Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: October 14, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, October 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. Cackling Goose (*Larimer) Tundra Swan (El Paso) Surf Scoter (Las Animas) Red-necked Grebe (Boulder) Sandhill Cranes (Baca, Boulder, El Paso, Lincoln, Montrose, Morgan, *Rio Grande) Black-bellied Plover (Boulder, Larimer, Morgan, Park, Washington) American Golden-Plover (Adams, Kiowa, Park, Washington) Semipalmated Plover (Montezuma) Mountain Plover (Baca) Red Knot (Kiowa) Sanderling (*Kiowa, Pueblo) Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Washington) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Larimer) Red-necked Phalarope (Dolores) Red Phalarope (Boulder, Jefferson, Morgan) Jaeger Species (Adams) Parasitic Jaeger (Las Animas) Long-tailed Jaeger (Pueblo) Sabine’s Gull (Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson, Pueblo) Caspian Tern (Washington) Pacific Loon (Moffat) Cattle Egret (*Kiowa) Broad-winged Hawk (Boulder, Denver, El Paso, Grand, Moffat) Lewis’s Woodpecker (Montrose) Black Phoebe (*Mesa) Least Flycatcher (El Paso) Eastern Phoebe (Boulder, Morgan, Weld) TROPICAL KINGBIRD (Montrose) Cassin’s Kingbird widespread in Colorado in recent weeks, eg, (Douglas, El Paso) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (*Kiowa) Pygmy Nuthatch (Morgan) Eastern Bluebird (El Paso) Sage Thrasher (*Garfield) Chestnut-collared Longspur (Morgan) Tennessee Warbler (El Paso) Nashville Warbler (Adams, La Plata, *Mesa, Pueblo) Palm Warbler (Arapahoe) Pine Warbler (Denver) Clay-colored Sparrow (Jefferson) Brewer’s Sparrow (Montrose) Lark Sparrow (Clear Creek) Swamp Sparrow (Morgan) White-throated Sparrow (Morgan) Sagebrush Sparrow (Douglas, *Mesa, *Montrose) Fox Sparrow (La Plata, Larimer) White-throated Sparrow (Boulder, Larimer, Montezuma, Morgan) Summer Tanager (El Paso) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On October 3 Norm Lewis and Brian Johnson reported 2 American Golden-Plovers at Barr Lake SP. ---On October 3 Norm Lewis reported a distant Jaeger near the nature cenyer at Barr Lake Sp. ---On October 4 Mererdith McBurney Banded a Nashville Warbler at Barr Lake SP. ---On October 6 John Breitsch reported a Broad-winged Hawk at First Creek at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On October 7 Jonelle Balais and Bruce Cyganowski reported a Sabine’s Gull at Cherry Creek SP. On October 10 Bob Righter reported an imm Sabine’s Gull next to the dam on the west side of Cherry Creek SP. ---On October 7 Art Hudak reported a Palm Warbler (Western) from Centennial Park. BACA COUNTY: ---On October 10 near Pritchett, Jim Dennis reported 10 Sandhill Cranes. On October 11 Jim Dennis reported 60 Sandhill Cranes near Pritchett. On October 12 Kathy Carroll reported 60 Sandhill Cranes SW of Pritchett. On October 12 Jim Dennis reported 30 Sandhill Cranes at Comanche National Grasslands near Pritchett. ---On October 10 near Walsh, Janeal Thompson reported 102 Mountain Plover in a field being drilled with wheat. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On September 27 David Dowell reported Red-necked Grebe and Black-bellied Plover at Terry Lake. Both birds Continued through October 3. ---On October 1 Nunes reported an imm Red Phalarope at Lagerman Reservoir, also seen by Bill Kaempfer and Aaron Yappert and on October 3 by Mark Minner-lee. ---On October 6 Bill Kaempfer reported a Broad-winged Hawk at Green Mountain Cemetery. ---On October 8 Luke Pheneger reported fly over juv Broad-winged Hawk, 20+ Sandhill Cranes, and juv While-throated Sparrow at Golden Ponds in Longmont. ---On October 11 Ryan Bushong reported Eastern Phoebe at Warembourgh Open Space in Louisville. CLEAR CREEK COUNTY: ---On October 3 Roger Linfield reported Lark Sparrow in Empire Town Park. DENVER COUNTY: ---On October 8 Chris Brobin reported Broad-winged Hawk at DIA. ---On October 9 Doug Kibbe reported Pine Warbler at Fort Logan National Cemetery. DOLORES COUNTY: ---On October 7 Erik Henderickson reported 2 Red-necked Phalaropes at Glade Lake. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On October 5 Bart Deferme reported Palm Warbler near Castlewood Canyon SP, at the corner of Willow Lake Dr and Caslewood Canyon Rd. ---On October 5 Bea Weaver reported Broad-winged Hawk at Castlewood Canyon SP. ---On October 10 at Chatfield SP Model Airplane Field, Dale Pate reported Sagebrush Sparrow. ---On October 12 at Chatfield SP Marina’s Sandspit, Doug Kibbe reported Sabine’s Gull. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On October 2 Jim Merritt reported Summer Tanager at Ramah Reservoir SWA. It was seen again on October 3 by MaryLynne and Alan Ketcham. ---On October 7 Steve Brown reported a Tundra Swan at Clear Spring Ranch. ---On October Kiki Widjaja reported a Tennessee Warbler just north of Chico Basin Ranch, on the S Peyton Hwy, just south of Loop Rd. ---On October 8 John Bruder reported 3 fly over Sandhill Cranes on Santa Fe Trail. ---On October 6 Aaron Yappert reported a Least Flycatcher was banded at Chico Basin Ranch. ---On October 7 Steve Getty reported 1st- year light phase Broad-winged Hawk. GARFIELD COUNTY: ---On October 13 Jo Ann Riggle reported Sage Thrasher at Fravert Reservoir. GRAND COUNTY: ---On October 8 Steve Weston reported Broad-winged Hawk at Rocky Mt NP Kawuneeche Visitor Center. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On October 4 Lorraine Lanning reported that the Red Phalarope, present for about 10 days, continues at Chatfield SP—S Platte River Delta. ---On September 30 Crystal Wilson reported Black Phoebe at Deer Creek Inlet at Chatfield SP. It was seen again on October 4 by Lorraine Lanning. ---On October 9 at Chatfield SP Swim Beach, David Suddjian reported Sabine’s Gull. ---On October 8 at South Platte Reservoir access road, David Suddjian reported 4 Clay-colored Sparrow’s. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On October 7 Steve Mlodinow reported Red Knot at Lower Queens Reservoir. ---On October 13 at Lower Queens Reservoir, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported 2 Cattle Egret and 15 Sanderling. ---On October 13 at Queens SWA Check Station, Alan and MarLuynne Ketcham reported Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On October 3 Susan Allerton reported Nashville Warbler at Pastorius Reservoir. ---On October 8 Jason St. Pierre reported 2 Slate-colored Fox Sparrows at Oxbow Park and Preserve. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---On October 2 Glenn Walbek reported Parasitic Jaeger and 18 Surf Scoter in the middle of nowhere in Commanche NG. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On October 8, David Wade reported Fox Sparrow at Maple & Fishback in Fort Collins. On October 10 in the morning David Wade reported Red Fox Sparrow at Maple and Fishback but around noon Wade reported a different Fox Sparrow a possible intergrade. On October 11 at Maple and FIshback, David Wade and John Shenot reported Fox Sparrow. ---On October 8 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area – Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Amy Davis reported Black-bellied Plover and Semipalmated Sandpiper. On October 8 at Arapahoe Bend Naturnal Area, Lori Zabel reported Black-bellied Plover. On October 11 at Arapahoe Bend NA, Josh Bruening reported Black-bellied Plover. ---On October 8 and October 10 Dave Leatherman reported tan-striped White-throated Sparrow at Grandview Cemetery. ---On October 12 Nick Komar reported Eastern Phoebe at Pleasant Valley and Lake Canal greenbelt at W Lake St in Fort Collins. ---On October 13 at TImnath Reservoir, David Wade and Nick Komar reported 6 Cackling Geese. LINCOLN COUNTY: ---On October 12 Norm Lewis reported 200 Sandhill Cranes at Evilsizer Lake. MESA COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Bridgeport, Mark and Denise Vollmer reported Nashville Warbler and Sagebrush Sparrow. ---On October 13 at Horsethief Canyhon SWA, Mike Henwood and David Price reported Black Phoebe on Cottonwood snag on gravel bar in river. MOFFAT COUNTY: ---On October 5 Jan Leonard and Forrest Luke reported Pacific Loon at Big Bottom, Southwest of Craig. It was seen again on October 6 by Jan and by Vic Zerbi. On October 8, Jan Leonard and Tresa Moulton reported Pacific Loon at Big Bottom. On October 8 Forrest Luke reported Pacific Loon at Big Bottom south of Craig. On October 9 Jason Beason and Forrest Luke reported Pacific Loon at Big Bottom. On October 12 Tom McConnell reported Paciffic Loon at Big Bottom. ---On October 11 at Yampa River SP at Maybell Bridge, Steve Weston reported imm Broad-winged Hawk. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On October 8 Erick Hendrickson reported Semipalmated Plover and White-throated Sparrow at Summit Reservoir. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On October 2 Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright found and photographed a TROPICAL KINGBIRD near Nucla. The bird was seen again on October 3. The area is mile and half west of Nucla, just south of the intersection of CC road and 2700 road. This is one half mile south of the Sewer Ponds. The bird was not found on October 4. ---On October 8 Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Sage brush Sparrow at Nucla Sewage Lagoons. On October 10 Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 4 Sandhill Cranes and Sagebrush Sparrow at Nucla Sewage Lagoons. ---On October 10 at Cooper’s Ditch, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported Lewis’s Woodpecker and Sagebrush Sparrow. ---On October 10 at Airport Lake, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Brewer’s Sparrow and 3 Sagebrush Sparrows. ---On October 11 at Silver Hawk Ranch, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Brewer’s Sparrow and Sagebrush Sparrow. ---On October 13 at Bedrock Campground and Boat Ramp, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 3 Sagebrush Sparrows. ---On Ocot ber 13 at V and 900 Road, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported 3 Sagebrush Sparrows. MORGAN COUNTY: ---On October 12 at Jackson Reservoir, David Dowell reported 95 Sandhill Cranes, 7 Black-bellied Plovers Red Phalarope, Chestnut-collared Longspur, 2 White-throated Sparrows and Swamp Sparrow. PARK COUNTY: ---On October 8 at Antero Reservoir, John Drummond reported 2 Black-bellied Plovers and American Golden-Plover. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On October 6 Mark Yaeger reported Nashville Warbler at Valco Ponds SWA. ---On October 9 Brandon Percival reported Long-tailed Jaeger, Sanderling at South Shore Marina, and 2 juv Sabine’s Gulls at West Fishing Road. On October 10 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival and John Drummond reported juv Long-tailed Jaeger. The bird seems to prefer the NE part of the reservoir. On October 11 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival and Richard Bunn reported Long-tailed Jaeger which seemed to be moving around the reservoir. On October 11 Brandon Percival reported juv Sabine’s Gull and Sandhill Cranes in SE part of reservoir. RIO GRANDE COUNTY: ---On October 13 Dylan Hardy reported 400 Sandhill Cranes at Monte Vista NWR> WASHINGTON COUNTY: ---On September 23 Ben Lagasse reported Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Prewitt Reservoir. On October 2 Tim Smart and David Dowell reported Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Prewitt. On October 6 Tim Smart reported 2 Buff-breasted Sandpipers at Prewitt. ---On October 2 Steve Kingswood reported Black=bellied Plover and American Golden-Plover at Prewitt Reservoir. ---On October 2 Tim Smart and David Dowell reported Caspian Tern at Prewitt Reservoir. ---On October 7 Tim Smart reported Broad-winged Hawk at Last Chance Rest Area. WELD COUNTY: ---On October 5 Dave Leatherman reported Eastern Phoebe, Cassin’s Kingbird, and 900 + Sandhill Cranes at Crow Valley Campground. ---On October 8 Gene Rutherford reported Eastern Phoebe at Windsor Reservoir. DFO Field Trips The DFO Field Trip For Saturday, October 14 will be to Chatfield SP led by Edmind J Holub (Edmund.holub AT gmail.com;303-989-2194) Meet at swim beach at 0800 by entering west entrance of Park off S. Wadsworth, 1.6 miles south of C-470. State Parks pass or day pass required. Be prepared to walk 1 to 1.5 miles. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, October 15 will be to Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR led by Candice Johnson (candice.johnson AT childrenscolorado.org.; 303-329-8131). This trip is full 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/CAHtstTc319%3DKwv%3DpMw4kiKht1qL%2BUhmbBy1Zdgp5d2yZ4t_S1A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
