Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: February 10, 2018
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, February 10 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 changed.
Greater White-fronted Goose (Weld)
Trumpeter Swan (Fremont)
Greater Scaup (Weld)
White-winged Scoter (*Arapahoe, *Jefferson, Pueblo)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Adams, El Paso, Garfield, *Montezuma)
Clark’s Grebe (Fremont)
Greater Roadrunner (El Paso)
Virginia Rail (Huerfano)
Least Sandpiper (La Plata)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Adams)
Spotted Sandpiper (Garfield)
Greater Yellowlegs (*Prowers)
AMERICAN WOODCOCK (*Larimer)
Black-legged Kittiwake (Fremont)
California Gulll (Archuleta, Adams, Weld)
Iceland Gull (El Paso, Pueblo, Weld)
YELLOW-BILLED LOON (*Arapahoe,*Jefferson)
Northern Goshawk (Jefferson)
HARRIS’S HAWK (*Larimer)
Acorn Woodpecker (*La Plata)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (*Prowers)
RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (El Paso)
Black Phoebe (Mesa)
Say’s Phoebe (Adams, *Arapahoe)
Chihuahuan Raven (*El Paso, Fremont)
Pygmy Nuthatch (Arapahoe)
Winter Wren (Arapahoe)
Mountain Bluebird (Adams)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso)
Sage Thrasher (Huerfano)
American Pipit (La Plata)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Teller)
Black Rosy-Finch (Teller)
Common Redpoll (Chaffee, *Larimer, Mesa)
Red Crossbill (Arapahoe)
Lapland Longspur (El Paso)
Field Sparrow (Baca)
Fox Sparrow (Larimer, *Prowers)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Mesa)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Pueblo)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Mesa, Pueblo)
Great-tailed Grackle (*Prowers)
Pine Warbler (*Larimer)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Arapahoe, *Prowers)
Northern Cardinal (*Prowers)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On February 3 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Camereon Carver reported
Mountain Bluebird. On February 5 at Rocky Mt Arsenal NWR, Eric DeFonso
reported California Gull.
---On February 6 at S Platte River and York, Joe Roller reported
Long-billed Dowitcher. On February 7 at S Platte River and 58th Ave,
Candice Johnson reported Long-billed Dowitcher.
---On February 6 at E 136th Ave, Tony Leukering reported Say’s Phoebe.
---On February 6 at First Creek at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Lorraine Lanning
reported Mountain Bluebird along Buckley at trail entrance.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On February 4 at S Platte Reservoir, Weston Petty reported White-winged
Scoter. On February 6 at South Platte Reservoir, Betty Glass reported
White-winged Scoter; Dale Pate reported YELLOW-BILLED LOON; Doug Kibbe
reported White-winged Scoter and YELLOW-BILLED LOON in SW Bay (Arapahoe).
On February 7 at South Platte Reservir, Anna Lenshek reported White-winged
Scoter and Say’s Phoebe; David and Cheryl Hubbark reported White-winged
Scoter and YELLOW-BILLED LOON. On February 9 at South Platte Reservoir,
Mark Burns reported White-winged Scoter and YELLOW-BILLED LOON in SW Bay
(Jefferson); evin Ash and Jerry DeBoer reported White-winged Scoter and
YELLOW-BILLED LOON on the Arapahoe county side.
---On February 5 at Crescent Pkwy, Kathy Mihm Dunning and Tony Leukering
reported Yellow-rumped Warbler.
---On February 4 at Ketring Park and Lake, Kay Rasmussen reported Winter
Wren.
---On February 6 at E Crescent Parkway in Greenwood Village, Diane Roberts
and Tim Ryan reported Winter Wren. On February 7 at E Crescent Parkway,
Bez Bezuidenhout reported Winter Wren.
---On February 6 at Robert Tartaglia Pavilion, Eric DeFonso reported
Yellow-rumped Warbler.
---On February 7 at Dahlia Hollow Park, Bez Bezuidenhout reported 2 Pygmy
Nuthatch.
---On February 7 at South Platte Park Northern Wildlife Area, Brian Johnson
reported 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers and Anna Lenshek reported 8 Yellow-rumped
Warblers near Carson Nature Center.
---On February 8 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported Red
Crossbill.
---On February 8 at E Crescent Parkway, Edward Donnan reported f Red
Crossbill.
---On February 9 at S Platte River from W Bowles Ave to S Prince, Betty
Glass reported Say’s Phoebe.
