TIlE 0Jl.01V\OO FU;W OI~['mOU:X:;ISI~' cotORI\IX) BIRD 1ID:DRl:6 (UMITIY.K

'IWfNIY-FlVE ~ (1972-1996)

Jack. IBXIal L [):)parl:11C1t Associate

J:lCpa.rtmcnt oC 7,oology

Denver I1.lSCI.DI of Natural Uistory

City Park , D(mver , CD 80205

'Ihe <blora<:b Fi eld Ornithologists ' (blorado Dim Rerords o:mn.iltee (nee the Cblorado Field

OmitOOlogists ' Official IEoords cmmittee) r()O(lntly o::::nclOOCd its .:evi ..... of Sight ReoOrd

Eq:o.:ts sul.mi.ttcd (0': 1996 . '111is roundod out 25 years that the OJrmUttee hall been .:eviewino

eight reports of rare and unusual species observed within the lltate and nl1inq on thei.:

wlidity. Si nce its iroeption in 1972, the CXlrtmittee has «'C(!ivoo 2211 .:eoo.:ds covering

349 species , 4 hybrids lln'I 3 rccoros assigned only to 9Cnus which were sub':litted t1t a:>lo­

rtodo fie ld observers as ~ll os out-of-st<lte OOSelVCrs ( for an average o f 88, 4 rerords pel'

year) . Of thitJ total, 2135 ~re r-eviewcd arxJ ruled upon by the Co1mittcc fa.: an accept­

ance level of 80.9\ (1727 r:-ecoros) . foil additional 76 ce=rds wcr:-e 8190 r eceived bJt ~

not reviewld by the Q:;r.r.Ilttee, prirmrily bec1Iuse the repo.: ted species was not on a current

"!evicw L.ist" at a particula.r point in t.imc, CUrrently the..-e are 2784 individual Sight

Re<::oro EIcpor'ts supporting !:he 2211 «lOXIIds conlllinod in the Ctmnittee ' s files I'oused in the

DCpiIrbrent of ZOOlogy at the I:aIII'Cr I't..ISe\.ftI of t0tur<li lIistory, '!1lese files also cont"in

ccnsidarable axrcspondence and ~rU\nt d:x:ullents =vering nos t ly opinions (ran axperts

outside of <blorado where the! cmrnittee Olairm:ln I.'"equested ansistance in evaluating ind­

ivi dual sightiogs imolving difficult and/or tricky field observations .

lnoorporated wi thin the filell at the Muselr" are 590 35mn slides =vering pI:otographD <:too

s lides aubnitted by field observers as oorrolxlrlltin<j evidence IISSOCiatod with II part.ic:ul=

Sight necord ~port, 1I11 llDnner of pI:otogr<:tpl'lS (lmve, srrall, coloI.'" , blac k and white)

have been sul:mitted over the ya<lCS, 'Ihese have been converted to 35frm slides by I't.lSeuD

~lunteerB responsible (or file llDintenance. Al l original pIlotographs were properly

catalogued and (Otwardeo:.l to the ~5CW1 I\rc!\ivcs Deparl1oo!lt for safekeeping. '!he 590

slides haYe 00en put into aoetaLC folders and placed in n larqc r ing binder for inspection

by interested par ties. E.:lch !:tlide i s <;(OS!:t-rciercnccd to its oorrcsponding Si<jlt It!=rd

~port and vioe-verSll. BOth the reooed files and the fholxxJraphic evidence are avai.L:oble

to the p.blic for review aodIor research during re<jUlnr ""'SCUll lours (I-tlrday througtI

Priday) in the llepart::rrent of Zcology. 'Ihere is a100 Il video tape o f a sighting of II

~rine JlIe9Cr 01\ file as ~ll as a cassette tape of a Whip-poor-will.

()j October 2, 1971, Van IC!Isen {new Dr. J .V. ~, J r., MUSoeun of Natural SCience,

Louisiana State Lniversity, Baton fbuI]e, rA) wrote a letter to I'k. !:bve Lupton, El:litor of

the (blorado Fielc! Ornithologist strongly sugqesting t.hat the cro s1"OUld be responsible for

the establlslvrent of an o fficial Swte Died List. lie also p~ted a proposal for an

Official Records Cbmti.ttee and a standardized , detailed sight otservation shoot for re­

porting purposes. I'k. Rt:msen further stated Ulat what stisrulatcd JUg slJ99E's t ion was the

vast range in quality of the details of si<jht observations in II ~t issue of the

(bloratdo Field ornithologist.

turing Oe!Ce.i)er 1970, I'k. D:rn.inic 1\. Bartol, J r. , II (bloritdo Springs resident , am'Iteur

photographer ard biro.,.atchcr, ooocrved and fhotografhXI what he identified as a Gilded

Flicker (Cblaptcs c!lr'jsoides) that had been cani.nq to his yard for five days. srortly

therea(tE-r, the Gilded Flicker sighting 1Ippc!M'8d on the Cbl orado Sprinqs, Decrnt:er 21 , I n C,

Chris1;JMS Sird Cburot SUmury (I'b: . Bartol , caopiler) as an IlIlCk.x:urented report p,iblished

along with other (blorado Christm1ls COunts in U>e Cblorado Field cnJithologist, No. 10,

paqe 30, Noveorber 1971. Next, the si9hting was published in hmrican Sirds, Volo.m! 25,

NoJrber 2, p!ICJO 450 (71st Olristlros Sied {);)u;ltJ Io'hich listed the Gilded Flicker in told print

without further details, oorrotoration or expl.an.ltion as "seen in the area during the D:::u1t

Period, but not on O:::u1t DEly". 1\ search of the 1910 (blorado Springs ChristlU3s Sird Cbunt

in their l ocal publication, the lLikorns, ~lllTl! 12, ~r 3, did not reveal this sighting

at all!

