Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: March 27, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, March 27 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 using the new AOU checklist and the order of families has changed. Eurasian Wigeon (*Weld) Mallard (Mexican intergrade) (Douglas, Rio Grande) Tundra Swan (*Weld) Mountain Plover (Kit Carson) Mew Gull (Larimer) Thayer’s Gull (Larimer) ICELAND GULL (Weld) Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Larimer, *Montezuma,*Weld) Great Black-backed Gull (Denver, *Larimer) Williamson’s Sapsucker ( Jefferson, Pueblo) Black Phoebe (*Boulder, Denver, *Fremont, Mesa) Eastern Phoebe (*Adams, Douglas, Fremont) Winter Wren (El Paso) Carolina Wren (Pueblo) Bewick’s Wren (Moffat) Lapland Longspur (Weld) Chestnut-collared Longspur (*Kiowa) Savannah Sparrow (Mesa, Montrose, Saguache) Fox Sparrow (El Paso, Routt) Lincoln’s Sparrow (Adams, *Boulder, Larimer, Montrose, *Otero, *Weld) EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Douglas) Great-tailed Grackle ( Jefferson, Larimer, *Weld) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On March 21 at Barr Lake SP below the dam, Norm Lewis reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March 25 at East Lake Shores Park, Riley Morris reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On March26 at Barr Lake SP, Will Sebern reported Eastern Phoebe. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On March 22 at Boulder Creek and 75th St., Jonathan Montgomery reported Black Phoebe. On March 24 at Boulder Creek and 75th St., Christian Nunes and Jeff Parks reported Black Phoebe. On March 25 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, David Dowell, Luke and Tracy Pheneger, Ted Floyd, Adam Vesely, Steve Frye, and David Waltman reported Black Phoebe. On March 26 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, Mark Minner-lee and Willem van vliet- reported Black Phoebe. On March 26 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Christian Nunes reported Black Phoebe at NW corner of waste water treatment plant and Lincoln’s Sparrow. DENVER COUNTY: ---On March 24 at Marston Reservoir, west end, Doug Kibbe reported imm Great Black-backed Gull. ---On March 25 at First Creek at DEN Open Space, Cynthia Madsen and David Hill reported Black Phoebe at First Creek about 100 yards N of 56h Ave bridge. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On March 21 on Cherry Creek Tail – south end to Walker Road Gravel Pond, Hugh Kingery reported Eastern Phoebe. On March 22, Kingery reported Eastern Phoebe singing is same spot. On March 25 on Cherry Creek trail S end to Walker Rd Gravel Pond, Cheryl Teuton, Hugh Kingery, and Glenn Walbek reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On March 21 at Parker Regional Park, Marier Hoerner reported possible Mallard/Mexican intergrade and possible EASTERN MEADOWLARK. ---On March 25 at Chatfield SP, Gregg Goodrich reported that the DFO Field Trip has an Eastern Phoebe on the SE side of Kingfisher Bridge. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On March 20 at Sinton Pond Open Space, David Tonnessen reported Winter Wren. On March 23 at Sinton Pond Open Space, David Tonnessen reported Winter Wren and Fox Sparrow (Red). On March 23, Chris Bronbin reported Winter Wren at Sinton Pond. On March 24 at Sinton Pond Open Space, Glenn Walbek and Mark Peterson reported Fox Sparrow (Red). FREMONT COUNTY: ---On March 22 in Canon City, Dan Stringer reported Black and Eastern Phoebe. On March 23, SeEtta Moss reported a pair of Black Phoebes between Sell’s Lake and Arkansas River and Eastern Phoebe in Canon City. On March 25, SeEtta Moss reported a pair of Black Phoebes near MacKenzie Ave. bridge in Canon City. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On March 21 at Reynolds Park – Elkhorn, Chris Wood reported Williamson’s Sapsucker. ---On March 21 at Reynolds Park Eagles View Trail 1, Chris Wood reported calling Williamson’s Sapsucker. ---On March 25 at Harriman Lake Park, Chris Brown reported Great-tailed Grackle. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On March 26 at Neenoshe Reservoir (only southern pool), Tony Leukering reported lots of waterfowl and 70 Chestnut-collared Longspurs and 110 longspur species. KIT CARSON COUNTY: ---On March 20 on CR 58 between CR N and CR P, Glenn Walbek reported 2 Mountain Plovers. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On March 13 at Horseshoe Reservoir in Loveland, Andy Bankert reported a 1st cyc Mew Gull, 14 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Thayer’s Gull, ICELAND GULL, and early Franklin’s Gulls. On March 19 at Horseshoe Reservoir, Nick Komar reported Mew Gull and 9 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. On March 23, Nick Komar and David Wade reported Mew Gull and 10 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (4 ad, 2 2nd-cyc, 4 1-st cyc). On March 26 at Horseshoe Reservoir, Nick Komar reported 8 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (4 ad, 4 imm) and 1-st cyc Great Black-backed Gull. ---On March 25 at Wellington SWA Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Mike McCloy reported 2 Linoln’s Sparrows and 23 Great-tailed Grackles. MESA COUNTY: ---On March 22 on L Road between 20 – 21 Roads, Mike Henwood and Kathleen McGinley reported Savannah Sparrow. ---On March 24 at Clifton Nature Park, Brett Walker reported Black Phoebe. MOFFAT COUNTY: ---On March 22 on CR 134, Blue Mountain, Jan Leonard reported a singing Bewick’s Wren. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On March 26 at Totten Reservoir, Jim Beatty reported ad Lesser Black-backed Gull. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On March 23 west of Nucla, Coen Dexter reported Lincoln’s Sparrow and 9 Savannah Sparrows. OTERO COUNTY: ---On March 26 at CR 28, north of CR FF, Bill Kaempfer reported Lincoln’s Sparrow. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On March 25 on Arkansas River Trail east of Pueblo Blvd, Brandon Percival and Kara Carragher reported singing Carolina Wren. RIO GRANDE COUNTY: ---On March 25 at Monte Vista NWR, Brandon Percival and Kara Carragher reported Mallard (Mexican intergrade). ROUTT COUNTY: ---On March 22 on Yampa River Core Trail, Tresa Moulton reported 4 Slate-colored Fox Sparrows between the river and the Core Trail near Emerald Park ball field. SAGUACHE COUNTY: ---On March 25 at Russell Lakes SWA, Peter Burke and Kara Carragher reported Savannah Sparrow. WELD COUNTY: ---On March 14, Mlodinow reported an Eurasian Wigeon and Tundra Swan at Stewart’s Pond (Private Property) at CR 37 and CR 46. On March 24 at Stewart’s Pond, CSU Ornithologist Club, Cheri Phillips, Chery Teuton, and Brandon Nooner reported Tundra Swan and Eurasian Wigeon. On March 25 at Stewart’s Pond, the Tundra Swan was reported by Nick Komar, David Wade, Austin Hess, Wendy Wibbens, Alison Hixon, Sue Riffe, and Steve Mlodinow. On March 26, at Stewart’s Pond, Marie Hoerner reported Eurasian Wigeon; Rebecca Grieser reported Tundra Swan; and Ryan Graves reported both Tundra Swan and Eurasian Wigeon. ---On March 26 at wetland on CR 46, Emil Yappert reported Tundra Swan. ---On March 26 at Lower Latham Reservoir, Cheri Phillips reported Lincoln’s Sparrow and 6 Great-tailed Grackles. ---On March 26 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Lesser Black-backed Gull. Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips The DFO Field Trip for Tuesday, March 28 will be to Chatfield SP led by David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) Meet at 0700 for car-pooling at the intersection of S Wadsworth and Deer Creek Rd. Park on the north side of Deer Creek Rd, which is just south of C-470. State Parks pass or day pass required. Explore park and perhaps other nearby locations for early migrants, waterfowl, resident birds, and any raptors zooming by. Bring lunch, water, and scopes. Register online or contact leader. The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, April 1 will be to Denver City Park led by Patrick O-Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955). Meet at 0730 at parking strip SE of 22nd Ave just north of Ferril Lake. From Colorado Blvd, turn west onto 22nd Ave and go past the Museum of Nature and Science. Turn left just before the zoo at the sign to the Pavilion Bandstand. Park on the left at the end of the parking area closest to Ferril Lake. Will focus on observation and photography of nesting cormorants, herons, and egrets in Ferril and Duck Lakes as part of DFO’s Colonial Waterbird Nesting Project. Bring Spotting scope and camera if you have them. Night-herons and egrest (Ferril Lake) may be building nests, and cormorants (Duck Lake) will be into their nesting cycle. Bring water, snacks, and sunscreen. Register online or contact leader. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, April 2 will be to South Platte Park led by Gregg Goodrich (GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com; 303-665-9135). Meet at 0800 at south end of South Platte Park near C-470. From C-470 take Platte canyon Rd/South Platte Park exit. From Platte canyon Rd at Depew Street turn southeast onto the entrance road for South Platte Park. Contuse past a 90-degree left turn and the first parking lot, and meet in the second parking lot. Will walk up the south Platte for about two miles. Register online or contact leader. The March meeting of Denver Field Ornithologists will be on March 27 at 7:30 p..m. in Ricketson Auditorium of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Park on the north side of the Museum and enter at the north side security/employee entrance and tell the guard that you are there for the DFO Meeting. Dave Leatherman will give a talk on “What The Book, Personal Observation and WIkileaks Say About The Fox Squirrel in Northern Colorado” 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/CAHtstTeHxLs%3D8sDz8dCaErhdpLLh%2BpHcZX0oU8Pu8UQ5jqCrxw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
