Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: October 17, 2016
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, October 17 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 and the order of the
famillies has changed
Trumpeter Swan (Archuleta, Garfield, Mesa)
Mallard (Mexican) (Larimer)
Surf Scoter (Arapahoe, El Paso, Jefferson)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Clear Creek, Routt)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Logan)
White-winged Dove (Mesa)
Red Phalarope (Custer)
Jaeger spec (Douglas/Jefferson)
Pomaraine Jaeger (*Douglas, *Jefferson)
Parasitic Jaeger Bent/Kiowa)
Sabine's Gull (Arapahoe, *Bent/Kiowa, Douglas/Jefferson, El Paso, *Larimer,
Kiowa, Logan, Logan/Sedgwick, Morgan, Washington, Weld)
LITTLE GULL (*Logan)
Laughing Gull (Boulder, Logan/Sedgwick)
Mew Gull (Larimer)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, Douglas/Jefferson, Morgan, Washington)
Caspian Tern (Larimer)
Red-throated Loon (Logan)
Pacific Loon (El Paso, *Larimer)
Cattle Egret (*Kiowa)
Mississippi Kite (Adams)
Broad-winged Hawk (Boulder, Montrose, Prowers, Weld)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Morgan)
Acorn Woodpecker (Pueblo)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (*Logan, Prowers, Sedgwick)
Williamson's Sapsucker (El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, Mesa, Saguache, Teller)
Black Phoebe (Fremont, Mesa)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Lincoln)
Cassin's Kingbird (El Paso, Lincoln)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Larimer)
Bell's Vireo (El Paso)
Blue-headed Vireo (Kit Carson, Prowers)
Philadelphia Vireo (Adams)
Chihuahuan Raven (Kiowa)
Bewick's Wren (Mesa, Montrose)
Sprague's Pipit (Boulder, Yuma)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Custer, *Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Weld,
Yuma)
McCown's Longspur (Lincoln, Morgan, Weld)
Ovenbird (Bent)
Black-and-white Warbler (Arapahoe)
Tennessee Warbler (El Paso)
Nashville Warbler (Boulder, *Cheyenne, Prowers)
Northern Parula (Custer)
Magnolia Warbler (El Paso, Bent, Larimer)
Palm Warbler (Boulder, Washington)
Pine Warbler (Prowers)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Prowers)
EASTERN TOWHEE (Prowers)
Field Sparrow (Douglas, Washington)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Montrose)
Northern Cardinal (Prowers)
Great-tailed Grackle (Custer)
*****For locations you are not familiar with (e.g. "Lower Latham"), please
refer to CFO's Colorado County Birding site for directions:
www.coloradocountybirding.org
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On October 1 at Barr Lake Meredith McBurney banded a Philadelphia Vireo
which was seen by Ira Sanders, Megan Miller, and Kurt Hansen.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On October 12 at deKoevend Park, Jared Del Rosso reported
Black-and-white Warbler on the High Line Canal Trail.
---On October 8 at South Platte Reservoir, Ben Sampson, Thomas Holub, and
Dale Pate reported f-type Surf Scoter in the SE Corner. On October 9 at
South Platte Reservoir, Mark Chavez, Gene Rutherford, Renee Casias, and
John Drummond reported Surf Scoter. On October 10 at South Platte
Reservoir, David Suddjian and many other birders reported Surf Scoter. On
October 11 at South Platte Reservoir, Jill Boice, David Hill, Cynthia
Madsen, Diane Roberts, and Mary Burger reported Surf Scoter. On October
13, Lee Farrell, Chris Gilbert, and David Dowell reported Surf Scoter at
South Platte Reservoir. On October 14, Jason Beason, Andrea Robinsong, and
Glenn Walbek reported Surf Scoer at South Platte Reservoir.
ARCHULETA COUNTY:
---On October 5, Kay Hawklee reported a Trumpeter Swan at Pinon Lake
Reservoir.
BENT COUNTY:
---On October 1 an Ovenbird ws reported by David Dowell at Melody Tempel
Grove.
