Date: Thursday, December 12, 2019 E-mail: r...@cobirds.org
Compiler: Joe Roller jroll...@gmail.com Phone: 303 204-0828 ________________________________________ 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.” Rare, out-of-place and out-of-season species include: Trumpeter Swan (Delta, Pueblo) Tundra Swan (Arapahoe, Boulder, Jefferson, Weld) White-winged Scoter (Douglas, Jefferson) Black Scoter (Arapahoe, Jefferson) Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe, Boulder, Jefferson, Weld) Glaucous Gull (*Larimer, Pueblo) Great Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo) Red-throated Loon (Kiowa) Pacific Loon (Jefferson, Kiowa) Red-naped Sapsucker (Kiowa) Swainson’s Hawk (*Larimer) GYRFALCON (Larimer) Winter Wren (Larimer) Varied Thrush (*Jefferson, La Plata) Gray Catbird (Arapahoe, Pueblo) Common Yellowthroat (Jefferson) Yellow Warbler (Pueblo) Western Tanager (Denver) ______________________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY: —On Dec 8 Tundra Swans (2) were reported at Cherry Creek SP by Meg Reck. —On Dec 8 a Black Scoter and a Long-tailed Duck were reported at South Platte Reservoir. First reported Nov 13 by Burke Angstman. —On Dec 7 a Gray Catbird was reported at Lee Gulch in Littleton by David Suddjian. BOULDER COUNTY: —On Dec 10 Tundra Swans continued at Valmont Overlook. First reported Dec 8 by Mark Mihner-Lee. —On Dec 8 a Long-tailed Duck was reported from Lagerman Reservoir by Emil Yappert. DENVER COUNTY: —On Dec 8 a Western Tanager (late) was reported at Bible & Hutchinson Parks by Jason Bidgood. DOUGLAS COUNTY: —On Dec 9 a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP. First reported by Tony Leukering on the previous day. JEFFERSON COUNTY: —On Dec 11 a (male) Varied Thrush was seen at a private home near Carmody Park, Lakewood. For details, please see the note I posted Dec 10 on Cobirds. Visitors are welcome, with some reasonable guidelines from the homeowner. —On Dec 11 a Varied Thrush visited a private residence NEAR, but not at, Governor Grant Park (39.618, -105.098). IF the bird shows up again, birders may be invited to visit. Stand by for news. Both of these thrushes are within the Denver Area Christmas Count Circle. —On Dec 10 Tundra Swans (4) were reported from Standley Lake by Raymond Spurger. —On Dec 10 a White-winged Scoter was reported at Chatfield SP-N Boat Ramp area by Joey Kellner, who first reported the bird Nov 29. —On Dec 9 a Black Scoter was reported at South Platte Reservoir, lingering since Nov 17. A Long-Tailed Duck continued there too. —On Dec 8 a Pacific Loon was reported at Chatfield SP-N Boat Ramp area by Joey Kellner. —On Dec 8 a Common Yellowthroat was on Clear Creek Trail-Golden to I-70 by Mark Chavez. KIOWA COUNTY: —On Dec 7 a Red-throated & a Pacific Loon were reported at Neegronda Reservoir by Steven Mlodinow. —On Dec 7 a Red-naped Sapsucker (first Dec county record) was reported on Kiowa Creek at Kiowa CR 40 by Steven Mlodinow. LA PLATA COUNTY: —On Dec 6 a Varied Thrush was reported at the Animas River-Huck Finn Pond & Hatchery area in Durango. First reported Dec. 4 by Ryan Votta. LARIMER COUNTY: —On Dec 11 an adult Glaucous Gull was reported at the Larimer Co Landfill by Amanda Spear. —On Dec 11 an adult Swainson’s Hawk was reported at 4856 E Eisenhower Blvd (Loveland) by Joey Angstman. “Obvious light morph adult with brown ‘bib’ and white belly and forehead This is a record late date, as there are no Colorado records of this species for Nov through Jan. Dec records are no closer than the Dallas area. —On Dec 10 a Gyrfalcon was observed outside the Larimer County Landfill in SW Fort Collins. First reported on Nov 3 by Robert Beauchamp. *Please post updates to CObirds*. —On Dec 6 a Winter Wren was reported in Lee Martinez Park by Carrie Olson. PUEBLO COUNTY: —On Dec 10 “Murray” the Great Black-backed Gull that has spent the last umpteen winters at Lake Pueblo, was reported again, as was a Glaucous Gull. —On Dec 9 Trumpeter Swans (3) were seen at Lake Pueblo near the dam. —On Dec 7 a Yellow Warbler was reported at Pueblo Reservoir - Rock Canyon area (below dam, north of river). First reported Nov 24 by Brandon Percival. —On Dec 7 a Gray Catbird was reported at Nature and Raptor Center of Pueblo by several birders. WELD COUNTY: —On Dec 10 a Long-tailed Duck was reported from Idaho Creek Open Space by Steve Mlodinow. —On Dec 10 a Long-tailed Duck was reported at Windsor Lake. First reported Dec. 5 by Josh Bruening. —On Dec 8 a trio of Tundra Swans was reported at Union Reservoir. First reported Dec 7 by Marc Hemmes. —On Dec 8 Long-tailed Ducks (2) were reported at Union Reservoir. First reported Dec 1 by Sabrina Hepburn. __________ Upcoming Denver Field Ornithologists field trip (details at dfobirds.org) *Southwestern Metro Area* Monday, Dec 16 7 AM – 1 PM David Suddjian (dsuddj...@gmail.com; 831-713-8659) *It's Christmas Bird Count time across Colorado, between Dec 14 & Jan 5. * Please help out and sign up for one or more of these CBCs! For a clickable map of Colorado's counts with registration/location details, go to https://audubon.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=ac275eeb01434cedb1c5dcd0fd3fc7b4 Good birding, Joe Roller, Denver jroll...@gmail.com Phone: 303 204-0828 -- 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/CAJpZcUC%2BSxk%2BV4TaYWg%2BogfRkP%3DPP6i1CsU%3DoXNQ2zgM5wkpTw%40mail.gmail.com.