cp rebruary 24, 1972, HL Hich.lc1 P. Schultz o( !;;ccut'ity. Q)lor!ido wrote to Ql.1IC Lupton

(Q:llorado Field Qrnitrologist, NO. n. p<>gc 2, M:Irdl 1972) stating that he _5 greatly

distressed by lUl urdX:l.JIelted rep'Jrt of a Gilded flicker that was included in the 1970

<blorac'b Springs OU'istllas Dird COwlt. In rus lelter, Mr. Schultz s tated, " to my kn0w­

ledge, the Gilded Flicker has never before been reco.r:ded in the state" (the Gilded Flicker

is romnUy a sedentary resident in desert areas (ran southern Arizona and southeastern

Cali£omia south into Hexi=). Mr . Sdluitz OlI1Linues that he ccntacted He Bartol and

recei ved his ph.':>togrll,ns of the !Ji«l and found lhcrn Illd<ing in detail and Me. Bartol ' 5

recollection of the bird SOI'eo'hat hazy. In c1ooinq, Mr . Schultz !lade a plea for the c:rwt·

icI'l of an "aocurate, detailed tep'Jrting sysb':!ll".

lIbout the SllIro ti!I'(l in D:mver, Jack ICldall becllme interested in the Gilded plicker

controversy and wrote to He. Bllrtol asking tWn if he ....:x.lld be kind encugh to scrod the

pi-otogrllfh.'> to Denver. Mr. Bartol quickly agreed and forwarded the set as requested . 'IhEl

pictures were bl ack and white enlarqaoonts cle<lrly r e vealiog a flicker ru t little else.

I\lo:l&l1 fe.lt that the bied ....a8 prol::aDly II Yellow-shaftedXl'*<l-shaftoo hybrid but that

there w.'l.S 00 way of krooiing for certain b:Ised ~ the Ih:ll.OgrapM and Me. Bartol had not

nnde any written notes of his sighting.

QJr\sidcrabl e correspYdence continued to 00 generated over the controversy between Messrs.

SChultz, Ienscn. lJ.Ipton. Ee:H,,11 and UIIrtol (Q:llor.xlo Field Cl'nittDlogist. NO. 12. p"-gcs

2-7, JI.IIle 1972) with a letter (rail Remsen to Ihvc Lupton stating. "())nceming the cnlt­

mversy On the lnO (blorad) Springs OU'ist/MS COwl t over the "Cilded Flicker" report. it

seem!! odd ro one has F.8lt.ioned the poosibility of the bied being a hybrid ICd-sh.:lfted X

'le~shafted. All the field II>lrk8 of a Gildad lrIly h.:Ive been &eerl and the bird could

still be a hyhrid wiUI the wing coloration of a 'leHew-sNof ted and the hI).)d pottem o f

Red-shaf ted. I tJlink the bird i 8 ix's t forgotten" . I~r, Ule central t:hcItc discussed

througtDut all of the C>:lrresp:n:lence was the obvious, urgent need for the establishlalt

of a state records <XI'I1Ilittec charI:Jed with receiving . revioong and ruling on aU sight­

i ngs of rare ard UIIusual birds in the state.

III G1:and Junct ion, u>lorado, [lL william A. tnvis, President of the Cblorado Field

ornitIDlogist.s and aut:ror of Birds in Cblora<h, had been following the ccntrovcrsy of

the Gilded ~'lic:ker report with great interest. tn the spring of 1972 , Dr. ~vis and

Jack A:lddall Trot in Llenver to diocuss the nntter. A plan for the creation of an ~Official

Records <DmIittee" was drawn up by the u.o which 01:. ~vis pmscnt;o::l to the 0,'0 Board of

Directors at the Annual meting in Booldcr on l"ily 20, 1972 . 'Ihc Board approved the plan

and on ~lay 30, 1972, the Official fUDrds D::mnittee cane into being and charqed with the

fo l1owi..n9 duties:

aJ to establish criteria for reoords of bi.rc:hl in Cblora(lo, :i.ncluting a standard form

rep::>rting s ight records.

b) to draw up a Cblrmdo State Bird List based upon these criteria and publish it.

c) teD review new l"C1X'rt;s o f species new to the s tllte or of r arity and decide on the

acceptability of the reoord.

d) to nnint.ain the reooros.

Olarter ~ of the Official Rea:>rds O;Ilmi ttce:

JaCk Jejda II. O\CIirnan, Englewxxl

01:. WillimlA. [8vis. Grand Jurction

Cnve Griffi ths, I"lIablo

Dr. Paul Julian, &lulder

l/u<jl Ki.n<:fery, txonv=

Or. "I1O:'piOll Harsh . Denver

Richard Stransky, D.lrarKp

'lbe f irst General Meeting of the Official Rea:>rds O;Ilrnittee w.)S held on Mly 18. 197) at

lJ)e Stater Ibl:ei in l:urango in OOrIJlU>Ction with the Eleventh Annual Q"O CDnvention.

l:uring this IOOCtirxj, Ik. r:nvis pregented the Bylaws of the Q"O Official Raoxds Q:m1Uttee

whi ch he had drawn up olIld they were adopted by the Chtmittee on the following day , M.J.y 19 ,

1973 (Cbloraro Field Ornithologist, IlO. 18, ~ges 4-8, ~ 1973).

