverwalk > (Sell Lake to Raynolds Ave) by Jerry DeBoer. > > > > JACKSON COUNTY: > > —On May 16 a Winter Wren was reported at State Forest SP by Edward Raynor. > > > JEFFERSON COUNTY: > > —On May 20 a BLACK VULTURE was reported at the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt - > Bass Lake Wildlife Trail by George Mayfield. > > > —On May 17 a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was reported at Conifer Community > Park at Beaver Ranch. > > —On May 17 an ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD was reported at Soda Creek Pond by JoAnn > Hackos. > > —On May 17 a Pine Warbler was reported at Tucker Gulch, Golden. First > reported May 13 by Barbara Baring. > > —On May 17 a Black-throated Gray Warbler was reported at Tucker Gulch. > First reported May 13. > > —On May 16 a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was reported at Chatfield SP (upstream > of Kingfisher Bridge) by Matt Rodgers. > > —On May 16 a Golden-winged Warbler was re-found at Tucker Gulch, Golden. > First reported May 7 by Terrance Wells. > > *Note: Red Rocks Park is closed indefinitely because of the Covid-19 > outbreak. > > > > LARIMER COUNTY: > > —On May 19 an Eastern Meadowlark (Lilian’s) was reported at Bud Mielke > Reservoir SW of Loveland. First reported May 16 by Joe Kipper. Because > this singing bird is likely trying to breed here, PLEASE no playing of > birdsong recordings. > > —On May 18 a Blackburnian Warbler was reported in Ft Collins at CSU > Environmental Learning Center, near the SE corner of Spur Trail, by Adrian > Lakin. > > —On May 17 a Golden-winged Warbler was reported at Watson Lake, Belluve. > First Seen May 14. > > —On May 16 a McCown’s Longspur was reported at Soapstone Prairie NA by Jay > Breidt. > > —On May 16 a Blackburnian Warbler was reported at Prospect Ponds NA near > Fort Collins by Bryan Tarbox. On May 15 a female Blackburnian Warbler was > reported at Watson Lake, Bellvue. First seen May 14. > > —On May 16 a Field Sparrow was reported at Watson Lake, Bellvue and > southeast of Hamilton Reservoir north of Wellington. On May 15 a Field > Sparrow was reported at Lake Estes, Estes Park. First reported May 14 by > Marc Hemmes. > > —On May 16 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at CSU Environmental Learning > Center, Fort Collins by Brad Biggerstaff and seen by several others. > > —On May 16 a Mourning Warbler was reported at Watson Lake, Bellvue by > Robert Beauchamp. > > > PITKIN COUNTY: > > —On May 16 two Black-throated Gray Warblers were reported on Red Canyon > Trail (off Lower River Road NW of Woody Creek() by Bryan Gieszl. Also on > May 16, six Black-throated Gray Warblers were reported on Red Rim Road. > > > > PUEBLO COUNTY: > > —On May 17 a BLACK VULTURE was reported flying over Hwy 50, immediately > south of Pueblo Airport by Chris Selvig. > > *Note: Chico Basin Ranch is closed to the public, except to dues-paying > members of the birding, hunting and fishing clubs. Posts about birds seen > there are being omitted from this report at the ranch’s request. > > > > RIO GRANDE COUNTY: > > —On May 18 a BLACK PHOEBE was reported at Home Lake SWA by John Rawinski. > > —On May 18 a May 17 sighting of a Blackpoll Warbler was reported at Home > Lake SWA by John Rawinski. The bird was found by Lance Cheslock and > Rachael Couoh. > > —On May 17 a Scarlet Tanager was reported at Home Lake SWA. First > reported by John Rawinski on May 7. Other birds seen include Black > Phoebe, Lincoln’s Sparrow and Western Tanagers. > > > WELD COUNTY: > > —On May 16 a Sedge Wren was reported at Front Range Land & Livestock (SE > of Milliken) by Zach Schiff. > > *Note: Crow Valley Campground is closed to all human activity until at > least May 31 (per USFS district office). > > > > YUMA COUNTY: > > —On May 17 a White-throated Sparrow was reported at Stalker Lake SWA. > > —On May 16 a Mourning Warbler was reported at Hale Ponds and 3 Mourning > Warblers were reported at Hale Crossroads and the Wray Fish Hatchery by > Ryan and Jack Bushong. > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > 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). > > > > Please share interesting and/or unusual birds and behavior observations on > COBirds. > > > > Happy Birding and please stay safe, > > Allison Hilf > > Aurora, CO > > (303) 888-5110 > > Sent from my iPhone > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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