Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: May 11, 2018 e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 11 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) Greater White-fronted Goose (Rio Grande) Greater Scaup (Hinsdale) Red-breasted Merganser (*Pueblo) Northern Bobwhite (Kiowa) Greater Prairie Chicken (Yuma) Greater Roadrunner (Baca) Common Nighthawk (*Boulder, Weld) Chimney Swift (Weld) White-throated Swift (Pueblo) ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD (Jefferson) Virginia Rail (Chaffee) Sora (Jackson, Montezuma) Sandhill Crane (*Garfield, Montezuma) Black-necked Stilt (*Denver, Montezuma) Snowy Plover (*Kiowa) Piping Plover (*Kiowa) Upland Sandpiper (Arapahoe, Larimer) Whimbrel (Kiowa) Long-billed Curlew (Baca, Boulder, Kiowa) Marbled Godwit (Kiowa, Mesa, Weld) White-rumped Sandpiper (*Kiowa) Long-billed Dowitcher ( Weld) Willet (Jackson, Weld) Wilson’s Phalarope (Kit Carson) Black Tern (*Kiowa) Forster’s Tern (Adams, *Montezuma) American White Pelican (Douglas, Hinsdale) Snowy Egret (Montezuma) Cattle Egret (Jefferson, Mesa) Green Heron (*Larimer) Glossy Ibis (Boulder, *Chaffee, Fremont, Kiowa) White-faced Ibis (Mesa, Weld) Turkey Vulture (Douglas) Mississippi Kite (*El Paso, *Kiowa) Northern Goshawk (*El Paso) Broad-winged Hawk (*Prowers) Red-headed Woodpecker (*Kiowa) Acorn Woodpecker (La Plata) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Bent) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso, Las Animas) American Three-toed Woodpecker (*Larimer) Olive-sided Flycatcher (Bent, Boulder, Jefferson) Western Wood-Pewee (Baca, El Paso, Mesa) Gray Flycatcher (Boulder, Gunnison, *Kiowa, Kit Carson, Las Animas) Dusky Flycatcher (Jefferson, Montrose) Cordilleran Flycatcher (Saguache) Black Phoebe (Mesa) Eastern Phoebe (Baca, Jefferson) Ash-throated Flycatcher (*El Paso) White-eyed Vireo (*Kiowa) Warbling Vireo (*Boulder) Yellow-throated Vireo (*Boulder) Cassin’s Vireo (Bent, Boulder, Jefferson, Weld) Plumbeous Vireo (Boulder, Baca) Philadelphia Vireo El Paso) Warbling Vireo (Boulder) Gray Jay (El Paso, *Larimer) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Jefferson) Chihuahuan Raven (*Kiowa) Violet-green Swallow (Jefferson, Weld) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Moffat) Cliff Swallow (Moffat) Bushtit (Weld) Canyon Wren (Prowers) Marsh Wren (Gunnison) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Hinsdale, Kit Carson) Eastern Bluebird (*Kiowa) Veery (*Kiowa) Hermit Thrush (*El Paso) Wood Thrush (*Kiowa) Gray Catbird (Arapahoe) Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso, Kiowa) Brown Thrasher (Weld) American Pipit (Kiowa) Red Crossbill (Las Animas) Lesser Goldfinch (Jefferson) Chestnut-collared Longspur (Weld) EASTERN TOWHEE (Yuma) Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca) Canyon Towhee (Baca, Las Animas) American Tree Sparrow (*Larimer) Chipping Sparrow (Logan, Montezuma) Clay-colored Sparrow (El Paso) Lark Sparrow (El Paso) Black-throated Sparrow (Alamosa) Grasshopper Sparrow (Boulder, Denver, *Jefferson) Field Sparrow (Bent) Sagebrush Sparrow (Boulder) Harris’s Sparrow (Prowers) Orchard Oriole (Bent, Las Animas) Bullock’s Oriole (Bent, Gunnison) Brown-headed Cowbird (Kit Carson, Yuma) Ovenbird (*Bent, *Prowers) Worm-eating Warbler (*Prowers) Northern Waterthrush (*Bent, *Boulder, Jefferson) Golden-winged Warbler (Bent) Blue-winged Warbler (*Kiowa) Black-and-white Warbler (Bent, Prowers) Prothonotary Warbler (Jefferson) SWAINSON’S WARBLER (Prowers) Tennessee Warbler (Kiowa) Nashville Warbler (Bent, Jefferson) MacGillivray’s Warbler (Jefferson) MOURNING WARBLER (Bent, Prowers) Northern Parula (*El Paso, *Kiowa, Weld) Magnolia Warbler (*Kiowa, Prowers) Bay-breasted Warbler (*Kiowa) Yellow Warbler (Hinsdale) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Saguache, Weld) Blackpoll Warbler (Bent, *Larimer, Weld) Black-throated Blue Warbler Jefferson) Palm Warbler (Boulder) Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo) PRAIRIE WARBLER (Bent) Grace’s Warbler (Jefferson, *Mesa) Black-throated Gray Warbler (Jefferson) Townsend’s Warbler (Bent, Kiowa) Black-throated Green Warbler (Kiowa, Prowers) Summer Tanager (Bent, Weld) Northern Cardinal (Baca) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Boulder, Weld) Blue Grosbeak (Las Animas, Weld) Lazuli Bunting (El Paso) Indigo Bunting (*Kiowa) ALAMOSA COUNTY: ---On May 9 at Hwy 140 pullout at Mosca, Chet Ogan reported Black-throated Sparrow perched on sign of Medano Zapata pullout. 