Re: [cobirds] Re: Interpretation of state-wide Public Health Order

[Allison Hilf]

My understanding is same, BUT travel to different regions in state is
prohibited.  E.g. people from Denver are not permitted to drive to the
mountains to go birding; nor are they  permitted to drive to  El Paso
County to look for a bird, regardless of social distancing.   Birding at
local parks is permitted but they want people to try and stay in their
local communities and parks when pursuing outdoor activities such as
birding.

As someone who is immunocompromised and still enjoys watching bird behavior
from my yard, it is possible to stay in your local neighborhood and/or
parks for the sake of those of us who are at greatest risk from COVID-19.

Safe birding to all,
Allison Hilf
Aurora, CO


On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 10:33 AM John Rawinski  wrote:

> My interpretation as well
>
> On Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 8:17:51 AM UTC-6, Nick Komar wrote:
>>
>> My interpretation of the latest state-wide public health order, now in
>> place until April 11, is that it does permit recreation including birding,
>> as long as group activities are avoided, and social distancing practices
>> are in use. However, be smart, folks. Avoid ANY public areas where the
>> pandemic virus may be lurking on surfaces, and stay home if you have
>> symptoms. Stay home if you are in a high risk group. It is imperative that
>> we slow the epidemic curve of this virus to avoid overwhelming the health
>> care system.
>>
>> This is my personal opinion.
>>
>> Nick Komar
>> Fort Collins CO
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Re: [cobirds] American Blue Kestrel Jay, Denver Co.

[Todd Deininger]

A little south of Bryan, my neighborhood blue jays imitate the nesting
Copper's Hawk.

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 4:24 PM Bryan Guarente 
wrote:

> We have a Swainson's Hawk pair that nests in our neighborhood and the Blue
> Jays take full advantage of the Swainson's Hawk call year-round, giving me
> quite a scare in winter!  I have learned the subtle differences over time,
> but it took quite some time and especially today awaiting the next push of
> Swainson's Hawks I was caught off guard.
>
> Bryan Guarente
> Meteorologist/Instructional Designer
> UCAR/The COMET Program
> Boulder, CO
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 4:18 PM Doug Ward  wrote:
>
>> I'd usually come up with a story like this one for the middle of next
>> week (check the dates), but was thrown off enough with this true encounter
>> this morning (Fri., 27 Mar.'20), felt I would share and see if anyone else
>> has had a similar experience.  Anyway, we were respecting the current lock
>> down/in/whatever you want to call it, out in the back yard (Denver, Denver
>> Co.) playing with the dogs when I heard the characteristic "ki-ki-ki..." of
>> an American Kestrel nearby.  We get kestrels coming around only very
>> periodically, so thought "cool, where is he?"  Scanned the sky, looked to
>> the tree tops, to see if I could find him, nothing.  However, it kept
>> calling, so walked around trying to find the now frustrating bird.  Only
>> when I noticed a bird fly out of a tree down the alley, still giving the
>> call, that I had my WTF moment - it was a BLUE JAY!!  Now we are all
>> familiar with jays of all flavors giving Red-tailed Hawk type cries, but
>> this was the first time I'd heard one giving a perfect American Kestrel
>> call!
>>
>> So have any of y'all had this specific (I guess inter-species) fake out
>> happen with Blue Jays, or any other jay, before?  Interested in your
>> experiences.  Stay safe and healthy.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Doug
>> Denver
>>
>> *27 March 2020 – Home in Southwest Denver, Denver Co., CO*
>> Canada Goose – 2 (flyover)
>> Rock Pigeon – 5
>> Eurasian Collared-Dove – 3
>> Ring-billed Gull – 1ad (flyover)
>> Northern Flicker – 4 “Red-shafted”
>> American Kestrel – FAKE NEWS!!
>> Blue Jay – 5
>> Black-capped Chickadee – 6
>> Bushtit – 5
>> European Starling – 1
>> American Robin – 2
>> House Finch – 15
>> Dark-eyed Junco – 2 “Slate-colored”
>> -1 “Oregon”
>> -5 “Pink-sided”
>> Spotted Towhee – 1m
>> Red-winged Blackbird – 1m
>>
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Re: [cobirds] American Blue Kestrel Jay, Denver Co.

