Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: June 3, 2018 e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, June 3 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) Greater White-fronted Goose (Jefferson) Trumpeter Swan (*Mesa) Wood Duck (Saguache) Common Goldeneye (Chaffee, Garfield) Hooded Merganser (Adams, Boulder, Garfield, *Larimer) Northern Bobwhite (Logan) Chukar (Larimer) Lesser Prairie Chicken (Kiowa) Clark’s Grebe (Denver) White-winged Dove (Las Animas) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Larimer, Logan) BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (Logan) Black Swift (Ouray, Pueblo) White-throated Swift (Las Animas) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Larimer) Black Rail (*Weld) Sora (Summit) Sandhill Crane (*Larimer, *Weld) Black-necked Stilt (Kiowa) Upland Sandpiper (Larimer, *Logan) Long-billed Curlew (Larimer, Las Animas) Ruddy Turnstone (Larimer) Stilt Sandpiper (Kiowa, Kit Carson) Sanderling (Kiowa) White-rumped Sandpiper (Kiowa, Kit Carson) Pectoral Sandpiper (Kiowa, Weld) Western Sandpiper (Kiowa) Long-billed Dowitcher (Las Animas, Weld) Willet (Alamosa, Jackson, Weld) Lesser Yellowlegs (Kiowa) Red-necked Phalarope (*Larimer) Least Tern (Delta) Caspian Tern (Jackson) Common Loon (Bent) ANHINGA (Delta) Cattle Egret (*Pueblo) Green Heron (Kiowa) Glossy Ibis (*Boulder) Mississippi Kite (*El Paso, Kiowa) Lewis’s Woodpecker (*Mesa) Red-headed Woodpecker (Bent, Kit Carson, Logan) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Pueblo) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*Pueblo) Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) (Larimer) Peregrine Falcon (Denver) Alder Flycatcher (Larimer) Least Flycatcher (Boulder, Eagle, Grand) Hammond’s Flycatcher (Weld) Gray Flycatcher (Gunnison, Kit Carson) Cordilleran Flycatcher (*Arapahoe) Eastern Phoebe (*Boulder) Ash-throated Flycatcher (*El Paso, Larimer) Great Crested Flycatcher (Logan) Cassin’s Kingbird (*Arapahoe, Bent, Otero, *Pueblo) Eastern Kingbird (Gunnison) Purple Martin (Mesa) Tree Swallow (Kiowa) Bank Swallow (Kiowa) Juniper Titmouse (Las Animas) Bushtit (*Adams) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Arapahoe) Bell’s Vireo (Logan, *Pueblo) Gray Vireo (Huerfano) Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld) Cassin’s Vireo (*Larimer) Warbling Vireo (Western) (Kit Carson) Red-eyed Vireo (Weld) Pinyon Jay (*El Paso) Common Raven (Weld) Canyon Wren (Otero) Marsh Wren (Gunnison) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Las Animas) Eastern Bluebird (El Paso) Veery (Boulder, Logan) Lesser Goldfinch (Adams) McCown’s Longspur (*Larimer) Cassin’s Sparrow (Adams) Chipping Sparrow (Logan, Montezuma) Brewer’s Sparrow (*Jefferson) Field Sparrow (Kiowa, Kit Carson, Larimer) Lark Sparrow (El Paso) Grasshopper Sparrow (*Jefferson, Larimer) BAIRD’S SPARROW (*Larimer) Fox Sparrow (Jackson. *Mesa) White-throated Sparrow (Weld) Yellow-breasted Chat (*Broomfield) Bobolink (*Mesa) Orchard Oriole (*Broomfield) Baltimore Oriole (Logan, *Otero, *Prowers, Weld) Ovenbird (Boulder, *El Paso, Kit Carson) Northern Waterthrush (Jackson, Kiowa) Orange-crowned Warbler (Logan) American Redstart (El Paso, Kiowa) Northern Parula (Larimer) Magnolia Warbler (Cheyenne, El Paso) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Jefferson, Larimer) Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld) Yellow-throated Warbler (*Pueblo) Grace’s Warbler (Las Animas, *Mesa) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Rio Grande) Lazuli Bunting (Adams) Dickcissel (Bent, Kiowa) ADAMS COUNTY: —On June 1 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek, John Breitsch reported 2 Lesser Goldfinch. ---On May 29 at Barr Lake SP west side, Connie Lintz and Candice Johnson reported Hooded Merganser and Lesser Goldfinch. ---On May 29 at Ken Mitchell Park and Open Space, Bill Kaempfer reported f Hooded Merganser. ---On May 30 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, George Ho reported Lazuli Bunting. ---On May 31 on her BBS route, Cynthia Madsen reported several Cassin’s Sparrows along her route. ---On June 3 at McKay Lake, Matt Hofeditz reported 3 Bushtit. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On May 31 at Little Dry Creek near High Line Canal Trail, Jared Del Rosso reported Cordilleran Flycatcher. ---On June 1 at High Line Canal Trail – S Elati to W Ridge Road (Lee Gulch), Troy Becker reported Red-breasted Nuthatch. ---On June 1 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported Red-breasted Nuthatch. ---On June 1 at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Littleton, David Suddjian reported 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch. ---On June 1 in Littleton Lee Gulch Trail – Prince to Windermere (East half), David Suddjian reported 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch. ---On June 3 at Richmil Ranch OS, David Hill and Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cassin’s Kingbirds. BENT COUNTY: ---On May 30 at John Martin Reservoir, Finny Fantetti reported Common Loon, 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 2 Cassin’s Kingbirds, and 3 Dickcissel. ---On June 3 on High Line Canal Trail—S University Blvd to E Orchard, Jared Del Rosso reported Cordilleran Flycatcher. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Hecla Lake, Ryan Bushong reported m Hooded Merganser. On May 31 at Hecla Lake, Rob Cassady and Ted Floyd reported m Hooded Merganser ---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. ---On May 30 at Bridge at Left Hand Canyon, Luke Pheneger and Maikel Wise reported Eastern Phoebe. This is private property so bird from road. ---On May 30 at Teller Farm and Lakes, Richard Trunker reported Hooded Merganser. ---On June 1 at Walden Ponds, Kat Braley-Bennett reported Glossy Ibis. ---On June 2 at Old S St Vrain Road in Lyons, Kat Bradley- Bennett reported Ovenbird. ---On June 2 on White Rocks Trail, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported Least Flycatcher. ---On June 3 at Boulder Creek at 75th St, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported 2 Eastern Phoebe flycatching near a White Barn. BROOMFIELD COUNTY: ---On June 3 at 2850 Big Dry Creek Drive, Eric Zorawawicz reported Yellow-breasted Chat and Orchard Oriole. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On June 1 at Sands Lake SWA, Jeff Guy reported pair of Common Goldeneye. DELTA COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Sweitzer Lake, Sandy Beranich reported a possible ANHIHGA. On May 30 at Sweitzer Lake, Betty Fenton reported Least Tern. DENVER COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Denver City Park, Ferril Lake Keith Suter reported Clark’s Grebe. ---On May 31 at 18th and Lawrence, Megan Miller reported Peregrine Falcon. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On June 1 at Clear Spring Ranch, Michael Springer reported Magnolia Warbler which was banded by Steve Brown on May 23. ---On June 2 at Adams Open Space, Cathy Bondy reported 3 Mississippi Kites. On June 3 at Adams Open Space, David and Chery Hubbard reported 5 Mississippi Kites and Brook Nelson reported 1 Mississippi Kite. ---On June 2 along Bear Creek 1.1 mi upstream from Nature Center, Steve Getty reported singing American Redstart. ---On June 3 at Aiken Canyon Preserve, Jim Merritt reported Ash-throated Flycatcher. ---On June 3 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Roger Massey reported Ash-throated Flycatcher along Blackmer Loop and Ovenbird; Tim Leppek reported Pinyon Jay. GARFIELD COUNTY: ---On May 31 on ponds near Rifle Garfield airport (View from road), JoAnn Riggle reported 2 Hooded Mergansers and Common Goldeneye. GRAND COUNTY: ---On May 31 at Rocky Mountain NP – Timber Lake Trail, Jamie Simo reported Least Flycatcher. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On May 30 in town of Gunnison, Jennifer Gardner reported Eastern Kingbird. ---On June 1 at McCabes Lane Wetland, Holly Annala reported Marsh Wren. HUERFANO COUNTY: ---On May 30 NE of Gardner Butte, Marcel Such reported 3 Gray Vireo. JACKSON COUNTY: ---On June 2 in Rand (Town), Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Northern Waterthrush and 8 Slate-colored Fox Sparrow. ---On June 2 on CO 125, Steve Mlodinow reported Long-billed Curlew. ---On June 2 at Pole Mountain Lake Area, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Caspian Tern and Slate-colored Fox Sparrow. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On May 31 at Belmar Park, Amy Fredrickson reported Greater White-fronted Goose. ---On June 1 at North Table Mountain Park, Brian Johnson reported 4 Grasshopper Sparrows. ---On June 3 at 10494 – 10622 Plainview Road in Golden, Frank Farrell reported Brewer’s Sparrow and 6 Grasshopper Sparros. KIOWA COUNTY: ---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 29 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 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. ---On May 30 on his Lamar BBS route, Dave Leatherman reported 3 Lesser Prairie Chicken on CR 62 south of CR G. 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. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area—Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Lori Pivonka reported Ruddy Turnstone. ---On June 1 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Paul Dougherty reported BAIRD’S SPARROW, McCown’s Longspur, and 4 Grasshopper Sparrows. On June 3 at Sopatone Prairie NA, Jay Breidt, Gabriel Wiltse, and Pablo Quezada reported 3 BAIRD’S SPARROWS and 2 McCown’s Longspurs. ---On May 30 at West Estes Park, Jim Nelson reported Downy Woodpecker (Eastern). ---On June 2 at Devils Backbone, David Wade and Georgia Doyle reported Ash-throated Flycatcher; Nick Komar reported Ash-throated Flycatcher. ---On May 29 at Lory SP, Danny Motalvo reported 2 Chestnut-sided Warblers. ---On June 2 at Wellington SWA—Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Caroline Olson reported Alder Flycatcher and Chukar. ---On May 30 at North Shields Pond NA, Doug Swartz reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo; Nick Komar and Georgia Doyle reported Northern Parula. ---On May 30 at Wellington SWA—Schware Unit & Morris Reservoir, Nick Komar and Andy Bankert reported White-rumped Sandpiper. On May 31 at Wellington SWA –Schware Unite & Morris Reservoir, Georgia Doyle reported White-rumped Sandpiper. ---On May 31 at Estes Park, Jim Nelson reported a possible Ruby-throated Hummingbird. ---On June 1 at Fossil Creek Reservoir and Regional Open Space, Andy Bankert reported f Hooded Merganser. ---On June 1 at Loveland Riverwalk, John Riechhardt reported f Hooded Merganser. ---On June 2 on CR 5 from CR 82 to CR 92 (bird from road), David Wade reported Upland Sandpiper. ---On June 3 at Wellington SWA Schware Unit & Morris Reservoir, Art Hudak and Gwen Moore reported Red-necked Phalarope. ---On June 3 at Meadowbrook NA, Christine Sparks reported 3 Hooded Mergansers (1 f, 2 young). ---On June 3 at Well Gulch Nature Trail, Jay Breidt reported Cassin’s Vireo. ---On June 3 at Stuck Creek – Laramie River conflux and field, Preston V reported 2 Sandhill Cranes. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Spanish Peaks SWA – Beebe Trail, Marcel Such reported 6 Grace’s Warblers. ---On May 31 in his Ninaview BBS route, Dave Leatherman reported White-winged Dove, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Long-billed Curlew and White-throated Swift. ---On June 1 on his Villegreen BBS route, Dave Leatherman reported Long-billed Curlew at 4 stops and Juniper Titmouse at stop 50. LOGAN COUNTY: ---On May 30 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Loch Kilpatrick reported a calling BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO deep in woods by stream and Veery. On June 1 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Bill Eley and Frank Farrell reported 2 Northern Bobwhite, 7 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Orange-crowned Warbler, and Baltimore