BENT/KIOWA COUNTIES:
---On October 4, Duane Nelson reported a juv LITTLE GULL at Adobe Creek
Reservoir on the North part of the lake. Duane
also reported multiple Sabine's Gulls. On October 16 at Adobe Creek
Reservoir, Kara Carragher and Mark Peter reported an imm Sabine's Gull.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On October 8, Ted Floyd reported a Laughing Gull at Valmont Reservoir in
Boulder.
---On October 8, Jack Bushong reported Palm Warbler about 100 yards down
Coal Creek Bike Trail near underpass at W Cherry.
On October 8, Bob Spencer reported Palm Warbler at Dutch Creek Park in
Louisville. On October 9, Jack Bushong reported Palm Warbler on Coal Creek
Trail where it goes over Coal Creek near Dutch Creek Park. On October 9,
Peter Burke reported Palm Warbler at Warembourgh Open Space in Louisville.
---On October 6 at Boulder Reservoir, Ted Floyd reported a flyover
Sprague's Pipit and 2+ Sabine's Gulls.
---On October 6, a Nashville Warbler was reported by David Dowell and Chris
Rurik at Golden Ponds Park & Nature Area in Longmont.
---On October 3, 3 juv Sabine's Gulls were reported by Thomas Heinrich near
the dam at Boulder Reservoir.
---On October 1, 2 Broad-winged Hawks was reported by Peter Burke at
Flagstaff Amphitheater. On October 9, a juv Broad-winged Hawk was reported
by Peter Burke.
---On October 1 a Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Candice Johnson near
Foothills and Diagonal highways intersection.
CHEYENNE COUNTY:
---On October 16 in Kit Carson (town), Kara Carragher reported Nashville
Warbler.
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY:
---On October 2 a f Barrow's Goldeneye was reported by Temujin Shubodai at
Echo Lake.
CUSTER COUNTY:
---On October 10 at Lake DeWeese, Monday Birders reported 2 Great-tailed
Grackles.
---On October 6 at Lake DeWeese, Mark Peterson reported Red Phalarop,
Northern Parula, and 2 flyover Chestnut-collared Longspurs.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On October 13, at Marina Sandspit at Chatfield SP, Gwen Moore reported
Pomarine Jaeger and Sabine's Gull.
---On October 1, a Field Sparrow was reported by Thomas Holub at Plum Creek
Delta at Chatfield SP.
DOUGLAS/JEFFERSON COUNTIES:
---On October 13, Adam Vesely and Mark Chavez reported Pomarine Jaeger at
Chafield in area betweeh fishing pier and north boat ramp; Dan String, John
Drummond and Jeannie Mitchell had good views of the Pomarine Jaeger from
the handicapped Fisherman's pier and Scott Somershoe reported best view
from the Jeff Co side North Boat Ramp. On October 13, Nic Korte and Scott
Someshoe reported Pomarine Jaeger on Jefferson County side, and David
Dowell, Scot Somershoe, Christine Alexander, Cheri Phillips, and Renee
Casias reported Pomarine Jaerger on Douglas County side. On October 14,
Dale Adams reported that the Pomarine Jaeger spend much of the time in the
middle of the reservoir at Chatfield. The Pomarine Jaeger was reported on
the Douglas side by Chuck Aid and Glenn Walbek and on the Jefferson side by
Andrea Robinsing, Jason Beason, Tracy Phenger, and Norm Lewis. On October
15, Gregg Goodrich reported that the Pomarine Jaeger continues at Chatfield
SP and was seen by many birders on both the Douglas county and Jefferson
county side of the reservoir. On October 17, the Pomarine Jaeger was
reported by Ben Lagasse, Kathy Mihm Dunning, Frank Farrell, Loch
Kilpatrick, and Peter Burke on the Douglas side and by Tim Ryan and Bob
Spencer on the Jefferson side
of Chatfield.
---On October 8 at Chatfield SP, Greg Pasquariello reported Lesser
Black-backed Gull and Sabine's Gull.
---On October 4, a jaeger was reported by David Suddjian at Chatfield SP.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On October 11, Aaron Driscoll reported 3 Surf Scoters at Big Johnson.
On October 11, John Drummond reported that a Pacific Loon joined the Surf
Scoters at Big Johnson. On October 12, Kyle Kawley reported Pacific Loon
at Big Johnson.
