Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: August 30, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, August 30 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 now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families has changes. Snow Goose (Morgan) Trumpeter Swan (Routt) Wood Duck (*Costilla) Bufflehead (Jackson, Larimer) Barrow’s Goldeneye (Grand) Greater Sage-Grouse (Jackson) Gunnison Sage-Grouse (*Gunnison) Greater Prairie-Chicken (Yuma) Wild Turkey (Denver) White-winged Dove (Prowers) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Bent) Greater Roadrunner (Bent) Chimney Swift (Boulder, Jefferson, Prowers) Black Rail (Bent) Sandhill Crane (*Costilla, Montezuma, *Saguache, Weld) Black-necked Stilt (*Alamosa, Mesa) Snowy Plover (*Alamosa) Semipalmated Plover (El Paso, *Washington) Mountain Plover (Adams) Upland Sandpiper (*Washington) Long-billed Curlew (Morgan) Stilt Sandpiper (El Paso, Grand, Larimer, Otero, *Washington) Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Jackson) Pectoral Sandpiper (El Paso, Otero, *Washington) Semipalmated Sandpiper (El Paso, Grand, Otero, *Washington) Short-billed Dowitcher (Jackson) Solitary Sandpiper (Alamosa, Boulder, El Paso, Jefferson, Mesa, Moffat, Montrose, Pueblo, *Washington) LONG-TAILED JAEGER (Park) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Arapahoe, Douglas, *Jefferson) Caspian Tern (Larimer, Morgan) Black Tern (Adams, Morgan) Common Tern (Alamosa, *Larimer) Common Loon (Kiowa, Ouray) SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Prowers) Mississippi Kite (El Paso, Prowers) Broad-winged Hawk (Arapahoe) Lewis’s Woodpecker (Chaffee, La Plata, Summit) Red-headed Woodpecker (Adams, Phillips, Prowers) Williamson’s Sapsucker (La Plata, Mesa) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso, Pueblo) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Grand, Gunnison) CRESTED CARACARA (Adams, Denver, Douglas) Merlin (Chaffee, Moffat, Pueblo) Least Flycatcher (Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, El Paso, Jefferson) Gray Flycatcher (Mesa, Montrose) Eastern Phoebe (Denver, Jefferson) Great Crested Flycatcher (Kiowa, Prowers, *Washington) Cassin’s Kingbird (El Paso, La Plata, Pueblo) Bell’s Vireo (Pueblo) Gray Vireo (Montrose) Philadelphia Vireo (Adams) Red-eyed Vireo (La Plata, Moffat, *Washington) Carolina Wren (Prowers) Bewick’s Wren (Pueblo) Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso) Red Crossbill (La Plata, Larimer, Pueblo) Evening Grosbeak (Kiowa, La Plata, Moffat, Summit) McCown’s Longspur (Jackson) Northern Waterthrush (Adams, Jackson, *Mesa, Washington) Nashville Warbler (Adams, *Mesa) Northern Parula (La Plata) Magnolia Warbler (Phillips) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Jackson) Clay-colored Sparrow (Adams, Denver, Eagle, El Paso, Grand, Jackson, Larimer, Pueblo) Brewer’s Sparrow (Adams, *Alamosa, Arapahoe, Denver, El Paso, Jackson, Mesa, Ouray, Pueblo) Lark Bunting (Denver, *Gunnison, Jackson) Fox Sparrow (Jackson, San Juan) Northern Cardinal (Prowers) Dickcissel (Morgan) Bobolink (Boulder) Baltimore Oriole (Morgan) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On August 26 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Northern Waterthrush. ---On August 25 at 91st and Tower, Loch Kilpatrick reported CRESTED CARACARA soaring over dump. ---On Augut 27 at Barr Lake SP, Luke and Tray Pheneger and Susan Wise reported, Black Tern, juv Red-headed Woodpecker, 4 Least Flycatchers, Philadelphia Vireo (also reported by Karen Drozda), 2 Northern Waterthrush, Nashville Warbler, Brewer’s Sparrow. ---On August 27 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Chris Goulart reported Mountain Plover flying over short-grass prairie and Clay-colored Sparrow. ALAMOSA COUNTY: ---On August 25 at Blanca Wetlands, John Rawinski reported Snowy Plover best seen at Watchable Wildlife area, pond 46 and