Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: October 15, 2018 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Monday, October 15 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 is new) Greater White-fronted Goose (*Boulder) Cinnamon Teal (Broomfield, *Weld) Surf Scoter (*Douglas, Fremont,*Jefferson, *Larimer, Park, Pueblo) White-winged Scoter (*Jefferson, Park) Bufflehead (Adams, Arapahoe, *Boulder, *Broomfield, *Douglas, *Jefferson, *Larimer, Park, *Prowers) Hooded Merganser (*Boulder, *Jefferson, *Larimer) Red-breasted Merganser (*Boulder) Northern Bobwhite (*Larimer) Horned Grebe (*Arapahoe *Archuleta, *Douglas) Greater Roadrunner (*Baca) Common Nighthawk (Adams) Common Poorwill (Boulder) White-throated Swift (Fremont, *Mesa) Sora (*Boulder) Sandhill Crane (Adams, *Boulder, *Douglas, *Jefferson, *Kiowa, *Larimer, Park, *Prowers, Pueblo, *Weld) American Avocet (*Kiowa, *Larimer, Park, *Prowers) Black-bellied Plover (*Boulder, *Larimer, *Weld) American Golden-Plover (*Arapahoe, *Boulder, *Jefferson, *Kiowa, *Larimer) Marbled Godwit (Arapahoe) Stilt Sandpiper (*Boulder, *Jefferson, *Larimer) Pectoral Sandpiper (*Boulder, *Douglas, *Jefferson, *Larimer) Spotted Sandpiper (Jefferson) Solitary Sandpiper (Broomfield) Lesser Yellowlegs (*Boulder, *Jefferson) Red-necked Phalarope (*Larimer, Park, *Weld) Sabine’s Gull (*Douglas, *Jefferson, Park, Weld) Bonaparte’s Gull (*Boulder, *Douglas, *Jefferson Park) Franklin’s Gull (Arapahoe, *Broomfield, *Douglas, *Jefferson, *Larimer, Weld) Iceland Gull (Park) Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Larimer, Park) Common Loon (Adams,*Boulder, *Douglas, *Larimer) Great Egret (Weld) Snowy Egret (La Plata) Cattle Egret (*Kiowa, Larimer) Osprey (*Douglas) HARRIS’S HAWK (*Larimer) Broad-winged Hawk (Douglas) Swainson’s Hawk (Boulder, Larimer) Lewis’s Woodpecker (Jefferson, Las Animas) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Pueblo) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*Larimer, Pueblo) Red-naped Sapsucker (Jefferson, Larimer) Hammond’s Flycatcher (*Eagle, Montrose) Gray Flycatcher (El Paso, Gunnison) Cordilleran Flycatcher (Larimer, Montezuma) Black Phoebe (La Plata) Eastern Phoebe (*Boulder, Douglas, Jefferson) Vermilion Flycatcher (Boulder) TROPICAL KINGBIRD (Jefferson) Cassin’s Kingbird (Denver, El Paso) Yellow-bellied Kingbird (*Larimer) Northern Shrike (Adams) Plumbeous Vireo (*Boulder) Pinyon Jay (Montezuma) Steller’s Jay (*Larimer) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (*Jefferson) American Crow (*Prowers) Juniper Titmouse (Fremont, Montezuma, Montrose) Bushtit (Broomfield, Gunnison, Jefferson, Larimer, Las Animas, Montrose) Rock Wren (*Larimer, Montrose) House Wren (Eagle,*Gunnison) Marsh Wren (*Broomfield, *Larimer, *Mesa) Bewick’s Wren (Fremont, Montrose) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (*Baca, Douglas, *Jefferson, Montrose) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Adams, *Baca, *Boulder,* Broomfield, Douglas, *Eagle, Fremont, Gunnison, *Jefferson, *Larimer, Las Animas, Montezuma, Pueblo) Eastern Bluebird (*Boulder, *Jefferson, Yuma) Mountain Bluebird (*Arapahoe, *Archuleta, *Baca, *Boulder, Broomfield,*Douglas, Fremont, *Jefferson, *Larimer, *Mesa, Montrose, Park, *Weld) Hermit Thrush (*Boulder, *Eagle, El Paso, *Jefferson, *Larimer, Las Animas) Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso) Brown Thrasher (*Baca) Sage Thrasher (Fremont, *Jefferson, Park) American Pipit (*Arapahoe, *Boulder, *Douglas, Eagle, *Jefferson, *Larimer, Park, *Prowers, *Weld) Red Crossbill (*Jefferson, Park) Lesser Goldfinch (Park) Lapland Longspur (*Boulder) Chestnut-collared Longspur (Park) McCown’s Longspur (*Boulder, Park) Green-tailed Towhee (*Baca, Boulder, Larimer) Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Fremont) Canyon