---On October 1, a juv Sabine's Gull was reported by Brandon Percival and
Bill Maynard at Big Johnson.
FREMONT COUNTY:
---On October 8 on Canon City Riverwalk between Sells Lake and Raynolds
Ave, Dale Adams reported Black Phoebe.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On October 3, a Trumpeter Swan was reported by David Rymal on I-70 west
of Rifle.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On October 14, Norm Lewis and Scoter Somershoe reported Surf Scoter at
South Platte Reservoir.
---On October 12 at Chatfield SP, Ira Sanders reported a Pomarine Jaeger
west of water intake at N end of Dam.
---On October 8 at Genesee Mountain Park, Sue Summer reported m
Williamson's Sapsucker.
KIOWA COUNTY:
---On October 16 at Uppe Queen/Neeskah Reservoir, Kara Carragher reported 6
Cattle Egret and 9 Chestnut-collared Longspurs.
---On October 4 at Adobe Creek Reservoir, Jane Stulp and Janeal Thompson
reported 2 Sabine's Gulls.
---On October 1 at Adobe Creek Reservoir, David Dowell reported 5 juv
Sabine's Gulls and Chihuahuan Ravens
---On October 1 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservor, David Dowell reported juv
Sabine's Gull and 11 Chihuahuan Ravens.
KIT CARSON COUNTY:
---On October 2 at Flagler Park, Art Hudak, Mark Chavez and Tom Behnfield
reported 2 Broad-winged Hawks.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On October 16 at Boyd Lake, Nick Komar reported juv Pacific Loon at
south end of lake and Sabine's Gull.
---On October 14 at Horseshoe Reservoir, Nick Komar reported Mexican
Mallard and Mew Gull.
---On October 10, Nick Komar reported a juv Sabine's Gull at Timnath
Reservoir.
---On October 3, a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was reported by David Wade on
US 287 about 1/2 north of Ted's Place and Brandon Nooner, Sean Walters, and
Austin Hess reported the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher about 3/4 mile north on
a fence across from the lumber yard. Later on October 3, Nick Komar
reported that the m Scissor-tailed was hunker down in a scrub across from
the lumber yard because of the high winds. On October 4, the
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was reported by Joe Mammoser near the lumber yard
and was seen by several other birders. Elizabeth Gibbons reported 3
Scissor-tailed Flycatchers on October 4. On October 6, the Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher was reported by April Eisele about 1 mile north of the
intersection of Hwy 287 and Hwy 14.
---On October 2, a Williamson's Sapsucker was reported by Nick Komar at the
entrance station to Rocky Mountain NP.
---On October 1, a Magnolia Warbler was reported by Nick Komar at Arapahoe
Bend NA.
LINCOLN COUNTY:
---On October 5 on the playa south of Arriba on CR 63, Steve Mlodinow
reported 1000 Chestnut-collared Longspurs, 50 McCown's Longspurs.
LOGAN COUNTY:
---On October 16 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, 385 Road, Austin Hess reported
Red-bellied Woodpecker.
---On October 7 at North Sterling Reservoir and State Park, Steve Mlodinow
reported Sabine's Gull, flyover LITTLE GULL, and Chestnut-collared
Longspur. On October 15 at North Sterling Reservoir and State Park, David
Dowell reported juv Red-throated Loon, 3 Sabine's Gulls and LITTLE GULL.
---On October 7 at Jumbo Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Sabine's Gull
and Laughing Gull.
MESA COUNTY:
---On October 12, Mike Henwood reported a Black Phoebe at Grand Valley
Audubon Nature Center.
---On October 8, Mike Henwood reported a White-winged Dove on O1/2 Road.
---On October 5 on old Hwy 6 in De Beque Canyon, JoAnn Riggle reported a
Trumpeter Swan. On October 9, Mike Henwood reported ad Trumpeter Swan at
the DeBeque Canyon Tunnel Pullout Area. The swan was in the river close to
where you re-enter I-70. On October 12, Mike Henwood reported Trumpeter
Swan and 3 Bewick's Wrens at DeBeque Canyon Tunnel Pullout Area. On
October 13, Phil Lyon reported Trumpeter Swan at BeBeque canyon tunnel
Pullout Area.
