Date: Saturday, May 23, 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. While Colorado’s remarkable 2020 neotropical warbler migration is waning, it isn’t over as several migrants are still being reported. Shorebird reports are increasing. Flycatcher, vireos and thrushes are among the other most prevalent reports the past several days. 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 Warbler, 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) BLACK VULTURE (Jefferson) Laughing Gull (SE CO) BLACK PHOEBE (Rio Grande) Vermilion Flycatcher (SE CO) Yellow-throated Vireo (Denver) Philadelphia Oreo (Sedgwick) Wood Thrush (SE CO) Field Sparrow (Larimer) EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Lilian’s) (*Larimer, SE CO) Northern Waterthrush (*Saguache) Blue-winged Warbler (El Paso, SE CO) Mourning Warner (Boulder) Cape May Warbler (SE CO) Bay-breasted Warbler (Larimer, *Logan, Pueblo) Blackburnian Warbler (Larimer) Black-throated Blue Warbler (Cheyenne, SE CO) Pine Warbler (Boulder) Yellow-throated Warbler (Jefferson) Black-throated Gray Warbler (Denver, SE CO) Magnolia Warbler (Arapahoe, Boulder, Larimer) If Scarlet Tanager (Rio Grande) _______________________________ SOUTHEAST COLORADO: Rare Birds located within Baca, Bent, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, and Prowers counties are listed below without location in an effort to limit the temptation for more birders to chase birds being found by Front Range birders traveling to these small communities in violation of statewide “safer at home” regulations. Huerfano and Las Animas have much more restrictive “safer at home” regulations in effect, limiting travel within these counties to RESIDENTS and ESSENTIAL WORKERS. Anyone living in the vicinity wanting detailed location information may e-mail or phone Compiler. —Possible Laughing Gull, Vermilion Flycatcher; Wood Thrush; Eastern Meadowlark, Wood Thrush; Worm-eating Warbler; Blue-winged Warbler; Black-throated Blue Warbler; Black-throated Gray WarblerCape-May Warbler; 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 21 a Mourning Warbler was reported at Skunk Canyon Trails by David Waltman Last seen in low scrubby stuff west of bridge west of NCAR pump house. —On May 21 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at Skunk Canyon Trails, just west of the footbridge, by Cole Sage. On May 19 a Pine Warbler was reported at Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat-Cottonwood Marsh by Mimi Emig. DENVER COUNTY: —On May 21 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. EL PASO COUNTY: *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 21 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. JEFFERSON COUNTY: —On May 20 a BLACK VULTURE was reported at the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt - Bass Lake Wildlife Trail by George Mayfield. It was also was seen from the WRG bike trail by David Gulbenkian. *Note: Red Rocks Park is closed indefinitely because of the Covid-19 outbreak. LARIMER COUNTY: —On May 22 a Magnolia Warbler was reported at Lake Estes by Marc Hemmes. —On May 22 a male 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. A different Eastern Meadowlark (unkown if Lilian’s) was also reported at this location on May 22 by Nick Komar. —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. LOGAN COUNTY: —On May 22 a Bay-breasted Warbler was reported at Tamarack Ranch SWA in large shady cottonwood next to area 5 by Ben Sampson. PUEBLO COUNTY: *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 and was reported at Home Lake SWA by John Rawinski. —On May 17 a Scarlet Tanager was reported at Home Lake SWA. First reported by John Rawinski on May 7. SAGUACHE COIUNTY: —On May 22 two Northern Waterthrush were reported Russel Lakes SWA by John Rawinski. First Spring eBird report for this species in Saguache County. SEDGWICK COUNTY: —On May 22 a Philadelphia Vireo was reported in the town of Ovid. First reported May 21 by Steve Larson. WELD COUNTY: *Note: Crow Valley Campground is closed to all human activity until at least May 31 (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). 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. 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/46442DE2-4939-407C-88CB-290413AB3EFB%40me.com.
