Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org This is the Date: September 16, 2018 Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, September 16 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) Greater White-fronted Goose (Montezuma) Bufflehead (*Pueblo) Hooded Merganser (Arapahoe) Chukar (Mesa) Red-necked Grebe (*Montezuma) White-winged Dove (*Pueblo) Virginia Rail (Montezuma) Sora (*Eagle, *Montezuma) Black-necked Stilt (Eagle, *Otero, *Pueblo) American Avocet (*Adams, *Otero, *Pueblo, Washington) Black-belllied Plover (*Adams, Morgan, Washington) Semipalmated Plover (*Adams, *Morgan, *Otero, *Pueblo, Washington) Whimbrel (Washington) Marbled Godwit (*Adams, Larimer, Washington, Weld) Stilt Sandpiper (*Adams, *Morgan, *Otero, Weld) Sanderling (*Adams) Dunlin (*Morgan) Pectoral Sandpiper (*Adams, *Otero, Washington,) Semipalmated Sandpiper (*Adams, *Morgan, *Otero, *Pueblo) Western Sandpiper (*Adams, *Morgan) Solitary Sandpiper (*Adams, *Larimer, Las Animas, *Ortero, Pueblo) Willet (Washington) Red-necked Phalarope (*Adams, *Otero, *Pueblo, Washington) Parasitic Jaeger (Douglas, *Jefferson) Long-tailed Jaeger (Douglas, *Jefferson, Pueblo) Sabine’s Gull (*Adams, *Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, *Jefferson) Bonaparte’s Gull (*Adams) LITTLE GULL (Washington) Mew Gull (*Arapahoe) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, Douglas, *Larimer, Pueblo) Great Black-backed Gull (Douglas, *Washington) Caspian Tern (*Adams, Douglas, Jefferson, *Larimer, *Otero, Washington) Black Tern (Kiowa, *Larimer, *Washington) Common Tern (Washington) Forster’s Tern (Jackson, *Larimer, *Montezuma) Common Loon (*Adams, Eagle) American Bittern (*Broomfield) Great Egret (Montrose) Snowy Egret (*Routt) Little Blue Heron (Weld) Cattle Egret (Mesa) Green Heron (*Denver, *Otero) Black-crowned Night-Heron (Montezuma) White-faced Ibis (*Adams, Mesa, *Montezuma, *Otero, *Pueblo, Routt, Washington) Lewis’s Woodpecker (La Plata) Red-headed Woodpecker (El Paso) Red-naped Sapsucker (Boulder, El Paso, *Ouray, *Weld) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso, *Pueblo) Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) (*Otero) Olive-sided Flycatcher (*Mesa) Willow Flycatcher (El Paso, *Ouray) Least Flycatcher (*Weld) Hammond’s Flycatcher (Adams, *Broomfield, *El Paso, *Mesa, *Weld) Gray Flycatcher (*Jefferson, *Larimer, *Mesa, *Weld) Dusky Flycatcher (*Adams, *Jefferson, *Larimer, *Ouray, *Weld) Western Flycatcher (*El Paso) Cordilleran Flycatcher (Douglas, Montezuma) Black Phoebe (*Mesa) Great Crested Flycatcher (El Paso) Cassin’s Kingbird (*Pueblo) Eastern Kingbird (Larimer) FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Larimer) Gray Vireo (Mesa) Cassin’s Vireo (*Adams, *El Paso) Red-eyed Vireo (*Adams) Pinyon Jay (*Mesa, Montezuma, Ouray) Steller’s Jay (Ouray) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Jefferson, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray) Chihuahuan Raven (El Paso, Pueblo) Violet-green Swallow (Weld) Bushtit (*Adams, *Jefferson, *Mesa) Marsh Wren (Adams, Arapahoe, *Eagle, *Jefferson) Bewick’s Wren (Las Animas, Montezuma, *Pueblo) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (El Paso, *Jefferson, *Larimer, *Mesa, Montrose, Phillips, San Juan, *Washington) Golden-crowned Kinglet (*Adams, El Paso, San Miguel) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (*Adams, El Paso, *Larimer, Montezuma, *Washington, Weld) Swainson’s Thrush (*El Paso) Hermit Thrush (*Adams) Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso, Larimer, *Pueblo) Brown Thrasher (El Paso, *Otero, Weld) Sage Thrasher (*Adams, El Paso, Jackson, *Jefferson, *Larimer, Pueblo, Weld) American Pipit (*Larimer, Pueblo) Chipping Sparrow (*Adams, El Paso, *Jefferson) Clay-colored Sparrow (*Adams, *Denver, *El Paso, *Otero, *Pueblo) Brewer’s Sparrow (*Adams, Denver, El Paso, Jackson, Larimer, Weld) Lark Bunting (*Adams, *Pueblo) Savannah Sparrow (Eagle, Jackson, *Pueblo, *Washington) Lincoln’s Sparrow (*Adams, *Broomfield, Denver, *El Paso, *Jefferson, Larimer, *Otero, Ouray, Weld) Yellow-breasted Chat (Larimer, Ouray) Orchard Oriole (Weld) Northern Waterthrush (La Plata) Black-and-white Warbler (Boulder) Prothonotary Warbler (*Jefferson) Tennessee Warbler (*Larimer) Nashville Warbler (*Adams) Blackpoll Warbler (*El Paso, *Larimer, Phillips) Palm Warbler (Jefferson, San Miguel) Pine Warbler (Jefferson) Grace’s Warbler (Archuleta) Black-throated Gray Warbler (El Paso, *Montezuma) Townsend’s Warbler (El Paso, Larimer) Summer Tanager (*Routt) Lazuli Bunting (*El Paso) Indigo Bunting (Kiowa, Yuma) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On