[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, December 14, 2019 (posted Fri evening)

[Joe Roller]

Date: Saturday, December 14, 2019

E-mail: r...@cobirds.org

Compiler: Joe Roller   jroll...@gmail.com

Phone: 303 204-0828





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 and scroll to
the bottom for “Recent eBird Sightings.”



Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include:



Trumpeter Swan (Boulder, Delta, Mesa, Pueblo)

Tundra Swan (Arapahoe, Boulder, Jefferson, Weld)

White-winged Scoter (Douglas, *Jefferson)

Black Scoter (Arapahoe, Jefferson)

Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe, Boulder, Jefferson, Weld)

Glaucous Gull (Larimer, Pueblo)

Great Black-backed Gull (*Adams, Pueblo)

Pacific Loon (*Douglas, Jefferson)

Swainson’s Hawk (Larimer)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*Larimer, *Prowers)

GYRFALCON (Larimer)

Varied Thrush (*Jefferson)

Common Yellowthroat (Jefferson)

Yellow Warbler (Pueblo)

Pine Warbler (Logan)

Western Tanager (Denver)

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ADAMS COUNTY:

—On Dec 13 a Great Black-backed Gull was reported at Lake Ladora in the
Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR by Al Guarente.


ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

—On Dec 8 Tundra Swans (2) were reported at Cherry Creek SP by Meg Reck.

—On Dec 8 a Black Scoter and a Long-tailed Duck were reported at South
Platte Reservoir. First reported Nov 13 by Burke Angstman.


BOULDER COUNTY:

—On Dec 12 two Trumpeter Swans aswimming were reported from Waneka Lake by
Randall Siebert.

—On Dec 10 Tundra Swans continued at Valmont Overlook. First reported Dec 8
by Mark Mihner-Lee.

—On Dec 8 a Long-tailed Duck was reported from Lagerman Reservoir by Emil
Yappert.


DENVER COUNTY:

—On Dec 8 a Western Tanager (late) was reported at Bible & Hutchinson Parks
by Jason Bidgood.



DOUGLAS COUNTY:

—On December 13 a Pacific Loon (probably the same one seen on the Jeffco
side), was reported from the Marina Sandspit at Chatfield SP by Bea Weaver.

—On Dec 9 a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP. First
reported by Tony Leukering on the previous day.



JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On Dec 13 a male Varied Thrush was seen at a private home near Carmody
Park, Lakewood. For details, please see the note I posted Dec 10 on
Cobirds. Visitors are welcome, with some reasonable guidelines from the
homeowner.

*Note: On Saturday morning, Dec 14, visiting hours are closed until 9:30
AM, due to the Denver  Christmas Bird Count.*


—On Dec 13 a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP-N Boat Ramp
area by Joey Kellner, who first reported the bird Nov 29.

—On Dec 12 a Pacific Loon was reported at Chatfield SP-N Boat Ramp area.
First reported Dec 8 by Joey Kellner.

—On Dec 10 Tundra Swans (4) were reported from Standley Lake by Raymond
Spurger.

—On Dec 9 a Black Scoter was reported at South Platte Reservoir, lingering
since Nov 17. A Long-Tailed Duck continued there too.

—On Dec 8 a Common Yellowthroat was on Clear Creek Trail-Golden to I-70 by
Mark Chavez.



LARIMER COUNTY:

—On Dec 12 a Gyrfalcon was observed near the Larimer County Landfill in SW
Fort Collins. First reported on Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. *Please post
updates to CObirds*.

—On Dec 11 an adult Glaucous Gull was reported at the Larimer Co Landfill
by Amanda Spear.

—On Dec 11 an adult Swainson’s Hawk was reported at 4856 E Eisenhower Blvd
(Loveland) by Joey Angstman. “Obvious light morph adult with brown ‘bib’
and white belly and forehead This is a record late date, as there are no
Colorado records of this species for Nov through Jan. Dec records are no
closer than the  Dallas area.

