Date: Monday, December 16, 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, Jefferson, Mesa, Pueblo)
Tundra Swan (Boulder)
White-winged Scoter (Douglas, Jefferson)
Black Scoter (Jefferson)
Long-tailed Duck (Boulder, Jefferson, *Weld)
Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo)
Least Sandpiper (Douglas, Weld)
Glaucous Gull (Larimer, Pueblo)
Great Black-backed Gull (Adams, Pueblo)
Pacific Loon (Douglas, Jefferson, Pueblo))
Swainson’s Hawk (Larimer)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Larimer, Prowers)
GYRFALCON (Larimer)
PACIFIC WREN (El Paso)
Varied Thrush (*Jefferson)
Rusty Blackbird (Jefferson, Pueblo)
Yellow Warbler (Pueblo)
Pine Warbler (*Logan)
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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.
BOULDER COUNTY:
—On Dec 14 four Tundra Swans were seen at Boulder Res by Bill Schmoker.
—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.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
—On Dec 14 a Least Sandpiper was seen below Chatfield Dam by Joey Kellner.
—On Dec 14 a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP. First
reported by Tony Leukering.
—On Dec 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.
EL PASO:
— On Dec 14 a PACIFIC WREN was reported from High Drive by Bear Creek by
Kara Carragher & Cody Ensanian. *Coordinates: 38°49'03.6"N 104°53’39.9"W*
*Birders should park at one of the two trailhead parking areas and not
along the road. This wren appeared darker and rufous overall than the paler
Winter Wren. The pale sides of the neck lacked patterning, and the throat
was nearly was warm as the breast.*
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
—On Dec 15 a male Varied Thrush was seen at a private home near Carmody
Park, Lakewood. For details, please see the note I posted Dec 14 on
Cobirds. Visitors are welcome, with some reasonable guidelines from the
homeowner.
—On Dec 14 two Trumpeter Swans were reported at Conifer Community Park at
Beaver Ranch by Bez Bezuidenhout.
—On Dec 14 two Trumpeter Swans were reported by Kellner at Chatfield SP.
—On Dec 14 a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP-N Boat Ramp
area. Joey Kellner first reported the bird Nov 29.
—On Dec 14 a Pacific Loon was reported at Chatfield SP-N Boat Ramp area.
First reported Dec 8 by Joey Kellner.
—On Dec 14 a Rusty Blackbird was reported from Bear Creek Lake Park--Boat
Launch Area by Mary Geder.
LARIMER COUNTY:
—On Dec 14 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported from the NW corner of
the golf course just south of Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins. First
reported by David Leatherman. Probably the same individual seen in the
cemetery in November.
—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 15 a Pine Warbler (imm) was reported from Row 11 at Tamarack Ranch
SWA . First reported on Dec 12 by Norm Erthal. This is the first CO eBird
record away from the Front Range & 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 14 a Yellow Warbler was reported at Lake Pueblo - Rock Canyon area
(below dam, north of river). First reported Nov 24 by Brandon Percival.
—On Dec 14 a Rusty Blackbird was reported on the Arkansas River Trail--west
of Pueblo Blvd by David Tønnessen.
—On Dec 14 “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 14 a Red-necked Grebe continued at Lake Pueblo, Sailboard
