Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: May 20, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, May 20 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. Mute Swan (Weld) Mallard (Mexican) (Weld) Barrow’s Goldeneye (Clear Creek) Northern Bobwhite (Kiowa) Dusky Grouse (Jefferson) Common Poorwill (Adams) Chimney Swift (El Paso, Jefferson, Kiowa, Weld) Sandhill Crane (Garfield) Black-bellied Plover (Delta, Kiowa, Weld) Snowy Plover (Crowley, Kiowa,*Larimer, *Weld) Semipalmated Plover (Crowley, Kiowa) Whimbel (*Jefferson, *Weld) Long-billed Curlew (Kiowa, Weld) Stilt Sandpiper (Kiowa, *Weld) Sanderling (*Boulder, Douglas, *Jefferson,*Larimer, *Weld) White-rumped Sandpiper (Kiowa, *Weld) Pectoral Sandpiper (Crowley) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Crowley, Kiowa, La Plata, Weld) Solitary Sandpiper (*Pueblo) Glossy Ibis (Weld) Mississippi Kite (El Paso) Broad-winged Hawk (Kit Carson, Weld) Laughing Gull (Weld) Least Tern (Prowers) Red-headed Woodpecker (Arapahoe, *Bent, Cheyenne, El Paso, Kiowa, Lincoln, *Pueblo, Weld) Acorn Woodpecker (Pueblo) Red-bellied Woodpecker (*Bent) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Larimer, Pueblo) Least Flycatcher (*Bent, Boulder, Cheyenne,*El Paso, Weld) Gray Flycatcher (Boulder) Eastern Phoebe (Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas) Cassin’s Kingbird (Arapahoe, El Paso, Jefferson) White-eyed Vireo (Pueblo) Chihuahuan Raven (Cheyenne, Kiowa) Purple Martin (Kiowa) Gray-cheeked Thrush (*Bent, Weld) Sprague’s Pipit (Weld) Lapland Longspur (Jackson, Weld) Ovenbird (*Arapahoe, Pueblo) Worm-eating Warbler (Boulder, Weld) Northern Waterthrush (Arapahoe, Boulder, *El Paso, Jefferson, *Washington, Weld) Golden-winged Warbler (Pueblo) Black-and-white Warbler (Larimer, *Pueblo) SWAINSON’S WARBLER (*Jefferson) Tennessee Warbler (Douglas) Nashville Warbler (*Arapahoe, Jefferson) Kentucky Warbler (Pueblo) Blackpoll Warbler (*Pueblo, Weld) Hooded Warbler (*Bent, *Jefferson) Northern Parula (*El Paso, Pueblo) Magnolia Warbler (*El Paso, Pueblo, Weld) Blackburnian Warbler (Weld) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Arapahoe, Jefferson, Weld) Black-throated Blue Warbler (El Paso) Palm Warbler (El Paso, Weld) Yellow-throated Warbler (*Pueblo) Black-throated Gray Warbler (Mesa, Pueblo) Black-throated Green Warbler (Weld) EASTERN TOWHEE (*Kit Carson) Black-throated Sparrow (Bent) BAIRD’S SPARROW (Larimer) Summer Tanager (La Plata, Pueblo) Bobolink (*Pueblo) Baltimore Oriole (Denver, El Paso, *Pueblo, *Weld, Yuma) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On May 14 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Pablo Quezada reported Common Poorwill and Eastern Phoebe. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On May 15 at Richmil Ranch Open Space, Jared Del Russo reported 2 Cassin’s Kingbirds. ---On May 16 at Richmil Ranch Open Space, David Suddjian Reported m Chestnut-sided Warbler. ---On May 17 at Kiowa Creek at Country Line Rd, David Suddjian reported Northern Waterthrush. ---On May 17 at Hwy 40 from Peoria Rd to Deer Trail Area, David Suddjian reported 6 Red-headed Woodpecker. ---On May 19 at Cherry Creek SP, Nancy Davis reported Ovenbird and Nashville Warbler. BENT COUNTY: ---On May 14 at Setchfield SWA, Duane Nelson reported a singing Black-throated Sparrow. It was singing from tops of juniper on top of the mesa. ---On May 19 at Melody Tempel Grove, David Dowell reported Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Least Flycatcher, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Hooded Warbler. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On May 17 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Gray Flycatcher. ---On May 19 at Walden Ponds, Chuck Hundertmark and Peter Burke reported 2 Sanderlings (1 basic plumage, 1 alternate plumage) ---On May 14 on Skunk Canyon Trails, Luke Pheneger reported Gray Flycatcher. ---On May 15 at Lagerman Reservoir, Luke Pheneger reported Cassin’s Kingbird. ---On May 17 at CU East Campus, Luke Pheneger and Maikel Wise reported Least Flycatcher, Worm-eating Warbler, and Northern Waterthrush. CHEYENNE COUNTY: ---On May 14 on US 287 halfway between Kit Carson and Eads, Peter Burke reported 2 Chihuahuan Ravens. ---On May 14 at Big Sand Draw Bridge, Bill Kaempfer reported Least Flycatcher. ---On May 20 on CR 20 between CR L and CR K, Peter Burke reported Red-headed Woodpecker and Least Flycatcher. CLEAR CREEK COUNTY: ---On May 15 at Echo Lake Park, Temujin Subodai reported m Barrow’s Goldeneye. On May 16 at Echo Lake, JoAnn Hackos reported m Barrow’s Goldeneye. DELTA COUNTY: ---On May 15 at Fruitgrowers Reservoir, Jason Beason, Cheryl Teuton, and Dan Brooke reported Black-belllied Plover. DENVER COUNTY: ---On May 17 at First Creek at DEN Open Space, Jeff Dawson reported Baltimore Oriole DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On May 14 at Chatfield SP upstream of Kingfisher Bridge (east), Scott Manwaring reported f Tennessee Warbler. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On May 13 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded and 2nd yr Bewick’s Wren. On May 15 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded 2nd year Western Palm Warbler and Northern Waterthrush. On May 17 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steven Brown band Northern Waterthrush. On May 18 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded Least Flycatcher and 2 Northern Waterthrush. ---On May 14 at Chico Basin, Bill Maynard found Black-throated Blue-Warbler near banding station. On May 14 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), Kara Carragher reported Ovenbird and Summer Tanager. On May 15 at Chico Basin Ranch, Brandon Percival, David Tonnessen, and John Drummond reported singing Black-throated Blue Warbler. On May 17 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), Jeannie Mitchell and John Drummond reported Red-headed Woodpecker. ---On May 16 at Bear Creek Park East, Chris Brobin reported Mississippi Kite. ---On May 17 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, David Tonnessen reported Red-headed Woodpecker. ---On May 19 across from Hanover fire station, Bill Maynard reported m Magnolia Warbler. ---On May 19 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), John Drummond reported Northern Parula. GARFIELD COUNTY: ---On May 16 at Spring Valley, Tom and Kay McConnell reported Sandhill Crane in meadow below sod farm marsh. JEFFERSON COUNTY: --- On May 14 at Chatfield Banding Staton, Meredith McBurney reported recatching Least Flycatcher. On May 17 at Chatfield Banding station, Mredith McBurney banded a Northern Waterthrush. ---On May 15 at Deer Canyon Park on Rattlesnake Gulch Trail, David Suddjian reported Nashville Warbler and Dusky Grouse. ---On May 17 at Lower White-Ranch Park, Inga Brennan reported m Chestnut-sided Warbler. ---On May 17 at Ken Caryl Valley-silverberry, David Suddjian reported Chimney Swift. ---On May 18 at South Valley Park Mann Reservoir, David Suddjian reported Cassin’s Kingbird. ---On May 19 at Chatfield SP Swim Beach, Phil Lyon reported 2 Sandering. ---On May 19 at Main Reservoir in Lakewood, Glenn Walbek reported Hooded Warbler; Tom and Debbie Behnfield, Frank Farrell, and Aaron Shipe reported Whimbrel. ---On May 19 at Arvada Blunn Reservoir, Aaron Shipe reported 3 Sandlering and SWAINSON’S WARBLER; Art Hudak reported Sanderling. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On May 14 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Bill Kaempfer and Peter Burke reported Long-billed Curlew and 31 White-rumped Sandpipers. On May 15 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Jan Stulp reported 5 Long-billed Curlew, 7 White-rumped Sandpipers, 4 Red-headed Woodpeckers, and Chihuahuan Raven. On May 18 at Neenoshe Reseervoir, Jacob Drucker reported 2 Northern Bobwhites, Black-bellied Plover, 12 Snowy Plover, 11 Stilt Sandpipers, 12 White-rumped Sandpipers, 6 Semipalmated Sandpipers, Red-headed Woodpecker, 2 Purple Martins and Chihuahuan Raven. The Purple Martins are a new county bird for Kiowa. ---On May 17 in Eads, Jacob Drucker reported 6 Chimney Swifts. KIT CARSON COUNTY: --- On May 18 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, Glenn Walbek reported juv Broad-winged Hawk and f EASTERN TOHWEE. On May 19 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, Dean Shoup reported f EASTERN TOWHEE. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On May 15 at Soapstone Prairie Natural Area, Walter Wehtje reported 3 singing BAIRD’s SPARROWS. ---On May 16 at Bobcat Ridge NA, Fawn Simonds reported Black-and-white Warbler. ---On May 19 at Cobb Lake, CR 56 in Wellington, Austin Hess, David Wade, and Nick Komar reported Snowy Plover and Sandlering. LINCOLN COUNTY: ---On May 15 at Schafer Reservoir (private, view from road), Jacob Drucker reported 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On May 15 near Arkansas River Bridge in Lamar, Janeal Thompson reported 4 flyover Least Terns. The old gravel pit north of Northgate Park and river is private. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On May 15, Van Truan reported Yellow-throated Warbler at Mineral Palace Park. On May 19 at Mineral Palace Park, Van Truan, Dale and Joel Adams reported Yellow-throated Warbler. ---On May 14 at Chico Basin Ranch, headquarters area, Christine Alexander, Jesse and Renee Casias reported Golden-winged Warbler and Magnolia Warbler in the morning and Golden-winged and Kentucky Warbler in the afternoon. On May 14 at Chico Basin Ranch headquarters area, Rob Hinds reported a Golden-winged Warbler and at Rose Pond Rob Hinds reported Magnolia Warbler. On May 14 at Chico Basin Ranch headquarters area, Kara Carragher reported Golden-winged Warbler and Kentucky Warbler. On May 15 at Chico Basin Ranch headquarters area, Brandon Percival, David Tonnessen, and Lock Kilpatrick reported f Golden-winged Warbler, f Summer Tanager, and Ovenbird. On May 16 at Chico Basin Ranch at headquarters area, Brian Johnson reported f Northern Parula and Art Hudak and Mark Chavez reported Blackpoll Warbler. On May 16 at Chico Basin Rose Pond, Brian Johnson reported m Northern Parula. On May 17 at Chico Basin Ranch headquarters area, Brandon Percival reported singing White-eye Vireo, f Black-throated Gray Warbler, and f Baltimore Oriole. On May 19 at Chico Basin Ranch, Rob Hinds reported Bobolink; Joel Adams reported Solitary Sandpiper, Red-headed Woodpecker, Blackpoll Warbler and f Baltimore Oriole. On May 18 in Chico Basin alfalfa fields, Rob Hinds and several other birders reported Bobolink. ---On May 14 at Pueblo Mountain Park, Christine Alexander, Jesse and Renee Casias reported Acorn Woodpecker. ---On May 19, at Osprey Picnic Area in Rock Canyon below Pueblo Reservoir dam, Brandon Percival reported singing m Black-and-white Warbler. WASHINGTON COUNTY: ---On May 18 at Akron Golf Course, Bill Kaempfer reported Northern Waterthrush. On May 19 at Akron Golf Course, Dean Shoup reported 2 Northern Waterthrush. WELD COUNTY: --- On May 15 at Stewart’s Pond, Leo Miller reported Mute Swan and Glossy Ibis. On May 17 at Stewart’s Pond, Gene Rutherford reported Mute Swan. ---On May 15 at Crow Valley CG, Gene Rutherford reported Least Flycatcher and Gray-cheeked Thrush. Gene Rutherford and Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Least Flycatchers, Chestnut-sided Warbler and heard Blackburnian Warbler. On May 17 at Crow Valley CG, Gene Rutherford reported Chimney Swift, Least Flycatcher, and m Magnolia Warbler; Ruth Dicks reported 2 Chestnut-sided Warblers, and Magnolia Warbler; and Jason Gregg reported Northern Waterthrush and Magnolia Warbler. --- On May 15 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 4 White-rumped Sandpipers and Baltimore Oriole. On May 16 at Union Reservoir, Dean Shoup reported 4 White-rumped Sandpipers. On May 17 at Union Reservoir, Gene Rutherford, Luke Pheneger, and Maikel Wise reported 3 White-rumped Sandpipers. On May 18 at Union Reservoird, Nick Moore reported Snowy Plover and Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Snowy Plover and Semipalmated Sandpiper. On May 19 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow and several other birders reported Snowy Plover, Long-billed Curlew, Whimbrel, 51 Sanderlings, 4 Stilt Sandpipers, 3 White-rumped Sandpipers, Semipalmated Sandpiper, and 1st year male Baltimore Oriole. ---On May 14 at Norma’s Grove, Candice Johnson reported Eastern Palm Warbler. On May 15 at Norma’s Grove, Gene Rutherford reported Red-headed Woodpecker, Worm-eating Warbler, and Black-throated Green Warbler. ---On May 14 at Murphy’s Pasture area and auto tour stops 2 & 3, Kendall Watkins reported 3 Sprague’s Pipits. ---On May 16 at wetland on CR 46, Jared Kidder reported Mute Swan. YUMA COUNTY: ---On May 18 at Stalker Pond in Wray, Bill Kaempfer reported 2 Baltimore Orioles. Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips: The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, May 20 will be to Meyers Homestead Trail, Walker Ranch led by Paula Hansley (plhansley AT gmail.com; 720-890-2628) This trip has been cancelled. The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, May 20 will be to Park Jordan Centennial Open Space led by Cynthia Madsen and David Hill (cmadsen08 AT gmail.com; 303-770-6534) The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, May 21 will be to Chico Basin Ranch led by Mark Amershek (mamershek AT msn.com; 303-329-8646) This trip is Full The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, May 21 will be to Roxborough State Park led by Sue Summers & Wendy Wibbens (summerssue AT hotmail.com; 253-678-3721) The Field Trip for Tuesday, May 23 will be to Eastern Arapahoe and Adams Counties led by David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) This trip is full. For more information on the field trips go to dfobirds.org. Good Birding, Joyce Takamine Boulder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. 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