Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: January 2, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, January 2, sponsored by Denver
Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species)
NOTE: The RBA is using the new AOU checklist, & the order of families has
changed.
Trumpeter Swan (*Douglas, Mesa)
Tundra Swan (*Boulder, Chaffee, Larimer, *Morgan)
Surf Scoter (Adams, Arapahoe, *Huerfano)
White-winged Scoter (Arapahoe, Pueblo)
Black Scoter (*Arapahoe, *Jefferson)
Long-tailed Duck (*Arapahoe, *Chaffee, *Jefferson, Larimer, *Pueblo)
Barrow's Goldeneye (*Adams, Arapahoe, *Chaffee, Garfield, *Summit)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld)
White-winged Dove (Prowers)
White-throated Swift (*Fremont)
Sandhill Crane (Fremont, Logan)
PURPLE SANDPIPER (Summit)
Greater Yellowlegs (*Adams)
Mew Gull (Arapahoe, Denver)
Thayer's Gull (Arapahoe, Douglas, *Larimer)
ICELAND GULL (Arapahoe, *Larimer)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, Arapahoe, *Larimer, *Pueblo)
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (*Larimer)
Glaucous Gull (Arapahoe)
Great Black-backed Gull (Arapahoe, *Pueblo)
Lewis's Woodpecker (*El Paso, Pitkin)
Acorn Woodpecker (*La Plata)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (El Paso, Larimer)
Red-naped Sapsucker (Boulder)
Winter Wren (Adams)
Bewick's Wren (Fremont)
Hermit Thrush (Morgan)
Varied Thrush (Logan)
Northern Mockingbird (Denver)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Pitkin, San Miguel)
Black Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Pitkin, San Miguel)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Pitkin, San Miguel)
Lapland Longspur (Logan)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Fremont)
Canyon Towhee (Fremont)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Denver)
Rusty Blackbird (*Huerfano, Weld)
Great-tailed Grackles (*Chaffee, *La Plata)
*****For directions to unfamiliar locations (e.g. "Lower Latham"), please
refer to CFO's Colorado County Birding site: www.coloradocountybirding.org
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On December 26 on South Platte River at 88th Ave, Cyndy Johnson and Kiki
Widjaja reported 3 Barrow's Goldeneyes (2m, 1f) near the green tank.
On January 1, Peter Gent reported m Barrow's Goldeneye at S Platte River S
of 88th Ave. On January 1, Bruce Snyder reported Greater Yellowlegs on
South Platte River at 88th Ave.
---On December 31 at East Lake Shores Park, Kim Mauritz reported BRANT and
f-type Surf Scoter.
---On December 31 at South Platte River and Sand Creek mouth, Art Hudak,
Tom Behnfield, and David Starbuck reported Winter Wren.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On December 22 at Aurora Reservoir, David Dowell reported 2 White-winged
Scoters, Long-tailed Duck, 5 Thayer's Gulls, 2 ICELAND GULLS, 8 Lesser
Black-backed Gulls, and Great Black-backed Gull. On December 26 at Aurora
Reservoir, Gene Rutherford report imm Thayer's Gull, ad ICELAND GULL, 3
Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Great Black-backed Gull. On December 27 at
Aurora Reservoir, Glenn Walbek reported 2 White-winged Schoters (1 f, 1
juv), Long-tailed Duck, 5 Thayer's Gulls, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (3
ad, 1 3rd-cyc) and 1 1-st cyc Great Black-backed Gull. On December 28 at
Aurora Reservoir, Loch Kilpatrick, Matt Hofeditz and Chris Wood reported 2
White-winged Scoters, Mew Gull Thayer's Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull,
Glaucous Gull, Great Black-backed Gull. On December 30 at Aurora
Reservoir, Kyle Hawley reported 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Glaucous Gull,
and Great Black-backed Gull and Tracy and Luke Pheneger reported Black
Scoter. On December 31 at Aurora Reservoir, Daniel Horton reported
White-winged Scoter, f Barrow's Goldeneye, Long-tailed Duck, and 3 Lesser
Black-backed Gulls. On December 31 at Aurora Reservoir, Bill Tweit and
Steve Mlodinow reported 3 White-winged Scoters, Long-tailed Duck, Barrow's
Goldeneye, 7 Thayer's Gulls (4 ad, 1 2nd-cyc, 2 juv). 8 Lesser Black-backed
Gulls (2 ad, 2 2-3 cyc, 4 1-st cyc), 2 Glaucous Gulls, 1 ad Great
Black-backed Gull.
---On December 23, Joey Kellner and Diane Roberts reported Black Scoter and
Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte Reservoir. On December 26, Chris Wood
and Jessie Berry reported 1 imm f Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte
Reservoir and C Warneke reported Black Scoter. On December 27, Dan Belter
reported 2 f-type Black Scoters at South Platte Reservoir. On December 28,
David Suddjian reported Long-tailed Duck at South Platte Reservoir.
