Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail:RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: January 11 , 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, January 11, sponsored by Denver
Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species)
NOTE: The RBA is using the new AOU checklist, & the order of families has
changed.
Trumpeter Swan (*Douglas, *Mesa)
Tundra Swan (Boulder, Delta)
Surf Scoter (Arapahoe, Huerfano)
White-winged Scoter (*Arapahoe, Pueblo)
Long-tailed Duck (*Chaffee, Douglas, Larimer)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, Arapahoe, Delta, *Moffat)
Red-necked Grebe (Boulder)
White-winged Dove (Prowers)
American Woodcock (Larimer)
Spotted Sandpiper (Arapahoe, Pueblo)
Greater Yellowlegs (Adams)
Mew Gull (Arapahoe, Denver)
Thayer's Gull (*Arapahoe, Douglas, Larimer, Pueblo)
ICELAND GULL (Arapahoe, Larimer)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, *Arapahoe, Jefferson, Larimer, Pueblo)
Glaucous Gull (Arapahoe)
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (Larimer)
Great Black-backed Gull (Arapahoe, Larimer, Pueblo)
Double-crested Cormorant (*Adams, *Arapahoe, Delta, Douglas)
Red-naped Sapsucker (Boulder, La Plata)
Winter Wren (*Weld)
Hermit Thrush (*Arapahoe, Denver, La Plata, Morgan)
Gray Catbird (Denver)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Jefferson, Pitkin, San Miguel)
Black Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Pitkin, San Miguel)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Jefferson, Pitkin, San Miguel)
Common Redpoll (El Paso)
Lapland Longspur (Arapahoe, Kit Carson, Logan)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kit Carson)
Canyon Towhee (El Paso)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Mesa)
Rusty Blackbird (Huerfano, Jefferson, Weld)
Great-tailed Grackles (Mesa)
*For directions to unfamiliar locations (e.g. "Lower Latham"), please
refer to CFO's Colorado County Birding site: www.coloradocountybirding.org
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On January 2 at South Platte River and Sand Creek mouth, Art Hudak, Mark
Chavez, and tom Behnfield reported Double-crested Cormorant. On January 8
at South Platte River and Sand Creek mouth, Steve Mlodinow and Nick Moore
reported 2 Barrow's Goldeneyes and 24 Double-crested Cormorants. On
January 10 at South Platte River and Sand Creek mouth, Sunny Bradford
reported 5 Double-crested Cormorants.
---On January 2 on Southern St in Brighton, David Dowell and Bill Kaempfer
reported Greater Yellowlegs.
---On January 2 on South Platte River around 74th Ave, Mark Minner-Lee
reported Barrow's Goldeneye.
---On January 7 on E 120th E of RIverdale Rd, Adam Vesely reported Greater
Yellowlegs.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On January 7 at Aurora Reservoir, Thomas Holub reported Double-crested
Cormorant. On January 8 at Aurora Reservoir, Glenn Walbek reported
White-winged Scoter, 2 Thayer's Gulls, 1 1st-cyc ICELAND GULL, 12 ad Lesser
Black-backed Gulls, and 2 Glaucous Gulls. On January 8 at Aurora
Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow and Nick Moore reported White-winged Scoter, 8
Thayer's Gulls (2 ad, 2 2-nd cyc, 4 juv), juv ICELAND GULL, 14 Lesser
Black-backed Gulls (5 ad, 2 2-3 cyc, 4 juv), 2 Glaucous Gulls (1 ad, 1
imm), juv Great Black-backed Gull, Lapland Longspur. On January 9 at
Aurora Reservoir, Diane Roberts and Tim Ryan reported Mew Gull, 2 Thayer's
Gulls (1 ad, 1 juv), 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Glaucous Gull and Great
Black-backed Gull. On January 10 at Aurora Reservoir, Gwen Moore reported
White-winged Scoter, Thayer's Gull, and Lesser Black-backed Gull.
---On December 28, David Suddjian reported Long-tailed Duck at South Platte
Reservoir. On January 1, Steve Stachowiak reported Long-tailed Duck and
Black Scoter at South Platte Reservoir. On January 2, Joey Kellner
reported 2 f-type Long-tailed Ducks at South Platte Reservoir.
---On January 6 at Centennial Park, Robert Raker reported Barrow's
Goldeneye and Spotted Sandpiper along the South Platte.
---On January 10 at South Platte Park, Cynthia Madsen, Jonelle Balais,
Betty Glass, and Janet Shin reported imm Double-crested Cormorant.
---On January 10 at deKoevend Park, Jared Del Rosso reported Hermit Thrush.
---On January 10 at South Platte Reservoir, David Suddjian reported 2
Lesser Black-backed Gulls (1 ad, 1 3rd-cyc).
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On December 28 at Valmont Overlook (Legion Park), Chris Wood reported 3
Tundra Swans (2 ad, 1 juv). On January 1 at Valmont Reservoir, Peter Gent
reported 3 Tundra Swans (2 ad, 1 juv). On January 8 at Valmont Reservoir,
Bob Spencer reported 4 Tundra Swans and Red-necked Grebe.
---On December 27 at Bohn Park in Boulder, Peter Burke reported Red-naped
Sapsucker. On January 2 at Bohn Park, Peter Burke reported Red-naped
Sapsucker.
---On December 28 at Fawn Brook Inn in Allenspark, Chris Wood reported all
3 species of Rosy-Finches and 22 Bohemian Waxwings. On December 30 at
Fawn Brook Inn, Mark Amershek reported all 3 species of Rosy-Finches. On
January 8, Bill Fink reported all 3 species of Rosy-Finches at Fawnbrook
Inn.
---On January 9 at Walden Ponds, Kim Mauritz reported 2 Tundra Swans and
