Tropical Kingbird, Jefferson County

October 6, 2018

It was not much warmer east of the foothills today.  High temperature on 59 degrees.  Winds were 9-10 mph with gusts to 25 mph.  

Rebecca Kosten email to cobirders listserve, link to access without subscribing on the CoBus website:

http://coloradobirdingsociety.net 

"Richard Stevens, Terry Michaels and many birders relocated the probable second State record Tropical Kingbird at South Platte Park Reservoir. More precisely the roof of the storage company to the west. The Colorado Records board has received photos of another bird so today's bird may only be the third record. The last two are pending reviews. Richard took some nice photos and will post to CoBus photo library after he shows them at are committed meeting tonight."

Richard Stevens:

The temptation to add a new bird to my Colorado Checklist was too much.  Terry Michaels and I headed to South Platte Park Reservoir (Jefferson).  Afterwards we continued south to Chatfield Reservoir (Jefferson/Douglas).

When we arrived at Chatfield Reservoir, a Sabine's Gull was observed swimming below the dam's tower.  It eventually swam in both Jefferson and Douglas Counties.

Terry and I walked Deer Creek back at the old balloon launch area.  An Eastern Phoebe hawked bugs north of the now defunct swim beach.

A stop at Cherry Creek Reservoir (Arapahoe) on the way home did not add any uncommon birds to our trip list.  Too many people on the weekends appear to stir up the birds, making them scarce.