On January 1, Steve Stochiowiak reported Black Scoter and Long-tailed Ducks
at South Platte Reservoir.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On December 28 at Valmont Overlook (Legion Park), Chris Wood reported 3
Tundra Swans (2 ad, 1 juv). On January 1, Peter Gent repored 3 Tundra
Swans (2 ad, 1 juv) at Valmont Reservoir pol
---On December 27 at Bohn Park in Boulder, Peter Burke reported Red-naped
Sapsucker.
---On December 28 at Fawn Brook Inn in Allenspark, Chris Wood reported all
3 species of Rosy-Finches and 22 Bohemian Waxwings. On December 30 at
Fawn Brook Inn, Mark Amershek reported all 3 species of Rosy-Finches.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
---On December 11 at Sands Lake SWA, Jack Harlaln reported 1 m Long-tailed
Duck and Barrow's Goldeneye. On December 12, Jeff Guy reported Long-tailed
Duck and Barrow's Goldeneyes at Sands Lake SWA. On December 17 the male
Long-tailed Duck was reported by Bill Kaempfer at Sands Lake SWA where it
was seen by many birders on the Salida CBC. On December 29, Bill Tweit
reported 2 Tundra Swans (1 ad, 1 imm), male Long-tailed Duck, 40 Barrow's
Goldeneyes, and 6 Great-tailed Grackles at Sands Lake SWA. On January 1 at
Sands Lake SWA, Jeff Guy reported Long-tailed Duck, 4 Barrow's Goldeneyes,
and 10 Great-tailed Grackles.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On December 27 at Bible and Hutchinson Parks, Jen Ottinger reported a
Northern Mockingbird.
---On December 29 at Gun Club Road, S of E 112th Ave, Matt and Gary Gray
reported Yellow-headed Blackbird.
---On December 28 at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Matt Gray reported Mew Gull.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On December 27, Jeff Beavers reported a Trumpeter Swan at Chatfield SP.
On December 28, Thomas Holub, Chris Gilbert, and Dean and Carmencita Shoup
reported Trumpeter Swan upstream from Kingfisher Bridge. On December 29,
Paul Hurtado, Aaron Driscoll, and Doug Kibbe reported Trumpeter Swan at
Chatfield upstream from Kingfisher Bridge. On December 31, Diane Roberts,
Bill Hopping, C Warneke and Ben Sampson reported Trumpeter Swam at
Chatfield upstream from Kingfisher Bridge. On January 1, Tim Ryan, Chris
Gilbert, Brian Johnson, Dale Pate, and Phil Lyon reported Trumpeteer Swan
at Chatfield upstream from Kingfisher Bridge.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On December 27 at Ute Valley Park, Alan Versaw reported Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker.
---On December 27 at Fort Carson in Cottonwoods S of Haymes Reservoir, Kyle
Hawley reported 2 Lewis's Woodpeckers.
---On December 30 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, David and Cheryl Hubbard
reported Lewis's Woodpecker.
---On January 1 on CO 115 S of Colorado Springs, Kara Carragher and David
tonnessen reported Lewis's Woodpecker.
FREMONT COUNTY:
---On December 30 at Tunnel Drive in Canon City, Dan Belter reported
Bewick's Wren, 25 Canyon Towhee, and 2 Rufous-crowned Sparrows and
White-throated Swifts. On January 1, Kara Carragher and David Tonnessen
reported 2 White-throated Swifts at Tunnel Drive.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On December 27, Dick Filby reported 2 m Barrow's Goldeneyes on the
Colorado River off Devereux Rd near Whitewater Rafting Buildings in
Glenwood Springs.
---On December 30, Dick Filby reported 15 Barrow's Goldeneyes at Coryell
Ranch in Carbondale.
HUERFANO COUNTY:
---On December 31 on Spanish Peaks CBC, Polly Neldner found Surf Scoter on
Daigre Lake and Dave Silverman found Rusty Blackbirds.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On December 30 at Chatfield SP upstream of Kingfisher bridge, Francis
Commerson reported Trumpeter Swan.
---On January 1, Steve Stachiowiak reported Black Scoter and Long-tailed
Duck at South Platte Reservoir.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
---On January 1 at Zink's Pond, Aaron Keller reported Great-tailed Grackle.
---On January 1 on Meadow Road in Rafter J subdivision, Aaron Keller
reported 2 Acorn Woodpeckers.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On December 8, David Wade reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Loveland
on Hilltop Dr by N Tyler Ave. On December 10, Gwen Moore and Irene Fortune
reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Loveland on Hilltop Dr. On December
18, Nick Komar reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Loveland on Hilltop
Dr. On December 19, Scott Somershoe reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in
Loveland on Hilltop Dr.
---On December 23 at Rawhide Engergy Station/Hamilton Reservoir 5 Tundra
Swans, Long-tailed Duck, and Lincoln's Sparrow were reported by Sue Riffe,
Bill Kaempfer, Austin Hess, and Nick Komar. On December 30, Irene Fortune
reported 2 Tundra Swans at Rawhide Energy Station/Hamilton Reservoir.
