Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: November 2, 2017 This is the Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, November 2 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. Greater White-fronted Goose (Larimer) Cackling Goose (Arapahoe, Broomfield, Pueblo) Tundra Swan (Boulder, Jackson, Weld) Wood Duck (Otero, Ouray, Pitkin) EURASIAN WIGEON (Pueblo) Greater Scaup (*Routt) Surf Scoter (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver, Eagle, Jefferson, Montezuma, Park, Pueblo, *Routt, San Miguel) White-winged Scoter (Montezuma, Park, San *Miguel) Black Scoter (Pueblo) Long-tailed Duck (Pueblo) Barrow’s Goldeneye (Eagle, Pitkin, Routt) Gunnison Sage-Grouse (San Miguel) Red-necked Grebe (Weld, Pueblo) White-winged Dove (Douglas) Common Poorwill (El Paso) Sora (Mesa, Otero) Sandhill Crane (Delta, *Moffat) American Golden-Plover (*Washington) Sanderling (Park, Pueblo) Dunlin (*Washington) Pectoral Sandpiper (Jackson) Solitary Sandpiper (Arapahoe) Black-legged Kittiwake (Pueblo) Sabine’s Gull (Pueblo) Common Tern (Boulder, Crowley, Denver, Pueblo) Red-throated Loon (Denver) Common Loon (Boulder, Denver, Jackson, Larimer, *Mesa, Montezuma, *Ouray, Park, Pueblo, *San Miguel, Weld) American Bittern (Jefferson) Snowy Egret (Boulder, Mesa) Cattle Egret (Kiowa) White-faced Ibis (Jefferson) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Prowers) Black Phoebe (Mesa) Eastern Phoebe (Morgan) Northern Shrike (Fremont) Blue-headed Vireo (Pueblo) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Kiowa) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Kiowa) Pygmy Nuthatch (Morgan) Winter Wren (Jefferson) Bewick’s Wren (Garfield) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Douglas) Eastern Bluebird (Adams, *Denver, El Paso, Pueblo) Curve-billed Thrasher (Pueblo) Sprague’s Pipit (Yuma) Common Redpoll (Routt) Red Crossbill (Arapahoe, Boulder, Morgan, Prowers) White-winged Crossbill (Ouray) Lesser Goldfinch (Adams, Denver) Lapland Longspur (Park, Weld) Snow Bunting (El Paso) Rusty Blackbird (*El Paso) Common Yellowthroat (Broomfield) American Redstart (Larimer) Palm Warbler (Custer) Yellow-throated Warbler (Boulder) Wilson’s Warbler (Custer, *Jefferson) Chipping Sparrow (Custer, *Washington) Lark Sparrow (El Paso) Sagebrush Sparrow (Mesa) Lincoln’s Sparrow (Otero) White-throated Sparrow (La Plata, Otero, Prowers) Harris’s Sparrow (Boulder, Kiowa, Larimer) Northern Cardinal (Prowers) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On October 28 at McKay Road Ponds, SE of interesetion of McKay Road and 104th Ave in Thornton, Adam Vesely reported 3 Surf Scoters. ---On October 31 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Candice Johnson reported 4 Eastern Bluebirds and Lesser Goldfinch (green-backed). ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On October 22 at Cherry Creek SP Mary Cay Burger reported the DFO Field Trip had a f Surf Scoter best seen from Prairie Loop and Common Loon. On October 24 at Cherry Creek SP, Bob Righter reported Surf Scoter. ---On October 22 on South Platte River from Union Ave south to footbridge, Crystal Wilson reported Solitary Sandpiper. ---On October 29 at Curtis Park in Greenwood Village, Jared Del Rosso reported 17 Red Crossbills. ---On October 29 at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Littleton, David Suddjian reported Type 2 Red Crossbill. ---On October 31 at Ketring Park and Lake, Michael Woodruff reported 140 Cackling Geese. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On October 24 at Baseline Reservoir, Luke Pheneger reported Common Loon. ---On October 24 at Valmont Reservoir, Luke Pheneger reported Common Loon. ---On October 24 at Boulder Reservoir, Luke Pheneger reported 2 Surf Scoters. ---On October 25 at Walden Ponds, Kevin Rutherford reported 6 Tundra Swans. ---On October 26 at Sombrero Marsh and Pond, Mike Hensley reported 6 Tundra Swans. ---On October 26 at Walden Ponds, Chris Brobin reported Snowy Egret. On October 27 at Walden Ponds, Ted Floyd reported Snowy Egret. On October 28 at Walden Ponds, Luke Pheneger et al reported 2 Snowy Egrets. On October 29 at Walden Ponds, Patrick McIntyre reported 2 Snowy Egrets. ---On October 27 at Kittredge Ponds on University of Colorado Campus in Boulder, Nick Moore reported Yellow-throated Warbler which was also seen by Laura