This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 5 am
sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird
Observatory.
Highlight species include (*Denotes that there is new information for this
species in this report)
Surf Scoter (Lincoln)
Barrow's Goldeneye (*Eagle)
Little Blue Heron (Boulder)
Green Heron (Boulder, *Custer, Larimer)
GLOSSY IBIS (Arapahoe, Kiowa, LaPlata)
Broad-winged Hawk (Boulder, *El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Weld)
Black-bellied Plover (Boulder, *Pueblo, Routt)
Piping Plover (Morgan)
White-winged Dove (*Boulder)
Black Phoebe (Boulder, El Paso)
Great-crested Flycatcher (Prowers)
Purple Martin (Rio Blanco)
Carolina Wren (Boulder, Prowers)
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (Bent)
WOOD THRUSH (Bent, Prowers)
Tennessee Warbler (*El Paso, *Phillips, Otero)
Nashville Warbler (Bent, El Paso)
Northern Parula (Baca, *El Paso, *Pueblo)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Prowers)
Magnolia Warbler (Otero, Prowers)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (*El Paso, *Moffat)
Black-throated Green Warbler (*Larimer, *Phillips, Prowers)
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (*Fremont, Prowers)
Palm Warbler (Bent, Jefferson)
Blackpoll Warbler (Bent, *El Paso/Pueblo, Jefferson, *Logan, *Phillips, Prowers)
Black-and-white Warbler (Douglas, *Phillips)
Worm-eating Warbler (Pueblo)
Ovenbird (*El Paso)
Northern Waterthrush (*Boulder, Jefferson, *Moffat, *Phillips, Prowers,
*Pueblo, Washington)
KENTUCKY WARBLER (*Custer)
Hooded Warbler (* Phillips, Prowers)
SCARLET TANAGER (*Prowers)
White-throated Sparrow (Boulder)
Harris's Sparrow (Mesa)
Northern Cardinal (Logan, *Prowers)
Indigo Bunting (Boulder, Prowers)
EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Cheyenne)
PURPLE FINCH (Delta)
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Arapahoe County:
--A GLOSSY IBIS was reported by Parsons at the pond near the model airplane
field at Cherry Creek SP on May 8.
Baca County:
--A Northern Parula was reported by Dunning at Two Buttes on May 8.
Bent County:
--A m Nashville Warbler was reported by Duane Nelson at Van's Grove on May 8.
--On May 9 at Tempel Grove, Peterson reported m Blackpoll Warbler and Palm
Warbler.
--On May 9 at Tempel Grove, Tina Jones reported a probable GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH
and a probable WOOD THRUSH.
Boulder County:
--A White-throated Sparrow was reported by Szeliga and Pieplow in Twin Lakes on
May 8.
--A Green Heron and Broad-winged Hawk were reported by Plage at Walden/Sawhill
Ponds in Boulder on May 8.
--At Twin Lakes in Gunbarrel on May 9, Szeliga reported Black Phoebe, singing
White-throated Sparrow, and male Indigo Bunting.
--A singing Carolina Wren was reported by Floyd on Bear Creek in Boulder on May
9. Park at St Andrew Presbyterian Church on Baseline and walk the trail
upstream. The wren was seen again on May 10 by Lamoureux.
--A Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Floyd at Sale Lake on May 9.
--A Little Blue Heron was reported by Guthrie on May 9 in the Walden Ponds and
it flew to the private pond behind the water treatment plant. Guthrie
also saw a Little Blue Heron on the Sawhill side on May 3.
--A White-winged Dove was reported by Szeliga on the Twin Lakes Trail in
the Gunnbarrel area on May 10.
--A Northern Waterthrush was reported by Klaver in Twin Lakes, Gunbarrel on May
11.
Cheyenne County:
--An EASTERN MEADOWLARK was reported by Peterson about 5 miles north of Hwy 40
on CR 25 on May 9.
Custer County:
--On May 11 at DeWeese Reservoir, Rich Miller reported a KENTUCY WARBLER in a
willow thicket at the base of the dam and a Green Heron.
Delta County:
--A possible PURPLE FINCH was reported by Beason at Bethlehem Cemetery in
Paonia on May 10.
Douglas County:
--A pair of Black-and-white Warblers was reported by Halverstadt in Louviers on
May 8.
Eagle County:
--52 Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by Filby at Spring Park Reservoir on May
6. Filby reported 13 Barrow's Goldeneyes on May 11. The reservoir has NO
public access and is viewable distantly from the road.
El Paso County:
--A Northern Parula was banded by Elwonger at Fountain Creek RP, Area 7 on May
8.
--A Black Phoebe and Northern Parula were reported by Pals on the Fountain
Creek RP spring count on May 8.
--At Sondermann Park in Colorado Springs on May 11, Burns reported a Northern
Parula and Tennessee Warbler on the Westfork Trail and a Broad-winged Hawk
overhead.
El Paso/Pueblo Counties:
At Chico Basin Ranch (Fee):
--On May 8, Drummond reported a Black-bellied Plover at HQ Pond (Pueblo); a
Nashville Warbler was banded at Holmes (El Paso); and a Northern Parula at both
Holmes and Rose Pond (Pueblo).
--On May 9, Shipe found a Worm-eating Warbler in the tall cottonwood above the
willows at Headquarters.
--On May 9, Percival reported Black-bellied Plover at HQ Pond and a singing
male Northern Paula at the Banding Station.