1he first Official State List of the Uirds of COlorado was o:::ttpUed by the Q::nrnittee as of

JUne 1, 1973, and published in the Cbloracb Field Ornithologist, No. 11, p:l9CS 3-14, 5ept­

em:.er 1973. n'll list contained 426 species arranged in aocordanoe with the J\lrerioan

Qrnit.OOl Q9ists ' Union Olcck-lis t o f North J\rrorican Birds , Fifth Edition , 1957. 'the 426

species were represented by 395 specilrens tw::.uood in nuseun oolloctioos, nine were included

on the basis of recognizable photographs and an addi tienal t\<Olty-two based ~ aocept:ed

si9ht n-ports. It should be ~intcd out that this list and future upja ted lists ...:lro

slbjected to m.m:.'ro\IS ~ involvirl:! taxoo::::mic rulinqs Md fi.nd..ings made by the

I'Irerican Ornithologists ' lSlion tbrcnclature and Classification a:mnittee, new s pccias

fOl.lJ):j in COlot'~ and fut'ther decisions cnacted by the Official Ib::ords o:mnittee itself.

'Ihe curt'et1t State List of Birds stanr:ls at 458 .

'I1le f i rst 0'0 Official ~rds o::mniltee ~FOrt, -1973 l'Icocpt:ed and Not l\ccCptcd IqDrts

o f Rare and lSlusual Aea:lrds" af{C"red in the Cblorado Field Ornitho1Q9ist, No. 19 , pages

19-41, ~ 1974 . A tota l of 124 rooords wnre sul::ml.tted, with 97 £o.n:! aocept.IDle

(78.2\).

PCl5T SCRIPI'

""oerican Birds, \ob1woe 26, N..-riJcr 2, p.:Jqe 145 {72rd (hrislmlS Bird (bunt) published this

st;.at.e":'ent by Allan O. C'ru.I.kshank,

" In the 1970 Colorado Springs Olu.nt, II Gilded Flicker, II

species I'leV(!r rooorded in the state, was accepted because

of the expl anation that the bird was studied carefully and

fintoqraphcd . "recent ched< o f these tnot06 t'eveals that

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they UId< sufficient details to scp1rat.e this bird frcrn

nuny hybrids that occur in the area~.

AS Cor D:lm.i.nie A. Bartol. Jr . • he took all of the controversy generated by his Gilded

Flicker good nat:uredly and phllc.phiOlllly. en August 19. 1912. he wrote a letter to

COve Lupton in which he says, ~Perhap5 CXlUl.P'n:S alJn'SOIIE5 (Gilded Flickec) is not IruCh

a rod fellow troogh van Jensen suggcsts the bird best be [01'<JOttcn. I disagree . ' Gildy '

Imy MY!! sparked a useful 0'0 validaUon/r ocords CDIIrnittee; gmeral increaso.1 eo.re in

obaerv ... tions ani rerorting nny have been whetted; and it ""'y be JXlCtic that a CJXId

friend ro::lt be [onptten. /otj feeling is that 'Gildy' will sIn.I ~ lI<}<lin . Birds are

nobile. Habitats are not. As hlfiUll encroacttrent proc:~js, J1\lTly birds l1'I.l$t shift Cor

food, water and shelter. Weathcr c.:m precipitate ..... usuals . Field omi tlVJl.ogy will hel p

[ill bird kncwl.cdgo voids. but IIOOner e<>ch of us sharpens cw:i08ity and does better in

<JiIthering 90lid data in contrast to II 'doubting l1Ul\as ' approadl, the better~. Wel l

stated Mr . BartolI Well statedl And than.'<.s to ~ too, "Gildy~.

In the years iJllrodiately folloong thc GildEd Flicker cpiscrle. D;minic Bartol and I be­

carro good fricnd..s , oorresp::nding ""'" and then by lMi l. Occasionally he ~ld inquire of rre

to rocx::rmend good birding "lnt- sFOtS" ",ncre he and hi s wife, Ellen, oould travel to in

order to pursoo his hoI;by of bird rtntography. In return 1 could always expect to re­

oeive photo:]r<>phs o f aune of his best shots to keep. I still retain these pictures in

my persona.l bird records.

In the ~Ircr of 1972, [);:mini e c inched the fint Q)lor<tdo record of a Blue-throetod

trutrningbird with his oolor photographs of a femlle lit the hc::rne of Bernhardin.l .):)hnaon

011 Lytle--Star Ib\lt.e in o:>lorado Springs . lie provided excellent written docI.rrentation

to 90 along with his pictures. At the end of his rerort .... us this footrxlt.e : "If ' Gildy '

hIId cnly kJn.m . • • •

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'ITle ale and cnly ti:ne I Il'Ct !);:minic _ 5 m tblle!Qcr 2 , 1983. lie .. ·as c ranmxl iIlto a

snnll , canoufl1!r<}e plDto blind lit the re!:lidcnce of Mo:lrtha and Ed CUrry in Co1ar<>do Springn

IItterrpting to pnotogr llph the s Lllte ' s fiat !ecmd of a Br!llfbl..ing .

Lieutenant Cblone1 I);:minic II. Bartol, Jr. , t5AF (ret.) passed away bn Mlrch 7 , 1988 .

'IlIis Appendix lists the )49 species, 4 hybrids and J unspecifiod species (<JI!I1US ally) I

repoI"ted to the CFO Cblorach Bini I8x>rns CbmIittee fran 1972 through 1996. CM:u: the years

the Cmmittcc chose to utili7.1l various rr('!lJY.ld$ to de!:lignatc the wlidity of subn1tted

reall'ds. 'lho Official ~ O;mnittee began with a straightforward approach; NXl'YIW

or 1m NJ:£P1EI). In 1976, the CbmIittee dWlCJ(.'d to systen of ClJISS A Rcooros (ttose in

which the sut:rnitted d:x:w'cntation suppJrted the stated identification) and crASS a Recconls

(th:lse in which the slbnitted d:lcurentation irdicated a misidentification was nadc or the

sutrnitted doc\m:mtaUon was too brief) .

