Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: May 6, 2018 e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, May 6 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, *Mesa) Greater White-fronted Goose (Rio Grande) Northern Bobwhite (*Baca) Greater Prairie Chicken (Yuma) Greater Roadrunner (*Las Animas) Common Nighthawk (*Weld) Common Poorwill (*Kiowa, *Las Animas) Chimney Swift (*Prowers) White-throated Swift (Pueblo) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (*Baca) Virginia Rail (Chaffee) Sora (Jackson) Sandhill Crane (*Montezuma) Black-necked Stilt (*Montezuma) Snowy Plover (Alamosa, *Kiowa) Mountain Plover (Lincoln) Upland Sandpiper (Lincoln) Whimbrel (Jefferson, *Kiowa) Semipalmated Plover (*Kiowa, La Plata) Long-billed Curlew (*Kiowa) HUDSONIAN GODWIT (*Kiowa) Marbled Godwit (Gunnison, *Kiowa, La Plata, Mesa) Stilt Sandpiper (*Kiowa) Sanderling (*Kiowa) Least Sandpiper (Kit Carson) White-rumped Sandpiper (*Kiowa) Solitary Sandpiper (Boulder, La Plata, *Mesa, Pueblo, *San Miguel) Pectoral Sandpiper (*Kit Carson) Semipalmated Sandpiper (*Boulder, Jefferson, *Kiowa, Kit Carson) Western Sandpiper (La Plata, Mesa) Long-billed Dowitcher (*Boulder, La Plata, Weld) Willet (Gunnison, Jackson, La Plata, Weld) Wilson’s Phalarope (Kit Carson, La Plata) Red-necked Phalarope (Jefferson) Caspian Tern (Kiowa) Forster’s Tern (Adams, Lincoln) Pacific Loon (*Jefferson) Neotropic Cormorant (*Kiowa) American White Pelican (Douglas) American Bittern (*Adams) Great Egret (*Denver) Snowy Egret (Dolores, Montezuma) Little Blue Heron (Mesa) Cattle Egret (Dolores ,Jefferson, Mesa, Montrose, San Miguel) Green Heron (*Baca) Glossy Ibis (Fremont, *La Plata, Yuma) White-faced Ibis (La Plata, Mesa, Weld) Turkey Vulture (Douglas) Northern Goshawk (Larimer) Broad-winged Hawk (*Baca, Mesa, Washington) Acorn Woodpecker (La Plata) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Bent, Kit Carson) Red-naped Sapsucker (*Gunnison, *Pitkin) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso, *Las Animas) Western Wood-Pewee (Baca) Least Flycatcher (*Baca) Gray Flycatcher (Gunnison, Kit Carson, *Las Animas) Dusky Flycatcher (La Plata, Montrose) Cordilleran Flycatcher (*El Paso, *Pitkin) Black Phoebe (*Larimer, *Ouray) Eastern Phoebe (*Baca, *Boulder, Jefferson) Ash-throated Flycatcher (Adams, *Baca, *El Paso, Larimer) Cassin’s Kingbird (Douglas, *Jefferson, *Larimer, *Las Animas, Pueblo) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (*Baca, Weld) White-eyed Vireo (Boulder) Cassin’s Vireo (*Baca, Bent, Boulder, Jefferson) Red-eyed Vireo (Kiowa, *Prowers) Gray Vireo (*Las Animas) Chihuahuan Raven (*Baca, El Paso) Common Raven (Lincoln) Violet-green Swallow (Jefferson, Weld) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Moffat) Bank Swallow (Gunnison) Cliff Swallow (Moffat) Juniper Titmouse (*El Paso) Marsh Wren (Gunnison) Bewick’s Wren (*Baca) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (*Baca, Kit Carson, Prowers, *Weld) Eastern Bluebird (El Paso, Jefferson) Mountain Bluebird (*Adams, Lincoln) Swainson’s Thrush (*Prowers) Hermit Thrush (El Paso, Gunnison) Gray Catbird (*Prowers) Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso, Pueblo) Brown Thrasher (Kiowa) Northern Mockingbird (Kiowa) American Pipit (Kiowa) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Gunnison) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (*Gunnison) Red Crossbill (Prowers, *Las Animas) Green-tailed Towhee (*Pitkin, *Weld) EASTERN TOWHEE (Sedgwick, Yuma) Rufous-crowned Sparrow (*Las Animas) Canyon Towhee (*Baca, *Las Animas) Chipping Sparrow (Logan, Montezuma) Lark Sparrow (El Paso) Black-throated Sparrow (*Las Animas) Field Sparrow (Bent) Sagebrush Sparrow (Boulder) Fox Sparrow (*Gunnison) White-throated Sparrow (Prowers) Harris’s Sparrow (*Boulder, 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 (*Ouray, *Pitkin, Summit, *Weld) Nashville Warbler (*Prowers) Virginia’s Warbler (*Ouray) 