Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:February 14, 2018
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, February 14 sponsored by Denver
Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species)
NOTE: The RBA is now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families
has changed.
Greater White-fronted Goose (El Paso, *Morgan, Weld)
Trumpeter Swan (*Fremont
Greater Scaup (Arapahoe, Chaffee)
White-winged Scoter (*Arapahoe, *Jefferson)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Adams, Arapahoe, *El Paso, Montezuma)
Clark’s Grebe (Fremont)
Sandhill Crane (Baca)
Least Sandpiper (La Plata)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Prowers)
Greater Yellowlegs (Prowers)
AMERICAN WOODCOCK (Larimer)
California Gulll (Adams, *Larimer)
Iceland Gull (El Paso, *Larimer, Pueblo)
Glaucous Gull (Larimer)
YELLOW-BILLED LOON (*Arapahoe, *Gunnison, Jefferson)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (*Weld)
Northern Goshawk (Jefferson)
HARRIS’S HAWK (Larimer)
Ferrugious Hawk (*Park)
Snowy Owl (Jefferson, Kiowa)
Acorn Woodpecker (La Plata)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Prowers)
RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (El Paso)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso)
Say’s Phoebe (Adams, *Arapahoe)
Chihuahuan Raven (El Paso, Fremont, Kiowa)
Pygmy Nuthatch (Broomfield)
Winter Wren (Baca)
Mountain Bluebird (Kiowa)
Brown Thrasher (*Morgan)
Northern Mockingbird (Baca)
American Pipit (La Plata)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (*Park)
Common Redpoll (Chaffee, *Larimer, Mesa)
Red Crossbill (Arapahoe)
Lapland Longspur (El Paso, *Denver, Kiowa, Kit Carson)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kit Carson)
McCown’s Longspur (Kiowa, Kit Carson)
Field Sparrow (Baca)
Savannah Sparrow (*Weld)
Fox Sparrow (Larimer, Prowers)
White-throated Sparrow (Arapahoe, Summit)
Harris’s Sparrow (El Paso)
Brown-headed Cowbird (*El Paso, *Morgan, Pueblo)
Rusty Blackbird (Baca)
Great-tailed Grackle (Prowers)
Pine Warbler (Larimer)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (*Arapahoe, Jefferson, Prowers)
Northern Cardinal (Prowers)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On February 11 at Mann Nyholt Lake, Adam Vesely reported California Gull.
---On February 12 at Barr Lake Bird Conservancy of Rockies Office and below
dam, Colin Woolley reported Say’s Phoebe.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On February 9 at South Platte Reservoir, Mark Burns reported
White-winged Scoter and YELLOW-BILLED LOON in SW Bay (Jefferson); Kevin Ash
and Jerry DeBoer reported White-winged Scoter and YELLOW-BILLED LOON on the
Arapahoe county side. On February 10 at South Platte Reservoir, William
Test reported White-winged Scoter and YELLOW-BILLED LOON. On February 12
at South Platte Reservoir, Susan Broderick reported YELLOW-BILLED LOON. On
February 12 at South Platte Reservoir, Sean Fitzgerald reported
White-winged Scoter and YELLOW-BILLED LOON and later he reported both birds
in SW Bay (Jefferson). On February 13 at South Platte Reservoir, David
Suddjian and Dale Pate reported YELLOW-BILLED LOON; Suddjian, Pate, Myron
Gerhard, and Frank Farrel reported White-winged Scoter in SW Bay
(Jefferson); Matt Newport reported White-winged Scoter in Arapahoe side.
---On February 8 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported Red
Crossbill.
---On February 8 at E Crescent Parkway, Edward Donnan reported f Red
Crossbill.
---On February 9 at S Platte River from W Bowles Ave to S Prince, Betty
Glass reported Say’s Phoebe.
---On February 11 at South Platte Park C470 area, Ben Sampson reported 7
Greater Scaup (1 on Blackrock, 6 on Eaglewatch), f Barrow’s Goldeneye on
Eaglewatch, and 4 Yellow-rumped Warblers.
---On February 12 at South Platte River Northern Wildlife Area to W Bowles
Ave, Ted Uhlemann reported 14 Yellow-rumped Warblers on the Mary Carter
Greenway trail. On February 13 at South Platte Park, Northern Wildlife
Area, Dale Pate and David Suddjian reported 2 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle)
Warblers and 2 Yellow-rumped (Audubon’s) Warblers.
---On February 13 at Highline Canal Trail from E Quincy Ave to S Colorado
Blvd, Joe Roller reported Say’s Phoebe.
BACA COUNTY:
---On February 10 at Two Buttes SWA below dam, Ted Floyd and Brian Johnson
reported 50 Sandhill Cranes, Winter Wren, Northern Mockingbird, and Rusty
Blackbird.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
---On February 11 at Sands Lake SWA, Christian Hagenlocher reported pair of
Greater Scaup.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On February 13 on Gun Club Road E of 112th Ave, Brian Johnson reported
Lapland Longspur.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On December 21 David Tonnessen reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (ruber)
on Miranda Road in Colorado Springs. On February 1 on Miranda Road, Tony
Leukering reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER.
---On February 6 at Monument Wastewater Treatment Plant, Alan Versaw
reported f Barrow’s Goldeneye. On February 7 at Monument Wastewater
Treatment Plant, Alan Versaw reported a pair of Barrow’s Goldeneyes and
Gloria Nikolai reported f Barrow’s Goldeneye. On February 8 at Monument
Wastewater Treatment Plant, Jacqueline Heyda and Terence Berger reported m
Barrow’s Goldeneye. On February 11 at Monument