September 13 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Hammond’s Flycatcher, Cassin’s Vireo, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. On September 14 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Dusky Flycatcher, Marsh Wrenn and 2 Chipping Sparrow. On September 15 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Dusky Flycatcher, Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2 Hermit Thrush, Sage Thrasher, 6 Chipping Sparrow, 2 Clay-colored Sparrow, 5 Lincoln’s Sparrows. ---On September 13 at Barr Lake SP, David Dowell reported 19 American Avocet, Marbled Godwit, 2 Sanderling, 5 Pectoral Sandpipers, Semipalmated Sandpiper, 28 Red-necked Phalarope, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Loon, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Lincoln Sparrow. On September 15 at Barr Lake SP, Gabriel Wiltse reported 10 American Avocet, 6 Black-bellied Plover, 2 Semipalmated Plover, 2 Marbled Godwit, 20 Stilt Sandpiper, 8 Sanderling, 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, 2 Western Sandpiper, 15 Red-necked Phalarope, Solitary Sandpiper, 2 Sabine’s Gull, Bonaparte’s Gull, Caspian Tern, Common Tern, 10 White-faced Ibis, Dusky Flycatcher, Cassin’s Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Lark Bunting, Nashville Warbler. ---On September 15 at Lowell Ponds (Clear Creek Valley Park), James McCall reported 5 Bushtit, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and 3 Brewer’s Sparrows. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On September 13 at South Platte Park Eagle Watch Lake, Cynthia Madsen reported Hooded Merganser. ---On September 15 at Cherry Creek SP, Glenn Walbek reported ad Sabine’s Gull in center of reservoir and Cynthia Madsen reported Mew Gull by the Marina. ARCHULETA COUNTY: ---On September 14 at San Juan NF Pagosa Springs, Zachariah Hutchinson reported 2 Grace’s Warbler at (37.2672, -106.8921). BOULDER COUNTY: ---On September 12 in Louisville (town), Jack Bushong reported Black-and-white Warbler along Coal Creek several hundred yards W of Community Park and SW of downtown. ---On September 12 at Pleasant View Marsh, Ernest Crvich reported f Red-naped Sapsucker BROOMFIELD COUNTY: ---On September 15 at Plaster Reservoir, David Ely, Eric Zorawowicz, and Matt Hofeditz reported American Bittern, Hammond’s Flycatcher, and Lincoln’s Sparrow. DENVER COUNTY: ---On September 13 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Rececca Laroche and DFO field trip reported Green Heron, Sabine’s Gull, Clay-colored Sparrow, 5 Brewer’s Sparrow, 2 Lincoln’s Sparrow. On September 15 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, George Ho reported Green Heron and 3 Clay-colored Sparrows. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On September 12 at Chatfield SP, Marina Sandspit, Tony Leukering reported Parasitic Jaeger and 2 Long-tailed Jaegers. On September 13 at Marina Sandspit, Diane Roberts, and Nick Moore reported Parasitic Jaeger and 2 Caspian Tern. On September 13 at Chatfield SP Handicapped Fisherman Access, David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported Parasitic Jaeger, and 2 Long-tailed Jaeger. On September 14 at Marina Sandspit, Sarah Leavesley, Joe Hanfman, and Gwen Moore reported Parasitic Jaeger, Lesser Black-backed Gull, and Sabine’s Gull. ---On September 13 at Roxborough SP, Bea Weaver reported Cordilleran Flycatcher, 11 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. And Bushtit. EAGLE COUNTY: ---On September 13 at Piney Lake, Deanna MacPhail reported Common Loon. ---On September 14 at 948 Eagle Crest Dr, Edwards, Eric Culbertson reported 3 Black-necked Stilt and Savannah Sparrow. ---On September 15 at I-70 East and Gypsum, Eric Culbertson reported Sora and 4 Marsh Wren. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On September 14 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded 8 Lincoln’s Sparrows, 2 Clay-colored Sparrows, Brewer’s Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, juv f Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and f Blackpoll Warbler. On September 15 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded 2 Clay-colored Sparrows and 6 Lincoln’s Sparrows. ---On September 12 at Chico Basin Ranch, Terence Berger, Kevin Ash, John Drummond and Jeannie Mitchell and others, reported Red-naped Sapsucker, 2 Red-headed Woodpecker, 3 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Willow Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Cassin’s Vireo, Chihuahuan Raven, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Curve-billed Thrasher, 3 Brown Thrashers, 2 Sage