Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: March 30, 2015 This is the Rare Bird Alert, Monday, March 30, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). BRANT (Rio Grande) Tundra Swan (Pueblo) Long-tailed Duck (Mesa) Barrow's Goldeneye (*Jefferson) Snowy Plover (*Otero) Mountain Plover (El Paso) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Crowley, El Paso) Greater Roadrunner (Baca, Bent, Kiowa) Boreal Owl (Mesa) ACORN WOODPECKER (*Pueblo) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Morgan) Williamson's Sapsucker (Boulder, Park, *Pueblo) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder) Black Phoebe (La Plata, Mesa) Eastern Phoebe (*Boulder, *Douglas, Yuma) Chihuahuan Rave (Alamosa) Bewick's Wren (Baca, Las Animas) Winter Wren (Douglas, Morgan) Lapland Longspur (Prowers) Pine Warbler (Pueblo) Canyon Towhee (Baca) Sagebrush Sparrow (Alamosa, Mesa) Fox Sparrow (Montose) Swamp Sparrow (Montrose) Golden-crowned Sparrow (*Boulder) Rusty Blackbird (Douglas, Morgan) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Jackson, Jefferson) Black Rosy-Finch (Jefferson) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Jefferson) ALAMOSA COUNTY: --A Chihuahuan Raven was reported by Beauchamp at Great Sand Dunes NP on March 21. --On March 21, Floyd reported 8 Sagebrush Sparrows at Great Sand Dunes NP. BACA COUNTY: --On March 21, Kaempfer reported Canyon Towhee at Cottonwood Canyon. --On March 21, Kaempfer reported Canyon Towhee and Greater Roadrunner at Picture Canyon. --On March 21, Kaempfer reported Bewick's Wren at Sand Canyon on CR 13 near the Oklahoma border. BENT COUNTY: --A Greater Roadrunner was reported by Kaempfer on the west side of Adobe Creek Reservoir on March 22. BOULDER COUNTY: --On March 20, Courtois reported an American Three-toed Woodpecker at Rocky Mountain National Park. On March 21, Tumasonis reported 5 America Three-toed Woodpeckers from Copeland Lake to Ouzel Falls in Wild Basin area of Rocky Mountain National Park. --A Williamson's Sapsucker was reported by Minner-Lee at Spring Brook Loop on March 21. --On March 29, Nunes reported Golden-crowned Sparrow at Teller Farm. --An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Klaver under the 75th St Bridge over Boulder Creek on March 29. CROWLEY COUNTY: --A Lesser Black-backed Gull was reported by Chris Wood at Lake Henry on March 26. DOUGLAS COUNTY: --4 Rusty Blackbirds (2m, 2f) were reported by Hopping at Plum Creek Delta at Chatfield SP on March 17. On March 23, Suddjian reported 3 Rusty Blackbirds at Plum Creek Delta. --A Winter Wren was reported by Kellner at Plum Creek Delta at Chatfield SP on March 22. On March 23, Suddjian reported Winter Wren at Plum Creek Delta. --An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Kellner at Plum Creek Picnic Area at Chatfield SP on March 28 and March 29. EL PASO COUNTY: --A pair of Mountain Plovers was reported by Drummond in a field S of intersection of Ellicott Hwy and Squirrel Creek Road on March 28. JEFFERSON COUNTY: --Ira Sanders reports Gray-crowned, Brown-capped and Black Rosy-Finches coming to his front yard at 314 DeFrance Ct in Golden on December 29. Birders are welcome to watch from the street. On March 7, Sanders reported one Rosy-finch at his feeder. On March 12, Sanders reported 1 Rosy-Finch in his yard. On March 14, Sanders reported one Rosy-Finch in his yard. On March 25, Sanders reported 1 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch in his yard. --A m Barrow's Goldeneye was reported by Sanders at Chatfield SP at a gravel pit pond W of Kingfisher bridge and S of the road on March 29. KIOWA COUNTY: --A Greater Roadrunner was reported by Kaempfer on the norside of Adobe Creek Reservoir at the intersection of CR C & CR 14 on March 22. LA PLATA COUNTY: --A Black Phoebe was reported by Morris at the Durango Fish Hatchery on March 19. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: --On March 21, Kaempfer reported Bewick's Wren at Cottonwood Canyon. MESA COUNTY: --On March 18, Korte reported a Boreal Owl on Grand Mesa. --On March 19, Henwood reported Black Phoebe on the Audubon Trail past the Redlands Power Entrance and another Black Phoebe at the S end of the lake at Audubon Nature Center. On March 21, Jackson Trappett reported Black Phoebe on the Audubon Nature Trail. On March 23 Henwood reported Black Phoebe on the Audubon section of Colorado River Trail. --On March 20, Henwood reported 2 Black Phoebes at Connected Lakes SP. On March 21, Ortenzio reported Black Phoebe at Connected Lakes SP. On March 27, Ortenzio reported 2 Black Phoebe at Connected Lakes SP> --On March 23, Henwood reported 10 singing Sagebrush Sparrows at the Colorado Utah State line N of old Hwy 6 and 50. --A Long-tailed Duck was reported by Ortenzion at Whitewater Ponds on March 26. MONTROSE COUNTY: --A Swamp Sparrow was reported by Dexter in a marsh West of Nucla on March 24. --A Fox Sparrow was reported by Parkin and McDonald at the South Rim of Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP on March 28. MORGAN COUNTY: --On March 14, Dowell reported 2 Rusty Blackbirds, 2 Winter Wrens, and 3 Red-bellied Woodpeckers at Brush SWA. On March 15, Kellner and Dunning reported Winter Wren at Brush SWA. On March 20, Gwen Moore reported 2 Winter Wrens at Brush SWA. OTERO COUNTY: --A Snowy Plover was reported by Peterson at Lake Cheraw on March 29. PARK COUNTY: --On March 20, Cody Porter reported Williamson's Sapsucker on Rd 206. PUEBLO COUNTY: --A Pine Warbler was reported by Truan at Mineral Palace Park on March 17. --On March 25, Clark Jones reported a Tundra Swan in a field on the south side of Hwy 96 E just past the airport. --On March 28, Leppek reported 2 ACORN WOODPECKERS and a Williamson's Sapsucker at Pueblo Mountain Park. RIO GRANDE COUNTY: --A Black Brant was reported by Callahan at Monte Vista NWR on March 16. Rawinski reported that it was seen at the YUMA COUNTY: --An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Breitsch at the Wray Fishing Unit, just NW of Wray on March 25. The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, April 4 will be to Prospect Park in Wheat Ridge led by Jackie King (jackie.king AT ccd.edu, 720-381-3314) Meet the leader at 0830. From I-70, exit 267, take Kipling south about 3/4 mile and turn right west of 44th Ave. Go one mile west. Look ofr the entrace to Prospect Park on you r left (south). Meet just inside the park in the lot right next to Prospect Lake. Will check out the birds in the lake and then walk along paved trails in this bird abundate habitat. Please register online or contace leader to register. THe DFO Field trip for Sunday, April 5, will be to Riverside Cemetery/Platte River led by Kevin Corwin (kevygudguy AT aol.com, 720-482-8454. This trip is full. Good Birding, Joyce Takamine Boulder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHtstTcCQkOOeH2AuFu168M_umHjTVcRA_aOupV3-ydkDW6yxQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