--On May 11 at Headquarters, Drummond found 2 Blackpoll Warblers and a Northern
Waterthrush and a Black-bellied Plover
--On May 11, Percival and Maynard saw a Northern Parula at Rose Pond and
a Blackpoll Warbler at the Casita.
--On May 10, Gibbons found a Black-throated Gray Warbler on the El Paso side.
--On May 11, Gibbons banded an Ovenbird and saw an imm Broad-winged Hawk near
Holmes.
Fremont County:
--A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was reported by Moss on the Canon City Riverwalk on
May 11.
Jefferson County:
--4 Broad-winged Hawks were reported by Plage at the Dinosaur Ridge Hawkwatch
on May 5. 2 Broad-winged Hawks were reported by Severs at Dinosaur Ridge on
May 8.
--A Blackpoll Warbler was reported by Hackos at Lair o' the Bear on May 8.
--A Northern Waterthrush was banded by McBurney at Chatfield on May 9.
--A western Palm Warbler was reported by Hagar at the Wheat Ridge Greenbelt
between West Lake and Tabor Lake on May 9.
--A Black-throated Gray Warbler was banded by McBurney at Chatfield on May 10.
Kiowa County:
--A GLOSSY IBIS was reported by Hatch at Neegronda Reservoir on May 9.
LaPlata County:
--A GLOSSY IBIS was reported by Allerton at Pastorius Reservoir on May 10.
Larimer County:
--On May 10, Leatherman reported a singing Black-throated Green Warbler at
Grandview in the SE corner, section 9. Wild refound the warbler on May 11.
--2 Broad-winged Hawks and a Green Heron were reported by DeFonso at Running
Deer Natural Area in Fort Collins on May 8.
Lincoln County:
--A Surf Scoter was reported by Kelly south of Karval on May 8.
Logan County:
--On May 9, Fisher reported Northern Cardinal at TamarackRanch SWA.
--A m Blackpoll Warbler was reported by Leatherman at Riverside Cemetery in
Sterling on May 11.
Mesa County:
--A Harris's Sparrow was reported by Walker NE of Loma on Q Rd in Siberian Elms
on May 8. It was 50 yards east of the intersection of Q & 14 Roads.
Moffat County:
--On May 11 at Loudy-Simpson Park in Craig, Luke reported at Northern
Waterthrush and a Black-throated Gray Warbler.
Morgan County:
--A Piping Plover was reported by Kibbe at Jumbo Reservoir east of the dam on
May 8.
Otero County:
--At Fairview Cemetery in La Junta on May 9, Hansley reported a Magnolia
Warbler and a singing Tennessee Warbler.
Phillips County:
--On May 11 in Holyoke, Roller reported 5 Blackpoll Warbler, 2 Northern
Waterthrush, a f Tennessee Warbler at City Park, a f Hooded Warbler at the
cemetery, and a f Black-throated Green Warbler on the street on the west side
of the library.
--A m Black-and-white Warbler was reported by Roller in Haxton on Iris Ave at
Idalia on May 11.
Prowers County:
--At Lamar Community College Woods:
----On May 8, Duane Nelson reported a singing male YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at
the Tennis courts, a male Chestnut-sided Warbler at the north end, a male
Black-throated Green Warbler at the south end, and a Northern Waterthrush in
the central portion.
----On May 9, Peterson reported a m Hooded Warbler, m Chestnut-sided Warbler,
and Northern Cardinal.
----On May 9, Hansley heard WOOD THRUSH and Carolina Wren in the north end;
Jones reported they saw Northern Waterthrush and heard Northern Cardinal;
Hansley saw a Great-crested Flycatcher.
----On May 11, Duane Nelson reported a f SCARLET TANAGER in the middle section
and a male Northern Cardinal on the north end.
--At Fairmount Cemetery on May 7, Dunning reported Blackpoll Warbler and Indigo
Buntings. 3 Blackpoll Warblers were reported by Peterson at Fairmount Cemetery
on May 8. A male Blackpoll Warbler was reported by Peterson on May 9.
--A Magnolia Warbler was found by Peterson & Wild at the Lamar High School
Woods on May 8.
Rio Blanco County:
--2 Purple Martins were reported by Luke on a power line across from Watt's
Market in Meeker on May 10.
Routt County:
--3 Black-bellied Plovers in breeding plumage were reported by Dodson at the
new wetlands at Yampa River SWA west of Hayden on May 1. Dodson reported 2
Black-bellied Plover on May 10.
Washington County:
--A Northern Waterthrush was reported by Mark Miller at Last Chance on May 9.
Weld County:
--6 Broad-winged Hawks were reported by Pauli S at Highland Lake in Mead on May
9.
The DFO Field Trip for Friday, May 14 to Sunday May 16 will be to Bonnie State
Park led by Bob Righter (303-692-8529). Meet leader at Foster's Campground at
1700, Friday night. Will bird around Foster's CG Friday night. You can camp
there or stay in a motel in Idalia or Burlington. Bring all your meals. Trip
will end a noon on Sunday. State Parks Pass required.
The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, May 15 will be to the Wheat Ridge Green Belt
led by Jackie King (303-287-1644). Meet at 0730 at Prospect Park Lake near the
permanent restrooms south of West 44th Ave just east of Robb St. Call leader
if going.
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder, Co
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