Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: February 4, 2018
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, February 4 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 changed. Greater White-fronted Goose (Delta, El Paso, *Otero, Pueblo) Trumpeter Swan (*Fremont, *Pueblo) Wood Duck (*Otero) Greater Scaup (*Arapahoe, *El Paso, Jefferson, Weld) White-winged Scoter (*Arapahoe, Jefferson) Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe) Barrow’s Goldeneye (Adams, Garfield) Sharp-tailed Grouse (*Weld) Wild Turkey (Denver, El Paso) Red-necked Grebe (*Pueblo) Western Grebe (*Archuleta) Clark’s Grebe (*Fremont) Greater Roadrunner (*Bent, *El Paso) Virginia Rail (*Weld) Least Sandpiper (Mesa) Spotted Sandpiper (Garfield) AMERICAN WOODCOCK (Larimer) Greater Yellowlegs (Adams) California Gulll (*Archuleta) Iceland Gull (El Paso, Pueblo, Weld) Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Archuleta) Great Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo) Glaucous Gull (Arapahoe) YELLOW-BILLED LOON (*Arapahoe, Jefferson) Double-crested Cormorant (Kiowa, *Pueblo) HARRIS’S HAWK (*Larimer) RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (El Paso) Williamson’s Sapsucker (*Pueblo) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*Pueblo) Red-naped Sapsucker (Boulder) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso) Say’s Phoebe (*Arapahoe, Denver) Steller’s Jay (Baca) Chihuahuan Raven (El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo) Mountain Chickadee (*Otero) Rock Wren (*Otero) Canyon Wren (*Otero) Western Bluebird (Douglas) Mountain Bluebird (*Adams) Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso, *Pueblo) Long-billed Thrasher (Baca) Northern Mockingbird (Adams) American Pipit (*Montezuma, *Pueblo) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch ( Pitkin) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Pitkin) PURPLE FINCH (Yuma) Cassin’s Finch (Baca, Yuma) Common Redpoll (Chaffee, Larimer) Red Crossbill (Arapahoe, Larimer) Lapland Longspur (*Pueblo) Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca, *Otero) Canyon Towhee (Baca, *Otero) Field Sparrow (Baca) Fox Sparrow (Delta, *Larimer) Lincoln’s Sparrow (Baca) Harris’s Sparrow (*Denver) Yellow-headed Blackbird (Weld) Yellow-rumped Warbler (*Arapahoe, *Larimer, *Prowers) Pine Warbler (Larimer) Northern Cardinal (*Prowers) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On February 2 on S Platte Trail from Riverside Cemetery to Sand Creek, Gabrield Wiltse reported Greater Yellowlegsl near intersection with York St. ---On February 1 at Big Dry Creek Open Space, David Ely reported Northern Mockingbird. ---On February 2 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR East Auto Tour, Joe Roller reported 2 Mountain Bluebirds. On February 3 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Camereon Carver reported Mountain Bluebird. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On January 29 at South Platte Reservoir, Robert Thoren and others reported Yellow-billed Loon and White-winged Scoter in Jefferson County part of reservoir; Candice Johnson and Gwen Moore reported White-winged Scoter in Douglas county. On January 30 at South Platte Reservoir, Jerry Baines reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon. On January 31 at South Platte Reservoir, Alan Peryam reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon; Cynthia Kristensen reported White-winged Scoter. On February 1 at South Platte Reservoir, David Suddjian repored White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon and fly by Long-tailed Duck. On February 2 at South Platte Reservoir, Loch Kilpatrick reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon; Crystal Wilson reported Yellow-billed Loon. On February 3 at S Platte Reservoir, Dick Filby and several other birders reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon. --- On February 3 at Eaglewatch Lake, Kathy Mihm Dunning, Scott Somershoe, and Tony Leukering reported Yellow-rumped Warbler and Yellow-rumped (Audubon’s) Warbler. ---On January 30 at Lee Gulch Overlook Trail, David Hill reported Say’s Phoebe. ---On January 31 at Aurora Reservoir, Nick Komar reported White-winged Scoter, 4 Long-tailed Ducks, and Glaucous Gull. ---On February 2 at Cherry Creek SP, David Hill reported Say’s Phoebe. ---On February 3 at South Platte Park, Cynthia Madsen reported 9 Greater Scaup. ARCHULETA COUNTY: ---On February 3 at