Date: September 12, 2018 Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, September 12 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Note that the RBA is using the new AOU checklist. Rare and out of range species for the last seven days include: (*indicates new information on this species) Snow Goose (Prowers) Cackling Goose (*Larimer, Prowers) Trumpeter Swan (*Achuleta) Tundra Swan (Prowers) Common Goldeneye (Chaffee) Barrow’s Goldeneye (*Routt) Hooded Merganser (Park) Northern Bobwhite (Larimer) White-winged Dove (Mesa) Black Swift (*Rio Grande) RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (Kiowa) Virginia Rail (El Paso) Black-necked Stilt (Larimer, *Mesa) American Avocet (Adams, *Jackson, Park) Black-belllied Plover (Morgan) American Golden Plover (Washington) Semipalmated Plover (*Jackson, *Larimer, Montezuma) Piping Plover (Washington) Long-billed Curlew (Weld) Marbled Godwit (Adams, Larimer, Weld) Stilt Sandpiper (*Jackson, *Larimer, Washington, Weld) Sanderling (*Larimer) Pectoral Sandpiper (Arapahoe, *Jackson, Larimer, Washington,) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Boulder, *Jackson, Larimer, Washington) Western Sandpiper (Boulder, *Jackson, Larimer) Solitary Sandpiper (Adams, El Paso, *Jackson, *Larimer, Las Animas) Willet (Larimer) Red-necked Phalarope (Adams, Washington) Parasitic Jaeger (*Douglas, *Jefferson) Long-tailed Jaeger (*Douglas, *Jefferson) Sabine’s Gull (Arapahoe, *Douglas, Washington) Mew Gull (Arapahoe, *Routt) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Douglas, *Larimer, Weld) Great Black-backed Gull (Douglas, *Jefferson) Caspian Tern (*Larimer) Black Tern (Kiowa, Washington) Common Tern (*Douglas) Little Blue Heron (Boulder, Weld) Green Heron (Denver, *Larimer) White-faced Ibis (Routt, Summit) Rough-legged Hawk (Adams) Lewis’s Woodpecker (La Plata, Montezuma) Red-headed Woodpecker (Kiowa) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Chaffee) Red-naped Sapsucker (El Paso) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso, Las Animas) Merlin (Kiowa, Moffat) Olive-sided Flycatcher (Arapahoe, El Paso, *Larimer, Montezuma) EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (El Paso) Willow Flycatcher (*Ouray) Least Flycatcher (Kiowa) Hammond’s Flycatcher (Mesa, Montezuma) Dusky Flycatcher (*Adams, El Paso, *Larimer, Montezuma) Western Flycatcher (El Paso) Cordilleran Flycatcher (Jefferson, Montezuma) Black Phoebe (*Jefferson, Mesa, Montezuma, Ouray) Eastern Phoebe (Denver, Chaffee, Jefferson, Las Animas) Ash-throated Flycatcher (Chaffee) Great Crested Flycatcher (El Paso, Kiowa) Cassin’s Kingbird (El Paso, Fremont, Las Animas) Eastern Kingbird (Chaffee, Larimer, Summit) White-eyed Vireo (Douglas) Gray Vireo (Las Animas, Mesa) Cassin’s Vireo (Kiowa, La Plata, *Mesa) Red-eyed Vireo (Boulder, El Paso) Pinyon Jay (Jefferson) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Chaffee, Douglas, La Plata, *Larimer, Las Animas, Montezuma) Common Raven (Weld) Violet-green Swallow (Weld) Juniper Titmouse (Las Animas) Bushtit (Arapahoe, Douglas, El Paso, Las Animas) Marsh Wren (Adams, Arapahoe, *Larimer) Bewick’s Wren (Fremont, Las Animas, Mesa) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Adams, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, El Paso, La Plata,* Larimer, Montezuma, Phillips) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (El Paso, *Larimer) Swainson’s Thrush (El Paso, Kiowa) Hermit Thrush (*El Paso) Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso) Brown Thrasher (Adams, *El Paso, Kiowa) Sage Thrasher (Chaffee, El Paso, Fremont, *Jackson, Park) American Pipit (*Larimer) McCown’s Longspur (Weld) Chipping Sparrow (*Adams, *El Paso) Clay-colored Sparrow (*Adams, Denver, *El Paso, Fremont, Kiowa, *Larimer, *Mesa) Brewer’s Sparrow (*Adams, El Paso, *Mesa, Montezuma, Summit) Lark Bunting (Adams, *Jackson, *Routt, Summit) Savannah Sparrow (*Jefferson, *Larimer) Grasshopper Sparrow (Larimer) Yellow-breasted Chat (*Ouray) Orchard Oriole (Adams) Baltimore Oriole (Morgan) Northern Waterthrush (*El Paso, La Plata) Tennessee Warbler (Las Animas) Nashville Warbler (Jefferson, Las Animas) Hooded Warbler (Jefferson) American Redstart *La Plata) Blackburnian Warbler (Boulder) Blackpoll Warbler (Phillips) Pine Warbler (*Jefferson) Grace’s Warbler (Montezuma) Black-throated Gray Warbler (El Paso) Townsend’s Warbler (El Paso, Larimer) Hepatic Tanager (Las Animas) Summer Tanager (Las Animas, *Routt) Indigo Bunting (Kiowa, Yuma) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Marsh Wren. On September 9 at Barr Lake Banding Station Meredith McBurney banded Brown Thasher and 2 Ovenbird (hatch yr). On September 11 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded 2 Dusky Flycatchers, Chipping Sparrows, Clay-colored Sparrow, and Brewer’s Sparrow. ---On September 10 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Candice Johnson reported 2 Red-necked Phalarope, Solitary Sandpiper, Rough-legged Hawk, 6 Clay-colored Sparrow, and 3 Lark Bunting. ---On September 9 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek, John Breitsch reported Orchard Oriole and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. ---On September 9 at Barr Lake SP, Cameron Carver reported 20 American Avocet and 3 Marbled Godwit. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Cherry Creek SP, Ben Sampson reported imm Mew Gull and Pectoral Sandpiper. On September 9 at Cherry Creek SP, Gabriel Wiltse reported Mew Gull, Olive-sided Flycatcher and 3 Bushtit. On September 10 at Cherry Creek SP, Chris Brown reported Mew Gull and Pectcoral Sandpiper; Christine Alexander reported Mew Gull and 3 Sabine’s Gulls. ARCHULETA COUNTY: ---On September 11 at Pinon Lake Reservoir, Ben Bailey reported Trumpeter Swan. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Bobolink Trail, Ryan Bushong reported Red-eyed Vireo and F Blackburnian Warbler. Many birders were able to see the vireo and warbler. ---On September 8 at Clover Basin Reservoir, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported Semipalmated Sandpiper and Western Sandpiper; Alex Brown reported Little Blue Heron. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Fairview Cemetery, Christian Hagenlocher reported Williamson’s Sapsucker, Eastern Kingbird, and Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. ---On September 8 at 7726 CR 154 Salida, Christian Hagenlocher reported Ash-throated Flycatcher. ---On September 8 at 7725 CR 154 Salida, Christian Hagenlocher reported Sage Thrasher. ---On September 8 at Sands Lake SWA, Christian Hagenlocher reported Common Goldeneye and Merlin. On September 9 at Sands Lake SWA, Jeff Guy reported Eastern Phoebe. CLEAR CREEK COUNTY: ---On September 8 at South Spring Gulch Road, Nathan Senner reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. DENVER COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, George Ho reported Green Heron. On September 9 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Betty Glass reported Green Heron. ---On September 9 at Westerly Creek Park, Jason Bidgood reported Eastern Phoebe, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Clay-colored Sparrow. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Chatfield SP Marina Sandspit, Joey Kellner reported Sabine’s Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull. On September 8 at Chatfield SP Marina Sandpit, Glenn Walbek reported 3rd cyc Greater Black-backed Gull. ---On September 9 at Castlewood Canyon Road, Lyn ne Forrester reported White-eyed Vireo, 12 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 33 Bushtit, and 9 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. ---On September 9 at Chatfield SP, Myron Gerhard found 3 jaegers. On September 10 at Chatfield SP Marina Sandspit and below dam, Mark Chavez, Frank Farrell, Gwen Moore, Gregg Goodrich, Hillary White, Scotter Somershoe, Lock Kilpatrick and Glenn Walbek reported 2 Long-tailed Jaegers and Parasitic Jaeger. On September 11, Doug Faulkner and many other birders reported 2 Long-tailed Jaegers, Parasitic Jaeger, 2 Sabine’s Gulls, 2 Common Tern, and 3 Savannah Sparrows. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On September 10 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded juv Northern Waterthrush, 20 Chipping Sparrows, 4 Clay-colored Sparrows, and Brewer’s Sparrow. On September 11 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded another Northern Waterthrush, 28 Chipping Sparrows and Clay-colored Sparrow. ---On September 8 at Chico Basin Ranch, Jim Merrit reported Hammond’s Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Curve-billed Thrasher, 6 Brown Thrasher, Sage Thraser, and 7 Clay-colored Sparrows. On September 9 at Chico Basin Ranch, Tanja Britton, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported 3 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 4 Curve-billed Thrashers, 7 Brown Thrasher, Sage Thrasher, 15 Clay-colored Sparrows, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Cassin’s Kingbird, and Cassin’s Vireo. On September 10 at Chico Basin Ranch, John Drummond reported 2 Ladder-baked Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Western (Pacific-slope/Cordilleran) Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Cassin’s Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Brown Thrasher, Swainson’s Thrush (Olive-backed), 18 Clay-colored Sparrows, and 5 Brewer’s Sparrows. ---On September 8 at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs, David Tonnessen reported EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE and Cassin’s Vireo. ---On September 8 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, John Drummond reported Virginia Rail, Solitary Sandpiper, Red-naped Sapsucker and 2 Bushtit. On September 8 at Fountain Creek Regional Park fall count, Steve Getty reported Brown Thrasher, Clay-colored Sparrow, Brewer’s Sparrow, 2 Cassin’s Vireos and Red-eyed Vireo. ---On September 9 at Hanover Fire Station, Tanja Britton reported 2 Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On September 11 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Kim Geissler banded Northern Waterthrush, 3 Brown Thrashers, and Hermit Thrush. FREMONT COUNTY: ---On September 9 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Dale and Joel Adams reported 7 Cassin’s Kingbirds, Bewick’s Wren, 20 Sage Thrashers, and Clay-colored Sparrow. JACKSON COUNTY: ---On September 11 at Arapaho NWR Auto Loop, Chuck Hundermart reported 7 American Avocet, 3 Semipalmated Plover, 12 Stilt Sandpipers, Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Sage Thrasher, and Lark Bunting. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Welchester Tree Grant Park, Bob Shade, Chris Gilbert, Michael Lester, Bez Bezuidenhout, Christine Alexander and GInney Bergstrom reported Hooded Warbler; Chris Gilbert also reported Nashville Warbler. On September 9 at Welchester Tree Grant Park, Sanatiago Tabares, Betty Glass, Kevin DeBoer and Reed Gorner reported Hooded Warbler; Reed Gorner also reported Nashville Warbler. On September 10 at Welchester Tree Grant Park, Ginny Bergstrom reported Hooded Warbler. ---On September 8 at Bear Creek Greenbelt—S Kipling Parkway to S Wadsworth BLvd, Reed Gorner and Santiago Tabares reported Cordilleran Flycatcher. ---On September 9 at 1801 Smith Road, Golden, Dennis Endicott reported 2 Pinyon Jay. ---On September 10 at Deer Creek at W Buckhorn Road, David Suddjian reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On September 10 at South Valley Park, David Suddjian reported Palm Warbler in wild plum thicket along South Valley Road about .5 mile south of Mann Reservoir. ---On September 11 at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt at Youngfield Entrance, Tuesday Birders reported Black Phoebe and Savannah Sparrow. ---On September 11 at Chatfield SP North Boat Ramp, Bill Kaempfer and Dean Shoup reported Great Black-backed Gull, Parasitic Jaeger, and 2 Long-tailed Jaeger. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On September 9 at Eads (town), Tony Leukering reported 2 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, Great Crested Flycatcher, and Indigo Bunting. ---On September 9 at Plainview School, Tony Leukering reported RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, juv Red-headed Woodpecker, Merlin, Least Flycatcher, Cassin’s Vireo, Swainson’s Thrush (olive-backed), Brown Thrasher, and 2 Clay-colored Sparrow. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On September 10 at Oxbow Park and Preserve, Susan Allerton reported Cassin’s Vireo, 2 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and American Redstart. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Timnath Reservoir, Maureen Blackford, Rob Sparks, Nick Komar and Scott Rashsid reported Marbled Godwit, Stilt Sandpiper, 5 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Sanderling, 3 Semipalmated Plover, Marsh Wren, and 2 Caspian Terns. On September 9 at Timnath Reservoir, Nick Komar reported Marbled Godwit, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers, and Caspian Tern. On September 11 at Timnath Reservoir, Gregg Goodrich and DFO Field Trip reported Cackling Goose, Semipalmated Plover, Stilt Sandpiper, 5 Sanderling (2 ad, 3 juv), Solitary Sandpiper, 2 Caspian Tern, Marsh Wren, 2 American Pipit, Savannah Sparrow; Steve Mlodinow also reported Lesser Black-backed Gull. ---On September 9 at Wellington SWA—Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Caroline Olson reported 16 Northern Bobwhite, Black-necked Stilt, Semipalmated Sandpiper, 2 Solitary Sandpiper, Willet, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and Grasshopper Sparrow. ---On September 10 at Grandview Cemetery, Dave Leatherman reported Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Olive-sided Flycatcher. On September 11 at Grandview Cemetery, Dave Leatherman reported Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay and Clay-colored Sparrow. ---On September 11 at Prospect Ponds NA S of Sharp Point Drive first pond S of feed lot pond, Dave Leatherman reported Green Heron. ---On September 11 at Richard’s Lake, Joshua Smith reported Dusky Flycatcher and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Alejandro Canyon, Steve Mlodinow reported Hepatic Tanger and 3 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers. ---On September 8 at Purgatoire River W of Alejandro Canyon, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, 9 Eastern Phoebe, Cassin’s Kingbird, Gray Vireo, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 31 Bewick’s Wren, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, and Summer Tanager. ---On September 9 at Johnson Canyon, Steve Mlodinow reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 2 Gray Vireo, 2 w Schrub -Jay, Junipter Titmouse, 2 Bushtit, and 5 Bewick’s Wren. ---On September 9 at Johnson Canyon Tank, Steve Mlodinow reported Solitary Sandpiper, Eastern Phoebe, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 2 Junipter Titmouse, 4 Bewick’s Wren. MESA COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Cheney Reservoir, David Price reported Gray Flycatcher. ---On September 10 at Grand Junction Wildlife Area, Mike Henwood reported 2 Hammond’s Flycatcher, White-winged Dove, Clay-colored Sparrow, Black Phoebe, 2 Bewick’s Wren, and 40 Brewer’s Sparrows. On September 11 at Grand Junction Wildlife Area, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported Clay-colored Sparrow, Cassin’s Vireo, and Brewer’s Sparrow. ---On September 11 at James M Robb Colorado River SP Pear Park section, Connee Moffatt reported 2 Black-necked Stilt. MOFFAT COUNTY: ---On September 8 on E side of Craig, Tom Litteral reported Merlin. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Totten Reservoir, Ryan Votta reported 3 Semipalmated Plover and 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. ---On September 8 at Bauer Reservoir, Ryan Votta reported 9 Lewis’s Woodpecker, Black Phoebe and Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. ---On September 8 at Summit Reservoir, Ryan Votta reported Hammond’s Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Grace’s Warbler. ---On September 10 at Simon Draw SWA, Wendy Wibbens reported Olive-sided Flycatcher, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and 15 Brewer’s Sparrows. MORGAN COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Jackson Reservoir State Park, Norm Lewis reported Baltimore Oriole. OURAY COUNTY: ---On September 11 at Ridgway SP Dallas Creek, Adam Cupito banded Yellow-breasted Chat and Willow Flycatcher; Betty Fenton observed Willow Flycatcher. ---On September 9 at Billy Creek, Kent Nelson reported Black Phoebe at bridge over Uncompahgre River. PARK COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Vaquero Road and Lobo Lanel Park, Matt Rogers reported Sage Thrasher. ---On September 9 at Antero Reservoir SE side, Christian Hagenlocher reported m Hooded Merganser and 26 American Avocet. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On September 10 at Hwy 50/Hwy 287 W of Lamar, Jane Stulp and Janeal Thompson reported 3 Snow Geese, 4 Cackling Geese, and Tundra Swan. RIO GRANDE COUNTY: ---On September 11 at Home Lake, John Rawinski reported 20 Black Swifts. ROUTT COUNTY: ---On September 11 at Yampa River Botanic Park, David Suddjian and DFO Field Trip reported Summer Tanager. Summer Tanager is a possible new county bird for Routt County. ---On September 11 at Yampa River near CR 70, David Suddjian and DFO Field trip reported Lark Bunting. ---On September 11 at Stagecoach Reservoir, David Suddjian and DFO Field trip reported Barrow’s Goldeneye and Mew Gull. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On September 9 at Dillon Reservoir, Charlie Nims reported 2 White-faced Ibis, Brewer’s Sparrow, and Lark Bunting. ---On September 10 at Arapaho National Forest near Breckenridge, R Knapp reported Eastern Kingbird. WASHINGTON COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Prewitt Reservoir, Pablo Quezada reported Piping Plover, American Golden Plover, 30 Stilt Sandpipers, 8 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 6 Red-necked Phalarope, Sabine’s Gull, and 6 Black Tern. WELD COUNTY: ---On September 8 at 52431 CR 77 Briggsdale, Gene Rutherford reported Long-billed Curlew. ---On September 8 at CR 59 Ault, Gene Rutherford reported 2 Common Raven and 2 McCown’s Longspur. ---On September 10 at Windsor Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported Lesser Black-backed Gull. DFO Field Trips Northwestern Colorado Tuesday, September 11 – Wednesday, September 12 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) Boulder County Wednesday, September 12 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM John Malenich (john.malenich AT comcast.net; 303-359-9456) Bluff Lake Nature Center Thursday, September 13 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM Rebecca Laroche (RebeccaLLaroche AT gmail.com; 626-318-4435) Chatfield SP Marina Sandspit Thrusday, September 13 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) Boulder County: Friday, September 14 6:30 AM – 4:00 PM Karen Drozda (drozforte AT AOL.com; 303-399-0891) This trip has been cancelled Prewitt and Jackson Reservoirs Saturday, September 15 5:30 AM – 6:00 PM Mark Amershek (mamershek AT msn.com; 303-329-8646) Littleton Saturday, September 15 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) Boulder Reservoirs (Baseline, Valmont, and Boulder) Sunday, September 16 6:30 AM – 4:00 PM Karen Drozda (drozforte At AOL.com; 303-388-0891) Good Birding, Joyce Takamine Boulder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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