In 1977, the Q;:mnittee exparded to II COlvoluted. fCll.ll:'-ticr systell\. ClJI.SS A I8x>rds (same

as before above); CU\SS a Ierords (do:x:uoontation indicated a misidcntificlltion W1'IS probably

A and B al::ovc); CLlISS D Ib::ords (to be used when 11 a :::mnittce rrrntJer \oI<IS reviewing his/her

0I0TI reoord or is l.rIfunUliar with the species in question and oan give ro opin:iorlJ. It

«wears that CU\SS D was selWn if ever used and was lIppareot1y dtoppod in 1986 or 1987

with the other classes oontinuing to be utilized.

In the ~~rt of tho CFO Reoo.r:d$ Ctzmlittoo foI" 1992", there I1pp:loars to be a return to the

I\CUl"'IED and tuI' J£:QP'Irn(I£JEX:IED systell\ without cxplllnaticfl. 'ltIis rrethod reroina in

voguE! tod.1.y with II slight r:od.ificatial . tuI' I'Ul'YI1\BLE is divided into boQ parts (Uicnti-

fioation questionable) or (natural OCC\.ll:"rence questionable) .

For the purpJGes of this paper. llLOW1W and a.J\SS A IC:ords are CJ:lI.Illtcd as being valid

for the docI.lr'ention subnitted. 1m AlXU"u::D, CIN;SES a. C and D are COlsi.dereO invalid for

the d:x:u:lenl:ation sWn.itte:L Q)1um. (a) lists the n~ of ~rds Jeoeived (ICVD) by

species ; Q)lum (b) lists the nlllt>cr of Peulrds ~icwed (A>'VO) by the ctmnittee; Q)lum (c

indioates the rn.rrt>et- of fbXlnls Acoepta;'I (AC); Q)hllTl (d) indicates the nurber of Reoonls

NOt I'a:eptOO (NII.) ; an::l Q)lum (C) lists the nlrliJcr of Sight oooonl Rep::orts (SIlI'J s~rting

the 2211 Rerorda on file.

I ,

Jl.PPfNDIX PllGE 1

J]}I 1~r.I: -~, )

Red-thr:o!Ited ltXJ1 - - - - - - - - - - " 23 " 29 Pacific J.DcrI - - - - - - - - - - - - - • 15 14 14 not circulated 1lI 24 (bmrJnloon ---- -- ---- ---- ) 1 1 rot circulated 11) )

Ycllo.--bllied loon - - - - - - - - - - - 11 11 10 13 Jed-ncckod Crcbc - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 11 j

13 Clark' s Grebe - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 oot circulated (1) 1 Bro.mPelic3n ------------- , , 11 NeOtropic OJrm:u:ant - - - - - - - - - - 11 11 11 '"'""" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , 1 0 1 r-»~fi.cent Frigatcbird - - - - - - - - 1 , : ~

lst state rec.:ol"d 9-14-85 , White Ibis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1st state rocorrl 7-20-85 1 Glossy Ibis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 11

:1 1st state record 3-27-86 14

Wnit.e-faced Ibis - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 proto only, no rqx:>rt )1) 1 B1ackV\1l.ture -- -----------

, , ' single observer only , TUrkey Vulture - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 ; ( 1 LeastBittcrTl - ------------ , , 11 Great Egret - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 photo a"lly, no report )1) 1 Litili Blue Heron - - - - - - - - - - - 31 31 ~~

35 Tricolored Hera\ - - - - - - - - - - - - l4 14 19 Reddish Egret - - - - - - - - - - - - - • • ;j 10 Cattle Egret - - - - - - - - - - - - - - " " photo only , no rer.ort ) l) " Green Heron - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , 6 not circulated III , Yell~ Ni~t-llcron - - - - - - - 11 11 ph:>to only. ro """'" (1) 10 Black-bellied hbistlinq-1llJCk - - - - - - • • i

5 FUlwus Whistling-D.:ock - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1st state reoord 10-15-91) 1 Great er White-fronted Goose - - - - - - 1 1 1 0 1 Bar-hendecI Goose - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 ruled an escape 1 Socw Qxlee (Blue J!IlJ1i1.) - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 fbss's Gc:IOsc - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 II II 14 Br.1nt ("temjclIJ" group) - - - - - - - - ) ) ; )

("niqri.caos- group) - - - - - - - , , , ~eGoose------ -- ----- 1 1 0 ruled as escapes • Mute9.ran ----- - ---- --- - - 1 1 0 odgin question4bl.e 1 Trutpcber Swan - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 11 13 " 'I\JndraSWan -------------- 1 l

j 1

RIDdy Shekluck - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 rul ed as e5O<Ipes ) -""" -------- ------- 1 l ( 1 MmchrinC\lck ------------- l l

I 'i ruled 1111 escape 1 EUrasian Wigeon - - - - - - - - - - - - to to " Fwrerican Black. IllJCk - - - - - - - - - - , 9 II lVreriam Black ().Ick X Mallard hybrid :- - 1 l ~ not circulated (1) • Blue--wi.ngcd 'l'ell.l - - - - - - - - - - ~ - • ) l

( not circulated ( 1) • Ibrthern Pintail - - - - - - - - - - - - l 1 albino record 1 '"'"""" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1st state record 4-26-90 • Baikal ~l - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 l : origin questionable 14 RBd-crestod P\:lchal:d - - - - - - - - - - l 1 ruled an escape 1 Tufted Duck - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 l nIled 1111 escape 1

Greater Scaup -- - ------- --- • ) not circulated (1) • Harlequin DJCk - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 SurfSOOber -------- - ----- 14 14 l;

