Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: May 9, 2018 e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, May 9 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) Greater Scaup (*Hinsdale) Bufflehead (Gunnison) Common Goldeneye (Gunnison) Northern Bobwhite (Baca, *Kiowa) Greater Prairie Chicken (Yuma) Greater Roadrunner (*Baca, Las Animas) Common Nighthawk (Weld) Common Poorwill (Kiowa, Las Animas) Chimney Swift (Prowers, Weld) White-throated Swift (Pueblo) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Baca) ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD (*Jefferson) Virginia Rail (Chaffee) Sora (Jackson, Montezuma) Sandhill Crane (Montezuma) Black-necked Stilt (Montezuma) Snowy Plover (*Kiowa) Piping Plover (*Kiowa) Upland Sandpiper (*Arapahoe, Larimer) Semipalmated Plover (Kiowa) Long-billed Curlew (*Baca, * Boulder) HUDSONIAN GODWIT (Kiowa) Marbled Godwit (Kiowa, Mesa, Weld) Stilt Sandpiper (Kiowa) Sanderling (Kiowa) White-rumped Sandpiper (Kiowa) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Boulder, Kiowa) Long-billed Dowitcher (Boulder, Weld) Willet (Jackson, Weld) Wilson’s Phalarope (Boulder, Kit Carson) Forster’s Tern (Adams) Pacific Loon (Jefferson) Neotropic Cormorant (Kiowa) American White Pelican (Douglas, *Hinsdale) American Bittern (Adams) Great Egret (Denver) Snowy Egret (Montezuma) Cattle Egret (*Mesa) Green Heron (Baca) Glossy Ibis (*Boulder, Fremont, La Plata) White-faced Ibis (Mesa, Weld) Turkey Vulture (Douglas) Mississippi Kite (*El Paso) Broad-winged Hawk (Baca) Acorn Woodpecker (La Plata) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Bent, Prowers) Red-naped Sapsucker (Gunnison, Pitkin) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso, Las Animas) Olive-sided Flycatcher (Bent, Boulder, Jefferson) Western Wood-Pewee (Baca, Boulder, El Paso, Fremont, Las Animas, *Mesa, Pueblo) Least Flycatcher (Baca) Gray Flycatcher (Boulder, Gunnison, Kit Carson, Las Animas) Dusky Flycatcher (Jefferson, Las Animas, Montrose, Prowers) Cordilleran Flycatcher (El Paso, Pitkin) Black Phoebe (Larimer, Las Animas, *Mesa, Ouray) Eastern Phoebe (Baca, Boulder, Fremont, Jefferson, Las Animas, Otero) Ash-throated Flycatcher (Baca, El Paso, Otero) Cassin’s Kingbird (Jefferson, Larimer, Las Animas) Western Kingbird (Gunnison) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Baca) Cassin’s Vireo (Baca, Bent, Boulder, Jefferson, Weld) Plumbeous Vireo (Boulder, Baca) Warbling Vireo (*Boulder) Red-eyed Vireo (Prowers) Gray Vireo (Las Animas) Chihuahuan Raven (Baca) Violet-green Swallow (Jefferson, Weld) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Moffat) Cliff Swallow (Moffat) Juniper Titmouse (El Paso) Bushtit (*Weld) Canyon Wren (Otero, Prowers) Marsh Wren (Gunnison) Bewick’s Wren (Baca) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Baca, *Hinsdale, Kit Carson, Weld) Eastern Bluebird (Fremont) Mountain Bluebird (Adams) Swainson’s Thrush (Prowers) Hermit Thrush (*El Paso) Gray Catbird (*Arapahoe, Prowers) Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Pas, *Kiowa) American Pipit (Kiowa) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Gunnison) Red Crossbill (Las Animas) Lesser Goldfinch (Jefferson) Chestnut-collared Longspur (Weld) Green-tailed Towhee (Pitkin, Weld) Spotted Towhee (Jefferson) EASTERN TOWHEE (Yuma) Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca, Las Animas) Canyon Towhee (Baca, Las Animas) Chipping Sparrow (Logan, Montezuma) Lark Sparrow (El Paso) Black-throated Sparrow (Las Animas) Grasshopper Sparrow (Denver) Field Sparrow (Bent, Prowers,) Sagebrush Sparrow (Boulder) Harris’s Sparrow (Boulder, Prowers) Yellow-breasted Chat (Jefferson) Orchard Oriole (Bent, Las Animas) Bullock’s Oriole (Bent, Gunnison) Brown-headed Cowbird (Kit Carson, Yuma) Northern Waterthrush (Jefferson, Prowers) Golden-winged Warbler (Bent) Black-and-white Warbler (Bent, Jefferson, Prowers) Prothonotary Warbler (*Jefferson) SWAINSON’S WARBLER (Prowers) Orange-crowned Warbler (Ouray, Pitkin, Weld) Nashville Warbler (Bent, Jefferson, Prowers) Virginia’s Warbler (Ouray) MOURNING WARBLER (*Bent) Common Yellowthroat (Gunnison) Hooded Warbler (Weld) Northern Parula (Weld) Yellow Warbler (*Hinsdale) Blackpoll Warbler (Bent, Boulder) Black-throated Blue Warbler (*Jefferson) Palm Warbler (*Boulder) Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo) PRAIRIE WARBLER (Bent) Grace’s Warbler (Jefferson) Black-throated Green Warbler (*Kiowa) Hepatic Tanager (Las Animas) Summer Tanager (*Bent, Las Animas, Prowers) Scarlet Tanager (*Prowers) Northern Cardinal (Baca, Prowers) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Denver, *Weld) Blue Grosbeak (Las Animas, Prowers) Indigo Bunting (Adams) ADAMS COUNTY: ---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 6 at Barr Lake SP Bird Conservancy of Rockies Office Area and below dam, Adam Vesely reported Indigo Bunting. ---On May 5 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Prairie Trail, Eric Dinkel reported Mountain Bluebird. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On May 7 at Cherry Creek SP, Cnythia Madsen reported Gray Catbird. ---On May 8 at 8884 15th Ave in Deer Trail, Loch Kilpatrick reported Upland Sandpiper sittin on fence post along highway. BACA COUNTY: ---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. ---On May 7 at Springfield Water Treatment Plant, Steve Mlodinow reported Plumbeous Vireo. ---On May 7 at Picture Canyon, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Rufous-crowned Sparrows, Eastern Phoebe, 4 Canyon Towhee, Northern Cardinal and Western Wood-Pewee. ---On May 7 on CR M south side just after turning off of US 287, Bill Fink reported Long-billed Curlew. ---On May 7 at CR 5 and CR M, Bill Fink reported Greater Roadrunner. BENT COUNTY: ---On May 7 at Tempel Grove, Brandon Percival reported m Golden-winged Warbler on W side of CR 35 away from canal; f Blackpoll Warbler, m Black-and-white Warbler, and Summer Tanager; Steve Rash reported Golden-winged Warbler; Jane Stulp et al reported Golden-winged Warbler, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Nashville Warber, and Orchard Oriole. On May 8 at Melody Tempel Grove, Steve Mlodinow reported m MOURNING WARBLER and Summer Tanager. ---On May 7 at 30024 -30046 CR 24 at John Martin Reservoir, Renee Casias reported Golden-winged Warbler, PRAIRIE WARBLER, and Summer Tanager. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On May 5 at Golden Ponds Park, Sarah Spotten reported Eastern Phoebe. ---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 6 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Stephen Chang reported Harris’s Sparrow; Boulder Bird Club reported 3 Wilson’s Phalarope and Western Wood-Pewee; Elena Klaver reported Western Wood-Pewee. On May 8 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Ted Floyd reported 3 Warbling Vireo (Eastern). ---On May 5 at Boulder Creek at 75th Mike Paterson and Megan Jones reported Eastern Phoebe. On May 8 at Boulder Creek at 75th, Ted Floyd reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On May 6 at Wonderland Lake Park, David Haskell and Katie Lehman reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On May 7 at Green Mountain Cemetery, Bill Kaempfer reported Gray Flycatcher. ---On May 8 at CU Boulder, East Campus, Mark Minner-Lee, Ted Floyd, and Bill Kaempfer reported Cassin’s Vireo, Gray Flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and Plumbeous Vireo. ---On May 8 on South Mesa trail, Candice Johnson reported Long-billed Curlew. ---On May 8 at Pella crossing OS, Carl Starace reported Glossy Ibis. ---On May 8 at Walden Ponds, Leanne Presley and Susan Downey reported Palm Warbler (western). DENVER COUNTY: ---On May 5 at First Creek at DEN OS, John Breitsch reported Rose-breasted Grosbeak. ---On May 5 at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Jason Bidgood reported Great Egret. EL PASO COUNTY: ---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 7 at Chico Basin Ranch, John Bruder reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker. On May 8 at Chico Basin ranch, Ken Burton reported banding 3 Hermit Thrush. ---On May 7 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown reported Western Wood-Pewee. ---On May 5 at Aiken Canyon Preserve, Deborah Barnes reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatcher, Ash-throated Flycatcher and Juniper Titmouse. ---On