Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: October 7, 2018
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, October 7 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 (*Delta) Greater White-fronted Goose (*Delta) Wood Duck (*Montrose) Mexican Duck (Larimer) Surf Scoter (*Larimer) Bufflehead (*Larimer, *Mesa) Hooded Merganser (Arapahoe, *Douglas) Horned Grebe (Mesa) Band-tailed Pigeon (Chaffee) White-winged Dove (El Paso) Greater Roadrunner (Huerfano) Common Nighthawk (Kiowa, Prowers) Common Poorwill (Chaffee) Chimney Swift (Denver) Virginia Rail (*Boulder, Weld) Sora (*Boulder, Mesa) Sandhill Crane (Huerfano, *Larimer, Montrose, *Prowers) Black-necked Stilt (*Delta) American Avocet (*Adams, *Boulder, *Larimer) Black-bellied Plover (Larimer) Semipalmated Plover (Weld) Marbled Godwit (Larimer) Sanderling (*Arapahoe, Larimer) Pectoral Sandpiper (*Boulder, *Larimer) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Boulder) Short-billed Dowitcher (*Larimer) Spotted Sandpiper (Chaffee, *Denver, *Eagle) Solitary Sandpiper (Boulder, Las Animas) Lesser Yellowlegs (Archuleta) Willet (Washington) Red-necked Phalarope (*Boulder, *Douglas, Larimer) Sabine’s Gull (Larimer) Franklin’s Gull ((Arapahoe, Larimer) Great Black-backed Gull (Douglas) Common Tern (Chaffee, Kiowa) Great Egret (Baca, Boulder, *Montezuma) Snowy Egret (Boulder, *La Plata) Cattle Egret (*Montrose) White-faced Ibis (Garfield, La Plata, Las Animas, Montezuma, Park, *Summit) Broad-winged Hawk (Larimer) Swainson’s Hawk (Kiowa) Lewis’s Woodpecker (*Boulder, La Plata) Red-headed Woodpecker (Prowers) Acorn Woodpecker (La Plata) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Summit) Red-naped Sapsucker (Chaffee, Larimer, Mesa, *Ouray) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso) Western Wood-Pewee (Boulder, Jefferson, Ouray) Hammond’s Flycatcher (*Boulder, La Plata, Mesa, Montezuma, *Montrose) Gray Flycatcher (El Paso, *Weld) Cordilleran Flycatcher (Larimer, Mesa, Montezuma) Black Phoebe (La Plata, Mesa) Eastern Phoebe (Jefferson) Vermilion Flycatcher (*Boulder) Great Crested Flycatcher (*Adams) TROPICAL KINGBIRD (*Jefferson) Cassin’s Kingbird (Denver, Larimer) Western Kingbird (Jefferson) Eastern Kingbird (Larimer) Loggerhead Shrike (Alamosa, Conejos, El Paso, Prowers) Gray Vireo (Mesa) Cassin’s Vireo (La Plata, Larimer) Blue-headed Vireo (Prowers) Plumbeous Vireo (*Adams, Prowers) Philadelphia Vireo (Prowers) Warbling Vireo (*Boulder, Montrose) Steller’s Jay (*Boulder, Ouray, *Routt) Blue Jay (Adams, El Paso) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Chaffee, *Eagle, El Paso, Huerfano, La Plata, Las Animas, *Mesa, Montezuma, Montrose) Clark’s Nutcracker (Chaffee, *Eagle, *Ouray) Juniper Titmouse (La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose) Bushtit (*Boulder, Chaffee, *Eagle, La Plata, *Mesa, Montrose) Brown Creeper (*Boulder) Rock Wren (*Larimer, Mesa, *Montrose, Ouray, *Weld) Marsh Wren (Arapahoe, *Boulder, Chaffee, Larimer, *Mesa, *Prowers) Bewick’s Wren (El Paso, Las Animas, *Mesa, Montrose, *Prowers, Pueblo) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Boulder, Montrose, Ouray, Prowers, Washington) Golden-crowned Kinglet (*Boulder, El Paso, San Juan) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (*Adams, *Boulder, Chaffee, *Denver, *Eagle, El Paso, La Plata, Kiowa, Larimer, *Mesa, *Montezuma, *Montrose, *Ouray, Prowers, *Routt) Mountain Bluebird (Archuleta, Denver, Huerfano, La Plata, Larimer, Las Animas, *Montrose, Park) Hermit Thrush (*Adams, *Denver, El Paso, Larimer, Prowers, *Routt) Gray Catbird (*Routt) Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso) Brown Thrasher (El Paso, Larimer, Prowers) Sage Thrasher (Alamosa, Conejos, *El Paso, Huerfano, *Larimer, Mesa, Montrose) American Pipit (Arapahoe, Conejos, *Eagle, Kiowa, *Larimer, Park, *Prowers) Sprague’s Pipit (*Yuma) American Goldfinch (Adams) Chestnut-collared Longspur (*El Paso, Kiowa, Larimer) McCown’s Longspur (*El Paso, Kiowa) Green-tailed Towhee (*Ouray) Canyon Towhee (El Paso) Chipping Sparrow (El Paso) Clay-colored Sparrow (*Adams, El Paso, Larimer) Brewer’s Sparrow (Mesa) Field Sparrow (Prowers) Lark Sparrow (Eagle, *Mesa) Sagebrush Sparrow (Mesa, Montrose) Savannah Sparrow (El Paso, Larimer, Lincoln) Fox Sparrow (*Boulder, San Juan) Lincoln’s Sparrow (*Adams, *Boulder, *Douglas, *Eagle, Kiowa, Larimer, *Lincoln, Mesa, *Prowers, *Routt) Swamp Sparrow (*Prowers) White-throated Sparrow (Mesa) Brown-headed Cowbird (Mesa) Common Grackle (Prowers) Northern Waterthrush (Douglas, La Plata) Tennessee Warbler (Montezuma) Orange-crowned Warbler (Larimer, Mesa,*Ouray, Prowers) Nashville Warbler (La Plata, *Mesa) MacGillivray’s Warbler (Chaffee) Common Yellowthroat (Chaffee) Magnolia Warbler (*Boulder) Yellow Warbler (*Denver) Black-throated Gray Warbler (El Paso, Montezuma) Townsend’s Warbler (El Paso) Western Tanager (*Adams, *Boulder, *Denver, Larimer, Las Animas, Ouray) Black-headed Grosbeak (Boulder) Blue Grosbeak (*Mesa, Montrose) Lazuli Bunting (Montrose, Pueblo) Indigo Bunting (Kiowa) Painted Bunting (Kiowa) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On October 3 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded 2 Blue Jay, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, and 3 American Goldfinch. On October 4 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded 3 Hermit Thrush and Lincoln’s Sparrow. On October 5 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Blue Jay, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and 2 Hermit Thrush. On October 6 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Great Crested Flycatcher, Plumbeous Vireo, 9 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 6 Hermit Thrush, Clay-colored Sparrow, and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On October 6 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek, John Breitsch reported Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and Western Tanager. ---On October 6 at Barr Lake SP, David Chernack and Mike Blatchley reported American Avocet, Great Crested Flycatcher (banding station), 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Clay-colored Sparrow, and 2 Lincoln’s Sparrow, Plumbeous Vireo (banding Station) ALAMOSA COUNTY: ---On October 4 at Blanca Wetlands, Woodie Lackey reported Loggerhead Shrike. ---On October 5 at Alamosa NWR Auto Tour Loop, Glenn Gade reported Sage Thrasher. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On October 5 at Cherry Creek SP, Ben Sampson reported Sanderling in NW corner, American Pipit, Hooded Merganser, and 2 Franklin’s Gulls. On October 6 at Cherry Creek SP, Gwen Moore reported 2 Sanderling near the marina. ARCHULETA COUNTY: ---On October 4 at Echo Canyon Lake SWA, Byron Greco reported Lesser Yellowlegs and 3 Mountain Bluebird. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On October 3 at Walden Ponds, Michael and Diana King, Ken Wat, Ira and Tammy Sanders, Boulder Bird Club, David Chernack, and Dan Zmolek reported 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, 2 Snowy Egret, and Vermilion Flycatcher. On October 4 at Walden Ponds, John Maleninch and DFO field trip, Jerry DeBoer and Will Anderson reported 4 Pectoral Sandpiper, Snowy Egret, and Great Egret. On October 6 Steve Frye and his Boulder Flying Circus Birders reported 2 Pectoral Sandpiper and Vermilion Flycatcher was still around so many birders got to see the Vermilion as well as Virginia Rail, Sora, Marsh Wren and 2 Western Tanagers. ---On October 4 at Green Mountain Cemetery, John Malenich and DFO field trip reported 4 Brown Creeper, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and Western Tanager. ---On October 4 at Valmont Reservoir Complex, Bill Kaemfper reported 2 Canvasback. ---On October 4 at Pleasant View Marsh, Ernest Crvich reported Western Wood-Pewee and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. On October 5 at Pleasant View Marsh, Ernest Crvich reported Black-headed Grosbeak. ---On October 6 at Lagerman Reservoir, Peter Burke reported Parasitic Jaeger, 2 ad Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and Swainson’s Hawk; so many other birders went to Lagerman and found American Avocet, 12 Red-necked Phalarope, in addition to the jaeger and gulls. ---On October 6 at Twin Lakes, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Fox Sparrow (Slate Color), Lincoln’s Sparrow, and Golden-crowned Kinglet. ---On October 6 in Louisville (town), Jack Bushong reported Hammond’s Flycatcher, 6 Bushtit, 14 Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On October 6 on Old St Vrain Road in Lyons, Carl Bendorf reported Lewis’s Woodpecker; Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported Warbling Vireo, Steller’s Jay, 2 Brown Creeper, 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Magnolia Warbler .2 miles from west bridge, and 2 Western Tanager. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On October 3 at Maysville, Jeff Guy reported 7 Band-tailed Pigeon. ---On October 3 at The Link School, Christian Hagenlocher reported Common Poorwill. ---On October 4 at Buena Vista KOA CG, Woodie Lackey reported 2 Red-naped Sapsucker, 2 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Clark’s Nutcracker, 12 Bushtit, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet and MacGillivray’s Warbler. ---On October 4 at Buena Vista Ice Pond (private), Christian Hagelocher reported Spotted Sandpiper and Common Tern. On October 5 at Buena Vista Ice Pond (private), Christian Hagelocher reported Common Tern, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Clark’s Nutcracker, Marsh Wren, and 2 Common Yellowthroat. CONEJOS COUNTY: ---On October 5 at 17401-17499 CR BB near Alamosa, William Buskirk reported Sage Thrasher and 9 American Pipit. ---On October 5 at 18170 = 18612 CR AA.5, William Buskird reported Loggerhead Shrike. DELTA COUNTY: ---On October 5 at G50 Road, Bill Harris reported Black-necked Stilt. On October 6 at 1171 G50 Road, Carol Ortenzio reported Bufflehead. On October 6 at 1230 G50 Road, Carol Ortenzio reported Black-necked Stilt. ---On October 6 at Confluence Park, Carol Ortenzio reported Greater White-fronted Goose, and 5 Snow Geese. DENVER COUNTY: ---On October 5 at Washington Park, Jeff Dawson reported Chimney Swift. ---On October 6 at First Creek at DEN OS, John Breitsch reported Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, and Western Tanager. ---On October 6 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, George Ho, John Ho, Peter Konrad, and Steve Herbert reported Spotted Sandpiper and Yellow Warbler. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On October 6 at Bar CCC Park, Riley Morris reported m Hooded Merganser and 2 Lincoln’s Sparrows. ---On October 6 at Walker Road Gravel Pond, Riley Morris reported 2 Red-necked Phalarope. EAGLE COUNTY: ---On October 6 at 948 Eagle Crest Dr, Edwards, Eric Culbertson reported 2 Spotted Sandpiper, Clark’s Nutcracker (flyover), 3 American Pipit, and 2 Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On October 6 at 188 Walking Mountains Lane, Avon, Eric Culbertson reported 2 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 12 Bushtit, 7 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Lincoln’s Sparrow. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On October 4 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Colin Woolley reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 5 Blue Jay (1 banded), Bewick’s Wren (banded), 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 13 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (3 Banded), 8 Hermit Thrush (6 banded), Brown Thrasher (banded). On October 5 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Colin Woolley reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 6 Hermit Thrush (5 banded), and Brown Thrasher. ---On October 3 at Chico Basin Ranch, Jim Merritt and Norm Lewis reported Loggerhead Shrike, Curve-billed Thrasher, Brown Thrasher, 3 Sage Thrasher, 16 Chestnut-collared Longspur, 3 Savannah Sparrow, and 5 Lincoln’s Sparrow. On October 6 at Chico Basin Ranch, Frank Farrell reported 2 Curve-billed Thrasher, 7 Sage Thrasher, 2 Chestnut-collared Longspur and 6 McCown’s Longspur. On October 3 at Hanover Fire Station, Norm Lewis reported Curve-billed Thrasher and 2 Canyon Towhee. ---On October 5 at Red Rocky Canyon OS, Jim Merritt reported White-winged Dove, 10 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and 2 Canyon Towhee. GARFIELD COUNTY: ---On October 3 at ponds snear Rifle Garfield Airport (View from Road), JoAnn Riggle reported White-faced Ibis. HUERFANO COUNTY: ---On October 4 at Lathrop SP, Audrey Etienne reported 2 White-throated Swift, Greater Roadrunner, 11 Sandhill Cranes (fly over), 9 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 4 Mountain Bluebird, Sage Thrasher. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On October 5 at South Platte Reservoir SW Bay, Frank Farrell reported a kingbird and Michael Lester checked it out and identified it as TROPICAL KINGBIRD. It was on the power lines above the reservoir. On October 6 at W entrance road of S Platte Reservoir, Aaron Ship and many other birders reported TROPICAL KINGBIRD. It was usually seen across the road from the reservoir near the storage buildings and on the fences and scrubs. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On October 3 at US 385 and CR G, Tony Leukering reported 2 Swainson’s Hawk, Chestnut-collared Longspur, and McCown’s Longspur. ---On October 3 at Eads (town), Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 2 Common Nighthawk and 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On October 4 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton and Jim Beatty reported White-faced Ibis, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Cassin’s Vireo, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 2 Juniper Titmouse, 14 Bushtit, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Mountain Bluebird. ---On October 5 at Meadow Road, Rafter J Subdivision, Steve Frohock reported 2 Acorn Woodpecker. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On October 4 at Grandview Cemetery, Dave Leatherman reported ad m Red-naped Sapsucker, Cassin’s Vireo, 7 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and 2 Western Tanagers. ---On October 4 at Timnath Reseervoir, Andy Bankert and Nick Komar reported Pectoral Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope. On October 6 at Timnath Reservoir John Shenot reported 7 American Avocet, Pectoral Sandpiper, and American Pipit. ---On October 3 at Pond N of Horseshoe Reservoir, Nick Komar reported Mexican Duck and Franklin’s Gull. ---On October 4 at Wellington SWA—Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Nick Komar reported 2 Black-bellied Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, Franklin’s Gull, Cassin’s Kingbird, Marsh Wren, 11 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 11 Mountain Bluebird, Hermit Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Sage Thrasher, 5 American Pipit, 8 Chestnut-collared Longspur, Clay-colored Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and 15 Orange-crowned Warbler. ---On October 6 at Douglas Reservoir, Nick Komar, Tom Thomson, and David Wade reported 2 f-type Surf Scoters, 2 American Avocets, 5 Red-necked Phalarope, and 3 American Pipit; later in day John Shenot reported 8 Bufflehead, 128 Sandhill Cranes, Pectoral Sandpiper, Rock Wren, and 2 Sage Thrashers. ---On October 6 at Pond at CR 1 and CR 86, Penny Bauer reported 12 Short-billed Dowitcher. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---On October 5 at Trinidad Reservoir SP and SWA, Tony Godfrey reported White-faced Ibis, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Bewick’s Wren, 5 Mountain Bluebird, and 2 Western Tanager. MESA COUNTY: ---On October 5 at Highline Lake SP, David Price and Ronda Woodward reported Marsh Wren, Bewick’s Wren, 3 Brewer’s Sparrow, and 50 Brown-headed Cowbirds. ---On October 3 at Colorado River SP—Fruita Section, Mike Henwood reported Rock Wren, 4 Marsh Wren, 3 Sage Thrasher, White-throated Sparrow (White Stripe), 3 Sagebrush Sparrow, 2 Lincoln’s Sparrow, and 19 Orange-crowned Warbler. On October 4 at Colorado River SP—Fruita Section, David Price reported Black Phoebe and Marsh Wren. ---On October 4 at Horsethief Canyon SWA, Carol Ortenzio reported Red-naped Sapsucker, Cordilleran Flycatcher, 2 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 5 Rock Wren, Bewick’s Wren, White-throated Sparrow. On October 6 at Horsethief Canyon SWA, David Price reported 2 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 12 Bushtit, Marsh Wren, and 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. ---From October 1 – October 5, at Connected Lakes SP, Adam Cupito banded 12 Bushtit, 9 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Black Phoebe, Nashville Warbler, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Bewick’s Wren. ---On October 5 at Grand Junction WA, Mike Henwood and Connee Moffatt reported Sage Thrasher and 2 Lincoln’s Sparrow. On October 6 at Grand Junction WA, Mike Henwood reported 2 Bewick’s Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Lark Sparrows, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and hatch year Blue Grosbeak. ---On October 5 at O Road pond, David Price and Rhonda Woodward reported Horned Grebe, Sora, Loggerhead Shrike and Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On October 3 at Totten Reservoir, Jim Beatty reported 2 White-faced Ibis. On October 6 at Totten Reservoir, Carol Bylsma reported Great Egret and 16 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. ---On October 5 at (37.4590, -108.5262) Dolores, Carol Bylsma reported 3 Hammond’s Flycatcher, 3 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 2 Juniper Titmouse, and 3 Tennessee Warblers. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On October 3 at Rose Garden, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Hammond’s Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, 5 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Juniper Titmouse, 3 Rock Wren, 2 Bewick’s Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Mountain Bluebird, Sage Thrasher, and Sagebrush Sparrow. ---On October 4 at Cooper’s Ditch, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported 2 Sandhill Cranes, 13 Mountain Bluebirds, and Lazuli Bunting. ---On October 5 on Old Hwy 90 through Silver Hawk ranch, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 7 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 12 Bushtit, Rock Wren, 2 Bewick’s Wren, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue Grosbeak. ---On October 6 at Nucla Domestic Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 5 Wood Duck (1m, 4f), Hammond’s Flycatcher, 2 Rock Wren, 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and 4 Mountain Bluebird. ---On October 6 at Ranch by Lumberyard on Hwy 550, Susan Entsminger reported 2 Cattle Egret. OURAY COUNTY: ---On October 3 at Ridgway Reservoir, Kent Nelson reported Rock Wrens by dam and at Banding Station Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Western Tanager, Western Wood Pewee, and Steller’s Jay. On October 6 at Ridgeway SP, Shannon Young reported Red-naped Sapsucker, 2 Clark’s Nutcracker, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Green-tailed Towhee, and 2 Orange-crowned Warbler. PARK COUNTY: ---On October 4 at CR 47 in Hartsel, William Buskirk reported 2 White-faced Ibis, Mountain Bluebird, and 2 American Pipit. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On October 4 at Mike Higbee SWA, Kathy Mihm Dunning and Tony Leukering reported Red-headed Woodpecker, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Brown Thrasher, 2 Lincoln’s Sparrow, and 1500 Common Grackle. ---On October 4 at Granada Relocation Center (Camp Amache), Kathy Mihm Dunning and Tony Leukering reported 14 Sandhill Cranes, Loggerhead Shrike, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Field Sparrow, and 10 Orange-crowned Warbler. ---On October 4 in Holly (town), Kathy Mihm Dunning and Tony Leukering reported 17 Common Nighthawk, Blue-headed Vireo, Plumbeous Vireo, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. ---On October 5 at Hwy 116 pond, Tony Leukering reported Philadelphia Vireo and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. ---On October 6 at North Gateway Park, Tony Leukering, David Dowell, and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 32 Sandhill Cranes, Marsh Wren, 2 Bewick’s Wren, 2 American Pipit, 3 Lincoln’s Sparrow and Swamp Sparrow. ROUTT COUNTY: ---On October 6 at Yampa River Preserve, Michael San Miguel reported 3 Steller’s Jay, 13 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 3 Hermit Thrush, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and Gray Catbird. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On October 6 at Dillon Reservoir, M Walt reported White-faced Ibis. WELD COUNTY: ---On October 4 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Semipalmated Plover and 7 Great Egret. On October 6 at Union Reservoir, Bill Prather reported Gray Flycatcher and Rock Wren. YUMA COUNTY: ---On October 6 at Sandy Bluffs State Trust Land and SWA (Closed in summer), Bill Kaemfper reported 4 Sprague’s Pipit. DFO Field Trips Republican Management Area and Pipit Hill Sunday, 7 October 5:00 AM – 7:00 PM Gregg Goodrich (GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com; 303-665-9135) Good Birding, Joyce Takamine Boulder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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