Date: September 2, 2018 Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, September 2 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) Snow Goose (Prowers) Greater White-fronted Goose (*Larimer) Cackling Goose (Adams, Larimer, Weld) Tundra Swan (Prowers) Surf Scoter (Mesa) Hooded Merganser (Routt, Weld) Northern Bobwhite (Larimer) Chukar (Larimer) Horned Grebe (Bent) White-winged Dove (*Bent) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (*Bent, Larimer) Greater Roadrunner (Otero) Black Swift (Rio Grande) White-throated Swift (Kiowa) Virginia Rail (Montezuma) Sora (Montezuma) Sandhill Crane (Custer, Delta, *Montrose) American Avocet (*Summit) Black-necked Stilt (Weld) Black-belllied Plover (*Adams, *Kiowa, Morgan, Washington) Semipalmated Plover (*Larimer, *Washington) Piping Plover (*Washington) Long-billed Curlew (Eagle, *Kiowa, Washington) Marbled Godwit (*Larimer, Washington) Stilt Sandpiper (*Kiowa, *Larimer, *Mesa, Washington, Weld) White-rumped Sandpiper (Prowers) Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Baca, Washington) Pectoral Sandpiper (*Washington, Weld) Semipalmated Sandpiper (*Larimer, Mesa, *Washington) Solitary Sandpiper (La Plata, Larimer *Mesa, Pueblo, Rio Grande, *San Miguel, Washington, Weld) Willet (Mesa, Washington) Red-necked Phalarope (Mesa) Red Phalarope (Morgan) Bonaparte’s Gull (*Kiowa) Herring Gull (Morgan, Washington) Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Kiowa, Morgan, Weld) Least Tern (Bent) Black Tern (*Kiowa, Morgan, Washington) Common Tern (Washington) Common Loon (*Montezuma) Little Blue Heron (Weld) Green Heron (*Denver) Black-crowned Night-Heron (Montezuma) YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (*Yuma) WHITE IBIS (Bent) Mississippi Kite (El Paso, Jefferson, Otero) Rough-legged Hawk (*Summit) Lewis’s Woodpecker (*Ouray) Red-headed Woodpecker (Baca, *Bent, Denver, *Kiowa, Logan, Otero, Weld, Yuma) Williamson’s Sapsucker (*Las Animas) Red-naped Sapsucker (El Paso) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso, Otero) Hairy Woodpecker (Baca, *Bent, El Paso) Merlin (Boulder) Peregrine Falcon (Mesa, Routt) Olive-sided Flycatcher (*Yuma) YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (Pueblo) Alder Flycatcher (*Bent) Willow Flycatcher (Bent, *La Plata, Weld) Least Flycatcher (Kiowa, *Larimer) Hammond’s Flycatcher (*Adams, Boulder, *Park) Gray Flycatcher (La Plata, Montrose) Dusky Flycatcher (*Broomfield, *El Paso, Otero) Cordilleran Flycatcher (Adams, *Bent, *El Paso, *La Plata, *Mesa) Black Phoebe (*Las Animas, *Mesa, *Montrose) Eastern Phoebe (Adams) Vermilion Flycatcher (Otero) Ash-throated Flycatcher (Logan) Great Crested Flycatcher (Baca, *Bent, *Kiowa) Cassin’s Kingbird (Baca, Otero) Eastern Kingbird (Montrose) Loggerhead Shrike (*Kiowa, *Las Animas, *Summit) Gray Vireo (*Montrose) Cassin’s Vireo (Adams, El Paso, Jefferson, *Kiowa, *Mesa, *Montrose, Rio Grande, Weld) Philadelphia Vireo (Boulder, *Kiowa) Warbling Vireo (Baca, *Bent, *El Paso, *Montrose) Red-eyed Vireo (*Adams, Baca, *Denver) Canada Jay (El Paso) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (*El Paso, *Mesa, *Montrose) Purple Martin (Larimer, *Montrose) Tree Swallow (*Kiowa) Violet-green Swallow (Weld) Bank Swallow (*Kiowa) Bushtit (La Plata, *Mesa) Marsh Wren (Arapahoe) Carolina Wren (Kiowa) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (*El Paso, *Kiowa, Logan, *Mesa, Montrose, San Juan, Weld) Golden-crowned Kinglet (*Park) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (*Broomfield) Townsend’s Solitaire (Adams, Weld) Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso, Pueblo) Brown Thrasher (*El Paso, *Kiowa, Weld) Sage Thrasher (*El Paso, Jefferson, *Kiowa) American Pipit (Mesa) Red Crossbill (*Park) Pine Siskin (Baca) Clay-colored Sparrow (*Denver, *El Paso, *Jefferson, *Kiowa, *Larimer, Otero) Brewer’s Sparrow (Denver, *El Paso) Field Sparrow (Denver) Lark Bunting (Montrose) Grasshopper Sparrow (Denver) Lincoln’s Sparrow (*Adams, *Denver) Yellow-breasted Chat (*Kiowa) Baltimore Oriole (Prowers, Yuma) Northern Waterthrush (*El Paso, *La Plata) Black-and-white Warbler (Adams, Mesa) Tennessee