Date: Friday, May 8, 2020 Email: RBA AT cobirds.org<http://cobirds.org/>
Compiler: Dave Leatherman, daleatherman@msn.<dot> com _________________________________________ The Colorado Rare Bird Report is an informational service. Because of statewide coronavirus “Stay at Home” and “Safer at Home” orders (depending on where you live), the purpose of this report is to keep homebound readers abreast of rare bird sightings across the state during spring migration. It does NOT endorse or encourage illegal travel to see or "chase" rare birds beyond your own permitted area. We urge readers to respect state and local restrictions on non-critical travel and limits on outdoor activities that include birding. Please do all you can to ensure the safety of others and yourself while birding, including appropriate PPE and distancing. _______________________________________ 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<http://cobirds.org/> and scroll to the bottom for “Recent eBird Sightings.” _______________________________________ Spring migration notes: Passerine migration is in full swing, with many neotropical species arriving. Any patch of habitat can produce birds, including your own backyard or the park down the street. In the interest of shortening this report somewhat, many exciting birds are not included here. What’s in your yard or near your home? Let us know on COBirds. ________________________________________ Rare birds and some out-of-place or out-of-season birds are listed below. Trumpeter Swan (*Las Animas) Whimbrel (*Delta) Neotropic Cormorant (Weld) Reddish Egret (Mesa) Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (*Denver) Glossy Ibis (Washington) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Jefferson) White-eyed Vireo (Baca, *Bent) Yellow-throated Vireo (*Fremont, Jefferson, Larimer, Boulder) Philadelphia Vireo (Jefferson) Gray-cheeked Thrush (Baca, *Bent) Varied Thrush (Bent) Field Sparrow (Broomfield, El Paso, *Larimer) Sagebrush Sparrow (Denver) Golden-crowned Sparrow (Denver) Worm-eating Warbler (*Prowers) Golden-winged Warbler (*Jefferson) Blue-winged Warbler (*Otero) Black-and-white Warbler (Bent, Broomfield, Jefferson, Larimer) Prothonotary Warbler (Chaffee, LaPlata, *Larimer) Tennesee Warbler (Arapahoe, Douglas, Kiowa, Larimer) LUCY’S WARBLER (Mesa) Nashville Warbler (Baca, *Boulder, *Jefferson) Hooded Warbler (Chaffee, Kiowa, Larimer) Cape May Warbler (Baca, Bent) Northern Parula (*Arapahoe, Bent, *Teller) Yellow-throated Warbler (Arapahoe, Broomfield, *Pueblo) Magnolia Warbler (*Jefferson) Bay-breasted Warbler (Larimer, Pueblo) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Baca, *Bent, Boulder, *Pueblo) Black-throated Blue Warbler (Jefferson, *Kiowa, *Prowers *Pueblo) Blackpoll Warbler (Baca, Boulder, *Jefferson, Larimer, *Weld) Palm Warbler (Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield) HERMIT WARBLER (Bent) Black-throated Green Warbler (El Paso, Jefferson) Prairie Warbler (Larimer) CANADA WARBLER (Kiowa) Summer Tanager (Boulder, Jefferson, Fremont, *Prowers) Scarlet Tanager (*Rio Grande) ___________________________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY: --On May 6 a Yellow-throated Warbler was at Main Reservoir (se side near parking lot), seen by at least two mobs, maybe three. Finder? --On May 6 a Tennessee Warbler was reported from Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve by Mitchell Bailey. --On May 7 a Northern Parula first reported from Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve on May 6 by Joey Negreann was refound. —On May 4 a Palm Warbler continued at Cherry Creek SP (Lake Loop), possibly the same individual found on May 1 just south of there by Mitchell Bailey. BACA COUNTY: --On May 5 a heard-only Cape May Warbler was reported high in the trees by Steve Mlodinow below the dam at Two Buttes Reservoir. --On May 5 two Chestnut-sided Warblers were reported by Steve Mlodinow below the dam at Two Buttes Reservoir. --On May 6 a White-eyed Vireo first reported by Steve Mlodinow on May 5 below the dam at Two Buttes Reservoir continues. --On May 5 Steve Mlodinow also reports below the dam at Two Buttes Reservoir 5 Northern Waterthrushes, 1 Nashville Warbler, 1 American Redstart, 2 Tennessee Warblers, 1 Blackpoll Warbler, 1 Ovenbird and a russet-backed Swainson’s Thrush. --On May 5 a Gray-cheeked Thrush was reported by Steve Mlodinow at Turk’s Pond SWA. BENT COUNTY: --On May 6 a Cape May Warbler was reported by Brandon Percival at Melody Tempel Grove, refound by others. --On May 7 a Gray-cheeked Thrush first reported by the Phenegers at Melody Tempel Grove was refound by mob. Other birds reported