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) Wilson’s Warbler (La Plata) Summer Tanager (*Las Animas, Prowers) Scarlet Tanager (*Prowers) Northern Cardinal (Boulder, *Prowers) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Adams, *Denver) Indigo Bunting (*Adams) DIckcissel (*Prowers) 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. ---On May 5 at Barr Lake SP Bird Conservancy of Rockies Office Area and below dam, Bill Schreitz, Mary O’Connor, and Rebecca Laroche reported pair of Indigo Bunting, and American Bittern. ---On May 5 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Prairie Trail, Eric Dinkel reported Mountain Bluebird. 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. ---On May 5 at Two Buttes Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported m Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Cassin’s Vireo. ---On May 5 in Campo (town), Christine Alexander and Steve Rash reported Nothern Bobwhite, Broad-winged Hawk, 5 Chichuhuan Raven and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at intersection of CR Jand CR 32. ---On May 5 at Two Buttes SWA, Joey Kellner et al reported Green Heron, Cassin’s Vireo, Least Flycatcher, 2 Eastern Phoebe. ---On May 5 at Carrizo Canyon Picnic Area, Lorraine Lanning reported Ash-throated Flycatcher, Chihuahuan Rave, Bewick’s Wren, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and Canyon Towhee. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On May 4 at Golden Ponds Park, Scott Severs reported Eastern Phoebe. On May 5 at Golden Ponds Park, Sarah Spotten 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 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 5 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Luke and Tracy Pheneger reported Harris’s Sparrow near juniper hedgerow behind Ricky Weiser wetlands; Megan Jones and Mike Patterson reported Blackpoll Warbler, 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper, and 2 Long-billed Dowitchers. ---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 May 4 at Green Mountain Cemetery, Nathan Pieplow reported White-eyed Vireo ---On May 5 at Boulder Creek at 75th Mike Paterson and Megan Jones reported Eastern Phoebe. DENVER COUNTY: ---On May 4 at First creek at DEN OS, Eric DeFonso and John Breitsch reported Harris’s Sparrow. On May 5 at First Creek at DEN OS, John Breitsch reported Rose-breasted Grosbeak. ---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 May 5 at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Jason Bidgood reported Great Egret. ---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 4 at Castlewood Canyon Rd—Lake Gulch Road to Castlewood Canyon SP, Gloria Nikolai reported Cassin’s Kingbird. EL PASO COUNTY: ---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 Chico Basin Ranch, Ken Burton banded 1 new and 1 recapture Hermit Thrush. On May 5 at Chico Basin Ranch, Ken Burton reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker and banded Ash-throated Flycatcher; Joy and Leonard Lake reported Curve-billed Thrasher; Jim Merritt and Chris Brobin reported Curve-billed Thrasher, 2 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers and Ash-throated Flycatcher. ---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. ---On May 5 at Aiken Canyon Preserve, Deborah Barnes reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatcher, Ash-throated Flycatcher and Juniper Titmouse. 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 Waunita Hot Springs Lek, Caleb Strand reported Gray Flycatcher. ---On May 5 on FR 317 (38.9625566,-106.9930172), Billy Barr reported Red-naped Sapsucker, 6 Fox Sparrow, and 3 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On May 2 at North Arvada Middle School, Cathy Fennelly reported 14 Cattle Egret. ---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 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. ---On May 5 at Standley Lake and Park, David Chernack reported Pacific Loon. ---On May 5 at Harriman Lake Park, DuWayne Worthington reported Cassin’s Kingbird. 