Colorado Bird Records Committee Reports

The 55th Report of the CBRC
Semo, Lawrence S. July 2010. The 55th Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Colorado Birds 44(3):180-185
Highlights: First county records of Neotropic Cormorant for Larimer, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron for Bent, Upland Sandpiper for Montezuma, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher for Kiowa, and Painted Bunting for El Paso.

The 54th Report of the CBRC
Semo, Lawrence S. and Doug W. Faulkner. April 2010. The 54th Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Colorado Birds 44(2):89-105.
Highlights: First, second, and third state records for "Mexican" Duck (Anas platyrhynchos diazi) and the third state record of Smith's Longspur (Calcarius pictus).

The 53rd Report of the CBRC
Semo, Lawrence S. and Doug W. Faulkner. January 2010. The 53rd Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Colorado Birds 44(1):31-42.
Highlights: The second state records for Black Vulture and “Brewster’s” Warbler.

The 52nd Report of the CBRC
Semo, Lawrence S. and Doug W. Faulkner. October 2009. The 52nd Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Colorado Birds 43(4):268-281.
Highlights: The long overdue first state record of Acadian Flycatcher, which brings the state list to 489 species, the second record of Ross’s Gull, and the fourth record of Ruff.

The 51st Report of the CBRC
Semo, Lawrence S. July 2009. The 51st Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Colorado Birds 43(3):193-204.
Highlights: Ninth record of Reddish Egret, the tenth record of Gyrfalcon, and the eleventh record of Whip-poor-will.

The 50th Report of the CBRC
Semo, Lawrence S. April 2009. The 50th Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Colorado Birds 43(2):123-135.
Highlights: Sooty Tern added to the state list. Third record of King Rail, the seventh record of Ancient Murrelet, the second record of Smith’s Longspur, and the first record of a Type 3 Red Crossbill.

The 49th Report of the CBRC
Semo, Lawrence S. and Doug W. Faulkner. January 2009. The 49th Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Colorado Birds 43(1):50-64.
Highlights: The fifth state record of Common Black-Hawk, fourth record of Harris’s Hawk, fifth accepted observations of both Louisiana Waterthrush and Painted Redstart, and the third record for Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow, which constitutes the first documented occurrence of that species in Colorado in 34 years.

The 48th Report of the CBRC
Semo, Lawrence S. October 2008. The 48th Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Colorado Birds 42(4):270-278.
Highlights: Fifth record of Whooping Crane.

The 47th Report of the CBRC
Semo. Lawrence S. July 2008. The 47th Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee: Partial Results of Spring 2008 Circulations. Colorado Birds 42(3):200-214.
Highlights: Second state record of Arctic Loon, first breeding record of Sandhill Crane for Weld County, and second state record of Royal Tern.

The 46th Report of the CBRC
Semo, Lawrence S. April 2008. The 46th Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee: Partial Results of Winter 2007-08, Circulations and New Additions to the State List. Colorado Birds 42(2):115-129.
Highlights: Brown-crested Flycatcher and Streak-backed Oriole added to the state list.

The 45th Report of the CBRC
Semo, Lawrence S. January 2008. The 45th Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee: New Additions to the State List. Colorado Birds 42(1):38-45.
Highlights: Black-chinned Sparrow, Hooded Oriole, and Lawrence’s Goldfinch added to the state list.

The 44th Report of the CBRC
Semo, Lawrence S. October 2007. The 44th Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Colorado Birds 41(4):241-258.
Highlights: Smith’s Longspur added to the state list.

The 43rd Report of the CBRC
Semo, Lawrence S. April 2007. The 43rd Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee - Decision Summary: Acceptance of Kelp Gull to List of Colorado Birds. Colorado Birds 41(2):33-49.

The 42nd Report of the CBRC
Semo, Lawrence S. July 2006. The 42nd Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Colorado Birds 40(3):133-156.
Highlights: White-eared Hummingbird and Tropical Parula added to the state list.