May 6 at Kiowa Creek Nature Center, Gloria Nikolai reported Eastern Bluebird. ---On May 7 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, Monday Birders reported Mississippi Kite; Heidi Eaton reported pair of Mississippi Kites. On May 8 at Adams Open Space, Aaron and Pati Driscoll reported Mississippi Kite. ---On May 7 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Diane Roberts and her DFO Field Trip reported Western Wood-Pewee. ---On May 7 on Hanover Road, Terence Berger reported 2 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers. ---On May 8 at Otowi, Alan Ketcham reported Mississippi Kite. ---On May 8 at Hanover Fire Station, David and Cheryl Hubbard reported Curve-billed Thrasher. FREMONT COUNTY: ---On May 6 at Florence River Park, SeEtta Moss reported 4 Eastern Bluebirds. ---On May 6 on Canon City Riverwalk from Mackenzie Ave to S Rayolds Ave, Joel Adams reported Western Wood-Peww and Eastern Phoebe. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On May 6 at McCabe’s Lane Wetland, Toni Kraus, Steven Horvath, and Nick Niezgoda reported Bullock’s Oriole, Western Kingbird, Common Yellowthroat, Bufflehead, and 2 Marsh Wren. On May 7 at McCabe’s lane Wetland, Nick Niezgoda, reported 2 Bullock’s Orioles and Marsh Wren. ---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. ---On May 6 at Blue Mesa Reservoir – eastern portion, Nick Niezgoda and Toni Kraus reported Common Goldeneye and Gray Flycatcher. HINSDALE COUNTY: ---On May 8 at Road Canyon Reservoir #1, John Cobb reported Yellow Warbler. ---On May 9 at Brown Lake SWA, John Cobb reported 2 Greater Scaup, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and American White Pelicon. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On May 5 and 6 at Standley Lake and Park, David Chernack reported Pacific Loon. ---On May 5 at Harriman Lake Park, DuWayne Worthington reported Cassin’s Kingbird. On May 6 at Harriman Lake Park, Frank Farrell, Rob Raker, and Pablo Quezada reported Northern Waterthrush. ---On May 6 at Chatfield Banding Station, Meredith McBurney reported recapturing Yellow-breasted Chat which she had banded in 2015, recaught in 2016 and Spotted Towhee repactured, banded in 2016 and recaught in 2017. On May 7 at Chatfield Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Dusky Flycatcher and 2 Lesser Goldfinch (probable pair). ---On May 6 at Belmar Park, Frank Farrell and Bez Bezuidenhout reported Black-and-white Warbler. ---On May 7 at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt, Kevin DeBoer reported Cassins Vireo and Olive-sided Flycatcher. ---On May 7 at Chatfield SP Audubon Center and Trails, Dale Pate reported Nashville Warbler. ---On May 8 at Main Reservoir in Lakewood, Matt Clark and Susan Bonfiglio reported f ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD in NW Corner. ---On May 8 at Lower White Ranch Park, Jerry Baines reported Black-throated Blue Warbler. KIOWA COUNTY: ---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 8 at Upper Queens Reservoir, David Suddjian and his DFO field trip reported Black-throated Green Warbler on N side of parking at west boat launch. ---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 reporyed Neotropic Cormorant and 2 White-rumped Sandpipers. On May 6 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Rash reported HUDSONIAN GODWIT and Stilt Sandpiper and White-rumped Sandpiper. On May 8 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 4 Northern Bobwhite, 8 Snowy Plovers, 1 Piping Plover, and Curve-billed Thrasher. ---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. ---On May 8 at Chatfield Banding Station, Meredith McBurney and Suzy Hiskey reported m Prothonotary Warbler. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On May 5 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton, Katy Shirley, and Kristi Streiffert reported Glossy Ibis. ---On May 6 on Animas River Trail behind Home Depot, Susan Allerton reported Western Wood-Pewee, Dusky Flycatcher, and Black Phoebe. LARIMER COUNTY: ---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. ---On May 7 at Pond at S Wellington on Clinton Ave, Lori Pivonka reported Upland Sandpiper. 