Date: Saturday, May 2, 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 migration is upon us! Shorebirds are passing through, with 23+ species reported to eBird recently, including multiple Whimbrel sightings, large flocks of curlews and godwits. Reports of Gray Flycatchers and Black Phoebes are widespread. Hummingbirds are starting to sip at feeders. Warblers have arrived! Migration really picked up recently, with returning Colorado breeders and “overshoots” from the southeast like Yellow-throated,Hooded and Kentucky Warblers. Off course “Eastern” warblers like Black-throated Green and Blackpoll Warblers are 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. Sanderling (Arapahoe, Fremont) Neotropic Cormorant (Bent, *El Paso) Glossy Ibis (Pueblo) Vermilion Flycatcher (Otero) White-eyed Vireo (Fremont) Yellow-throated Vireo (Jefferson) Blue-headed Vireo (Larimer) Bewick’s Wren (*Jefferson) Grasshopper Sparrow (Delta) Golden-crowned Sparrow (Boulder, Denver) Black-and-white Warbler (Jefferson, Larimer) LUCY’S WARBLER (Mesa) Nashville Warbler (Denver) Kentucky Warbler (Larimer) Hooded Warbler (*Adams, Jefferson) Northern Parula (*Boulder) Yellow-throated Warbler (Broomfield, Pueblo) Chestnut-sided Warbler (*Boulder) Blackpoll Warbler (Boulder) Palm Warbler (*Arapahoe, *Boulder, Denver) Black-throated Green Warbler (Jefferson) Summer Tanager (Pueblo) *___________________________________________* *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 1 a Palm Warbler was found at Cherry Creek SP (marsh just south of the Lake Loop) by Mitchell Bailey. —On April 29 several Sanderlings were reported at Cherry Creek SP. First reported on April 27 by Christine Alexander. *BENT COUNTY:* —On April 28 a Neotropic Cormorant continues at John Martin Reservoir at Lake Hasty; first seen on March 31 by Duane Nelson. *BROOMFIELD COUNTY:* —On May 1 a Palm Warbler was reported from the pond west of Stearns Lake by Chipper Phillips. —On April 29 a Yellow-throated Warbler was reported at the Central HOA Park off of Interlocken by Chipper Phillips. *BOULDER COUNTY: *—On May 1 a Chesnut-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. *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 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 April 30 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. *EL PASO COUNTY:* —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 1 a Bewick’s Wren, the 3rd ebird county record, was reported at Belmar Park, by Jesse Casias. —On April 30 a Black-and-white Warbler was reported at Harriman Lake Park 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. —On April 27 a Yellow-throated Vireo was reported at Harriman Lake Park. First reported April 21 by Kevin DeBoer. *NOTE: Red Rocks Park is closed* indefinitely because of the COVID-19 outbreak. *LARIMER COUNTY*: —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 April 29 five LUCY’S WARBLERS were reported at the hotspot “Gateway Cottonwoods” west of Gateway (town). First found here on April 26 by Kathleen McGinley. *OTERO COUNTY:* —On April 27 a male Vermilion Flycatcher was reported on Higbee Valley Rd by David Tønnessen. This is a favored spot for this glowing ember of a flycatcher. *PUEBLO COUNTY:* —On April 28 a Summer Tanager was reported from Nature and Raptor Center of Colorado by Brandon Percival. —On April 26 a Glossy Ibis was reported at Pueblo Reservoir—N Picnic Rd by Brandon Percival. —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. *WELD COUNTY:* *Crow Valley Campground *is closed to all human activity (per Forest Service District Office). Sad, but true. ____________________________________ *PLEASE NOTE:* Because of COVID-19 pandemic precautions, Denver Field Ornithologists has suspended all field trips scheduled for April, 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. Joe Roller, Denver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUDurvOfVd7qJjWG5LrzsNaS%2BkZ5Z757YzP-%2BFKAO968UA%40mail.gmail.com.
