Date: Monday, May 4, 2020 Email: RBA AT cobirds.org
Compiler: Joe Roller, jroller9 @ gmail <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 bird ONLY at or close to home and ONLY with universally promoted safety precautions, including “social distancing” and face coverings. Or, as Dave Leatherman noted, *“Be like a Cedar Waxwing . . . very compliant in wearing their masks.”* _______________________________________ 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.” _______________________________________ *Spring migration notes: * It’s May, and the full flood of passerine migration is here! On May 2 a number of places reported fall-outs. Hummingbirds are starting to sip at feeders. At least six species of vireo made appearances this week. Sparrows and about everything other species that migrates are here. Shorebirds are passing through, with around 30 species reported to eBird recently. Warblers have arrived, and Palm Warblers seem to be everywhere. Migration has really picked up, with A. returning Colorado breeders like American Redstart, MacGillivray’s & Black-throated Gray Warbler. B. “overshoots” from the Southeast like Yellow-throated, Hooded and Kentucky Warblers. C. Warblers that breed in the boreal forest like Black-throated Green, Bay-breasted and CANADA Warblers are a little off course and telling us, “It’s May”. *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. Godwit sp (Boulder) Sanderling (Fremont) Neotropic Cormorant (El Paso, *Weld) Glossy Ibis (*Washington) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Jefferson) White-eyed Vireo (Fremont) Yellow-throated Vireo (Jefferson) Blue-headed Vireo (Larimer) Philadelphia Vireo (Jefferson) Bewick’s Wren (Jefferson) Grasshopper Sparrow (Delta) Golden-crowned Sparrow (Boulder, Denver) Northern Waterthrush (*Arapahoe) Black-and-white Warbler (Jefferson, Larimer) LUCY’S WARBLER (Mesa) Tennessee Warbler (*Douglas, Kiowa) Nashville Warbler (Denver, Jefferson) Kentucky Warbler (Larimer) Hooded Warbler (Adams, Jefferson, *Larimer) Northern Parula (Boulder) Yellow-throated Warbler (Broomfield, Pueblo) Bay-breasted Warbler (*Pueblo) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Boulder) Black-throated Blue Warbler (*Jefferson) Blackpoll Warbler (Boulder) Palm Warbler (Arapahoe, *Boulder, Broomfield, Denver) Black-throated Green Warbler (*El Paso, Jefferson) CANADA WARBLER (*Kiowa) Summer Tanager (Boulder) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (*Denver) *___________________________________________* *ADAMS COUNTY:* —On April 30 a Hooded Warbler was reported at Barr Lake SP (banding station area) by Dan Maynard and others. *ARAPAHOE COUNTY:* —On May 3 a Northern Waterthrush was reported at Cherry Creek SP (Lake Loop) by Doug Schoch. —On May 3 a Palm Warbler was found at Cherry Creek SP (Lake Loop) by Mary Burger, possibly the same individual found on May 1 just south of there by Mitchell Bailey. *BOULDER COUNTY:* —On May 3 a Palm Warbler was reported at Hecla Lake by Andy Angstrom. —On May 3 a Palm Warbler was reported from near the CU Campus (Confluence Ponds & Skunk Creek) by Leslie S. —On May 2 a pair of unidentified godwits was reported from Lagerman Reservoir by Bryan Guarente. They were one day wonders, absent on the morning of May 3. At first they were thought to be Hudsonian Godwits, but opinions varied, some experts stating they were Marbled Godwits. Wish them well! —On May 2 a Summer Tanager was reported from Pella Crossing by Bryan Guarente. —On May 1 a Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported from Elks Park by Luke Pheneger. —On May 1 a Palm Warbler was reported at Carolyn Holmberg Preserve by Chipper Phillips. —On May 1 a Northern Parula was reported at Waneka Lake by Pablo Quezada. —On April 30 a Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at the Boulder Community Garden by Richard Trinkner. —On April 29 a Blackpoll Warbler was reported at Jim Hamm Nature Area by Jay