Date: Friday, April 5, 2019 Compiler: Joe Roller jroll...@gmail.com
Phone: (303) 204-0828 E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 5, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists. Observers have been helpful by reporting sightings and updates on CoBirds. Thanks! CAPITAL LETTERS are used for very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records Committee. (*) indicates new information on this species. Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include: EURASIAN WIGEON (Larimer) TUFTED DUCK (Larimer) Dunlin (Kiowa) Red-throated Loon (*Adams) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker *El Paso, Larimer, Yuma) Winter Wren (Jefferson, Larimer) Chestnut-collared Longspur (Clear Creek) Field Sparrow (El Paso) Fox Sparrow (red) (Jefferson) Gulls: Several gull species are being reported, primarily in Pueblo, Larimer, Arapahoe, Kiowa and Adams Counties, e.g., Iceland (Thayer’s), Glaucous, Bonaparte’s, and Lesser Black-backed Gull. For more information on these gulls, as well as other birds not on this RBA list, go to cobirds.org and scroll to the bottom for “Recent eBird Sightings”. ADAMS COUNTY: —On April 4 a Red-throated Loon was reported on the pond across the street from Elaine T Valente Open Space on 104th. First reported March 15 by Peter Ruprecht. CLEAR CREEK COUNTY: —On March 31 a female Chestnut-collared Longspur was reported on Guanella Pass by Tyler Stewart. EL PASO COUNTY: —-On April 3 the overwintering Field Sparrow continues at Red Rock Canyon Open Space. Although rare in winter, Field Sparrow is expected in April, so this will be the last RBA update. JEFFERSON COUNTY: —-On March 31 the overwintering Winter Wren at Bear Creek Greenbelt continued; it has been present since December 2018. ---On March 31 a Fox Sparrow (red) was reported near the Waterton Canyon Trailhead, just west of Waterton Canyon Rd, by Bez Bezuidenhout. KIOWA COUNTY: —-On March 31 (3) Dunlins were reported at Neenoshe Reservoir (SE corner); first reported on March 24 by David Dowell. LARIMER COUNTY: —-On April 3 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported on Loveland Recreation trail just east of Rossum Drive by Jay Breidt. —-Seen on March 28 was a TUFTED DUCK in a pond on the south side of Cub Lake hiking trail in Rocky Mountain NP by Alexander Koch. Update: two birders searched there on April 3, but found only Mallards. A one day wonder? I wonder. —-On March 31 a male EURASIAN WIGEON was reported in the Cobb Lake unit of Wellington SWA (south pond) by Andy Bankert, later in same day reported in center pond by Nick Komar and others. Since the original report, the bird has been spotted as far as the north lake of the unit. —-On March 31 an overwintering Winter Wren was reported at the Prospect Ponds area. First reported November of 2018. —On March 30 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported at Grandview Cemetery near the golf course parking lot. Two Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers - 1(m) and 1(f) were reported on March 8, about midway along the south edge of the cemetery that abuts the golf course, by John Shenot. YUMA COUNTY: —-On April 1 a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was reported at the Wray Fish Hatchery, foraging in the south end of the line of pines near the office. First reported by Gregg Goodrich on March 23. Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details on dfobirds.org *Writers Vista Park to McClellan Reservoir* Friday April 5 8:00 AM -12:00 PM Doris Cruze (email cruze...@aol.com, phone 303-798-8072) *Prospect Park (Wheat Ridge Greenbelt)* *Sunday April 7* 7:00 – 11:30 AM Patrick O’Driscoll (email patodr...@gmail.com, cell 303-885-6955) *Park County Reservoirs* Monday April 8 5:30 – 3:00 PM David Suddjian (email dsuddj...@gmail.com, cell 831-713-8659) *Mt. Falcon Park (Jefferson County) * Saturday April 13 7 AM til noon John Breitsch (jbreit...@hotmail.com, 303 588-0552) Good Birding, Joe Roller, Denver jroll...@gmail.com -- 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 post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUCz3b79j3Vwms68TNx0B-CyXp7y-UUnADpLn6cWKhHDWQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
