Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: May 30, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, May 30 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) Chukar (Garfield) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (*Baca, El Paso, Logan, *Yuma) White-winged Dove (Bent) Chimney Swift (El Paso, Kit Carson, Sedgwick, Weld, *Yuma) Black Rail (Pueblo) Sandhill Crane (Boulder) Snowy Plover (Crowley,*Kiowa, *Weld) Semipalmated Plover (Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa) Upland Sandpiper (Logan) Long-billed Curlew (*Pueblo) Stilt Sandpiper (*El Paso, *Kiowa) Sanderling (Bent, Douglas, Kit Carson) White-rumped Sandpiper (Douglas, *El Paso, *Kiowa, Pueblo, *Weld) Pectoral Sandpiper (Crowley) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Crowley, *El Paso, *Kiowa, La Plata, Saguache, *Weld) Green Heron (*Yuma) YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Yuma) BLACK VULTURE (*El Paso) Mississippi Kite (*Baca, *El Paso, Logan, Phillips, Pueblo) Broad-winged Hawk (Jefferson, *Kit Carson, Weld, *Yuma) Laughing Gull (Weld) Caspian Tern (Bent) ARCTIC TERN (Weld) Red-throated Loon (Sedgwick) Red-headed Woodpecker (*El Paso, *Kit Carson, Logan, *Pueblo, *Yuma) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan, Weld, *Yuma) Williamson’s Sapsucker (*Jefferson, Larimer, Pueblo) EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (*Yuma) Yellow-belllied Flycatcher (*Pubelo) ALDER FLYCATCHER (El Paso, Logan, Pueblo, *Yuma) Least Flycatcher (Boulder, Chaffee, El Paso, Jefferson, Kit Carson, Phillips, *Pueblo, Washington, *Yuma) Gray Flycatcher (Boulder, El Paso, *Weld, *Yuma) Black Phoebe (Garfield) Eastern Phoebe (Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson) Great Crested Flycatcher (Logan, *Yuma) Cassin’s Kingbird (Arapahoe, Douglas, El Paso) White-eyed Vireo (Alamosa, Logan) Bell’s Vireo (El Paso, Logan, *Yuma) Cassin’s Vireo (*Pueblo) Blue-headed Vireo (Pueblo) Chihuahuan Raven (*Pueblo) Purple Martin (Gunnison) Gray-cheeked Thrush (Logan) Wood Thrush (*Pueblo) Curve-billed Thrasher (Larimer) Lapland Longspur (Jackson, Weld) McCown’s Longspur (Bent, Larimer, Logan) Ovenbird (Jefferson, Kit Carson, Logan, *Morgan, Phillips, *Weld) Worm-eating Warbler (Denver) Northern Waterthrush (Arapahoe, Chaffee, El Paso, Jefferson, Kit Carson, *Pueblo, Washington, *Yuma) Golden-winged Warbler (Jefferson) Black-and-white Warbler (Eagle, Jefferson) Tennessee Warbler (Logan) Nashville Warbler (Jefferson) MOURNING WARBLER (*Yuma) CAPE MAY WARBLER (Pueblo) Northern Parula (El Paso, Kit Carson, Phillips) Magnolia Warbler (Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, Pueblo,Weld) Bay-breasted Warbler (Kit Carson) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Phillips, *Pueblo) Blackpoll Warbler (*Adams, Jefferson, Larimer, *Yuma) Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo) Grace’s Warbler (*El Paso, *Mesa) Black-throated Gray Warbler (Boulder, *Mesa) Black-throated Green Warbler (Logan) EASTERN TOWHEE (*Logan) Field Sparrow (Logan, *Yuma) Black-throated Sparrow (*Mesa) BAIRD’S SPARROW (Larimer) Summer Tanager (La Plata) Northern Cardinal (Boulder, Logan, *Yuma) Dickcissel (Logan) Bobolink (*El Paso, Rio Blanco) Baltimore Oriole (*Baca, El Paso, Logan, Sedgwick,*Yuma) Scott’s Oriole (*Mesa) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Barr Lake SP, Chuck Hundertmark and DFO field Trip and Kim Mauritz reported f Blackpoll Warbler. ALAMOSA COUNTY: ---On May 24 at Alamosa Golf Course, John Rawinski reported White-eyed Vireo. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: --- On May 27 at Cherry Creek SP, Eric Zawatski reported Northern Waterthrush. ---On May 23, David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported Cassin’s Kingbirds at Richmil Open Space, CR 38 at East Bijou Creek, CR 42 BACA COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Two Buttes SWA below dam, Tony Leukering reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Baltimore Oriole. ---On May 29 at VV Rd near dam, Tony Leukering reported 2 Mississippi Kite.s BENT COUNTY: ---On May 26 at Hasty Campground, Ira Sanders reported White-winged Dove. ---On May 27 at John Martin Reservoir, Ira Sanders reported 2 Sanderling, Caspian Tern, and f McCown’s Longspur. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On May 24 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Least Flycatcher. On May 26 at Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Gray Flycatcher. ---On May 27 on Old S St Vrain Road in Lyons, Carl Starace and Steve Frye reported m Magnolia Warbler. ---On May 28 at Kittredge Ponds on the S end of CU Boulder Main Campus, Nathan Pieplow reported m Black-throated Gray Warbler. ---On May 28 on St Vrain Road, Pam Piombion reported 2 Sandhill Cranes circling ---On May 28 on CU East campus, David Ely reported Gray Flycatcher near Space Science Bldg; Peter Burke reported Gray Flycatcher. ---On May 28 in Hawthorne Gulch near pump house, Phil Thorpe reported imm m Magnolia Warbler. ---On May 28 on South Mesa Trail in Boulder, David Waltman reported hearing Northern Cardinal. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On May 28 in Buena Vista, San Isabel NF, Christain Hogenlocher reported Least Flycatcher. DENVER COUNTY: ---On May 26 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Chris Rurik reported Worm-eating Warbler on N side of lake. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On May 25 at Parker Regional Park/Salisbury Equestrian Park, Tim Ryan reported Cassin’s Kingbird. ---ON May 25 in Parker at North Water Treatment Facility, Diane Roberts and Mary Burger reported 2 White-rumped Sandpipers. EAGLE COUNTY: ---On May 28 at Buffehr’s Creek Trail, Ryan Bushong reported Black-and-white Warbler. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On May 25 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded Northern Waterthrush. On May 26 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded Northern Waterthrush; David Elwonger reported Bell’s Vireo. On May 27 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown reported banding Northern Waterthrush and Least ---On May 25 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, Caleb and Kyle Hawley reported Semipalmated Plover and Red-headed Woodpecker. On May 27 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, Steve Getty reported 6 White-rumped Sandpipers, 12 Semipalmated Sandpipers, and Cassin’s Kingbird. On May 29 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, Norm Lewis, Jeannie Mitchell, and Aaron Shipe reported 4 Stilt Sandpipers, 8 White-rumped Sandpipers, 20 Semipalmated Sandpipers, and Red-headed Woodpecker ---On May 24 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Dale and Joel Adams reported Gray Flycatcher and Grace’s Warbler. On May 26 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Aaron Driscoll reported Grace’s Warbler. On May 27 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Gary Koehn reported Grace’s Warbler. On May 28 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Eric Plage reported Gray Flycatcher and Grace’s Warbler; Scott Manwaring and Bez Bezuidenhout reported Grace’s Warbler. On May 29 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Roger Masey, Joy and Leonard Lake reported Grace’s Warbler. ---On May 24 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Dale and Joel Adams and David Tonnessen reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo. ---On May 29 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, Robb Hinds and Tom Bunker reported Mississippi Kite. ---On May 24 at Big Johnson, Chris Brobin reported Mississippi Kit and Red-headed Woodpecker. ---On May 28 at Sinton Pond OS, David Tonnessen reported 2 Least Flycatcher, Northern Waterthrush. ---On May 29 at Fountain Valley School, Diana Beatty, Monday Birders reported 4 Bobolink. ---On May 28 at Jon’s Cabin on CR 3087 east of Rampart Range Road, Michael Springer reported 2 BLACK VULTURES. GARFIELD COUNTY: ---On May 27 on CR 201, Dean Shoup reported 2 Chukar. ---On May 28 at Carbondale Fish Hatchery, Vic Zerbi reported Black Phoebe. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On May 26 at west end of CR 265, Dean Shoup reported 2 pairs of Purple Martin looking like they were going to nest. JEFFERSON COUNTY: --- On May 24 at Chatfield Banding Station Meredith McBurney banded Northern Waterthrush. On May 28 at Chatfield Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Least Flycatcher. ---On May 24 at Chatfield SP, upstream of Kingfisher Bridge, David Suddjian his DFO field trip reported 2 Broad-winged Hawks, 13 Least Flycatchers, and 2 Eastern Phoebe. ---On May 26 on High Grade Road in Deer Creek Canyon, David Suddjian and his DFO Field Trip reported Ovenbird. ---On May 27 at Hayden Green Mountain Park, Larry Versaw reported 4 Least Flycatchers, Black-and-white Warbler, and Nashville Warbler. ---On May 27 at Belmar Park, Catherine Boisseau reported pair of Blackpoll Warblers. ---On May 29 in Bergen Park (town), David Suddjian reported Williamson’s Sapsucker. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Sheridan Lake area (town and playa), Tony Leukering reported 8 Snowy Plovers, 2 Stilt Sandpipers, 11 White-rumped Sandpipers, and 26 Semipalmated Sandpipeprs. KIT CARSON COUNTY: --- On May 27 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, Dale and Joel Adams reported Red-headed Woodpecker and f Bay-breasted Warbler. On May 28 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, Steve Mlodinow reported Broad-winged Hawk, 3 Red-headed Woodpecker, 5 Least Flycatchers, 2 Ovenbirds, 2 Northern Waterthrush and Northern Parula. On May 29 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, Cheryl Teuton, Dan Brooke, and Joey Kellner reported juv Brown-winged Hawk and Red-headed Woodpecker. ---On May 23 at Burlington Water Treatment Plant, Eric Hough reported Sanderling and 60 Chimney Swifts. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On May 24 at Lory SP vied from along Lodgepole Dr, Nick Komar reported Curve-billed Thrasher. Lory SP is close to Blue Spruce Drive. ---On May 24 at North Shields Pond Natural Area, Tim Priehs and Doug Swartz reported Gray Flycatcher. ---On May 26 on CR 92 at Bio Solids Facility Gate, David Wade reported 2 McCown’s Longspur. ---On May 26 on CR 6 between Buckeye and Carr, Nick Komar, David Wade, and Austin Hess reported 2 Curve-billed Thrashers. ---On May 27 at Soapstone Prairie, Nick Moore reported 5 BAIRD’S SPARROWS and 7 McCown’s Longspurs. On May 28 at Soapstone Prairie, Mackenzie Goldthwait et al reported f McCown’s Longspur and 6 BAIRD’S SPARROWS; Kevin DeBoer reported BAIRD’S SPARROW> ---On May 38 at Lee Martinez Park, Rob Sparks reported m Blackpoll Warbler. LOGAN COUNTY: ---On May 24 at Jumbo Reservoir, Gwen Moore and Sue Riffe reported Red-headed Woodpecker and 2 Baltimore Orioles. ---On May 24 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Gwen Moore and Sue Riffe reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 3 Great Crested Flycatchers, White-eyed Vireo, Baltimore Oriole and 3 Dickcissel. On May 28 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Luke and Tray Pheneger and Maikel and Susan Wise reported 21 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Bell’s Vireo, ALDER FLYCATCHER, 2 Field Sparrows, EASTERN TOWHEE, Northern Cardinal, 8 Baltimore Orioles. ---On May 28 at Duck Creek SWA, Luke and Tracy Pheneger and Maikel and Susan Wise reported Upland Sandpiper, Red-headed Woodpecker, Gray-cheeked Thrush, McCown’s Longspur, Ovenbird, Tennessee Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, and 2 Dickcissell. ---On May 28 east of Sterling, Luke Pheneger reported a flyover Mississippi Kite. MESA COUNTY: ---On May 25 On Telephone trail area, Peter Blank reported Grace’s Warbler. ---On May 27 in Carson Hole Area, Rodene Harwood and Ronda Woodward reported 2 Grace’s Warblers. ---On May 29 at Colorado National Monument, Carol Ortenzio reported Black-throated Sparrows and Black-throated Gray Warbler. ---On May 29 at Rocky Ditch in Uncompahgre NF, Ron Lambeth reported Grace’s Warbler. ---On May 29 at Jack’s Canyon, Ron Lambeth reported Grace’s Warbler and Black-throated Gray Warbler. ---On May 29 on Old Hwy 6 & 50, 1.8 Road to Utah State Line, Mike Henwood reported Black-throated Sparrow and Scott’s Oriole. MORGAN COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Jean K Tool SWA, Brad Walker reported Ovenbird and EASTERN TOWHEE. PHILLIPS COUNTY: ---On May 26 at Holyoke Cemetery, Norm Erthal et al reported Least Flycatcher, Ovenbird, Chestnut-sided Warbler, and Mississippi Kite. ---On May 26 at Lion‘s Club Fishin’ Hole, Norm Erthal et al reported Northern Parula. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On May 24 at Mineral Palace Park, Jan Allbriht, Richard Bunn and Bill Maynard reported Yellow-throated Warbler and nesting Mississippi Kites; Jeff Dawson reported Yellow-throated Warbler. On May 25, Van Truan and Eric DeFonso reported Yellow-throated Warbler at Mineral Palace Park. On May 26 at Mineral Palace Park, Van Truan reported Yellow-throated Warbler. On May 27 at Mineral Palace Park, Tom Behnfield reported 2 Yellow-throated Warblers; Van Truan reported one Yellow-throated Warbler. On May 28 at Mineral Palace Park, Dan Fleming reported 2 Yellow-throated Warblers; Mark Chavez reported 2 Yellow-throated Warblers; Heidi Eaton reported 1 Yellow-throated Warbler. ---On May 27 at Chico Basin Ranch, Dale and Joel Adams reported ALDER FLYCATCHER at headquarters, White-rumped Sandpiper, Red-headed Woodpecker, Least Flycatcher, 3 Northern Waterthrush, and Magnolia Warbler at Rose Pond. On May 28 at Chico Basin Ranch headquarter area, Ginny Bergstrom and Renee Casias reported 2 Red-headed woodpeckers, Least Flycatcher, and Magnolia Warbler; Matt Newport reported Northern Waterthrush. On May 29 at Chico Basin Ranch, Dean Shoup reported Red-headed Woodpecker, Least Flycatcher, Northern Waterthrush, and Chestnut-sided Warbler; Renee Casias reported Chestnut-sided Warbler at Rose Pond. On May 29 at Chico Basin Ranch, Susan Bonfiglio reported flyover Long-billed Curlew, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 2 Chihuahuan Ravens, Wood Thrush, Northern Waterthrush, and Cassin’s Vireo. ---On May 26 at Nepesta Road Marsh, Brad Steger and Mark Peterson reported 2 Black Rail. SAGUACHE COUNTY: ---On May 25 at Russell Lakes SWA, John W. Cobb reported Semipalmated Plover. SEDGWICK COUNTY: ---On May 24 in town of Ovid, Sue Riffe and Gwen Moore reported 6 Chimney Swifts. ---On May 24 at DePoorter Lake, Gwen Moore and Sue Riffe repored 2 Chimney Swifts and Baltimore Oriole. ---On May 26 at Jumbo Reservoir, Norm Erthal et al reported basic plumaged Red-thoated Loon. WELD COUNTY: --- On May 29 at Stewart’s Pond, Cole Wolf reported Mute Swan, White-rumped Sandpiper, and Semipalmated Sandpiper. ---On May 26 at Crow Valley CG, Bob Shade reported Chimney Swift. On May 27 at Crow Valley CG, Amy Davis reported Magnolia Warbler. On May 28 at Crow Valley CG, Gene Rutherford reported 1-st year Broad-winged Hawk. On May 29 at Crow Valley, Kathy Mihm Dunning et al reported Gray Flycatcher and Ovenbird. --- On May 27 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported ARCTIC TERN, Stilt Sandpiper, Sanderling, 17 White-rumped Sandpipers, and 6 Semipalmated Sandpipers. On May 28 at Union Reservoir, Gene Rutherford reported Snowy Plover and 2 Sanderling. On May 29 at Union Reservoir, Nick Komar reported 2 Snowy Plovers. ---On May 29 at Crom Lake, Bill Fink reported 2 White-rumped Sandpipers and 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers. YUMA COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Hale Ponds, Steve Mlodinow reported Green Heron, Broad-winged Hawk, 5 Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Chimney Swift, 4 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 4 Red-bellied Woodpeckers, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 3 ALDER FLYCATCHERS, 5 Least Flycatchers, 7 Great Crested Flycatchers, Bell’s Vireo, 3 Northern Waterthrush, Blackpoll Warbler, 2 Baltimore Oriole. ---On May 29 at Bonny Reservoir SWA below dam, Steve Mlodinow reported Red-headed Woodpecker and Field Sparrow. ---On May 29 at Hale Crossroads, Steve Mlodinow reported Chimney Swift, Red-bellied Woodpecker, ALDER FLYCATCHER, 2 Great Crested Flycatchers, Northern Waterthrush, MOURNING WARBLER, and 2 Northern Cardinals. On Mayu 29 at Hale Crossroads, David Dowell reported Broad-winged Hawk, ALDER FLYCATCHER, Least Flycatcher, MOURNING WARBLER, and 2 Northern Cardinals. ---On May 28 at Sandy Bluffs State Trust Lands and SWA, David Dowell reported 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Chimney Swift, 6 Red-headed woodpeckers, 2 ALDER FLYCATCHERS, 5 Great Crested Flycatchers. Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips The DFO Field trip for Saturday, June 3 will be to Delaney Community Farm led by A. J. Gest (offsetaj AT comcast.net; 303-994-2420) The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, June 4 will be to Red Rocks Park led by Alison Kondler (BirdingByEar AT msn.com; 303-904-9140) For more information on the field trips go to dfobirds.org. 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]. 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