Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: May 30, 2018 e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, May 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 changed. Snow Goose (*Kiowa) Trumpeter Swan (Archuleta) Wood Duck (Jackson) Hooded Merganser (*Adams, *Boulder) Northern Bobwhite (Logan) Chukar (Larimer) Clark’s Grebe (*Denver, Garfield) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Arapahoe, *Kiowa, Logan, Otero, Pueblo) Black Swift (Douglas, Pueblo) White-throated Swift (Larimer) Rufous Hummingbird (Fremont) Virginia Rail (Lincoln) Sora (Lincoln) Sandhill Crane (Eagle, Garfield) Black-necked Stilt (*Kiowa) American Avocet (Moffat) Snowy Plover (*Kiowa) Semipalmated Plover (El Paso) Mountain Plover (Cheyenne, Weld) Whimbrel (Kiowa) Long-billed Curlew (Larimer) Ruddy Turnstone (*Larimer) Stilt Sandpiper (*Kiowa, *Kit Carson, Weld) Sanderling (*Kiowa, Larimer, Pueblo) White-rumped Sandpiper (Bent, *Kiowa, *Kit Carson, Larimer) Pectoral Sandpiper (*Kiowa) Western Sandpiper (*Kiowa) Long-billed Dowitcher (Weld) Solitary Sandpiper (Weld) Willet (Alamosa, Jackson, Weld) Lesser Yellowlegs (*Kiowa) Greater Yellowlegs (Jackson) Least Tern (Moffat) Forster’s Tern (Boulder) ANHINGA (*Delta) Snowy Egret (Moffat) Cattle Egret (Pueblo) Green Heron (Pueblo) Black-crowned Night-Heron (*Kiowa) White-faced Ibis (*Kiowa, Weld) Mississippi Kite (El Paso, *Kiowa, Pueblo) Cooper’s Hawk (Cheyenne) Red-headed Woodpecker (Arapahoe, Cheyenne, *Kiowa, *Kit Carson, Larimer, Logan, Yuma) Acorn Woodpecker (Pueblo) Hairy Woodpecker (Rocky Mts) (Arapahoe) Willow Flycatcher (*Kiowa) Least Flycatcher (Eagle, Weld) Hammond’s Flycatcher (Weld) Gray Flycatcher (El Paso, Gunnison, Kit Carson) Cordilleran Flycatcher (Arapahoe, Weld) PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER (Grand) Eastern Phoebe (* Boulder, Weld, Yuma) Ash-throated Flycatcher (El Paso) Great Crested Flycatcher (Cheyenne, *Kiowa) Cassin’s Kingbird (Arapahoe, Denver, Fremont, Larimer, Lincoln,*Otero) Western Kingbird (Summit) Purple Martin (Hinsdale) Tree Swallow (Kiowa) Bank Swallow (*Kiowa) Bell’s Vireo (Logan, Pueblo) Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld) Warbling Vireo (Eastern) (*Kiowa) Warbling Viero (Western) (*Kit Carson) Red-eyed Vireo (Weld) Canyon Wren (*Otero) Winter Wren (Yuma) Eastern Bluebird (Arapahoe, El Paso) Western Bluebird (Adams) Veery (*Boulder, Elbert) Swainson’s Thrush (Weld) Hermit Thrush (Weld) Northern Mockingbird (Hinsdale) Cedar Waxwing (Ouray) Lesser Goldfinch (Kit Carson, Logan) Chestnut-collared Longspur (Weld) McCown’s Longspur (Larimer, Weld) Cassin’s Sparrow (Weld) Chipping Sparrow (Logan, Montezuma) Clay-colored Sparrow (La Plata) Field Sparrow (*Kiowa, *Kit Carson, Larimer) Lark Sparrow (El Paso) Black-throated Sparrow (Adams) Grasshopper Sparrow (Routt) Baird’s Sparrow (Larimer) Fox Sparrow (Jackson, Routt) White-throated Sparrow (Weld) Yellow-breasted Chat (Weld) Bobolink (Larimer, *Mesa, Routt) Baltimore Oriole (Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Weld, Yuma) Ovenbird (*Kit Carson, Weld) Northern Waterthrush (El Paso, Jackson, *Kiowa) MOURNING WARBLER (Prowers) Hooded Warbler (Boulder, Jefferson) American Redstart (Adams, *Kiowa) Magnolia Warbler (Cheyenne, Weld) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Jefferson, *Larimer) Black-throated Blue Warbler (Arapahoe, Weld) Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo) Grace’s Warbler (*Las Animas, Mesa, Pueblo) Townsend’s Warbler (Boulder) Scarlet Tanager (Kiowa) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Rio Grande) Indigo Bunting (Larimer) Dickcissel (El Paso, Fremont, *Kiowa, Kit Carson, Yuma) ADAMS COUNTY: —On May 27 