Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: March 23, 2018
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 23 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. Snow Goose (Arapahoe) Greater White-fronted Goose (*Fremont, Jefferson) Greater Scaup (Park, Weld) White-winged Scoter (Arapahoe, Pueblo) Barrow’s Goldeneye (*Arapahoe, Park, San Miguel) Chukar (Larimer) Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld) Red-necked Grebe (Larimer) Greater Roadrunner (Baca) White-throated Swift (Pueblo) Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Pueblo) Virginia Rail (Chaffee) Sandhill Crane (Kiowa, Rio Grande) American Avocet (Denver, Pueblo) Mountain Plover (Kit Carson) Long-billed Dowitcher (La Plata) Spotted Sandpiper (*El Paso) Lesser Yellowlegs (El Paso) Greater Yellowlegs (Boulder) Bonaparte’s Gull (Park) Franklin’s Gull (Larimer, Mesa, Pueblo) California Gull (Douglas, Mesa, Ouray) Iceland Gull (El Paso, Kiowa, Pueblo) YELLOW-BILLED LOON (Gunnison) American White Pelican (Douglas) Turkey Vulture (Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Mesa, Montrose, Morgan, Rio Grande, Yuma) Osprey (Mesa, Montrose) Northern Goshawk (Jefferson, Larimer, Weld) Broad-winged Hawk (Larimer) Ferruginous Hawk (Mesa) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Yuma) Williamson’s Sapsucker (*Douglas, El Paso) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Montezuma) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso, Pueblo) Black Phoebe (El Paso, *Mesa) Eastern Phoebe (Arapahoe) Say’s Phoebe (Arapahoe, El Paso, La Plata, Ouray, Pueblo) Western Kingbird (Rio Grande) Chihuahuan Raven (El Paso, Fremont) Tree Swallow (Adams, *Arapahoe, Boulder, *Mesa) Bushtit (*Weld) Stub-tailed Wren spec (El Paso) Golden-crowned Kinglet (*Denver, *Weld) Eastern Bluebird (Denver, Yuma) Western Bluebird (Ouray) Hermit Thrush (*Arapahoe) Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso, Kiowa) Northern Mockingbird (El Paso) Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (San Miguel) Black Rosy-Finch (San Miguel) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Park, San Miguel) Red Crossbill (Arapahoe, Kit Carson, *Weld) Canyon Towhee (Baca) Cassin’s Sparrow (*Pueblo) Field Sparrow (Baca) Sagebrush Sparrow (Mesa) Savannah Sparrow (Jefferson, Kiowa, La Plata, Montrose, San Miguel, Weld) Lincoln’s Sparrow (*Arapahoe, Baca, Douglas, *El Paso, Kiowa, La Plata, *Larimer, Mesa, Montrose, Park, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Miguel) White-throated Sparrow (*Arapahoe) Harris’s Sparrow (Adams, Baca, *Denver, El Paso) Dark-eyed Junco (Park, Weld) Yellow-headed Blackbird (Kiowa, Weld) Western Meadowlark (Ouray) Brown-headed Cowbird (El Paso, Mesa, Yuma) Rusty Blackbird (Kit Carson, Larimer) Pine Warbler (Arapahoe, *Larimer) Yellow-rumped Warbler (*Arapahoe, *Jefferson, *Weld) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On March 17 at First Creek at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, the DFO Field trip led by Patrick O’Driscoll reported Harris’s Sparrow. On March 18 at First Creek at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Riley Morris reported Harris’s Sparrow. ---On March 20 at E 74th and Colorado, Christy Payne reported 6 Tree Swallows. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On March 17 at Lower Ridgewood Park, Edward Donnan reported Eastern Phoebe. On March 18 at Lower Ridgewood Park, Michael Lester and David Suddjian reported Eastern Phoebe and Say’s Phoebe. ---On March 19 at South Platte Reservoir, Dale Pate reported White-winged Scoter. On March 21 at South Platte Reservoir, G Stacks, Jared Del Rosso, Mark Amershek, and Nelson Ford reported White-winged Scoter. ---On March 22 at Cherry Creek SP, Monday Birders reported 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers (Myrtle). ---On March 21 on High Line Canal Trail – E Quincy to S Colorado Blvd, Jeff Dawson reported Pine Warbler. On March 22 on High Line Canal Trail --- E Quincy to S Colorado Blvd (Three Pond and Dahlia Hollow Parks), Monday Birders reported Hermit Thrush, White-throated Sparrow, and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 19 at Exposition Park in Aurora, G Stacks reported Snow Goose and Say’s Phoebe. ---On March 20 at E Smoky Hill Road, Cheri Phillips reported 8 Red Crossbills. ---On March 21 at Dahlia Hollow Park in Cherry Hills Village, Gregg Goodrich reported Pine Warbler, White-throated Sparrow, and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 21 on Big Dry Creek