Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: April 7, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 7 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 and the order of families has changed. Eurasian Wigeon (Adams) Mallard (Mexican intergrade) (Larimer) Trumpeter Swan (*Archuletta, Routt) Tundra Swan (Park, Weld) Barrow’s Goldeneye (Chaffee, Delta, *Gunnison, Routt) Chukar (*Arapahoe, Gunnison) Gunnison Sage-Grouse (*Gunnison) Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld) Greater Roadrunner (*Adams, *Morgan, Weld) Snowy Plover (Boulder) Mountain Plover (El Paso, Logan) Mew Gull (Larimer, Weld) Thayer’s Gull (Larimer) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larimer, Weld) Great Black-backed Gull (Larimer) Red-throated Loon (Kiowa) Neotropic Cormorant (Weld) Red-headed Woodpecker (Logan) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan) Williamson’s Sapsucker ( Pueblo) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Denver, El Paso) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Park) Black Phoebe ( Boulder, Delta, Mesa, Pueblo) Eastern Phoebe (Adams, Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Pueblo, Weld) Vermilion Flycatcher (Arapahoe) Winter Wren (El Paso) Carolina Wren (Pueblo) Bewick’s Wren (Pueblo) Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso, Pueblo) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (*Summit) Black Rosy-Finch (*Summit) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (*Summit) Bohemian Waxwing (Jackson) Lapland Longspur (Weld) Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kit Carson) Northern Parula (Custer) Field Sparrow (Yuma) Sagebrush Sparrow (Costilla) Savannah Sparrow (Jefferson, Larimer, Park, Pueblo) Fox Sparrow (Arapahoe, El Paso, Gunnison) Lincoln’s Sparrow (El Paso, Gunnison, Park) EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Douglas) Great-tailed Grackle (Kit Carson) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On April 2 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Bob Spencer reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On April 3 at Adams County Fishing Lakes at Henderson Road and Park Blvd, Kim Maurtiz reported 2 Eurasian Wigeon. ---On April 5 at Raptor Education Foundation, Anne Price reported Greater Roadrunner. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On March 31 at Cherry Creek SP above East Boat Ramp in upper parking lot, Cheryl Teuton and Dan Brooke reported Red Fox Sparrow. On April 1 at Cherry Creek SP, Jeff Dawson, Dan Brooke, Tom and Debbie Behnfield, Glenn Walbek, and Dean Shoup reported Red Fox Sparrow. On April 2 at Cherry Creek SP, Joyce Takamine reported Red Fox Sparrow. ---On April 1 a male Vermilion Flycatcher was seen by Larry Gurzick on Open Space along Tollgate Creek Canal near the intersection of Iliff and Rifle St. The flycatcher was seen again on April 4 and April 6 by Gurzick. ---On April 6 at CR 157 and Prentice Place, Cheri Phillips reported 2 Chukar. This would be a new county record if accepted. ARCHULETA COUNTY: ---On April 6 at Pinon Lake Reservoir, Byron Greco reported Trumpeter Swan. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On March 27 Will Niccolls and Sue Riffe reported Black Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St. On March 29, Sharon Norfleet reported that the Boulder Bird Club saw Black Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St. On March 30, Chris Brown, Brian Johnson, and Norm Lewis reported Black Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St. On April 1, Aidan Goldie, Nick Moore and Dean Shoup reported Black Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St. On April 2 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, Chuck Hundertmark and several other birders reported Black Phoebe. On April 3 at Boulder Creek and 75th St. Gregg Goodrich, Anna Troth, and Roger Horn reported Black Phoebe. On April 4 on Boulder Creek near 75th, John Rutenbeck reported Black Phoebe. ---On April 1 at Baseline Reservoir in Boulder, Peter Gent found a Snowy Plover in the SW corner. The plover was seen by many birders on April 1. ---On April 1 at Baseline Reservoir, Todd Deininger reported Eastern Phobe on east side. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On April 2 at Buena Vista Ice Pond, Ruben and Victor Stoll and Christian Hagenlocher reported 16 Barrow’s Goldeneyes. On April 4 at Buena Vista Ice Pond, Christian Hagenlocher reported 11 Barrow’s Goldeneyes. COSTILLA COUNTY: ---On April 5 at Smith Reservoir, John Rawinski report 6+ Sagebrush Sparrows. CUSTER COUNTY: ---On March 30 at Lake DeWeese, Clif Smith and Pearle Sandstrom-Smith reported a m Northern Parula. DELTA COUNTY: ---On April 3 at Fruitgrowers Reservoir, Andrea Robinsong reported 14 Barrow’s Goldeneyes. ---On April 3 at Escalante Canyon from Gunnison River to Cap Smith Cabin, Jeff Kline et al reported 2 Black Phoebes. DENVER COUNTY: ---On April 1 at Denver City Park, Patrick O’Driscoll reported a male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in conifer SW of tennis courst on the W side of park. This was part of a DFO Field trip. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On April 2 near Kingfisher Bridge at Chatfield SP, Thomas Holub, Tim Ryan, and Tom and Debbie Behnfield reported Eastern Phoebe. On April 3, upstream from Kingfisher Bridge at Chatfield, Mark Minner-Lee reported Eastern Phoebe. On April 5 at Chatfield SP upstream of Kingfisher Bridge, Doug Kibbe reported 2 Eastern Phoebe. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On March 30, David Tonnessen and Mark Minner-Lee reported Winter Wren at Sinton Pond and Tonnessen reported Fox Sparrow (Red). On March 31, John Drummond reported Red Fox Sparrow at Sinton Pond. ---On March 30 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, Diana Beatty reported a Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On April 1 on Squirrel Creek Road just NE of Ellicott Hwy, Linda Hodges reported 2 Mountain Plovers. On April 2 on Squirrel Creek Road near Ellicott Hwy, Tim Leppek reported 2 Mountain Plovers. ---On April 3 at Cottonwood Creek in Colorado Springs, Christine Hubbell reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On April 3 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Rod Schmidt reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. ---On April 5 on Birdsall Road, Ann Reeves reported Curve-billed Thrasher. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On April 3 on Hwy 114 N of CR 43A, Ruben and Victor Stoll reported 2 Chukar. This would be a new county record if accepted. ---On April 4 on CR 32 just south of Hwy 50, Jerry Pruett and Jim Peterson reported Lincoln’s Sparrow and 2 Fox Sparrows. ---On April 5 at Black Canyon of Gunnison NP, Craig Robson reported Fox Sparrow (Slate-colored). ---On April 6 at Blue Mesa Reservoir, eastern portion, Jordan Roderick and Dave Stejskal reported 3 Barrow’s Goldeneye. ---On April 6 at Waunita-Hot Springs Lek, Matt Goldowitz reported 12 Gunnison Sage-Grouse (8m, 4f). JACKSON COUNTY: ---On April 1 on CR 27 W of Hwy 14, Ruben and Victor Stoll reported 11 Bohemian Waxwings. ---On April 1 on CR 41 E of Hwy 14, Ruben and Victor Still reported 5 Bohemian Waxwings. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On April 1 at Chatfield SP Audubon Center and Trails, Aaron Shipe reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On April 2 at Chatfield Farms and Denver Botanic Gardens, Tom Wilberding reported Eastern Phobe. ---On April 5 at Robert A Easton Regional Park, Aaron Shipe reported Savannah Sparrow. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On April 2 at Adobe Creek Reservoir (Blue Lake), David Dowell reported a worn 1-st year Red-throated Loon. KIT CARSON COUNTY: ---On March 27 on Creek B (road) Glenn Walbek reported 7 Chestnut-collared Longspurs, 15 McCown’s Longspurs and Savannah Sparrow. The longspurs are possibly nesting in this area. ---On March 30 near intersection of CR 12 and CR L, Glenn Walbek reported 44 Chestnut-collared Longspurs and 4 Great-tailed Grackles. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On March 31 on Poudre Canyon Road near Bellvue, Ruben and Victor Stoll reported Savannah Sparrow. ---On April 1 at Horseshoe Reservoir, Andy Bankert and David Wade reported imm Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Thayer’s Gulls, and 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. On April 1, Andy Bankert also reported Mallard (Mexican Intergrade) at Horseshoe Reservoir. On April 2 at Horseshoe Reservoir, Christine and Richard Sparks reported 1-st winter Mew Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull. ---On April 3 at Wellington SWA Cobb Lake Unit, Mike McCloy, Nicole Teel, and Austin Hess reported Lesser Black-backed Gull and Savannah Sparrow. LOGAN COUNTY: ---On April 1 at Tamarack Ranch, Area 6, Scott Manwaring reported 2 Mountain Plovers, Red-headed Woodpecker, and 3 Red-bellied Woodpeckers. MESA COUNTY: ---On April 1 at Colorado River SP, Fruita Section, Brett Walker reported Black Phoebe. ---On April 5 