15 White-winged S<X:Iber - - - - - - - - - - 5 5 ( 5 Black SOOter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 15 14 10

Oldsquaw - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 ) not circulated III 5

Bufflehead - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - l l 1 Bl!.rra./ ' S COl.dencyc - - - - - - - - - - - ) )

0 • tb:d ed I-hrganoor - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 not circulated (1) 1

r ~x Pl'GE 2

~breastod l'm:qanger - - 1 1 0 1 Oop"", - -- - - - - - - - 1 1 2 5 SWallQ.>-t.'Iiled Ki te - - - - - - - - 4 4 1 11 White-tailed Kite - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 1 1 Mississippi KiOO - - - - - - - - - - 10 10 9 1 11 Bald Ea<}lo - - - - - - - - - 2 2 0 ptnoo only, ~ re,>o.o< (l) , ~shinned '''''''' - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 1

""""" BUick-Hawk - - - - 4 4 1 ," state ~'" 6-2()-80 5 I~ris's ,- - - - - - - - - - - - 5 5 '" .e,,,. ~ 12-17-94 10 Gray Hawk. - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 1 ~11l!wk - - - - - - - - - - 5 1 2 not c i rculated (2' 1 Je:'I-shoul.dcrad ''''' - - - - - - - - 16 " 11 19 SWainson ' s ,- - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 1 hhite-tailed """ - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 1 Zone-tailecl ,.- - - - - - - 1 1 0 1 Merlin - -- -- - - - - - - - - -- 2 1 not circulllted (1) 2 Peregrine f'al<Xln - - - - - - - - - - - 4 4 4 5 GyrfalCUl -- - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 11 1 20 IlJffed GIO.1Se - - - - - - - - -- 5 5 2 1st state ='" 1988 5 Iollite-tailcd ptarmigan - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 Gre«OO, Prai rie-OUckcn - - - - - 2 2 2 callfornill Quail - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 J Yellow Pail - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 1

Bla'" Pail - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , , 5 ," ",,,. ~ 5-11-75 13 King ""11 - - - - - - - -- - - - - - 2 2 2 1st st,~te ,='" 6-12-76 1 Virginia ",n - - - - - -- 1 0 0 root circulated (1' 1

SO" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 not circulated (I) 1 Purple Gallinule - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 '" .e.", ~ 8-6-78 2 Q:mlal MXlrhen - - - - - - - 9 9 1 15 Iolx::oping crane - - - - - - - - - -- - 10 10 , 11 JIoInCrican Gol den-Plover - - - - - - - - 10 10 1 13 5tY>ly Plover - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 2 2 Wilson' s Plover - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 1 Piping '''''''' - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 16 15 not circulated (1' 2J M'Juntain Plover - - - - -- - - - - - J J J J Gcoater Yell.cwlegs - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 , ••.. " Yel~legs - - - - - 2 1 0 not circulated (1' 2 Spotted -"""" - - - - - - - 1 1 0 1 SOlitary Sandpiper - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 "" circulated 11' 1

"''''''' ,""",' "'" - - - - - -- - - 1 1 1 2 _, - - - - - - -- - - - - - 4 1 J not circulated (l) 4 1tUd9Onian (;Q(}.rit - - - - - - - - - - 22 22 18 " Marbled Godwit - - - - --- - - - 1 1 1 nesting ,='" 1

"""'" """"""'" - - - - - - - - - - 15 15 15 11

"'" """'- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - 13 13 13 15 Western Sandpiper - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1

""., Sandpiper - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 White-rurped Sandpiper - - - - - - - - 2 2 2 J

"""",,' Sandpiper - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 2 2

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - - - 2 2 1 1., ,boo ,='" 6 [).Jnlin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - J J J J Stilt Sandpiper - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 2 2 8I.Iff-OCeasted Sandpiper - - - - - - 20 20 19 2J Ruff/Reeve - - - - -- - - -- - - - 2 2 1 ", ",,'" ='" 5-30-76 4 Sb:>rt-bi lled ~itcher - - - - - - - - 19 19 15 22

AIroric.:m Wocldoock. - - - - - - - - - - -ROd Phalarope - - - - - - - - - - - - -Steroorarius species - - - - - - - - - -POmarlne Jaeger - - - - - - - - - - - -Parll$itic Jaeger - - - - - - - - - - - -Loog- tailcd Jaeger - - - - - - - - - - -Laughing Gull - - - - - - - - - - - - -Franklin ' s Gull - - - - - - - - - - - -Little Gul l - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Bl3ck- healed Gull - - - - - - - - - -­Bonaparte ' s Gull - - - - - - - - - - - -I~rmann's Gull - - - - - - - - - - - -Mew Gull - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -C8lifiornia Gull - - - - - - - - - - - -Thayer ' s GUll - - - - - - - - - - - - -loeland Gull - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I./;!9scr Black-rocked Gull - - - - - - - -Western Gull - - - - - - - - - - - - - -G1aucous-winqcd Gull - - - - - - - - - -GloooousGull --- ----- - ---­Great BlaCk-backed Gull - - - - - - - -Black-legged Kittiwake - - - - - - - - -Ro69's GUll - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Sabine ' s Gull - - - - - - - - - - - - -caspian Tern - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -0Cmm0n Tern - - - - - - - - - - - - - -ArcticTern - - -- ----------Least Tern - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Black Tern - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -I.ong-biUcd t-Urrele t - - - - - ... - - - -Ancient Murrel et - - - - - - - - - - - -Band-tailod Pigeon - - - - - - - - - - -eurasian c:bUared-~ - - - - - - - - -\oN.te-winc}ed r:t:lYc - - - - - - - - - - -Inca DOve - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -OOmmon Ground- DOve - - - - - - - - - - -I'onk Parakcet - --- --------­Black-cro.oocd Parrot - - - - - - - - - -Black-billed ().JCkoo - - - - - - - - - -GLo:soe-billed J\ni - - - - - - - - - - -Bam CWl - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Flannulated 0.>1 - - - - - - - - - - - -Eastern 5creec:h-<MI - - - - - - - - - -Western Screech-o.,ol - - - - - ... - - - ... Sn:::wyo..l - ......... - - ... - - - ... - - --Spotted 0.>1 ... - - - - ... - - - - - - - -GreatGrayCW1- - - - - - - - - - - -­aoreal OWl - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Northum Sa~t OWl - - - - - - - - -lesser Night/vrWk - - - - - - - - - - - -OCmmonPoOoiill ----- - -----­\oN.p-JXDr-1<iill - - - - - ... - - - = : -_- -Black Swift - - - - - - - - - - - -O1i/ITIeY Sw'ift -- --- -- ------