[Bryan Guarente]

We have a Swainson's Hawk pair that nests in our neighborhood and the Blue
Jays take full advantage of the Swainson's Hawk call year-round, giving me
quite a scare in winter!  I have learned the subtle differences over time,
but it took quite some time and especially today awaiting the next push of
Swainson's Hawks I was caught off guard.

Bryan Guarente
Meteorologist/Instructional Designer
UCAR/The COMET Program
Boulder, CO


On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 4:18 PM Doug Ward  wrote:

> I'd usually come up with a story like this one for the middle of next week
> (check the dates), but was thrown off enough with this true encounter this
> morning (Fri., 27 Mar.'20), felt I would share and see if anyone else has
> had a similar experience.  Anyway, we were respecting the current lock
> down/in/whatever you want to call it, out in the back yard (Denver, Denver
> Co.) playing with the dogs when I heard the characteristic "ki-ki-ki..." of
> an American Kestrel nearby.  We get kestrels coming around only very
> periodically, so thought "cool, where is he?"  Scanned the sky, looked to
> the tree tops, to see if I could find him, nothing.  However, it kept
> calling, so walked around trying to find the now frustrating bird.  Only
> when I noticed a bird fly out of a tree down the alley, still giving the
> call, that I had my WTF moment - it was a BLUE JAY!!  Now we are all
> familiar with jays of all flavors giving Red-tailed Hawk type cries, but
> this was the first time I'd heard one giving a perfect American Kestrel
> call!
>
> So have any of y'all had this specific (I guess inter-species) fake out
> happen with Blue Jays, or any other jay, before?  Interested in your
> experiences.  Stay safe and healthy.
>
> Cheers,
> Doug
> Denver
>
> *27 March 2020 – Home in Southwest Denver, Denver Co., CO*
> Canada Goose – 2 (flyover)
> Rock Pigeon – 5
> Eurasian Collared-Dove – 3
> Ring-billed Gull – 1ad (flyover)
> Northern Flicker – 4 “Red-shafted”
> American Kestrel – FAKE NEWS!!
> Blue Jay – 5
> Black-capped Chickadee – 6
> Bushtit – 5
> European Starling – 1
> American Robin – 2
> House Finch – 15
> Dark-eyed Junco – 2 “Slate-colored”
> -1 “Oregon”
> -5 “Pink-sided”
> Spotted Towhee – 1m
> Red-winged Blackbird – 1m
>
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[cobirds] American Blue Kestrel Jay, Denver Co.

[Doug Ward]

I'd usually come up with a story like this one for the middle of next week 
(check the dates), but was thrown off enough with this true encounter this 
morning (Fri., 27 Mar.'20), felt I would share and see if anyone else has had a 
similar experience.  Anyway, we were respecting the current lock 
down/in/whatever you want to call it, out in the back yard (Denver, Denver Co.) 
playing with the dogs when I heard the characteristic "ki-ki-ki..." of an 
American Kestrel nearby.  We get kestrels coming around only very periodically, 
so thought "cool, where is he?"  Scanned the sky, looked to the tree tops, to 
see if I could find him, nothing.  However, it kept calling, so walked around 
trying to find the now frustrating bird.  Only when I noticed a bird fly out of 
a tree down the alley, still giving the call, that I had my WTF moment - it was 
a BLUE JAY!!  Now we are all familiar with jays of all flavors giving 
Red-tailed Hawk type cries, but this was the first time I'd heard one giving a 
perfect American Kestrel call!
So have any of y'all had this specific (I guess inter-species) fake out happen 
with Blue Jays, or any other jay, before?  Interested in your experiences.  
Stay safe and healthy.
Cheers,DougDenver
27 March 2020 – Homein Southwest Denver, Denver Co., COCanada Goose – 2 
(flyover)Rock Pigeon – 5Eurasian Collared-Dove – 3Ring-billed Gull – 1ad 
(flyover)Northern Flicker – 4 “Red-shafted”American Kestrel – FAKE NEWS!!Blue 
Jay – 5Black-capped Chickadee – 6Bushtit – 5European Starling – 1American Robin 
– 2House Finch – 15Dark-eyed Junco – 2 “Slate-colored”-   1 “Oregon”
-   5 “Pink-sided”Spotted Towhee – 1mRed-winged Blackbird – 1m
 

