[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 15 January 2015

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:  January 15, 2016
This is the Rare Bird Alert, Friday, January 15, sponsored by Denver Field
Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).

Trumpeter Swan (Arapahoe, Chaffee, Douglas, Jefferson, Mesa, Weld)
Swan Spec (Mesa)
Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe, El Paso, Logan)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, Arapahoe, Chaffee, Delta, Denver, Fremont,
Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Pueblo)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Logan, Weld)
Pacific Loon (Bent)
Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo)
American White Pelican (Bent, Larimer)
AMERICAN WOODCOCK (Larimer)
Thayer's Gull (Arapahoe,  Bent, Boulder, Larimer, Pueblo)
ICELAND GULL (Arapahoe)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Larimer, Pueblo)
Glaucous Gull (Arapahoe, Larimer, Pueblo)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larimer, Pueblo)
White-winged Dove (Pueblo)
Greater Roadrunner (Baca)
SNOWY OWL (El Paso, Sedgwick)
White-throated Swift (Pueblo)
ACORN WOODPECKER (El Paso)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan, Weld)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Fremont, Larimer, Prowers)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Fremont, Jefferson, La Plata)
Eastern Phoebe (Weld)
Black Phoebe (Delta, Fremont, Pueblo)
Chihuahuan Raven (Bent)
Carolina Wren (Jefferson)
Bewick's Wren (Fremont)
Winter Wren (Douglas, Fremont, Pueblo)
Varied Thrush (Arapahoe, *Grand, Larimer)
Gray Catbird (Boulder)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Pueblo)
Brown Thrasher (Baca)
Lapland Longspur (Adams, Douglas, Kit Carson, Logan, Weld)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Larimer)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Fremont)
Canyon Towhee (Fremont)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Boulder)
Northern Cardinal (Logan, Otero)
Rusty Blackbird (Arapahoe, Archuleta)
Great-tailed Grackle (Adams, La Plata)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Delta, *Grand, Jefferson, Mesa, Teller)
Black Rosy-Finch (Delta, Douglas, *Grand, Jefferson, Teller)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Delta, Douglas, *Grand, Jefferson, Mesa, *Teller,
Weld)
PURPLE FINCH (El Paso, Kit Carson)
Common Redpoll (Douglas, *Jefferson, Larimer)

ADAMS COUNTY:
--On January 3, Chuck Hundertmark reported Lesser Black-backed Gull,
Lapland Longspur, and a record 3518 Great-tailed Grackles.
--On January 9, Laura Steadman reported 4 Barrow's Goldeneyes on the Platte
River between 78th and 88th Ave by the water tower.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
--On December 29 at South Platte Reservoir, Mark Chavez and Steve Miller
reported 2 Trumpeter Swans and 3 Long-tailed Ducks and David Suddjian
reported ad Lesser Black-backed Gull and 1-st cyc Thayer's Gull.  On
December 30, Jayne James reported Long-tailed Ducks and 2 Trumpeter Swans
at South Platte Reservoir.  On December 31, Joey Kellner reported 2
Trumpeter Swans, 2 Barrow's Goldeneyes (1m, 1f), 3 Long-tailed Ducks (2f,
1m) at South Platte Reservoir.  On January 1, 2-3 Long-tailed Ducks were
reported Gwen Moore and many other birders at South Platte Reservoir.  On
January 2, Joey Kellner and several others reported 3 Long-tailed Ducks at
South Platte Reservoir.  On January 9, Chuck Aid and Gene Rutherford
reported 2 Long-tailed Ducks, 1 Thayer's Gull and 1 Lesser Black-backed
Gull at South Platte Reservoir.
On January 3, C Warnecke and several others reported 3 Long-tailed Ducks at
South Platte Reservoir.  On January 4, David Suddjian, Phil Lyon, Loch
Kilpatick and Dale Adams reportd 2 Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte
Reservoir.  On January 5, Michael Kiessig, C Warneke, and Chuck Hundertmark
reported 3 Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte Reservoir.  On January 6,
Scott Someshoe and Adam Vesely reported 3 Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte
Reservoir.  On January 10, Ben Sampson reported 2 Long-tailed Ducks at
South Platte Reservoir.  On January 11, Jennifer Hyypio reported
Long-tailed Duck at South Platte Reservoir and Tolline Gallagher reported 3
Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte Reservoir.  On January 12, Jennifer
Hyypio, Candice Johnson, and David Suddjian reported 2 Long-tailed Ducks at
South Platte Reservoir.  On January 13, Jane Stulp reported Long-tailed
Duck at South Platte Reservoir.
--A Varied Thrush was reported by Becky Campbell near Cherry Creek on the
Denver Urban CBC on January 1.
--A Rusty Blackbird was spotted by Doug Shoffner at South Platte Park along
the river about 1/4 miles N of C470 overpass, spillway, and paved
roundabout on January 2.
--At Aurora Reservoir on January 5, David Dowell reported 4 Thayer's Gulls,
2 ad ICELAND GULLS (Kumlien), and 4 ad Lesser Black-backed Gulls.  On
January 5, Dick Filby reported 1-st cyc Kumlien's Iceland Gull at Aurora
Reservoir.

