Date: July 5, 2018 Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, July 5 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) Northern Bobwhite (*Logan) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Larimer, *Logan, Otero) Greater Roadrunner (El Paso, Otero) LESSER NIGHTHAWK (*Montrose) Black Swift (*Clear Creek, Pueblo) Chimney Swift (Jefferson) Sora (Otero) COMMON GALLINULE (*Larimer) American Coot (Phillips) Black-necked Stilt (Kiowa) Mountain Plover (Kiowa) Upland Sandpiper (*Logan) Long-billed Curlew (Kiowa, Larimer) Baird’s Sandpiper (El Paso) Solitary Sandpiper (*El Paso) Least Sandpiper (*Douglas) Willet (* Boulder, 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 (*Denver, Kiowa, *Larimer, *Logan) 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) Hairy Woodpecker (*Logan) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Clear Creek, Grand, Larimer) Peregrine Falcon (Adams) EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (*Logan) Least Flycatcher (Jefferson) 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 (*Adams, Gilpin) Canyon Wren (Otero) Pacific Wren (*Larimer) Marsh Wren (Gunnison) Eastern Bluebird (Larimer, Otero) Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso) Sage Thrasher (Adams) American Pipit (*Clear Creek) 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) BAIRD’S SPARROW (*Larimer) White-throated Sparrow (Weld) Yellow-breasted Chat (Kiowa) Bobolink (Mesa) Orchard Oriole (*Logan, Otero) Baltimore Oriole (*Logan, Prowers, Yuma) Ovenbird (Larimer) American Redstart (Kiowa) Northern Parula (*Pueblo) Chestnut-sided Warbler (*Boulder) Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld) Grace’s Warbler (Mesa) Northern Cardinal (*Logan) Lazuli Bunting (Adams, *Logan) Indigo Bunting (Boulder, Otero) Dickcissel (Douglas, *Jefferson, Kiowa, *Logan, Mesa) ADAMS COUNTY: ---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. ---On July 4 at Morrison Nature Center at Star K Ranch, G Stacks reported 5 Bushtit. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---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 4 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 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. On July 4 at Centennial Park, Edward Donnan 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 July 4 at South Mesa Trail, Jon Webb reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. ----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 July 4 at Lagerman Reservoir, Chris Brown reported Caspian Tern and Willet. ---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 30 at Sands Lake SWSA, Samuel Meeker reported f Common Goldeneye. CLEAR CREEK COUNTY: ---On July 3 on Mt Evans BBS route, David Suddjian reported Canada Jays, American Three-toed Woodpeckers, Brown-capped Rosy-Finch, and Red Crossbills. On July 4 on Mt Evans, Andrew Fontenot reported 2 Black Swift and 4 American Pipit. 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. On July 4 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Steve Herbert 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 4 at Squirrel Creek Road Pond, Aaron Driscoll reported Solitary Sandpiper. ---On July 3 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported Mississippi Kite. ---On July 4 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, Tanja Britton reported 2 Mississippi Kites. 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 July 4 at Coal Creek OS, Cameron Carver reported 5 Grasshopper Sparrows and 3 Dickcissel. ---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 4 at Stauton SP, Santiago and Paulo Tabares reported Northern Goshawk. ---On July 3 at Majestic View Park, Carol and Carl Trovall reported 4 Cattle Egret. On July 4 at Majestic View Park, Bob Spencer reported Cattle Egret. ---On July 4 on Hwy 93 N of Hwy 72 on east side, Cameron Carver reported 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 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 4 at Running Deer NA, John Shenot and several other birders reported COMMON GALLINULE and Green Heron. Shenot suggests bringing a ladder to views the bird above the vegetation. ---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. ---On July 4 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Andy Bankert and Caroline Olson reported 100 McCown’s Longspurs including 20+ young and BAIRD’S SPARROW. ---On July 4 on West Creek trail in Comanche Peak Wilderness, Tyler Wilson reported Pacific Wren. LOGAN COUNTY ---On July 4 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, David Dowell reported 6 Northern Bobwhite, Green Heron, Upland Sandpiper, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 8 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers, 2 Hairy Woodpeckers, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 5 Northern Cardinal, Indigo Bunting, 23 Dickcissel, 13 Orchard Orioles and 3 Baltimore Orioles. MESA COUNTY: ---On June 30 on Divide Road thimble Pt, FR #417, Drew Kelly reported Gray Flycatcher and 4 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. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On July 4 at Nucla Sewage Lagoons, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 1 f LESSER NIGHTHAWK. 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. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On July 2 on S 13th in Lamar, Dorothy Russell reported Baltimore Oriole. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On July 4 at Valco Pond SWA, Alan Ketcham reported Northern Parula. ---On July 4 at Pueblo Reservoir Swallows area, Tim Leppek reported 3 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. 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