here today by the Phenegers were White-eyed Vireo (refound on the 7th) and Chesnut-sided Warbler. --On May 5 a Hermit Warbler was reported by the Phenegers at Melody Tempel Grove west of the CR35 bridge. Despite much effort, this bird has not been refound. --On May 4 a male Varied Thrush was reported along the north side of the parking/equipment area w of CR35 at Melody Tempel Grove by John Malenich. --On May 4 a Northern Parula was reported by John Malenich at Melody Tempel Grove. --On May 4 a Black-and-white Warbler was reported by John Malenich at Melody Tempel Grove. BOULDER COUNTY: --On May 7 a Nashville Warbler was reported from Old St. Vrain Road by Mark Minner-Lee. --On May 5 a Palm Warbler was reported from Lagerman Ag Preserve by Emil Yappert. --On May 5 a Blackpoll Warbler was reported at TwinLakes in n Boulder by Nathan Pieplow. —On May 4 a Palm Warbler found at Hecla Lake on May 3 by Andy Angstrom continued. —On May 3 a Palm Warbler was reported from near the CU Campus (Confluence Ponds & Skunk Creek) by Leslie S. —On May 2 a Summer Tanager was reported from Pella Crossing by Bryan Guarente. BROOMFIELD COUNTY: --On May 6 a Field Sparrow was reported in the Big Dry Creek and Willow Run Open Space in Broomfield by Jason Cole. --On May 6 a Black-and-white Warbler was reported at Miramonte Pond in Broomfield by David Ely and Matt Hofeditz. —On May 3 a Palm Warbler was reported from the pond west of Stearns Lake, first found May 1 by Chipper Phillips. --On May 4 a Summer Tanager was reported from Interlocken Business Park by Chipper Phillips. CHAFFEE COUNTY: --On May 6 a Prothonotary Warbler was reported from Sands Lake SWA by Tyler Wilson. --On May 6 a Summer Tanager was reported from Sands Lake SWA. --On May 5 a Hooded Warbler was reported from Sands Lake SWA by Tyler Wilson. DELTA COUNTY: --On May 7 a Whimbrel was reported from Fruit Growers Res by Martha Springer. DENVER COUNTY: --On May 7 a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron first reported by John Breitsch at First Creek At Green Valley Ranch (Dunkirk and 53rd) on May 6, was refound. --On May 5 a Sagebrush Sparrow was reported at Westerly Creek Park by Jason Bidgood. —On May 4 a Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at Sand Creek (Havana St to Westerly Creek). First reported on April 19 by Jake Shorty. There are no previous eBird records for Denver County. DOUGLAS COUNTY: —On May 3 a Tennessee Warbler was reported at Chatfield SP (upsteam of Kingfisher Bridge) by Joey Kellner. EL PASO COUNTY: --On May 6 a Field Sparrow was banded at Clear Springs Ranch by Steven Brown. —On May 2 a Black-throated Green Warbler was reported from Adams Open Space by Chris Gilbert. Note: Chico Basin Ranch is closed to the public, except for dues-paying members of the birding, hunting and fishing clubs. At the request of CBR, posts about birds seen there have been removed from the CO RBA. FREMONT COUNTY: --On May 7 a Yellow-throated Vireo was found along the Canon City Riverwalk between Sell Lake and Raynolds by Jerry DeBoar. --On May 6 a female type Summer Tanager was reported at the Blue Heron Ponds hotspot along SR115 s of US50 (e of Florence) by Jerry DeBoer. JEFFERSON COUNTY: --On May 7 a Golden-winged Warbler was reported from the BTBW stakeout location at Tucker Gulch in Golden by Terrance Wells, seen by mob. --On May 7 a Magnolia Warbler was reported from Tucker Gulch by Timo Mitzen. --On May 7 a Nashville and Blackpoll Warblers were also seen at Tucker Gulch by mob. —A male Black-throated Blue Warbler first reported by Michael Lester on May 2 at Tucker Gulch in Golden (stakeout hotspot) was most recently seen May 5. Also reported from this site on May 6 were a Summer Tanager and a Palm Warbler. —On May 2 a Yellow-throated Vireo was reported from Harriman Lake Park by Linda Lee. —On May 2 a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was reported from Standley Lake (north shore) by Donna Stumpp. —On May 2 a Philadelphia Vireo was reported from North Table Mountain Park by David Bailey. Third eBird record for the county. —On May 2 a Nashville Warbler was reported at Bear Creek Lake Park--Big Soda Lakes N. Trail by Tom & Claire H. —On May 2 a Black-and-white Warbler was reported at Harriman Lake Park; first found on April 30 by Dale Pate. NOTE: Red Rocks Park is closed indefinitely because of the COVID-19 outbreak. KIOWA COUNTY: --On May 7 a Black-throated Blue Warbler was at Upper Queens Res by Anony Mous. --On May 4 a Hooded Warbler was reported from Upper Queens Res by John Malenich. —On May 3 a CANADA WARBLER was reported from Upper Queens Res. by David Dowell. —On May 2 a Tennessee Warbler was reported from Upper Queens Res. by David Dowell. LA PLATA COUNTY: --On May 6 a Prothonotary Warbler first reported May 4 from Pastorius Res by David Dunford was reported as continuing. --On May 5 a Northern Waterthrush was reported from Pastorius Res by David Dunford. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: --On May 7 a Trumpeter Swan was reported at Pinon Lake Res by John Vanderpoel. LARIMER COUNTY: --On May 7 a Field Sparrow was at Greyrock Commons in nw Fort Collins by Doug Schwarz. --Late on May 5 Nick Komar found a Bay-breasted Warbler high in cottonwoods at Morey Wildlife Reserve near the bridge off Cedar Valley Rd in Loveland. --On May 6 a Piping Plover was reported flying from n side to the nw side of Cobb Lake (pvt, view from 56Rd) by Josh Bruening. --On May 7 a Prothonotary Warbler was reported at Prospect Ponds NA from e of the southern pond on further e to the diversion dam where the paved trail meets the social trail, first found by Joshua Keller at the diversion dam on May 5. --On May 4 a Tennessee Warbler was reported from Prospect Ponds NA by EJ Raynor. --On May 4 multiple Blackpoll Warblers were found in both Loveland (Lon Hagler Res by Christine Sparks) and Fort Collins (Arapahoe Bend NA by Brian Tarbox, Prospect Ponds NA by Matthew Webb and Josh Bruening, Environmental Learning Center by Brian Tarbox) --On May 4 a Yellow-throated Vireo was reported from Wellington SWA by Brendan Beers. --On May 4 a Prairie Warbler in an off-limits portion of Cottonwood Hollow NA was heard from across the river to the west in Prospect Ponds NA by Matthew Webb. --On May 5 a Yellow-throated Vireo first found on May 4 by Jay Breidt along the Poudre River at Poudre Ponds NA in Fort Collins, was reported as continuing. Not reported May 6. —On May 4 a Hooded Warbler first reported from just east of Hamilton Reservoir (40.84861, -105.00980) by Matthew DeSaix was seen by the mob. The nickname for this small wetland is “The Oasis”. The legality of access to this area needs clerification. --On May 4 a Black-and-white Warbler was reported from Prospect Ponds NA by Matt Webb. MESA COUNTY: --On May 5 a white morph Reddish Egret was nicely discerned among other white wader species at the Redlands Parkway Ponds w of Grand Jct. by Carol Ortenzio. —On May 4 a LUCY’S WARBLER at the hotspot “Gateway Cottonwoods” west of Gateway (town), first found here on April 26 by Kathleen McGinley, continues and may be nesting. BIRDERS ARE ASKED NOT TO PLAY TAPES. OTERO COUNTY: --On May 7 the Phenegers report a Vermilion Flycatcher, Blue-winged Warbler and Summer Tanager from Higbee Valley Road south of LaJunta. PUEBLO COUNTY: --On May 7 a Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported from RoselawnCemetery in Pueblo by Evan Carlson. --On May 7 a Yellow-throated Warbler was reported from RoselawnCemetery in Pueblo by Evan Carlson. --On May 7 a Black-throated Blue Warbler was reported from the Rock Creek area below the Pueblo Res Dam on the north side of the Ark. River by Chris Knight. —On May 3 a male Bay-breasted Warbler was reported from Pueblo along the Arkansas River Trail, east of Pueblo Blvd, by Evan Carlson. Note: Chico Basin Ranch is closed to the public, except for dues-paying members of the birding, hunting and fishing clubs. At the request of CBR, birds seen there have been removed from the CO RBA. PROWERS COUNTY: --On May 7 a Worm-eating Warbler was reported at 46982 County Road C (38.297, -102.66) by Joey Kellner (a Black-throated Blue Warbler and Summer Tanager were also seen here). RIO GRANDE COUNTY: --On May 7 John Rawinski found a male Scarlet Tanager at Home Lake SWA e of Monte Vista. TELLER COUNTY: --On May 7 a Northern Parula was reported from Manitou Lake by Scott Schaum. WASHINGTON COUNTY: --On May 3 a Glossy Ibis was reported from CR 57 & Hwy 6 pond by Nick Moore. WELD COUNTY: --On May 7 Gene Rutherford reports a Blackpoll Warbler at Norma’s Grove. — On May 3 a Neotropic Cormorant was reported at PelicanLakes, a hotspot near Windsor, by Ryan Graves. --On May 4 a Northern Waterthrush was reported from Norma’s Grove by Ryan Graves. Crow Valley Campground is closed to all human activity (per USFS District Office). ____________________________________ PLEASE NOTE: Because of COVID-19 pandemic precautions, Denver Field Ornithologists has suspended all field trips scheduled for May and June. Other birding clubs have also canceled activities, and the annual Colorado Field Ornithologists convention, set for Pueblo in May, has been reset for May, 2021. Please share interesting and/or unusual birds and behavior observations on COBirds. 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