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek, John Breitsch reported Western Blue bird and American Redstart. On May 28 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek, John Breitsch reported American Redstart. ---On May 28 at Barr Lake SP Bird Conservancy of the Rockies off and below dam, Heather and Riley Morris reported Black-throated Sparrow. ---On May 29 at Barr Lake SP west side, Connie Lintz and Candice Johnson reported Hooded Merganser and Lesser Goldfinch. ---On May 29 at Ket Mitchell Park and Open Space, Bill Kaempfer reported f Hooded Merganser. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On May 28 at Little Dry Creek near High Line Canal Trail along East Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso reported Cordilleran Flycatcher. ---On May 28 near intersection of Layton and S Galapago in Englewood, Connie Kogler reported Cassin’s Kingbird. ---On May 28 at Cherry Creek SP, Matt Newport reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo. ---On May 28 at CR 38 at East Bijou Creek, David Suddjian reported 3 Cassin’s Kingbirds, m Blue-throated Blue Warbler, and Hairy Woodpecker (Rocky Mts). ---On May 28 at Richmil Ranch Open Space, David Suddjian reported 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 6 Cassin’s Kingbirds, and Eastern Bluebird. ARCHULETA COUNTY: ---On May 26 at Pinon Lake Reservoir, Nell Smith and Parker Davis reported Trumpeter Swan. BENT COUNTY: ---On May 25 at John Martin Dam, Brandon Percival reported White-rumped Sandpiper. ---On May 25 at Melody Tempel Grove Brandon Percival reported m Baltimore Oriole. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On May 26 at Hecla Lake, Ted Floyd reported pair of Hooded Merganers. On May 27 at Hecla Lake, Jack Bushong and Rob Cassady reported m Hooded Merganser. On May 29 at Hecla Lake, Ryan Bushong reported m Hooded Merganser. ---On May 27 at Boulder Mountain Park Bear Canyon trail, Cameron Boyd reported Townsend’s Warbler. ---On May 28 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Forster’s Tern. On May 29 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Hooded Merganser. ---On May 29 on Twin Lakes Trail, Elena Klaver reported singing Veery; Luke and Tracy Pheneger, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S were able to see and hear the Veery. ---On May 29 on Yellowstone Rd in Longmont, Mary and Paulette Ache reported 8 Hooded Mergansers (1f, 7 juv). ---On May 29 at St Vrain River Cross at 63rd St. John Rutenbeck reported Eastern Phoebe. CHEYENNE COUNTY: ---On May 28 at CR J from CR 31 – CR 24, Steve Mlodinow reported Mountain Plover, Red-headed Woodpecker, Great Crested Flycatcher, Baltimore Oriole and Copper’s Hawk. DELTA COUNTY: ---On May29 at Sweitzer Lake, Sandy Beranich reported a possible ANHIHGA. DENVER COUNTY: ---On May 24 at Gun Club Rd S of E 112th Ave, Elaine Wagner reported Cassin’s Kingbird. ---On May 28 at Denver City Park, Ferril Lake, Rebecca Laroche and Nick Pusateri reported Clark’s Grebe. On May 29 at Denver City Park, Ferril Lake Keith Suter reported Clark’s Grebe. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On May 27 in Parker, Loch Kilpatrick reported 3 Black Swifts. EAGLE COUNTY: ---On May 25 at Spring Park Reservoir, Rebecca Weiss reported Sandhill Cranes with 2 young. ELBERT COUNTY: ---On May 28 at 1st Ave 1.0 (N from Agate), David Suddjian reported Veery. EL PASO COUNTY: —On May 26 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown reported banding his 20th Northern Waterthrush of the season and observed an Ash-throated Flycatcher overheard On May 27 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown reported Gray Flycatcher and Mississippi Kite. ---On May 24 