Hutchins. *BROOMFIELD COUNTY:* —On May 3 a Palm Warbler was reported from the pond west of Stearns Lake, first found May 1 by Chipper Phillips. —On April 29 a Yellow-throated Warbler was reported at the Central HOA Park off of Interlocken by Chipper Phillips *DELTA COUNTY:* —On April 30 a Grasshopper Sparrow was reported in Austin by Connie Kogler. There appear to be no previous eBird records of Grasshopper Sparrow in Delta county. *DENVER COUNTY:* --On May 3 a Rose-breasted Grosbeak was heard at Washington Park, on the west side "about the middle" by Jeff Dawson. —On April 30 a Palm Warbler was reported at Westerly Creek (MLK Jr Blvd to Sand Creek). First reported on April 28 by Jake Shorty. —On May 2 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. —On April 29 a Nashville Warbler was reported at Bear Creek Greenbelt by Jeff Dawson. *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 2 a Black-throated Green Warbler was reported from Adams Open Space by Chris Gilbert. —On May 1 a Neotropic Cormorant was reported from Big Johnson Reservoir by David Tønnessen. *Note: Chico Basin Ranch* is closed to the public, except for dues-paying members of the birding, hunting and fishing clubs. *FREMONT COUNTY:* —On April 29 a Sanderling was reported at Blue Heron Ponds by Jerry DeBoer. First reported by Jerry on April 28. —On April 28 a White-eyed Vireo was reported from the Canon City Riverwalk (Sell Lake to S Reynolds Ave) by Jerry DeBoer. *JEFFERSON COUNTY:* —On May 3 a male Black-throated Blue Warbler was reported in Golden along Tucker Gulch; first reported on May 2 by Michael Lester. It was in the vicinity of the Garden Glen Ct. cul-de-sac, between the footbridge & 1st St, where there is now a stakeout hotspot. —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 1 a Bewick’s Wren, the 3rd ebird county record, was reported at Belmar Park, by Jesse Casias. —On May 2 a Black-and-white Warbler was reported at Harriman Lake Park; first found on April 30 by Dale Pate. —On April 29 a Black-throated Green Warbler was reported at Robert A Easton Regional Park by Dale Pate. —On April 28 a Hooded Warbler was reported at Harriman Lake Park by Ginny Bergstrom. *NOTE: Red Rocks Park is closed* indefinitely because of the COVID-19 outbreak. *KIOWA COUNTY:* —On May 3 a CANADA WARBLER was reported from Upper Queens Reservoir by David Dowell. —On May 2 a Tennessee Warbler was reported from Upper Queens Reservoir by David Dowell. *LARIMER COUNTY*: —On May 3 a Hooded Warbler was reported from just east of Hamilton Reservoir (40.84861, -105.00980) by Matthew DeSaix. The nickname for this small wetland is “The Oasis”. The boundary between public and private property here is not clearly marked. —On April 30 a Black-and-white Warbler was reported at Rolland Moore Park by Nick Komar. —On April 30 a Kentucky Warbler was reported at Lon Hagler Reservoir SWA by Christopher Murray. —On April 29 a Blue-headed Vireo was reported at Dixon Reservoir by Josh Bruening. *MESA COUNTY:* —On May 2 LUCY’S WARBLER was reported at the hotspot “Gateway Cottonwoods” west of Gateway (town). First found here on April 26 by Kathleen McGinley and may be nesting. *PUEBLO COUNTY:* —On May 3 a male Bay-breasted Warbler was reported from the Arkansas River Trail, east of Pueblo Blvd, by Evan Carlson. —On April 30 a Yellow-throated Warbler was reported at Roselawn Cemetery. First reported on April 24 by Brandon Percival. *Note:* *Chico Basin Ranch* is closed to the public, except for dues-paying members of the birding, hunting and fishing clubs. *WASHINGTON COUNTY:* On May 3 a Glossy Ibis was reported from CR 57 & Hwy 6 pond by Nick Moore. *WELD COUNTY:* — On May 3 a Neotropic Cormorant was reported at Pelican Lakes, a hotspot near Windsor, by Ryan Graves. *Crow Valley Campground *is closed to all human activity (per Forest Service 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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