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[cobirds] Wild Turkey thread, plus Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins (Larimer) on 3/27/2020

[DAVID A LEATHERMAN]

Furthering the thread of Wild Turkeys close to town today by Elena and Todd, I 
had species #203 for Grandview Cemetery today - Wild Turkey.  It wasn't 
actually IN the cemetery but I could see the entrance from where the single 
Wild Turkey crossed Mountain Avenue west of Roosevelt.  I got one bad photo as 
it scurried thru a side yard as a heavy rain began to fall.  I am all but 
certain it was not an escape.  We have been seeing lots of Wild Turkeys around 
the periphery of Fort Collins in recent years, especially the west side (which 
this instance sort of is) and along Prospect near the Poudre R just east of the 
main residential area.  Maybe the inclement weather coming in has them pushed a 
little lower than normal, or else they are just well-adapted to human 
sprawl/semi-rural areas.  Like all the rabbits, this upsurge will probably wane 
or end with the return of normal red fox populations.

Other birds at or near Grandview Cemetery today:
Red Crossbill male leaving the nest tree in the ne corner of Section 1.

Continuing Red-naped Sapsucker adult male in pine just s of road that divides 
Sections 2 and 7 about midway along the south boundary of the cemetery.  There 
are two pines in the location, just out on the City Park 9 golf course, the 
sapsucker being in the unforked one, about 2/3s of the way up on the sw side of 
the trunk.  These are pines often described as being "east of the big gray 
portapotty".  The red-nape was present in late morning and was seen again in 
the same exact spot in mid-afternoon.  This tree was a favorite of the adult 
male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that wintered but is now gone.  The red-nape is 
taking advantage of sap wells provided by his relative.

Common Grackle, FOY, at nearby Sheldon Lake in City Park, right on schedule or 
maybe a tad early.  I used to figure grackles were an April Fool's Day joke but 
the joke has been edging earlier and earlier.

Mallards, confined to Sheldon Lake all winter, are now being seen more and more 
as flyovers of the cemetery or neighborhood as they pair up and search for 
terrestrial nesting sites in tree crotches or up against tree trunks, bushes, 
headstone plantings, etc.

Saw 5 Turkey Vultures the other day, four of them over the traditional 
migratory congregating spot (and sometimes summer roost) along Mountain Avenue 
a few blocks e of Shields.

Bushtits continue and appear to be dividing into pairs.  They will likely nest 
in the cemetery and neighborhood just to the east.

As has been stated a few times, the Great Horned Owl nest in Grandview has 
failed once again, this being the 3rd year in a row.  This particular female 
just has a tough time with spring cold and snow.

Dave Leatherman
Fort Collins

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[cobirds] Sandhill cranes Arapahoe county

['Deborah Carstensen' via Colorado Birds]

Two flocks of sandhill cranes were just circling over my area which is near the 
Bowles and Platte Canyon intersection. One flock had more than 200 and the 
other flock had over 100cranes in it. They are flying west/ Northwest
Yay!!
Deb Carstensen, Unincorporated Arapahoe County
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Re: [cobirds] Wild turkeys by the Diagonal between Longmont and Niwot

[Todd Deininger]

I saw them yesterday about 4:45 pm. thought the same thing. Although there
has been one hanging out around Twin Peaks Golf Course in Longmont. (I have
not seen her yet.)

