Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Email: r...@cobirds.org
Compiler: Joe Roller. jroll...@gmail.com
303 204-0828
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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.”
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Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include:
BRANT (Jefferson)
Trumpeter Swan (Logan, *Mesa, *Weld)
Tundra Swan (Weld)
Dunlin (*Pueblo)
Franklin’s Gull (*Pueblo)
Glaucous Gull (*Larimer)
Great Black-backed Gull (*Bent, *Boulder, *Larimer, *Pueblo)
*Have this many been reported in the state previously on the same day?*
Red-throated Loon (*Pueblo)
Pacific Loon (*Jefferson)
YELLOW-BILLED LOON (Arapahoe, *Jefferson)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*Larimer)
Red-Naped Sapsucker (*Garfield)
GYRFALCON (Larimer)
Palm Warbler (*Pueblo)
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
—On Jan 19 a YELLOW-BILLED LOON was reported at Aurora Reservoir; first
reported Dec 29 by Steve Mlodinow. There is a $10 entrance fee.
BENT COUNTY:
—On Jan 20 an adult Great Black-backed Gull was reported at John Martin
Reservoir by Duane Nelson.
BOULDER COUNTY:
—On Jan 20 a first cycle Great Black-backed Gull was reported at Macintosh
Lake; first reported there by David Waltman on the 18th.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
—On Jan 20 a Red-naped Sapsucker was reported at Centennial Park in
Carbondale by Dick Filby. This is the second eBird winter record for
Garfield.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
—On Jan 20 a (juv) YELLOW-BILLED LOON and a Pacific Loon were reported from
Chatfield SP—Northern Boat Ramp - the former by Gregg Goodrich on a DFO
field trip and the latter by Tom H.
—On Jan 19 a BRANT was reported at Lake Arbor; first reported Dec 20 by Amy
Cervene.
LARIMER COUNTY:
—On Jan 20 a first cycle Great Black-backed Gull circled high above the
Larimer landfill, Nick Komar reported; it may be headed towards Horsetooth
Reservoir.
—On Jan 20 a (first cycle) Glaucous Gull was reported from Lake Loveland by
Joshua Smith.
—On Jan 20 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported in Grandview Cemetery in
Fort Collins. Two males (adult and immature) were reported Jan 7. The adult
was first reported in mid-Nov and the immature on Dec. 23 by Dave
Leatherman. New location for adult as of Jan 15: (Section 8 just south of
the boundary road dividing Section 8 from Section G, about 60 yards w of
ditch). Immature is near entrance on a linden tree.
—On Jan 17 a GYRFALCON was seen near the Larimer County Landfill in Fort
Collins. First reported Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. *Please post updates to
COBirds**.*
LOGAN:
—On Jan 19 (2) Trumpeter Swans were reported at Little Jumbo Reservoir;
first reported by Tom Wilberding on the 14th. Probably the same
swans reported by Steve Larson on the 8th at Red Lion SWA.
MESA COUNTY:
—On Jan 20 (2) Trumpeter Swans were reported at Highline Lake State Park;
first reported by Brian Tarbox on the 18th.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
—On Jan 20 a very early Franklin’s Gull in breeding plumage was reported at
Pueblo Reservoir off N Picnic Rd by Brandon Percival.
—On Jan 20 the Great Black-backed Gull known as “Murray” was reported at
Pueblo Reservoir’s South Marina. Murray has spent 20-plus years as a winter
resident of Lake Pueblo SP.
—On Jan 20 (2) Dunlin were reported at Pueblo Reservoir—South Marina; first
reported Dec 19 by Evan Carlson.
—On Jan 20 a Red-throated Loon was reported at Pueblo Reservoir; first
reported by Brandon Percival on Nov 28, 2019.
—On Jan 20 a Palm Warbler was reported just west of the Valco Ponds parking
lot. First reported by Mark Yaeger on Jan 18.
—On Jan 18 a Trumpeter Swan was reported by Mark Yaeger at the Sailboat
Launch on Pueblo Reservoir.
WELD COUNTY:
—On Jan 20 a Trumpeter Swan was reported at St. Vrain State Park; first
reported by David Dowell on Jan 16th.
—On Jan 17 a Tundra Swan was reported at St. Vrain State Park; first
reported by Kelly Ormesher on Jan 15th.
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Upcoming Denver Field Ornithologists field trip (details at dfobirds.org)
*Joder Ranch*
Saturday, January 25
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Chuck Hundertmark (Email: chundertma...@gmail.com Phone: 303-604-0531)
*Stearns Lake*
Sunday, January 26
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Laura Steadman (Email: lauramstead...@gmail.com or Phone 843 319-5086)
*South Platte Park*
Monday, January 27
7:30 AM - 12:30 PM
David Suddjian (dsuddj...@gmail.com or Phone 831-713-8659)
Good birding,
Joe Roller, Denver
jroll...@gmail.com
303 204-0828
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