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 5 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Joel and Dale Adams reported 2 Snowy Plovers, 3 Stilt Sandpiper, Common Poorwill, and Palm Warbler; Brandon Percival reported Stilt Sandpiper, 2 Sanderling, and White-rumped Sandpiper; Joel and Dale Adams reported Neotropic Cormorant. ---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. On May 5 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Dale and Joel Adams, Joey Kellner et al reported 8 Snowy Plover, 3 Stilt Sandpipers, 3 Sanderling, White-rumped Sandpiper; John Drummond repored Neotropic Cormorant and 2 White-rumped Sandpipers. ---On May 5 on S shore of Neenoshe Reservoir, Bill Fink reported HUDSONIAN GODWIT, 2 Marbled Godwits, Snowy Plover, Semipalmated Plover and Semipalmated Sandpipers. He turned on CR E from US 287, then north to reservoir. 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 May 5 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton, Katy Shirley, and Kristi Streiffert reported Glossy Ibis. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---On May 5 at Alejandro Canyon, Steve Mlodinow and Tony Leukering reported 4 Greater Roadrunners, 2 Common Poorwill, 5 Gray Flycatchers, 4 Cassin’s Kingbirds, Gray Vireo, Black-throated Sparrow, 210 Canyon towhee, 5 Rufous-crowned Sparrows, and 2 pair of Summer Tanagers. ---On May 5 at Pugatoir River W of Alejandro Canyon, Steve Mlodinow and Tony Leukering reported 5 Greater Roadrunners, 4 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, Gray Vireo, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, 2 Summer Tanagers, 3 Red Crossbills, 4 Red Crossbills (Western Hemlock or type 3). LARIMER COUNTY: ---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. ---On May 5 a Lake Estes, Gloria Nikolai and Scott Rashid reported Black Phoebe. ---On May 5 at CR 5 from CR 82 to CR 92, Nick Komar reported Cassin’s Kingbird. 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 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 4 at Redlands Parkway Ponds, Diane Trappett reported 2 Solitary Sandpipers. ---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. ---On May 5 at Leatha Jean Stassen SWA, Ron Lambeth reported 8 Snow Geese. 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. On May 5 at Totten Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson and Linda Raczek reported Sandhill Crane and 5 Black-necked Stilts. 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. OURAY COUNTY: ---On May 5 at CR 2 just east of Hwy 550, Don Marsh reported Black Phoebe. ---On May 5 on CR 4B, Don Marsh reported 2 Virginia’s Warblers, and 2 Orange-crowned Warblers. PITKIN COUNY: ---On May 5 at Snowmass Ski Area, Snowmass Village, Ann Larson reported 2 Red-naped Sapsuckers, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, and 2 Green-tailed Towhee. PROWERS COUNTY: ---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. On May 5 at Lamar Community College, Pablo Quezada and many other birders reported Scarlet Tanager, Nashville Warbler, 2 Northern Cardinals, 5 Chimney Swifts, and Red-eyed Vireo; Brandon Percival reported Swainson’s Thrush and Gray Catbird. 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. On May 5 at Mineral Palace Park, Van Truan, Pablo Quezada, and Gabriel Wiltse 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 E 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 4 at Crow Valley CG, Deb Carstensen reported m Palm Warbler. On May 5 at Crow Valley CG, Adrian Moore reported Common Nighthawk, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 5 Orange-crowned Warblers, and Green-tailed Towhee. ---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 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHtstTdUrnZgntw-A4UaTJHasZKKLzbNY-kU_pPyeNmLV1S%3Dug%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