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 2:29 PM elena  wrote:

> There were 15 wild turkeys along the Diagonal Highway just east of
> Bustamante Wood, just west of Airport Road. Left Hand Creek passes just to
> the north, but I had never seen turkeys so close to Longmont, Niwot or the
> Diagonal before.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> Elena Holly Klaver
> Federally Certified Court Interpreter
> Conference Interpreter
> English <> Spanish
> 303 475 5189
>
> Member: American Translators Association
> Colorado Translators Association
> Pronouns: she, her, hers
>
> I acknowledge that I live in the territory of Hinóno’éí (Arapaho),
> Cheyenne and Ute Nations, according to the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie, and
> that Colorado’s Front Range is home to many Native peoples. Reconozco que
> vivo en el territorio de las naciones Hinóno’éí (Arapaho), Cheyenne y Ute,
> según el 1851 Tratado de Fort Laramie, y que el estado de Colorado al esté
> de las Montañas Rocosas es territorio de muchos pueblos indígenas.
>
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[cobirds] Wild turkeys by the Diagonal between Longmont and Niwot

[elena]

There were 15 wild turkeys along the Diagonal Highway just east of Bustamante 
Wood, just west of Airport Road. Left Hand Creek passes just to the north, but 
I had never seen turkeys so close to Longmont, Niwot or the Diagonal before. 

Sent from my iPhone
Elena Holly Klaver
Federally Certified Court Interpreter
Conference Interpreter
English <> Spanish
303 475 5189

Member: American Translators Association
Colorado Translators Association 
Pronouns: she, her, hers

I acknowledge that I live in the territory of Hinóno’éí (Arapaho), Cheyenne and 
Ute Nations, according to the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie, and that Colorado’s 
Front Range is home to many Native peoples. Reconozco que vivo en el territorio 
de las naciones Hinóno’éí (Arapaho), Cheyenne y Ute, según el 1851 Tratado de 
Fort Laramie, y que el estado de Colorado al esté de las Montañas Rocosas es 
territorio de muchos pueblos indígenas. 


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[cobirds] Correction on the Gull at Lagerman

[Carl Starace]

 Today's new gull was a Franklin's.  Be Safe  Be  Well,  Carl

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[cobirds] Stating the Obvious: All Fort Collins Audubon Field Trips are Canceled

[John Shenot]

Due to the pandemic and stay-at-home orders, Fort Collins Audubon Society 
has canceled all field trips from now until at least the end of April, 
including the one scheduled for tomorrow Saturday 3/28. We also canceled 
the April Board and chapter membership meetings. Decisions about the May 
chapter meeting and May field trips will be announced at a later date.

I'm sure this announcement is obvious but I wanted to dot every I and cross 
every T.

FCAS encourages all our members and friends to enjoy spring, including 
birds and all the rest of nature, in ways that conform to social distancing 
advice and public health guidelines. "Nature therapy" can help us stay 
mentally healthy in difficult times!

John Shenot
FCAS President
Fort Collins, CO

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[cobirds] Sabine’s Gull, others, at Lagerman

[Carl Starace]

Single Sabine’s  and pair of northern pintails.Be well.  Carl in Niwot

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Re: [cobirds] Blind Finch, Arapahoe

[Chip Clouse]

Here is the Cornell link:
http://static.birds.cornell.edu/hofi/recognizing.html

Chip Clouse
Golden

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 10:20 AM Dick Filby  wrote:

