Date: Monday, May 6, 2019 Compiler: Joe Roller (jroller9 AT gmail.com)
Phone: (303) 204-0828 E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, May 6, 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: LESSER NIGHTHAWK (Bent) COMMON GALLINULE (*Larimer) Ruddy Turnstone (Larimer) Red-throated Loon (*Larimer) NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (*Jefferson) Tricolored Heron (*Washington) Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Fremont) Vermilion Flycatcher (*Baca) Wood Thrush (*El Paso) Golden-crowned Sparrow (Larimer) Worm-eating Warbler (Bent, *Fremont) Prothonotary Warbler (*Kiowa) Black-throated Green Warbler (Crowley) PAINTED REDSTART (Kiowa) Scarlet Tanager (Boulder, Prowers, *Rio Grande) BACA COUNTY: On May 5 a (f) Vermilion Flycatcher was reported east of Campo, along Baca CR J near CR 31, by Alicia Arnold. BENT COUNTY: —-On May 4 a LESSER NIGHTHAWK was reported from Van's Grove (Bent CR JJ, east of Ft Lyon), Found on May 3 by Duane Nelson. —-On May 3 a Worm-eating Warbler was reported at Melody Temple Grove, west of the bridge, by Luke Pheneger. BOULDER COUNTY —-On May 2 a Scarlet Tanager was reported from the Confluence neighborhood in Lyons. First reported on April 28 by Joel Such. EL PASO COUNTY: —-On May 5 a Wood Thrush was reported from Chico Basin Ranch—El Pas (fee area) by Kevin DeBoer. FREMONT COUNTY: —- On May 4 a Yellow-crowned Night Heron continued at Sell Lake in Canon City. Take Sell Road east from 9th Street to the pond on the south side, before reaching Canon City Riverwalk. Do not trespass beyond the open gate. First reported April 24 by Derek Huggins. —-On May 3 Worm-eating Warbler was reported from Cañon City Riverwalk--Sell Lake to S Raynolds Ave by Diana Beatty. JEFFERSON COUNTY: —-On May 5 a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported at Robert A Easton Regional Park. First reported April 12 by David Suddjian. KIOWA COUNTY: —-On May 5 a (m) Prothonotary Warbler was reported just south of Eads, where Kiowa Creek crosses under County Road 40, by Brandon Percival. —-On May 4 a PAINTED REDSTART was reported at the Kiowa Co Courthouse in Eads. Not found on May 5. First found on May 2 by Joey Kellner and Norm Erthal. LARIMER COUNTY: —-On May 5 a Red-throated Loon was reported from Cobb Lake. (This private reservoir on CR 56 is viewable only from the road or the SWA parking lot). First reported on May 4 by David Wade. —-On May 2 an adult Ruddy Turnstone was reported from Arapahoe Bend Natural Area--Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake). First reported May 1 by by Jim Nachel. —-On May 5 a COMMON GALLINULE was reported from Wellington State Wildlife Area, first seen by John Bruening on April 29. This rarity was at a pond north of Larimer CR 60 in the Schware Unit. (Note that this is not Morris Reservoir, which is on the south side of 60). —-On May 1 a Golden-crowned Sparrow was reported at Riverbend Ponds SWA frequenting the rabbit brush and dirt path at NE corner of the most NE pond; first found 4/25 by Lori Zabel. PROWERS COUNTY: —-On May 2 a Scarlet Tanager was reported from Lamar Community College by John Malenich. RIO GRANDE COUNTY: —-On May 5 a Scarlet Tanager was reported at Home Lake SWA, east of Monte Vista by John Rawinski. WASHINGTON COUNTY: —-On May 5 a Tricolored Heron was reported from the inlet canal of Prewitt Reservoir by Robert Beauchamp. *Upcoming DFO Field Trips...trip details on **dfobirds.org* <http://dfobirds.org/> *Southeastern Colorado* Tuesday & Wednesday, May 7 & 8 7:00 AM - 9:00 PM David Suddjian & John Malenich (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; (831) 713-8659) *Boulder County* Thursday, May 9 7 AM -noon John Malenich (john.malenich AT comcast.net; (303) 359-9456) *Spring Count - Cherry Creek SP* Friday, May 10 6:30 AM - 2:00 PM Cynthia Madsen (cmadse...@gmail.com; (303) 909-6930) Good birding, Joe Roller, Denver 303 204-0828 jroller9 AT 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/CAJpZcUBMwZWz%3DDdBcf26Hz9uA3k8dqsq9wgiJtE4UM1AuqFC2A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
