Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: March 26, 2018 e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, March 26 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. Snow Goose (*Boulder) Greater White-fronted Goose (*Fremont, Morgan, Weld) Wood Duck (*Summit) Greater Scaup (Mesa, *Weld) White-winged Scoter (Arapahoe) Barrow’s Goldeneye (Arapahoe, Garfield, *Weld) Sharp-tailed Grouse (*Weld) Red-necked Grebe (*Larimer) Greater Roadrunner *El Paso) White-throated Swift (*Dolores, Pueblo) Virginia Rail (Chaffee) Sandhill Crane (Larimer, Rio Grande, *Weld) American Avocet (*Boulder, Jefferson, Mesa, Montrose) Mountain Plover (*El Paso) Baird’s Sandpiper (*Weld) Spotted Sandpiper (El Paso) Lesser Yellowlegs (Boulder, El Paso, *Weld) Willet (Morgan) Greater Yellowlegs (Boulder, *Weld) Bonaparte’s Gull (*Boulder, Mesa) Franklin’s Gull (Garfield, Larimer) California Gull (Douglas, Mesa, Ouray) Iceland Gull (El Paso, Pueblo) American White Pelican (Douglas) Turkey Vulture (Boulder, Douglas, *El Paso, *Ouray, *Park, Rio Grande, Weld) Osprey (Larimer, Mesa, Montrose, *Weld) Northern Goshawk (Arapahoe, *Jefferson, Larimer, Weld) Ferruginous Hawk (*La Plata, Mesa) Burrowing Owl (El Paso) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Yuma) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Douglas) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*Larimer, Montezuma) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso, Las Animas) Black Phoebe (*Dolores, *Fremont, Larimer, Mesa) Eastern Phoebe (Boulder, Las Animas) Say’s Phoebe (*Lincoln, Ouray) Vermilion Flycatcher (*Arapahoe) Western Kingbird (Rio Grande) Steller’s Jay (*Arapahoe) Chihuahuan Raven (Fremont) Tree Swallow (Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Mesa) Bushtit (*Weld) Winter Wren (Morgan) Carolina Wren (Las Animas) Golden-crowned Kinglet (Denver, *Weld) Eastern Bluebird (Yuma) Western Bluebird (Ouray) Hermit Thrush (Arapahoe) Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso) Northern Mockingbird (El Paso) Bohemian Waxwing (*Gilpin, *Summit) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (San Miguel) Black Rosy-Finch (San Miguel) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (San Miguel) Red Crossbill (Arapahoe, Kit Carson, Weld) Cassin’s Sparrow (El Paso, Pueblo) Sagebrush Sparrow (*Douglas, Mesa) Lark Bunting (*Lincoln) Savannah Sparrow (Jefferson, La Plata, Mesa, Montrose, San Miguel, Weld) Lincoln’s Sparrow (*Adams, Arapahoe, *Boulder, *Douglas, El Paso, La Plata, *Larimer, Mesa, San Miguel) White-throated Sparrow (Arapahoe) Harris’s Sparrow (*Adams, Arapahoe, *Denver, El Paso) Western Meadowlark (Ouray) Brown-headed Cowbird (El Paso, Yuma) Rusty Blackbird (Kit Carson, Larimer) Common Yellowthroat (*Weld) Pine Warbler (Arapahoe, *Larimer) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Arapahoe, Jefferson, Weld) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On March 20 at E 74th and Colorado, Christy Payne reported 6 Tree Swallows. ---On March 24 at Lowell Ponds (Clear Creek Valley Park), Diane Roberts reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 25 at First Creek at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Gregg Goodrich reported Harris’s Sparrow west of Buckley Rd. ---On March 25 at Barr Lake SP – Neidrach Nature Trail and Visitor Center, Justin Ferguson reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On March 21 at South Platte Reservoir, G Stacks, Jared Del Rosso, Mark Amershek, and Nelson Ford reported White-winged Scoter. On March 23 at South Platte Reservoir, David Cernack and JoAnn Hackos reported White-winged Scoter. ---On March 21 on High Line Canal Trail – E Quincy to S Colorado Blvd, Jeff Dawson reported Pine Warbler. On March 22 on High Line Canal Trail --- E Quincy to S Colorado Blvd (Three Pond and Dahlia Hollow Parks), Monday Birders reported Hermit Thrush, White-throated Sparrow, and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 20 at E Smoky Hill Road, Cheri Phillips reported 8 Red Crossbills. ---On March 21 at Dahlia Hollow Park in Cherry Hills Village, Gregg Goodrich reported Pine Warbler, White-throated Sparrow, and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 21 on Big Dry Creek Trail – S Colorado Blvd to S University Blvd, Cynthia Madsen reported Yellow-rumped Warbler. ---On March 21 at South Platte Park, G Stacks, Jared Del Rosso, Mark Amershek, Nelson Ford and Cynthia Kristensen reported 6 Yellow-rumped Warblers. On March 22 at South Platte Park, Anna Lenshek reported Tree Swallow, 5 Yellow-rumped (Audubons’s) Warblers, 1 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler. On March 22 at South Platte Park Carson Nature Center, Bill Schreitz reported 11 Yellow-rumpled Warblers. On March 22 at South Platte Park C470 area, Monday Birders reported 2 f Barrow’s Goldeneyes. On March 24 at South Platte Park, Meg and Richard Reck reported 2 f Barrow’s Goldeneyes. ---On March 21 on Mary Carter Greenway Trail in Littleton, G Stacks, Jared Del Rosso reported 2 Barrow’s Goldeneyes, and Yellow-rumped (Audubon’s) Warbler. ---On March 23 at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Jared Del Rosso reported Harris’s Sparrow. ---On March 23 on Big Dry Creek Trail from Dry Creek Blvd to Arapahoe Blvd, Mary O’Connor reported Northern Goshawk. On March 25 on Big Dry Creek Trail from Dry Creek Blvd to Arapahoe Blvd, Mary O’Connor reported Stelller’s Jay. ---On March 25 at Cherry Creek SP near East Shades parking lot, Allen Hagood and Michael Lester and Autumn Amici reported m Vermilion Flycatcher. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On March 20 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Ted Floyd reported Greater Yellowlegs. On March 24 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Dan Zmolek, Leslie S, Kim Score, Elena Klaver, Alex Brown reported Turkey Vulture, Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 23 at Golden Ponds in Longmont, Luke Pheneger reported Eastern Phoebe. On March 24 at Golden Ponds, Luke Pheneger and Emil Yappert reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On March 24 at Roger Grove Park in Longmont, Emil Yappert and Luke Pheneger reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On March 25 at Lagerman Reservoir, Luke Pheneger reported 4 American Avocets. ---On March 26 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. BROOMFIELD COUNTY: ---On March 24 at Plaster Reservoir, David Ely, Eric Zorawowicz, and Matt Hofedtiz reported Tree Swallow. DENVER COUNTY: ---On March 21 at First Creek at DEN OS, John Breitsch and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Harris’s Sparrow. On March 22 at First Creek at DEN OS, David Hill and Jake Shorty reported Harris’s Sparrow. On March 23 at First Creek at DEN OS, Joe Roller and Karen Drozda reported imm Harris’s Sparrow. On March 25 at First Creek at DEN OS, John Breitsch reported Harris’s Sparrow on both sides of Buckley Rd. ---On March 22 at Denver Botanic Gardens and Cheeseman Park, Burke Angstman and Rebecca Laroche reported 2 Golden-crowned Kinglets. DOLORES COUNTY: ---On March 25 at Bradfield Bridge Campground, Glenn Dunmire reported pair of Black Phoebes and White-throated Swift. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On March 20 at Rampart Range Road at Hwy 67, Gwen Moore reported Williamson’s Sapsucker drumming. On March 22 at Rmaparkt Range Road at Hwy 67, Anna Troth and Gregg Goodrich reported m Williamson’s Sapsucker. ---On March 21 at Castlewood Canyon Rd in Franktown, Diane Roberts reported Turkey Vulture. ---On March 25 at Chatfield SP, a Sagebrush Sparrow was reported by Diane Roberts, Renee Casias at Marina Sandspit; Renee Casias, Chris Gilbert, Ginny Bergstrom, and Tim Ryan at Handicapped Fisherman’s Platform; Tim Ryan also reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On March 21 at Clear Spring Ranch, Terence Berger reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 20 at Quail Lake Park, Alan Versaw reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 20 on Birdsall Road, David Tonnessen reported Brown-headed Cowbird. ---On March 21 on Monument Valley Hwy, Gloria Nikolai reported Franklin’s Gull. ---On March 22 at Fountain Creek RP, David Tonnessen reported 4 Lincoln’s Sparrows. On Mach 22 at Fountain Creek RP Nature Center/Cattail Marsh, RodSchmidt reported Spotted Sandpiper. ---On March 22 at Hanover Fire Station, Heidi Guttschuss reported 2 Curve-billed Thrashers. On March 24 at Hanover Fire Station, Terence Berger reported 2 Curve-billed Thrashers. On March 25 at Hanover Fire Station, John Drummon reported Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On March 23 at Starsmore Discovery Center, Ed Griffin reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 24 at Squirrel Creek Road and Ellicott Hwy, Kara Carragher and Robin Bredl reported Mountain Plover. On March 25 on Squirrel Creek Road, east of Peyton Hwy, John Drummond and Robb Hinds reported Mountain Plover; Drummond also reported 2 Turkey Vultures. ---On March 24 on Hanover Road, Alan Ketcham, David Tonnessen, and Jim Merrit reported Greater Roadrunner at intersection with Meridian, Burrowing Owl, 11 Curve-billed Thrashers, 17 Cassin’s Sparrows, and Lincoln’s Sparrow. On March 25 on Hanover Road, John Drummond, Joy and Leonard Lake reported paif of Ladder-backed Woodpeckers. ---On March 24 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), Alan Ketcham, David Tonnessen, and Jim Merritt reported 3 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, 2 Lincoln’s Sparrows, and 3 Curve-billed Thrashers. On March 25 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), John Drummond reported Curve-billed Thrasher. FREMONT COUNTY: ---On March 21 at Canon City Valco Ponds, Loch Kilpatrick reported 3 Greater White-fronted Geese. On March 25 at Canon City Valco Ponds, Bob Spencer reported 3 Greater White-fronted Geese and Black Phoebe. GARFIELD COUNTY: ---On March 23 at Fravert Reservoir, JoAnn Riggle reported Franklin’s Gull. ---On March 23 at Rifle Gap SP, JoAnn Riggle reported Barrow’s Goldeneye. GILPIN COUNTY: ---On March 25 at Tolland Road W of Rollinsville, Bill Kaempfer reported 8 Bohemian Waxwings. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On March 21 at South Valley Park, David Suddjian reported Savannah Sparrow. ---On March 22 at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt – West Lake, Frank Farrell reported 2 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warblers. ---On March 24 at Belmar Park, Bez Bezuidenhout reported American Avocet. ---On March 25 at Dinosaur Ridge Hawkwatch, Mike Fernandez reported Northern Goshawk. KIT CARSON COUNTY: ---On March 20, Glenn Walbek reported Rusty Blackbird. ---On March 20 at Fairview Cemetery in Burlington, DFO Field Trip led by David Suddjian reported 9 Red Crossbills. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On March 20 at Pastorius Reservoir, Jason St Pierre reported 4 Savannah Sparrows and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 25 on CR 302 east of Hwy 550, Jason St Pierre and Ryan Votta reported Ferruginous Hawk. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On March 21 at Wild Horse Birdfeeder, Joshua Smith reported Pine Warbler. On March 22 at Wild Horse Birdfeeder, John Reichhardt reported Pine Warbler. On March 25 at Wild Horse Birdfeeder, Eva Matthews Lark reported Pine Warbler. ---On February 28 at Fort Collins City Park and Sheldon Lake, Dave Leatherman found Red-necked Grebe which was seen by several other birders. On March 20 at Fort Collins City Park and Sheldon Lake, Tim Priehs and Colby Plante reported Red-necked Grebe. On March 21 at Fort Collins City Park and Sheldon Lake, Adam Johnson reported Red-necked Grebe. On March 25 at Fort Collins City Park and Sheldon Lake, Dave Leatherman and Janeal Thompson reported Red-necked Grebe. ---On March 21 at Horsetooth Reservoir, Irene Fortune reported Franklin’s Gull. ---On March 22 at North Shields Pond NA, Doug Swartz reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. On March 23 at North Shields Pond, Caroline Olson reported Black Phoebe. On March 24 at North Shield Pond NA, David Wade, John Shenot, Christine, and Richard Sparks reported Osprey, 2 Sandhill Cranes and 4 Lincoln’s Sparrows. On March 25 at North Shield Pond NA, John Reichhardt reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 25 at Lumpy Ridge Retreat, Joe Luedtke reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---On March 23 at Cottonwood Canyon Campground, David Dowell reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 3 Eastern Phoebe, and Carolina Wren. LINCOLN COUNTY: ---On March 25 on CR 109 south of Hugo, Andrew Judd reported Say’s Phoebe and Lark Bunting. MESA COUNTY: ---On March 20 at Connected Lakes SP Audubon Trail, Carol Ortenzio and Katey Buster reported 2 Black Phoebe. ---On March 23 at Highline Lake SP, Mike Henwood reported 30 f Brown-headed Cowbirds, 5 Savannah Sparrows, 2 Greater Scaup, American Avocet and 2 Bonaparte’s Gulls. ---On March 21 at Clifton Nature Park, Mike Henwood reported Osprey. --- On March 21 at Redlands Pkwy Ponds, Mike Henwood reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 20 at Brewster’s Ridge/Bar X Wash, David Price reported Ferruginous Hawk and 2 Sagebrush Sparrows. ---On March 20 at Corn Lake, Nic Korte reported Osprey. ---On March 22 at Fruita SP, Mike Henwood reported flock of Tree Swallows. ---On March 22 at Colorado River Trail Audubon Section, Katey Buster reported 2 Black Phoebe near phoebe rock. ---On March 24 at Grand Valley Audubon NC, Glenn Pearson reported 2 Black Phoebe at Phoebe Rock. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On March 21 in Mancos (town), David and Cheryl Hubbard reported f Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On March 23 at Nucla Sewage Lagoons, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported American Avocet. ---On March 21 at Cerise Regional Park, Sue Riffe reported Osprey. ---On March 21 at Redvale Pond, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 3 Savannah Sparrows. MORGAN COUNTY: ---On March 23 at Brush Prairie Ponds SWA, Sherri Hansen reported 3 Greater White-fronted Geese and 2 Willet. ---On March 24 at Riverside Park (east section) in Fort Morgan, John Vanderpoel and Bill Kaempfer reported Winter Wren. OURAY COUNTY: ---On March 20 at Ridgway SP Dallas Creek area, Betty Fenton reported 4 California Gulls. ---On March 20 at Owl Creek Pass Rd, Betty Fenton reported Say’s Phoebe, Western Bluebird, and 2 Western Meadowlark. ---On March 25 at Ridgway (town), Chris Brobin reported 5 Turkey Vutures. PARK COUNTY: ---On March 25 at Lake George, Adam Jack reported Turkey Vulture. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On March 22 at Pueblo Chemical Depot, 32 Ordnance Lane, Clark Jones reported Cassin’s Sparrow. RIO GRANDE COUNTY: ---On March 20 at Sargent High School, Ben Bailey reported Western Kingbird. ---On March 20 at Shaw Creek Rest Area, David and Cheryl Hubbard reported Turkey Vulture. ---On March 24 at Monte Vista NWR, Brandon Nooner reported 5000 Sandhill Cranes. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY: ---On March 21 at The Terraces at Mountain Village, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 7 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, 1 Gray-crowned (Hepburn’s), 1 Black Rosy-Finch, and 100 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch. ---On March 21 at Telluride (town), Eric Hynes reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 21 at CR 43 ZN, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Savannah Sparrow. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On March 25 at Hoosier Pass, Summit county side, Alan Versaw reported 25 Bohemian Waxwings. ---On March 25 at Silverthorne Water Treatment Plant, Karen Goetz, Matt Clark and Susan Bonfiglio reported m Wood Duck. WELD COUNTY: ---On March 22 at Glenmere Park, Shawn Mason reported Golden-crowned Kinglet and 6 Bushtit. On March 23 at Glenmere Park, Shawn Mason and Ryan Graves reported 6 Bushtit and Golden-crowned Kinglet. On March 24 at Glenmere Park, Cameron Boyd, John Vanderpoel, Bill Kaempfer, and Shawn Mason reported Golden-crowned Kinglet; Shawn Mason also reported 2 Bushtits. On March 25 at Glenmere Park, Shawn Mason reported 6 Bushtits and 2 Golden-crowned Kinglets. ---On March 22 at Sanborn Park in Greeley, Shawn Mason reported Yellow-rumpled Warbler and 8 Red Crossbills. ---On March 23 in Pawnee NG at pond east of CR 71 between CR 116 and CR 118, John Drummond reported 2 Baird’s Sandpipers. ---On March 23 at Mead and I-25, Sunny Bradford reported Turkey Vulture. ---On March 24 at CR 134 east of CR 111, John Drummond reported 16 Sharp-tailed Grouse lekking along side of road. Lekking started around 0728. On March 25 at CR 1136 and CR 111, Gwqen Moore and Frank Farrell reported 13 Sharp-tailed Grouse. ---On March 24 at Behrens Reservoir, Gene Rutherford reported 7 Greater White-fronted Geese, 5 Sandhill Cranes, 9 Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs. On March 25 at Behrens Reservoir, Gene Rutherfort reported Baird’s Sandpiper. On March 25 at Behrens Reserevoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 6 Greater Yellowlegs and 1 Lesser Yellowlegs. ---On March 24 at CR 59 wetland, south of US 34, Cameron Boyd, John Vanderpoel, and Bill Kaempfer reported Baird’s Sandpiper. ---On March 24 at playa at CR 77 and CR 116, Christine Alexander reported 2 Baird’s Sandpipers. ---On March 24 at Cozzens Lake, Gene Rutherford reported Lesser Yellowlegs. ---On March 25 at Pawnee NG (40,8246, -104.3347) Gwen Moore reported Baird’s Sandpiper. ---On March 25 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Osprey, 9 Greater Scaup, 5 Sandhill Cranes. ---On March 25 at Firestone Gravel Pits (view from road), Steve Mlodinow reported Barrow’s Goldeneye and Osprey. ---On March 25 at Lower Latham Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Common Yellowthroat. YUMA COUNTY: ---On March 20 at Hale Ponds, DFO Field Trip led by David Suddjian reported Red-bellied Woodpecker, 2 Eastern Bluebirds and Lincoln’s Sparrow. DFO Field Trips: The Field Trip for Monday, March 26 will be to Park County led by David Suddjian (dsussjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) This trip is full The Field Trip for Saturday, March 31 will be a Chase Trip led by Pratyayadipta Rudra & Sreemlala Das Majumder (pratyayr AT gmail.com; 9191-699-4043) This trip is full. The Field Trip for Saturday, March 31 will be to Walden Ponds WIldife Habitat /Sawhill led by Chuck Hundertmark (chundertmark8 At gmail.com; 303-604-0531) 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 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/CAHtstTf9wYO7%3D4Xfov4D0a9Wkr2uyDYYo4UExnowFhQfFK3GfQ%40mail.gmail.com. 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