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23 2

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1 3 o 2 Video tape on file 3 o 5 o 31st state reo:ord 11-2-74 1 lst state reo:m:'l 10-8-88 o 1 I .lst stilte .:eo:srd ) - 7-80 o not circulated (1) 8 2 21st state record 12-12-76 1 o lst state rocDrd 7-25- 81 o 1 1st state record 1-1-80 , o 1st state [coxd 4-28- 83 o 1 not circulat ed (1)

1st s ta te record 5-27-74 o not c i rculated (1) 2 o rKlt ci::cul.ated (1 ) o o 1st s tate record 8-22-82 o o rKlt circulated (1) o lst s tate record , o 1st state record 11- 4-92 4 I'll 1 observer only 1 rul ed M escape o rKlt circulated (1)

o l i st state record 10-3-76 o o not cir culated (1) o o not circulated (2) 3 2 3 2 o not circull' ted (1) 2 1 1 one tilpe C/lsse t te en f ; I, o o

, 27

5 17

" 11 28 2

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16 33

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vaw: ' s Swift - - - - -- - - - - - - - 5 5 0 5

- - - - - - - - 2 2 2 2 - - - - - - 15 15 11 Is, , .. ". ="' 6-29-72 19 - - - - - - , , J 12

6 6 , ,,, ,~~ ="' 7-13- 91 12 1 1 , J

"", ' , 5 5 • '" .~"' ="' 8-29-66 6 J J J J

- - - - - - J J 0 10

- - - - - J J J • - - - - - - - - - , , 2 1" ,""" ,~"' 7-20-94 11 - - - - - - - - J J J J

- - - - 12 , 5 not ci.rcu1ated «) " ....... ".. - - -- - 2 2 2 2 sapsucker - - - 2 2 2 2

Iad.1cr-wckoo ''''''''''''''''''' - - - - • • • 4

MUte-headed Woodpecker - - - - , , 0 , 'Ifu"ee-toed Ih>1pecker - - - - - - 1 0 0 ~, circulated (1) , GUlJ'fI FLI(](ER - - - - - - - - - - - - , , J

PHeated W::Iodpecker - - - - - - - - - 1 , , Eastem I'o\:lOd-Pcwee - -- - - - - - - - 15 15 " Ac1Id.ian Flycatcher - - - - - - - - - - , 0 0 n/c cbservers ' m"oos' 1

"""" Flycat:.cOOr - - - - - - - - - - - • 4 • • willcw Flycatcher - - -- - - - - - - , 0 not circulated (1) ,

- - - -- - - -- -- J 2 ~, circulated ( 1) 5

- - - - J 2 ~, circulated (l) J - - - - - 1 , '" ",,", ,~'" J - - - - - 1 0 not circul.atcd (1) ,

- - - - 18 18 '" '''"' ="' 5-1.3-72 " East.em ptf:::lebe - - - - - - - - - 5 5 6

Say ' s Plvebe - - - - - - - - - - , , , Vermilion Fl ycatcher - - - - - - lJ lJ 12 13

ruslty-caff'E!"" Flycatcher - - - - - - - J J 0 6

ASh- throated Flycatcher - - - - - - 2 , , not cin::ulated (l) 2

Gtellt crested Flycatcher - - - - - - • • 6 Thi ck-bil led Kingbird - - - - - - - , , lot ,ta~ ~d 2

hbstern Kingbi rd - - - - - - - - - - , , , Eastern Kingbird - - - -- - - - - - , , , I

Scissor-tailed Plycatcher - - - - - - , , , --Woo"," """"" - - - - - - - - - , , , '-"'"'" Sh<ike - - , , , I'hl te-eyod vireo - - - 2J 2J '" '''~ ,eoon] 5-10-74 J4

Bell 's Vireo - - - - - J J J

Black-caff'E!"" Vireo - - , , , =y Virro - - - - - - • • • Yellow-throated vi rro - - - - 18 18 2J

llutton ' 5 vin<> - - - - - - - - - - J J J

Phllbde4*tia Vin<> - - - - - - - - " " 25

a!d eyed Vireo - - - - - - - - - - - , , , Bl ue Jay - - -- - - - - - - - - - - • J not c i rculatcd 11) 4

"""= J.y - - - - - - - - - - - , J ,

Yel low-billed l laqpi o - - - - - - - , , , Purple Martin - - - - - - - n n 19

Tree Sw.lllcw - - - - - - - - , , , _tic - - - - - - - - - - J 2 not circulated 11) •

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-1~I~~IEi IN :I:ill' Py<J!fi Nuthatch - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 : ~

1

Cao"" Wreo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 3 6 am"", _ - - - - -- - - - - - - - - 1 1

1 1

Carolina Wren - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 15 25 Bewick's Wnm - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 not c i rculated (11 1 !lc:oJ5O Wren - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - 3 3 ~ 1 • Winter Wren - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • 3 not circulated (1) •

1 5edgc Wren - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 16 19 hneriC!ll1 Di[:per - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 Black-tailed Q\atcatcher - - - - - - - - • • ~ • • Eastern Bluebird - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 : 3 'IbwnSend ' s SOlitai~ - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 00' circulated (1) 1 NOrthern hheatear - - -- - - - - - - - 1 1 2

"""'Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1

2!