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 Pugatoire 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). ---On May 6 at Chictaw, Steve Mlodinow reported 4 Greater Roadrunners, Eastern Phoebe, Gray Vireo, 2 Rufous-crowned Sparrows, 13 Summer Tanagers, 2 Hepatic Tanagers, Blue Grosbeak. ---On May 7 at Freeman ranch Entrance Riparian, Steve Mlodinow reported Gray Flycatcher, 3 Cassin’s Kingbird, 2 Blue Grosbeak. ---On May 7 at Freeman Ranch East Carrizo Creek, Steve Mlodinow reported 7 Ladderback Woodpeckers, Gray Flycatcher, 9 Eastern Phoebe, 22 Cassin’s Kingbird, 10 Canyon Towhees, 3 m Blue Grosbeak, 2 Orchard Oriole. MESA COUNTY: ---On May 5 at Leatha Jean Stassen SWA, Ron Lambeth reported 8 Snow Geese. ---On May 6 at Highline Lake SP, Deb Stegall and Ronda Woodward reported Cattle Egret. On May 8 at Highline Lake SP, Eric DeFonso reported Western Wood-Pewee ---On May 8 at Clifton Nature Park, Ryan Claar reported Cattle Egret and Black Phoebe. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On May 5 at Totten Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson and Linda Raczek reported Sandhill Crane and 5 Black-necked Stilts. On May 6 at Totten Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson reported 2 Black-necked Stilts, Sora, 2 Snowy Egrets, and 2 Sandhill Cranes.s OTERO COUNTY: ---On May 6 in Vogel Canyon, Lorraine Lanning reported 2 Eastern Phoebe, 2 Ash-throated Flycatchers, 2 Canyon Wrens. 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 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. On May 6 at Lamar Community College, Brandon Percival reported Northern Waterthrush, Field Sparrow, Summer Tanager, singing Scarlet Tanager, Northern Cardinal, Blue Grosbeak; John Drummond and Jeannie Mitchel reported 3 Chimney Swift, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Dusky Flycatcher, Northern Waterthrush, Summer Tanager, Scarlet Tanager and 2 Northern Cardinals. On May 8 at Lamar Community College, David Suddjian and his DFO field trip reported Scarlet Tanager. ---On May 6 at Riverside Cemetery, Dave Leatherman found a SWAINSON’S WARBLER in a windbreak of trees adjacent to the cemetery. The windbreak is on private property do not bird the windbreak without permission. ---On May 6 at Two Buttes butte, Renee Casias reported 3 Canyon Wren, Black-and-white Warbler, and Harris’s Sparrow. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On May 5 at Mineral Palace Park, Van Truan, Pablo Quezada, and Gabriel Wiltse reported Yellow-throated Warbler. On May 7 at Mineral Palace Park, Van Truan reported Yellow-throated Warbler. ---On May 6 at Signal Mountain Ranch, Larry Moore reported Western Wood-Pewee. WELD COUNTY: ---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 6 at Crow Valley CG, Mark Chavez, Gene Rutherford, and Connie Kogler reported Cassin’s Vireo. On May 7 at Crow Valley CG, Loch Kilpatrick reported Common Nighthawk, Cassin’s Vireo, and Northern Parula. ---On May 6 at Norma’s Grove, Connie Kogler reported Hooded Warbler. ---On May 7 on CR 13 3 miles N of intersection with CR 86, Gary Lefko reported 4 Marbled Godwits. ---On May 7 at Glenmere Park in Greeley, Shawn Mason reported 2 Chimney Swifts, 4 Bushtits (nesting), and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. ---On May 7 at CR 114 and C 45, Rachel Hopper reported multiple singing Chestnut-collared Longspurs. DFO Field Trips: For details please visit the DFO website dfobirds.org Prospect Park (Wheat Ridge Greenbelt) Saturday, May 12 8:00 AM -13:30 AM Jackie King (jackie.king AT ccd.edu; 720-38103314) Register online or contact leader. Eldorado Canyon State Park Sunday, May 13 6:00 AM – 1:00 PM Karen Drozda (drozforte AT AOL.com; 303-388-0891) This trip is FULL Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop Sunday, May 13 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Karen von Saltza & Bill Wuerthele (kvonsaltz AT yahoo.com; 303-941-4881) Roxborough State Park Sunday, May 13 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Alison Kondler (birdtrills AT gmail.com; 303-904-9140) 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/CAHtstTdy-nmJeB-HvTx9mEJWYLD_%2Bec8tCT4mmp80UmVH63hMA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
