Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: May 5, 2018 e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, May 5 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 (Arapahoe) Ross’s Goose (Jackson) Greater White-fronted Goose (Rio Grande) Tundra Swan (Prowers) Wood Duck (Jackson) Greater Scaup (Jackson, Montrose) Greater Prairie Chicken (Yuma) Chimney Swift (Jefferson) White-throated Swift (Pueblo) Virginia Rail (Chaffee) Sora (Jackson) Sandhill Crane (Montezuma) Black-necked Stilt (Boulder, Douglas, Mesa, Montezuma) Snowy Plover (Alamosa, *Kiowa) Mountain Plover (*Lincoln) Upland Sandpiper (*Lincoln) Whimbrel (*Jefferson, *Kiowa) Semipalmated Plover (La Plata) Long-billed Curlew (Jefferson, *Kiowa) HUDSONIAN GODWIT (Delta) Marbled Godwit (Delta, Gunnison, La Plata, Mesa, Montezuma) Sanderling (Jackson) Bairds’s Sandpiper (Jackson) Least Sandpiper (Kit Carson) Solitary Sandpiper (Boulder, La Plata, *Mesa, Pueblo, *San Miguel) Pectoral Sandpiper (Delta, *Kit Carson) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Jackson, Jefferson, Kit Carson, Mesa) Western Sandpiper (La Plata, Mesa) Long-billed Dowitcher (La Plata, Weld) Willet (Boulder, Gunnison, Jackson, La Plata, Weld) Wilson’s Phalarope (Kit Carson, La Plata) Red-necked Phalarope (Jefferson) Caspian Tern (Kiowa, Weld) Forster’s Tern (Adams, Lincoln) Neotropic Cormorant (*Kiowa) American White Pelican (Douglas) Great Egret (*Denver, San Miguel) Snowy Egret (Dolores, Las Animas, Montezuma) Little Blue Heron (*Mesa) Cattle Egret (Dolores ,Jefferson, Mesa, Montrose, San Miguel) Green Heron (Boulder) Glossy Ibis (Fremont, Jackson, *Yuma) White-faced Ibis (La Plata, Mesa, Weld) Turkey Vulture (Douglas) Northern Goshawk (Larimer) Broad-winged Hawk (Mesa, *Washington) Acorn Woodpecker (La Plata) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Bent, *Kit Carson) Hairy Woodpecker (Weld) Western Wood-Pewee (*Baca) Hammond’s Flycatcher (Jefferson) Gray Flycatcher (Gunnison, Kit Carson) Dusky Flycatcher (La Plata, Montrose) Eastern Phoebe (*Boulder, Jefferson) Ash-throated Flycatcher (*Adams, El Paso, Larimer) Cassin’s Kingbird (*Douglas, Pueblo) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (*Weld) White-eyed Vireo (*Boulder) Cassin’s Vireo (Bent, Boulder, *Jefferson) Plumbeous Vireo (Denver) Red-eyed Vireo (Kiowa) Chihuahuan Raven (*El Paso) Common Raven (Lincoln) Violet-green Swallow (Jefferson, Weld) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Moffat) Bank Swallow (*Gunnison) Cliff Swallow (Moffat) Bushtit (Weld) White-breasted Nuthatch (Weld) Marsh Wren (*Gunnison) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Kit Carson, *Prowers) Eastern Bluebird (*El Paso, Jefferson) Mountain Bluebird (Lincoln) Swainson’s Thrush (Weld) Hermit Thrush (*El Paso, *Gunnison) Gray Catbird (Boulder, Denver, Larimer) Curve-billed Thrasher (Pueblo) Brown Thrasher (Kiowa) Northern Mockingbird (Kiowa) American Pipit (Kiowa) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Gunnison) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Gunnison) Red Crossbill (*Prowers) EASTERN TOWHEE (Larimer, *Sedgwick, *Yuma) Chipping Sparrow (Logan, Montezuma) Lark Sparrow (El Paso) Field Sparrow (Bent) Sagebrush Sparrow (Boulder) White-throated Sparrow (Prowers) Harris’s Sparrow (*Denver, Kiowa) Bullock’s Oriole (Bent) Brown-headed Cowbird (Kit Carson, Yuma) Northern Waterthrush (El Paso) Black-and-white Warbler (*Arapahoe) Tennessee Warbler (*Kit Carson) Orange-crowned Warbler (Summit) Hooded Warbler (Broomfield) American Redstart (Larimer) Northern Parula (Kiowa, Prowers) Blackpoll Warbler (Boulder) Black-throated Blue Warbler (Kiowa) Grace’s Warbler (Jefferson) Palm Warbler (Kiowa, *Weld) Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo) Townsend’s Warbler (Boulder, Weld) Wilson’s Warbler (La Plata) Summer Tanager (Jefferson, Prowers) Northern Cardinal (Boulder, *Prowers) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (*Adams) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On May 4 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek, John Breitsch, Rebecca Laroche, and Adam Vesely reported m Rose-breasted Grosbeak. ---On May 4 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Bluestem Loop Trail, Rebecca Laroche and Patrick O’Driscoll reported Ash-throated Flycatcher. ALAMOSA COUNTY: ---On May 3 at Blanca Wetlands NWR, Ricky Martinez reported 8 Snowy Plovers. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On May 4 at Lee Gulch Trail at Ashbaugh Park in Littleton, David Suddjian reported m Black-and-white Warbler. BACA COUNTY: --On May 4 in Campo (town), Tony Leukering reported Western Wood-Pewee. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On May 1 at Golden Ponds Park and NA, David Dowell reported eastern Phoebe, 2 Green Heron, and 4 Black-necked Stilts. On May 4 at Golden Ponds Park, Scott Severs reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On May 2 at CU Boulder East Campus, David Dowell, Mark Minner-lee, John Malenich, and Bill Kaempfer reported Townsend’s Warbler. ---On May 1 at Melody Park in Boulder, Bob Fiehweg and Robin Byers reported singing Northern Cardninal. ---On May 1 at Lagerman Reservoir, Scott Severs reported 45 Willets. ---On May 2 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Ted Floyd reported 8 Solitary Sandpipers and Blackpoll Warbler. On May 3 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Linda Lee reported 2 Cassin’s Vireos. ---On May 3 in Boulder on 16th St between Kalmia Ave and Jennine Court, Bob Fiehweg reported Northern Cardinal and Luke Pheneger reported hearing Northern Cardinal on Kalmia. ---On Mary 4 at Green Mountain Cemetery, Nathan Pieplow reported White-eyed Vireo. BROOMFIELD COUNTY: ---On April 29, Sandy Arnesen reported a Hooded Warbler has been visiting her back yard. If you would like to see it, contact Sandy at sandy.arnesen.SA AT gmail.com or call 303-941-5481. On May 1, Sandy Arnesen reported that the Hooded Warbler continued to visit her yard and several birders got to see it. On May 2, Sandy Arnesen reported that the Hooded Warbler continues to visit her yard. On May 3, Sandy Arnesen and Pablo Quezada reported m Hooded Warbler. DELTA COUNTY: ---On April 30 at Fruitgrowers Reservoir, Andrea Robinsong reported 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, flock of Marbled Godwilts and Pectoral Sandpiper. DENVER COUNTY: ---On May 1 at First Creek at DEN OS, John Breitsch reported 2 Gray Catbird. On May 4 at First creek at DEN OS, Eric DeFonso and John Breitsch reported Harris’s Sparrow. ---On May 1 at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Gabriel Wiltse reported Great Egret. On May 2 at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Mark Obmaschik and Gabriel Wiltse reported Great Egret. On May 3 at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Jake Shorty reported Great Egret. ---On April 30 at Denver City Park, Rebecca Laroche reported Plumbeous Vireo. ---On May 2 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Doug Kibbe and Elaine Wagner reported Great Egret. DOLORES COUNTY: ---On May 2 at Alkali Draw, Glenn Dunmire reported Snowy Egret and Cattle Egret. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On May 1 at Bar CCC pond in Parker, Tim Ryan and G Stacks reported 3 Black-necked Stilts. ---On May 4 at Castlewood Canyon Rd—Lake Gulch Road to Castlewood Canyon SP, Gloria Nikolai reported Cassin’s Kingbird. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On May 1 at Chico Basin Ranch, Ken Burton banded Hermit Thrush. On May 2 at Chico Basin Ranch, Ken Burton reported Ash-throated Flycatcher and banded 2 Hermit Thrush. On May 3 at Chico Basin Ranch, Ken Burton recaptured Hermit Thrush banded on May 2. On May 4 at Chich Basin Ranch, Ken Burton banded 1 new and 1 recapture Hermit Thrush. ---On May 1 on Kane Road, Robin Bredl reported Glossy Ibis. ---On May 3 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded Northern Waterthrush. On May 4 at Clear Spring Ranch, Terence Berger reported m Eastern Bluebird and Chihuahuan Raven. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On May 3 at McCabe’s Line Wetland, Nick Niezgoda reported Willet. On May 4 at McCabe’s Wetland, Marcel Such reported 3 Marsh Wren, Hermit Thrush, and Bank Swallow. ---On May 3 a Gunnison Whitewater Park, Arden Anderson reported 10 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, and 150 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch. ---On May 3 at Blue Mesa Reservoir Hwy 149 Bridge, Arden Anderson reported Marble Godwit. ---On May 3 at Waunit Hot Springs Lek, Caleb Strand reported Gray Flycatcher. JACKSON COUNTY: ---On May 1 at Walden Reservoir, Caleb Strand reported 2 Baird’s Sandpiper, Sandering, Ross’s Goose, 2 Greater Scaup and Glossy Ibis. ---On May 1 at Arapaho NWR in Walden, Calibe Strand reported 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper and 2 Wood Ducks. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On May 2 at North Arvada Middle School, Cathy Fennelly reported 14 Cattle Egret. ---On May 1 at Main Reservoir, Doug Kibbe and Elaine Wagner reported Chimney Swift; Michael Lester reported Hammond’s Flycatcher. On May 3 at Main Reservoir, Matt Clark reported Semipalmated Sandpiper. On May 4 at Main Reservoir, Myron Gerhard reported Cassin’s Vireo. ---On May 1 at Elk Meadow Park, Greg Levandoski reported Long-billed Curlew. ---On May 1 on Bear Creek Trail – Bear Creek Lake Dam to S Kipling, Robert Raker, Frank Farrell, Matt Clark, and Susan Bonfiglio reported Summer Tanager. ---On May 3 at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt, Kevin DeBoer reported Red-necked Phalarope. ---On May 3 at Bear Creek Greenbelt between Wadsworth and Estes, Doug Ward reported m Eastern Bluebird. ---On May 4 at North Standley Lake SO Park, Penny Martinez and Shannon Cwik reported 6 Whimbrel in the parking lot. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On May 2 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Jane Stulp, Janeal Thompson, and Dave Leatherman reported 2 Long-billed Curlew, Caspian Tern, Brown Thrasher, and Northern Mockingbird. On May 4 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Rash reported Neotropic Cormorant, 5 Snowy Plovers, Whimbrel, and 2 Long-billed Curlews. ---On May 3 at intersection or CR C and CR 47, Lindsay Purifoy and Tim Mitzen reported Red-eyed Vireo and Palm Warbler. ---On May 3 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Lindsay Purifoy and Tim Mitzen reported m Black-throated Blue Warbler, Northern Parula, and Harris’s Sparrow. KIT CARSON COUNTY: ---On May 4 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, Renee Casias reported Tennessee Warbler, Pectoral Sandpiper and Red-bellied Woodpecker. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On May 2 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton, Jason St Pierre, and Ryan Votta reported 27 Willets, 27 Marbled Godwits, 27 Wilson’s Phalaropes, 26 Long-billed Dowitchers, 21 Western Sandpipers, Semipalmated Plover, Solitary Sandpiper, 6 White-faced Ibis, Wilson’s Warbler, and Dusky Flycatcher. ---On Mary 1 on CR 136 across from Consolidated Construction, Jason St. Pierre reported Cassin’s Kingbird. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On May 1 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Bobbie Tilmant reported f EASTERN TOWHEE. ---On May 1 at Douglas Reservoir, David Wade reported Gray Catbird. ---On May 2 at Arapahoe Bend NA – Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Walter Wehtje reported Ash-throated Flycatcher. ---On May 3 at River’s Edge NA, Caroline Olson reported young male American Redstart. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---On May 1 at Trinidad Reservoir (SP and SWA), Charles Paterson reported Snowy Egret. LINCOLN COUNTY: ---On May 2 at Karval Lake SWA, Todd Deininger and John Vanderpoel reported Forster’s Tern and 2 Common Raven. ---On May 3 at 42000 CR 109 S of Hugo, Andrew Judd reported Mountain Bluebird. ---On May 4 on CR 3F near CR 431, Donnie Coody and Shelby Birch reported 2 Mountain Plover and Upland Sandpiper. MESA COUNTY: ---On May 1 at James M Robb Colorado River SP Pear Park Section, Mike Henwood, Nic Korte, Vic Zerbia and several other birders reported Little Blue Heron. On May 2 at James M Robb Colorado River SP Pear Park Section, Drew Kelley reported Little Blue Heron. On May 3 at James M Robb Colorado River SP Pear Park Section Connee Moffatt reported Little Blue Heron, 4 Black-necked Stilts, and 20 Western Sandpipers. On May 4 at James M Robb Colorado River SP Pear Park Section, Connee Moffat and Mike Henson reported Little Blue Heron; Henwood also reported Solitary Sandpiper. ---On May 2 at Highline Lake SP, David Price, Brenda Sabo, and Calib Strand reported Cattle Egret and 2 Common Tern. ---On