Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: June 3, 2018 e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, June 3 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 (Kiowa) Greater White-fronted Goose (Jefferson) Trumpeter Swan (*Mesa) Wood Duck (Saguache) Common Goldeneye (Chaffee, Garfield) Hooded Merganser (Adams, Boulder, Garfield, *Larimer) Northern Bobwhite (Logan) Chukar (Larimer) Lesser Prairie Chicken (Kiowa) Clark’s Grebe (Denver) White-winged Dove (Las Animas) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Larimer, Logan) BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (Logan) Black Swift (Ouray, Pueblo) White-throated Swift (Las Animas) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Larimer) Black Rail (*Weld) Sora (Summit) Sandhill Crane (*Larimer, *Weld) Black-necked Stilt (Kiowa) Upland Sandpiper (Larimer, *Logan) Long-billed Curlew (Larimer, Las Animas) Ruddy Turnstone (Larimer) Stilt Sandpiper (Kiowa, Kit Carson) Sanderling (Kiowa) White-rumped Sandpiper (Kiowa, Kit Carson) Pectoral Sandpiper (Kiowa, Weld) Western Sandpiper (Kiowa) Long-billed Dowitcher (Las Animas, Weld) Willet (Alamosa, Jackson, Weld) Lesser Yellowlegs (Kiowa) Red-necked Phalarope (*Larimer) Least Tern (Delta) Caspian Tern (Jackson) Common Loon (Bent) ANHINGA (Delta) Cattle Egret (*Pueblo) Green Heron (Kiowa) Glossy Ibis (*Boulder) Mississippi Kite (*El Paso, Kiowa) Lewis’s Woodpecker (*Mesa) Red-headed Woodpecker (Bent, Kit Carson, Logan) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Pueblo) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*Pueblo) Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) (Larimer) Peregrine Falcon (Denver) Alder Flycatcher (Larimer) Least Flycatcher (Boulder, Eagle, Grand) Hammond’s Flycatcher (Weld) Gray Flycatcher (Gunnison, Kit Carson) Cordilleran Flycatcher (*Arapahoe) Eastern Phoebe (*Boulder) Ash-throated Flycatcher (*El Paso, Larimer) Great Crested Flycatcher (Logan) Cassin’s Kingbird (*Arapahoe, Bent, Otero, *Pueblo) Eastern Kingbird (Gunnison) Purple Martin (Mesa) Tree Swallow (Kiowa) Bank Swallow (Kiowa) Juniper Titmouse (Las Animas) Bushtit (*Adams) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Arapahoe) Bell’s Vireo (Logan, *Pueblo) Gray Vireo (Huerfano) Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld) Cassin’s Vireo (*Larimer) Warbling Vireo (Western) (Kit Carson) Red-eyed Vireo (Weld) Pinyon Jay (*El Paso) Common Raven (Weld) Canyon Wren (Otero) Marsh Wren (Gunnison) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Las Animas) Eastern Bluebird (El Paso) Veery (Boulder, Logan) Lesser Goldfinch (Adams) McCown’s Longspur (*Larimer) Cassin’s Sparrow (Adams) Chipping Sparrow (Logan, Montezuma) Brewer’s Sparrow (*Jefferson) Field Sparrow (Kiowa, Kit Carson, Larimer) Lark Sparrow (El Paso) Grasshopper Sparrow (*Jefferson, Larimer) BAIRD’S SPARROW (*Larimer) Fox Sparrow (Jackson. *Mesa) White-throated Sparrow (Weld) Yellow-breasted Chat (*Broomfield) Bobolink (*Mesa) Orchard Oriole (*Broomfield) Baltimore Oriole (Logan, *Otero, *Prowers, Weld) Ovenbird (Boulder, *El Paso, Kit Carson) Northern Waterthrush (Jackson, Kiowa) Orange-crowned Warbler (Logan) American Redstart (El Paso, Kiowa) Northern Parula (Larimer) Magnolia Warbler (Cheyenne, El Paso) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Jefferson, Larimer) Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld) Yellow-throated Warbler (*Pueblo) Grace’s Warbler (Las Animas, *Mesa) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Rio Grande) Lazuli Bunting (Adams) Dickcissel (Bent, Kiowa) ADAMS COUNTY: —On June 1 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek, John Breitsch reported 2 Lesser Goldfinch. ---On May 29 at Barr Lake SP west side, Connie Lintz and Candice Johnson reported Hooded Merganser and Lesser Goldfinch. ---On May 29 at Ken Mitchell Park and Open Space, Bill Kaempfer reported f Hooded Merganser. ---On May 30 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, George Ho reported Lazuli Bunting. ---On May 31 on her BBS route, Cynthia Madsen reported several Cassin’s Sparrows along her route. ---On June 3 at McKay Lake, Matt Hofeditz reported 3 Bushtit. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On May 31 at Little Dry Creek near High Line Canal Trail, Jared Del Rosso reported Cordilleran Flycatcher. ---On June 1 at High Line Canal Trail – S Elati to W Ridge Road (Lee Gulch), Troy Becker reported Red-breasted Nuthatch. ---On June 1 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported Red-breasted Nuthatch. ---On June 1 at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Littleton, David Suddjian reported 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch. ---On June 1 in Littleton Lee Gulch Trail – Prince to Windermere (East half), David Suddjian reported 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch. ---On June 3 at Richmil Ranch OS, David Hill and Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cassin’s Kingbirds. BENT COUNTY: ---On May 30 at John Martin Reservoir, Finny Fantetti reported Common Loon, 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 2 Cassin’s Kingbirds, and 3 Dickcissel. ---On June 3 on High Line Canal Trail—S University Blvd to E Orchard, Jared Del Rosso reported Cordilleran Flycatcher. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Hecla Lake, Ryan Bushong reported m Hooded Merganser. On May 31 at Hecla Lake, Rob Cassady and Ted Floyd reported m Hooded Merganser ---On May 29 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Hooded Merganser. ---On May 29 on Twin Lakes Trail, Elena Klaver reported singing Veery; Luke and Tracy Pheneger, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S were able to see and hear the Veery. ---On May 29 on Yellowstone Rd in Longmont, Mary and Paulette Ache reported 8 Hooded Mergansers (1f, 7 juv). ---On May 29 at St Vrain River Cross at 63rd St. John Rutenbeck reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On May 30 at Bridge at Left Hand Canyon, Luke Pheneger and Maikel Wise reported Eastern Phoebe. This is private property so bird from road. ---On May 30 at Teller Farm and Lakes, Richard Trunker reported Hooded Merganser. ---On June 1 at Walden Ponds, Kat Braley-Bennett reported Glossy Ibis. ---On June 2 at Old S St Vrain Road in Lyons, Kat Bradley- Bennett reported Ovenbird. ---On June 2 on White Rocks Trail, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported Least Flycatcher. ---On June 3 at Boulder Creek at 75th St, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported 2 Eastern Phoebe flycatching near a White Barn. BROOMFIELD COUNTY: ---On June 3 at 2850 Big Dry Creek Drive, Eric Zorawawicz reported Yellow-breasted Chat and Orchard Oriole. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On June 1 at Sands Lake SWA, Jeff Guy reported pair of Common Goldeneye. DELTA COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Sweitzer Lake, Sandy Beranich reported a possible ANHIHGA. On May 30 at Sweitzer Lake, Betty Fenton reported Least Tern. DENVER COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Denver City Park, Ferril Lake Keith Suter reported Clark’s Grebe. ---On May 31 at 18th and Lawrence, Megan Miller reported Peregrine Falcon. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On June 1 at Clear Spring Ranch, Michael Springer reported Magnolia Warbler which was banded by Steve Brown on May 23. ---On June 2 at Adams Open Space, Cathy Bondy reported 3 Mississippi Kites. On June 3 at Adams Open Space, David and Chery Hubbard reported 5 Mississippi Kites and Brook Nelson reported 1 Mississippi Kite. ---On June 2 along Bear Creek 1.1 mi upstream from Nature Center, Steve Getty reported singing American Redstart. ---On June 3 at Aiken Canyon Preserve, Jim Merritt reported Ash-throated Flycatcher. ---On June 3 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Roger Massey reported Ash-throated Flycatcher along Blackmer Loop and Ovenbird; Tim Leppek reported Pinyon Jay. GARFIELD COUNTY: ---On May 31 on ponds near Rifle Garfield airport (View from road), JoAnn Riggle reported 2 Hooded Mergansers and Common Goldeneye. GRAND COUNTY: ---On May 31 at Rocky Mountain NP – Timber Lake Trail, Jamie Simo reported Least Flycatcher. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On May 30 in town of Gunnison, Jennifer Gardner reported Eastern Kingbird. ---On June 1 at McCabes Lane Wetland, Holly Annala reported Marsh Wren. HUERFANO COUNTY: ---On May 30 NE of Gardner Butte, Marcel Such reported 3 Gray Vireo. JACKSON COUNTY: ---On June 2 in Rand (Town), Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Northern Waterthrush and 8 Slate-colored Fox Sparrow. ---On June 2 on CO 125, Steve Mlodinow reported Long-billed Curlew. ---On June 2 at Pole Mountain Lake Area, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Caspian Tern and Slate-colored Fox Sparrow. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On May 31 at Belmar Park, Amy Fredrickson reported Greater White-fronted Goose. ---On June 1 at North Table Mountain Park, Brian Johnson reported 4 Grasshopper Sparrows. ---On June 3 at 10494 – 10622 Plainview Road in Golden, Frank Farrell reported Brewer’s Sparrow and 6 Grasshopper Sparros. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 4 Black-crowned Night Heron, 31 Black-necked Stilts, 3 Stilt Sandpipers, 71 White-faced Ibis, 2 Bank Swallow, 1 Snow Goose, 3 Snowy Plover, 3 Sanderling, 62 White-rumped Sandpipers, Red-headed Woodpecker and Dickcissel. ---On May 29 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Pectoral Sandpiper, 8 Warbling Vireo (Eastern), Great Crested Flycatcher, Mississippi Kite, 7 White-rumped Sandpiper, Northern Waterthrush, American Redstart. ---On May 29 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 White-faced Ibis and 5 Stilt Sandpipers. ---On May 29 at Lower Queens Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Lesser Yellowlegs, 5 Pectoral Sandpipers, 6 Stilt Sandpipers, 4 Western Sandpipers, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and Field Sparrow. ---On May 28 CR p to CR 41 W of US 287, Steve Mlodinow reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Willow Flycatcher. ---On May 30 on his Lamar BBS route, Dave Leatherman reported 3 Lesser Prairie Chicken on CR 62 south of CR G. KIT CARSON COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, David Suddjian reported Stilt Sandpiper, 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 2 Warbling Vireo (Western), Ovenbird, and Field Sparrow. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area—Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Lori Pivonka reported Ruddy Turnstone. ---On June 1 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Paul Dougherty reported BAIRD’S SPARROW, McCown’s Longspur, and 4 Grasshopper Sparrows. On June 3 at Sopatone Prairie NA, Jay Breidt, Gabriel Wiltse, and Pablo Quezada reported 3 BAIRD’S SPARROWS and 2 McCown’s Longspurs. ---On May 30 at West Estes Park, Jim Nelson reported Downy Woodpecker (Eastern). ---On June 2 at Devils Backbone, David Wade and Georgia Doyle reported Ash-throated Flycatcher; Nick Komar reported Ash-throated Flycatcher. ---On May 29 at Lory SP, Danny Motalvo reported 2 Chestnut-sided Warblers. ---On June 2 at Wellington SWA—Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Caroline Olson reported Alder Flycatcher and Chukar. ---On May 30 at North Shields Pond NA, Doug Swartz reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo; Nick Komar and Georgia Doyle reported Northern Parula. ---On May 30 at Wellington SWA—Schware Unit & Morris Reservoir, Nick Komar and Andy Bankert reported White-rumped Sandpiper. On May 31 at Wellington SWA –Schware Unite & Morris Reservoir, Georgia Doyle reported White-rumped Sandpiper. ---On May 31 at Estes Park, Jim Nelson reported a possible Ruby-throated Hummingbird. ---On June 1 at Fossil Creek Reservoir and Regional Open Space, Andy Bankert reported f Hooded Merganser. ---On June 1 at Loveland Riverwalk, John Riechhardt reported f Hooded Merganser. ---On June 2 on CR 5 from CR 82 to CR 92 (bird from road), David Wade reported Upland Sandpiper. ---On June 3 at Wellington SWA Schware Unit & Morris Reservoir, Art Hudak and Gwen Moore reported Red-necked Phalarope. ---On June 3 at Meadowbrook NA, Christine Sparks reported 3 Hooded Mergansers (1 f, 2 young). ---On June 3 at Well Gulch Nature Trail, Jay Breidt reported Cassin’s Vireo. ---On June 3 at Stuck Creek – Laramie River conflux and field, Preston V reported 2 Sandhill Cranes. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Spanish Peaks SWA – Beebe Trail, Marcel Such reported 6 Grace’s Warblers. ---On May 31 in his Ninaview BBS route, Dave Leatherman reported White-winged Dove, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Long-billed Curlew and White-throated Swift. ---On June 1 on his Villegreen BBS route, Dave Leatherman reported Long-billed Curlew at 4 stops and Juniper Titmouse at stop 50. LOGAN COUNTY: ---On May 30 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Loch Kilpatrick reported a calling BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO deep in woods by stream and Veery. On June 1 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Bill Eley and Frank Farrell reported 2 Northern Bobwhite, 7 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Orange-crowned Warbler, and Baltimore Oriole. On June 2 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Doug Faulkner reported Northern Bobwhite, 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo in parking areas 1 & 2; BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at Parking area 1; Red-headed Woodpecker, Great Crested Flycatcher, 2 Bell’s Vireo, and m Baltimore Oriole ---On June 3 east of Crrok on CR 138 and CR 83, Bez Bezuidenhout reported 5 Upland Sandpiper. MESA COUNTY: ---On May 29 at ME ¾ and 57 Rd, Rodene Harwood, Ronda Woodward, Dee Harwood, Vice Zerbi, and Mike Henwood reported 3 Bobolink. On May 30 on ME ¾ Rd W of 57 Rd, Kathleen McGinley and Brenda Sabo reported 3 Bobolink. On June 1 at ME ¾ Rd near Collbran, David Price and Phil Lyon reported Bobolinks ---On May 30 at Divide Rd—thimble Point, FR # 417, Mike Henwood reported 3 Grace’s Warblers and 2 Purple Martin. ---On June 3 at Moline.Upper Plateau Creek, Connee Moffat reported 2 Bobolink. ---On June 3 at James M Robb (parcel 34), Denise and Mark Vollmar reported juv Trumpeter Swan. ---On June 3 at Castro Reservoir, Deb Stegall, Rodene Harwood, and Ronda Woodward reported 2 Grace’s Warblers in Ponderosa Tree around Carson Hole. ---On June 3 at Divide Forks Picnic Spot, Deb Stegall, Rodene Harwood, and Ronda Woodward reported Lewis’s Woodpecker, 2 Grace’s Warblers, and 2 Fox Sparrows. OTERO COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Vogel Canon, Ginny Fantetti and Robert Edelen reported 2 Cassin’s Kingbirds and Canyon Wren. ---On June 3 at 28959 – 29499 CR FF, SeEtta Moss reported m Baltimore Oriole. OURAY COUNTY: ---On May 31 at Box Canyon Falls Park, Niler Pyeatt reported Black Swift. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On June 3 on S 13th St, Dorothy Russell reported Balitmore Oriole PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On June 2 at Pueblo Reservoir SWA South Side, Tim Leppek reported 2 Cattle Egret (Western) ---On June 2 a Pueblo Reservoir, Rock Canyon below dam, north or river, Shane Sherwood reported Red-bellied Woodpecker. ---On June 3 at Mineral Palace Park, David Tonnessen reported Yellow-throated Warbler. ---On June 3 at Valco Ponds SWA, David Tonnessen reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Cassin’s Kingbird, and Bell’s Vireo (Eastern). SAGUACHE COUNTY: ---On May 30 at Russell Lakes SWA, Brenda Huffman reported pair of Wood Ducks. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On June 2 at ponds near Hwy 9 and CR 180, Jack Bushong reported Sora. WELD COUNTY: ---On June 1 at CR 27 N of CR 90, Shawn Mason reported Common Raven. ---On June 2 at Loloff Reservoir, Doug Faulkner reported 2 Pectoral Sandpipers. ---On June 2 at Lower Latham Reservoir Marsh on S side of CR 48 western end just east of out-of-service Gas Facility, Doug Faulkner reported calling Black Rail. On June 3 at Lower Latham Reservoir Marsh, Gene Rutherford, Shawn Mason, Pablo Quezada, Gabriel Wiltse and Gwen Moore reported calling Black Rail. Mason got some photos. On June 3 around 6:00 PM and later Jim Nachel, Darren and David Dowell reported hearing 2 Black Rails on on either side of CR 48 and they reported 3 Sandhill Cranes (2 ad, 1 juv); Dowell has photos of the cranes. DFO Field Trips: For details please visit the DFO website dfobirds.org Fountain Creek Regional Park Friday, June 8 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM Diane Roberts (Samatha57 AT aol.com; 720-278-9025) Long day I-25 South Saturday, June 9 5:45 AM – 6:00 PM Chris Gilbert (chrisgee9 AT gmail.com; 804-214-1508) Eldorado Canyon State Park Sunday, June 10 5:15 am -2:00 pm Karen Drozda (drozforte AT aol.co; 303-388-0891) Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop Sunday, June 10 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Karen von Saltza & Bill Wuerthele (kvonslatz AT yahoo.com; 303-941-4881) Elbert County Monday, June 11 5:30 AM – 2:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8679) 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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