Steadman, Peter Gent, Nathan Pieplow, and Melissa Metzger. On October 28, Nathan Pieplow reported 2 Red Crossbill Type 4 and the Yellow-throated Warbler was see in pines between Fiske Planetarium and Speech Language Hearing Services Building. On October 29 at Kitteredge Ponds, Christain Nunes, Peter Burke, and Ginny Bergstrom reported Yellow-throated Warbler. ---On October 28 at Valmont Reservoir, Jeff Parks reported 6 loons. ---On October 29 on Coal Creek in Lousiville, Jack Bushong reported Harris’s Sparrow. BROOMFIELD COUNTY: ---On October 30 at Plaster Reservoir, Matt Hofeditz reported 80 Cackling Geese and Common Yellowthroat. CUSTER COUNTY: ---On October 23 at DeWeese Reservoir, Rich Miller reported Western Palm Warbler, Wilson’s Warbler and 4 Chipping Sparrows. DELTA COUNTY: ---On October 26 at Crawford Reservoir, Dennis Garrison reported couple of hundred Sandhill Cranes. DENVER COUNTY: ---On October 22 at First Creek at DEN Open Space, Jason Bidgood reported Lesser Goldfinch. ---On October 23 at Marston Reservoir West End, Doug Kibbe reported Red-throated Loon and 4 Common Loon. On October 27 at Marston Reservoir, Loch Kilpatrick reported Red-throated Loon and 2 Common Loon; Jeff Dawon reported Red-throated Loon. On October 28 at Marston Reservoir, Jesse and Renee Casias, and Frankie Toan Reported Red-throated Loon and 3 Common Loon. ---On October 27 at Marston Reservoir, Glenn Walbek reported ad m Surf Scoter in middle of lake. ---On October 31 at Washington Park, Joe Roller reported 9 Eastern Bluebirds and Jeff Dawson reported 9 Eastern Bluebirds. On November 1 at Washington Park, Joe Roller and Jeff Dawson reported 12 Eastern Bluebirds. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On October 22 Laura Roberts reported White-winged Dove in Larkspur. ---On October 28 at Chatfield SP, Joey Kellner et al reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher on monthly bird walk. EAGLE COUNTY: ---On October 29 at Spring Park Reservoir, Dick Filby reported 2 m Barrow’s Goldeneyes. On October 30 at Spring Park Reservoir, Dick Filby reported 4 Barrow’s Goldeneye. EAGLE COUNTY: ---On October 31 at Ruedi Reservoir, Dick Filby reported 2 f-type Surf Scoters. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On October 26 at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Heidi Eaton reported Common Poorwill. On October 27 at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Aaron and Pati Driscoll reported Common Poorwill. ---On October 29 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Alan Ketcham and Jim Merritt reported Lark Sparrow. ---On October 29 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, Diane Roberts reported f Snow Bunting walking on gravel road. ---On November 1 at Double Tree Hotel Pond in Colorado Springs, David Tonnessen reported Rusty Blackbird. FREMONT COUNTY: ---On October 26 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jerry De Boer reported Northern Shrike. GARFIELD COUNTY: ---On October 20 on Hwy 13 N of Rifle, Jason Beason reported Bewick’s Wren. JACKSON COUNTY: ---On October 28 at Walden Reservoir, David Dowell reported Common Loon and 2 Pectoral Sandpipers. ---On October 28 at 18 Island Reservoir, David Dowell reported 2 Tundra Swans and 2 Pectoral Sandpipers. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On October 17 at Tabor Lake at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt, a f Surf Scoter was reported by Andy Knolla and later seen seen by Mark Chavez, George Mayfield, and Ginny Bergstom. On October 18 the Surf Scoter at Tabor Lake was seen by Dough Kibbe, Jeff Dawson, Bruce Snyder, and Meg Reck. On October 18 the Surf scoter at Tabor Lake was seen by Karen Drozda, Lorraine Lanning, and Sarah Leavesley. On October 20 at Tabor Lake, Mary Geder, Ira Sanders, Christy Payne, Cyndy Johnson, Candice Johnson, Bez Bezuidenhoot, and Jerry Baines reported Surf Scoter. On October 21 at Tabor Lake Michelle Pupkava and many other birders reported Surf Scoter. On October 22 at Tabor Lake, Susan Rosine and many other birders reported Surf Scoter. On October 23 at Tabor Lake, Dale Pate, Tim Ryan, and Mark Amershek reported Surf Scoter. On October 24 at Tabor Lake, Weston Perry reported Surf Scoter. On October 25 at Tabor Lake, Larry Versaw and Cheri Phillips reported Surf Scoter. ---On October 18 at Harriman