Compiler: Allison Hilf e-mail: RBA@ cobirds.org Date: June 7, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, June 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 now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families has changed. Trumpeter Swan (Routt) Red-necked Grebe (Jackson) LEAST BITTERN (Bent) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Logan) BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (Logan) Black Rail (Pueblo) Snowy Plover (Weld) Long-billed Curlew (Jackson) WHite-faced Ibis (*Boulder) Mississippi Kite (Baca, Las Animas, Phillips, *Prowers) Broad-winged Hawk (Moffat, Routt) Red-headed Woodpecker (*Adams, Denver) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Jefferson, Larimer, Pueblo) EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (Logan) Least Flycatcher (*Larimer, Moffat) Gray Flycatcher (*Montrose, Pueblo) Black Phoebe (*Larimer, *Weld) Eastern Phoebe (Boulder) White-eyed Vireo (Pueblo) Bell’s Vireo (Bent) Purple Martin (Montezuma) Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso) Northern Mockingbird (*Fremont) Northern Waterthrush (Jackson)m Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo) Grace’s Warbler (El Paso, Pueblo) Summer Tanager (Baca) SCARLET TANAGER (Arapahoe) Northern Cardinal (Boulder, Logan, *Prowers) Bobolink (Grand) Baltimore Oriole (*Washington) ADAMS COUNTY: --A Red-headed Woodpecker was reported at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal by Rebecca Laroche on June 6. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: --A SCARLET TANAGER was reported at Cherry Creek SP, in a tree halfway between the East entrance (Lehigh/Parker Rd.) and the check -in booth. It was reported by Karl Stecher on June 1. BACA COUNTY: --4 Mississippi Kites were reported at Cottonwood Canyon by Rodney Wright on June 4. --A Summer Tanager was reported at Cottonwood Canyon by Rodney Wright on June 4. BENT COUNTY: —-A LEAST BITTERN was reported at Van's Marsh (east of Van's Grove on Road JJ). IT was reported by Mathew Wistrand on June 3. --A Bell's Vireo was heard at Van's Grove (Road JJ, east of Ft. Lyon) by Cole Wolf on June 1. BOULDER COUNTY: --A White-faces Ibis was reported at White Rocks Trail Area by Christian Nunes on June 6. --A Northern Cardinal was reported at Hawthorn Gulch by Phil Thorpe on June 1. -- An Eastern Phoebe was perched on a fence above culvert on Rock Creek near Coalton Ave. It was reported by Emil Yappert on June 3. COSTILLA COUNTY: —-A White-rumped Sandpiper was reported at Smith Reservoir by John Mallory on June 2. DENVER COUNTY: —-A Red-headed Woodpecker was reported at First Creek Denver Open Space by John Breitsch on June 1. EL PASO COUNTY: —-A Grace's Warbler was reported at Cheyenne Mountain SP, last seen by Glenn Walbek on June 3. —-A Curve-billed Thrasher was reported at Chico Basin Ranch, last seen by Robb Hinds on June 3. --A Mississippi Kite was reported was reported at Adams Open Space by Adam Ketchum on June 2. FREMONT COUNTY: --A Northern Mockingbird was reported at the CR 84 Area by Dale Adams on June 6. GRAND COUNTY: --A Gray Flycatcher was reported in Kremmling at 40,195x-106.42 by Gloria Nikolai on June 5. --A Bobolink was reported in Kremmling near Hwy 26 at 40.1949x-106.4196 by Kara Carragher on June 3. JACKSON COUNTY: --A Long-billed Curlew was reported standing in a flooded field between 24297-24541 Highway 14 at 40.6221x-106.4000. —-A Northern Waterthrush was reported at Michigan River Wetlands near Jackson CR 30 by Charles Hundertmark on June 3. —-A Red-necked Grebe in breeding plumage was reported at Lake John by Michael Kiessig on June 1. —-A Long-billed Curlew was reported South of Arapahoe NWR on 125 (40.5676,-106.2793); if was seen by Kara Carragher on June 1. LARIMER COUNTY: --A Least. Flycatcher was reported at the Bobcat Ridge Natural Area by Walter Wehtje on June 6. --A Black Phoebe has been Going back and forth between Larimer and Weld County. Please see Weld County information. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: —-A Mississippi Kite was reported at Mae's Ranch by Jim Dennis on June 1. LOGAN COUNTY: —-A Cassie's Kingbird was reported at Tamarack SWA by Renee Casias on June 4. --A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and several Yellow -billed Cuckoo were reported at parking area 1 of Tamarack SWA on the west side of hwy 83 by Glenn Walbek on June 3. --A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and an EASTERN WOOD PEWEE were reported at Tamarack SWA by Dean Shoup on June 4. --A Northern Cardinal was heard at Tamarack SWA by Bill Fink on June 3. MOFFAT COUNTY: —-A Least Flycatcher was reported on the Loudy-Simpson Nature Trail by Christian Nunes on June 2 and was last reported by by Judy West on June 5. --A Broad-winged Hawk was reported at Loudy-Simpson Nature Trail by Christian Nunes on June 2. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: —-A Purple Martin was overhead at Joe Moore Reservoir by Dennis Garrison reported on June 3. MONTROSE COUNTY: --A Gray Flycatcher was reported at Jill's Abode by Janet Thaw on June 6.5 PROWERS COUNTY: --2 Mississippi Kites were reported at Lamar Community College by Tony Leukering on June 6. --A Northern Cardinal was reported at Lamar Community College by Tony Leukering on June 6. PUEBLO COUNTY: —-A Grace's Warbler was reported to be located past the basketball courts and picnic areas at the T-intersection (left to trails, right to ball field). Men's and women's pit toilets are are right "above the T", and this is where the bird was found singing and foraging in the outer branches of Ponderosas. It was found by Paul Hurtado on June 5. -- 2 Black Rails were reported at Nepesta Road Marsh by Paul Hurtado on June 5: "Two birds ere heard calling out in the marsh. Distinctive. Slight breeze and distance made it impossible to get a great on my smartphone, but enough for documentation purposes (will upload on [e-bird] later") --A Yellow- Throated Warbler was reported at 19th & Court Street by Van Truman on June 4th. --A White-eyed Vireo was reported to be singing in the trees at 19th & Court St by Van Truman on June 2. --A Grey Flycatcher was reported at Red Creek Springs Road West by Robert Reed on June 1. ROUTT COUNTY: --A Trumpeter Swan was reported at Stagecoach Reservoir by DIana Beatty on June 1, last reported by Elana Klaver on June 5. --A Broad-winged Hawk was reported in Hayden off of County Road 80 (40.525 x 107.22) by Phil Lyon on June 4. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY: --A Cassin's Kingbird was reported at Wild Horse by Marcel Such on June 5. WASHINGTON COUNTY: --A Baltimore Oriole was reported at Prewitt Reservoir by Angie Kramer on June 6. WELD COUNTY: --Updated status of Black Phoebe by Nicholas Komar on June 6: The territorial Black Phoebe continued singing this morning between 5:30 AM and 7 AM on both sides of the CR13 bridge over the Cache La Poudre River, straddling the border between Larimer and Weld Counties. It spent the first hour perched atop a small dead tree in Larimer, and then flew to a small dead tree in Weld, always on the south bank. Also of interest was an incessantly singing Red-eyed Vireo about a half mile west of the bridge, heard from the paved Poudre River Trail. I have requested hot spot status for both sides of the bridge via eBird. --A Black Phoebe was reported at Pouder River Trail Corridor, singing in a construction zone, by Brad Walker on June 5. --A Black Phoebe was reported at Frank SWA by David Ely on June 4. --A Snowy Plover was reported at Union Reservoir by multiple birders. It was last seen by Norm Lewis on June 3. Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips: Upper Beaver Meadows Rocky Mountain National Park Friday, June 9 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM Bill Wuerthele (Email: [email protected] Phone: 303-333-2519) Trail Difficulty: Moderate Maximum Participants: 10 Directions: Meet at the Upper Beaver Meadows Trailhead parking area. Travel to the Beaver Meadows Entrance Station of the park on Route 36. Annual or day park pass required. To reach the trailhead, continue past the Entrance Station on Route 36 for approximately 3/4 mile and turn left on a small road signed for Upper Beaver Meadows. Continue to the end of the road and the small trailhead parking area. This trip is full. Aiken Canyon Preserve Saturday, June 10 5:30 AM - 2:00 PM John Breitsch (Email: [email protected] Phone: 303-588-0552) Trail Difficulty: Moderate Maximum Participants: 11 Directions: Meet at SW corner of Safeway parking lot at NE corner of Yosemite and Lincoln Ave in Lone Tree about 1 mile west of I-25. Park away from store. First Creek at Denver Open Space Saturday, June 10 7:00 AM - 11:30 AM Patrick O'Driscoll (Email: [email protected] Phone: 303-885-6955) Trail Difficulty: Easy For more information on the field trips go to dfobirds.org. Good Birding, Allison Hilf Arapahoe County [email protected] 303.888.5110 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/C07CEB6B-8FFE-4B36-A502-458EECA7B0FB%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Sent from my iPad -- 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]. 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