—On Dec 9 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported from the NW corner of the
golf course just south of Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins by David
Leatherman. Probably the same individual seen in the cemetery in November.


LOGAN COUNTY:

—On Dec 12 a Pine Warbler (imm) was reported from Row 11 at Tamarack Ranch
SWA by Norm Erthal & Loch Kilpatrick. This is the first CO eBird record
away from the Front Range and the Arkansas Valley for Dec through Feb.


MESA COUNTY:

—On Dec 12 a pair of Trumpeter Swans continue at Highline Lake SP. First
reported on Dec 5 by Don Marsh.


PROWERS COUNTY:

—On Dec 12 a young male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported from the
north  end of Willow Creek Park in Lamar by David Leatherman.



PUEBLO COUNTY:

—On Dec 10 “Murray” the Great Black-backed Gull that has spent the last
umpteen winters at Lake Pueblo, was reported again, as was a Glaucous Gull.

—On Dec 9 Trumpeter Swans (3) were seen at Lake Pueblo near the dam.

—On Dec 7 a Yellow Warbler was reported at Pueblo Reservoir - Rock Canyon
area (below dam, north of river). First reported Nov 24 by Brandon Percival.


WELD COUNTY:

—On Dec 10 a Long-tailed Duck was reported from Idaho Creek Open Space by

Steve Mlodinow.

—On Dec 10 a Long-tailed 

[cobirds] Re: eBird limitations

[John Rawinski]

Very true for the San Luis Valley where various folks and myself have been 
keeping non digitized records for many years. 

John Rawinski
Monte Vista, CO

On Friday, December 13, 2019 at 7:24:32 AM UTC-7, Steve Larson wrote:
>
> Hi All, 
>
> In this mornings Colorado Rare Bird Alert Joe Roller stated "This is the 
> first CO eBird record away from the Front Range and the Arkansas Valley." A 
> quick perusal of my own personal records shows three Pine Warblers in CO in 
> NE CO; 9/1/2006 at Prewitt Res, 9/30/2012 at Holyoke Cemetery and 
> 11/25/2012 at Tamarack Ranch. All of these were seen by several people and 
> are not, apparently, in the eBird data base.  These are all pretty recent 
> sightings and makes me wonder how many other sightings are out there that 
> have not made their way to the very incomplete eBird data base for CO? I 
> realize this might be heresy for the digitally inclined. 
> Respectfully, 
> Steve Larson  
> Northglenn, CO 
>

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[cobirds] Yb Sapsuckers (Prowers & Larimer)

[DAVID A LEATHERMAN]

On Dec 12 I had a young male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at the north end of 
Willow Creek Park in Lamar (Prowers). The bird was in the southernmost pine of 
those in the northwestern part of the park just inside the park along Parkview 
Street.  Fresh sap wells indicate it is probably spending time in several pines 
surrounding the outhouse building at that north end of the park.  This general 
area has a sapsucker most winters.

I also had a sapsucker, probably an adult male, out in pines in the nw corner 
of City Park Nine golf course just s of Grandview Cem in Fort Collins (Larimer) 
on Dec 9. This is probably the same individual seen in early November within 
the cemetery.

Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins (currently in Lamar)

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[cobirds] Update on Second Varied Thrush in East Jeffco

[Lynne Forrester]

Unfortunately I have not seen the bird since that one time on Wednesday. It 
appears this is a second one since the one further north near Carmady Park is 
still there. The Governor Grant Park on Field St. were I put my eBird sighting 
has some decent feeding habitat. Folks might want to check around the park and 
surrounding neighborhoods.

