Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: July 23, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, July 23 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. Trumpeter Swan (*Archuleta) Wood Duck (*Kiowa) Mallard (Mexican Intergrade) (*Weld) Barrow’s Goldeneye (Chaffee) Ruddy Duck (Cheyenne) Northern Bobwhite (*Logan) Lesser Prairie-Chicken (*Cheyenne) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (*Kiowa) Black Swift (*Boulder) Semipalmated Plover (Bent) Mountain Plover (Weld) Long-billed Curlew (Bent, *Kiowa) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Bent, *Kiowa) Solitary Sandpiper (*Logan) Black Tern (El Paso, *Kiowa) Common Loon (Ouray) Mississippi Kite (Baca, Cheyenne, *El Paso) Lewis’s Woodpecker (*Arculeta) Red-headed Woodpecker (Adams, Baca, Cheyenne, El Paso, Kiowa, *Logan, *Weld) Acorn Woodpecker (*Pueblo) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Pueblo) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Baca) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Gunnison, Mesa) EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (*Logan) Least Flycatcher (Cheyenne, Douglas, *Logan) Eastern Phoebe (Baca, *Boulder, Douglas, Jefferson) Cassin’s Kingbird (Baca) Bell’s Vireo (*Logan) Chihuahuan Raven (Baca, Fremont, Kiowa) Purple Martin (Las Animas, *Mesa) Pacific Wren (*Boulder) Bewick’s Wren (Baca, *Montezuma) Curve-billed Thrasher (Baca, *El Paso, Fremont) Lucy’s Warbler (*Montezuma) Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca) Canyon Towhee (Baca, *El Paso) Brewer’s Sparrow (Arapahoe) BAIRD’S SPARROW (Larimer) Fox Sparrow (*Boulder, Larimer, San Juan) Summer Tanager (Baca, Montezuma) Indigo Bunting (*Kiowa) Dickcissel (Bent, Boulder, Chaffee, Cheyenne, El Paso, *Kiowa, Las Animas) Bobolink (Boulder) Great-tailed Grackle (*Kiowa) Baltimore Oriole (*Logan, *Weld) ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On July 19 at Parker Jordan Centennial Open Space, Cynthia Madsen and David Hill reported juv Brewer’s Sparrow. ARCHULETA COUNTY: ---On July 22 at Pinon Lake Reservoir, Brandon Nooner reported Trumpeter Swan and 2 Lewis’s Woodpeckers. BACA COUNTY: ---On July 18 at Cottonwood Canyon, Evan Carlson reported 6 Mississippi Kites, Red-headed Woodpecker, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, 4 Cassin’s Kingbirds, 3 Bewick’s Wrens, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, 4 Canyon Towhee, Summer Tanager. ---On July 18 at Cottonwood Canyon (southern loop), Evan Carlson reported 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 3 Cassin’s Kingbirds, 4 Chihuahuan Ravesn, Curve-billed Thrasher, and 2 Rufous-crowned Sparrows. BENT COUNTY: ---On July 21 at Adobe Creek Reservoir, Cole Wolf reported Semipalmated Plover, 18 Long-billed Curlew, 8 Semipalmated Sandpipers, and 3 Diickcissel. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On July 22 at Rocky Mountain NP, Wild Basin, Renee Casias reported 3 Black Swift, Pacific Wren, and Fox Sparrow. ---On July 19 at Brainard Lake, Matt Hofeditz and Boulder Bird Club reported Fox Sparrow. ---On July 22 at Boulder Creek at 75th St., David Blue reported Eastern Phoebe. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On July 17 on CR 128 in Poncha Springs, Van Remsen reported 2 Dickcissels. ---On July 17 at Sands Lake SWA, Van Remsen reported Barrow’s Goldeneye. CHEYENNE COUNTY: ---On July 18 in Kit Carson (town), Steve Mlodinow reported 4 Red-headed Woodpeckers. ---On July 18 in Cheyenne Wells, Steve Mlodinow reported Ruddy Ducky and Mississippi Kite. ---On July 18 on CR 9 between CR DD and CR GG, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Least Flycathcers and 22 Dickcissels. ---On July 22 on CR 2 N of CR M, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Lesser Prairie-Chickens DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On July 18 at Chatfield SP Platte River Parking Area, David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported 4 Eastern Phoebe at nest at restroom (1 ad, 3 good size nestlings) and 2 Least Flycatchers. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On July 19 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, Cheri Phillips reported Black Tern, 2 Red-headed Woodpecker and 4 Dickcissel. ---On July 18 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, Tanja Britton reported Mississippi Kite. ---On July 21 at Venetucci Farm, David Rudin reported a flyover Mississippi Kite. ---On July 22 on Birdsall Road, Scott Somershoe reported Curve-billed Thrasher and 9 Canyon Towhee. ---On July 22 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Robb Hinds reported Mississippi Kite. FREMONT COUNTY: ---On July 17 at Siloam Road, Evan Carlson reported 2 Chihuahuan Raven and Curve-billed Thrasher. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On July 17 at Deer Creek at W Buckhorn Rd, David Suddjian reported Eastern Phoebe. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On July 17 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Gloria Nikolai reported 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers and 2 Chihuahuan Ravens. On July 22 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Long-billed Curlew, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Red-headed Woodpecker, Indigo Bunting and 445 Great-tailed Grackles. ---On July 22 at Adobe Creek Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Semipalmated Sandpiper and 6 Dickcissel. ---On July 22 at Lower Queens Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported f Wood Duck, 3 Black Terns, and Dickcissel. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On July 20 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Derek Lecy reported hearing BAIRD’S SPARROW. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---On July 20 on CR 42 west of Aguilar, Brandon Percival reported m Purple Martin and 6 Dickcissels. LOGAN COUNTY: ---On July 22 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Heather and Riley Morris reported 5 Northern Bobwhite, 4 Solitary Sandpipers, 19 Red-headed Woodpeckers, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, Least Flycatcher, 2 Bell’s Vireo, 2 Baltimore Orioles. MESA COUNTY: ---On July 19 at Fruita Reservoir #1, Mike Henwood reported 2 American Three-toed Woodpeckers (ad m and fledging) ---On July 20 on Grand Mesa, David Price reported 2 American Three-toed Woodpeckers. ---On July 22 NE of Collbran where 64.3 Rd enters first Aspen Grove, Nic Korte reported 2 m Purple Martins. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On July 22 on Road G (37.3369, -108.8347), Steve Larson reported 2 Lucy’s Warblers and Bewick’s Wren. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On July 17 at Pueblo Mt Park, Evan Carlson reported Acorn Woodpecker. On July 22 at Pueblo Mt Park, Van Truan reported Acorn Woodpecker. WELD COUNTY: ---On July 18 on CR 89 just N of Hwy 14, Noah Kuck reported Mountain Plover. ---On July 22 at Behren’s Reservoir, Gene Rutherford reported Mallard (Mexican intergrade). ---On July 22 at S Platte River near CR 61, Gene Rutherford reported Red-headed Woodpecker and 3 Baltimore Orioles (1 f, 2 1st fall m). Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, July 23 will be to Morrison Nature Center at Star K Ranch led by A>J. Gest (offsetaj AT comcast.net; 303-994-2420). Directions: Meet at 0800. Center is located south of I-70 on Smith Road between Chambers. Address 16002 E. Smith Road. Bring snacks, water, and binoculars; scopes are optional. Portable toilets on site. Register online or contact leader. 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHtstTeVm%3Dqn-jAeamFVTYSPBYN4KG9Omv%2BL6%3D6tFBpecAEg7Q%40mail.gmail.com. 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