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Weeks (U.T.C.: 110 Indian Warrior, Lake 
Jackson, TX 77566. email: ronweeks@sbc- 
global.net), Ellen Weinacht (ElW), Allen 
Wemple, Ed Wetzel (EdW), Matt White, John 
Whittle, Stu Wilson (SWi), David Wolf, Mimi 
Hoppe Wolf (MHW), Sam Woods (SWo), Ter- 
ry Woodward, Barry Zimmer. @ 
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Eric Carpenter, 5604 Southwest Pkwy #2222 
Austin, Texas 78735, (ecarpe@gmail.com) 
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Colorado & Wyoming 
Lawrence S. Semo 
Tony Leukering 
Bill Schmoker 
C olorado and Wyoming enjoyed a sea- 
son of above-normal and near-normal 
overall temperatures, respectively. 
Precipitation in March was below normal in 
Colorado and near normal in Wyoming, 
reached above normal in April for both states, 
and dried to near normal in Colorado, while 
Wyoming had below-normal precipitation for 
May. The spring season’s overall precipitation 
ranked near normal for Colorado and below 
normal for Wyoming. Drought rankings 
eased gradually, with the large swaths of ab- 
normally dry territories in both states shrink- 
ing substantially as the spring progressed. 
The end of May featured only small areas of 
abnormally dry conditions in far southeastern 
Colorado and far southwestern Wyoming. By 
the end of May, a very small core of 
Wyoming’s dry southwestern corner merited 
' “moderate drought” ranking. The remainders 
of both states were free of drought categoriza- 
tion as June began. Coloradoans have to look 
back as far as 2001 to find the end of a spring 
season this free of drought, while those in 
Wyoming haven’t begun a summer season 
this drought-free since 2000. Two potential 
state firsts were recorded in Colorado (Vaux’s 
Swift, Acadian Flycatcher), and several other 
rare species came through the Region in very 
strong (if not record) numbers, including 
Vermilion Flycatcher, White-eyed and Yel- 
low-throated Vireos, Northern Parula, and 
Blackpoll Warbler. 
Abbreviations: Bonny (Bonny Res., S.P, and 
S.W.A.; Yuma)\ Chico (Chico Basin Ranch, El 
Paso/Pueblo)’, L.C.C. (Lamar Community Col- 
lege, Lamar, Prowers); Pastorius (Pastorius 
Res. and State Wildlife Area, La Plata). “West 
Slope” denotes locations w. of the Rockies. 
Due to reporting biases, all locations can be 
assumed to be in Colorado except that each 
Wyoming location is noted as such the first 
time it appears in the text. Because most rari- 
ties are seen by multiple observers, only the 
observer(s) initially finding and identifying 
the bird are credited here. Undocumented re- 
ports from Colorado of Colorado Bird 
Records Committee (C.B.R.C.) review species 
(<www.cfo-link.org>) are summarized at the 
end of this report. 
WATERFOWL THROUGH IBIS 
A single Greater White-fronted Goose was 
both late and westerly at Chico, Pueblo 9 May 
(BKP). The recent spate of Mute Swan records 
of questionable but undetermined source 
continued this spring, with 3 at Greeley 28 
Mar (fide BS) and 2 (some of the same?) not 
far away at Lower Latham Res., Weld 30 Apr 
(R. Hopper). We received three reports of 
Trumpeter Swan (Gatfield, Hueifano, Moffat) 
and five records of Tundra Swan, from Weld, 
Delta, Gatfield, and Moffat, as well as from 
Pastorius 28-29 Mar (SA). A male Eurasian 
Wigeon was a nice find at Swede L., Larimer 
4-7 Mar (CW). A male Mexican Duck at Low- 
er Latham Res. 15 Apr (D. Lane) continued 
the recent spate of records of this taxon. The 
returning male Blue-winged Teal x Cinnamon 
Teal hybrid arrived 13 Mar at Boulder, Boulder 
(1. Sanders) for its 8th spring. 
Five reports totaling 9 Greater Scaup was a 
relatively high number for spring and 
spanned the state from Moffat to Adams. 
Three imm. White-winged Scoters at Baseline 
Res., Boulder 11-19 Apr (C. Nunes) were the 
only identified scoters this spring; a 4th bird 
at Fossil Creek Res., Larimer 3 Mar (J. 
Branch) was left unidentified, though was not 
a Black Scoter. A female Common Goldeneye 
at Barr L., Adams 9 May (RA, C. Chase) was 
late. Up to 5 Red-breasted Mergansers at Elk- 
head Res., Moffat/Routt 18-30 Apr (TL, EL) 
were preceded by a single Horned Grebe there 
in Moffat 17-18 Apr (TL); both species are lo- 
cally unusual. Only 42 Common Loons were 
reported, but that total included a nice spring 
count of as many as 20 at Harvey Gap Res., 
Gatfield 11 Apr-2 May (A. Dahl). An ad. 
Brown Pelican that visited Totten Res., Mon- 
tezuma 25 Apr (J. & D. Garrison) was a sur- 
prise not only for the location but for the 
bird’s age, as most Colorado records are of 
younger birds. More in line with usual occur- 
rence patterns, the Brown Pelican at L. 
Meredith, Growley (BM) 25 Apr was a young 
bird and in a part of the state of somewhat fre- 
quent occurrence. 
Up to 2 American Bitterns graced Chico, 
Pueblo 26 Apr-9 May (K. Lewantowicz, BKP), 
relatively rare records for the county. Single 
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