Happy Birding!
Lynne

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[cobirds] Crook CBC

[Steve Larson]

Hello All,
As Norm Erthal has recently stated the Crook CBC will be December 21. We will 
meet at the Tamarack Ranch Check Station just North of I-76 at the Crook exit 
at 7:00 AM. Anyone planning to attend should send me an email and let me know 
you are coming. This will help me plan how to best divide up the area ahead of 
time. 
Thanks,
Steve Larson
Northglenn, CO

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Re: [cobirds] eBird limitations

[Kathy and Jeff Dunning]

All -

I believe Joe meant to say "This is the first CO eBird record away from the
Front Range and the Arkansas Valley *in December*." as the eBird map
clearly shows many Pine Warbler records on the eastern plains on the
year-round map, but change the date range to December and the data is
confined to the front range and Ark Valley.

But, Steve's point is *extremely *valid as eBird is a relatively recent
phenomena and there are many observations of notable occurrences that are
not reflected in eBird (and many will never make their way to eBird).
Additionally, there are recent records of birds which do not appear in
eBird as not every birder uses eBird.  Heresy indeed  ;-)

Good birding,
Kathy Mihm Dunning
Denver

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 7:24 AM Steve Larson 
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> In this mornings Colorado Rare Bird Alert Joe Roller stated "This is the
> first CO eBird record away from the Front Range and the Arkansas Valley." A
> quick perusal of my own personal records shows three Pine Warblers in CO in
> NE CO; 9/1/2006 at Prewitt Res, 9/30/2012 at Holyoke Cemetery and
> 11/25/2012 at Tamarack Ranch. All of these were seen by several people and
> are not, apparently, in the eBird data base.  These are all pretty recent
> sightings and makes me wonder how many other sightings are out there that
> have not made their way to the very incomplete eBird data base for CO? I
> realize this might be heresy for the digitally inclined.
> Respectfully,
> Steve Larson
> Northglenn, CO
>
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[cobirds] eBird limitations

[Steve Larson]

Hi All,

In this mornings Colorado Rare Bird Alert Joe Roller stated "This is the first 
CO eBird record away from the Front Range and the Arkansas Valley." A quick 
perusal of my own personal records shows three Pine Warblers in CO in NE CO; 
9/1/2006 at Prewitt Res, 9/30/2012 at Holyoke Cemetery and 11/25/2012 at 
Tamarack Ranch. All of these were seen by several people and are not, 
apparently, in the eBird data base.  These are all pretty recent sightings and 
makes me wonder how many other sightings are out there that have not made their 
way to the very incomplete eBird data base for CO? I realize this might be 
heresy for the digitally inclined.
Respectfully,
Steve Larson 
Northglenn, CO

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[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 13, 2019

[Joe Roller]

Date: Friday, December 13, 2019

E-mail: r...@cobirds.org

Compiler: Joe Roller   jroll...@gmail.com

Phone: 303 204-0828





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 and scroll to
the bottom for “Recent eBird Sightings.”



Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include:



Trumpeter Swan (*Boulder, Delta, *Mesa, Pueblo)

Tundra Swan (Arapahoe, Boulder, Jefferson, Weld)

White-winged Scoter (Douglas, *Jefferson)

Black Scoter (Arapahoe, Jefferson)

Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe, Boulder, Jefferson, Weld)

Glaucous Gull (Larimer, Pueblo)

Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo)

Red-throated Loon (Kiowa)

Pacific Loon (*Douglas, *Jefferson, Kiowa)

Red-naped Sapsucker (Kiowa)

Swainson’s Hawk (Larimer)

GYRFALCON (Larimer)

Varied Thrush (*Jefferson)

Gray Catbird (Pueblo)

Common Yellowthroat (Jefferson)

Yellow Warbler (Pueblo)

Pine Warbler (*Logan)

Western Tanager (Denver)

__



ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

—On Dec 8 Tundra Swans (2) were reported at Cherry Creek SP by Meg Reck.

—On Dec 8 a Black Scoter and a Long-tailed Duck were reported at South
Platte Reservoir. First reported Nov 13 by Burke Angstman.


BOULDER COUNTY:

—On Dec 12 two Trumpeter Swans aswimming were reported from Waneka Lake by
Randall Siebert.

—On Dec 10 Tundra Swans continued at Valmont Overlook. First reported Dec 8
by Mark Mihner-Lee.