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, Alan Ketcham reported 2 Mississippi Kites. On May 28 at Adams Open Space, Gary Koehn reported 2 Mississippi Kites. ---On May 24 at John Metcalf Park in Fountain, Chris McReynolds reported Mississippi Kite. ---On May 25 at Cross Creek Regional Park, David Rudin reported Mississippi Kite. ---On May 26 at Aiken canon Preserve, Alan Versaw reported Bewick’s Wren and 2 Cassin’s Kingbird. ---On May 28 on Shumway Road in Fountain, Aaron, Pati, and Sarah Driscoll reported Dickcissel. ---On May 28 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, Robb Hinds reported Sedmipalmated Plover. ---On May 28 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Beth, Joy, and Leonard Lake reported 2 Ash-throated Flycatchers. FREMONT COUNTY: ---On May 26 at 12100-12998 Temple Canyon Road, Canon City, R Knapp reported Rufous Hummingbird and 5 Cassin’s Kingbirds. ---On May 27 on Lincoln St in Canon City, Dale and Joel Adams reported 2 Dickcissel. GARFIELD COUNTY: ---On May 25 at Rifle Gap SP, John Drummond reported Clark’s Grebe. ---On May 26 at Spring Valley above Glenwood, Roaring Fork Audubon confirmed Sandhill Cranes breeding when they found 2 adults with 2 young cranes. Tom McConnell reported that they have been trying for several years to confirm breeding. ---On May 28 at Harvey Gap SP and Grass Valley Reservoir, Sondra Lee Walling reported Clark’s Grebe. GRAND COUNTY: ---On May 25 at Kinnikinnik North Lodge, Melinda Berger reported a possible PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER. It was identified by voice and playback. This would be a new state bird if accepted. HINSDALE COUNTY: ---On May 27 in Lake City (town), Doug Kibbe, Mackenzie Goldthwait, and Jeff Dawson reported 6 Purple Martins. ---On May 28 at Rmbouillet Creek, Jeff Dawson, Doug Kibbe, and Mackenzie Goldthwait reported Northern Mockingbird. JACKSON COUNTY: ---On May 27 at Michigan River Wetland near CR 30, Chuck Hundertmark and DFO field trip reported Northern Waterthrush and Slate-colored Fox Sparrow. ---On May 27 at 18 Island Reservoir, Chuck Hundertmark and DFO Field trip reported 3 Greater Yellowlegs. ---On May 27 at Pole Mountain Lake area, Chuck Hundertmark and DFO Field Trip reported Wood Duck. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On May 27 at Chatfield SP upstream of Kingfisher Bridge (west), Timothy Condon reported Hooded Warbler. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On May 25 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported 2 Whimbrel, White-rumped Sandpiper, and m Baltimore Oriole. On May 28 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Norm Lewis reported 3 White-faced Ibis and 2 Black-necked Stilts. On May 29 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 4 Black-crowned Night Heron, 31 Black-necked Stilts, 3 Stilt Sandpipers, 71 White-faced Ibis, 2 Bank Swallow, 1 Snow Goose, 3 Snowy Plover, 3 Sanderling, 62 White-rumped Sandpipers, Red-headed Woodpecker and Dickcissel. ---On May 27 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 9 Warbling (Eastern) Vireos, 2 Great Crested Flycatchers, 2 Tree Swallows, 7 White-faced Ibis, Yellow-breasted Chat, Black-crowned Night Heron, Snowy Plover, and 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers. On May29 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Pectoral Sandpiper, 8 Warbling Vireo (Eastern), Great Crested Flycatcher, Mississippi Kite, 7 White-rumped Sandpiper, Northern Waterthrush, American Redstart. --On May 27 at Kiowa Creek at CR 40, Steve Mlodinow reported f Scarlet Tanager. ---On May 29 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 White-faced Ibis and 5 Stilt Sandpipers. ---On May 