at Connected Lakes SP Blue Heron Section, Cary Atwood reported 2 Black Phoebes just below Redlands Powerplant outflow. MORGAN COUNTY: ---On April 5 Dave Hyde reported a Greater Roadrunner on Hwy 42 1 mile west of CR J. PARK COUNTY: ---On April 3 at Lake George, David Suddjian reported Lincoln’s Sparrow along South Platte near Hwy 24. ---On April 3 at a Saline Pond on CR 59 near Mineral road (north of Spinney), David Suddjian reported 2 Tundra Swans (ad and imm). ---On April 3 on Kenosha Pass Pond, David Suddjian reported American Three-toed Woodpecker. ---On April 3 near Eleven Mile Reservoir, David Suddjian reported Savannah Sparrow. PUEBLO COUNTY: --On March 31 on Arkansas River Trail east of Pueblo Blvd, Glenn Walbek reported Winter Wren, Carolina Wren, and Bewick’s Wren. On April 5 on Arkansas River Trail east of Pueblo Blvd, Maikel Wise reported Black Phoebe, Eastern Phoebe, and Carolina Wren. ---On March 28 at Pueblo Reservoir, Rock Canyon below dam, north of river, Ben Sampson reported Black Phoebe and 2 Bewick’s Wrens. ---On March 2 on CR 601 or IL Road, Dave Stejskal reported 4 Curve-billed Thrasher and Brewer’s Sparrow. ---On March 2 at Chico Basin Ranch, Ellen and Jerry Horal and Karyl Gabriel reported Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On April 4 at North Shore Marina of Pueblo Reservoir, Maikel Wise reported Savannah Sparrow. ROUTT COUNTY: ---On March 28 at Stagecoach Reservoir near Oak Creek, Tom Litteral reported imm Trumpeter Swan and 5 Barrow’s Goldeneyes. On March 31, Tresa Moulton reported imm Trumpeter Swan at Stagecoach Reservoir. On April 5, Matt Goldowitz reported Trumpeter Swan at Stagecoach Reservoir. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On April 6 in the Wildernest area Joan Baker and Richard Sayles reported all three species of Rosy-Finches. WELD COUNTY: ---On March 30 at Stewart’s Pond, Sue Riffe, Ivan Mota, and Phil Bartley reported Tundra Swan and 6 Great-tailed Grackles. On March 31, Cherri Phillips reported Tundra Swan at Stewart’s Pond. ---On April 1 S of Stewart’s Pond, Frank Farrell reported Greater Roadrunner. ---On April 2 on CR 136 east of CR 99, Gene Rutherford reported Sharp-tailed Grouse. ---On April 2 on CR 134 east of CR 111, Brandon Nooner reported 2 Sharp-tailed Grouse. ---On April 2 on CR 138 east of CR 111, Gene Rutherford reported Sharp-tailed Grouse. ---On April 2 at Murphy’s Pasture area and auto Tour Stops 2 & 3, Gene Rutherford reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On April 4 at Firestone Gravel Pits, Steve Mlodinow reported Lesser Black-backed Gull and imm Neotropic Cormerant. ---On April 5 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Mew Gull. YUMA COUNTY: ---On April 1 at Beecher Island, Craig Robson reported Field Sparrow. Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, April 8 will be to Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR led by Candice Johnson (Candice.johnson AT childrenscolorado.org; 303-329-8131). Meet at 0800 at the Arsenal Visitors Center, 6550 Gateway Rd, Commerce City. Directions: From I-70 east, take exit 278, turn left onto Quebec St, turn right onto E 60th Ave, turn left onto Trenton St, continue onto Gateway Rd to Visitor Center. Will drive the new 11 mile Wildlife Drive looking for raptors, so bring a 2-way radio if you have one. Be prepared to carpool because parking is limited at the lakes. Bison and deer are likely to be seen. Will only walk on level trails. Plenty of restrooms and pit toilets, but limited picnic Space. Register online or contact leader. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, April 9 will be to Rueter-Hess Reservoir led by Mary Cay Burger (mcburger3 At juno.com; 720-940-8394). This trip is full. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, April 9 will be to Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop led by Karen von Saltza (kvonsaltza AT yahoo.com; 303-941-4881). Meet at 0800 at the Prairie Loop lot in Cherry Creek SP. From either park entrance, follow Lake View Rd to the Prairie Loop that is located at the south rim of the reservoir. State Parks pass or day pass required. This is a half day of walking that passes through most of the important habitats found in the park over a distance of about 3 miles. Trails could be slippery or muddy, so dress accordingly. Bring water and Snacks; lunch is optional. Beginning birders are welcome. Register online or contact leader. 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. 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