Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: May 14, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, May 14 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 now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families has changes. Mute Swan (*Weld) Mallard (Mexican) (Weld) Barrow’s Goldeneye (*Chaffee, Clear Creek) Dusky Grouse (Dolores, Larimer) White-winged Dove (*Elbert) Greater Roadrunner (*Baca) LESSER NIGHTHAWK (*Kit Carson) Common Poorwill (Denver,*Elbert, Jefferson) Chimney Swift (El Paso, *Larimer, Weld) Black Rail (*Pueblo) Sandhill Crane (*Boulder) Black-bellied Plover ( Kiowa, Larimer, Weld) Snowy Plover (Alamosa, Crowley, Weld) Semipalmated Plover (Crowley, Kiowa, Larimer, *Weld) Piping Plover (*Larimer, Weld) Mountain Plover (*Elbert, Lincoln) Whimbrel (Larimer) Long-billed Curlew (*Elbert,*Kiowa, Larimer, Weld) Stilt Sandpiper (*Kiowa, *Weld) Sanderling (Douglas, *Elbert) White-rumped Sandpiper (Kiowa) Pectoral Sandpiper (Crowley) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Crowley,Jefferson, Kiowa, La Plata) Short-billed Dowitcher (Boulder) Solitary Sandpiper ( Jefferson) Green Heron (Jefferson) Mississippi Kite (*Baca, *El Paso) Broad-winged Hawk (*Bent, *Denver,*Larimer, Prowers, Weld) Laughing Gull (Weld) Caspian Tern (*Kiowa) Red-throated Loon (Denver) Lewis’s Woodpecker (*Weld) Red-headed Woodpecker (*Baca, Logan) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Kit Carson) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Larimer, Pueblo) American three-toed Woodpecker (Gunnison) Merlin (Jefferson) Least Flycatcher (*Adams, Bent, *Elbert,* Jefferson, Kit Carson, *Washington, Weld) Gray Flycatcher (Boulder, Chaffee, *Mesa, *Weld) Black Phoebe (*Boulder, * Ouray, Pueblo) Eastern Phoebe (Arapahoe, *Boulder, Douglas, Jefferson, Weld) Cassin’s Kingbird (Adams, *Baca, *Elbert, El Paso, Larimer,*Montezuma, *Pueblo) White-eyed Vireo (*Elbert, Jefferson) Gray Vireo (*Montezuma) Philadelphia Vireo ( *Boulder) Chihuahuan Raven (*Baca) Purple Martin (Routt) Bewick’s Wren (*El Paso) Wood Thrush (Bent) Lapland Longspur (Jackson, Weld) Chestnut-collared Longspur (Lincoln) McCown’s Longspur (*Elbert, *Weld) Ovenbird ( Bent, *Elbert, *El Paso, *Jefferson) Northern Waterthrush (Boulder, Denver, *Elbert, El Paso, *Pueblo, Rio Grande) Black-and-white Warbler (Alamosa, Boulder,Jefferson) Tennessee Warbler (*Adams) Lucy’s Warbler (Montezuma) Nashville Warbler (*Adams) Kentucky Warbler (*Bent) Blackpoll Warbler (Denver, *Washngton, *Weld) Hooded Warbler (*Arapahoe, El Paso) Northern Parula (Bent, Moffat) Bay-breasted Warbler (Weld) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Jefferson, *Pueblo) Blackpoll Warbler (Denver, *Weld) Prairie Warbler (Kit Carson) Palm Warbler (*Boulder, *Elbert, Logan) Yellow-throated Warbler (*Pueblo, *Washington) Grace’s Warbler (*Mesa) Black-throated Gray Warbler (Boulder, Chaffee, Denver, *Mesa) Rufous-crowned Sparrow (*Baca) Brewer’s Sparrow (Timberline) (Larimer) Summer Tanager (*Boulder, *El Paso, *La Plata, Montezuma) Scarlet Tanager (Bent) Northern Cardinal (Prowers) Painted Bunting (*Baca, Cheyenne) Baltimore Oriole (El Paso, *Jefferson) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On May 12 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Rebecca Laroche reported Cassin’s Kingbird. ---On May 13 at Barr Lake SP, Luke Pheneger reported Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, and Least Flycatcher. ALAMOSA COUNTY: ---On May 9 at woodlot at State Street Bridge in Alamosa, John Rawinski reported Black-and-white Warbler. ---On May 12 at San Luis Lake, John Rawinski reported Snowy Plover. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On May 13 at Cherry Creek SP incottonwoods along creek on SE side of park, Ryan and Jack Bushong reported ad m Hooded Warbler. BACA COUNTY: ---On May 13 at Picture Canyon, Dean Shoup and Peter Burke reported Greater Roadrunner, Red-headed Woodpecker, Cassin’s Kingbird, 19 Chihuahuan Ravens, 5 Rufous-crowned Sparrows, and m Painted Bunting. ---On May 13 in Springfield, Bill Kaempfer and Peter Burke reported Mississippi Kites soaring over the town. BENT COUNTY: ---On May 13 at Lake Hasty, Brandon Percival et al reported Mississippi Kite and Kentucky Warbler. ---On May 8 at Tempel Grove, Janeal Thompson reported Broad-winged Hawk, Least Flycatcher, and Wood Thrush. On May 9 at Tempel Grove, Dan Stringer reported 3 Ovenbirds. On May 10 at Tempel Grove, Janeal Thompson reported Wood Thrush and David Dowell reported Broad-winged Hawk, Least Flycatcher, and f Scarlet Tanager. ---On May 12 at Van’s Grove, Duane Nelson reported singing m Northern Parula. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On May 9 at Boulder Creek and 75th St., Bob & Anne-Marie Taylor reported Black and Eastern Phoebe. On May 13, Chuck Hundertmark and DFO field trip and many other birders reported Black Phoebe and Eastern Phoebe. The DFO field trip reported 2 Black Phoebe . ---On May 5 at Lagerman Reservoir, Emil Yappert reported Sandhill Crane. ---On May 9 on Bobolink trail in Boulder, Bill Kaempfer reported Northern Waterthrush. ---On May 9 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve in Lafayette, Ted Floyd reported Black-throated Gray Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, and Gray Flycatcher. On May 10 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Gray Flycatcher and Northern Waterthrush. On May 13 at Greenlee Preserve, Luke Pheneger reported Palm Warbler. ---On May 9 at Golden Ponds Park and Nature Area, David Dowell reported singing eastern Phoebe at Hover St. bridge. ---On May 10 at Walden Ponds, Peter Burke reported Sandhill Crane and 2 Short-billed Dowitchers. On May 13 at Walden Ponds, Luke Pheneger reported Philadelphia Vireo. ---On May 11 at St Vrain River and 63rd St, Sue Riffe reported Black and Eastern Phoebe. On May 12 at St Vrain River and 63rd St, Adrian Azar reported 2 Eastern Phoebe. On May 13 at St Vrain River and 63rd St, Sue Riffe reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On May 12 S of Hygiene Road, Steve Frye reported 3 Sandhill Cranes. ---On May 13 at Walden Ponds, Preston Sowell reported Black and Eastern Phoebes flying in and out of a barn; the DFO Field Trip reported a flyover Sandhill Crane. ---On May 13 in Pinewood Springs (north of Lyons),Matt Rodgers reported Summer Tanager. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On May 9 on Arkansas River near CR 194, Chuck Hundertmark reported 3 singing Gray Flycatchers and 12 singing Black-throated Gray Warblers. ---On May 9 at Sands Lake SWA, Pullen Watkins reported Barrow’s Goldeneye. On May 10 at Sands Lake SWA, Jack Harlan reported Barrow’s Goldeneye. On May 13 at Sands Lake SWA, Mike McCloy and Jeff Guy reported m Barrow’s Goldeneye. CHEYENNE COUNTY: ---On May 12 at Kit Carson (town), Bill Kaempfer and Peter Burke reported f Painted Bunting easts of school. CLEAR CREEK COUNTY: ---On May 11 at Echo Lake, Arthur Steinberger reported 4 Barrow’s Goldeneyes. DENVER COUNTY: ---On May 8 at Denver Botanic Gardens, Chris Rurik and Rebecca Laroche reported Blackpoll Warbler, f Black-throated Gray Warbler, and Common Poorwill. On May 9 at Denver Botanic Gardens, Rebecca Laroche reported Black-throated Gray Warbler. On May 10 at Denver Botanic Gardens, Jeff Dawson reported Northern Waterthrush and Black-throated Gray Warbler. --On May 13 at Fort Logan Cemetery , Doug Kibbe reported Broad-winged