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 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 8 at Melody Tempel Grove, Brandon Percival reported Townsend’s Warbler. On May 9 at Temple Grove, Brandon Percival reported Ovenbird and Northern Waterthrush. ---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 8 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Ted Floyd reported 3 Warbling Vireo (Eastern). ---On May 8 at Boulder Creek at 75th, Ted Floyd 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 9 at CU Boulder, East Campus, Peter Burke reported Yellow-throated Vireo on W side of western most pond. On May 10 at CU Boulder, East Campus, John Malenich and Steve Rash reported Yellow-throated Vireo; Bob Spencer and Peter Burke reported Yellow-throated Vireo and Northern Waterthrush ---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 9 at Pella Crossing OS, Raymond Davis reported Glossy Ibis and 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak. ---On May 8 at Walden Ponds, Leanne Presley and Susan Downey reported Palm Warbler (western). ---On May 9 at Damyanovich/Yunker OS, Christian Nunes reported Grasshopper Sparrow. ---On May 9 on Coal Creek Trail in Lafayette, Jessica Vance reported Rose-breasted Grosbeak. ---On May 10 at Teller Farm and Lakes, Ted Floyd reported Warbling Vireo (eastern) ---On May 10 at Golden Ponds Park and NA in Longmont, Susan and Maikel Wise reported Common Nighthawk. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On May 10 at Little Arkansas River between Poncha Springs and Salida, Karen Goetz, Susan Bonfiglio, and Matt Clark reported 4 Glossy Ibis. DENVER COUNTY: ---On May 10 at Westerly Wetland, Jake Shorty reported 2 Black-necked Stilts. EL PASO COUNTY: --- 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 9 at Chico Basin ranch, Ken Burton, and others reported Ash-throated Flycatcher, 2 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, Curve-billed Thrashers. On May 10 at Chico Basin Ranch, Ken Burton, Tanja Britton, and John Drummond reported Ash-throated Flycatcher, Hermit Thrush, Northern Parula, 2 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers. ---On May 7 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown reported Western Wood-Pewee. On May 8 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown reported 3 Lazuli Bunting. On May 9 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown reported Clay-colored Sparrow. ---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 9 at Adams Open Space, John Drummond, Terence Berger and Joy and Leonard Lake reported 2 Mississippi Kites. On May 10 at Adams OS, Robb Hinds and Gloria Nikolai reported 3 Mississippi Kites. ---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 9 on Hanover Road, Terence Berger and Daniel Fleming reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker; John Drummond and Aiken Audubon and Mel and Jeanne Goff reported Philadelphia Vireo. ---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. On May 10 at Hanover Fire Station, Tanja Britton reported Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On May 9 at Pike’s Peak trail from Crag, Julia Putman reported 3 Gray Jays. ---On May 10 at Smith Creek Ponds, Alan Versaw reported Northern Goshawk. ---On May 10 at Fountain Creek RP, Diana Beatty reported Mississippi Kite. GARFIELD COUNTY: ---On May 10 at Spring Valley, Tom McConnell reported Sandhill Crane. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On May 7 at McCabe’s lane Wetland, Nick Niezgoda, reported 2 Bullock’s Orioles and Marsh Wren. 