ARCHULETA COUNTY:
---On February 6 at Navajo SP, Jim Beatty reported 2 California Gulls.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On December 21 David Tonnessen reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (ruber)
on Miranda Road in Colorado Springs. On February 1 on Miranda Road, Tony
Leukering reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER.
---On February 4 on S Meridian Road and Hanover Road, Chris Brobin reported
Greater Roadrunner and Lapland Longspur.
---On February 5 at Sinton Pond Open Space, Jim Merritt reported Greater
White-fronted Goose.
---On February 5 at Peyton Rd and Squirrel Creek intersection, Diana Beatty
reported 4 Lapland Longspurs.
---On February 5 at Hanover Fire Station, David and Cheryl Hubbard reported
Curve-billed Thrasher.
---On February 6 at De Groot and Loop, Rod Schmidt reported Curve-billed
Thrasher.
---On February 6 at Monument Wastewater Treatment Plant, Alan Versaw
reported f Barrow’s Goldeneye. On February 7 at Monument Wastewater
Treatment Plant, Alan Versaw reported a pair of Barrow’s Goldeneyes and
Gloria Nikolai reported f Barrow’s Goldeneye. On February 8 at Monument
Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jacqueline Heyda and Terence Berger reported m
Barrow’s Goldeneye.
---On February 8 at Hanover Road, Jim Merritt reported Chihuahuan Raven and
6 Lapland Longspurs.
FREMONT COUNTY:
---On February 5 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jerry DeBoer reported 2
Trumpeter Swans. On February 7 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Alan Ketcham and
Jim Merritt reported 2 Trumpeter Swans and Clark’s Grebe.
---On February 6 at West Valco Pond in Canon City, Rich Miller reported juv
Black-legged Kittiwake which was also seen by Jerry DeBoer and Tony
Leukering. On February 7 at Valco Ponds in Canon City, John Drummond
reported that the Black-legged Kittiwake was flying between the two ponds;
Alan Ketcham, Jim Merritt and David Chartier also reported Black-legged
Kittiwake
GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On February 5 at Devereux Rd and Two Rivers Park in Glenwood Springs,
Catherine Hagen and JoAnn Riggle reported Barrow’s Goldeneye and Spotted
Sandpiper.
HUERFANO COUNTY:
---On February 4 at Lathrop SP, Tony Leukering reported 4 Virginia Rails
from SE corner of Lake Oehm.
---On February 7 at Lake Maria, Tony Leukering reported Sage Thrasher.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On February 7 at Mount Falcon Park, Myron Gerhard reported Northern
Goshawk.
---On February 7 on Conifer mountain road, Ira Sanders and Gwen Moor
reported Northern Goshawk.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
---On Februrary 4 at Pastorius Reservoir, Jason and Amanda St Pierre
reported Least Sandpiper; Martin Cuntz reported 2 Least Sandpiper and 2
American Pipits. On February 8 at Pastorius Reservoir, Eric Hynes and Ryan
Votta reported 2 American Pipits.
---On February 8 at Vallecito Reservor Pura Vida Café, Eric Hynes reported
Yellow-rumped Warbler.
---On February 9 at Meadow Rd, Rafter J Subdivision, Ryan Votta reported 4
Acorn Woodpeckers.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On February 5 along Frontage Road, Jamie Simo and Earl Johnson reported
HARRIS’S HAWK. On February 6, Gary Lefko reported HARRIS’S HAWK on
Frontage Road, N of Prospect; Mark Chavez and Frank Farrell reported the
hawk on E Prospect, and Lori Zabel, Burke and Joey Angstman reported
HARRIS’S HAWK on Frontage Rd. On February 7 Robert Beauchamp and Gary
Lefko reported HARRIS’S HAWK near Welcome Center and Frontage Road N of
Prospect; the hawk was see by several other birders mostly near the
Frontage Road. On February 8, Bill Fink, Kat Bradley-Bennet, Tina Jones
and others reported HARRIS’S HAWK on Frontage Road N of Prospect.
---On February 9 at Livermore Community Church, Sue Riffe reported 3 Common
Redpoll.
---On February 4 at Horsetooth Mountain Park, Arvind Panjabi reported 9
Common Redpoll.
---On February 6 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Joey and Burke
Angstman reported Red Fox Sparrow.
---On February 9 at Bobcat Ridge NA, Sue Riffe reported AMERICAN WOODCOCK.