ARCHULETA COUNTY:
--A f Rusty Blackbird was reported by Bennett Bailey at Pagosa Hot Springs
on December 31.  On January 4, Ben Bailey reported Rusty Blackbird on the
San Juan River Walk in Pagosa Springs.  On January 5, Bryon Greco reported
Rusty Blackbird on San Juan Riverwalk in Pagosa Springs.

BACA COUNTY:
--On January 1, Steve Mlodinow reported Greater Roadrunner and Brown
Thrasher at Two Buttes below the dam.

BENT 

[cobirds] Cattail Pond, Larimer County

[Rick Reeser]

For those wishing to have a birding fix, Cattail Pond in SW Loveland had
lots of water birds in a small open water area, including cackling geese,
redheads, wigeons, ringnecks, gadwalls, and common goldeneye,  There were
probably others, but these were the ones I could identify in the short time
I was there.
Rick Reeser, Greeley

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[cobirds] Yellow-throated Warbler, Larimer

[Nick Komar]

Forrest Luke reports that the warbler continues at the feeder in Fort Collins 
this morning. 

Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO

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[cobirds] White-throated Sparrow - Carbondale

[Dick Filby]

 

Hi all

 

The White-throated Sparrow is still visiting our backyard feeders today,
during this light snowfall that we are experiencing..

If anyone wants to come look you are most welcome -  but contact me first as
you will need to look from inside the house.

 

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

Carbondale, CO

 

 

 

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[cobirds] Purple Finch at Fountain Creek Nature Center, El Paso County

[Gary Koehn]

I saw a female Purple Finch at Fountain Creek Nature Center bird feeders at 1pm 
today.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kingbird42/24378047486/in/dateposted-public/

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Re: [cobirds] Redpoll, Golden, Jeffco

[Ira Sanders]

I'm glad Todd got the Redpoll. I haven't seen it for a while. The Harris's
Sparrow was here this afternoon.

Ira Sanders
Golden
On Jan 15, 2016 4:48 PM, "Todd Deininger"  wrote:

> Within one minute the Common Redpoll showed up at Ira"s freder this
> morning.  Then I never saw it again.   Did not see any of the other
> goodies.
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[cobirds] Barrow's Goldeneyes and more, Basalt, Eagle Cty

[Dick Filby]

Hi all

 

Had to go to Basalt this afternoon so took a drive up the Frying Pan river a
few miles. A lot of the ice on the river has broken out.

 

Notable birds included

Barrow's Goldeneye 4 (2 pairs)

Lewis's Woodpecker 2

Pinyon Jay c70 flying over

Several American Dippers

 

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

 

 

 

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[cobirds] Barrow's Goldeneyes and more, Basalt, Eagle Cty

[Dick Filby]

Hi all

 

Had to go to Basalt this afternoon so took a drive up the Frying Pan river a
few miles. A lot of the ice on the river has broken out.

 

Notable birds included

Barrow's Goldeneye 4 (2 pairs)

Lewis's Woodpecker 2

Pinyon Jay c70 flying over

Several American Dippers

 

Best wishes

 

Dick Filby

 

 

 

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[cobirds] Redpoll, Golden, Jeffco

[Todd Deininger]

Within one minute the Common Redpoll showed up at Ira"s freder this
morning.  Then I never saw it again.   Did not see any of the other
goodies.

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[cobirds] Pinyon Jays, Saguache County

[Kelvin Heitmann]

Approx. 151 Pinyon Jays and 3 red- shafted northern flickers flew over my house 
toward the mountains at 10:20 am Jan 15, 2016 in the Baca Grande subdivision of 
Crestone, Colorado. This display occurs every couple weeks here. I have noticed 
flickers with them before as they feed.
Kelvin Heitmann

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