May 1 at Redlands Parkway Ponds, Mike Henwood reported 5 Black-necked Stilts, Marbled Godwit, and Black Tern; Drew Kelly repoted 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers. On May 4 at Redlands Parkway Ponds, Diane Trappett reported 2 Solitary Sandpipers. ---On May 1 at Connected Lakes SP Blue Heron Section, Mike Henwood reported 2 Common Tern. ---On May 2 in Loma at 12 Rd from O ½ to P Road, Mike Henwood reported Cattle Egret. ---On May 2 at Grand Valley Audubon Nature Center, Caleb Strand reported Broad-winged Hawk. ---On May 2 at Ela Wildlife Sanctuary, Caleb Strand reported Solitary Sandpiper. On May 3 at Ela Wildlife Sanctuary, Drew Kelly and Ronda Woodward reported Solitary Sandpiper. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On May 2 at Totten Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson reported 2 Marbled Godwit and 2 Black-necked Stilt. On May 3 at Totten Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson and Linda Raczek reported Sandhill Crane, 3 Black-necked Stilt, 2 Snowy Egrets, and 12 Marbled Godwits. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On May 2 at Nucla sewage Lagoons, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Cattle Egret. ---On May 2 at Buzz’s Pond, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported 2 Cattle Egret. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On May 1 at North Gateway Park, Alan and Mary Lynne Ketcham, and Jim Merritt reported Tundra Swan. ---On May 3 at Lamar Community College, Tim Mitzen and Lindsay Purifoy reported Northern Parula, Summer Tanager (part yellow, part red), White-throated Sparrow, and Red Crossbills. On May 4 at Lamar Community College, Brandon Percival reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Northern Cardinal and 2 Red Crossbills. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On May 3 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Caleb Strand reported Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On May 3 at Pueblo Reservoir Rock Canyon below dam, n of river, Caleb Strand reported Cassin’s Kingbird and Solitary Sandpiper. ---On May 3 at Mineral Palace Park, Van Truan reported Yellow-throated Warbler. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY: ---On May 4 in Telluride (town), Eric Hynes reported Solitary Sandpiper. ---On May 1 in Mountain Village, Eric Hynes reported Great Egret. ---On May 1 on Boomerang to River trails, Eric Hynes reported Solitary Sandpiper. SEDGWICK COUNTY: ---On May 4 at 21000 CR 32 near Julesburg, Elaine Wagner reported EASTERN TOWHEE. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On May 2 at Silverthorne (town), Adam Vesely reported 2 Orange-crowned Warblers. WASHINGTON COUNTY: ---On May 4 at Akron Golf course, Elaine Wagner reported 2 Broad-winged Hawks. WELD COUNTY: ---On May 1 at Glenmere Park in Greeley, Steve Mlodinow reported Hairy Woodpecker (Rocky Mts), 2 Bushtit, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, White-breasted Nuthatch (interior west). ---On May 1 at Eaton Cemetery, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Sawinson’s (Olive back) Thrush and Townsend’s Warbler. ---On May 1 at Firestone Gravel Pits (view from road), Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Caspian Terns. ---On May 4 at Crow Valley CG, Deb Carstensen reported m Palm Warbler. ---On May 4 at Pawnee NG CR 120, Pratyaydipta Rudra reported ad m Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. YUMA COUNTY: ---On May 4 at Yuma Sewage Ponds, Elaine Wagner reported Glossy Ibis. ---On May 4 at Yuma Municipal Cemetery, Elaine Wagner reported EASTERN TOWHEE. DFO Field Trips: For details please visit the DFO website dfobirds.org eBird Hotspot Romp Saturday, May 5 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM Chris Goulart (cgoulart001 AT comast.net; 586-764-2126) This Trip is FULL Reuter-Hess Reservoir Saturday, May 5 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM Tim Ryan and Diane Roberts (Tryan4thebirds AT yahoo.com; 720-545-5084) This trip is FULL. Denver City Park Sunday, May 6 6:30 Am – 11:00 AM Patrick O’Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955 (cell)) 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]. 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