> Hi Mary Kay
>
> So sorry to hear.  Right now, the best action to avoid more infected birds:
>
> Clean all your feeders immediately with soap and water, and then rinse
> with a mild bleach solution, and not put them back out for a week, in case
> it, or other infected birds return and infect the feeders.
>
> See the Audubon advice here
> https://www.audubon.org/news/3-ways-keep-your-feeder-disease-free-birds
>
> Cornell Lab of Ornithology tracks bird disease, so don't hesitate to
> report to them.
>
> Good luck, and be sure that you stay safe in the pandemic too
>
> Best rgds
>
> DickFilby
> Carbondale, CO
>
>
>
>
> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 6, an AT 4G LTE smartphone
>  Original message 
> From: Mary Kay Waddington 
> Date: 3/27/20 08:21 (GMT-07:00)
> To: Colorado Birds 
> Subject: [cobirds] Blind Finch, Arapahoe
>
> Yesterday I noticed a female House Finch fluttering in a very strange
> manner -- it was almost stationary in the air with wings going back and
> forth for all the world like it was emulating a hummingbird.  Then it would
> move 6 inches in the air and continue its fluttering, move another 6 in.
> Finally its wing brushed against a twig and the bird managed to make an
> extremely awkward landing.  That's when I noticed that one eye was almost
> completely crusted over, and the other one was cloudy looking and very
> red.  I really think it was almost completely blind.  It cocked its head in
> all different directions -- listening to other birds? and finally made
> another fluttering movement until it's wings hit a different twig --
> another awkward landing.   This was only a few feet from my thistle feeder
> and I think it used its ears to know there were other finches feeding
> there.  It finally fluttered towards the feeder, hit it, and miraculously
> managed a landing on one of the perches.  Fed for quite a long time before
> being frightened off - did its fluttery flight and didn't brush up against
> any other twigs so ended up landing on the ground (although "landing" is
> perhaps not exactly the right word.)
>
> So then I started worrying that perhaps it had pox and was infecting my
> feeder and other birds.  Every time I saw it on a branch it was frequently
> rubbing its eyes against the branch -- probably spreading whatever it had.
> So should I catch it and do away with it?  Grim thoughts during our own
> human viral crisis!  I'm sure I could have crept up on it and grabbed it.
>
> About an hour later the Magpies alerted me that I should be looking out
> the window -- A Cooper's Hawk was eating a female House finch.  Haven't
> seen the blind bird since, so perhaps natural selection took its course.
>
> Mary Kay Waddington
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Re: [cobirds] Blind Finch, Arapahoe

[Dick Filby]

Hi Mary Kay

So sorry to hear.  Right now, the best action to avoid more infected birds:

Clean all your feeders immediately with soap and water, and then rinse with a 
mild bleach solution, and not put them back out for a week, in case it, or 
other infected birds return and infect the feeders.

See the Audubon advice here
https://www.audubon.org/news/3-ways-keep-your-feeder-disease-free-birds

Cornell Lab of Ornithology tracks bird disease, so don't hesitate to report to 
them.

Good luck, and be sure that you stay safe in the pandemic too

Best rgds

DickFilby
Carbondale, CO




Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 6, an AT 4G LTE smartphone
 Original message 
From: Mary Kay Waddington 
Date: 3/27/20 08:21 (GMT-07:00)
To: Colorado Birds 
Subject: [cobirds] Blind Finch, Arapahoe

Yesterday I noticed a female House Finch fluttering in a very strange manner -- 
it was almost stationary in the air with wings going back and forth for all the 
world like it was emulating a hummingbird.  Then it would move 6 inches in the 
air and continue its fluttering, move another 6 in.  Finally its wing brushed 
against a twig and the bird managed to make an extremely awkward landing.  
That's when I noticed that one eye was almost completely crusted over, and the 
other one was cloudy looking and very red.  I really think it was almost 
completely blind.  It cocked its head in all different directions -- listening 
to other birds? and finally made another fluttering movement until it's wings 
hit a different twig -- another awkward landing.   This was only a few feet 
from my thistle feeder and I think it used its ears to know there were other 
finches feeding there.  It finally fluttered towards the feeder, hit it, and 
miraculously managed a landing on one of the perches.  Fed for quite a long 
time before being frightened off - did its fluttery flight and didn't brush up 
against any other twigs so ended up landing on the ground (although "landing" 
is perhaps not exactly the right word.)