Lake Park, Chuck Aid and Michael Kiessig reported American Bittern; Ginny Berstrom also saw it. On October 20 at Harriman Lake Park, Frank Farrell reported American Bittern. ---On October 19 at Waterton Canyon from Waterton Road to overhead pipes, Tom WIlberding reported Black-throated Blue Warbler. ---On October 18 on Trailmark Retention Pond, Cynthia Madsen and Janet Shin reported Winter Wren. ---On October 22 at Harriman Lake, Brian Johnson reported Willow Flycatcher. ---On October 25 at South Platte Reservoir in SW Bay, Bart Deferme, Michael Kiessig, and Chuck Aid reported 2 Surf Scoters. ---On October 25 at Chatfield SP Platte River Delta, Michael Kiessig, Bart DeFerme, Chuck Aid, and Pam Zimmer reported White-faced Ibis. On October 26 Pam Zimmer reported White-faced Ibis at Platte River Delta at Chatfield SP. ---On October 30 at Robert A Easton Regional Park, Dale Pate reported Winter Wren. ---On October 31 at Robert A Easton Regional Park, Mark Chavez reported 1 f-type Surf Scoter. ---On November 1 Main Reservoir in Lakewood, Daniel Horton reported m Wilson’s Warbler. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On October 26 at Vallecito Reservoir, Jason St. Pierre reported White-throated Sparrow. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On October 24 at Greyrock Commons, Doug Swartz reported 2 Harris’s Sparrows. ---On October 25 at Douglas Reservoir, David Wade reported Common Loon and American Redstart. ---On October 27 at Lake Loveland, Norm Lewis reported Greater White-fronted Goose. MESA COUNTY: ---On October 25 and 26 at Ela Wildlife Sanctuary, Lucy El Pond Mike Henwood reported Snowy Egret. On October 27 at Ela Wildlife Sanctuary, Glenn Pearson reported Snowy Egret. ---On October 28 at Colorado River SP Fruita Section, Ronda Woodward reported Sora. ---On October 29 at Grand Junction Wildlife Area, David Price reported Black Phoebe and Sagebrush Sparrow. ---On November 1 at Vega Reservoir, Mike Henwood reported 7 Common Loon. MOFFAT COUNTY: ---On November 1 in a field below Hwy 13 S of Craig, Jan Leonard reported 15 Sandhill Cranes. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On October 23 at Narraguinnep Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 3 Scoters, 2 were Surf Scoters and one was sleeping. ---On October 23 at McPhee Reservoir west arm, Coen Dexter and Brenda wright reported 3 Scoters, 1 was White-winged and two were sleeping and a Common Loon. MORGAN COUNTY: ---On October 29 at Eben Ezer Nursing Home in Brush, Dave Leatherman reported 10 Red Crossbills. OTERO COUNTY: ---On October 25 at Rocky Ford SWA, Stan Oswald reported 4 Wood Ducks and Sora. OURAY COUNTY: ---On October 24 at Orvis Hots Springs, Ira Sanders reported 2 White-winged Crossbills. ---On October 31 at Ridgway Reservoir, Kent Nelson reported 2 f Wood Ducks. ---On November 1 at Ridgway Reservoir, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported Common Loon. PARK COUNTY: ---On October 29 at Eleven Mile Reservoir, Joey Kellner reported 24 Surf Scoters, 4 White-winged Scoters, and 3 Common Loon. ---On October 29 at Spinney Mountain Reservoir, Joey Kellner and David Dowell, reported 4 Surf Scoters, 2 Common Loon, Sanderling, and Lapland Longspur. PITKIN COUNTY: ---On October 31 at Ruedi Reservoir, Dick Filby reported m Barrow’s Goldeneye and m Wood Duck. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On October 30 at Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar, Dave Leatherman reported 13 Red Crossbills (type 2). ---On October 30 at Lamar Community College, Dave Leatherman reported White-throated Sparrow and 2 Northern Cardinals. ---On October 30 at Woodland Park Subdivision S of Lamar Community College along Willow Creek, Dave Leatherman reported Red-bellied Woodpecker. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On October 24 at Lake Beckwith in Colorado City, Dave Silverman reported 3 juv type Surf Scoters. ---On October 24 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported 8 Surf Scoters, juv Sabine’s Gull, and 2 Common Loon in SE part of reservoir. On October 25 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival report NO Surf Scoters, Red-necked Grebe, juv Sabine’s Gull and 5 Common Loon. ---On October 27 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported Long-tailed Duck, Red-necked Grebe, 5 Common Loon, and Common Tern. ---On October 28 at Pueblo Res SWA NW side, David Tonnessen reported 2 Surf Scoters and Common Loon. ---On October 28 at Lake Beckwith in Colorado City, Dave Silverman reported ad Black-legged Kittiwake between 0800 and 0900 but it disappeared after 0900. ---On October 28 at Pueblo Reservoir below day by footbridge that goes from Snakeskin Picnic area to Swim Beach, N Side of Arkansas River, Brandon Percival and Van Truan reported Blue-headed Vireo. ---On October 30 at Teller Reservoir, Van Truan reported 5 Cackling Geese and Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On October 31 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival, John Drummond, and Bill Maynard reported 5 f-type Surf Scoters, 1 f Black Scoter, m EURASIAN WIGEON, 5 Common Loon, and 6 Cackling Geese at South Marina of Pueblo Reservoir. ---On October 31 at Osprey Picnic Area in Rock Canyon, Brandon Percival reported Eastern Bluebird. ROUTT COUNTY: ---On October 24 at Lake Catamount, Tresa Moulton reported 2 f Greater Scaup and 2 Barrow’s Goldeneyes. ---On October 29 at Lake Catamount, Tom Litteral, Tresa Moulton, and Lynne Miller reported 2 Surf Scoters and 20 Barrow’s Goldeneyes. On October 30 at Lake Catamount, JoAnn Riggle reported Greater Scaup, Surf Scoter, and 8 Barrow’s Goldeneyes. On November 1 at Lake Catamount, JoAnn Riggle reported Greater Scaup and Surf Scoter. ---On October 31 at Pleasant Valley on CR 18, Tresa Moulton reported Common Redpoll. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY: ---On October 22 at Miramonte Reservoir, Eric Hynes reported 15 Surf Scoters in three groups of 3, 7, 5, Common Loon, and a fly-over Gunnison Sage-Grouse. On October 23 at Miramonte Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Surf Scoters and 5+ White-winged Scoters. On November 1 at Miramonte Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 6 White-winged Scoters, and 6 Common Loon. WASHINGTON COUNTY: ---On November 1 at Prewitt Reservoir, Norm Lewis reported American Golden-Plover, Dunlin, and Chipping Sparrow. WELD COUNTY: ---On October 28 at Union Reservoir, Bill and Inez Prather reported Red-necked Grebe in NW corner along cattails and Common Loon. On October 29 at Unon Reservoir, Chris Owens reported Red-necked Grebe. ---On October 31 at CR 33 1 miles south of CR 98 in Nunn, Gary Lefko reported 2 Lapland Longspurs. ---On October 31 Gary Lefko reported 6 Lapland Longspur at very large Prairie Dog Colony .5 m north of CR 90 on CR 29. ---On October 31 Joe Mammoser reported ad Tundra Swan on small pon east of Larimer/Weld County Line 2 ½ - 3 miles north of Hwy 14 east of Fort Colins. YUMA COUNTY: ---On October 25 at Pipit Hill in the Hale area, Norm Lewis reported Sprague’s Pipit. DFO Field Trip The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, November 4 will be Scoter Trip led by Joey Kellner (vireo1 AT comcast.net; 303-978-1748). This trip is full. The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, November 4 will be to Pawnee National Grasslands led by Amber Carver (caramb22 AT gmail.com; 310-483-5721) This trip is full. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, November 5 Will be to First Creek at Denver Open Space led by Patrick O’Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955) Meet at 6:45 am. From East Denver take 56th Ave east toward Pena Blv, First Creek parking lot is just before Pena on your left (north). Or take I-70 east to Pena Blvd, dive north to 56rh 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 First Creek parking lot. Remember to change your clocks. The DFO Field Trip for Tuesday, November 7 will be to the Ken Caryl Valley Area led by David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) This trip is full. The DFO Field Trip for Thursday, November 9 will be to Rueter-Hess Reservoir led by Mary Cay Burger (mcburger3 AT juno.com; 720-940-8394). Meet at 0730 at Barr CCC Park, 18964 S Twenty Mile Road, Parker, located on the SW corner of Main St and 20 Mile Rd for birding ther and later at Rueter-hess Reservoir, which is open to the public only with entry permission. Tim Ryan of Park Waater Dept will be our guide. Bring a scope if you have one. 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/CAHtstTcKmKXDVkXRCQX-EKrQLcakAguoNzamOCWZXkKHyvofwQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
