Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org This is the Date: September 21, 2018
Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 21 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) Cackling Goose (*Larimer) Cinnamon Teal (*Larimer, Otero) Greater Scaup (*Delta) Ruddy Duck (Gunnison) Common Nighthawk (*Boulder, *Weld) RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (*Jefferson, Prowers) Virginia Rail (Gunnison) Sora (Kiowa, *Larimer) Black-necked Stilt (Kiowa, Mesa, Otero, Pueblo) American Avocet (Baca, *Gunnison, Otero) Black-bellied Plover (Morgan) American Golden-Plover (Kiowa) Long-billed Curlew (*Costilla) Marbled Godwit (Larimer, Otero, Weld) Stilt Sandpiper (*Jefferson, *Larimer, Otero) Sanderling (Kiowa, Larimer) Pectoral Sandpiper (Larimer, Otero) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Larimer) Solitary Sandpiper (Gunnison, Las Animas, Mesa) Willet (Washington) Red-necked Phalarope (Hinsdale, Otero, Pueblo) Red Phalarope (Kiowa) Parasitic Jaeger (*Pueblo) Long-tailed Jaeger (*Pueblo) Sabine’s Gull (*Costilla) Bonaparte’s Gull (Kiowa) Mew Gull (Larimer) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Pueblo) Great Black-backed Gull (Douglas) Caspian Tern (Washington) Black Tern (Kiowa, Otero, Pueblo) Common Tern (*Jefferson, Kiowa, *Larimer, *Pueblo) American Bittern (Kiowa) Great Egret (El Paso, Montezuma) Snowy Egret (Baca) Little Blue Heron (Weld) Green Heron (Denver) Black-crowned Night-Heron (Montezuma) White-faced Ibis (*Gunnison, Hinsdale, Kiowa, Montezuma, Otero, *Pueblo, Routt) Osprey (Larimer) Mississippi Kite (Baca) Broad-winged Hawk (Boulder, Kiowa, Larimer) Lewis’s Woodpecker (La Plata) Red-headed Woodpecker (Larimer) Red-naped Sapsucker (Bent, *El Paso, Gunnison, Pueblo, *Weld) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso, Pueblo) Downy Woodpecker (Adams, Larimer, Otero, Pueblo) Olive-sided Flycatcher (Mesa, Pueblo, *Teller) Hammond’s Flycatcher (*Delta, *El Paso, Larimer, Weld) Gray Flycatcher (*Adams, *Boulder, Pueblo, Weld) Dusky Flycatcher (*El Paso, *Larimer, Weld) Cordilleran Flycatcher (Mesa, Montezuma) Eastern Phoebe (El Paso, *Jefferson) Cassin’s Kingbird (*Weld) Western Kingbird (Summit) Eastern Kingbird (Larimer) Great Crested Flycatcher (Pueblo) Loggerhead Shrike (*Boulder) Gray Vireo (Mesa) Cassin’s Vireo (*Alamosa, *El Paso, Kiowa, *Larimer, Mesa) Warbling Vireo (Summit) Red-eyed Vireo (Adams) Pinyon Jay (Mesa) Steller’s Jay (Mesa) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (El Paso, Mesa, Montezuma) Violet-green Swallow (Weld) Marsh Wren (Arapahoe, *El Paso, *Larimer, Pueblo) Bewick’s Wren (Las Animas, Pueblo) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (*Adams,*Boulder, Kiowa, *Larimer, Mesa, Phillips, Washington, *Weld) Golden-crowned Kinglet (*Delta, San Juan) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (*Adams, *Delta, *El Paso, Gilpin, *Larimer, *Weld) Eastern Bluebird (*Douglas) Swainson’s Thrush (El Paso, *Weld) Hermit Thrush (*Adams, *El Paso, Larimer, Weld) Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso, Pueblo) Brown Thrasher (*Adams, *El Paso, Kiowa, *Larimer, Prowers, Pueblo, *Weld) Sage Thrasher (*Adams, Baca, *Boulder, *El Paso, Gilpin, *Larimer, *Pueblo) Red Crossbill (*Delta, Gilpin, *Teller) Lesser Goldfinch (Pitkin) Chipping Sparrow (El Paso) Clay-colored Sparrow (*Adams, Baca, *Boulder, *El Paso, Kiowa, *Jefferson, *Larimer, Otero, Pueblo) Brewer’s Sparrow (Adams, *Boulder, *El Paso, *Jefferson, Kiowa, Weld) Lark Bunting (Baca, *Boulder, El Paso) Savannah Sparrow (Baca, *Jefferson, Pueblo) Fox Sparrow (San Juan) Lincoln’s Sparrow (*Adams, *El Paso, Gunnison, *Jefferson, Kiowa, *Larimer, Pueblo, *Weld) Yellow-breasted Chat (Boulder, El Paso, Ouray) Northern Waterthrush (*Adams, *Douglas, La Plata) Black-and-white Warbler (Boulder, Weld) Nashville Warbler (Larimer) Magnolia Warbler (El Paso, Kiowa) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Prowers) Blackpoll Warbler (Phillips) Palm Warbler (Pueblo) Black-throated Gray Warbler (El Paso, Montezuma, Weld) Townsend’s Warbler (El Paso, Larimer) Scarlet Tanager (Pueblo) Black-headed Grosbeak (*Larimer) Indigo Bunting (Kiowa, Yuma) Dickcissel (Pueblo) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On September 18 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brewer’s Sparrow, and 2 Lincoln’s Sparrows. On September 19 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Downy Woodpecker, Red-eyed Vireo, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 3 Hermit Thrush, Brewer’s Sparrow. On September 20 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Colin Woolley reported Gray Flycatcher, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, 2 Brown Thrasher, Clay-colored Sparrow, 3 Lincoln’s Sparrow; Woolledy banded Northern Waterthrush which was also seen by Soren Dinsmore and Tracy Rackauskas. On September 20 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Gray Flycatcher, Hermit Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Northern Waterthrush, 2 Clay-colored Sparrow, 2 Lincoln Sparrow. ALAMOSA COUNTY: ---On September 20 at Mosca Pass Trail, John Rawinski reported Cassin’s Vireo. BACA COUNTY: ---On September 19 at Turk’s Pond SWA, David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported 6 Snowy Egret. ---On September 19 at Springfield (town), David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported Mississippi Kite. ---On September 19 at Two Buttes SWA, David Suddjian and DFO Field Trip reported 3 American Avocet, Snowy Egret, Sage Thrasher, 4 Clay-colored Sparrow, 5 Lark Bunting, and Savannah Sparrow. BENT COUNTY: ---On September 18 at Van’s Grove, David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported Red-naped Sapsucker. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On September 19 at Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder, Peter Burke reported Yellow-breasted Chat. ---On September 19 at Pleasant View Marsh, Ernest Crvich reported Black-and-white Warbler and Clay-colored Sparrow. ---On September 19 at 4949 Pearl E. Circle, Scott Severs reported juv Broad-winged Hawk. ---On September 20 at 4049 75th St, Chris Brown reported Common Nighthawk. ---On September 20 at Mesa Reservoir, Christian Nunes reported Gray Flycatcher, 2 Loggerhead Shrike, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 17 Sage Thrashers, 2 Clay-colored Sparrow, 2 Brewer’s Sparrow, Lark Bunting. COSTILLA COUNTY: ---On September 20 at Smith Reservoir, John Rawinski reported ad Sabine’s Gull and Long-billed Curlew. DELTA COUNTY: ---On September 20 at (39.025,-107.955), Norm Erthal reported 2 Greater Scaup, Hammond’s Flycatcher, 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Red Crossbill. DENVER COUNTY: ---On September 18 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Jake Shorty reported Green Heron. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On September 20 on Cherry Creek Trail, south from Walker Road, Hugh Kingery reported Eastern Bluebird. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On September 18 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Kim Geissler, reported hatch yr Magnolia Warbler and Swainson’s Thrush. On September 19 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Kim Geissler banded Lincoln’s Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-breasted Chat, and 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. On September 20 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Kim Geissler banded 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hammond’s Flycatcher, 2 Dusky Flycatcher, 2 Cassin’s Vireo, 2 Hermit Thrush, Red-naped Sapsucker. ---On September 18 at Kettle Lakes, John Drummond reported Eastern Phoebe, and Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. ---On September 19 at Memorial Park and Prospect Lake, Dale Adams reported 8 Great Egret and Lark Bunting. ---On September 20 at Chico Basin Ranch, Jim Merritt reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Cassin’s Vireo, Marsh Wren, Curve-billed Thrasher, 3 Brown Thrasher, Sage Thrasher, 2 Clay-colored Sparrow, 4 Brewer’s Sparrow, and 12 Lincoln’s Sparrow. GILPIN COUNTY: ---On September 18 at Golden Gate Canyon SP, Cynthia Madsen and Tuesday Birders reported Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Sage Thrashers, and 2 Red Crossbills. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On September 18 at McCabe’s Lane Wetland, Ben Halsey reported Virginia Rail, Solitary Sandpiper, Red-naped Sapsucker, and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On September 18 on pond on Big Blue Creek Cimmaron, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported 3 Ruddy Ducks (2m, 1f). ---On September 19 at Blue Mesa Reservoir, Linda and Jerry Elling reported 5 American Avocet. On September 20 at Blue Mesa Reservoir east end, Linda Elling reported 4 American Avocet and 8 White-faced Ibis. HINSDALE COUNTY: ---On September 18 at Rito Hondo Reservoir, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 11 Red-necked Phalarop and White-faced Ibis. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On September 18 & 19 at 4400 Bow Mar Drive, Tina Jones reported RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD. Birders are welcome, but please call or e-mail her with times that you are coming (303-905-5479). You do not have to wait for a reply. On September 20 at 4400 Bow Mar Drive, Tina Jones reported that the RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD returned; Robert Raker reported seeing RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD. ---On September 19 at Chatfield SP, Cynthia Madsen and Frank Farrell reported Eastern Phoebe at north end of Swim Beach at Deer Creek Inlet. ---On September 20 at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Jonelle Balais and Cynthia Madsen reported Eastern Phoebe, 2 Clay-colored Sparrow, and 2 Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On September 20 at Chatfield SP Gazebo Heronry Overlook Area, Ted Uhlemann reported 2 Northern Waterthrush in willow thicket in marsh area below overlook. ---On September 20 at Chatfield SP – Deer Creek, Mark Chavez reported Eastern Phoebe, Brewer’s Sparrow, and Savannah Sparrow. ---On September 20 at Standley Lake and Park, David Chernack reported 46 Stilt Sandpiper in SE corner of lake and Common Tern. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On September 18 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Marbled Godwit, Stilt Sandpiper, 5 Black Tern, 3 Common Tern, Broad-winged Hawk, Magnolia Warbler, 2 Brown Thrasher, 8 Lincoln’s Sparrows, and 20 Clay-colored Sparrows. ---On September 18 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Red Phalarope, 2 Sanderling, Cassin’s Vireo, 20 Clay-colored Sparrow, Brewer’s Sparrow. ---On September 18 at Kiowa Creek at CR 40, Steve Mlodinow reported Sora, Brown Thrasher, Swainson’s Thrush, 6 Clay-colored Sparrow, and 2 Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On September 18 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 American Golden-Plover (flyover), 7 Pectoral Sandpipers, 7 Red-necked Phalarope, Black-necked Stilt, American Bittern, 84 White-faced Ibis, Bonaparte’s Gull, 8 Black Tern, Common Tern. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On September 19 at Timnath Reservoir, Nick Komar reported 3 Sanderling, 4 Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and 3 Cinnamon Teal. ---On September 18 at Arapahoe Bend NA, Fawn Simonds reported Red-headed Woodpecker (juv), and Downy Woodpecker (Eastern). On September 19 at Arapahoe Bend NA, Lori Nixon reported juv Red-headed Woodpecker. ---On September 18 at Grandview Cemetery, Dave Leatherman reported Hermit Thrush, Hammond’s Flycatcher, and 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. On September 19 at Grandview Cemetery, Dave Leatherman reported Broad-winged Hawk, Osprey, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. ---On September 19 at Greyrock Commons, Doug Swartz reported Nashville Warbler and Clay-colored Sparrow. ---On September 19 at pond N of Horseshoe Reservoir, Nick Komar reported ad Mew Gull. ---On September 20 at Wellington SWA—Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Nick Komar reported 5 Cackling Goose, 2 Cinnamon Teal, 2 Sora, Stilt Sandpiper, 3 Common Tern, Dusky Flycatcher, Cassin’s Vireo, Marsh Wren, 7 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Thrasher, 2 Sage Thrasher, 3 Clay-colored Sparrow, 6 Lincoln’s Sparrow, and Black-headed Grosbeak. MESA COUNTY: ---On September 19 at James M Robb Colorado River SP—Pear Park Section, Connie Moffatt