Date: July 6, 2018 Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 6 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 (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, *Larimer) 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) 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) EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (Logan) Least Flycatcher (Jefferson) Hammond’s Flycatcher (Weld) Gray Flycatcher (Gunnison, Mesa) Cordilleran Flycatcher (Arapahoe) Black Phoebe (*Teller) 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) 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) American Redstart (*Douglas, 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) ADAMS COUNTY: ---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 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 July 5 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 2 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 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 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 July 5 at Lagerman Reservoir, David Ely, John Rutenbeck, Kathy Mihm Dunning, David Haskell, and Katie Lehman reported Caspian Tern. ---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. ---On July 5 at Dodd Reservoir, Katie Lehman and David Haskell reported Caspian Tern caught a fish and headed to Lagerman Reservoir. 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 Parker Regional Park (aka Salisbury Equestrian Park), Loch Kilpatrick reported 3 Least Sandpipers. ---On July 5 at Roxborough SP, Chris Gilbert reported f American Redstart. EL PASO COUNTY: ---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 5 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Tanja Britton 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. ---On July 5 at Chico Basin Ranch, Cassidy, Robert, Tracy, and Tyler Ficker reported Curve-billed Thrasher. 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 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: ---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 5 at Running Deer NA, Todd Deininger and many other birders reported COMMON GALLINULE and 2 Green Heron; Norm Erthal and Joey Angstman reported Greater Yellowlegs. ---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 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. ---On July 5 on Swallows Rd in Pueblo, Kevin Ash reported 2 Cattle Egret. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On July 3 at Green Mountain Reservoir, Rebecca Laroche reported 3 White-faced Ibis. TELLER COUNTY: ---On July 4 at Manitou Lake SP, Aiden Moser reported Black Phoebe at bottom of dam. 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 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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