other shorebirds at North Mallard area, Pond 14. On August 26 at Blanca Wetland, Ed Huestis reported Snowy Plover. On August 28 at Blanca Wetlands NWR, David Dowell reported 16 Black-necked Stilts, 4 Snowy Plovers at watchable wildlife, and 7 Brewer’s Sparrows. ---On August 26 at San Luis Lakes SP, Steve Mlodinow reported Solitary Sandpiper and Common Tern. ARAPHAOE COUNTY: ---On August 27 at Cherry Creek SP, Cynthia Madsen reported Lesser Black-backed Gull and Brewer’s Sparrow. ---On August 28 at Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve, Jared Del Rosso and Steve Altman reported Broad-winged Hawk. BENT COUNTY: ---On August 26 at Fort Lyon CR 16 marshes, Joey Angstman reported hearinging Black Rail and Yellow-billed Cuckoo. ---On August 25 at Hasty Campground Dan Stringer reported 2 Greater Roadrunners. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On August 26 at Golden Ponds Park and Nature Area, Luke Pheneger reported Solitary Sandpiper, 2 Chimney Swift, and Least Sandpiper. BROOMFIELD COUNTY: ---On August 26 at Plaster Reservoir, Matt Hofeditz reported Least Flycatcher. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On August 26 at Buena Vista City Parks, Steve Mlodinow reported 12 Lewis’s Woodpecker and Merlin. COSTILLA COUNTY: ---On August 28 at Smith Reservoir, David Dowell reported 2 Wood Ducks and Sandhill Crane. DENVER COUNTY: ---On August 26 at First Creek at DEN Open Space, John Breitsch and others reported CRESTED CARACARA. On August 27 at First Creek at DEN, John Breitsch reported 2 Brewer’s Sparrows and Gregg Goodrich and Anna Troth reported 2 Clay-colored Sparrows. ---On August 26 at Westerly Creek Park, Jason Bidgood reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On August 27 at Denver City Park, Patrick O’Driscoll reported Lark Bunting on shore of Ferril Lake. ---On August 28 at Bluff Lake, George Ho reported Wild Turkey. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On August 24 at Highline Canal, Lowell Baumunk reported CRESTED CARACARA in dead cottonwood. It took off and headed towards Chatfield SP; Peggy Wait also reported CRESTED CARACARA at Highline Canal in Sunshine Acres area – see her photos on CoBirds. ----On August 24 at Reuter-Hess Reservoir, Tim Ryan reported CRESTED CARACARA circling above the dam. Reuter-Hess has restricted access. ---On August 26 at Chatfield SP, Joey Kellner et al reported Lesser Black-backed Gull. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On August 24 at Fountain Creek RP, David Tonnessen and Joel Adams reported 4 Mississippi Kites and Northern Waterthrush. On August 26 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Gloria Nikolai reported 3 Mississippi Kites. On August 28 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Tanja Britton reported 2 Mississippi Kites. ---On August 27 at Chico Basin Ranch wooded area, Christine Alexander reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker and Least Flycatcher. ---On August 26 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, John Drummond reported Semipalmated Plover, 7 Stilt Sandpipers, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers, 4 Semipalmated Sandpipers, Cassin’s Kingbird, Clay-colored Sparrow, 6 Brewer’s Sparrows. On August 27 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, David Tonnessen reported 11 Stilt Sandpipers, 4 Pectoral Sandpipers, 3 Semipalmated Sandpipers, Solitary Sandpiper, 26 Clay-colored Sparrows, and 4 Brewer’s Sparrows. ---On August 24 on Dearing Rd and Squirrel Creek Rd, Mel and Jeanne Goff reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker. ---On August 27 on Hanover Road, W of DeGroot Rd, Chrstine Alexander reported Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On August 28 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown reported banding ad Brewer’s Sparrow. GRAND COUNTY: ---On August 24 and 25 at Windy Gap Reservoir, Doug Gochfeld reported f-type Barrow’s Goldeneye. ---On August 27 at Shadowcliff retreat Center near Grand Lake, Jay VaderGaast reported American Three-toed Woodpecker and Clay-colored Sparrow. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On August 28 on Hwy 38 south of Gunnison, Jesse Huth reported Gunnison Sage-Grouse and Lark Bunting. JACKSON COUNTY: ---August 27 at Arapaho NWR Auto Loop, Steve Mlodinow reported Bufflehead, 15 Greater Sage-Grouse, Stilt Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, McCown’s Longspur, 5 Lark Buntings. On August 28 at Arapaho NWR, Jean Olson reported Lark Bunting. ---On August 27 in Rand (town), Steve Mlodinow reported Northern Waterthrush, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Clay-colored Sparrow, and Fox (slate-colored) Sparrow. ---On August 27 at MacFarlane Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 25 Bufflehead, 4 Brewer’s Sparrows, and Lark Bunting. ---On August 27 at 18 Island Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Stilt Sandpipers flyover Buff-breasted Sandpiper (this would be a new county record if accepted), Short-billed Dowitcher, and Brewer’s Sparrow. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On August 25 at Crown Hill Regional Park, Steven Snyder reported Chimney Swift. ---On August 26 at Chatfield SP South Platte River Delta, Rebecca Jackson reported Solitary Sandpiper, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Least Flycatcher, and juv Eastern Phoebe. ---On August 29 at Chatfield SP Swim Beach, Diane Roberts and Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On August 24 at Kiowa Creek at CR 40, Nick Moore reported Great Crested Flycatcher. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On August 26 on Animas River trail behind Home Depot in Durango, Heather and Riley Morris reported 2 Williamson’s Sapsucker and hatch year Northern Parula. On August 26 on Animas River Trail across from Mercury Payments, Jason St. Pierre reported Cassin’s Kingbird. On August 27 on Animas River trail Huck Finn Pond and Hatcher area, Heather and Riley Morris and Ryan Volt reported Red-eyed Vireo. On August 28 on Animas River Trail Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area, Ryan Votta reported 5 Lewis’s Woodpeckers, 10 Evening Grosbeaks, and 2 Red Crossbills. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On August 25 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Jean Olson reported Caspian Tern. ---On August 26 at CR 70 ponds near CR 13, John Shenot and Nick Komar reported Bufflehead and 2 Stilt Sandpipers. ---On August 26 at Grandview Cemetery, Dave Leatherman reported 23 Red Crossbills – mostly juv and Clay-colored Sparrow. On August 27 at Grandview Cemetery, Dave Leatherman reported Clay-colored Sparrow. ---On August 26 at Kechter Pit wetland, Nick Komar reported Caspian Tern. ---On August 26 at Topminnow Nautral Area (East Horsetooth Gravel Pit), Nick Komar reported Bufflehead. ---On August 29 at Boyd Lake SP, David Wade and Nick Komar reported Common Tern. MESA COUNTY: ---On August 26 on Canal Road in DeBeque, Nan Perkinds reported Gray Flycatcher and Brewer’s Sparrow. ---On August 27 at Redlands Parkway Ponds, Glenn Pearson reported Black-necked Stilt. ---On August 27 at Castro Reservoir, Edward Lewis reported Williamson’s Sapsucker. ---On August 28 on Uncompahgre Plateau, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported 2 Solitary Sandpipers and 4 Brewer’s Sparrows. ---On August 29 at Horsethief Canyon SWA near Fruita on the River Trail, Mike Henwood reported Northern Waterthrush and Nashville Warbler. MOFFAT COUNTY: ---On August 25 at Loudy-Simpson Nature Trail in Craig, Jan Leonard and Tresa Moulton heard 2 Sandhill Cranes and reported Merlin (Prairie) and continuing Red-eyed Vireo first found by Leonard On 8/23. ---On August 26 at Freeman Reservoir and Campground, Jan Leonard reported Solitary Sandpiper and 2 Evening Grosbeaks. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On August 26 at 275 Spruce in Mancos, Kristi Dranginis reported 3 Sandhill Cranes see from road in field. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On August 25 at Airport Lake, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Solitary Sandpiper and Gray Vireo. MORGAN COUNTY: ---On August 24 on Hwy 71 south of CR Z, Jay Wilbur reported Snow Goose flying along Hwy. ---On August 28 at Jackson Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Long-billed Curlew, 3 Caspian Terns, 10 Black Terns, Dickcissel, and Baltimore Oriole. OURAY COUNTY: ---On August 28 at Ridgeway Reservoir and SP, Gary Koehn reported 2 Brewer’s Sparrows. PARK COUNTY: ---On August 25 at Antero Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported juv LONG-TAILED JAEGER. ---On August 27 on ponds along CR G east of Ordway, Mark Miller reported Semipalmated Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, and 4 Stilt Sandpipers. PHILLIPS COUNTY: ---On August 26 at Haxtun City Park, Bill Kaempfer reported Red-headed Woodpecker and Magnolia Warbler. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On August 24 at Willow Creek Park, Eric DeFonso reported SWALLOW-TAILED KITE. Dale and Joel Adams followed the Kettles on Memorial Drive and saw SWALLOW-TAILED KITE with about 70 Mississippi Kites. ---On August 23 at Parkview Elementary School in Lamar, Dave Leatherman reported Red-headed Woodpecker. ---On August 25 at Lamar Community College Woods, Dan Stringer reported 2 Carolina Wrens, 2 Great Crested Flycatchers, pair of Northern Cardinals, Red-headed Woodpecker. On August 26 at Lamar Community College Wood, Mark Miller reported Great Crested Flycatcher. ---On August 25 in Lamar, Dan Stringer reported lots of Mississipppi Kites in Lamar. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On August 24 at Chico Basin Ranch, David Tonnessen reported 32 Solitary Sandpipers, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Cassin’s Kingbird, Bell’s Vireo, Bewick’s Wren, 2 Clay-colored Sparrows, 2 Brewer’s Sparrows, and 2 Red Crossbills. ROUTT COUNTY: ---On August 27 at Stagecoach Reservoir, Tresa Moulton reported Trumpeter Swan. SAGUACHE COUNTY: ---On August 28 in town of Saguache, David Dowell reported 6 Sandhill Cranes circling over the town. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On August 27 at Green Mountain Reservoir Heeney Road, Phil Lyon reported Lewis’s Woodpecker and 5 Evening Grosbeaks. WASHINGTON COUNTY: ---On August 29 at Prewitt Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Semipalmated Plover, 3 Upland Sandpipers, 435 Stilt Sandpipers, 15 Pectoral Sandpipers, 8 Solitary Sandpipers, Great Crested Flycatcher, and Red-eyed Vireo. ---On August 27 at Last Chance, Mark Miller reported Northern Waterthrush. YUMA COUNTY: ---On August 26 on CR FF near CR 422, Bill Kaempfer reported 4 Greater Prairie-Chickens crossing the road. Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips: The DFO Field Trip for Wednesday, August 30 will be to Reynolds Park and Pine Valley Ranch led by Mark Amershedk (mamershek AT msn.com; 303-329-8646) The DFO Field Trip for Friday, September 1 will be to Aurora reservoir and Prairie Roads led by David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, September 2 will be to Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR led by Rebecca Laroche (RebeccaLLaroche AT gmail.com; 626-3318-4435) This trip is full. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, September 3 will be to Buffalo Peaks Ranch led by Chris Rurik (chrisrurik AT gmail.com; 253-225-7104) This trip is full. The DFO Field Trip for Monday, September 4 will be a Denver County Big Day led by Chris Rurik (chrisrurik AT gmail.com; 253-225-7104) This trip is full For more information on the field trips go to dfobirds.org. 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