Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: October 16, 2018 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, October 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 is new) Greater White-fronted Goose (Boulder) Cinnamon Teal (Weld) Surf Scoter (Douglas, Jefferson, Larimer) White-winged Scoter (Jefferson) Bufflehead (*Adams, *Boulder, Broomfield, Douglas, *Fremont, *Jefferson, * La Plata, *Larimer, Prowers, *Rio Grande) Hooded Merganser (*Boulder, *Jefferson, Larimer) Red-breasted Merganser (*Boulder) Northern Bobwhite (Larimer) Horned Grebe (Arapahoe Archuleta, Douglas) Greater Roadrunner (Baca) Common Poorwill (*El Paso) White-throated Swift (*Fremont, Mesa) Sora (Boulder) Sandhill Crane (Boulder, Douglas, *El Paso, *Fremont, Jefferson, Kiowa, Larimer, Prowers, *Rio Grande, *Teller, Weld) American Avocet (Kiowa, Larimer, Prowers) Black-bellied Plover (Boulder, Larimer, Weld) American Golden-Plover (*Arapahoe, *Boulder, *Jefferson, Kiowa, *Larimer) Semipalmated Plover (*Arapahoe, *Boulder) Stilt Sandpiper (*Boulder, Jefferson, Larimer) Sanderling (*Boulder) Pectoral Sandpiper (Boulder, Douglas, Jefferson, *Larimer) Lesser Yellowlegs (Boulder, Jefferson) Wilson’s Phalarope (*Jefferson) Red-necked Phalarope (*Jefferson, Larimer, Weld) Sabine’s Gull (Douglas, Jefferson) Bonaparte’s Gull (*Adams, *Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas, Jefferson) Laughing Gull (*La Plata) Franklin’s Gull (Broomfield, Douglas, Jefferson, Larimer, *Rio Grande) Mew Gull (*Boulder) Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Larimer) Common Loon (Boulder, Douglas, Larimer) Snowy Egret (La Plata) Cattle Egret (Kiowa) Green Heron (*Fremont) Osprey (Douglas, *Fremont, *Ouray) HARRIS’S HAWK (Larimer) Red-belllied Woodpecker (*Larimer) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Larimer) Red-naped Sapsucker (Larimer) Hammond’s Flycatcher (Eagle, Montrose) Gray Flycatcher (El Paso) Dusky Flycatcher (*La Plata) Cordilleran Flycatcher (Larimer, Montezuma) Black Phoebe (La Plata) Eastern Phoebe (Boulder, *Jefferson) TROPICAL KINGBIRD (Jefferson) Yellow-bellied Kingbird (Larimer) Plumbeous Vireo (Boulder) Steller’s Jay (*El Paso, Larimer) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (*El Paso, Jefferson) Clark’s Nutcracker (*Ouray) American Crow (Prowers) Bushtit (*La Plata, *Ouray) Rock Wren (*Larimer) House Wren (Gunnison) Marsh Wren (Broomfield, *Larimer, Mesa) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Baca, Jefferson) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Adams, Baca, Boulder, Broomfield, Eagle, *Jefferson, Larimer, *Ouray, *San Juan) Eastern Bluebird (Boulder, Jefferson,*Larimer) Mountain Bluebird (Arapahoe, Archuleta, Baca, *Boulder, Douglas,* Jefferson, *La Plata, *Larimer, Mesa, *Ouray, *Teller, Weld) Hermit Thrush (*Boulder, Eagle,*El Paso, * Jefferson, *Larimer) Brown Thrasher (Baca) Sage Thrasher (*Fremont, Jefferson) American Pipit (Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas,* Jefferson, *Larimer,*Ouray, Prowers, Weld) Sprague’s Pipit (*Larimer) Red Crossbill (Jefferson) Lapland Longspur (Boulder, *Weld) McCown’s Longspur (Boulder) Green-tailed Towhee (Baca) Savannah Sparrow (Boulder, Park) Clay-colored Sparrow (Boulder) Brewer’s Sparrow (*Ouray) Field Sparrow (*Boulder) Vesper Sparrow (Boulder Larimer, Mesa, San Juan) Sagebrush Sparrow (*Ouray) Fox Sparrow (*Boulder) Lincoln’s Sparrow (Adams, Eagle, Gunnison, *Jefferson, *Larimer, *San Juan) Swamp Sparrow (Prowers) White-throated Sparrow (*El Paso, Larimer, *Saguache) Yellow-headed Blackbiard (Kiowa) Brown-headed Cowbird (*Teller) Rusty Blackbird (Gunnison) Orange-crowned Warbler (Boulder, Douglas,* Jefferson, Larimer, *Montrose, *Ouray, Weld) MacGillivray’s Warbler (Boulder) Common Yellowthroat (Jefferson, Mesa) Hooded Warbler (Eagle) American Redstart (Weld) Palm Warbler (*Boulder, Jefferson, Larimer) Yellow-rumped Warbler (San Juan) Townsend’s Warbler (Gunnison, Larimer, Pueblo) Wilson’s Warbler (Boulder, Eagle, *La Plata, *Larimer, Mesa, *Montrose) Western Tanager (Boulder, Larimer, Pueblo) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On October 15 at Ken Mitchell Park and OS, Adam Besely reported 5 Bufflehead and 2 Bonaparte’s Gull. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On October 14 at Cherry Creek SP Ken Wat reported Horned Grebe, American Golden-Plover on Prairie Loop, 6 Mountain Bluebird, and 2 American Pipit. On October 15 at Cherry Creek SP Marina and nearby Dam Trail, Bez Bezuidenhout, Don Beltz, and Gary Brower reported American Golden-Plover, Semipalmated Plover, and Bonaparte’s Gull. ARCHULETA COUNTY: ---On October 14 at Navajo SP, Jim Beatty reported 2 Horned Grebe and 15 Mountain Bluebird. BACA COUNTY: ---On October 14 at 26505 CR 19 Springfield, Julio Merayo reported Greater Roadrunner, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 12 Mountain Bluebird, Brown Thrasher, and Green-tailed Towhee. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On October 14 at Walden Ponds, Peter Burke and Christian Nunes reported Pectoral Sandpiper, Mountain Bluebird, 16 American Pipit, and Orange-crowned Warbler. ---On October 14 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve in Lafayette Ted Floyd, Bob Spencer, Luke Pheneger, Bill Kaempfer, and Steve Rash reported American Golden-Plover, Eastern Bluebird, Clay-colored Sparrow, Sandhill Cranes, Plumbeous Vireo, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. ---On October 14 at Prince Lake #2, Christian Nunes reported 2 Stilt Sandpiper and American Pipit. On October 15 at Prince Lake #2, John Vanderpoel, Peter Burke, and Luke Pheneger reported American Golden-Plover, 2 Stilt Sandpiper, and 1st cycle Mew Gull. ---On October 14 at Golden Ponds Parks and NA, David Dowell reported Black-bellied Plover, 2 American Golden-Plover, Eastern Phoebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and 29 Mountain Bluebird. ---On October 14 on Boulder Reservoir Complex, Bill Schmoker, David Dowell, and Christian Nunes reported Sora, 81 Sandhill Cranes, Black-bellied Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, Bonaparte’s Gull, Common Loon, 150 Mountain Bluebird, 28 American Pipit, and Vesper Sparrow. ---On October 14 at 8776 N 107th St, Luke Pheneger reported Eastern Bluebird, 2 Mountain Bluebird, and 3 American Pipit. ---On October 14 at Terry Lake, David Dowell reported Common Loon. ---On October 14 at Swede Lakes, Nathan Pieplow reported Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 7 Hermit Thrush, Western Palm Warbler, and Wilson’s Warbler. ---On October 14 at Valmont Overlook/Legion Park, Christian Nunes, Peter Burke, and Bill Kaempfer reported Greater White-fronted Goose, Bufflehed, 5 Hooded Mergasner, 14 Red-breasted Merganser, 17 Sandhill Crane, 3 American Golden-Plover, 74 Mountain Bluebird, and 14 American Pipit. On October 15 at Valmont Overlook/Legion Park, Ted Floyd, Luke Phenger, and Peter Burke reported 7 Bufflehead, 8 Hooded Merganser, 16 Red-breasted Merganser, Semipalmated Plover, Sanderling, 20 Mountain Bluebird, and Field Sparrow. ---On October 14 at Lagerman Reservoir, Nathan Pieplow, Luke Phenger, David Dowell, and Peter Burke reported Greater White-fronted Goose, Sandhill Crane, American Golden-Plover, Lesser Yellowlegs, 6 Mountain Bluebird, 6 Hermit Thrush, 12 American Pipit, Lapland Longspur, McCown’s Longspur, and Savannah Sparrow. ---On October 14 at Prince Lake #2, Peter Burke, Bill Kaempfer, and Steve Rash reported Black-bellied Plover, 2 American Golden-Plover, 2 Stilt Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, and 10 American Pipit. On October 15 at Prince Lake #2, John Vanderpoel, Peter Burke, Luke Pheneger, David Waltman, and Norm Erthal reported 2 American Golden-Plover, 2 Stilt Sandpiper, and 1st cyc Mew Gull. ---On October 14 at Boulder Creek on CU East Campus, Steve Frye reported Orange-crowned Warbler and Palm Warbler. ---On October 14 at Sixmile Reservoir, David Dowell and Peter Burke reported Black-bellied Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, 45 Mountain Bluebird, 12 American Pipit. ---On October 14 at Pleasant View Marsh, Ernest Crvich reported MacGillivray’s Warbler. ---On October 15 at Boulder Creek and University of Colorado Campus, Nathan Pieplow reported 10 Hermit Thrush, and Fox Sparrow (red). ---On October 15 at Confluence Ponds and Skunk Creek on CU East Campus, David Dowell reported Palm Warbler. BROOMFIELD COUNTY: ---On Ocotber 14 at Plaster Reservoir, David Ely and Steve Mlodinow reported Bufflehead, 3 Franklin’s Gull, Marsh Wren, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---October 14 at Chatfield SP original Heronry Overlook, Joey Kellner and his BIG SIT reported Surf Scoter, Bufflehead, Horned Grebe, 200 Sandhill Crane, Sabine’s Gull, Bonaparte’s Gull, Franklin’s Gull, Common Loon, Osprey, Mountain Bluebird, and American Pipit. EAGLE COUNTY: ---On October 14 on Hwy 24 in Minturn, Eric Culbertson reported Hammond’s Flycatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and Hooded Warbler. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On October 15 at Starsmore Discovery Center, Chris Brown reported Common Poorwill, 35 Sandhill Cranes, 2 Steller’s Jay, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, and Hermit Thrush. ---On October 14 on Homestead Trail off of Smokehouse Lane, Kathy Miller reported White-throated Sparrow. FREMONT COUNTY: ---On October 15 at Canon City Riverwalk—Sell’s Lake to S Raynold Ave, Jerry DeBoer reported 3 White-throated Swift, and Green Heron. ---On October 15 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jerry DeBoer reported 2 Bufflehead, 47 Sandhill Cranes, Osprey, and Sage Thrasher. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On October 14 at McCabes Wetland, Anne Winters and Jason Pietrzak reported 2 House Wren, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and Rusty Black Bird. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On October 14 at South Platte Reservoir SW Bay, Ben Sampson reported NO Tropical Kingbird and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. ---On October 14 on Clear Creek Canyon Trail, Frank Farrell and Chris Wood reported 2 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jat, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Western Palm Warbler. ---On October 14 at Main Reservoir in Lakewood David Ely and Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, 4 Red Crossbill, Orange-crowned Warbler, and Common Yellowthroat. ---On October 14 at Bear Creek Lake Park, Chris Wood reported 40 Sandhill Cranes (flyover), 2 Bonaparte’s Gull, 6 Franklin’s Gull, Eastern Bluebird (flyover), 270 Mountain Bluebird, Sage Thrasher, 3 American Pipit, and Common Yellowthroat. ---On October 14 at Belmar Park, Chris Wood reported 9 Bufflehead, 6 Hooded Mergansers, 10 Sandhill Cranes (flyover), Franklin’s Gull, Hermit Thrush, American Pipit. ---On October 14 at Robert A Easton Regional Park, Chris Wood, Doug Kibbe, and MackenzIe Goldthwaite reported Lesser Yellowlegs, 8 Mountain Bluebird, and Orange-crowned Warbler; Surf Scoter, 2 Bufflehead, 4 Hooded Merganser, 3 Mountain Bluebird, 208 Sandhill Cranes (flyover), and American Golden-Plover. On October 15 at Robert A Easton Regional Park, Elaine Wagner reported American Golden-Plover and Mountain Bluebird. ---On October 14 at Harriman Lake Park, Chris Wood, Scott Somershoe, Mark Chavez, Reed Gerdes, and Myron Gerhard reported 20 Bufflehead, 167 Sandhill Crane, American Golden-Plover, Stilt Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Mountain Bluebird, and 10 American Pipit. On October 15 at Harriman Lake Park, Phil Lyon and many other birders reported 24 Bufflehead, 2 Hooded Merganser, American Golden-Plover, 5 Mountain Bluebird, American Pipit, Wilson’s Phalarope, and Red-necked Phalarope. ---On October 14 at Coors Pond, Chris Wood reported White-winged Scoter, 4 Bufflehead and juv Sabine’s Gull. ---On October 15 at Chatfield SP Audubon Center and Trails, Chris Wood reported Eastern Phoebe, 12 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 155 Mountain Bluebird, Hermit Thrush, Lincoln’s Sparrow and Orange-crowned Warbler. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On October 14 at Sheridan Lake (town and playa), Tony Leukering reported 10 Sandhill Crane, American Avocet, American Golden-Plover, Cattle Egret, and 2 Yellow-headed Blackbird. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On October 15 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton reported 7 Bufflehead, Laughing Gull, Dusky Flycatcher, 10 Bushtit, 4 Mountain Bluebirds, and Wilson’s Warbler. LARIMER COUNTY: --- On October 14 at Timnath Reservoir, Josh Bruening, Andy Bankert, and Carolyn Olson reported 9 Bufflehead Hooded Merganser, 900 Sandhill Crane, 2 American Avocet, Black-bellied Plover, 4 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Franklin’s Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Rock Wren, Marsh Wren, 15 Mountain Bluebird, 2 Hermit Thrush, 200 American Pipit, Western Palm Warbler, and 2 Wilson’s Warbler. On October 15 at Timnath Reservoir, Nick Komar repoerrted 3 Pectoral Sandpiper, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Rock Wren, Marsh Wren, 8 Mountain Bluebird, Hermit Thrush, 85 American