29 at Lower Queens Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Lesser Yellowlegs, 5 Pectoral Sandpipers, 6 Stilt Sandpipers, 4 Western Sandpipers, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and Field Sparrow. ---On May 28 CR p to CR 41 W of US 287, Steve Mlodinow reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Willow Flycatcher. KIT CARSON COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, David Suddjian reported Stilt Sandpiper, 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 2 Warbling Vireo (Western), Ovenbird, and Field Sparrow. ---On May 28 at Almost Kansas Homestead, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Dickcissel and 2 Lesser Goldfinch. LARIMER COUNTY: —On May 26 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Christine and Richard Sparks reported Red-headed Woodpecker and Indigo Bunting. ---On May 23 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area—Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Jay Breidt reported Ruddy Turnstone and Rob Sparks reported Ruddy Turnstone and Sanderling. Many birders were able to see both birds. On May 24 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area –Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Nick Komar reported the Ruddy Turnstone reported to Rigden Reservoir early in the morning and it was seen at Rigden Reservoir by several birders; also reported was a Long-billed Curlew. On May 25 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area –Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Diane Roberts and many other birders reported Ruddy Turnstone. On May 26 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area—Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), John Shenot and many other birders reported that the Ruddy Turnstone continues at Rigden Reservoir. On May 27 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area—Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Gabriel Wiltse reported Ruddy Turnstone. On May 28 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area—Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Tim Priehs and Michael Lester reported Ruddy Turnstone. On May 29 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area—Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Lori Pivonka reported Ruddy Turnstone. ---On May 26 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Andy Bankert reported 3 Baird’s Sparrows and 12 McCown’s Longspurs. ---On May 28 at Estes Park, Jim Nelson reported Cassin’s Kingbird. ---On May 28 at Devils Backbone Trail near Loveland, Eric DeFonso reported Field Sparrow.t Resaervoir ---On May 28 at Reservoir Ridge in Fort Collins, Bub Buderman reported Bobolink. ---On May 28 at Lory SP on hike to top of Arthur’s Rock, John Sanderson reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On May 29 at Lory SP, Danny Motalvo reported 2 Chestnut-sided Warblers. ---On May 28 at Wellington SWA—Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert, Caroline Olson, and David Wade reported Chukar (probably released bird), White-rumped Sandpiper, and White-throated Swift. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Spanish Peaks SWA – Beebe Trail, Marcel Such reported 6 Grace’s Warblers. LINCOLN COUNTY: ---On May 28 at Limon Wetlands and Doug Kissel Pond, David Suddjian reported Virginia Rail, Sora, and Cassin’s Kingbird. LOGAN COUNTY: ---On May 28 at Tamarck Ranch SWA, Ginny Bergstrom reported 2 Lesser Goldfinch, 2 Northern Bobwhite, 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers, and Bell’s Vireo. MESA COUNTY: ---On May 27 at Divide Road, 141 to Divide Forks Campground, Art Hudake and Gwen Moore reported Grace’s Warbler. ---On