—On Dec 8 a Long-tailed Duck was reported from Lagerman Reservoir by Emil
Yappert.


DENVER COUNTY:

—On Dec 8 a Western Tanager (late) was reported at Bible & Hutchinson Parks
by Jason Bidgood.



DOUGLAS COUNTY:

—On December 13 a Pacific Loon (probably the same one seen in Jeffco), was
reported from the Marina Sandspit at Chatfield SP by Bea Weaver.

—On Dec 9 a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP. First
reported by Tony Leukering on the previous day.



JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On Dec 12 a Pacific Loon was reported at Chatfield SP-N Boat Ramp area.
First reported Dec 8 by Joey Kellner.

—On Dec 12 a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP-N Boat Ramp
area by Joey Kellner, who first reported the bird Nov 29.

—On Dec 12 a (male) Varied Thrush was seen at a private home near Carmody
Park,  Lakewood. For details, please see the note I posted Dec 10 on
Cobirds. Visitors are welcome, with some reasonable guidelines from the
homeowner.

*Note: On Saturday morning, Dec 14, visiting hours are closed until 9:30
AM.*

—On Dec 10 Tundra Swans (4) were reported from Standley Lake by Raymond
Spurger.

—On Dec 9 a Black Scoter was reported at South Platte Reservoir, lingering
since Nov 17. A Long-Tailed Duck continued there too.

—On Dec 8 a Common Yellowthroat was on Clear Creek Trail-Golden to I-70 by
Mark Chavez.



KIOWA COUNTY:

—On Dec 7 a Red-throated & a Pacific Loon were reported at Neegronda
Reservoir by Steven Mlodinow.

—On Dec 7 a Red-naped Sapsucker (first Dec county record) was reported on
Kiowa Creek at Kiowa CR 40 by Steven Mlodinow.



LARIMER COUNTY:

—On Dec 12 a Gyrfalcon was observed near the Larimer County Landfill in SW
Fort Collins. First reported on Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. *Please post
updates to CObirds*.

—On Dec 11 an adult Glaucous Gull was reported at the Larimer Co Landfill
by Amanda Spear.

—On Dec 11 an adult Swainson’s Hawk was reported at 4856 E Eisenhower Blvd
(Loveland) by Joey Angstman. “Obvious light morph adult with brown ‘bib’
and white belly and forehead This is a record late date, as there are no
Colorado records of this species for Nov through Jan. Dec records are no
closer than the  Dallas area.


LOGAN COUNTY:

—On Dec 12 a Pine Warbler (imm) was reported from Row 11 at Tamarack Ranch
SWA by Norm Erthal & Loch Kilpatrick. This is the first CO eBird record
away from the Front Range and the Arkansas Valley.


MESA COUNTY:

—On Dec 12 a pair of Trumpeter Swans continue at Highline Lake SP. First
reported on Dec 5 by Don Marsh.



PUEBLO COUNTY:

—On Dec 10 “Murray” the Great Black-backed Gull that has spent the last
umpteen winters at Lake Pueblo, was reported again, as was a Glaucous Gull.

—On Dec 9 Trumpeter Swans (3) were seen at Lake Pueblo near the dam.

—On Dec 7 a Yellow Warbler was reported at Pueblo Reservoir - Rock Canyon
area (below dam, north of river). First reported Nov 24 by Brandon Percival.

—On Dec 7 a Gray Catbird was reported at Nature and Raptor Center of Pueblo
by several birders.



WELD COUNTY:

—On Dec 10 a Long-tailed Duck was reported from Idaho Creek Open Space by

Steve Mlodinow.

—On Dec 10 a Long-tailed Duck was reported at Windsor Lake. First reported
Dec. 5 by Josh Bruening.

—On Dec 8 a trio of Tundra Swans was reported at Union Reservoir. First
reported Dec 7 by Marc Hemmes.

—On Dec 8 Long-tailed Ducks