The 41st Report of the CBRC
Semo, Lawrence S. January 2006. The 41st Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Colorado Birds 40(1):26-44.
Highlights: Black Vulture added to the state list.

The 40th Report of the CBRC
Leukering, Tony. October 2005. The 40th Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Colorado Birds 39(4):168-176.
Highlights: The second accepted record of Costa’s Hummingbird, two accepted records of Baird’s Sparrow, and the first West Slope record of Grasshopper Sparrow. Three first county records for Eurasian Collared-Dove.

The 39th Report of the CBRC
Leukering, Tony and Lawrence S. Semo. July 2005. The 39th Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Colorado Birds 39(3):131-141.
Highlights: Colorado’s fourth Lucy’s Warbler.

The 38th Report of the CBRC
Leukering, Tony and Lawrence S. Semo. October 2004. The 38th Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Colorado Birds 38(4):168-183.
Highlights: Colorado’s second Zone-tailed Hawk and third Lucy’s Warbler. Cackling Goose is added to the state list due to an AOU split.

The 37th Report of the CBRC
Leukering, Tony and Lawrence S. Semo. April 2004. The 37th Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Colorado Birds 38(2):73-88.
Highlights: Arctic Loon, Broad-billed Hummingbird, and Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher added to the state list.

Black-bellied Whistling Duck: A Special Report of the CBCR
Leukering, Tony. October 2003. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck: A Wanderer Rejoins the Official Colorado List. Colorado Birds 37(4):202-206.

Jaegers in Colorado: A Special Report of the CBRC
Leukering, Tony. April 2003. Jaegers in Colorado: A Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee. Colorado Birds 37(2):73-87.

2002 News from the CBRC
Leukering, Tony. January 2002. News from the Colorado Bird Records Committee (January 2002). Journal of the Colorado Field Ornithologists 36(1):35.

2001 pt.2 of the CBRC
Leukering, Tony and Lawrence S. Semo. January 2004. Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee: 2001 Reports, Part II. Colorado Birds 38(1):14-21.
Highlights: Black Skimmer added to the state list. The first accepted record of Harlequin Duck in 25 years. The state’s fourth White Ibis, seventh Long-tailed Jaeger, and eighth Connecticut Warbler.

2001 pt.1 Report of the CBRC
Leukering, Tony and Lawrence S. Semo. July 2003. Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee: 2001 Reports, Part I. Colorado Birds 37(3):138-164.
Highlights: First accepted record of Least Bittern for the San Luis Valley. Third accepted record of Common Black-Hawk.

2000 Report of the CBRC
Leukering, Tony and Chris Wood. April 2002. Report of the Colorado Birds Record Committee: 2000 Records. Journal of the Colorado Field Ornithologists 36(2):82-113.
Highlights: Slaty-backed Gull added to the state list. Second accepted records of Tufted Duck, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, and Barred Owl. First West Slope records of Bell’s Vireo and Red Fox Sparrow.

1999 Report of the CBRC
Lisowsky, Bill. January 2001. Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee: 1999 Records. Journal of the Colorado Field Ornithologists 35(1):23-39.
Highlights: Zone-tailed Hawk, Iceland Gull and Common Ground-Dove added to the state list. Gunnison Sage-Grouse is added to the state list due to an AOU split. Third accepted records each of Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Pyrrhuloxia, fifth records of Acorn Woodpecker and Sprague’s Pipit, plus documentation on three additional Eurasian Collared-Dove records.

1998 Report of the CBRC
Lisowsky, Bill. July 2000. Report of the Colorado Bird Records Committee: 1998 Records. Journal of the Colorado Field Ornithologists 34(3):168-184.
Highlights: Curlew Sandpiper and Green Violetear added to the state list. Second accepted records of White Ibis and Ruby-throated Hummingbird.

List of CBRC Reports, 1973-2004
Luekering, Tony and Lawrence S. Semo. April 1990. List of Published Reports of the Colorado Bird Records Committee: 1973-2004. Colorado Birds 24(2):70-72.