Towhee (*Fremont) Sagebrush Sparrow (Gunnison, Montrose) Lark Bunting (Adams) Savannah Sparrow (*Boulder, Park) Grasshopper Sparrow (Montezuma) Clay-colored Sparrow (*Boulder) Vesper Sparrow (*Boulder *Larimer, *Mesa, Montrose, *San Juan, Yuma) Lincoln’s Sparrow (Adams, *Eagle, Fremont, *Gunnison, Jefferson, Montrose) Swamp Sparrow (Broomfield, *Prowers) White-throated Sparrow (Douglas, Gunnison, *Larimer) Yellow-headed Blackbiard (*Kiowa) Rusty Blackbird (*Gunnison) Northern Waterthrush (Mesa) Prothonotary Warbler (Jefferson) Orange-crowned Warbler (*Boulder, Broomfield, Douglas, Fremont, Gunnison, *Jefferson, *Larimer, Montrose, Park, *Weld) Nashville Warbler (Fremont) MacGillivray’s Warbler (*Boulder) Common Yellowthroat (*Jefferson, Mesa) Hooded Warbler (*Eagle) American Redstart (*Weld) Palm Warbler (*Boulder, *Jefferson,* Larimer) Yellow-rumped Warbler (*San Juan) Townsend’s Warbler (Gunnison, *Larimer, Pueblo) Wilson’s Warbler (Boulder, Eagle, *Laraimer, Mesa) Western Tanager (Boulder, Larimer, Pueblo) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal Lake Ladora, Polly Reetz reported Common Loon. ---On October 13 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Cynthia Madsen and David Hill reported 23 Bufflehead, 50 Sandhill Crane, Common Loon, and Northern Shrike; Dale Pate reported 2 Bufflehead, Common Nighthawk and Lark Bunting. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Cherry Creek SP, Matt Newport reported 4 Bufflehead, Marbled Godwit, and 67 Franklin’s Gulls. On October 14 at Cherry Creek SP Ken Wat reported Horned Grebe, American Golden-Plover on Prairie Loop, 6 Mountain Bluebird, and 2 American Pipit. ARCHULETA COUNTY: ---On October 14 at Navajo SP, Jim Beatty reported 2 Horned Grebe and 15 Mountain Bluebird. BACA COUNTY: ---On October 14 at 26505 CR 19 Springfield, Julio Merayo reported Greater Roadrunner, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 12 Mountain Bluebird, Brown Thrasher, and Green-tailed Towhee. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Walden Ponds, Norm Lewis reported Vermilion Flycatcher. On October 14 at Walden Ponds, Peter Burke and Christian Nunes reported Pectoral Sandpiper, Mountain Bluebird, 16 American Pipit, and Orange-crowned Warbler. ---On October 13 at South Saint Vrain Road, Steve Frye, Rob Cassady, and Bill Kaempfer reported Steller’s Jay 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 12 Hermit Thrush, Lincoln’s Sparrow, 3 Green-tailed Towhee, Orange-crowned Warbler, Wilson’s Warbler, and Western Tanager. ---On October 12 at Skunk Creek—Broadway to 27th Way, David Dowell reported 5 Orange-crowned Warbler, Northern Parula. ---On October 13 on Jay Rd W of 63rd St in Boulder, Paula Hansely reported ad light morph Swainson’s Hawk. ---On October 13 at Boulder, Community Garden, Richard Trinkner reported Lincoln’s Sparrow, 3 Orange-crowned Warbler, MacGillvray’s Warbler, and Wilson’s Warbler. ---On October 13 on Eldorado Springs Dr near Hwy 93, Dan Zmolek reported Common Poorwill (flyover). ---On October 14 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve in Lafayette Ted Floyd, Bob Spencer, Luke Pheneger, Bill Kaempfer, and Steve Rash reported American Golden-Plover, Eastern Bluebird, Clay-colored Sparrow, Sandhill Cranes, Plumbeous Vireo, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. ---On October 14 at Prince Lake #2, Christian Nunes reported 2 Stilt Sandpiper and American Pipit. ---On October 14 at Golden Ponds Parks and NA, David Dowell reported Black-bellied Plover, 2 American Golden-Plover, Eastern Phoebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and 29 Mountain Bluebird. ---On October 14 on Boulder Reservoir Complex, Bill Schmoker, David Dowell, and Christian Nunes reported Sora, 81 Sandhill