Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: October 31, 2018
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, October 31 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)
Snow Goose (Adams, Arapahoe, Kiowa, *Phillips, *Sedgwick, Weld)
Ross’s Goose (Kiowa, *Sedgwick)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Huerfano, *Phillips, *Sedgwick)
Mute Swan (*Weld)
Blue-winged Teal (Eagle, El Pasa)
Cinnamon Teal (Weld)
Eurasian Wigeon (Kiowa, Montezuma)
Greater Scaup (Huerfano, Kiowa, Mesa)
Surf Scoter (Larimer, *Sedgwick)
Common Goldeneye (Arapahoe, *Jefferson, Kiowa, Lake, *La Plata, *San Miguel)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (*Jefferson, *San Miguel)
Red-breasted Merganser (Arapahoe Kiowa)
Red-necked Grebe (Boulder)
Horned Grebe (Denver, Montrose)
Virginia Rail (Adams, Boulder)
Sora (Boulder, Montezuma)
Sandhill Crane (Adams, Baca, Boulder, Kiowa)
American Avocet (Park)
Black-bellied Plover (Adams)
American Golden Plover (Adams)
Semipalmated Plover (Arapahoe)
Stilt Sandpiper (Adams)
Dunlin (Adams)
Baird’s Sandpiper (Custer, *Weld)
Least Sandpiper (*Arapahoe)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Douglas)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (*Arapahoe)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Arapahoe, El Paso)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Adams, *Arapahoe, Boulder, Custer, La Plata,
Montezuma, Park)
Lesser Yellowlegs (*Adams, *Arapahoe, Larimer)
Greater Yellowlegs (Adams, Boulder, Custer, Huerfano, *La Plata, Weld)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Kiowa)
Red Phalarope (Kiowa)
Black-legged Kittiwake (*El Paso, *Pueblo)
Bonaparte’s Gull (*Arapahoe, Boulder, Kiowa)
Franklin’s Gull (*Adams, *Arapahoe, Kiowa, Larimer, *Ouray, Rio Grande)
Mew Gull (Larimer)
Iceland Gull (Thayer’s) (Kiowa, *Logan, Park)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, Larimer)
Herring X Glaucous-winged Gull (Kiowa)
Pacific Loon (Denver, Kiowa, Summit)
Common Loon (Arapahoe, Boulder, Custer, Denver, Kiowa, *Logan, Mesa,
Montezuma, *Pueblo, *San Miguel, *Sedgwick)
American Bittern (Boulder)
Osprey (El Paso, Fremont, Jefferson, Las Animas, *Yuma)
Northern Goshawk (Montrose)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Las Animas)
Acorn Woodpecker (La Plata)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (*Larimer, *Sedgwick)
Red-naped Sapsucker (Eagle, Summit)
Hairy Woodpecker (Prowers)
Peregrine Falcon (Jefferson)
Hammond’s Flycatcher (Montrose)
Gray Flycatcher (Jefferson)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (Montezuma)
Say’s Phoebe (Adams, Arapahoe, Larimer)
Loggerhead Shrike (El Paso)
Northern Shrike (Boulder)
Red-eyed Vireo (Kiowa)
Canada Jay (Jefferson)
Pinyon Jay (Custer)
Steller’s Jay (Jefferson, Las Animas, Pitkin, Summit, Teller)
Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (*La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, *Ouray, Pitkin)
Clark’s Nutcracker (Eagle, Jefferson, *Ouray)
Chihuahuan Raven (Baca, Huerfano, Kiowa)
Juniper Titmouse (*La Plata)
Bushtit (Jefferson, Larimer, Montezuma, Montrose, Weld)
Canyon Wren (Pitkin)
Marsh Wren (Adams, Boulder, *Logan, Mesa, Montezuma, Weld)
Bewick’s Wren (Montezuma, Montrose)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Montrose)
American Dipper (Custer)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Kiowa, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, Summit)
Eastern Bluebird (Baca, Huerfano, Kiowa, *Yuma)
Mountain Bluebird (Arapahoe, Fremont, Kiowa, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose)
Gray Catbird (Adams, Boulder, El Paso)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso)
Sage Thrasher (Arapahoe, Montezuma)
Northern Mockingbird (Kiowa)
American Pipit (Adams, Boulder, Custer, Kiowa, La Plata, *San Miguel,
Teller)
Lesser Goldfinch (Montezuma)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kiowa)
McCown’s Longspur (Kiowa)
Canyon Towhee (El Paso)
Savannah Sparrow (*Larimer, Park)
Vesper Sparrow (Kiowa)
Lark Sparrow (Adams, Denver)
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Adams, Baca, Boulder, Clear Creek, Kiowa, Montezuma,
*Yuma)
Swamp Sparrow (*Arapahoe, Custer, Montezuma)
White-throated Sparrow (Kiowa, Montezuma, *Sedgwick, *Yuma)
Harris’s Sparrow (Adams, Boulder, Kiowa, *Sedgwick, *Yuma)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Adams, Arapahoe, Larimer)
Baltimore Oriole (Eagle)
Rusty Blackbird (Kiowa, Teller)
Orange-crowned Warbler (Ouray)
Common Yellowthroat (Mesa)
Yellow Warbler (Kiowa)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Custer)
Western Tanager (Arapahoe, Boulder, Pueblo)
Northern Cardinal (*Sedgwick)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On October 27 at Barr Lake SP, Lorraine Lanning reported 2 Black-bellied
Plover, Franklin’s Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, and 9 Yellow-headed
Blackbird. On October 28 at Barr Lake SP, Felice Lyons reported Gray
Catbird and Harris’s Sparrow. On October 29 at Barr Lake SP, Chuck
Hundertmark, Paul Slingsby, Adam Veseley, and Frank Farrell reported 4 Snow
Geese (2 white, 2 blue), Black-bellied Plover, American Golden-Plover,
Dunlin, 3 Long-billed Dowitcher, 3 Stilt Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs,
Franklin’s Gull, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and 10 American Pipit. On October
29 at Barr Lake Neidrach Nature Trail and Visitor Center, Chuck Hundertmark
reported Gray Catbird and Harris’s Sparrow. On October
