Date: July 4, 2018 Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, July 4 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) Trumpeter Swan (*Archuleta) Bufflehead (*Boulder) Common Goldeneye (Chaffee) Hooded Merganser (*Arapahoe, Larimer) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (*Larimer, Otero) Greater Roadrunner (El Paso, Otero) Black Swift (Pueblo) Chimney Swift (Jefferson) Sora (Otero) COMMON GALLINULE (*Larimer) American Coot (Phillips) Black-necked Stilt (Kiowa) Mountain Plover (Kiowa) Long-billed Curlew (Kiowa, Larimer) Baird’s Sandpiper (*El Paso) Least Sandpiper (*Douglas) Willet (Kiowa) Greater Yellowlegs (*Boulder) Franklin’s Gulls (Kiowa) Least Tern (Kiowa) Caspian Tern (*Boulder) Great Egret (Kiowa) Little Blue Heron (Boulder) Cattle Egret (*Jefferson, Pueblo) Green Heron (Arapahoe, Denver, Kiowa, *Larimer) White-faced Ibis (*Summit) Mississippi Kite (*El Paso, Kiowa, Otero) Northern Goshawk (Jefferson) Swainson’s Hawk (Otero) Lewis’s Woodpecker(*Archuleta, La Plata) Red-headed Woodpecker (Logan, Otero) Acorn Woodpecker (*La Plata) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Jefferson) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Otero) American Three-toed Woodpecker (*Clear Creek, Grand, Larimer) Peregrine Falcon (Adams) Least Flycatcher (Jefferson, Larimer) Hammond’s Flycatcher (Weld) Gray Flycatcher (Gunnison, Mesa) Cordilleran Flycatcher (Arapahoe) Eastern Phoebe (Otero) Ash-throated Flycatcher (El Paso) Cassin’s Kingbird (Denver, *La Plata, Otero) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Weld) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Arapahoe, Yuma) Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld) Warbling Vireo (Eastern) (Boulder) Red-eyed Vireo (Larimer, Weld) Canada Jay (Gray Jay) (*Clear Creek, El Paso) Chihuanhuan Raven (Otero) Bushtit (Gilpin) Canyon Wren (Otero) Marsh Wren (Gunnison) Eastern Bluebird (Larimer, Otero) Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso) Brown Thrasher (Boulder) Sage Thrasher (Adams) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (*Clear Creek) Red Crossbill (*Clear Creek, Jefferson) Lesser Goldfinch (Adams, Boulder) Chestnut-collared Longspur (Weld) McCown’s Longspur (Larimer) Green-tailed Towhee (Arapahoe) Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Otero) Cassin’s Sparrow (Boulder) Chipping Sparrow (Arapahoe) Brewer’s Sparrow (Gunnison) Field Sparrow (Larimer, Weld) Lark Sparrow (El Paso) Sagebrush Sparrow (Gunnison) Lark Bunting (Boulder) Grasshopper Sparrow (Jefferson) White-throated Sparrow (Weld) Yellow-breasted Chat (Kiowa) Bobolink (Mesa) Orchard Oriole (Otero) Baltimore Oriole (Prowers, Yuma) Ovenbird (Larimer) Virginia’s Warbler (Park) American Redstart (Kiowa) Chestnut-sided Warbler (*Boulder) Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld) Grace’s Warbler (Mesa) Lazuli Bunting (Adams) Indigo Bunting (Boulder, Otero) Dickcissel (Douglas, Jefferson, Kiowa, Mesa) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On June 28 at Morrison Nature Center at Star K Ranch, G Stacks reported 5 Bushtits. ---On June 29 at Barr Lake—Bird Conservancy of Rockies Office Area and below dam, Santiago Tabares and Gabriel Wiltse reported Peregrine Falcon. ---On June 30 at Lowell Ponds (Clear Creek Valley Park), Diane Roberts reported Sage Thrasher. ---On July 1 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, First Creek, John Beitsch reported m Lesser Goldfinch. ---On July 1 at Barr Lake SP, Tricia Van Laar reported f Lazuli Bunting by feeders. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On June 28 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On June 29 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On July 1 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On July 2 on High Line Canal Trail –S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. ---On June 30 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 2 Chipping Sparrows. On June 30 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 5 Chipping Sparrows. On July 1 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 3 Chipping Sparrows. ---On June 28 at Parker Jordan Centennial Open Space, Cynthia Madsen and David Hill reported Green Heron. ---On June 30 at Littleton Lee Gulch Trail – Prince to Windermere – east half, David Suddjian reported Cordilleran Flycatcher. ---On June 30 on Front Range Road (west side of loop), David Suddjian reported 3 Chipping Sparrows. ---On July 1 at Cherry Creek SP, Matt Means reported Green-tailed Towhee. ---On July 1 on Big Dry Creek Trail – S Colorado Blvd, to S University Blvd, Mary O’Connor reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. ---On July 2 at Writers Vista Park in Littleton, Santiago Tabares reported Chipping Sparrow. ---On July 3 at Centennial Park, Crystal Wilson reported Hooded Merganser. ARCHULETA COUNTY: ---On July 3 at Pinon Lake Reservoir, Justin Bosler reported Trumpeter Swan and 2 Lewis’s Woodpeckers. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On June 29 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Sarah Spotten and Alan de Queiroz reported imm Little Blue Heron. On June 30 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Diane Roberts, David Haskell, and Katie Lehman reported imm Little Blue Heron. On July 2 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Tanja Britton, Lucas Rot, Ben Sanders, Tracy and Luke Pheneger reported imm Little Blue Heron. ---On June 16 at South Mesa Trail Parking Lot, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported m Chestnut-sided Warbler, pair of Indigo Bunting and 4 Lesser Goldfinch. On June 30 at South Mesa Trail, Chris Brown reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On July 1 at South Mesa Trail, Luke and Tracy Pheneger reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On July 2 at South Mesa Trail, David Chernack reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On July 3 at South Mesa Trail Meg Reck reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. ---On June 28 at Rabbit Mountain, Johanna Beam and Ted Floyd reported Brown Thrasher. ----On June 29 at Lagerman Reservoir, John Rutenbeck reported Caspian Tern. On July 2 at Lagerman Reservoir, Ben Sanders, Luke and Tracy Pheneger and Chris Brown reported Caspian Tern; Brown also reported Greater Yellowlegs. On July 3 at Lagerman Reservoir, Leslie S and John Malenich reported Caspian Tern; Leslie s also reported Greater Yellowlegs. ---On June 30, at St Vrain River Crossing at 63rd St, Steve Frye reported 2 Eastern Phoebe. ---On July 1 at Sawhill Ponds, Ted Floyd reported 5 Warbling Vireo (Eastern). ---On July 1 and July 3 at Little Gaynor Lake, John Rutenbeck reported Bufflehead. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On June 28 in San Isabel NF S Cottonwood Drainage, David Olmstead reported f Dusky Grouse. ---On June 30 at Sands Lake SWSA, Samuel Meeker reported f Common Goldeneye. CLEAR CREEK COUNTY: ---On June 28 at Beaver Meadows TR 44 2c, Chris Wood reported 3 Red Crossbill (Ponderosa Pine, type 2). ---On July 3 on Mt Evans BBS route, David Suddjian reported Canada Jays, American Three-toed Woodpeckers, Brown-capped Rosy-Finch, and Red Crossbills. DENVER COUNTY: ---On July 1 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, George Ho reported Green Heron; Matt Means reported Cassin’s Kingbird. On July 2 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Elaine Wagner, Colleen Nunn, and Meg Reck reported Green Heron. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On June 30 at Winkler Ranch, Hugh Kingery reported Dickcissel. ---On July 3 at Parkedr Regional Park (aka Salisbury Equestrian Park), Loch Kilpatrick reported 3 Least Sandpipers. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On June 29 on 16831 – 16959 Hanover Road, David and Tammy McQuade reported 3 Greater Roadrunners and Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On June 29 on Pikes Peak, Alan and Mary Lynne Ketcham reported Canada (Gray) Jay. ---On July 1 at Hanover Fire Station, Cathy Bondy reported Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On July 2 at Chico Basin Ranch wooded areas, Cathy Bondy reported Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On July 2 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Rod Schmidt reported Ash-throated Flycatcher. ---On July 3 at Squirrel Creek Road Pond, Aaron Driscoll reported Baird’s Sandpiper. ---On July 3 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported Mississippi Kite. GILPIN COUNTY: ---On July 2 on Lake Gulch Rd, Eric DeFonso reported 3 Bushtits. GRAND COUNTY: ---On July 2 on Green Mountain Trail, Marcus Roening reported 8 American Three-toed Woodpeckers (3 pairs, 2 young). GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On June 30 on Hwy 30 S of Gunnison, Gaylee and Richard Dean reported Gray Flycatcher, 2 Brewer’s Sparrows and 2 Sagebrush Sparrows. ---On June 30 at McCabes Lane Wetland, Dave Hawksworth reported 3 Marsh Wrens. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On June 30 at Coal Creek OS, Timo Mitzen reported 3 Grasshopper Sparrows and 2 Dickcissel. On July 1 at Coal Creek OS, Chris Sherry, Santiago Tabares, Jeremiah Trimble reported Dickcissels and Grasshopper Sparrows. On July 2 at Coal Creek OS, Betty Glass, David Chernack, Jack and Ryan Bushong reported Dickcissels and Grasshopper Sparrows. ---On June 30 at Staunton SP, Rebecca Laroche and her DFO Field Trip reported Northern Goshawk, 11 Williamson’s Sapsuckers (4 nests), and 2 Red Crossbills; Christine Alexander also reported Least Flycatcher. ---On July 3 at Majestic View Park, Carol and Carl Trovall reported 4 Cattle Egret. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On July 1 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Snow Goose, Great Egret, Green Heron, 9 Black-necked Stilts, 2 House Wren, and Yellow-breasted Chat. ---On July 1 at Adobe Creek Reservoir (Blue Lake), Steve Mlodinow reported Mountain Plover, Long-billed Curlew, Willet, 21 Franklin’s Gulls, 3 Least Terns, Yellow-breasted Chat, 3 Dickcissel. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On June 29 at Meadow Road, Rafter J Subdivision, David Dunford reported Lewis’s Woodpecker and 2 Acorn Woodpeckers. On July 3 at Meadow Road, Rafter J Subdivision, Kathy Bearden and Ed Rumberger reported Acorn Woodpeckers. ---On July 3 at 12413-13661 CR 136, Hesperus, Kathy Bearden reported Cassin’s Kingbird. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On June 28 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Andy Bankert reported 2 McCown’s Longspur. On June 30 at Soapstone Prairie NA, John Shenot reported 7 McCown’s Longspsurs. ---On June 28 at Fossil Creek Reservoir and Regional Park, Nick Komar reported 2 f Hooded Mergansers. ---On June 28 at Lorey SP Well Gulch Trail, David Leatherman reported Least Flycatcher. ---On June 29 at Rist Canyon (Miles 6 – 9), Georgia Doyle reported Ovenbird. ---One June 30 On N CR 15 where it crosses Boxelder Creek, John Shenot reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo; David Wade and Georgia Doyle were able to refind the bird. N CR 15 crosses Boxelder Creek between CR 78 and CR 82. ---On June 30 in Rocky Mountain National Park, ½ mile along trail from Bear Lake to Bierstadt, Bill and Margaret Rowe reported pair of American Three-toed Woodpeckers. ---On July 1 on Bobcat Ridge NA, Caroline Olson and Andy Bankert reported 2 Eastern Bluebirds and Red-eyed Vireo. ---On July 1 at Running Deer and Cottonwood Hollow NA, Robert Beauchamp reported COMMON GALLINULE. On July 2 at Running Deer NA, David Wade, Jim Nachel, Joe Mammoser, and Nick Komar reported COMMON GALLINULE. On July 3 at Running Deer NA, Gary Lefko reported Green Heron and Sean Walters reported COMMON GALLINULE. ---On July 1 at I-25 Frontage Road, Carr, David and Tammy McQuade and Walter Wehtje reported Long-billed Curlew; Nick Komar and Georgia Doyle reported 3 McCown’s Longspur. ---On July 3 at Mariana Butte NA, Cheri Orwig reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo on Hidden Hogback Trail. MESA COUNTY: ---On June 28 on OE Rd/57 Rd/ME ¾ Rd, Nic Korte and Vic Zerbi reported Bobolink and Dickcissel. ---On June 28 on Divide Road Thimble Pt FR #417, Mike Henwood reported 2 Grace’s Warblers. On June 30 on Divide Road thimble Pt, FR #417, Drew Kelly reported Gray Flycatcher and 4 Grace’s Warblers. ---On June 28 at Jack’s Canyon Area, Mike Henwood reported 2 Grace’s Warblers. ---On June 29 at Molina/Upper Plateau Creek, Connee Moffatt reported Dickcissel. ---On July 1 on 13001 – 14061 57 Rd near Collbran, Rick Harner reported 4 Bobolink. OTERO COUNTY: ---On July 1 at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site, Steve Mlodinow reported Sora. ---On July 1 at Higbee Valley Rd (CR 804), Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Mississippi Kites, 131 Swaninson’s Hawk – one year olds in a single large field, Greater Roadrunner, 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 7 Red-headed Woodpecker, 5 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, 5 Eastern Phoebe, Cassin’s Kingbird, 5 Chihuahuan Raven, 8 Eastern Bluebirds, 7 Curve-billed Thrasher, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, m Painted Bunting, 11 Orchard Oriole, 2 Canyon Wren. PARK COUNTY: ---On June 28 at Spruce Grove CG, Lane Quinn reported Virginia’s Warbler. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On July 2 on S 13th in Lamar, Dorothy Russell reported Baltimore Oriole. PUEBLO COUNTY. ---On June 28 on Swallow’s Road Cemetery, Alan and Mary Lynn Ketcham reported 2 Cattle Egret. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On July 3 at Green Mountain Reservoir, Rebecca Laroche reported 3 White-faced Ibis. WELD COUNTY: ---On July 1 NE of Briggsdale, heading east on CR 100 about ½ mile past CR 83, Kevin Clark reported Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. ---On July 1 at CR 45 just north of CR 114, Gary Lefko reported 12 Chestnut-collared Longspurs. YUMA COUNTY: ---On July 1 at Wray City Park, Carol and Carol Trovall reported Red-breasted Nuthatch and Baltimore Oriole. DFO Field Trips See DFO website for more information Ken Caryl Valley Area Thursday, July 5 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) This trip is FULL Prospect Park (Wheat Ridge Greenbelt) Saturday, July 7 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM Jackie King (kingjackie3372 AT gmail.com; 720-381-3314) Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop Sunday, July 8 8:00AM – 12:00 PM Karen von Saltza & Bill Wuerthele (kvonsaltza AT YAHOO.COM; 303-941-4881) 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/CAHtstTfWW3oF%2BzJNO7zgMjKxST%3DTPtZO3KVpG1b68mqxd_8kqQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