Trail – S Colorado Blvd to S University Blvd, Cynthia Madsen reported Yellow-rumped Warbler. ---On March 21 at South Platte Park, G Stacks, Jared Del Rosso, Mark Amershek, Nelson Ford and Cynthia Kristensen reported 6 Yellow-rumped Warblers. On March 22 at South Platte Park, Anna Lenshek reported Tree Swallow, 5 Yellow-rumped (Audubons’s) Warblers, 1 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler. On March 22 at South Platte Park Carson Nature Center, Bill Schreitz reported 11 Yellow-rumpled Warblers. On March 22 at South Platte Park C470 area, Monday Birders reported 2 f Barrow’s Goldeneyes. ---On March 21 on Mary Carter Greenway Trail in Littleton, G Stacks, Jared Del Rosso reported 2 Barrow’s Goldeneyes, and Yellow-rumped (Audubon’s) Warbler. BACA COUNTY: ---On March 18 at Turk’s Pond SWA, David Dowell reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 18 at Two Buttes SWA, David Dowell reported 2 Greater Roadrunner, Canyon Towhee, 2 Field Sparrows, 3 Harris’s Sparrows, and 12 Lincoln’s Sparrows. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On March 18 on Darley Ave, Alexander Brown reported 3 Turkey Vultures. ---On March 19 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Jeff Parks reported Greater Yellowlegs and 8 Tree Swallows. On March 20 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Ted Floyd reported Greater Yellowlegs. ---On March 19 at Tantra Park in Boulder, Laura Steadman and Melissa Mezger reported 2 Turkey Vultures. ---On March 20 in Louisville, Ryan Bushong reported Turkey Vulture. DENVER COUNTY: ---On March 17 at TAVA Waters, Christina Yeagley reported 2 American Avocets. ---On March 18 at Bluff Lake NC, Jeff Dawson reported 2 Eastern Bluebirds. ---On March 19 at First Creek at DEN OS, John Breitsch reported Harris’s Sparrow. On March 21 at First Creek at DEN OS, John Breitsch and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Harris’s Sparrow. On March 22 at First Creek at DEN OS, David Hill and Jake Shorty reported Harris’s Sparrow. ---On March 22 at Denver Botanic Gardens and Cheeseman Park, Burke Angstman and Rebecca Laroche reported 2 Golden-crowned Kinglets. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On March 20 at Rampart Range Road at Hwy 67, Gwen Moore reported Williamson’s Sapsucker drumming. On March 22 at Rmaparkt Range Road at Hwy 67, Anna Troth and Gregg Goodrich reported m Williamson’s Sapsucker. ---On March 21 at Castlewood Canyon Rd in Franktown, Diane Roberts reported Turkey Vulture. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On March 22 on S Meridian Road from Hanover Road to Pueblo County Line, Heidi Guttschuss reported 3 Curve-billed Thrashers. ---On March 17 at Aiken Canyon Preserve, Diane Roberts reported 2 Williamson’s Sapsuckers. On March 18 at Aiken Canyon Preserve, Kiki Widjaja reported f Williamson’s Sapsucker. ---On March 17 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Tanja Britton reported Say’s Phoebe. ---On March 17 on Hanover Road, Robb Hinds reported 2 Curve-billed Thrashers. On March 18 on Hanover Road, John Drummond reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker and Chihuahuan Raven. On March 21 on Hanover Road, Ed Griffin reported Turkey Vulture. ---On March 18 east of downtown Colorado Springs, David Chartier reported Turkey Vulture. ---On March 18 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, Renee Casias reported 2 Lesser Yellowlegs. ---On March 18 at Double Tree Hotel Pond, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported Black Phoebe and 2 stub-tailed wren. ---On March 18 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), John Drummond reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker and Say’s Phoebe. On March 22 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), Heidi Guttschuss reported Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On March 19 at Clear Spring Ranch, Alan Ketcham and Jim Merritt reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. On March 21 at Clear Spring Ranch, Terence Berger reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 19 on Cottonwood Creek Trail North Side, Cathy Bondy reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 20 at Quail Lake Park, Alan Versaw reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 20 on Birdsall Road, David Tonnessen reported Brown-headed Cowbird. ---On March 21 on Monument Valley Hwy, Gloria Nikolai reported Franklin’s Gull. ---On March 22 at Fountain Creek RP, David Tonnessen reported 4 Lincoln’s Sparrows. On Mach 22 at Fountain Creek RP Nature Center/Cattail Marsh, RodSchmidt reported Spotted Sandpiper. ---On March 22 at Hanover Fire Station, Heidi Guttschuss reported 2 Curve-billed Thrashers. FREMONT COUNTY: ---On March 21 at Canon City Valco Ponds, Loch Kilpatrick reported 3 Greater White-fronted Geese. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On March 18 at Curecanti NRA Bay of Chickens, Dave Hawksworth reported YELLOW-BILLED LOON. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On March 17 on Ralston Creek Trail at Westwoods Golf Course, John Shunk reported Great White-fronted Goose. ---On March 18 at Mount Falcon Park, Andrew Aldrich reported Turkey Vulture. ---On March 18 at Bear Creek Greenbelt S Kipling pkwy to S Wadsworth Blvd, Max Miller reported Turkey Vulture. ---On March 21 at South Valley Park, David Suddjian reported Savannah Sparrow. ---On March 22 at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt – West Lake, Frank Farrell reported 2 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warblers. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On March 17 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, David Dowell reported Savannah Sparrow and 5 Lincoln’s Sparrows. ---On March 17 at Neenoshe Reservoir, David Dowell reported 27 Sandhill Cranes, Iceland Gull, Curve-billed Thrasher, 8 Lincoln’s Sparrows, and Yellow-headed Blackbird. KIT CARSON COUNTY: ---On March 18, Glenn Walbek reported Mountain Plovers have returned. He saw some in a wheat field in the county. ---On March 20, Glenn Walbek reported Rusty Blackbird. ---On March 20 at Fairview Cemetery in Burlington, DFO Field Trip led by David Suddjian reported 9 Red Crossbills. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On March 17 on Animas River Trail Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area, Ryan Votta John Bregar, Elyse Klingener, and Megan Westervelt reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. On March 18 on Animas River Trail Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area, Ryan Votta reported 3 Lincoln’s Sparrows and Say’s Phoebe. ---On March 18 at Pastorius Reservoir, Jason St Pierre reported Long-billed Dowitcher and Say’s Phoebe. On March 20 at Pastorius Reservoir, Jason St Pierre reported 4 Savannah Sparrows and Lincoln’s Sparrow. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On March 21 at Wild Horse Birdfeeder, Joshua Smith reported Pine Warbler. On March 22 at Wild Horse Birdfeeder, John Reichhardt reported Pine Warbler. ---On February 28 at Fort Collins City Park and Sheldon Lake, Dave Leatherman found Red-necked Grebe which was seen by several other birders. On March 20 at Fort Collins City Park and Sheldon Lake, Tim Priehs and Colby Plante reported Red-necked Grebe. On March 21 at Fort Collins City Park and Sheldon Lake, Adam Johnson reported Red-necked Grebe. ---On March 18 at North Shield Pond NA, David Wade reported Chukar and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 18 at Fossil Creek Regional OS, Kirk LaGory reported Franklin’s Gull. ---On March 19 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Colby Plante reported Broad-winged Hawk on Wilcox Trail in a tree. ---On March 21 at Horsetooth Reservoir, Irene Fortune reported Franklin’s Gull. ---On March 22 at North Shields Pond NA, Doug Swartz reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. MESA COUNTY: ---On March 20 at Connected Lakes SP Audubon Trail, Carol Ortenzio and Katey Buster reported 2 Black Phoebe. ---On March 19 at Highline Lake SP, David Price reported Franklin’s Gull. ---On March 16 at Clifton Nature Park, Ryan Claar reported Osprey. On March 19 at Clifton Nature Park, Ryan Claar and Eileen Cunningham reported Osprey. On March 21 at Clifton Nature Park, Mike Henwood reported Osprey. ---On March 17 at Redlands Pkwy Ponds, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported 15 Turkey Vultures. On March 19 at Redlands Pkwy Ponds, Dave Hawksworth reported Turkey Vulture. On March 21 at Redlands Pkwy Ponds, Mike Henwood reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 18 on Hwy 141 N of Gateway Denise and Mark Vollmar reported Osprey. ---On March 19 at Book Cliff Country Club, Kathleen McGinley and Deb Mallory reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 19 at Ela Wildlife Sanctuary , Dave Hawksworth reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 19 at Patterson Rd and 29 Rd at feedlot, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported Brown-headed Cowbird. ---On March 20 at Brewster’s Ridge/Bar X Wash, David Price reported Ferruginous Hawk and 2 Sagebrush Sparrows. ---On March 20 at Corn Lake, Nic Korte reported Osprey. ---On March 22 at Fruita SP, Mike Henwood reported flock of Tree Swallows. ---On March 22 at Colorado River Trail Audubon Section, Katey Buster reported 2 Black Phoebe near phoebe rock. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On March 21 in Mancos (town), David and Cheryl Hubbard reported f Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On March 18 at Nucla Sewage Lagoons, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported Lincoln’s Sparrow and 2 Turkey Vultures. ---On March 21 at Cerise Regional Park, Sue Riffe reported Osprey. ---On March 21 at Redvale Pond, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 3 Savannah Sparrows. MORGAN COUNTY: ---On March 17 at Brush, Norm Lewis reported Turkey Vulture. OURAY COUNTY: ---On March 20 at Ridgway SP Dallas Creek area, Betty Fenton reported 4 California Gulls. ---On March 20 at Owl Creek Pass Rd, Betty Fenton reported Say’s Phoebe, Western Bluebird, and 2 Western Meadowlark. PARK COUNTY: ---On March 17 in town of Jefferson, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Lincoln’s Sparrows. On March 19 in town of Jefferson, Carl Bendorf and John Rutenbeck reported Brown-capped Rosy-Finch and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 17 at Elevenmile Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Barrow’s Goldeneye, 4 Greater Scaup, and Bonaparte’s Gull. ---On March 17 at Plamann Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported Bonaparte’s Gull and White-winged Junco. ---On March 17 at Antero Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Bonaparte’s Gulls. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On March 18 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Kim Score reported 5 American Avocets, 2 Franklin’s Gulls, and Say’s Phoebe. ---On March 17 at Lake Beckwith, Darth Aves reported White-winged Scoter. ---On March 18 at Nature and Raptor Center of Pueblo, Kim Score reported Broad-tailed Hummingbird and Ladder-backed Woodpecker. ---On March 22 at Pueblo Chemical Depot, 32 Ordnance Lane, Clark Jones reported Cassin’s Sparrow. RIO GRANDE COUNTY: ---On March 17 at Monte Vista NWR, Gloria Nikolai reported 8000 Sandhill Cranes and 2 Lincoln’s Sparrows. On March 18 at Monte Vista NWR, Art Hudak and Gwen Moore reported 3000 Sandhill Cranes and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 20 at Sargent High School, Ben Bailey reported Western Kingbird. ---On March 20 at Shaw Creek Rest Area, David and Cheryl Hubbard reported Turkey Vulture. SAGUACHE COUNTY: ---On March 17 at Colorado College Baca Campus, John Cobb reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY: ---On March 21 at The Terraces at Mountain Village, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 7 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, 1 Gray-crowned (Hepburn’s), 1 Black Rosy-Finch, and 100 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch. ---On March 17 at Miramonte Reservoir, Eric Hynes reported Barrow’s Goldeneye. ---On March 21 at Telluride (town), Eric Hynes reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 21 at CR 43 ZN, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Savannah Sparrow. WELD COUNTY: -- On March 17 at Glenmere Park, Norm Lewis reported 3 Bushtit and White-winged Junco. On March 22 at Glenmere Park, Shawn Mason reported Golden-crowned Kinglet and 6 Bushtit. ---On March 17 on Hwy 119 across from St. Vrain SP, Gene Rutherford reported Osprey on nest platform. ---On March 17 at CR 40, Gene Rutherford reported Yellow-headed Blackbird. ---On March 17 at Stewart’s Pond, Christine Alexander reported Yellow-headed Blackbird. ---On March 18 on CR 134 between CR 111 and CR 115, Steve Rash reported 30 Sharp-tailed Grouse. ---On March 22 at Sanborn Park in Greeley, Shawn Mason reported Yellow-rumpled Warbler and 8 Red Crossbills. YUMA COUNTY: ---On March 17 at Yuma South Circles, Jane Stulp reported Turkey Vulture. ---On March 20 at Hale Ponds, DFO Field Trip led by David Suddjian reported Red-bellied Woodpecker, 2 Eastern Bluebirds and Lincoln’s Sparrow. DFO Field Trips: The DFO Field Trip for Friday, March 23 will be to Rueter-Hess Reservoir led by Mary Cay Burger (mcburger3 AT juno.com; 720-940-8394) This trip is full 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHtstTdmMBPYGvHxBVg6Z%2BzD5u2Ynhu8mQuXfhZ4so6DaLSq_w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