Pipit, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and Wilson’s Warbler. ---On October 14 at Bobcat Ridge NA, Nick Komar reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Steller’s Jay, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Townsend’s Warbler. ---On October 14 at Arapahoe Bend NA—Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake) Edward Raynor reported HARRIS’S HAWK at gravel pit, 40 Mountain Bluebird, and 40 American Pipit. On October 15 at Arapahoe Bend NA—Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Lori Zabel reported 10 Bufflehead, 2 Eastern Bluebird, 25 American Pipit, and Sprague’s Pipit. ---On October 14 at Wellington SWA—Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Carolyn Olson reported Northern Bobwhite, Black-bellied Plover (flyover), Stilt Sandpiper, 3 Pectoral Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Common Loon, Yellow-bellied Kingbird (?), Marsh Wren, 15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 35 Mountain Bluebird, Hermit Thrush, White-throated Sparrow, 3 Lincoln’s Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler, Wilson’s Warbler. ---On October 14 at Topminnow NA (East Horsetooth Gravel Pit), Robert Beauchamp and John Shenot reported HARRIS’S HAWK, 30 Mountain Bluebird, Hermit Thrush, American Pipit, and Vesper Sparrow. ---On October 14 at Lonetree Reservoir in SW Loveland Nick Komar reported 3 Black-bellied Plover, American Golden-Plover and Surf Scoter. On October 15 at Lonetree Reseervoir, Nick Komar reported American Golden-Plover. ---On October 15 at Grandview Cemetery, Luke Caldwell and Andy Bankert reported Red-bellied Woodpecker. MESA COUNTY: ---On October 14 at Highline Lake SP, Ronda Woodward and Deb Stegall reported Marsh Wren and Vesper Sparrow. ---On October 14 at Colorado River SP—Fruita Section, Ronda Woodward and Deb Stegall reported 3 White-throated Swift, 9 Mountain Bluebird. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On October 15 at Chipeta Lake, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported Orange-crowned Warbler and 3 Wilson’s Warbler. OURAY COUNTY: ---On October 15 at Ridgway Reservoir and SP, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Osprey, Clark’s Nutcracker, 8 Bushtit, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Mountain Bluebird, American Pipit, 2w Brewer’s Sparrow, 3 Sagebrush Sparrows, and Orange-crowned Warbler. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On October 14 at North Gateway Park, Tony Leukering reported Bufflehead, 12 Sandhill Crane, American Avocet, 221 American Crow, 2 American Pipit, Swamp Sparrow. RIO GRANDE COUNTY: ---On October 15 at Monte Vista NWR, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported 4 Bufflehead (1m, 3f), 30 Sandhill Cranes, and Franklin’s Gull. SAGUACHE COUNTY: ---On October 15 at Russell Lakes, John Cobb reported White-throated Sparrow. SAN JUAN COUNTY: ---On October 14 at Silverton (Town), Lily Douglas reported on Mineral St, Vesper Sparrow and 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler. ---On October 15 on Spud Lake and Trail, Lily Douglas reported 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Lincoln’s Sparrow. TELLER COUNTY: ---On October 15 at 8415 – 8426 CR 11 Florissant, Anne Winters and Jason Piertrzak reported 3 Sandhill Cranes (flyover), Mountain Bluebird, and 15 Brown-headed Cowbirds. WELD COUNTY: ---On October 14 at Idaho Creek, David Ely and Steve Mlodinow reported Cinnamon Teal, 20 Sandhill Cranes, 2 Black-bellied Plover, Red-necked Phalarope, Mountain Bluebird, 32 American Pipit, 7 Orange-crowned Warbler, and American Redstart. ---On October 14 at CR 96 and CR 35 Gary Lefko reported 8 Lapland Longspur. ---On October 14 at Cr 51 and CR 90, Gary Lefko reported 4 Lapland Longspur. DFO Field Trips For more details go to the DFO website South-Central Colorado Tuesday, October 16 – Wednesday October 17 5:00 AM – 7:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) Second Creek Open Space Saturday, October 20 7:00 AM – 11:30 AM Patrick O’Driscoll )(patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955 (cell)) Park County Reservoirs Monday, October 22 5:30 AM – 3:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) Northeastern Colorado Tuesday, October 23 5:30 AM – 7:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) 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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