1 Gray-dleeked 'Ihrush - - -- -- - - - - 3<l 3<l 33 Swainson ' s 'I11rush - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 1 IIerm.i t 'Ihrush - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1

~: 0 root circul ated III 2 - "'""'" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 12 2 12

Varied n",,,h - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 12 " 16 _ti, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 Northern M:X:kingbim - - - - - - - - - - I 3 3 3 Sa,. 'l11rasher - - - - - - - - -- - - - 1 1 : 0 1 Bf:Ooln 'Ihrashcr - - - - - - - -- - - - - 6 6 0 6 Ialg-bille:l nrr.shoo- - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 6 Ben:lire ' s 'lhrasher - - - - - - - - - - - 12 12 6 13

Orrve-billed Thrasher - - - - - - - - - 8 8 0 , Sprague's Pipit - - - - - -- - - - - - , ,

~ 13

BohI:!mian waxwing - - - - - - -- - - - - 1 1 1

Cedar waxwing - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 r.ot circulated (1) 1

Phain:)pepla - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 11 17

Olive Warbler - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 3 Blue-win<)ed Warbler - - - - - - - - - - 28 28 2~ • ," ".'" o=ro 5-9-70 36

("Dlden-Winqec! , Bluc-wi.nged hybrid - 1 1 0 1 Cb1den-wingecl Warbler - - - - - - - - - 24 24 2 32

"Brewster' a" Wi'lmler - - - - - -- - - - 2 2 3 "Ulwl:ence' 8" warbler - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 'I'erUlessee Warbler - - - - - - - - - - - • • • 5 Nashville warbler - - - - - - -- - - - 6 5 l 0 ret circulated (1) , Virginia ' s warbler - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 1

Nor thern Parula - - - - - - -- - - - - 6 4 rot c.irculatcd (2) 6 Illcy ' 5 warbler - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1

O1estnut-si.ded warbler - - - - - - - - - 7 6 not c i r culated (1) , "'gnolli warbler - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 4

~i 0 4

Cape May Warbler - - - - - - - - - - - - 21 21 1 34

Black-t±u:oated Blue Wlrbler - - - - - - 23 22 1 rot circulAted (1) 27

TOwnsend's warbler - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 0 2

Hcrmi t. Harbler - - - - - - - - -- - - - 11 H i 2 '" ".'" =ro 5-8-75 11 Black-throated Green warble.- - - - - - - , 7 0 10

Black.burnian warbler - - - - - - - - - - 23 23 ~i I 2 28

Yellow-throated warbler - - - - - - - - 19 19 0 22

Grace ' 8 warbl er - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1

t 0 1

Pine warbler - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 19 5 20

Prairie Warbler - - - - - - - - - - - - H 11 0 '" stat e =ro 5-10-75 16

P<'ilm Warbler - - - - - - - - - - - - -- 12 11 2:

J rvt circuill te:l ill 12

Bay-breastad Warbler - - - - -- - - - - 28 27 2 not circulated (1) 31

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.aJlPENDIX Pta: 6 .us. .us . ,.,.,. -. 'N: 'NA """" fm: Ii) (b) (el 1df (., Bl.ackp::lll tlarbler - - - - - - - - - - - 7 7 7 0 7 CXlt'Uiean Wol rbler - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 0 1 Black-and-white warbler - - - - - - - - J J J 0 J Arrerican -""" - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 0 not cireulat.ed ( ll 1 Prot;hcn:)tary warbler - - - - - - - - - - 25 25 2J 2 37 Wbrm-eating Warbl er - - - - - - - - -- 20 20 19 1 21 Swain5Ol ' s warbler - - - - - - - - - - - 6 6 6 0 10

"""""" - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - 2 1 1 0 not ci«:ulatBd (ll 2 N:lrthern waterthrush - - - - - - - - - - J 2 2 0 not circulated (11 J LouisiaJ\ll "'Cor"""",, - - - - - - - - - 6 6 • 2 ," . M OO ,~'" 6-1-75 7 O;lnnecticut Warbler - -- - - - - - - - 6 6 5 1 7

l<entucky Woublar - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 25 22 3 1st state "'''''''' 5-31-63 29 l't:Iurning warbl er - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 22 12 10 3Q

l-tloGill ivray' s warbler - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 0 1 I~ ' cIed Wlrblar - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2J '9 19 0 00' circulated (4) 25 Wilson's warbler - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 1 1

CMada warbler -- - - - - - - - - - - - 18 18 16 2 18 lUi- faced warbler - - - - - - - - - -- 1 1 1 0 ,., .MOO ,~"' 5-3-93 2

painted _<art - - - - - - - - - - - - , , J 5 " YellOo'-breasted OIat - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 0 3

""""" -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 12 12 0 root circulated (1) 13 Scarlet - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 13 13 0 13 Ik!p1Itic " .... '" - - - - - - - - - - - - " 13 13 0 not circulated (1 ) 17 Eastern 'ItJwhee - - - - -- - - - - - - - 3 3 3 0 J