Navajo Lake SP Windsurf Beach, Amada and Jason St Pierre reported Lesser Black-backed Gull. This is a new County Bird if accepted. They also reported 3 California Gulls and 15 Western Grebe. BACA COUNTY: ---On January 31 at Cottonwood Canyon southern loop, Tony Leukering reported Steller’s Jay, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, and Cassin’s Finch, and Long-billed Thrasher. ---On January 31 at CR J at Wait Ranch, Tony Leukering reported Canyon Towhee. ---On January 31 at CR at NE most canyon, Tony Leukering reported Canyon Towhee and 2 Rufous-crowned Sparrows. BENT COUNTY: ---On February 2 at Hasty Campground Dan Stringer reported 3 Greater Roadrunners. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On January 31 at 6th and Arapahoe in Boulder by Boulder Creek, Jonathan Striepen reported Red-naped Sapsucker. DELTA COUNTY: ---On January 29 in Paonia, Dennis Garrison reported that the Fox Sparrow continues to visit the FS office feeder. ---On January 31 at Confluence Park in Delta, Carol Brysky reported Greater White-fronted Goose. DENVER COUNTY: --On January 30 at First Creek at DEN, Brian Johnson reported Harris’s Sparrow. On February 2 at First Creek at DEN, Dick Filby reported Harris’s Sparrow. ---On January 30 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Alison Hixon reported Wild Turkey. ---On January 31 at Westerly Wetlands, Janice Avey reported Say’s Phoebe. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On February 2 on East Plum Creek Trail, Cynthia Kristensen reported Western Bluebird. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On December 21 David Tonnessen reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (ruber) on Miranda Road in Colorado Springs. On February 1 on Miranda Road, Tony Leukering reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER. ---On February 3 at Double Tree Hotel Pond, Joy and Leonard Lake reported f Greater Scaup. --- On February 1 on Hanover Road, Diane Roberts and Betty Glass reported Greater Roadrunner and 2 Chihuahuan Raven. ---On February 1 at Hanover Fire Station, Diane Roberts and Betty Glass reported Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On February 2 at Old Pueblo Rd S of Link Rd, Gwen Moore reported 26 Wild Turkey and 2 Curve-billed Thrashers. ---On February 2 at Old Pueblo Road and Birdsall Rd, Alan Ketcham reported Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On February 2 on Hanover Road, Gwen Moore reported Curve-billed Thrasher. On February 3 on Hanover Road, Christine Alexander and Renee Casias reported Greater Roadrunner and Curve-billed Thrasher; Tanja Britton reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker. ---On February 2 at Nancy Lewis Park in Colorado Springs, Gloria Nikolai reported 2 Greater White-fronted Geese. FREMONT COUNTY: --On January 26 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jim Merrit reported 2 Trumpeter Swans and 2 Chihuahuan Ravens; Joel Adams reported 2 Trumpeter Swans. On January 27 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Robb Hinds, Glenn Walbek, and Loch Kilpatrick reported 2 Trumpeter Swans. On January 29 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, John Drummond and Richard Dunn reported 2 Trumpeter Swans. On February 1 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jim Merritt reported 2 Trumpeter Swans. On February 2 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Chris Brobin reported 2 Trumpeter Swans. On February 3 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Christine Alexander, Renee Casias, Nick Komar and others reported 2 Trumpeter Swans and Clark’s Grebe. GARFIELD COUNTY: ---On January 29 on Devereux Rd and Two Rivers Park, JoAnn Rigggle reported 5 Barrow’s Goldeneyes and Spotted Sandpiper. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On January 29 at Belmar Park, Jerry Baines reported Greater Scaup. On January 30 at Belmar Park, Mark Chavez reported Greater Scaup. On January 31 at Belmar Park, Cathy Fennelly reported Greater Scaup. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On January29 at Neenoshe Reservoir Locust Grove, Jane Stulp and Janeal Thompson reported Double-crested Cormorant. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On January 29, Kerry Hargrove reported HARRIS’S HAWK on Frontage Rd N of Welcome Center. On February 1 at SW Frontage Rd., Sue Riffe reported HARRIS’S HAWK. On February 2, HARRIS’S HAWK was reported by Meg Reck and Betty Glass at Welcome Center, and by Tony Leukering and Kathy Mihm Dunning at Prospect and Frontage Road. On February 3, the HARRIS’S HAWK was reported by Joey Angstman, Debbie and Tom Behnfield, and Adam Vesely and Ryan Bushong on N side of Prospectk along Frontage Road. ---On February 1 at Livermore Community Church, Christine and Richard Sparks reported 3 Common Redpoll. On Februrary 2 at Livermore Community Church, Betty Glass and Meg Reck reported 3 Common Redpoll. ---On January 30 at Horsetooth Mountain Park, Arvind Panjabi reported 13 Common Redpoll. --On January 30 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Austin Hess and Alexa Stickel reported Red Fox Sparrow. On January 30 and 31, Dave Leatherman reported Red Fox Sparrow at CSU Enviromental Learning Center. On February 2 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, David Wade reported Red Fox Sparrow. On February 3 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Adam Veseley, Dave Letherman, and Joey Angstman reported Red Fox Sparrow. ---On February 3 at Riverbend Ponds NA, Kendra David reported Yellow-rumped Warbler. ---On January 31 in Fort Collins near Battlecreek Dr and S Timberline Rd, Dave Leatherman reported 15 Red Crossbills. ---On February 1 in Loveland at Wild Horse Birdfeeder, John Riechhardt, John Rutenbeck and Brandon Nooner reported Pine Warbler. ---On February 1 at Wellington SWA Schware Unit & Morris Reservoir, Sue Riffe reported Common Redpoll. ---On February 2 at Bobcat Ridge NA, Tony Leukering reported AMERICAN WOODCOCK. MESA COUNTY: ---On February 2 at Horsethief Canyon SWA, Mike Henwood reported 7 Least Sandpipers. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On February 3 at Totten Reservoir, Jim Beatty reported American Pipit. OTERO COUNTY: ---On February 3 at Blaine Park in La Junta, the DFO field trip led by Amber Carver and others reported Greater White-fronted Goose and 4 Wood Ducks. ---On February 3 at Vogel Canyon, the DFO field trip led by Amber Carver reported 4 Mountain Chickadees, 4 Canyon Wrens, and 6 Canyon Towhee, 3 Rock Wren, and Rufous-Crowned Sparrow. PITKIN COUNTY: ---On January 31 at Snowmass, Dick Filby reported 30 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch and 2 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch. PROWERS COUNTYL ---On February 2 at Lamar Community College Woods, Dan Stringer reported Yellow-rumped Warbler and 2 Northern Cardinals. PUEBLO COUNTY: --On January 31 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Rich Miller reported Great Black-backed Gull and 5 Double-crested Cormorants. On February 3 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Nick Komar, Mary Geder, Burke Angstman and others reported 2 Double-crested Cormorants, Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Trumpeter Swans, 2 Red-necked Grebes, Curve-billed Thrasher, American Pipit, and Lapland Longspur. ---On February 1 at Pueblo City Park, Christopher Wilkens reported Greater White-fronted Goose. On February 2 at Pueblo City Park, Brandon Percival reported Greater White-fronted Goose. ---On February 2 at Roselawn Cemetery in Blende, Brandon Percival reported ad Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. ---On February 2 on Bush Road, Brandon Percival reported 2 Chihuahuan Ravens. ---On February 3, at Pueblo Mountain Park, Jerry and Kevin DeBoer reported m Williamson’s Sapsucker. ---On February 3 at Pueblo Reservoir SWA NW side, Nick Komar and others reported 2 Red-necked Grebes and Great Black-backed Gull. WELD COUNTY: ---On January 29 on CR 50 between CR 47 and CR 49, Gene Rutherford reported Yellow-headed Blackbird. ---On January 30 at Wood Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull. ---On January 30 at Windsor Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Iceland (Thayer’s) Gulls. ---On January 30 at Firestone Gravel Pits (View from road), Steve Mlodinow reported f Greater Scaup. ---On February 3 at CR 136 and CR 99, Bill Kaempfer reported 30 Sharp-tailed Grouse. ---On February 3 at CR 89 near Riverside Reservoir, Joey Kellner and DFO field trip reported 3 Virginia Rail. YUMA COUNTY: ---On January 29 at Bonny Reservoir SP, Glenn Walbek reported both a PURPLE FINCH and Cassin’s Finch in the same tree. DFO Field Trips The DFO Field trip for Monday, February 5 will be Front Range Owling led by David Suddjian (dsuddjian T gmail.com; 831-713-8659) This trip is full. 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