May 27 at ME ¾ .2 miles west of junction with 57 Rd, Jim Liewer reported 3 Bobolinks. On May 27 on ME 3/4 , Kathleen McGinley reported Bobolink. On May 29 at ME ¾ and 57 Rd, Rodene Harwood, Ronda Woodward, Dee Harwood, Vice Zerbi, and Mike Henwood reported 3 Bobolink. MOFFAT COUNTY: ---On May 24 at WFMC gravel Pits S of Craig, Forrest Luke and Vic Zerbi reported Least Tern, 2 Snowy Egrets, and 2 American Avocets. OTERO COUNTY: ---On May 25 at Rocky Ford SWA, Brandon Percival reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo. ---On May 29 at Vogel Canon, Ginny Fantetti and Robert Edelen reported 2 Cassin’s Kingbirds and Canyon Wren. OURAY COUNTY: ---On May 27 at Ridgway (town), Alison Hixon reported Cedar Waxwing. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On May 26 at Mineral Palace Park, Jim Merritt reported Yellow-throated Warbler. ---On May 25 at Chico Basin Ranch Headquarters Pond, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported Sanderling. ---On May 26 at Pueblo Mountain Park, Jim Merritt reported Grace’s Warbler and Acorn Woodpecker. ---On May 26 at Valco Ponds SWA, Jim Merritt reported Bell’s Vireo and Green Heron. ---On May 27 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported Black Swift, Bell’s Vireo, and Yellow-billed Cuckoo. ---On May 27 at Pueblo Reservoir Swallows area, Tim Leppek reported 7 Cattle Egret (Western)/. ROUTT COUNTY: ---On May 24 at 20 Mile SWA south of Hayden Power Plant on Twenty Rd, Vic Zerbi reported Grasshopper Sparrow. ---On May 24 on CR 182 in Hayden Area, Vic Zerbi reported 3 m Bobolink. ---On May 27 at Columbine (town), Jonathan Lautenbach reported Fox Sparrow. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On May 24 at Dillon Reservoir, Frisco Marina area, M Walt reported Western Kingbird. WELD COUNTY: ---On May 24 at Crow Valley CG, Dave Leatherman and Rachel Hopper reported Eastern Phoebe, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Ovenbird, Yellow-breasted Chat, Hermit Thrush, and 20+ Swainson’s Thrush. On May 25 at Crow Valley CG, Ryan and Jack Bushong reported m Magnolia Warbler and Eastern Bluebird. ---On May 24 at CR 114 between CR 49 and CR 45, Dave Leatherman reported Cassin’s Sparrows and Chestnut-collared Longspurs. ---On May 24 at CR 49 south of CR 122, Dave Leatherman reported McCown’s Longspur. ---On May 27 on CR 100 5 miles east of CR 49, Bill Fink reported Mountain Plover. ---On May28 at Woods Lake, Diane Thomas reported Solitary Sandpiper and 2 White-faced Ibis. ---On May 28 at Stewart’s Pond, Gary Lefko reported 2 Stilt Sandpipers. YUMA COUNTY: ---On May 27 at Stalker Lake, Dolf Hall reported 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Eastern Phoebe, possible Winter Wren, Dickcissel, and 2 Baltimore Oriole. DFO Field Trips: For details please visit the DFO website dfobirds.org Cherry Creek State Park Friday, June 1 6:00AM – 12:30 PM Diane Roberts (Samatha576 AT aol.com; 720-278-9025) Grand Junction Friday, June 1 – Sunday, June 3 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Wendy Wibbens and Sue Summers (wibbwj AT aol.com; 303-330-1175) Ken Caryl Valley Area Friday, June 1 6:30 PM- 9:30 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) This trip is FULL. Roxborough State Park Saturday, June 2 8:00 AM – 11:00 Am Alison Kondler (birdtrills AT gmail.com; 303-904-9140) Brush Hollow, Aiken and Rock Creek Canyon Sunday, June 3 5:45 AM – 6:pm Chris Gilbert (chrisgee9 AT gmail.com; 804-213-1508) Eldorado Canyon State Pakr Sunday, June 3 6:00 AM - 1:30 PM Karen Drozda (drozforte AT aol.com; 303-388-0891) Good Birding Joyce Takamine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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