---On January 1 at Larimer County Landfill (restricted access) Nick Komar
and David Dowell reported 3 Thayer's Gulls (2 1-st cyc, 1 2nd-cyc), ICELAND
GULL, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull (3 ad, 1 3rd-cyc, 1 1st-cyc), and
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL on the Loveland CBC.
LOGAN COUNTY:
---On December 27 a Varied Thrush was reported by Chris Gilbert east of
Sterling on RR tracks and 370.
---On December 31 at Duck Creek SWA, David Dowell and Kathy Mihm Dunning
reported Sandhill Crane flying with Canada Geese and 2 Lapland Longspurs.
MESA COUNTY:
---On December 31, at Highline Lake ST, Mike Henwood reported 1 juv
Trumpeter Swan.
MORGAN COUNTY:
---On December 31 at Joey's Slough (south of Jackson Reservoir), Bill Tweit
and Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Tundra Swans.
---On December 31 at Jackson Reservoir, Bill Tweit and Steve Mlodinow
reported Hermit Thrush.
PITKIN COUNTY:
---On December 26 at Snowmass Ski at the feeders at top of Sam's Knob, Dick
Filby reported all three species of Rosy-Finches.
---On December 31 at Snowmass Creek, Rob Norville reported 2 Lewis's
Woodpeckers on the Aspen CBC.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On January 1 at Pueblo Reservoir, Joey Kellner and Norm Erthal reported
Long-tailed Duck, ad Lesser Black-backed Gull and ad Great Black-backed
Gull.
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY:
---On December 6, Eric Hynes reported all three species of Rosy-Finches
coming to his feeders in Telluride. If you would
like to try to see them, contact Eric at erichynes28 AT gmail.com. On
December 9, Eric Hynes reported Gray-crowned and Brown-capped Rosy-Finches
at his feeders in Telluride. On December 14, Eric Hynes reported all three
species of Rosy-Finches at his feeders in Telluride as well as Vic Zerbi
observing. On December 25, Eric Hynes reported all three species of
Rosy-Finches at his feeders in Telluride.
SUMMIT COUNTY:
---On December 16, a PURPLE SANDPIPER was reported by Jack and Ryan Bushong
at Dillon Reservoir at the Blue River Arm about 20 yds off of Hwy 9. This
would be a new state record if accepted. On December 17, Jack and Ryan
Bushong reported that the PURPLE SANDPIPER was refound at the same spot
and many birders were able to see the bird and confirm the identification
in better light. On December 31, Doug Faulkner and Bill Fink reported
PURPLE SANDPIPER at Dill reservoir. The PURPLE SANDPIPER was NOT seen on
January 1.
---On December 27, Dale Pate reported 21 Barrow's Goldeneyes at
Silverthorne WTP. On January 1, Mark Chavez and Art Hudak reported 14
Barrow's Goldeneyes at Silverthorne WTP.
WELD COUNTY:
---On December 27 at Pawnee National Grasslands, Adams & Bunker Reservoir #
1, Chris Wood reported singing m Rusty Blackbird.
---On December 27 at CR 136 between CR 99 and CR 105, Chris Wood reported
12 Sharp-tailed Grouse.
Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips:
Sign up on line for field trips at DFO’s Website.
The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, January 7 will be Mini Birding Derbies led
by Gregg Goodrich (GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com; 303-655-9135
<(303)%20655-9135>) Meet at the parking lot at 0730 near lake at Belmar
Historic Park at 800 s. Wadwsorth Blvd in Lakewood. From Alameda and
Wadsworth; go south on Wadsworth, turn west at the light on West Ohio Ave.
Drive a short 2 blocks to the parking lot.
Join for some friendly birding competition. At three or four SW Denver
hotspots we will split inot three random teams (there will be guest
leaders), set a time limit, and see who can come up with the most secies.
At the next place we'll split into new teams and go at it again. Bring
water, snacks, sunscreen. Scopes will not be allowed. Register online or
contact leader.
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, January 8 will be the South Platte River
trail at E 88th Ave and I-76 led by Ira and Tammy Sanders (zroadrunner14 At
gmail.com; 303-278-7172 <(303)%20278-7172>). Meet at the parking area at
88th Ave and South Platte RIver Trail at 0745. From I-76 take E 99th Ave
exit, go west on 88th for 1.6 miles, the turn south at Colorado Blvd. Turn
left again into parking lot for South Platte River Greenway Trailhead.
Will start at 88th and Platte parking lot and drive to multiple parking
areas along the river anticipate up to three miles of walking on paved
trails and adjacent areas. Should see plenty of ducks, a few raptors, and
some hardy winter residents. bring water, hat sunscreen, snack,
binoculars/scope. Come prepared for weather. Register on-line or contact
leader.
Help with Christmas Bird Counts.
Good birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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