Cranes, Black-bellied Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, Bonaparte’s Gull, Common Loon, 150 Mountain Bluebird, 28 American Pipit, and Vesper Sparrow. ---On October 14 at 8776 N 107th St, Luke Pheneger reported Eastern Bluebird, 2 Mountain Bluebird, and 3 American Pipit. ---On October 14 at Terry Lake, David Dowell reported Common Loon. ---On October 14 at Swede Lakes, Nathan Pieplow reported Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 7 Hermit Thrush, Western Palm Warbler, and Wilson’s Warbler. ---On October 14 at Valmont Overlook/Legion Park, Christian Nunes, Peter Burke, and Bill Kaempfer reported Greater White-fronted Goose, Bufflehed, 5 Hooded Mergasner, 14 Red-breasted Merganser, 17 Sandhill Crane, 3 American Golden-Plover, 74 Mountain Bluebird, and 14 American Pipit. ---On October 14 at Lagerman Reservoir, Nathan Pieplow, Luke Phenger, David Dowell, and Peter Burke reported Greater White-fronted Goose, Sandhill Crane, American Golden-Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, 6 Mountain Bluebird, 6 Hermit Thrush, 12 American Pipit, Lapland Longspur, McCown’s Longspur, and Savannah Sparrow. ---On October 14 at Prince Lake #2, Peter Burke, Bill Kaempfer, and Steve Rash reported Black-bellied Plover, 2 American Golden-Plover, 2 Stilt Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, and 10 American Pipit. ---On October 14 at Boulder Creek on CU East Campus, Steve Frye reported Orange-crowned Warbler and Palm Warbler. ---On October 14 at Sixmile Reservoir, David Dowell and Peter Burke reported Black-bellied Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, 45 Mountain Bluebird, 12 American Pipit. ---On October 14 at Pleasant View Marsh, Ernest Crvich reported MacGillivray’s Warbler. BROOMFIELD COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Plaster Reservoir, David Ely, Eric Zorawowicz, Matt Hofeditz reported Cinnamon Teal, Bufflehead, 11 Franklin’s Gull, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 4 Mountain Bluebird, and Swamp Sparrow. On Ocotber 14 at Plaster Reservoir, David Ely and Steve Mlodinow reported Bufflehead, 3 Franklin’s Gull, Marsh Wren, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. ---On October 13 at Alexx and Michael’s Pond, David Ely and Matt Hofeditrz reported Solitary Sandpiper, 16 Bushtit, and Orange-crowned Warbler. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Cherry Creek Trail S end to Walker Gravel Pond, Chris Gilbert reported Broad-winged Hawk, Eastern Phoebe, Steller’s Jay, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, White-throated Sparrow. ---On October 13 at Chatfield SP Original Heronry Overlook, Joey Kellner reported Scoter, 6 Bufflehead, Common Loon, and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. October 14 at Chatfield SP original Heronry Overlook, Joey Kellner and his BIG SIT reported Surf Scoter, Bufflehead, Horned Grebe, 200 Sandhill Crane, Sabine’s Gull, Bonaparte’s Gull, Franklin’s Gull, Common Loon, Osprey, Mountain Bluebird, and American Pipit. EAGLE COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Lake Creek Village Wetlands, Eric Culbertson reported House Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 7 American Pipit, and 2 Wison’s Warbler. ---On October 13 on Hwy 24 in Minturn, Eric Culbertson reported Steller’s Jay, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hooded Warbler, and Wilson’s Warbler. On October 14 on Hwy 24 in Minturn, Eric Culbertson reported Hammond’s Flycatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and Hooded Warbler. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Chico Basin Ranch, Gary Koehn reported 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 3 Hermit Thrush, and Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On October 13 at Rock Creek Canyon Road, Kevin Ash and Rebecca Laroche reported Cassin’s Kingbird. FREMONT COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Kevin Ash and Rebecca Laroche reported 2 Junipeer Titmouse, 20 Bushtit, 2 Bewick’s Wren, 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 8 Mountain Bluebird, 2 Nashville Warbler, and Orange-crowned Warbler; Jerry DeBoer, and Joel Adams reported 2 Surf Scoter, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 55 Mountain Bluebird, 4 Sage Thrasher, and Canyon Towhee. ---On October 13 at Tunnel Drive area and Water Treatment Ponds, Kevin Ash and Rebecca Laroche reported 4 White-throated Swift, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 2 Lincoln’s Sparrow, Rufous-crowned Sparrow. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Curecanti NRA Pine Creek, Anne Winters and Jason PIetrzak reported Gray Flycatcher, 2 Bushtit, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 4 Lincoln’s Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, 3 Sagebrush Sparrow, 2 Orange-crowned Warbler, and Townsend’s Warbler. ---On October 14 at McCabes Wetland, Anne Winters and Jason Pietrzak reported 2 House Wren, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and Rusty Black Bird. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On October 13 at South Platte Reservoir SW Bay access road, Irene Rivas and many other birders reported TROPICAL KINGBIRD. On October 14 at South Platte Reservoir SW Bay, Ben Sampson reported NO Tropical Kingbird and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. ---On October 13 on Clear Creek Canyon Trail under Hwy 58 overpass, Michael Lester and many other birders reported Palm Warbler. On October 14 on Clear Creek Canyon Trail, Frank Farrell and Chris Wood reported 2 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jat, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Western Palm Warbler. ---On October 13 at Main Reservoir in Lakewood, Robert Raker and Chris Wood reported pair of Hooded Merganser, 3 Bushtit, and Prothonotary Warbler. On October 14 at Main Reservoir in Lakewood David Ely and Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, 4 Red Crossbill, Orange-crowned Warbler, and Common Yellowthroat. ---On October 13 at Chatfield SP Audubon Nature Center, Hugh Kingery and many other birders reported Lewis’s Woodpecker. ---On October 13 at Bear Creek Lake Park Big Soda, Lakes N Trail, Burke and Joey Angstman reported Spotted Sandpiper and Orange-crowned Warbler. On October 14 at Bear Creek Lake Park, Chris Wood reported 40 Sandhill Cranes (flyover), 2 Bonaparte’s Gull, 6 Franklin’s Gull, Eastern Bluebird (flyover), 270 Mountain Bluebird, Sage Thrasher, 3 American Pipit, and Common Yellowthroat. ---On October 13 at Lower White Ranch Park, Robert Raker reported Red-naped Sapsucker, 4 Steller’s Jay, 3 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and 4 Orange-crowned Warbler. ---On October 14 at Belmar Park, Chris Wood reported 9 Bufflehead, 6 Hooded Mergansers, 10 Sandhill Cranes (flyover), Franklin’s Gull, Hermit Thrush, American Pipit. ---On October 14 at Robert A Easton Regional Park, Chris Wood, Doug Kibbe, and MackenzIe Goldthwaite reported Lesser Yellowlegs, 8 Mountain Bluebird, and Orange-crowned Warbler; Surf Scoter, 2 Bufflehead, 4 Hooded Merganser, 3 Mountain Bluebird, 208 Sandhill Cranes (flyover), and American Golden-Plover. ---On October 14 at Harriman Lake Park, Chris Wood, Scott Somershoe, Mark Chavez, Reed Gerdes, and Myron Gerhard reported 20 Bufflehead, 167 Sandhill Crane, American Golden-Plover, Stilt Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Mountain Bluebird, and 10 American Pipit. ---On October 14 at Coors Pond, Chris Wood reported White-winged Scoter, 4 Bufflehead and juv Sabine’s Gull. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On October 14 at Sheridan Lake (town and playa), Tony Leukering reported 10 Sandhill Crane, American Avocet, American Golden-Plover, Cattle Egret, and 2 Yellow-headed Blackbird. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Timnath Reservoir, Rob Sparks reportd 750 Sandhill Cranes (flyover), 4 Pectoral Sandpiper, and 6 American Pipit. October 14 at Timnath Reservoir, Josh Bruening, Andy Bankert, and Carolyn Olson reported 9 Bufflehead Hooded Merganser, 900 Sandhill Crane, 2 American Avocet, Black-bellied Plover, 4 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Franklin’s Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Rock Wren, Marsh Wren, 15 Mountain Bluebird, 2 Hermit Thrush, 200 American Pipit, Western Palm Warbler, and 2 Wilson’s Warbler. ---On October 13 near Visitor’s Center, Fort Collins, Richard Herrington reported HARRIS’S HAWK. ---On October 13 at Bobcat Ridge NA, Fort Collins Audubon and Fawn Simmonds reported juv Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 7 Steller’s Jay, 6 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 9 Bushtit, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 11 Mountain Bluebird, 5 Hermit Thrush. On October 14 at Bobcat Ridge NA, Nick Komar reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Steller’s Jay, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Townsend’s Warbler. ---On October 13 at Pleasant Valley and Lake Canal Greenbelt at W Lake St, Nick Komar reported Western Tanager. ---On October 13 at 5330 E CR 32, Nick Komar reported 2 Cattle Egret. ---On October 13 at 1028 – 1078 N CR 23 Bellvue, Matthew Webb reported hovering Swainson’s Hawk, Green-tailed Towhee, and 3 Orange-crowned Warbler. ---On October 13 at Arapahoe Bend NA—Rigden Reserovir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Andy Bankert and Carolyn Olson reported 2 Surf Scoter and HARRIS’S HAWK; Robert Beauchap reported Palm Warbler. On October 14 at Arapahoe Bend NA—Rigden Reservoir (Strass Cabin Lake) Edward Raynor reported HARRIS’S HAWK at gravel pit, 40 Mountain Bluebird, and 40 American Pipit. ---On October 13 at Horsetooth Reservoir, Nick Komar reported 3 ad Lesser Black-backred Gull and Cattle Egret. ---On October 14 at Wellington SWA—Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Carolyn Olson reported Northern Bobwhite, Black-bellied Plover (flyover), Stilt Sandpiper, 3 Pectoral Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Common Loon, Yellow-bellied Kingbird (?), Marsh Wren, 15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 35 Mountain Bluebird, Hermit Thrush, White-throated Sparrow, 3 Lincoln’s Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Wilson’s Warbler. ---On October 14 at Topminnow NA (East Horsetooth Gravel Pit), Robert Beauchamp and John Shenot reported HARRIS’S HAWK, 30 Mountain Bluebird, Hermit Thrush, American Pipit, and Vesper Sparrow. ---On October 14 at Lonetree Reservoir in SW Loveland Nick Komar reported 3 Black-bellied Plover, American Golden-Plover and Surf Scoter. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Lake Dorothy SWA, Tony Godrey reported 3 Lewis’s Woodpecker, 7 Bushtit, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Hermit Thrush. MESA COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Connected Lakes SP, Ryan Claar reported Northern Waterthrush, and Common Yellowhtroat. ---On October 14 at Highline Lake SP, Ronda Woodward and Deb Stegall reported Marsh Wren and Vesper Sparrow. ---On October 14 at Colorado River SP—Fruita Section, Ronda Woodward and Deb Stegall reported 3 White-throated Swift, 9 Mountain Bluebird. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Sand Canyon Trail, Susan Allerton reported 36 Pinyon Jay, 2 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 4 Juniper Titmouse, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Grasshopper Sparrow. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Rose Garden, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Hammond’s Flycatcher, Steller’s Jay, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Juniper Titmouse, 2 Bushtit, Rock Wren, 3 Bewick’s Wren, 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 11 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 15 Mountain Bluebird, 4 Sagebrush Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, 3 Lincoln’s Sparrow, and 3 Orange-crowned Warbler. PARK COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Antero Reservoir, Chris Wood and Steve Mlodinow freported 6 Surf Scoter f-type, 34 Sandhill Cranes, 3 American Avocet, 2 Red-necked Phalarope, juv Sabine’s Gull, ad Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 American Pipit, Red Crossbill (flyover), and Chestnut-collared Longspur (flyover); White-winged Scoter, 8 Bufflehead, 31 Sandhill Crane, 3 American Avocet. ---On October 13 at Spinney Mountain Reservoir, Chris Wood and Steve Mlodinow reported 700 Bufflehead, Bonaparte’s Gull, Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Mountain Bluebird, 4 American Pipit, Chestnut-collared Longspur, and McCown’s Longspur (flyover). ---On October 13 at Eleven Mile SP, Chris Wood and Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Surf Scoter, 55 Bufflehead, 2 Bonaparte’s Gull, 2 Mountain Bluebird, 2 American Pipit, Chestnut-collared Longspur, and Savannah Sparrow. --On October 13 at CR 59 Hartsel, Chris Wood and Steve Mlodinow Reported Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 7 Mountain Bluebird, and Lesser Goldfinch. ---On October 13 at Comos Willows, Chris Wood and Steve Mlodinow reported Orange-crowned Warbler. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On October 14 at North Gateway Park, Tony Leukering reported Bufflehead, 12 Sandhill Crane, American Avocet, 221 American Crow, 2 American Pipit, Swamp Sparrow. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Lake Beckwith in Colorado City, Dave Silverman reported 2 f-type Surf Scoters. ---On October 13 at Pueblo City Park, Brandon Percival reported 9 Sandhill Crane, Williamson’s Sapsucker, 2 juv m Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Townsend’s Warbler, Western Tanager. SAN JUAN COUNTY: ---On October 14 at Silverton (Town), Lily Douglas reported on Mineral St, Vesper Sparrow and 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler. WELD COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Union Reservoir, Bill Kaempfer reported 1st year Sabine’s Gull, Great Egret, and 2 Franklin’s Gull. ---On October 14 at Idaho Creek, David Ely and Steve Mlodinow reported Cinnamon Teal, 20 Sandhill Cranes, 2 Black-bellied Plover, Red-necked Phalarope, Mountain Bluebird, 32 American Pipit, 7 Orange-crowned Warbler, and American Redstart. YUMA COUNTY: ---On October 13 at Sandy Bluffs State Trust Land and SWA (closed in Summer), Art Hudak and Gwen Moore reported 4 Eastern Blluebird and 6 Vesper Sparrow. DFO Field Trips For more details go to the DFO website South-Central Colorado Tuesday, October 16 – Wednesday October 17 5:00 AM – 7:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) Second Creek Open Space Saturday, October 20 7:00 AM – 11:30 AM Patrick O’Driscoll )(patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955 (cell)) Park County Reservoirs Monday, October 22 5:30 AM – 3:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) Northeastern Colorado Tuesday, October 23 5:30 AM – 7:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) 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/CAHtstTf6Rew1jPiEuP8K7VjeD-2_ncadbhc-QZ9rjw77hvjV-w%40mail.gmail.com. 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