Hawk. ---On May 12 at Marston Reservoir Complex west end, Doug Kibbe reported basic plumaged Red-throated Loon. DOLORES COUNTY: ---On May 10 on FS Road 716 on Black Mesa above Crystal Creek Corrals, Dennison Garrison reported Dusky Grouse. ELBERT COUNTY: ---On May 12 on E Bijou Creek at CR 162 just W of CR 153, David Suddjian reported White-eyed Vireo. ---On May 12 at Ball Reservoir, David Suddjian reported 3 Sanderling and 2 Long-billed Curlew. ---On May 12 at Cedar Point, David Suddjian reported 2 Common Poorwill. ---On May 12 at Agate, David Suddjian reported Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, and Palm Warbler. ---On May 12 at Big Sandy Creek at CR 118, David Suddjian reported Northern Waterthrush, Least Flycatcher, and White-winged Dove. ---On May 12, David Suddjian reported 4 Mountain Plover at CR 153, CR 134, and CR 70. ---On May 12, David Suddjian reported 19 McCown’s Longspurs at CR 153, CR 134, CR 169, and CR 66. ---On May 12 David Suddjian counted 48 Cassin’s Kingbirds in Elbert County. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On May 6 and May 9 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded a Northern Waterthrush. On May 10 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded a 2nd year m Hooded Warbler. On May 13 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded and 2nd yr Bewick’s Wren. ---On May 9 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, David Tonnessen reported Mississippi Kite and 4 Chimney Swift. ---On May 9 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, David Tonnessen reported 2 Mississippi Kites. On May 11, Gary Koehn reported Mississippi Kite. On May 12 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, John Drummond reported 2 Mississippi Kites and 6 Chimney Swifts and Aaron Driscoll reported 3 Mississippi Kites. On May 13 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, John Bruder reported 3 Mississippi Kites. ---On May 10 in Fountain near Iowa & Vine, Daniel Fleming reported Mississippi Kite. ---On May 11 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Bill Maynard and Brandon Percival reported ad m Baltimore Oriole. On May 12 at Fountain Creek Nature Center, John Bruder and Aaron Driscoll reported Baltimore Oriole. On MNay 13 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Steve Getty reported f Summer Tanager. ---On May 12 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), John Drummond reported Cassin’s Kingbird. ---On May 13 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Deborah Barnes reported 15 Ovenbird. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On May 8 at Chatfield Banding Station, Meredith McBurney reported banding a young Chestnut-sided Warbler. On May 10 at Chatfield Banding Station, Meredith McBurney reported banding Least Flycatcher and Black-and-white Warbler. On May 12 at Chatfield Banding Station, Meredith McBurney reported Banding White-eyed Vireo. On May 13 at Chatfield Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded an Ovenbird. ---On May 9 at Chatfield SP upsteam of Kingfisher Bridge, David Suddjian and DFO Field trip reported Merlin and 6 Least Flycatchers. ---On May 9 on Clear Creek Trail west of I-70, Lorraine Lanning reported pair of Eastern Phoebe. ---On May 9 at Deer Creek at Buckhorn Road, David Suddjian reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On May 9 at Dakota Formation hogback, David Suddjian reported 4 Common Poorwill were heard and Also from pakring lot of Hildebrand Ranch Park. ---On May 11 at Main Reservoir in Lakewood, Mark Chavez reported Semipalmated Sandpiper. ---On May 13 at Waterton Canyon, Luke Pheneger reported Baltimore Oriole and Least Flycatcher. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On May 8 at Neenoseh Reservoir, Janeal Thompson reported Stilt Sandpiper. On May 12 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Mike McCloy reported 120 Stilt Sandpipers and 4 White-rumped Sandpipers. On May 12 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Peter Burke, Bill Kaempfer, and John Vanderpoel reported 3 Black-bellied Plovers, 8 Stilt Sandpipers, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper. On May 13 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Dale and Joel Adams, reported Long-billed Curlew, 49 Stilt Sandpipers, and Caspian Tern and Brandon Percival reported 2 Caspian Terns. KIT CARSON COUNTY: ---On May 8 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, Austin Hess and Renee Casias reported Prairie Warbler and Summer Tanager. On May 12 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, John Vanderpoel, Peter Burke, and Bill Kaempfer reported Red-bellied Woodpecker, Least Flycatcher, and Prairie Warbler. On May 13 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, Brandon Percival et al reported f LESSER NIGHTHAWK perched in a tree below the dam. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On May 13 at Animas River Trail—Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery area, Ryan Votta reported f Summer Tanager. LARIMER COUNTY: --- On May 9 at Boyd Lake, Walter Wehtje and Nick Komar reported ad m Piping Plover, Long-billed Curlew, and 2 Cassin’s Kingbirds. On May 10 at Boyd Lake, Nick Komar and many others reported Piping Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Black-bellied Plover, and Cassin’s Kingbird. On May 11 at Boyd Lake, Josh Bruening and several other birders reported Piping Plover, 2 Black-bellied Plovers, 2 Whimbrel, and Cassin’s Kingbird. On May 13, CSU Ornithologist Club reported Piping Plover at Boyd Lake. ---On May 9 at Horsetooth Mountain Park, Arvind Panjabi reported Dusky Grouse. ---On May 10 on CR 5 from CR 82 to CR 92, Nick Komar and Georgia Doyle reported Timberline Brewer’s Sparrow. ---On May 13 at McMurray Natural Area, Josh Bruening reported Broad-winged Hawk. ---On May 13 in downtown Fort Collins, Josh Bruening repored 4 Chimney Swifts. LINCOLN COUNTY: ---On May 12, CR 3F between CR 39 and CR 41, Peter Burke reported Mountain Plover and 2 Chestnut-collared Longspurs. LOGAN COUNTY: ---On May 12 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Mark Obmascik reported Red-headed Woodpecker and Palm Warbler. MESA COUNTY: ---On May 13 at Jack’s Canyon Area, Jacob Drucker, Jason Gregg, and Marcel Such reported 2 Gray Flycatchers, 2 Grace’s Warblers, and 5 Black-throated Gray Warblers. MOFFAT COUNTY: ---On May 10 on Loudy Simpson Nature Trail, Jan Leonard reported Northern Parula. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On May 12 in Canyons of Ancients National Monument, Bea Weaver reported Gray Vireo, Luncy’s Warbler, and m Summer Tanager. ---On May 13 in Towaoc, Bea Weaver reported Cassin’s Kingbird and Gray Vireo. OURAY COUNTY: ---On May 10 on CR 2 and Billy Creek Bridge, Betty Fenton reported Black Phoebe. On May 13, Sandy Beranich reported Black Phoebe at Billy Creek SWA. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On May 8 at Lamar Community College, Janeal Thompson reported Broad-winged Hawk and 3 m Northern Cardinals. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On May 8, Adam Vesely reported Yellow-throated Warbler at Mineral Palace Park. On May 12, Van Truan reported that the Yellow-throated Warbler continues at Mineral Palace Park. On May 13, Chris Rurik reported Yellow-throated Warbler at Mineral Palace Park. ---On May 10 at Runyon Lake, Jo Ann Andrews reported Black Phoebe. ---On May 13 at 40th Lane, Van Truan reported Black Rail. ---On May 13 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee Area), Caleb Hawley reported Cassin’s Kingbird, Northern Waterthrush, and Chestnut-sided Warbler. RIO GRANDE COUNTY: ---On May 9 at Wright-Shriver SWA near Monte Vista, John Rawinski reported 2 Northern Waterthrush. ROUTT COUNTY: ---On May 9 at Emerald Backside (Cow Creek), Katie Weeks and Tresa Moulton reported 2 Purple Martins. WASHINGTON COUNTY: ---On May 13 at Akron Golf Course, Heather and Riley Morris reported Least Flycatcher, Blackpoll Warbler, and Yellow-throated Warbler. WELD COUNTY: --- On May 11, Mark Obmascik reported Mute Swan at Stewart’s Pond. On May 13 at Stewart’s Pond, Pablo Quezada and Ryan Graves reported Mute Swan. ---On May 9 at Crow Valley, Mike De Vries and Chris Goulart reported Gray Flycatcher. On May 11 at Crow Valley, Randy Vernon reported m Bay-breasted Warbler which was seen by several other birders; Gene Rutherford reported Least Flycatcher; Austin Hess and Adam Vesely reported Broad-winged Hawk and Chimney Swift. On May 13 at Crow Valley CG, Kathy Mihm Dunning and others reported Lewis’s Woodpecker; and Gene Rutherford and Tom and Debbie Behnfield reported Blackpoll Warbler; Josh Bruening reported 2 Blackpoll Warblers (1m, 1f) and Gray Flycatcher. ---On May 9 at Sandstone Ranch Park, Carl Starace reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On May 10 at Union Reservoir, Sue Riffe reported Piping Plover and Semipalmated Plover on North Shore, several other birders saw the plovers and Luke Pheneger also reported Semipalmated Sandpipers. On May 11 at Union Reservoir, Sue Riffe and John Vanderpoel reported Piping Plover and Semipalmated Plover; Jack and Ryan Bushong reported Snowy Plover; Luke Pheneger reported Black-bellied Plover, Snowy Plover, 1 Semipalmated Plovers and Piping Plover. On May 12 at Union Reservoir, Brian Guarente and Steve Mlodinow reported Snowy Plover. On May 13 at Union Reservoir, Luke Pheneger reported 2 Stilt Sandpipers. ---On May 13 at Crom Lake, Josh Bruening reported Semipalmated Plover. ---On May 13 on CR 96, Josh Bruening reported 4 McCown’s Longspurs. Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips: The DFO Field Trip for Saturday , May 13 and Sunday, May 14 will be Las Animas County in Migration led by Chris Rurik (Chrisrurik At gmail.com; 253-225-7104). This is a two day trip. Will spend Saturday night in Trinidad. Will coordinate carpools from Denver. Register online or contact leader. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, May 14 will be to Mt Lindo Cemetery and Turkey Creek Park led by Karen Drozda (drozforte at AOL.com; 303-388-0891). This trip is full. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, May 14 will be to Parker Regional Park led by Kerrie Lagon & Patti Galli (Kerriegonebirding AT outlookcom; 720-891-8771) Directions: From Main St intersection in Parker, go south on Parker Rd (CO 93) for 1.2 miles. Turn right on Indianpipe Ln and right into McCabe Meadows parking lot in Salisbury Park (Parker regional Park). Meet at 0800. Will bird along the Cherry Creek trail. Bring binoculars, snack, water, sunscreen. Register online or contact leader. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday , May 14 will be Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop led by Karen von Saltz (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 overs a distance of about 3 miles. Trails could be slippery or muddy, so dress accordingly. Bring water and snacks; lunch is optional. 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/CAHtstTf9aa9UDiamLVjn1ZtJaHH-G0Hhhz%3DLXwJMdpyXOvnA1Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