So then I started worrying that perhaps it had pox and was infecting my feeder 
and other birds.  Every time I saw it on a branch it was frequently rubbing its 
eyes against the branch -- probably spreading whatever it had.  So should I 
catch it and do away with it?  Grim thoughts during our own human viral crisis! 
 I'm sure I could have crept up on it and grabbed it.

About an hour later the Magpies alerted me that I should be looking out the 
window -- A Cooper's Hawk was eating a female House finch.  Haven't seen the 
blind bird since, so perhaps natural selection took its course.

Mary Kay Waddington

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[cobirds] More Arriving Greater Yellowlegs/Weld

['The "Nunn Guy"' via Colorado Birds]

Hi all

Telework birding ... at the Weld CR 37/94 gravel pit four Greater 
Yellowlegs. Second sighting of yellowlegs this spring. All three teal at 
Weld CR 59 marsh, too. 

No human interaction involved ;-)

Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/

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[cobirds] Blind Finch, Arapahoe

[Mary Kay Waddington]

Yesterday I noticed a female House Finch fluttering in a very strange
manner -- it was almost stationary in the air with wings going back and
forth for all the world like it was emulating a hummingbird.  Then it would
move 6 inches in the air and continue its fluttering, move another 6 in.
Finally its wing brushed against a twig and the bird managed to make an
extremely awkward landing.  That's when I noticed that one eye was almost
completely crusted over, and the other one was cloudy looking and very
red.  I really think it was almost completely blind.  It cocked its head in
all different directions -- listening to other birds? and finally made
another fluttering movement until it's wings hit a different twig --
another awkward landing.   This was only a few feet from my thistle feeder
and I think it used its ears to know there were other finches feeding
there.  It finally fluttered towards the feeder, hit it, and miraculously
managed a landing on one of the perches.  Fed for quite a long time before
being frightened off - did its fluttery flight and didn't brush up against
any other twigs so ended up landing on the ground (although "landing" is
perhaps not exactly the right word.)

So then I started worrying that perhaps it had pox and was infecting my
feeder and other birds.  Every time I saw it on a branch it was frequently
rubbing its eyes against the branch -- probably spreading whatever it had.
So should I catch it and do away with it?  Grim thoughts during our own
human viral crisis!  I'm sure I could have crept up on it and grabbed it.

About an hour later the Magpies alerted me that I should be looking out the
window -- A Cooper's Hawk was eating a female House finch.  Haven't seen
the blind bird since, so perhaps natural selection took its course.

Mary Kay Waddington

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[cobirds] COLORADO RARE BIRD ALERT for Friday, March 27, 2019

['Allison Hilf' via Colorado Birds]

Date: Friday, March 27, 2020
Email: RBA  AT cobirds.org
Compiler:  Allison Hilf;   ahilf  AT me.com
Phone:  (303) 888-5110
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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 reports are listed below.  Several 
species which are a few weeks out of range such as early migrants or birds 
which breed in Colorado are not currently being reported as “rare”. 
 
Trumpeter Swan (El Paso, Mesa)
Tundra Swan (*Summit)
EURASIAN WIGEON (Logan)
Black Scoter (El Paso)
Long-tailed Duck (Bent, Jefferson, Pueblo)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Weld)
Glaucous Gull (Weld)
Yellow-billed Loon (Jefferson)
Pacific Loon (Pueblo)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Arapahoe)
Juniper Titmouse (Pitkin)
PACIFIC WREN (Jefferson)
Winter Wren (Boulder, Larimer)
Eastern Bluebird (Chaffee)
Mixed Rosy-Finch Flock (Larimer)
McCown’s Longspur (Adams)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Mesa)
White-throated Sparrow (Summit)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Ouray)  
Rusty Blackbird (Douglas)


—— 

Note, for locations below that you are not familiar with, go to the Colorado 
Field Ornithologists’ (CFO) website. Select the “Birding Resources” header, 
toggle down to “County Birding,” and indicate the county of interest for site 
information. https://coloradocountybirding.org/County/BySite.aspx. 
 