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 7 at Chatfield Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Dusky Flycatcher and 2 Lesser Goldfinch (probable pair). On May 9 at Chatfield Banding Station, Meredith McBurney reporte Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Northern Waterthrush, MacGillivray’s 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 9 at Main Reservoir, Gabriel WIltse reported Black-throated Gray Warbler. ---On May 8 at Lower White Ranch Park, Jerry Baines reported Black-throated Blue Warbler. ---On May 8 at Chatfield Banding Station, Meredith McBurney and Suzy Hiskey reported m Prothonotary Warbler. ---On May 9 at 5600 W 73rd Ave in Westminster Kimberly Tavernia reported 6 Cattle Egret. ---On May 10 at Lower Wite Ranch Park, Christy Payne reported 3 Grasshopper Sparrows. KIOWA COUNTY: ---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 9 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Tennesee Warbler, Townsend’s Warbler, 6 Snowy Plover, 9 Whimbrel, 3 Long-billed Curlew, 43 Marbled Godwits, and 2 Chihuahuan Raven. On May 10 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow and David Ely reported Glossy Ibis, 10 Snowy Plover, 2 Piping Plover, 4 White-rumped Sandpiper, Black Tern, 3 Red-headed Woodpecker, White-eyed Vireo, Blue-winged Warbler, Northern Parula, Bay-breasted Warbler, Eastern Bluebird, and Wood Thrush. ---On May 8 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 4 Northern Bobwhite, 8 Snowy Plovers, 1 Piping Plover, and Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On May 10 on Kiowa road S of Eads Cemetery, David Ely and Steve Mlodinow reported Chihuahuan Raven and pair of Eastern Bluebirds. ---On May 10 at Kiow Creek at CR 40, Steve Mlodinow and David Ely reported 11 Mississippi Kites, Gray Flycatcher, 2 Chihuahuan Ravens, Veery, Magnolia Warbler, and Indigo Bunting. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On May 7 at Pond at S Wellington on Clinton Ave, Lori Pivonka reported Upland Sandpiper. ---On May 10 at Lee Martinez Park in Fort Collins, Rob Sparks reported Northern Waterthrush and Green Heron. ---On May 10 at Rocky Mountain NP Beaver Meadows Visitor Center, Logan Korte reported 2 American Tree Sparrows, American Three-toed Woodpecker, Gray Jay and Blackpoll Warbler. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---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 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. ---On May 10 at Jack’s Canyon, Eric DeFonso reported Grace’s Warbler. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On May 6 at Totten Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson reported 2 Black-necked Stilts, Sora, 2 Snowy Egrets, and 2 Sandhill Cranes. ---On May 10 at McPhee Reservoir West End, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reporter 27 Forster’s Terns. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On May 8 at Lamar Community College, David Suddjian and his DFO field trip reported Scarlet Tanager; Brandon Percival reported at the South end of LCC, m MOURNING WARBLER, m Magnolia Warbler, f Black-throated Green Warbler, and Black-and-white Warbler. On May 9 at Lamar Community College, the DFO Field trip reported MOURNING WARBLER and Brandon Percival reported Worm-eating Warbler at N end, Broad-winged Hawk and Ovenbird. On May 10 at Lamar Community College, Brandon Percival reported Worm-eating Warbler. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On May 7 at Mineral Palace Park, Van Truan reported Yellow-throated Warbler. On May 9 at Mineral Palace Park, Van Truan reported Yellow-throated Warbler. ---On May 10 at Pueblo Reservoir Spillway, Darth Aves reported 2 f Red-breasted Mergansers. SAGUACHE COUNTY: ---On May 9 at Deadman’s Creek riparian area, John Cobb reported Cordilleran Flycatcher and m Chestnut-sided Warbler. WELD COUNTY: ---On May 7 at Crow Valley CG, Loch Kilpatrick reported Common Nighthawk, Cassin’s Vireo, and Northern Parula. On May 9 at Crow Valley CG, Gene Rutherford reported m Chestnut-sided Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, and f Summer Tanager; Norm Lewis reported Summer Tanager. ---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. ---On May 9 at Nunn Woods where Lone Tree Creek corsses Nunn County Roads, Gary Lefko reported Blue Grosbeak and Brown Thrasher. 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/CAHtstTe%3DQyK5B-0sZ_Z6-6Vz_iGjgJhVCJN2BfF2f-dztGqTWA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