---On February 9 at WIldhorse Birddfeeder in Loveland, John Reichhardt
reported Pine Warbler.
MESA COUNTY:
---On February 4 at Grand Junction Wildlife Area, David Price reported imm
Golden-crowned Sparrow near feeder and 2 Brown-headed Cowbirds.
---On February 4 at Clifton Nature Park, Ryan Claar reported Black Phoebe
on N side of pond. On February 7 at Clifton Nature Park, Mike Henwood
reported Black Phoebe.
---On February 8 on Grand Mesa, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported 10 Common
Redpoll.
MONTEZUMA COUNTY:
---On February 9 at Hwy 145 in Dolores, Aaron Yappert reported m Barrow’s
Goldeneye.
PROWERS COUNTY:
---On February 6 at Lamar Community College Woods, Jane Stulp and Janeal
Thompson reported Red Fox Sparrow and Northern Cardinal. On February 7 at
Lamar Community College Woods, Dorothy Russell reported Fox Sparrow.
---On February 9 at Willow Creek in Lamar, Ted Floyd reported Hermit
Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler,
Yellow-rumped (Audubon’s) Warbler, and Northern Cardinal. On February 9 at
Willow Creek Park, Ted Floyd reported Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red Fox
Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, and singing m Great-tailed Grackle.
---On February 9 at pond at US 287 and Hwy 50, Chip Clouse reported Greater
Yellowlegs.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On February 4 at Lake Beckwith in Colorado City, Tony Leukering reported
White-winged Scoter. On February 7 at Lake Beckwith, Cameron Carver
reported White-winged Scoter.
---On February 4 at 40th Lane, Tony Leukering reported Yellow-headed
Blackbird and 130 Brown-headed Cowbirds.
TELLER COUNTY:
---On February 4 on Pikes Peak, Green Mountain Falls Trail to South
Catamount Reservoir, Kevin Ash reported 400 Rosy-Finches at the reservoir;
he identified only 2 Brown-capped and Black.
WELD COUNTY:
---On February 7 at LUNA Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 13 Greater
Scaup and California Gull.
DFO Field Trips:
NOTE: The Barr Lake Field trip has been moved to Friday, February 9
because of the weather forecast.
The DFO Field Trip for Friday, February 9 will be to Barr Lake SP led by
Bob Shade (wrshade3 AT gmail.com; 303-975-2476)
Directions: Meet at the Barr Lake SP Visitor Center at 0800. State Parks
pass or day pass required. From Denver, take east I-76 to Bromley Lane,
exit 22. Go east on Bromley Lane to Piccadilly Rd, then turn south for
about 2 miles to park entrance and follow road to Visitor Center.
Will look for Winter waterfowl and raptors. Trail around lake is
accessible for a person with a disability. Lunch optional. Beginners are
welcome. Register online or contact leader.
The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, February 10 Boulder County: From the
Mountains to the Plains led by Paula Hansley (plhansley AT gmail.com;
720-890-2628) This trip has been CANCELLED. It will be rescheduled.
The DFO Field trip for Sunday, February 11 will be to Denver City Park led
by Patrick O’Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955 (cell)). Meet
at parking strip on north side of Ferril Lake at 0715. Enter park from
Colorado Blvd. Northbound; turn left onto 22nd ave past Museum of Nature
and Science; southbound turns right onto 22nd at police station. Go past
museum pakring until road curves toward zoo. Take immediate left at the
“to Pavilion bandstand” sign and go 300 yards down to corner with tall
spruce trees, where lake comes into view. Park Diagonally on left beneath
spruce. Dress for weather bring water and snacks. Register online or
contact leader.
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, February 11 will be to Cherry Creek SP
Wetlands Loop led by Karen von Saltz & Karen Drozda (kvonsaltza AT yahoo.com;
303-941-4881). Meet at 0900 at Prairie Loop lot in Cherry Creek SP. From
either park entrance,m follow Lake View Rd to Prairie Loop that is located
at the south rim of the reservoir. State Parks Pass or day pass required.
This is a half-day of walking that passes through most of the
important habitats found in the park over a distance of about 3 miles.
Rails could be slippery or muddy. Bring water and snacks; lunch is
optional. Beginning birders are welcome. Register online or contact
leader.
The DFO Field Trip for Monday, Feburary 12 will be Park County Explorations
led by David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659). This trip is
full.
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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