Date: July 18, 2018 Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, July 18 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. Northern Pintail (La Plata) Ring-necked Duck (Adams, Kiowa) Surf Scoter (*Alamosa) Common Goldeneye (Grand) Barrow’s Goldeneye (*Clear Creek) Common Merganser (Pueblo) Northern Bobwhite (Logan) Greater Sage-Grouse (*Jackson) White-tailed Ptarmigan (Eagle) Dusky Grouse (*Archuleta) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Kiowa, Logan, Otero) Greater Roadrunner (El Paso, Otero) Black Swift (*Boulder, Pueblo) Chimney Swift (Jefferson) COMMON GALLINULE (Larimer) American Coot (Phillips) Sandhill Crane (Gunnison, Montrose) Black-necked Stilt (Delta, Kiowa, Park) Mountain Plover (Weld) Marbled Godwit (Larimer) Baird’s Sandpiper (El Paso, Larimer) Least Sandpiper (Kiowa, Larimer, Weld) Pectoral Sandpiper (Morgan) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Larimer) Western Sandpiper (Larimer) Long-billed Dowitcher (Boulder) Solitary Sandpiper (Adams, Boulder, Larimer) Lesser Yellowlegs (Weld) Willet (*Clear Creek, Larimer) Greater Yellowlegs (Kiowa, Larimer, Morgan, Weld) Franklin’s Gull (Boulder) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larimer, Morgan, Weld) Black Tern (*Jackson) Common Loon (Delta) Little Blue Heron (Weld) Cattle Egret (Pueblo) Green Heron (Larimer) White-faced Ibis (Summit) Mississippi Kite (El Paso) Northern Harrier (Denver) Northern Goshawk (Jefferson) Red-headed Woodpecker (Kiowa, Logan, Otero) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Chaffee, Jefferson) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Otero) Hairy Woodpecker (Logan) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder, Chaffee, Jefferson, Larimer, Moffat) Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Elbert) Peregrine Falcon (*Denver EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (Logan) Least Flycatcher (Eagle, Weld) Hammond’s Flycatcher (Weld) Dusky Flycatcher (Kiowa, Weld) Cordilleran Flycatcher (Arapahoe) Black Phoebe (Montrose) Eastern Phoebe (Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Otero) Vermilion Flycatcher (Otero) Ash-throated Flycatcher (Kiowa) Great Crested Flycatcher (Kiowa) Cassin’s Kingbird (*Mesa, Weld) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Boulder) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Arapahoe) Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld) Warbling Vireo (Kiowa, Logan) Red-eyed Vireo (Weld) Canada Jay (Gray Jay) (Boulder, Clear Creek) Pinyon Jay (Jefferson) Common Raven (Otero) Juniper Titmouse (Pueblo) Bushtit (Adams) Canyon Wren (Otero) House Wren (Kiowa) Pacific Wren (*Boulder, Larimer) Winter Wren (Boulder) Eastern Bluebird (Otero) Swainson’s Thrush (Montezuma) Curve-billed Thrasher (*Kit Carson) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Clear Creek, Eagle, El Paso) Red Crossbill (Chaffee, Moffat) Lesser Goldfinch (Boulder) McCown’s Longspur (*Larimer) Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Otero) Cassin’s Sparrow (Boulder) Chipping Sparrow (Arapahoe) Field Sparrow (Larimer, Logan, Weld) Lark Sparrow (El Paso) Black-throated Sparrow (Larimer) Lark Bunting (Boulder, Jackson) Savannah Sparrow (Kiowa) BAIRD’S SPARROW (*Larimer) Fox Sparrow (Boulder) White-throated Sparrow (Weld) White-crowned Sparrow (Morgan) Yellow-breasted Chat (Kiowa) EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Boulder) Baltimore Oriole (Kiowa, Prowers) Ovenbird (Boulder) Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld) Grace’s Warbler (Mesa, *Pueblo) Summer Tanager (Otero) Indigo Bunting (Boulder, Jefferson, Logan, *Montrose, Otero, Weld) Dickcissel (Logan, *Rio Grande) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On July 13 at Morrison Nature Center at Star K Ranch, G Stacks reported 12 Bushtits. ---On July 12 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Candice Johnson reported 5 Bushtits near Woodland Trail. On July 13 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWRA, Meg Reck reported Ring-necked Ducks and 2 Solitary Sandpipers. ---On July 14 at Metzger Farm Open Space, David Ely reported 4 Bushtit. ---On July 16 at Sage Creek Park, Adam Vesley reported 6 Bushtit. ALAMOSA COUNTY: ---On July 17 at San Luis Lake, Lisa Rawinski reported Surf Scoter. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On July 12 at High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers; Pamela Graber reported Cordilleran Flycatcher. On July 13 at High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Mary O’Connor and Jared Del Rosso reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On July 14 at High Line Canal Trail – S University BLvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On July 16 at High Line Canal Trail – S University to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. ---On July 12 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 2 Chipping Sparrows. ---On July 12 at Peakview Ct at S Prince St, Littleton, David Suddjian reported Chipping Sparrow. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On July 15 at Little Gaynor Lake, Dan Zmolek and Leslies S reported 2 Franklin’s Gulls. ---On July 12 at Rocky Mountain National Park Wild Basin, Dan Zmolek reported 5 Black Swift near Ouzel Falls, American Three-toed Woodpecker just past Calypso Falls, and Pacific Wren near Calypso Falls. On July 17 at Rocky Mountain National Park Wild Basin, Josh Netherton reported Black Swsift and Pacific Wren. ---On July 13 at Long Lake and Lake Isabelle Trail, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported American Three-toed Woodpecker, 3 Canada Jay, and singing Winter Wren on Jean Lunning Trail of Long Lake. On July 14 at Long Lake and Lake Isabelle Trail, Luke Pheneger reported Winter Wren, American Three-toed Woodpecker and Fox Sparrow (Slate-colored). ---On July 13 at Walker Ranch – Meyers Gulch, Jonah Benningfield reported 2 Dickcissel. ---On July 13 on Torreys Peak OS Path, Bryan O’Leary reported Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. ---On July 15 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported 2 Long-billed Dowitcher and 1 Solitary Sandpipers. ---On July 15 at Gunbarrel Hill, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Lilian’s). ---On July 17 at Gregory Canyon, Matthew Strimas-Mackey reported Ovenbird. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On July 16 at San Isabel NF, Buena Vista, Christian Hagenlocher reported 4 Williamson’s Sapsuckers, 5 American Three-toed Woodpeckers (several juv), 9 Red Crossbills (Lodgepole Pine, type 5) and 3 Red Crossbills (Ponderosa Pine, type 2). CLEAR CREEK COUNTY: ---On July 12 from Echo Lake to Summit Lake, Jonathan and Kathy Haley reported 3 Barrow’s Goldeneyes, 3 Canada Jays, and 2 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch. On July 17 at Echo Lake, Tuesday Birders reported 12 Barrow’s Goldeneye (1f, 11 young) and Willet. DELTA COUNTY: ---On July 13 at Overland Reservoir 25 mi N of Panoia, Dennis Garrison reported Common Loon. ---On July 16 at Fruitgrower’s Reservoir North Road Causeway, Ethan Linck reported 2 Black-necked Stilt. DENVER COUNTY: ---On July 12 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Kenna Sue Trickey reported Northern Harrier. ---On July 17 at 1225 17th St. Megan Miller reported 1 Peregrine Falcon sitting on window ledge of brown building across from Xcel. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On July 14 on Cherry Creek Trail south from Walker Road, Hugh Kingery reported 2 fledgling Eastern Phoebe. EAGLE COUNTY: ---On July 12 at Gypsum Ponds, JoAnn Riggle reported Least Flycatcher. ---On July 13 in Missouri Lakes Trail area, Eric DeFonso reported 2 White-tailed Ptarmigan above Missouri Pass and Brown-capped Rosy-Finch. ELBERT COUNTY: ---On July 16 at 45965 CR 118, Andrew Judd reported 2 Northern Flickers (Yellow-shafted). ---On July 16 at 46514 CR 118 Andrew Judd reported Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafter) and Eastern Bluebird. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On July 13 on Otowi Dr in Fountain, Caleb Hawley reported Mississippi Kite. ---On July 13 on Birdsall Road, Terence Berger reported Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On July 14 on S Meridian Rd – Hanover Road to Pueblo County Line, Roger Massey reported Greater Roadrunner and 4 Curve-billed Thrashers. ---On July 16 at Pikes Peak Summit, Hunter Hebenstreit reported 14 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch. GRAND COUNTY: ---On July 13 at Windy Gap Reservoir, Doug Kibbe and Elaine Wagner reported Common Goldeneye. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On July 15 along Slate River, Crystal McNeal reported 8 Sandhill Cranes. JACKSON COUNTY: ---On July 13 at CR 31 Walden, Becky Keller reported 2 Lark Buntings. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On July 15 at Staunton SP, Chris Gilbert and his DFO field trip reported Northern Goshawk, 8 Williamson’s Sapsucker and American Three-toed Woodpecker. ---On July 13 at Apex Park, Cynthia Lahr reported Pinyon Jay. ---On July 13 at 11359 S Foxton Rd, Conifer, Cynthia Kristensen reported pair of Williamson’s Sapsuckers. ---On July 14 at Lower Juniper Hill, Morrison, Chris Sherry reported Indigo Bunting. ---On July 16 at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt, Kev in De Boer reported fledgling Eastern Phoebe. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On July 14 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Ring-necked Duck, 2 Savannah Sparrow, 2 Yellow-breasted Chat, 4 House Wren, 24 Black-necked Stilts including several chicks, Least Sandpiper, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Red-headed Woodpecker. ---On July 14 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 28 Long-billed Curlew, 3 Great Crested Flycatcher, 4 House Wren, 3 Warbling Vireo (Eastern), 3 Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Baltimore Oriole (imm f). ---On July 14 at Kiowa Creek at CR 40, Steve Mlodinow reported Dusky Flycathcer, 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Ash-throated Flycatcher. KIT CARSON COUNTY: ---On July 17 on CR 17 – CR W to Hwy 24, David Suddjian and his DFO Field Trip reported Curve-Billed Thrasher. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On July 13 at Zink’s Pond, Levi Burford reported 2 Northern Pintail. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On July 1 at Running Deer and Cottonwood Hollow NA, Robert Beauchamp reported COMMON GALLINULE. Shenot suggests bringing a ladder to views the bird above the vegetation. On July 12 at Running Deer NA, Michael and Diane King, Josh Buening, and Alex Hopping reported COMMON GALLINULE. On July 13 at Running Deer NA, Ken Pals and Dan Brooks reported COMMON GALLINULE and Green Heron; David Wade reported 2 Greater Yellowlegs. On July 15 at Running Deer NA, Tom McConnell, Mike Resch, Sue Riffe, Michael Lester, Doug Kibbe, Mackenzie Goldthwait, and Jeff Dawson reported COMMON GALLINUE, Green Heron, and 4 Solitary Sandpipers. ---On July 12 on West Creek, Jay Breidt reported Pacific Wren. On July 15 on North Boundary Trail, Christine Sparks reported West Creek Pacific Wren. ---On July 15 at Wellington SWA Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Nick Komar reported Lesser Black-backed Gull 2nd-cyc, Baird’s Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, 10 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 6 Solitary Sandpipers. ---On July 12 at Red Mountain Open Space, Andy Bankert reported Black-throated Sparrow. On July 15 at Red Mountain Open Space, Andy Bankert and Nick Komar reported Black-throated Sparrow. On July 16 at Red Mountain Open Space, Arvind Panjabi reported Black-throated Sparrow. ---On July 13 at Cobb Lake, David Wade reported ad Lesser Black-backed Gull. ---On July 15 at Timnath Reservoir, Nick Komar reported Western Sandpiper, 2 Willet, 34 Marbled Godwits, 4 Least Sandpipers, 10 Semipalmated Sandpipers and 2 Solitary Sandpipers. ---On July 16 at Rocky Mountain NP – Hidden Valley, Charlie Chased reported 3 American Three-toed Woodpeckers. ---On July 17 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Andy Bankert reported 15 McCowns’s Longspurs and 5 BAIRD’S SPARROWS. LOGAN COUNTY: ---On July 13 at Tamarack Ranch SWA 385 Rd, Ben Samson reported 6 Northern Bobwhite, Yellow-billed Cuckoo near area 6, 8 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern), EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE area 9, 3 Warbling Vireo (Eastern), 4 Field Sparrows, Indigo Bunting, 10 Dickcissel. MESA COUNTY: ---On July 13 at Divide Rd, Big Dominquez Road to Carson Hole, David Price reported Grace’s Warbler. ---On July 18 at Glade Park Coates Creek School, Denise and Mark Vollmar, Rodene Harwood, Ronda Woodward, and Deb Stegall reported Cassin’s Kingbird. MOFFAT COUNTY: ---On July 14 at Routt National Forest, Craig, Christian Nunes reported 2 Red Crossbills (Lodgepole Pine, type 5) ---On July 15 at Diamond Peak 812640 Maybell, Christian Nunes reported 2 American Three-toed Woodpeckers and 3 Red Crossbills. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On July 12 on Priest Gulch Trail, Leslie Stewart reported 3 Swainson’s Thrush. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On July 13 on Old Hwy 90 through Silver Hawk Ranch, Coen Dexter, Brenda Wright, Bill Harris, and Jon Horn reported Indigo Bunting. On July 17 on Old Hwy 90 through Silver Hawk Ranch, George Steele reported Indigo Bunting. ---On July 15 at Nucla Sewage Lagoons, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Sandhill Crane and Black Phoebe. MORGAN COUNTY: ---On July 15 at Playa at CR JJ and CR 31, David Dowell reported Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Solitary Sandpipers, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 8 Lesser Yellowlegs and White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel’s). OTERO COUNTY: ---On July 12 at Vogel Canyon, John and Bill Vanderpoel reported pair of Rufous-crowned Sparrows and Canyon Wren. ---On July 14 at Higbee Valley Road (CR 804), Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Summer Tanager, Vermilion Flycatcher, Canyon Wren, 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Red-headed Woodpecker, 2 Indigo Bunting. ---On July 14 at Higbee Road beyond Vogel Canyon, Kathy MIhm Dunning reported 3 Rufous-crowned Sparrows, Summer Tanager, Canyon Wren, 3 Greater Roadrunner, 4 Red-headed Woodpecker, 3 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, 21 Common Raven, Indigo Bunting. ---On July 15 at Vogel Canyon, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 6 Canyon Wren and Rufous-crowned Sparfrow. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On July 14 on S 13th in Lamar, Dorothy Russell reported Baltimore Oriole. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On July 16 at Pueblo Mountain Park, Monday Birders reported 4 Grace’s Warblers. On July 17 at Pueblo Mountain Park, Terrence Berger reported 2 Grace’s Warblers. ---On July 12 at Swallow’s Road Cemetery, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported Cattle Egret. ---On July 15 at Pueblo Reservoir Swallows area, Tim Leppek reported 2 imm Common Mergansers, 2 Cattle Egret and 2 Juniper Titmouse; Bez Bezuidenhout reported Cattle Egret. RIO GRANDE COUNTY: ---On July 17 on Swede Lane, 2 Mi N of Monte Vista on US 285, John Rawinski reported Dickcissels. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On July 12 at Dillon Reservoir – East Shoreline Bikepath, Phil Lyon reported White-faced Ibis. ---On July 12 at Soda Creek Inlet, Phil Lyon reported 2 White-faced Ibis. ---On July 12 at Dillon Reservoir Windy Point, M Wait reported White-faced Ibis. WELD COUNTY: ---On July 13 at Sandstone Ranch, Car Starace reported Little Blue Heron seen in creek from new bridge. ---On July 14 at Mead High School, Ryan Bushong reported Indigo Bunting. ---On July 15 at 44000 CR 89 Briggsdale, Dale Bonk reported Cassin’s Kingbird and 2 Mountain Plover. ---On July 15 at Crow Valley CG, David Dowell reported Dusky Flycatcher and Least Flycatcher. ---On July 14 at Beebe Draw, CR 42, Gary Lefko reported 8 Greater Yellowlegs and 3 Lesser Yellowlegs. ---On July 14 at Crom Lake, Gary Lefko reported 2 Least Sandpipers. DFO Field Trips See DFO website for more information: Banner Lakes SWA (Weld) Wednesday, July 18 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM Mark Amershek (mamershek AT msn.com; 303-329-8646) This trip is FULL. South Platte River Reservoir and River Trail Saturday, July 21 6:30 AM – 11:30 AM Amber Carver (caramb22 AT gmail.com; 310-483-5721) Prospect Park (Wheat Ridge Greenbelt Sunday, July 22 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Kevin Corwin (KevyGudGuy AT aol.com; 7320-482-8454) 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/CAHtstTfhOnkO4ZPYr3cxEwwgAYh2uDvnpLTtDLeVnphvhGC2qQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
