Compiler: Ira Sanders e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: September 14, 2017 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 15 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. White-winged Dove (Prowers) BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (Bent) Greater Roadrunner (El Paso) Black Swift (Boulder, Ouray) Black-bellied Plover (Larimer) American Golden Plover (Washington) Snowy Plover (Alamosa) Semipalmated Plover (Washington) Stilt Sandpiper (Alamosa, Washington) Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Washington) Pectoral Sandpiper (Washington) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Washington) Short-billed Dowitcher (Washington) Solitary Sandpiper (Boulder, El Paso) Red Phalarope (Douglas) Sabine’s Gull (Douglas, Washington) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Douglas, Washington) Caspian Tern (Larimer, Washington) Common Tern (Larimer, Washington) Mississippi Kite (El Paso) Lewis’s Woodpecker (Ouray) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Boulder, Summit) Olive-sided Flycatcher (*Weld) YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (Bent) Least Flycatcher (Weld) Gray Flycatcher (Montrose) Black Phoebe (Jefferson,Ouray) Eastern Phoebe (Prowers) Cassin’s Kingbird (Weld) Blue-headed Vireo (Bent,Weld) Philadelphia Vireo (Adams) Red-eyed Vireo (El Paso) Bewick’s Wren (El Paso) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Washington) Golden-crowned Kinglet (*Adams) Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso) Cassin’s Finch (Ouray) Ovenbird (Alamosa, Weld) Northern Waterthrush (El Paso) Golden-winged Warbler (Ouray) Black-and-white Warbler (Pueblo, Washington, Weld) Tennessee Warbler (El Paso, Weld) Nashville Warbler (Weld) American Redstart (Bent, El Paso, Washington) Northern Parula (Washington) Magnolia Warbler (Bent) Bay-breasted Warbler (Washington) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Boulder, Washington) Blackpoll Warbler (Pueblo) Black-throated Green Warbler (Pueblo) Cassin’s Sparrow (El Paso) Clay-colored Sparrow (Boulder, Eagle, El Paso, Weld) Brewer’s Sparrow (Adams, Arapahoe, El Paso) Lark Bunting (Summit) PAINTED BUNTING (Adams) Dickcissel (El Paso, Weld) *ADAMS COUNTY:* --On September 13 at Barr Lake SP on the Prairie Trail near the teepee, Ira Sanders, Dick Prickett and Tammy Sanders report a female 1st year PAINTED BUNTING. --On September 13 at Barr Lake SP banding station, Meredith McBurney banded a Brewer's Sparrow. --On September 13 at Barr Lake SP, Stringer and Whitten report 2 Philadelphia Vireo's. 1 was off the Pioneer Trail and the other 100 yds SE from the boat ramp towards the banding station. --On September 15, McBurney banded a Golden-crowned Kinglet at the Barr Lake SP banding station. *ALAMOSA COUNTY:* --On September 7 at Blanca Wetlands NWR, John Rawinski reported few Snowy Plovers and Stilt Sandpiper. --On September 8 at N end of Cattails Golf Course, John Rawinski reported Ovenbird. *ARAPAHOE COUNTY:* *BACA COUNTY:* *BENT COUNTY:* ---On September 7 at Tempel Grove, Duane Nelson reported Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and hatch year f Magnolia Warbler, 2 American Redstarts. On September 8 at Tempel Grove, John Drummond reported juv BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and Blue-headed Vireo. *BOULDER COUNTY:* --On September 6 at Rocky Mountain NP Ouzel Falls, Myron Gerhard reported Black Swift on nest. --On September 8 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Ted Floyd reported imm Williamson’s Sapsucker, 3 Clay-colored Sparrows, 2 Brewer’s Sparrows; Mark Holmgren and Elena Klaver reported 2 Solitary Sandpipers, Chestnut-sided Warbler, and Brewer’s Sparrow. *CHAFFEE COUNTY:* *COSTILLA COUNTY:* *CUSTER COUNTY:* *DENVER COUNTY:* *DOUGLAS COUNTY:* --On September 11 at Chatfield SP marina sandspit Frank Farrel found a Red Phalarope. --On September 12 at Chatfield SP Plum Creek/sandspit area Suddjian reports Lesser Black-backed Gull and a juv Sabine's Gull. *EL PASO COUNTY:* --On September 9 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Diana Bettay reported 4 Mississippi Kites (2 juv, 2ad) and David Tonnessen reported 2 juv Mississippi Kites and Solitary Sandpiper. --On September 8 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown reported ad f Tennessee Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, and Clay-colored Sparrow. On September 9 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. --On September 8 at Chico Basin Ranch, Norm Lewis reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Curve-billed Thrasher, 4 Cassin’s Sparrows, Clay-colored Sparrow, and 2 Brewer’s Sparrows; Aaron Yappert reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Red-eyed Vireo, and Clay-colored Sparrow. On September 9 at Chico Basin Ranch, Robb Hinds reported 3 Curve-billed Thrashers, Clay-colored Sparrows, 6 Brewer’s Sparrows, and 2 Dickcissel; Aaron and Patti Driscoll reported Red-eyed Vireo, Curve-billed Thrasher, American Redstart, and 5 Cassin’s Sparrows. --On September 8 on Hanover Road, Norm Lewis reported Greater Roadrunner. --On September 7 in a huge field at east end of Pike’s Peak Ave in Colorado