Warbler ((Jefferson) Nashville Warbler (*Larimer, Mesa, *Montrose) Virginia’s Warbler (*Park) CONNECTICUT WARBLER (Larimer) Hooded Warbler (Arapahoe) Northern Parula (*La Plata) Blackburnian Warbler (Larimer) Chestnut-sided Warbler (*Adams) Blackpoll Warbler (*Broomfield) Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo) Black-throated Gray Warbler (Boulder, El Paso) Townsend’s Warbler (Adams, Adams, El Paso, *Kiowa, *La Plata, Larimer, *Mesa, Montrose, *Park) Hepatic Tanager (*Las Animas) Summer Tanager (Morgan) Northern Cardinal (*Yuma) Indigo Bunting (*Kiowa, Otero) Painted Bunting (Otero) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On August 28 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Townsend’s Warbler. On August 29 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Willow Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, and Cassin’s Vireo. On August 30 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurnery banded Townsend’s Warbler. On August 31 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Gwen Moore, Colin Woolley, and Adam Cupito reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On August 31 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Chestnut-sided Warbler and Townsend’s Warbler. ---On August 30 at Barr Lake SP, Amy Darling reported 2 Cackling Geese, Black-bellied Plover in breeding plumage, Eastern Phoebe, Townsend’s Warbler. On August 31 at Barr Lake SP, Diane Roberts and Karen Drozda reported Black-bellied Plover, Townsend’s Solitaire, 2 Black-and-white Warblers, and 2 Townsend’s Warblers. On September 1 at Barr Lake SP, Jamie Simo reported Black-bellied Plover. ---On September 1 at First Creek, John Breitsch reported Hammond’s Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On August 30 at Cherry Creek SP—12 Mile Trail, Gwen Moore reported Hooded Warbler. BACA COUNTY: ---On August 31 at Two Buttes SWA below dam, Steve Mlodinow reported Red-headed Woodpecker, 2 Hairy Woodpekcer, Great Crested Flycatcher, Cassin’s Kingbird, 2 Warbling Vireos (Eastern), Red-eyed Vireo, and 2 Pine Siskin. BENT COUNTY: ---On August 28 at Van’s Marsh on CR JJ, David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported ad WHITE IBIS. On August 29 at Van’s Marsh on CR JJ, Jane Stulp, Janeal Thompson, Norma Verhoff, Jon Hon, Alan Reed, Bill Harris, and Duane Nelson reported WHITE IBIS; Stulp also reported 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Willow Flycatcher. On August 30 at CR JJ and Gageby Creek (Van’s Marsh), Mark Peterson reported WHITE IBIS. On August 31 at Van’s Marsh, Stan Oswald reported WHITE IBIS; Steve Mlodinow reported WHITE IBIS and Buff-breasted Sandpiper. ---On August 29 at Clayton’s Point, Jane Stulp, Janeal Thompson, and Norma Verhoeff reported Horned Grebe. ---On August 30 at CR 20, Mark Peterson reported 4 Least Terns (1 ad, 3 juv) ---On September 1 at Melody Tempel Grove, Steve Mlodinow and David Ely reported White-winged Dove, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 4 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Hairy Woodpecker, Alder Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, and 2 Warbling (Eastern) Vireos. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On August 28 at Green Mountain Cemetery, Bill Kaempfer reported Philadelphia Vireo. ---On August 28 at Pleasant View Marsh, Ernest Crvich reported Black-throated Gray Warbler and Hammond’s Flycatcher. ---On August 29 at Coyote Run OS in Louisville, Ryan Bushong reported Philadelphia Vireo. ---On August 29 at Boulder Creek at 75th St, Preston Sowell reported Merlin. BROOMFIELD COUNTY: ---On September 1 at Plaster Reservoir, Matt Hofeditz reported 2 Dusky Flycatchers, Ruby-crowned Kignlet and Blackpoll Warbler. CUSTER COUNTY: ---On August 27 at DeWeese Reservoir, John Drummond, John Bruder, and Lisa Edwards reported Sandhill Crane, Williamson Sapsucker, Hammond’s Flycatcher, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Northern Waterthush, and Townsend’s Solitaire. DELTA COUNTY: ---On August 27 at Hotchkiss Hay Field, Robin Nickoloff reported pair of Sandhill Cranes. DENVER COUNTY: ---On Septmeber 1 at First