Date: Sunday, May 24, 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.” _______________________________________ Note: In an attempt to limit an 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) RIVOLI’S HUMMINGBIRD (*El Paso) BLACK VULTURE (Jefferson) White-rumped Sandpiper (*Boulder) Vermilion Flycatcher (SE CO) Eastern Kingbird (*Pitkin) Yellow-throated Vireo (Denver, Sedgwick) Philadelphia Vireo (Sedgwick) 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 (Logan) Black-throated Blue Warbler (SE CO) Pine Warbler (Boulder) Yellow-throated Warbler (*Pueblo) Black-throated Gray Warbler (SE CO) Magnolia Warbler (Boulder, Larimer) _______________________________ 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. —Vermilion Flycatcher; Eastern Meadowlark, Worm-eating Warbler; Blue-winged Warbler; Cape-May Warbler; Black-throated Blue Warbler; Black-throated Gray Warbler BOULDER COUNTY: —On May 23 a White-rumped Sandpiper was reported at Lagerman Agricultural Preserve--Lagerman Reservoir by Luke Pheneger. —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: —On May 23 a RIVOLI’S HUMMINGBIRD (f) was reported at Fountain Creek Nature Center feeders by Randy Vernon. *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 23 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. 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. PITKIN COUNTY: —On May 23 an Eastern Kingbird and a Northern Mockingbird were reported at Capital Creek Rd (CR9) - Monastery Rd to Snowmass Creek Rd by John Anderson. This is a first Spring eBird record for Eastern Kingbird in Pitkin County. PUEBLO COUNTY: —On May 23 a Yellow-throated warbler was reported at Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo. First reported May 7 by Evan Carlson. *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. SAGUACHE COIUNTY: —On May 22 two Northern Waterthrush were reported Russel Lakes SWA by John Rawinski. First Spring eBird record for this species in Saguache County. SEDGWICK COUNTY: —On May 23 a Yellow-throated Vireo was reported in the town of Ovid by Pablo Quezada. —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/9D33B566-9F10-463D-B6FF-7D872AF6EB1C%40me.com.
