Date: August 16, 2018 Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org This is the Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, August 16 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Note that the RBA is using the new AOU checklist. Rare and out of range species for the last seven days include: (*indicates new information on this species)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Larimer) Cackling Goose (Larimer) Mallard (Mexican) (Archuleta, Kiowa) Green-winged Teal (Lincoln) Hooded Merganser (Arapahoe) White-winged Dove (Montezuma) Greater Roadrunner (*Otero) White-throated Swift (Kiowa) Sandhill Crane (*Montezuma) Semipalmated Plover (Larimer) Piping Plover (Kiowa) Upland Sandpiper (Kiowa) Baird’s Sandpiper (*Montrose) Pectoral Sandpiper (Weld) Solitary Sandpiper (Mesa) Greater Yellowlegs (*Montrose) Wilson’s Phalarope (San Miguel) Mew Gull (Arapahoe) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Kiowa) Caspian Tern (Larimer) Black Tern (Kiowa, Larimer) NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Kiowa) TRICOLORED HERON (Prowers) Mississippi Kite (El Paso, *Otero) ZONE-TAILED HAWK (Otero) Red-headed Woodpecker (*Otero) Williamson’s Sapsucker (*Teller) Red-naped Sapsucker (Teller) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso, *Otero, Pueblo) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Archuleta, Larimer) Merlin (Jefferson) Least Flycatcher (El Paso) Gray Flycatcher (Mesa, Pitkin, Pueblo, *Teller) Black Phoebe (Douglas, Mesa) Eastern Phoebe (Jefferson, Otero) Vermilion Flycatcher (*Otero) Cassin’s Kingbird (El Paso, La Plata, Otero) Cassin’s Vireo (Douglas, *El Paso) Plumbeous Vireo Adams) Red-eyed Vireo (*El Paso) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Gunnison) Chihuahuan Raven (*Otero) Tree Swallow (*Kiowa) Bushtit (Adams, *Otero) Brown Creeper (Arapahoe) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (*El Paso, *Mesa, *Otero) Eastern Bluebird (El Paso, *Otero) Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso, *Otero, Pueblo) Northern Mockingbird (*Gunnison) Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Otero) Cassin’s Sparrow (Arapahoe) Clay-colored Sparrow (*El Paso) Black-throated Sparrow (*Otero) Lark Bunting (Gunnison, *Lake, *Teller) Bullock’s Oriole (Teller) Northern Waterthrush (*El Paso, Mesa) Nashville Warbler (La Plata) Townsend’s Warbler (Larimer) Hepatic Tanager (Otero) Summer Tanager (Otero) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (*Mesa) Indigo Bunting (*El Paso) Painted Bunting (*Otero) Dickcissel (El Paso) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On August 13 at Sage Creek Park, Adam Veseley reported 3 Bushtit. ---On August 14 at Barr Lake SP, Tuesday Birders reported Plumbeous Vireo. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On August 11 at South Platte Park, Cynthia Madsen reported 3 Hooded Merganser on Eagle Watch Lake. ---On August 12 at Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Preserve, Mary Burger and her DFO Field Trip reported a Brown Creeper. ---On August 13 at Cherry Creek Trail—East Arapahoe Rd to E Lakeview Rd, Ben Sampson reported 5 Cassin’s Sparrows. ---On August 13 at Cherry Creek SP Marina and Dam Trail, Ben Sampson reported young Mew Gull which did not appear well. ARCHULETA COUNTY: ---On August 14 on San Juan River Walk in Pagosa Springs, Lindell Dillon reported 2 Mexican Ducks and American Three-toed Woodpecker. DOUGLAS COUNTY/JEFFERSON COUNTY (Chatfield SP) —On August 8 Glenn Walbek reported a Black Phoebe at Chatfield SP, near the end of the sand spit. On August 10, Logan Kahle reported a Black Phoebe at Chatfield SP at Plum Creek delta (39.5403782, -105.0529352)(this bird is rare for this county) ---On August 13 at Castlewood Canyon SP, Karen Metz reported 2 Cassin’s Vireo. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On August 11 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, David Tonnessen and Jim Merritt reported Least Flycatcher, 5 Cassin’s Kingbirds, Eastern Bluebird and Dickcissel. ---On August 11 at Chico Basin Ranch, David Tonnessen reported 2 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers and 2 Curve-billed Thrashers. ---On August 12 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded an ad Red-eyed Vireo. On August 13 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded a Northern Waterthrush. On August 15 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded Cassin’s Vireo, Red-eye Vireo, Clay-colored Sparrow, and Northern Waterthrush. ---On August 12 at Adams Open Space, Tim Leppek reported 3 Mississippi Kites. On August 13 at Adams Open Space, Adam Veseley reported Mississippi Kite. ---On August 13 at 70 Otowi Dr, Colorado Springs, Julia Wittman reported 6 Mississippi Kites. ---On August 15 at Pulpit Rock Park, Alan Versaw reported Cassin’s Vireo, 9 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Indigo Bunting. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On August 12 on Hwy 38, Christoph Moning and Julia Whitman reported 16 Lark Bunting and 2 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. ---On August 15 at Harman Rocks, Alex Sundvall and Liz H reported 2 Northern Mockingbird. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On August 12 at Chatfield SP Deer Creek, Daniel Horton reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On August 13 at Chatfield SP Audubon Center, James Bozeman reported Eastern Phobe. ---On August 14 at Bear Creek Lake Park Pelican Point, Myron Gerhard and Frank Farrell reported Merlin. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On August 4, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 NEOTROPICAL CORMORANTS (one adult, one subadult) at the pond near the southeast corner of Neenoshee reservoir. On August 9, John Drummond and three others reported the birds at the same location, with the adult feeding the immature bird. On August 11 at SE Corner of Neenoshee Reservoir, Gwen Moore and Dean Shoup reported NEOTROPIC CORMORANT; Logan Kahle reported NEOTROPIC CORMORANT. On August 14 at Neenoshe Reservoir, SE Corner, David Tonnessen reported NEOTROPIC CORMORANT. ---On August 11 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported female Mallard (Mexican). On August 14 at Neegronda Reservoir, Nathan Pieplow reported 2 Upland Sandpipers (heard), 11 Black Tern, Tree Swallow, and Dickcissel. ---On August 11 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow and Dave Ely reported m Mexican Duck and 2 NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS (1 ad, and 1 sub ad). On August 13 at Neenoshe Reservoir, SE Cornewr, Nathan Pieplow reported 3 NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS. ---On August 11 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Logan Kahle reported 2 Piping Plovers and Lesser Black-backed Gull. On August 13 at Neeskah Reservoir, Nathan Pipelow reported Lesser Black-backed Gull. LAKE COUNTY: ---On August 15 at 1837 – 1953 Hwy 24 in Leadville, Christian Hagenlocher reported m Lark Bunting. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On August 12 at 1812 – 1856 Hwy 3 near Durango, Ryan Votta reported Cassin’s Kingbird. ---On August 14 at Animas River – US 160 High Bridge to River Road, Jim Beatty reported Nashville Warbler. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On August 11 at East Longs Peak Trail, Sam Heinrich reported 2 American Three-toed Woodpeckers and male Townsend’s Warbler. ---On August 11 at Timnath Reservoir, Christopher Murray reported Greater White-fronted Goose and 3 Caspian Tern; Andy Bankert and Caroline Olson reported Semipalmated Plover. On August 13 at Timnath Reservoir, Joe Mammoser reported 1 imm Black Tern; Nick Komar and Nick Komar Jr reported Greater White-fronted Goose and Cackling Goose. On August 14 at Timnath Reservoir, Dave Leatherman reported Caspian Tern. ---On August 12 at Arapahoe Bend NA Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Lori Zabel reported Caspian Te LINCOLN COUNTY: ---ON August 14 at Evilsizer Lake, Nathan Pieplow reported 4 Green-winged Teal. MESA COUNTY: ---On August 13 at Grand Junction WA, Mike Henwood and Kathleen McGinley reported Northern Waterthrush. On August 15 at Grand Junction WA, Carol Ortenzio reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. ---On August 13 at Horsethief Canyon SWA, Carol Ortenzio reported 3 Solitary Sandpipers, Gray Flycatcher, and Black Phoebe. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On August 15 at Redvale Pond, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 3 Baird’s Sandpipers and Greater Yellowlegs. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On August 11 in Cortez on power line at South Second and Market, Dennis Garrison reported White-winged Dove. ---On August 15 at Totten Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson reported 2 Sandhill Cranes. OTERO COUNTY ---On August 4, Kathy Mihm-Dunning reported 2 ZONE-TAILED HAWKS (1 adult and 1 second year) on Higbee Road, near the location where Vogel Canyon comes in to the road. There is a bridge at this location which is fairly well marked on Google maps. The birds were last seen heading north with some Turkey Vultures. On August 11 at Higbee Valley Road (CR 804), Nick Moore reported 12 Mississippi Kites, imm Zone-tailed Hawk, 2 Greater Roadrunners, 10 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 3 Eastern Phoebe, Cassin’s Kingbird, Chihuahuan Raven, 4 Black-throated Sparrows, 6 Rufous-crowned Sparrows, Hepatic Tanager, and 3 Painted Bunting. On August 11 at Higbee Valley Road (CR 804), Steve Mlodinow and Dave Ely reported 2nd year Zone-tailed Hawk and 6 White-throated Swifts. On August 12 at Higbee Valley Road (CR 804), Art Hudak, Gwen Moore, Dean Shoup, Kevin Ash, Glenn Walbek, Steve Larson, and John Drummond reported ZONE-TAILED HAWK, 2 Greater Roadrunner, 10 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Ladderback Woodpecker, 6 Chihuahuan Ravens, Black-throated Sparrow, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, and 4 Painted Buntings (1 ad m, 1 ad f, 2 imm). On August 13 at Higbee Vally Road (CR 804), Nathan Pieplow, Tyler Stewart, Norm Erthal, John Drummond, Jeannie Mitchell, Jacqueline Heyda, and Roger Massey reported ZONE-TAILED HAWK, Greater Roadrunner, 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 4 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 10 Red-headed Woodpecker, 4 Mississippi Kites, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, 4 Painted Bunting, Eastern Phoebe, 6 Black-throated Sparrow, Cassin’s Kingbird, Chihuahuan Rave, Curve-billed Thrasher, and Hepatic Tanager. On August 14 at Higbee Valle Road (CR 804), Brandon Percival reported Painted Buntings (ad m, ad f, imm), f Summer Tanager, 2 Greater Roadrunner, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Mississippi Kites; David Tonnessen and Alec Hopping reported Vermilion Flycatcher, Black-throated Sparrows and Blue-gray Gnatcather. On August 15 at Highbee Valley Road (CR 804), Beth and Cole Sage reported 3 Greater Roadrunners, 6 Mississippi Kites, 6 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Cassin’s Kingbird, Chihuahuan Raven, Black-throated Sparrow, 4 Painted Bunting, 4 Eastern Bluebird. ---On August 14 at Villegreen Road and Besline Draw, Alex Hopping reported 2 Bushtit. ---On August 14 at Higbee Cemetery, David Tonnessen reported Greater Roadrunner, Cassin’s Kingbird, Curve-billed Thrasher. PITKIN COUNTY: ---On August 13 at Northstar Preserve, East Aspen Trail, Catherine Hagen and George Quittner reported Gray Flycatcher. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On August 13 at Thurston Reservoir, Nathan Pieplow reported TRICOLORED HERON. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On August 11 at Chico Basin Ranch, John Drummond reported Gray Flycatcher, 2 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, and 2 Curve-billed Thrashers. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY: ---On August 13 at Miramonte Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Wilson’s Phalarope. TELLER COUNTY: ---On August 15 at Florissant Fossil Beds NM, Bruce Deuel reported m Williamson’s Sapsujcker, Gray Flycatcher and f Lark Bunting. WELD COUNTY: ---On August 12 at Galeton marsh at CR 74 and CR 61, Gary Lefko reported Pectoral Sandpiper. TELLER COUNTY: ---On August 11 at Manitou Lake Pullout, Tyler Stewart reported pair of Williamson’s Sapsucker, 3 Red-naped Sapsucker (1f, 2 juv), f Bullock’s Oriole. DFO Field Trips August 11-19- See DFO website for more information: Northeastern Colorado Saturday & Sunday, August 18-19 7:00AM (18th)-5:30PM (19th) Chuck Hundertmark and Paul Slingsby ([email protected], ph 303-604-0531 or [email protected], or ph 720-347-5169) Parker Jordan Centennial Open Space Saturday August 18 7:30-11:30AM This trip is full, a waitlist is available. Cynthia Madsen and David Hill ([email protected], ph 303-770-6534 or [email protected], ph 303-870-4316) Plainview Road/Wondervu/and parts of Gilpin County Sunday August 19 7:30AM-3:00PM This trip is full, a waitlist is available. Colleen Nunn & Mary Fran O’Connor ([email protected], ph 303-520-7496 or [email protected], ph 303-770-7740) 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/CAHtstTcVdUPVe5HKE3OgHHpzV_KL9sb-J9PEhCL%3DB-AkdD6eFg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