Thrasher, 5 Clay-colored Sparrow, 12 Brewer’s Sparrow. ---On September 12 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Kim Geissler reported 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Golden-crowned Kinglet, and 2 Brown Thrasher. On September 13 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Kim Geissler banded 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Western Flycatcher, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Clay-colored Sparrow, and 6 Lincoln’s Sparrows. On September 14 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Kim Geissler banded Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Hammond’s Flycatcher, 2 Lazuli Bunting, and 3 Lincoln’s Sparrows. On September 15 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Kim Geissler banded 2 Western Flycatchers, Cassin’s Vireo, Lazuli Bunting, 2 Lincoln’s Sparrows, and Swainson’s Thrush. JACKSON COUNTY: ---On September 12 at Walden Reservoir, Chuck Hundertmark reported Forster’s Tern, Sage Thrasher, 14 Savannah Sparrow, and 5 Brewer’s Sparrow. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On September 12 at South Valley Road, Gwen Moore reported Palm Warbler and 2 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. ---On September 15 at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt West Lake, Chuck Aid, Dick Prickett, and Inga Brennan reported 16 Bushtit, Marsh Wren, 8 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. ---On September 12 at Chatfield SP North Boat Ramp, Brian Johnson, Norm Lewis, and Santiago Tabares reported Parasitic Jaeger, 2 Long-tailed Jaeger, and Sabine’s Gull. On September 13 at Chatfield SP North Boat Ramp, Lisa Edwards, Michael Lester, Timo Mizen, Diane Roberts, Gabriel Wiltse and Christine Alexander reported Parasitic Jaeger, 2 Long-tailed Jaeger, Sabine’s Gull, and 2 Caspian Tern. On Septebmer 13 at Chatfield SP North Boat Ramp, David Suddjian and DFO Field Trip reported Parasitic Jaeger, 2 Long-tailed Jaeger and Sabine’s Gull. On September 14 at Chatfield SP North Boat Ramp, Myron Gerhard found a Prothonotary Warbler in Cottonwood trees and willows S of Parking Area; Mark Chavez, Gregg Goodrich, Joe Hanfman, Shannon Cwik and Pablo Quezada reported Parasitic Jaeger, 2 Long-tailed Jaeger, Prothonotary Warbler, Sabine’s Gull. On September 15 at Chatfield SP North Boat Ramp, David Suddjian and his DFO Field Trip and many other birders reported Sabine’s Gull, Parasitic Jaeger, Long-tailed Jaeger, and Prothonotary Warbler. ---On September 15 at Rocky Flats NWR, Todd Deininger reported 2 Sage Thrashers, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Gray Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Chipping Sparrow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On September 13 at Timnath Reservoir, Joe Mammoser reported Caspian Tern. On September 15 at Timnath Reservoir, Scott Surner reported Caspian Tern, Sage Thrasher and American Pipit. ---On September 13 at Tri Lakes Region, Joshua Smith reported Sage Thrasher and 2 Brewer’s Sparrows. ---On September 14 at Dixon Reservoir, David Wade reported Blackpoll Warbler, 2 Lincoln Sparrows, and Yellow-breasted Chat. On September 15 at Dixon Reservoir, Brad Biggerstaff reported Blackpoll Warbler. ---On September 14 at Bobcat Ridge, Josh Bruening reported Gray Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Curve-billed Thrasher, and 2 Sage Thrasher. ---On September 14 around 6:00 AM a FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER was photographed at the solar panels near Rawhide Energy Station (information from Rachel Hopper and David Wade). There is a two track that runs north along the solar panels from Buckeye. ---On September 15 at Oasis east of Rawhide Energy Station, David Wade and Nick Komar reported Solitary Sandpiper, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Tennessee Warbler. ---On September 15 at Boyd Lake, David Wade and Nick Komar reported Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Black Tern, and 2 Forster’s Tern. MESA COUNTY: ---On September 14 at Grand Junction WA, Connee Moffatt reported Chukar and 3 Hammond’s Flycatcher. ---On September 13 at Cheney Reservoir, Nic Korte reported Cattle Egret and 4 White-faced Ibis. ---On September 15 at Kannah Creek and W Grand Mesa Foothills, Ryan Claar reported Olive-sided Flycatcher, 4 Pinyon Jay, and 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. ---On September 15 at Horsethief Canyon SWA, Douglas Diekman reported Gray Flycatcher, Black Phobe, 24 Bushtit, and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On September 13 at Totten Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson reported Forester’s Tern, Bewick’s Wren, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. On September 14 at Totten Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson reported Greater White-fronted Goose, 1 Virginia Rail, Sora, Forester’s Tern, 4 Black-crowned Night-Heron, 4 White-faced Ibis, and 4 Pinyon Jay. On September 15 at Totten Reservoir, Jim Beatty reported Red-necked Grebe, 3 Sora, Forester’s Tern, 34 White-faced Ibis, and Black-throated Gray Warbler. ---On September 15 at Narrguinnep Reservoir, Jim Beatty reported 22 White-faced Ibis. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On September 14 at Baldridge and Ute Parks, Bruce Ackermand and Sandy Beranich reported Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and Great Egret at Riverbottom at Baldridge. MORGAN COUNTY: ---On September 15 at Jackson Reservoir North, Norm Lewis reported 2 Semipalmated Plover, 2 Stilt Sandpiper, Dunlin, 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper, and Western Sandpiper. OTERO COUNTY: ---On September 15 at Holbrook Reservoir, David Dowell reported Black-necked Stilt, 115 American Avocet, Semipalmated Plover, 135 Stilt Sandpipers, 3 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 19 Red-necked Pharlarope, Caspian Tern, and 85 White-faced Ibis. ---On September 15 at Rocky Ford SWSA, David Dowell reported Solitary Sandpiper, Green Heron, 3 Brown Thrasher, 12 Clay-colored Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow and Downy Woodpecker (Eastern). OURAY COUNTY: ---On September 13 at Ridgway SP Dallas Creek, Adam Cupito reported 50 Pinyon Jay, Steller’s Jay, and Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay and banded Willow Flycatcher. From September 10 – 14 at Ridgway SP Dallas Creek, Adam Cupito banded, 4 Lincoln’s Sparrows, 2 Yellow-breasted Chat, 2 Willow Flycatcher, Red-naped Sapsucker, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay and Dusky Flycatcher. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On September 12 at Chico Basin Ranch, Terence Berger reported 2 Solitary Sandpiper, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 2 Chihuahuan Raven, Sage Thrasher, American Pipit, Savannah Sparrow. On September 15 at Chico Basin Ranch Rose Pond, Richard Bunn reported 3 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Cassin’s Kingbird, Bewick’s Wren, Curve-billed Thrasher, and Clay-colored Sparrow. ---On September 13 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported juv Long-tailed Jaeger and 2 ad Lesser Black-backed Gull on South Shore Marina Tires. ---On September 15 at Huerfano Reservoir, Van Truan reported White-winged Dove, Semipalmated Plover, Bufflehead (juv f), 12 American Avocet, Semipalmated Sandpiper, 2 Red-necked Phalarope, White-faced Ibis, and Lark Bunting. ROUTT COUNTY: ---On September 15 at Yampa River Botanic Park, Phil Lyon reported Summer Tanager. ---On September 14 at Stagecoach Reservoir, Phil Lyon reported juv Snowy Egret. On September 15 at Stagecoach Reservoir Phil Lyon reported Snowy Egret. SAN JUAN COUNTY: ---On September 13 at 250-252 CR 6, Jason St Pierre reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY: ---On September 13 Boomerang to River Trails near Telluride, Eric Hynes reported 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet and Palm Warbler (Western). The Palm Warbler if approved would be a new country bird. WASHINGTON COUNTY: ---On September 12 at Prewitt Reservoir, Cynthia Madsen and David Hill reported 8 Semipalmated Plover, Whimbrel, Marbled Godwit, Pectoral Sandpiper, 21 Red-necked Phalarope, 23 Black Tern, 4 Common Tern, and Savannah Sparrow. On September 13 at Prewitt Reservoir, Bill Kaempfer reported 2 American Avocet, Black-bellied Plover, 2 Red-necked Phalarope, Willet, LITTLE GULL, 33 Black Tern, 5 Common Tern, and 3 White-faced Ibis. On September 15 at Prewitt Reservoir, Kiki Widjaja reported Great Black-backed Gull, 7 Black Tern, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Savannah Sparrow. WELD COUNTY: ---On September 14 at Crow Valley CG, Norm Erthal, Joey Kellner, and John Drummond reported 3 Red-naped Sapsucker, 2 Gray Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, 2 Hammond’s Flycatcher, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Brown Thrasher, Sage Thrasher, Orchard Oriole, Clay-colored Sparrow, 3 Lincoln’s Sparrows, and Nothern Waterthrush. DFO Field Trips 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. 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAHtstTcRkEmZDC0pJqwps%3DRo%3D87a4%2BivwjMawvyKCNrywHJ25Q%40mail.gmail.com. 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