Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: January 24, 2016
This is the Rare Bird Alert, Sunday, January 24, sponsored by Denver Field
Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
Trumpeter Swan (Mesa)
Tundra Swan (Boulder)
Long-tailed Duck (*Arapahoe, Fremont)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Arapahoe, Eagle, Summit)
Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo)
AMERICAN WOODCOCK (Larimer)
Red Phalarope (Pueblo)
Thayer's Gull (Arapahoe, Boulder, Pueblo)
ICELAND GULL (*Arapahoe)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Arapahoe, Boulder, Pueblo)
Glaucous Gull (Arapahoe, Pueblo)
Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo)
White-winged Dove (Pueblo)
Greater Roadrunner (Pueblo)
White-throated Swift (Pueblo)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*Fremont)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Fremont)
Eastern Phoebe (Weld)
Black Phoebe (Fremont, Pueblo)
Chihuahuan Raven (El Paso)
House Wren (*Pueblo)
Carolina Wren (*Jefferson)
Winter Wren (Denver, El Paso, Fremont)
Varied Thrush (Grand, *Larimer)
Gray Catbird (*Boulder)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Larimer)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Fremont)
Canyon Towhee (Fremont)
Lark Sparrow (Mesa)
Rusty Blackbird (El Paso)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Delta, Grand, Jefferson, Mesa, Pitkin, Teller)
Black Rosy-Finch (Delta, Grand, Jefferson, Mesa, Pitkin, Teller)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Delta, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson, Mesa, Pitkin,
Teller)
PURPLE FINCH (*El Paso)
Common Redpoll (Jefferson, Larimer)
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
--On January 13, Jane Stulp reported Long-tailed Duck at South Platte
Reservoir. On January 16, Nick Komar reported 3 Long-tailed Ducks at South
Platte Reservoir. On January 17, Steve Smith, Bill Kaempfer, and Brian
Johnson reported 2 Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte Reservoir. On January
18, Jesse and Renee Casias reported 3 Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte
Reservoir. On January 19, David Suddjian reported 3 Long-tailed Ducks (1m,
2f), 2 Barrow's Goldeneyes, 1 1st-cyc Thayer's Gull, and 1 1-st cyc Lesser
Black-backed Gull at South Platte Reservoir. On January 19, Michael
Kiessig reported 2 Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte Reservoir. On January
20, Aaron Keller reported 2 Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte Reservoir.
On January 21, Karen Drozda reported 1 Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte
Reservoir. On January 22, Nelson Ford reported 2 Long-tailed Ducks at
South Platte Reservoir. On January 23, Gene Rutherford and others
reported 3 Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte Reservoir.
--On January 23, Gene Rutherford reported ICELAND (kumlieni) GULL, 2
Thayer's Gulls, and 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls at South Platte Reservoir.
BOULDER COUNTY:
--On January 11, David Dowell reported 1 ad Thayer's Gull and 10 Lesser
Black-backed Gulls at the Valmont Complex. On January 21, David Dowell
reported 1 Tundra Swan, 1 ad Thayer's Gull and 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
(1 juv, 1 imm, 1 ad) at Valmont Complex.
--On January 13, Ted Floyd reported a Gray Catbird at Waneka Lake/Greenlee
Preserve in Lafayette. On January 23, Randy Siebert reported Gray Catbird
at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve.
DELTA COUNTY:
--On January 13, Dennis Garrison reported Brown-capped Rosy-Finches at FR
256 at Mule Park parking lot on January 13.
DENVER COUNTY:
--A Winter Wren was reported by Cynthia Madsen at Washington Park on
January 15.
EAGLE COUNTY:
--On January 15, Dick Filby reported 2 pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes on the
Frying Pan River out of Basalt.
EL PASO COUNTY:
--A f PURPLE FINCH was reported by Robb Hinds at Fountain Creek RP on
January 10. On January 15, Gary Koehn reported f PURPLE FINCH at feeders
at Fountain Creek NC. On January 16 Glenn Walbek and John Drummond
reported young male PURPLE FINCH at Fountain Creek RP. On January 23, Joey
Kellner and others reported PURPLE FINCH at Fountain Creek RP.
--A Rusty Blackbird was reported by Glenn Walbek and John Drummond on
Birdsall Rd on January 16.
--A Winter Wren was reported by Mark Peterson at Fountain Creek RP on
January 16.
--A Chichuahuan Raven was reported by John Drummond on Squirrel Creek Road
on January 16.
FREMONT COUNTY:
--At Tunnel Drive in Canon City on December 30, Scott Somershoe reported
Rufous-crowned Sparrow and a couple of Canyon Towhee. On January 10,
SeEtta Moss reported the the DFO Field trip saw Rufous-crowned Sparrow and
Canyon Towhee. On January 13, Ira Sanders reported Rufous-crowned Sparrow
at Tunnel Drive
--A Black Phoebe was reported by Joey Kellner at Florence River Park on
January 1. On January 3, at Florence River Park, Loch Kilpatrick and Glenn
Walbek reported Black Phoebe. On January 16, Dale Adams reported Black
Phoebe at Florence River Park.
--At Centennial Park in Canon City, Joey Kellner reported Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker on January 1. On January 6, John Drummond reported
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Centennial Park. On January 15, Aaron Keller
reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Centennial Park. On January 22,
Brandon Percival Reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Ce