S~tted X Grecn- ta iled - hybrid - - 1 0 0 0 00' circulatod (1) 1 CM}Ql 'I'owI'IOO - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 0 1

cassin 's Sparrow - - - - - - -- - - - - 3 1 1 0 1

'"~ ''"'"'' - - - - - - - - - 5 5 J 2 5

Chipping Sparrow - - - -- - - - - - - - • • J 1 J Clay-o;>lorcd Sparrow - - - - - - - - - - 2 3 1 0 not circulat ed (l) 2

arc..cr ·s Sparrow - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 1 1 0 1

Fiel d Sparrow - - - - -- - - - - - - - 15 15 " J 17 DiaCK- ChiMo:! Sparrow - - - - - - - - - 2 , 0 2 5

"'- """'" - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 1 1 2

Bladl-throated '''''''' - - - - - - - - - 2 2 2 0 2

S/I""e Span'oW - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 5 5 0 5

"'~-Sparrow - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 0 1

Baird's ''"'"'' - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 13 • , 15 I.e OJnte' s "'""'" - - - - - - - - - - - 7 7 5 2 II

Hcl'lslow' !I ''''~ - - - - - - -- - - - 2 2 2 0 1" state = '" 9-10- 85 3

~lS01 ' B SllarF-tailcd Sparrcw - - - - - • • 1 3 5

"'" ,~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • • • 0 • J.J.ncoln· s "'""'" - - - -- - - - - - - 1 3 1 0 1

SWartp Sparrow - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 6 • 2 6

Mlite-throated Sparnw -- - - - - - - - 5 • • 0 not circulated (l) 5

Q)lderH:::rownao:i Sp.!Irroor - - - - - - - - - , , 7 1 , Harris ' s """'" - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 0 00' circul ated (11 1

J)lrk-eyed """'" (\,'hitc-winged ,~) - - 1 1 1 0 1

",plaOO - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0 1 2

9nith' s --- - - -- - - - - - - - 7 7 0 7 17 ~tnut-coll.4red -- - - - - - - - 1 3 0 1 1

SI'lCW Bunting - - - - - - - - - - - - - , , 7 1 3J

N:lrthem C4rdinal - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 2 0 2

Pyuhuloxio - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 2 0 ,,, ... '" ~ 12- 17-89 2

Black-he, ~ GrOSbeak - - - - - - - - - 3 3 2 1 •

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""". """. 'N: '''' OO»S '1:\,·1 !aj lEi) Tcf m (0) •

Ibse-breasted Grosbeak - - - - - - - - - 4 3 , 1 not circulated (I ) 5 Indigo Bunting - - - - - - - - - - - - - , 0 0 0 not circulated (2) , Indigo , UI;o;uli """ting hybdd - - - - - 1 0 0 0 oot circulnto::l (1) l V.u:ied Bunting - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 l 0 1 l Painted Bunting - - - - - - -- - - - - l4 l4 12 , 16 Bobolink - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , 6 5 l not circu1!lted (I) , ~.icolored Blackbird - - - - - - - - - l l 0 1 , ~ Blackbird - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 0 albino ~d l A.lsty Blackbird - - - - - - -- - - - - 3 3 3 0 4 Eastern /otladc:wlark - - - - - - - - 9 , , , 10 1 Great - tailod Grackle - - - - - - - 24 23 " l oot circul ated (1) 31 Bronzed ~ird - - - - - - - - - - - - , , 1 l ," ""'''' <ea><d $-18-90 3 Ot'chard Odol e - - - - - - - - - - - - - l l l 0 I

""""" (kiole - - - - - - -- - - - - - , , 0 , ;1 Streak- backed Oriole - - - - - - - I l 0 l Bullock ' s Oriole - - - - - - - - - - , , , 0 , 500t;t ' s Oriole - - - - - - - - - - - " 24 20 4 -circulated OJ " - - - - - - - - - "" ""'''' ,"""'" 5- 1- 75 ararrbling - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 3 , l loe "are ='" 10-30-83 , Bl ack fbfIy-f'i.och - - - - - - - - - l 1 0 1 l Pi ne Grosbeak - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 0 1

"""to Finoh - - - - - - - - - - - 32 32 " 6 35

"" Crossbill - - - -- - - - - - - l 0 0 0 not circuillted (1) 1 White-wingl:ld Crossbil l - - - - - - - 4 4 4 0 5

"""" _" - - - -- - - , , 0 , 3 ~sser Goldfinch - - - - - - 3 3 3 0 4 EVening Gmsbeak - - - - - - l 0 0 0 not circulatal OJ l

". lIelena iO»<bill - - - - - l l 0 1 ruloo ~~po 3

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BIBLICClW'tIY

Aikcms, '«lIme 12, IMber 3 (Janua.ry - FebruIIry 1971).

lII1el'ican Birds, \blllTl'! 25, Nu!Der 2 (llpril 1971).

Volt.m:! 26 , t-'mtxrr 2 (JI,prU 1912).

JllrCrican Ornithologists' U1ion , 1957 , OlCCk-list o f North lI/!crican Birds, 5th I::d.ition .

American Ornithologists ' Lnion, 19B3, OlCCk-list of North 1Im:lrican Birds. 6th Edition .

1VIerican Ornithologists ' tl1 ion. 1997. forty-fint S\.Wl.etent to the I'I1'erioM Ornitholoqists '

I.hi.cn QlOdt- llst of NOrth lID:<rican Birds ./\uk lU:542-552.

Colorado Field ornithologist. Nu!Der 10 (~r 1971)

..-..11 (Mlrctl Un)

"""""" 12 (JUne 1972)

Nu!ber 1) (SeptaTber 1972)

""""', 1< (oeoent:er 1972)

""""', 15 (March 1973)

NIJrt:er 17 (5eptcntx!r 1973)

tuItJe.r 18 (IlIloI!r!ter 1973)

tortJer 19 (Klrd'l l!}74 )

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