Springs, Eric Eaton reported Lewis’s Woodpecker. --On September 9 at Venetucci Rarm, David Rudin reported 4 Mississippi Kites. *GILPIN COUNTY:* *JEFFERSON COUNTY:* *LARIMER COUNTY:* --On September 8 at Timnath Reservoir, Joe Mammoser reported 4 Caspian Terns. On September 9 at Timnath Reservoir, Candice Johnson reported Caspian Tern. --On September 14, Gary Lefko reports Black-bellied Plover in seasonal farm ponds (east one) .5m north of Douglas Road and North Giddings Road (south of Wellington) *MESA COUNTY:* *MONTEZUMA COUNTY:* *MONTROSE COUNTY:* *OURAY COUNTY:* --On September 8 at Ridgway Banding Station, Linnea Rowse reported imm F Golden-winged Warbler. --On September 9 at Billy Creek SWA, Jon Horn reported Black Phoebe. --On September 9 at Box Canyon Falls Parks, Jon Horn reported 2 Black Swifts and 8 Cassin’s Finch. --On September 9 in town of Ridgway on Moffat St, Jon Horn reported Lewis’s Woodpecker. *PARK COUNTY:* *PROWERS COUNTY:* *PUEBLO COUNTY:* --On September 7 at Cottonwood Picnic Area below Pueblo Reservoir dam by the parking lot, Brandon Percival reported Black-throated Green warbler and Black-and-white Warbler. On September 8 at Cottonwood Picnic Area below Pueblo Reservoir day, Brandon Percival reported Black-throated Green Warbler. On September 9 at Cottonwood/Snakeskin Picnic Area of Lake Pueblo SP, Kathy Miller and Brandon Percival reported Black-throated Green Warbler. --On September 7 at Cattail Crossing Pond in Pueblo, Brandon Percival reported Blackpoll Warbler. *ROUTT COUNTY:* *SAN MIGUEL COUNTY:* *SUMMIT COUNTY:* ---On September 8 at Dillon Reservoir Frisco Lake front Trails, Nick Moore reported f Lark Bunting. ---On September 9 at North Tenmile Trailhead, Jack and Ryan Bushong reported m Williamson’s Sapsucker. *WASHINGTON COUNTY:* --On September 9 at Prewitt Reservoir, Glenn Walbek reported 5 Semipalmated Plovers, 75 Stilt Sandpipers, 3 Sanderlings, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 29 Pectoral Sandpipers, 8 Semipalmated Sandpipers, Short-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, 2 Black-and-white Warblers, 3 American Redstarts, Northern Parula, Bay-breasted Warbler; Kathy Mihm Dunning et al reported American Golden Plover, 3 Semipalmated Plover, 10 Stilt Sandpipers, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers. On September 9 at Prewitt Reservoir, Loch Kilpatrick, Art Hudak, and Mark Chavez reported American Golden Plover, 8 Semipalmated Plovers, 53 Stilt Sandpipers, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers, Sabine’s Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull. --On September 8 at Prewitt Inlet Canal grove, Kathy Mihm Dunning et al reported 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Northern Parula, Bay-breasted Warbler. On September 9 at Prewitt Inlet Canal Grove, Loch Kilpatrick, Art Hudak, and Mark Chavez reported Black-and-white Warbler, Northern Parula, imm f Bay-breasted Warbler, and Chestnut-sided Warbler. *WELD COUNTY:* --On September 9 at Norma’s Grove, Ryan Graves reported Red-headed Woodpecker, Least Flycatcher, Cassin’s Kingbird, Tennessee Warbler. --On September 8 at Crow Valley CG, Joey Kellner and Norm Erthal reported Tennessee Warbler and Nashville Warbler. On September 7 at Crow ValleyCG Cynthia Kristensen reported Ovenbird. On September 9 at Crow Valley CG Ryan Graves reported Blue-headed Vireo, Black-and-white Warbler, and Nashville Warbler. --On September 7 at CR 57 S of CR 96 in trees by bridge, Gene Rutherford reported hatch year f Tennessee Warbler, 2 Clay-colored Sparrows.. --On September 8 at Behrens Reservoir, Gene Rutherfold reported Dickcissel and 2 Clay-colored Sparrows. --On September 11 at Crow Valley Campground, Amershek reports an Ovenbird. --On September 15 at Crow Valley Campground, Righter reports an Olive-sided Flycatcher. *Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips:* The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, September 16 will be to Chatfield SP led by Mark Amershek (mamershek AT msn.com; 303-329-8646 <(303)%20329-8646>). Meet at 0700 at swim beach. For more information on the field trips go to dfobirds.org. Register online or contact leader. The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, September 16 will be to Belmar Historic Park led by Jackie King (jackie.king AT ccd.edu; 720-381-3314 <(720)%20381-3314>) Meet at 0800 at parking lot near the lake. Register online or contact leader. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, September 17 will be to Pinecliffe/Rollinsville/Moffat Tunnel East Portal led by Gregg Goodrich (GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com; 303-655-9135 <(303)%20655-9135>). Meet at 0730 at CO 72 (Coal Creek Canyon road) and Plainview Road. Register online or contact leader. For more information on the field trips go to dfobirds.org. The next monthly meeting of Denver Field Ornithologists will be on *Monday, September 18 at 7:30 p.m.* at Ricketson Auditorium of Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Scott Rashid will give a program on Barn Owls. Good Birding, Ira Sanders Golden, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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