Creek at DEN OS, John Breitsch reported Red-eyed Vireo and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On August 31 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Elaine Wagner and Doug Kibbe reported Green Heron. On September 1 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, George Ho and Steve Herbert reported Green Heron and Clay-colored Sparrow. ---On August 31 on Hudson Road near DIA Doug Kibbe and Elaine Wagner reported Clay-colored Sparrow and Field Sparrow. ---On August 31 at Box Elder Creek at E 104th Ave, Doug Kibbe and Elaine Wagner reported 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers. ---On August 31 at Gun Club Road (South of 112th Ave), Elaine Wagner and Doug Kibbe reported Grasshopper Sparrow and 15 Brewer’s Sparrows. EAGLE COUNTY: ---On August 31 at White River National Forest near Basalt, Eric Culbertson reported Long-billed Curlew. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On August 27 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded 2 Northern Waterthrush. On September 1 at Clear Spring Rnach, Steve Brown banded Warbling Vireo, Brewer’s Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, and Northern Waterthrush. ---On August 28 at Chico Basin Ranch, Jim Merritt reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Dusky Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, 2 Curve-billed Thrashers, 3 Brown Thrashers, 2 Sage Thrashers, and 2 Clay-colored Sparrows. On August 31 at Chico Basin Ranch, Alan Ketcham reported Curve-billed Thrasher, Hairy Woodpecker, 4 Brown Thrashers, and 3 Sage Thrashers. On September 1 at Chico Basin Ranch, Kevin Ash, Jim Merritt and Robb Hinds reported Dusky Flycatcher, 5 Curve-billed Thrashers, 2 Sage Thrasher, and 8 Brown Thrashers. ---On August 28 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Tanja Britton reported Mississippi Kite and Cassin’s Vireo. ---On August 29 on Rainbow Gulch Trail, Terence Berger, reported 2 Red-naped Sapsuckers and 3 Canada Jay. ---On August 31 at Widefiled Community Center, Alan Versaw reported 2 Mississippi Kites. ---On September 1 at Stratton OS, Tanja Birtton reported Cordilledran Flycathcer, 12 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, and 14 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On August 29 at Bear Creek Lake Park—Boat Launch Area, Aaron Boone, Caleb Putnam, Chris McCreedy, Sean Fitzgerald reported Cassin’s Viero and Sage Thrasher. ---On August 31 at Belmar Park, Mark Chavez and Frank Farrell reported Cassin’s Vireo and Tennessee Warbler. On September 1 at Belmar Park, Art Hudake, Gwen Moore, Reed Gorner, and Santiago Tabares reported Tennessee Warbler, and Clay-colored Sparrow. ---On August 31 in Golden, Ira Sanders reported 2 Mississippi Kites. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On September 1 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow and David Ely reported Black-bellied Plovedr, Long-billed Curlew, Bonaparte’s Gull, and 12 Black Tern. ---On September 1 at Kiowa Creek at CR 40, Steve Mlodinow and David Ely reported Red-headed Woodpecker, 4 Cassin’s Vireo, Tree Swallow, and Bank Swallow. ---On September 1 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow and David Ely reported Lesser Black-backed Gull, 38 Long-billed Curlew, and 7 Black Tern. ---On September 1 a Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Mlodionw and David Ely reported Stilt Sandpiper, Red-headed Woodpecker, Great Crested Flycatcher, Loggerhead Shrike, Cassin’s Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo, 4 Bank Swallow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Sage Thrasher, 10 Brown Thrasher, 12 Clay-colored Sparrow, Yellow breasted Chat, pair of Townsend’s Warblers, Indigo Bunting. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On September 1 on Animas River—Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area, Henry Detwiler reported Willow Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, and Northern Waterthrush. ---On August 30 at Pastorius Reservoir, Henry Detwiler reported Solitary Sandpiper, Gray Flycatcher, 12 Bushtits, and Northern Parula. On September 1 at Pastorius Reservoir, Jason St. Pierre reported Northern Parula, Black Phoebe and Townsend’s Warbler. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On August 29 at Wellington SWA—Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert reported 2 Cackling Geese, 5 Northern Bobwhite, Chukar, Semipalmated Plover, Stilt Sandpiper, 3 Semipalmated Sandpipers, and 4 Solitary Sandpipers. ---On August 27 at Douglas Reservoir, Rob Sparks reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo. ---On August 29 at Watson Lake, Christine Sparks reported Purple Martin. ---On August 30 at Rocky Mountain NP –Trail Ridge Road Alpine Visitor Center, Jonathan Rees reported a CONNECTICUT WARBLER was trapped inside the store overnight. ---On August 31 at Salyer, McMurry and Magpie Meander Natural Area, Rob Sparks reported Merlin. ---On August 31 at North Shields Pond NA, Will Gallagher reported 1st Fall Blackburnian Warbler. On September 1 at North Shields Pond NA, Nick Komar, Paul Ode, David Wade, Will Gallagher, and Brad Biggerstaff reported Nashville Warbler and 2 Clay-colored Sparrows. ---On September 1 at Timnath Reservoir, Caroline Olson reported Greater White-fronted Goose, Semipalmated Plover, 5 Marbled Godwit, 8 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Flycatcher, and 5 Clay-colored Sparrows. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---On September 1 at 32309 Lake Ridge Trail, Janice Swarm reported 2 Williamson’s Sapsucker, Black Phebe, Loggerhead Shrike and Hepatic Tanager. LOGAN COUNTY: ---On August 28 at Prewitt Reservoir, Charlie Chase and David Blue reported juv Red-headed Woodpecker, Ash-throated Flycatcher and 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers. MESA COUNTY: ---On August 28 at Horsethief Canyon SWA, Mike Henwood and David Price reported Cordilleran Flycatcher and 2 Black Phoebe. On September 1 at Horsethief Canyon SWA, David Price reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatcher, Cassin’s Vireo, 3 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and 4 Bushtit. ---On August 27 at Grand Junction Wildlife Area, Mike Henwood reported Black Phoebe, Black-and-white Warbler and Nashville Warbler. ---On August 27 at Green Heron Pond, Glenn Parson Red-necked Phalarope, Black Phoebe, and Willet. On August 31 on Green Heron Pond, Mike Henwood reported Semipalmated Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper and Peregrine Falcon. ---On August 29 on Grand Mesa on old Grand Mesa Road, Mike Henwood reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers, Cassin’s Vireo, and 7 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers. ---On August 29 at (39.0222249, -108.2171) Mike Henwood reported 5 Surf Scoters and 6 American Pipits. ---On September 1 at Connected Lakes SP, Blue Heron Section, Mike Henwood and Ryan CLarr reported Stilt Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Black Phoebe, and Townsend’s Warbler. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On August 31 at Totten Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson reported Virginia Rail and Sora. ---On September 1 a House Creek Recreation Area, Eric Hynes reported 2 Common Loon. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On September 1 At Nucla Domestic Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Sandhill Crane, Black Phoebe, 2 Cassin’s Vireo, Warbling Vireo, 5 Woodhouse’s Scurb-Jay, 2 Purple Martin, 3 Nashville Warblers. MORGAN COUNTY: ---On August 31 at Jackson Reservoir State Park, Chris Owens, Dean Shoup, and Lisa Edwards reported Summer Tanager. ---On August 31 at Jackson Reservoir – North, Joey Kellner, Kathy Mihm Dunning, Dean Shoup, and Lisa Edwards reported Black-bellied Plover, Red Phalarope, 3 Herring Gulls, Lesser Black-backed Gull, and Black Tern. OTERO COUNTY: ---On August 28 at Higbee Valley Road (CR 804), David Suddjian and DFO Field trip reported 2 Greater Roadrunner, 5 Red0headed Woodpecker (4 ad, 1 juv), Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 3 Vermilion Flycatcher (1 ad m, 2 juv), 2 Eastern Bluebird. OURAY COUNTY: ---On September 1 at Ridgway – CR 8 to Owl Creek Pass, Betty Fenton reported Lewis’s Woodpecker. PARK COUNTY: ---On September 1 at 7230 CR 43, Bailey, Matthew Webb reported 3 Red Crossbill and Virginia’s Warbler. ---On September 1 at 8060 CR 43, Bailey, Matthew Webb reported Hammond’s Flycatcher, 35 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 2 Red Crossbills, Virginia’s Warbler and Townsend’s Warbler. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On August 27 in Lamar on S 13th St., Dorothy Russell reported m Baltimore Oriole. ---On August 23 at Arkansas River and US 50 crossing, Jane Stulp reported Tundra Swan and White-rumped Sandpiper. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On August 29 on Greenhorn Creek ¼ mile W of Sewage Treatment Plant in Colorado City, Dave Silverman reported YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. ---On August 29 at Metro Lake on W Graneros Road in Colorado City, Dave Silverman reported Solitary Sandpiper. ---On August 31 at Roselawn Cemetery in Blende, Brandon Percival reported Yelllow-throated Warbler. RIO GRANDE COUNTY: ---On August 28 at Monte Vista NWR 8S Turnout Grove, John Rawinski reported Cassin’s Vireo. ---On August 28 at Home Lake, John Rawinski reported 4 Solitary Sandpipers. ---On August 29 at Home Lake, John Rawinski reported around 100 Black Swifts. ROUTT COUNTY: ---On August 31 at Steamboat Lake, Tom Litteral and Julie Arington reported f-type Hooded Merganser and Peregrine Falcon. SAN JUAN COUNTY: ---On August 28 in Silverton, Lori Nixon reported 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY: ---On August 27 on CR 43Z south farm pond S Side of Norwood, Eric Hynes reported Solitary Sandpiper and Snowy Egret. ---On August 28 at Snyder’s Pond, George Steele reported 4 Solitary Sandpipers. On August 31 at Snyder’s Pond, George Steele reported Solitary Sandpiper. On September 1 at Snyder’s Pond, George Steele reported Solitary Sandpiper. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On September 1 at Peak One Campground, Douglas Bruns reported 1 American Avocet and Loggerhead Shrike. ---On September 1 at Arapaho NF near Dillon, Pat Lueders reported Rough-legged Hawk. WASHINGTON COUNTY: ---On August 27 at Prewitt Reservoir Inlet Canal, Susan Pellegrini reported Long-billed Curlew, 2 Marbled Godwit, 2 Stilt Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 10 Pectoral Sandpipers, Solitary Sandpiper and 3 Willet. On August 31 at Prewitt Reservoir, Kevin Ash and Chuck Hudertmark reported Black-bellied Plover, 2 Semipalmated Plover, Long-billed Curlew, 15 Stilt Sandpipers, 12 Pectoral Sandpiper, 8 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 3rd-cyc Herring Gull, and 5 Common Terns. On September 1 at Prewitt Reservoir, Chuck Hundertmark reported Piping Plover, 3 Semipalmated Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, and Semipalmated Sandpiper. WELD COUNTY: ---On August 27 at Baxter Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported 7 Black-necked Stilt, Stilt Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Violet-green Swallow. ---On August 28 at Lower Latham Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported ad Little Blue Heron. ---On August 28 at Firestone Gravel Pits (view from road), Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Cackling Geese and 3 Hooded Mergansers. ---On August 28 at Crow Valley Campground, Dave Leatherman reported imm Red-headed Woodpecker, 3 Willow Flycathcers, Cassin’s Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Townsend’s Solitaire, and Brown Thrasher. On August 31 at Crow Valley Campground, Bob Righter reported Sage Thrashers and Brown Thrashers. YUMA COUNTY: ---On August 28 at Stalker Lake SWA, Tyler Wilson reported 3 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers, and Baltimore Oriole. On September 1 at Stalker Lake SWA, Gregg Goodrich and DFO Field Trip reported 3 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (1 ad, 2 juv), Peregrine Falcon, and 2 Northern Cardinals. DFO Field Trips See DFO website for more information: 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/CAHtstTcYLitVd%3D8b2kREZV-4kjj62Xy4m7-auDj2MgQ%3DEJATVw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