Oriole. On June 2 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Doug Faulkner reported Northern Bobwhite, 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo in parking areas 1 & 2; BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at Parking area 1; Red-headed Woodpecker, Great Crested Flycatcher, 2 Bell’s Vireo, and m Baltimore Oriole ---On June 3 east of Crrok on CR 138 and CR 83, Bez Bezuidenhout reported 5 Upland Sandpiper. MESA COUNTY: ---On May 29 at ME ¾ and 57 Rd, Rodene Harwood, Ronda Woodward, Dee Harwood, Vice Zerbi, and Mike Henwood reported 3 Bobolink. On May 30 on ME ¾ Rd W of 57 Rd, Kathleen McGinley and Brenda Sabo reported 3 Bobolink. On June 1 at ME ¾ Rd near Collbran, David Price and Phil Lyon reported Bobolinks ---On May 30 at Divide Rd—thimble Point, FR # 417, Mike Henwood reported 3 Grace’s Warblers and 2 Purple Martin. ---On June 3 at Moline.Upper Plateau Creek, Connee Moffat reported 2 Bobolink. ---On June 3 at James M Robb (parcel 34), Denise and Mark Vollmar reported juv Trumpeter Swan. ---On June 3 at Castro Reservoir, Deb Stegall, Rodene Harwood, and Ronda Woodward reported 2 Grace’s Warblers in Ponderosa Tree around Carson Hole. ---On June 3 at Divide Forks Picnic Spot, Deb Stegall, Rodene Harwood, and Ronda Woodward reported Lewis’s Woodpecker, 2 Grace’s Warblers, and 2 Fox Sparrows. OTERO COUNTY: ---On May 29 at Vogel Canon, Ginny Fantetti and Robert Edelen reported 2 Cassin’s Kingbirds and Canyon Wren. ---On June 3 at 28959 – 29499 CR FF, SeEtta Moss reported m Baltimore Oriole. OURAY COUNTY: ---On May 31 at Box Canyon Falls Park, Niler Pyeatt reported Black Swift. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On June 3 on S 13th St, Dorothy Russell reported Balitmore Oriole PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On June 2 at Pueblo Reservoir SWA South Side, Tim Leppek reported 2 Cattle Egret (Western) ---On June 2 a Pueblo Reservoir, Rock Canyon below dam, north or river, Shane Sherwood reported Red-bellied Woodpecker. ---On June 3 at Mineral Palace Park, David Tonnessen reported Yellow-throated Warbler. ---On June 3 at Valco Ponds SWA, David Tonnessen reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Cassin’s Kingbird, and Bell’s Vireo (Eastern). SAGUACHE COUNTY: ---On May 30 at Russell Lakes SWA, Brenda Huffman reported pair of Wood Ducks. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On June 2 at ponds near Hwy 9 and CR 180, Jack Bushong reported Sora. WELD COUNTY: ---On June 1 at CR 27 N of CR 90, Shawn Mason reported Common Raven. ---On June 2 at Loloff Reservoir, Doug Faulkner reported 2 Pectoral Sandpipers. ---On June 2 at Lower Latham Reservoir Marsh on S side of CR 48 western end just east of out-of-service Gas Facility, Doug Faulkner reported calling Black Rail. On June 3 at Lower Latham Reservoir Marsh, Gene Rutherford, Shawn Mason, Pablo Quezada, Gabriel Wiltse and Gwen Moore reported calling Black Rail. Mason got some photos. On June 3 around 6:00 PM and later Jim Nachel, Darren and David Dowell reported hearing 2 Black Rails on on either side of CR 48 and they reported 3 Sandhill Cranes (2 ad, 1 juv); Dowell has photos of the cranes. DFO Field Trips: For details please visit the DFO website dfobirds.org Fountain Creek Regional Park Friday, June 8 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM Diane Roberts (Samatha57 AT aol.com; 720-278-9025) Long day I-25 South Saturday, June 9 5:45 AM – 6:00 PM Chris Gilbert (chrisgee9 AT gmail.com; 804-214-1508) Eldorado Canyon State Park Sunday, June 10 5:15 am -2:00 pm Karen Drozda (drozforte AT aol.co; 303-388-0891) Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop Sunday, June 10 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Karen von Saltza & Bill Wuerthele (kvonslatz AT yahoo.com; 303-941-4881) Elbert County Monday, June 11 5:30 AM – 2:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8679) 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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