MONTROSE COUNTY:
---On October 9, Coen Dexter reported 4 Sagebrush Sparrows and a Bewick's
Wren at the Nucla Airport.
---On October 4, Coen Dexter reported a hatch year Broad-winged Hawk
circling over Nucla.
MORGAN COUNTY:
---On October 7 at Jackson Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 7 Sabine's
Gulls and Lesser Black-backed Gull.
MORGAN/WELD COUNTIES:
---On October 7 On M CR4/ W CR105 Steve Mlodinow reported 100s of McCown's
Longspurs and Chestnut-collared Longspurs north of Jackson Reservoir.
PROWERS COUNTY:
---On October 13 at Lamar Community College Woods, Dave Leatherman reported
Black-throated Green Warbler, Red-bellied Woodpekcer, and 2 Northern
Cardinals.
---On October 13 at Fairmount Cemetery, Dave Leatherman reported Pine
Warbler.
---On October 7 in Willow Creek Subdivision in Lamar, Dave Leatherman
reported 1 imm f EASTERN TOWHEE.
---On October 7 at Lamar Community College Woods, Dorothy Russell reported
Blue-headed Vireo and Red-bellied Woodpecker.
---On October 5 at Lamar Community College Wood, Dave Leatherman reported 2
Nashville Warblers, Broad-winged Hawk, and Red-bellied Woodpecker.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On October 15 at Pueblo Mountain Park, Jo Ann Andrews reported Acorn
Woodpecker.
ROUTT COUNTY:
---On October 12 at Lake Catamount, Nic Korte reported 4 Barrow's
Goldeneyes.
SAGUACHE COUNTY:
---On October 15, John Cobb reported m Williamson's Sapsucker at King's
Hill Overlook.
SEDGWICK COUNTY:
---On October 7 at Jumbo Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Sabine's Gull,
Laughing Gull and 2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers.
TELLER COUNTY:
---On October 3, a male Williamson's Sapsucker was reported by Gary Smith
at Florissant Fossil Beds NM.
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
---On October 15 at Prewitt Reservoir, David Dowell reported Sabine's Gull.
---On October 5 at Last Chance Rest Area, Steve Mlodinow reported
Chestnut-collared Longspur, 2 Western Palm Warblers and a Field Sparrow.
WELD COUNTY:
---On October 15 at Union Reservoir, David Hill and Cynthia Madsen reported
Sabine's Gull.
---On October 13 on I-25 Frontage road S of Hwy 119, Sue Riffe reported ad
light morph Broad-winged Hawk.
---On October 5 at Lower Latham Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Sabine's
Gull. On October 11 at Lower Latham Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 3
Sabine's Gulls (2 juv, 1 ad)
---On October 5 at Briggsdale, Liza Antony reported 1 Lapland Longspur and
3 Mc Cown's Longspurs.
YUMA COUNTY:
---On October 8 at Pipit Hill in Hale Area, Bill Kaempfer and his field
trip reported Sprague's Pipits and Chestnut-collared Longspurs. On October
15 at Pipit Hill in Hale Area, a Sprague's Pipit was reported by Mark
Chavez, Art Hudak, and Christine Alexander.
Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips:
The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, October 22 will be to Prospect Park (Wheat
Ridge Greenbelt) led by Jackie King (jackie.king AT ccd.edu; 720-381-3314)
Directions: From I-70 exit 267, take Kipling south about 3/4 mile and
turn right (west) on 44th Ave. Go one mile west. Look for entrance to
Prospect Park on your left (south). Meet just inside the park in the lot
right next to Prospect Lake.
This is a trip with easy walking and accessible for mobility impaired
individuals. Bring water and a snack; lunch optional. Good trip for
novice birders and new members. Register online or contact leader.
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, October 23 will be the South Platte River
Trail at E 99th Ave and I-76 led by Paul Slingsby (paslingsby AT comcast.net;
303-422-3728). This trip is full
The DFO Field Trip for Tuesday, October 25 will be to Park Country
Reservoirs led by David Suddjian (dssudjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)
This trip is full.
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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