Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: August 14, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, August 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. Wood Duck (*Kiowa) Bufflehead (Larimer) Chimney Swift (*Denver, El Paso) Black Rail (*Bent) Sandhill Crane (*Bent, Gunnison) Black-necked Stilt (*El Paso, *Weld) Semipalmated Plover (El Paso, *Kiowa) Long-billed Curlew (*Boulder, *Kiowa) Stilt Sandpiper (*El Paso) Pectoral Sandpiper (El Paso) Semipalmated Sandpiper (El Paso) Short-billed Dowitcher (*Weld) Solitary Sandpiper (*Boulder, El Paso, Kiowa, *Mesa, Rio Blanco, *Weld) LITTLE GULL (*Kiowa) Laughing Gull (*Kiowa) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Arapahoe) Least Tern (*Kiowa) Black Tern (Adams, El Paso, *Kiowa) Common Tern (Adams, *Arapahoe) Common Loon (Ouray) SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Prowers) Mississippi Kite (*El Paso, *Kiowa) Broad-winged Hawk (*Fremont) Red-headed Woodpecker (Adams, *Boulder, *El Paso, *Kiowa) Acorn Woodpecker (La Plata) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Pueblo) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Gunnison) Least Flycatcher (*Kiowa, Larimer) Gray Flycatcher (Mesa) Eastern Phoebe (*Fremont) Great Crested Flycatcher (*Kiowa) BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER (*Kiowa) Cassin’s Kingbird (*El Paso) Pinyon Jay (El Paso) Chichuahuan Raven (*Baca) Purple Martin (Mesa) Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso) American Pipit (*Denver, *Weld) Northern Waterthrush (El Paso) Rufous-crowned Sparrow (*Baca) Clay-colored Sparrow (*El Paso) Brewer’s Sparrow (Jackson, Rio Blanco) Lark Bunting (Gilpin, Jackson, *Kiowa, Mesa) Fox Sparrow (*Eagle, Gilpin, San Juan) Summer Tanager (Baca, Montezuma) Indigo Bunting (*Kiowa, Weld) Painted Bunting (*Baca) Dickcissel (Boulder, *El Paso, *Kiowa) Bobolink (Boulder, *El Paso) Scott’s Oriole (Mesa) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On August 10 at Barr Lake SP, David Dowell reported Black Tern and Common Tern. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On August 10 at Aurora Reservoir, David Dowell reported imm Lesser Black-backed Gull. On August 12 at Aurora Reservoir, Glenn Walbek reported 2 Common Terns. On August 13 at Aurora Reservoir, Adams Vesely reported Common Tern. BACA COUNTY: ---On August 13 at Picture Canyon, Renee Casias reorted 2 Chihuahuan Raven, 2 Rufous-crowned Sparrows, and Painted Bunting. BENT COUNTY: ---On August 13 at CR 16 Marshes near Fort Lyon, Tom and Debbie Behnfield heard Black rail and saw 2 Sandhill Cranes head toward John Martin. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On August 13 at Heil Valey Ranch, Carl Starace reported Red-headed Woodpecker. ---On August 13 at Cottonwood Marsh, Jeff Parks reported Solitary Sandpiper. ---On August 13 at Lagerman Reservoir, Peter Burke reported 3 Long-billed Curlew. DENVER COUNTY: ---On August 13 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Ajit Antony reported 4 Chimney Swifts and 5 American Pipits. EAGLE COUNTY: ---On August 13 at Beaver Creek Ski Area, Sean Caufield reported Fox Sparrow. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On August 8 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, David Tonnessen reported Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, 10 Black Terns, and Dickcissel. On August 9 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, 6 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Stilt Sandpipers, Solitary Sandpiper, 4 Black Terns. On August 12 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, Cynthia Madsen, David Hill, and Diane Roberts reported 4 Stilt Sandpipers. On August 13 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, David Tonnessen reported Cassin’s Kingbird, 3 Clay-colored Sparrows, 3 Dickcissel, and 6 Bobolink; Diane Roberts and Karen Drozda reported 2 Stilt Sandpiper and 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers. ---On August 7 at Venetucci Farm, Sharon Milito reported Mississippi Kite. ---On August 9 in town of Fountain, Tanja Britton reported Mississippi Kite. ---On August 10 at Bear Creek Park West, David Tonnessen reported 22 flyover Pinyon Jay. ---On August 11 and 12 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded Northern Waterthrush. ---On August 12 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, David Tonnessen reported 5 Mississippi Kites. On August 13 at Adams Open Sapce, Tanja Britton reported Mississippi Kite. ---On August 12 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, David Tonnessen reported Mississippi Kite and Northern Waterthrush. On August 13 at Fountain Creek RP, Kevin Ash reported Mississippi Kite. ---On August 13 at Windmill gulch, Diana Beatty reported flyover Mississippi Kite. ---On August 12 at Big Johnson, David Tonnessen reported Black-necked Stilt and 2 Dickcissel. On August 13 at Big Johnson, Robb Hinds reported 2 Black-necked Stilts; Joy and Leonard Lake reported 4 Black-necked Stilts. ---On August 12 at Wainwright Drive in Colorado Springs, Mark Peterson reported Mississippi Kite and 10 Chimney Swifts. ---On August 12 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), John Drummond reported 2 Curve-billed Thrashers. FREMONT COUNTY: ---On August 13 at Canon City Riverwalk (Mackenzie Ave to S Raynolds Ave), Dale and Joel Adams reported Broad-winged Hawk and Eastern Phoebe. GILPIN COUNTY: ---On August 8 on Tolland Road CR 16, Brian Johnson reported pair of Lark Buntings and Fox Sparrow. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On August 10 going over Kebler Pass near Anthracite Creek, Tom McConnell reported 2 Sandhill Carnes west of Erickson Ranch CG. JACKSON COUNTY: ---On August 9 at Arapaho NWR Auto Loop, Tyler McClain reported 8 Brewer’s Sparrows and pair of Lark Buntings. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On August 13 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow and David Dowell reported Semipalmated Plover, Laughing Gull, Least Tern, 101 Black Terns, 6 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Great Crested Flycatcher, and BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER. ---On August 13 at Upper queens/Neeshkah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow and David Dowell reported Wood Duck, 6 juv LITTLE GULLS, 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Least Flycatcher, 3 Great Crested Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, and Dickcissel. ---On August 13 at Lower Queens Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow and David Dowell reported sub-ad Mississippi Kite, 3 Long-billed Curlew, Red-headed Woodpecker, and Lark Bunting. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On August 9 on Meadow Road in Rafter J Subdivision , Gloria Nikolai reported 3 Acorn Woodpeckers. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On August 11 in Rocky Mountain NP on Cub Lake and Trail, Brian Genge reported 4 Least Flycatchers. ---On August 12 at Topminnow NA (East Horsetooth Gravel Pit), Brandon Nooner reported f-type Bufflehead. MESA COUNTY: ---On August 7 on 10 ½ Road in Loma, Steve Patterson reported f-type Lark Bunting across road from Unitah Fishing area where fence angles away from road. ---On August 8 at Brewster’s Ridge/Bar X Wash, Nic Korte reported Gray Flycatcher and juv Scott’s Oriole. ---On August 10 at Grand Junction WA, Mike Henwood reported Solitary Sandpiper. On August 12 at Grand Junction WA, Eileen Cunningham reported 2 Solitary Sandpipers. On August 13 at Grand Junction WA, Mike Henwood reported juv Solitary Sandpiper and David Price and Ron Lambeth reported two Solitary Sandpipers. ---On August 12 at 8300 Ft above Collbran , Nic Korte reported flock of Purple Martins. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On August 10 Bryant Will found a juv SWALLOW-TAILED KITE in Lamar which was refound by Janeal Thompson, Tammy Gonzales, Jane Stulp, and Duane Nelson near Oak and 14th. RIO BLANCO COUNTY: ---On August 8 at Jensen SWA, Steve Patterson reported 2 Solitary Sandpipers and Brewer’s Sparrow. WELD COUNTY: ---On August 8 on Poudre River Trail, Kodak SWA, Ryan Graves reported a pair of Indigo Bunting. ---On August 13 at Loloff Reservoir, Gene Rutherford reported Solitary Sandpiper. ---On August 13 at Faber Reservoir, Cheri Phillips reported 30 Black-necked Stilts and Short-billed Dowitcher. ---On August 13 on CR 124 between CR 75 and CR 77, Tim Towles reported 12 American Pipits in a freshly plowed field. Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips: The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, August 19 will be to First Creek at Denver Open Space led by Patrick O’Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955). Directions: From East Denver take 56th Ave east toward Pena Blvd, First Creek Parking lot is just before Pena on your left (North). Or Take I-70 east to Pena Blvd. Drive north to 56th Ave Exit. Turn Left at the light and at the bottom of the off ramp, pass under the highway and turn right, almost immediately, into the First Creek parking lot. Meet at 0630. If the creek is flowing, expect riparian=cottonwood prairie species. Will walk 1.5 miles of paved path along the creek upstream to Tower Road and back. Will also cover at leat one-half mile of Buckley Road, a closed pedestrian-bicycle strip along Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR’s east boundary fence. Bring water snacks, sunscreen, hat and bug spray. NOTE: No restrooms yet at this location. Clostest facilities are on Tower Road (Green Valley Ranch King Soopers). Register online or contact leader. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, August 20 will be to Eastern Boulder County led by Ira and Tammy Sanders. This trip is full. 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHtstTfECva4FWCgY%3DFQKvi_vY2wY2nmZpORZhS6AfmTGcSvUA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