ADAMS COUNTY:
—On Mar 20 a McCown’s Longspur was reported in Bennet, CO at  36099 E 56th Ave 
by Frank Farrell.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
—On Mar 21 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported at 1809 E Tufts by Mary Kay 
Waddingtom.  She graciously is permitting birders to park in driveway and walk 
around field and/or down to the creek to look for the bird.  

BENT COUNTY:
—On Mar 24 a Long-tailed Duck was reported at John Martin Reservoir by Alice 
Arnold.

BOULDER COUNTY:
—On Mar 21 a Winter Wren was reported at Boulder Creek/Univ of CO Campus. First 
reported Mar 18 by Peter Burke.

CHAFFEE COUNTY:
—On Mar 25 a Eastern Bluebird was reported at Chaffee CR 163 pond (PRIVATE, 
view from road) by Greg Mihaliok

DOUGLAS COUNTY:
—On March 25 a Rusty Blackbird was reported at Chatfield SP--Plum Creek Delta 
by David Bailey.
 
 EL PASO COUNTY:
—On Mar 23 a Trumpeter Swan was reported at Big Johnson Reservoir & Bluestem 
Prairie Open Space by Tanja Britton.
—On March 18 a (f) Black Scoter was reported in Monument, at Monument Lake by 
Terence Berger.  This is a first spring El Paso County report or this species.

EL PASO and PUEBLO COUNTIES:
—Please note Chico Basin Ranch is closed until at least March 30 because of the 
current Coronavirus outbreak.
 
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
—On Mar 21 two Long-tailed Ducks were reported on the JeffCo side of South 
Platte Reservoir. First reported Mar 11 by David Bailey.
—On Mar 17 a Yellow-billed Loon was reported at Standley Lake Park - north 
shore. First reported Mar 14 by Peter Ruprecht.
—On Mar 15 the wintering PACIFIC WREN was reported at Bear Creek Lake Park in 
Lakewood. First reported Dec 22 by Chris Wood and a first record for JeffCo. 
Location: Walk to creek from Whitetail Deer parking area; a favored area is 
50-100 feet downstream. Note: Fee required for entry to this city park via 
daily or annual pass (NOT a state park).
 
LARIMER COUNTY:
—On March 21 a Glaucous Gull was reported at Topminnow Natural Area (East 
Horsetooth Gravel Pit) by Robert Beauchamp.
—On March 20 a PURPLE FINCH was reported in Fort Collins at Maple and Fishback 
by David Wade.
—On March 19 huge flocks of 2,000+ Rosy-Finches were reported in Estes Park at 
the home of Scott Rashid.  The flocks were mostly Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches 
with a few Brown-capped Rosy-Finches mixed in.   As of yesterday morning there 
was 1 Black Rosy-Finch.

Scott is graciously permitting birders to come see them, but requested that 
people let him know when they might be visiting.  Please do not visit without 
first calling him.
(970) 227- 9425
715 Sanborn Drive, Estes Park

Note, as is the Colorado birding community custom, birders visiting active 
feeders like this usually bring along a bag of bird seed  or a cash donation to 
defray costs.  Please keep with this tradition IF you are able.

—On Mar 18 a Winter Wren was reported at Lee Martinez Park in Fort Collins. 
First reported Mar 2 by Josh Bruening.  Seen about 30 yards west of 0.5 mile 
marker, 10 yards east of culvert where large logs arc over stream.

LOGAN COUNTY:
—On Mar 18 a EURASIAN WIGEON was reported in Merino in a farm pond on mile 
marker 393 on US-.  First reported Mar 16 by Glenn Walbek.  Note, ALL viewing 
MUST be from US-6.  Homeowner has made it very clear that nobody has permission 
to enter