and Ryan Claar reported Black-necked Stilt and 3 Solitary Sandpipers. ---On September 19 at Powderhorn Ski Area, Mike Henwood reported Olive-sided Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Cassin’s Vireo, 35 Pinyon Jay, 5 Steller’s Jay, 2 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On September 19 at Totten Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson reported Great Egret, Black-crowned Night Heron, and 18 White-faced Ibis. OTERO COUNTY: ---On September 19 at Holbrook Reservoir, David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported 2 Cinnamon Teal, Black-necked Stilt, 178 American Avocet, 442 Stilt Sandpiper, 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Red-necked Phalarope, 6 Black Tern, 164 White-faced Ibis, and 9 Clay-colored Sparrow. PITKIN COUNTY: ---On September 18 at Marolt OS in Aspen, Matt Kuhn reported 3 Lesser Goldfinch (f/imm). PROWERS COUNTY: ---On September 17 at S 13th St in Lamar, Dorothy Russell reported RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD and David Suddjian and his DFO field trip observed f RUBY-THROAT at the feeders. On September 18 at S 13th St in Lamar, Dorothy Russell and David Suddjian and his field trip observed 2m, 1f RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS coming to the feeder and also 2 Brown Thrashers. ---On September 18 at Lamar Community College, David Suddjian and his DFO Field Trip reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. ---On September 19 at North Gateway Park, David Suddjian and his DFO Field Trip reported Snow Goose. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On September 19 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported juv Long-tailed Jaeger and Parasitic Jaeger, Common Terns, Black Tern, 1st yr Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Red-necked Phalarope and at Snakeskin Picnic area, Western Palm Warbler. On September 20 at Pueblo Reservoir, Mark Peterson reported 2 Long-tailed Jaegers and Parasitic Jaeger at east end; Brandon Percival reported Long-tailed Jaeger and Parasitic Jaeger at SE part of Reservoir, at South Marina, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported Parasitic Jaeger, 6 Common Tern, and 9 White-faced Ibis. ---On September 19 at Chico Basin Ranch, Jim Merritt, Robb Hinds, and David Tonnessen reported Sora, 8 Black-necked Stilt, Red-naped Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker (eastern), Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Gray Flycathcer, Great Crested Flycatcher, 4 Marsh Wren, Bewick’s Wren, 1 Blue-gray Gnatcathcer, Curve-billed Thrasher, Brown Thrasher, Sage Thrasher, 13 Clay-colored Sparrow, 43 Lincoln’s Sparrow, Scarlet Tanager, Palm Warbler (western), and Dickcissel. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On September 18 at Dillon Reservoir—Frisco Marina Area, M Walt reported Western Kingbird. On September 19 at Dillon Reservoir—Frisco Marina Area, Phil Lyon reported 2 Warbling Vireo. TELLER COUNTY: ---On September 20 at 29046 CO 67 Woodland Park, Nathan Pieplow reported Olive-sided Flycatcher and 4 Red Crossbill. WELD COUNTY: ---On September 17 at Crow Valley CG, Gene Rutherford reported Dusky Flycatcher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Black-and-white Warbler, and Black-throated Gray Warbler. On September 20 at Crow Valley CG, Dave Leatherman reported 2 Common Nighthawk, Cassin’s Kingbird, 6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Brown Thrasher, 3 Red-naped Sapsucker, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Swainson’s Thrush, and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On September 17 at Eaton Cemetery, Shawn Mason reported Gray Flycatcher. DFO Field Trips Pueblo area Saturday, September 22 6:00 AM – 3:30 PM Diane Roberts (Samatha576 AT aol.com; 720-278-9025) This trip is FULL. Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat/Sawhil Saturday, September 22 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM Chuck Hundertmark & Robert Righter (chundertmark8 AT gmail.com; 303-604-0531) 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/CAHtstTdFiwCotfnnciDao7Fu9reHxXc7idoX1G5B56JyCdRG%2BA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
