This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, November 24, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists.
Rare, out of place and out of season species include: (* indicates new information on this species) Trumpeter Swan (*Jefferson) Tundra Swan (Delta, Mesa) Eurasian Wigeon (Montezuma) Mexican Duck (Kiowa, Weld) Surf Scoter (Arapahoe, Jefferson, Ouray) White-winged Scoter (Chaffee, Park) Black Scoter (*Arapahoe, *Jefferson, Park) Greater Roadrunner (*La Plata) Red-throated Loon (*Douglas) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Fremont, *Larimer, Pueblo) Black Phoebe (Jefferson) Vermilion Flycatcher (*Boulder) SEDGE WREN (*Eagle) Golden-crowned Sparrow (Boulder) Rusty Blackbird (Arapahoe) Black-and-White Warbler (Larimer) Prothonotary Warbler (Jefferson) CAPE MAY WARBLER (Pueblo) Blackburnian Warbler (Boulder) Palm Warbler (Broomfield, *Jefferson, Larimer) ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On November 13 at South Platte Reservoir, Mary Keithler, Cynthia Madsen, & David Hill reported Surf & Black Scoters. The Black Scoter was seen Nov 23. ---On November 20 the Tuesday Birders saw a Rusty Blackbird at the east edge of the Swim Beach at Cherry Creek SP; it continued through Nov 22. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On November 15 at Walden Ponds, Leslie S reported a Vermilion Flycatcher, seen daily through November 23. ---On November 13 in SW Longmont, near Airport Rd & Dry Creek Greenway, Scott Severs reported a 1st winter Blackburnian Warbler. It continued through Nov 18 in pines near there, then again on November 22. ---On November 13 at CU South, Matt Hofeditz reported a Golden-crowned Sparrow south of the parking lot for Tennis Complex. It continued through Nov 18. BROOMFIELD COUNTY: ---On November 19 Thomas Sather found a Palm Warbler at Parkland St. Ponds, which can be found by going south from Hwy 36 on Hwy 121 one block, then left on Uptown Ave & wind around to reach the ponds on the left. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On November 18 Sally Waterhouse reported a White-winged Scoter at Sands Lake SWA; it was seen again on November 19 & 20. DELTA COUNTY: ---On November 13 at G50 Rd Bill Harris reported 2 Tundra Swans, which continued through Nov 18. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On November 23 Joey Kellner reported an immature Red-throated Loon at Chatfield SP, seen from the Lake View parking lot, which is between Campground Loops B & C. EAGLE COUNTY: ---On November 15 at Lake Creek Village Wetland, Eric Culbertson reported a SEDGE WREN, which has continued through November 23. There have been only two previous West Slope records on eBird! FREMONT COUNTY: ---On November 19 Jerry DeBoer reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Rouse Park. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On November 14 at Bear Creek Lake Park—Big Soda Lakes N Trail, Chuck Aid & Michael Kiessig reported 2 Black Scoters, seen again on Nov 20. ---On November 13 at South Platte Reservoir SW Bay, Cynthia Madsen and others reported Surf & Black Scoter in the bay and Palm Warbler at the edge of the parking lot. The Palm Warbler was seen again near there on Nov 21 & 23. The Surf Scoter was seen on Nov 19; the Black on Nov 20 through 23. ---On November 18 Santiago Tabares reported a Palm Warbler at the South Platte Res SW Bay hotspot, “...in bushes on western side of fence western side of the reservoir on west side of road along hill where the Tropical Kingbird was seen last month.” ---On November 18 Mark Chavez, Rob Raker & Frank Farrell found a Palm Warbler at Denver West Office Park. ---On November 20 Burke Angstman reported a Palm Warbler at the boat launch area at Bear Creek Lake Park; still there on Nov 21. ---On November 21 Daniel Horton reported a Prothonotary Warbler and Black Phoebe at the “Clear Creek Trail--Golden to I-70” eBird hotspot. Both were seen again on Nov 23. ---On November 23 Franks Ferrell reported an adult Trumpeter Swan at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms. KIOWA COUNTY: On November 18 Steve Mlodinow reported a Mexican Duck (*Anas diazi*) at Lower Queens Reservoir. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On November 22 a Greater Roadrunner was reported by Sioux Toburen and if accepted would be a first La Plata County report. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On November 16 at Grandview Cemetery John Shenot reported a Black-and-white Warbler. He found it again on Nov 22 in a mixed species flock in area 9. ---On November 18 David Wade reported an imm Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Grandview Cemetery. ---On November 20 Andy Bankert found a Palm Warbler at Running Deer Natural Area in Fort Collins. It hung out in the shrubby area to the east of the trail that heads due south from the parking lot and was seen again on November 21. MESA COUNTY: ---On November 15 at Highline Lake SP, Kathleen McGinley, Mike Henwood, and Eileen Cunningham reported 5 Tundra Swans, seen again on Nov 17 & 18. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On November 16 at Industrial Park Pond, Brenda Wright, Coen Dexter, & Erik Hendrickson reported a Eurasian Wigeon, which continued through November 21. OURAY COUNTY: ---On November 19 Brenda Wright reported that the Surf Scoter continues, present for over two weeks at Ridgway Reservoir. PARK COUNTY: ---On November 14 at Eleven Mile SP David Tonnessen, Mark Peterson & Lisa Edwards reported 8 White-winged Scoters & 5 Black Scoters. Joey Kellner reported that both scoter species continued in similar numbers there on Nov 18. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On November 15 at Pueblo City Park, Brandon Percival and Clif Smith reported juv Yellow-bellied Sapsucker near the admin building. One or more continued through November 23. ---On November 17 & 18 Brandon & Van Truan & others saw a CAPE MAY WARBLER in Pueblo City Park. It was seen again on Nov 19 & 20. WELD COUNTY: ---On November 20 Steve Mlodinow reported a Mexican Duck at Stewart’s Pond, which is east of Hwy 85 on Weld CR 46. DFO Field Trips...trip details are at the DFO website: DFObirds.org <http://dfobirds.org/> South Platte River Trail at E 88th Ave and I-76 Saturday, November 24 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM Mark Amershek (mamershek AT msn.com; 303-329-8646) Denver City Park Sunday, November 25 7:00 AM -- 11:30 AM Patrick O’Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303 837-0864) Aurora Reservoir & Cherry Creek SP Monday, November 26 6:30 AM -- 2:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) North-Central Colorado Tuesday, November 27 6:30 AM - 4:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) and John Malenich (john.malenich AT comcast.net; 303-359-9456) Annual Barrow’s Goldeneye Count to Silverthorne Thursday, November 29 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Paul Slingsby (paslingsby AT comcast.net; 720 347-5169) Good birding! Joe Roller, Denver jroll...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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