Date: September 10, 2018 Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, September 10 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) Common Goldeneye (Chaffee) Hooded Merganser (*Park) Northern Bobwhite (*Larimer) RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (*Kiowa) Virginia Rail (El Paso, Pueblo) Sora (Pueblo) Black-necked Stilt (*Larimer) American Avocet (*Adams, *Park, Washington) Black-belllied Plover (Morgan, Washington) American Golden Plover (Washington) Semipalmated Plover (Larimer, Montezuma, Washington) Piping Plover (Washington) Long-billed Curlew (Weld) Marbled Godwit (*Adams, *Larimer, Washington) Stilt Sandpiper (Larimer, Washington) Sanderling (Larimer) Pectoral Sandpiper (Arapahoe, *Larimer, Washington,) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Boulder, *Larimer, Pueblo, Washington) Western Sandpiper (Boulder, Larimer, Washington) Solitary Sandpiper (Adams, Boulder, El Paso, *Larimer, *Las Animas, Pueblo, Washington) Willet (*Larimer) Wilson’s Phalrope (San Miguel) Red-necked Phalarope (Washington) Sabine’s Gull (Douglas, Washington) Mew Gull (*Arapahoe) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Douglas) Great Black-backed Gull (*Douglas) Caspian Tern (*Larimer) Black Tern (Kiowa, Washington) Common Tern (Washington) Little Blue Heron (Boulder, Weld) Green Heron (*Denver, Weld) YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Yuma) White-faced Ibis (Routt, *Summit) Mississippi Kite (El Paso, Phillips) Rough-legged Hawk (Adams) Lewis’s Woodpecker (La Plata, Montezuma) Red-headed Woodpecker (El Paso, *Kiowa) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Chaffee) Red-naped Sapsucker (El Paso) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso, *Las Animas, Pueblo) Merlin (Boulder, Chaffee, *Kiowa, *Moffat) Olive-sided Flycatcher (*Arapahoe, *El Paso, Pueblo) EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (El Paso) Least Flycatcher (*Kiowa, Pueblo) Hammond’s Flycatcher (Denver, El Paso, Montezuma) Gray Flycatcher (Denver, El Paso) Dusky Flycatcher (*El Paso, Montezuma, Ouray) Cordilleran Flycatcher (El Paso, Jefferson, *Montezuma, Ouray) Black Phoebe (Montezuma, *Ouray) Eastern Phoebe (*Denver, *Chaffee, El Paso, *Las Animas) Ash-throated Flycatcher (Chaffee) Great Crested Flycatcher (El Paso, *Kiowa, Pueblo) Cassin’s Kingbird (*El Paso, *Fremont, Las Animas) Blue-headed Vireo (Pueblo) Eastern Kingbird (Chaffee, Larimer) White-eyed Vireo (*Douglas) Gray Vireo (La Plata, *Las Animas, Mesa) Cassin’s Vireo (*El Paso, Jefferson, *Kiowa, La Plata, Ouray, Pueblo) Red-eyed Vireo (Boulder, *El Paso) Canada Jay (Mesa) Pinyon Jay (El Paso, *Jefferson) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Chaffee, *Douglas, El Paso, La Plata, Larimer, *Las Animas, Montezuma) Common Raven (Weld) Violet-green Swallow (Weld) Juniper Titmouse (*Las Animas) Bushtit (*Arapahoe, *Douglas, El Paso, Larimer, *Las Animas) Marsh Wren (Adams, Arapahoe) Bewick’s Wren (*Fremont, *Las Animas) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (*Adams, Clear Creek, *Denver, *Douglas, El Paso, *Larimer, Montezuma, Phillips, Pueblo) Swainson’s Thrush (*Kiowa) Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso, Pueblo) Brown Thrasher (*Adams, *El Paso, *Kiowa) Sage Thrasher (Chaffee, *El Paso, *Fremont, Jackson, Jefferson, *Park, Pueblo) American Pipit (Mesa) McCown’s Longspur (Weld) Cassin’s Sparrow (Denver) Chipping Sparrow (El Paso) Clay-colored Sparrow (*Denver, *El Paso, *Fremont, *Kiowa, Larimer, Pueblo) Brewer’s Sparrow (Adams, *El Paso, Larimer, Mesa, Pueblo, *Summit) Lark Bunting (Adams, *Summit) Savannah Sparrow (Pueblo) Grasshopper Sparrow (*Larimer) Fox Sparrow (Slate-color) (Ouray) Orchard Oriole (*Adams) Baltimore Oriole (Morgan) Ovenbird (*Adams, Larimer, Pueblo) Northern Waterthrush (El Paso, La Plata) Tennessee Warbler (Las Animas) Nashville Warbler (*Jefferson, Las Animas, Ouray) Hooded Warbler (*Jefferson) Blackburnian Warbler (Boulder) Chestnut-sided Warbler (Boulder) Blackpoll Warbler (Jefferson, Larimer, Phillips) Grace’s Warbler (Montezuma) Black-throated Gray Warbler (El Paso) Townsend’s Warbler (El Paso, Larimer) Hepatic Tanager (Las Animas) Summer Tanager (Las Animas) Indigo Bunting (*Kiowa, Yuma) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On September 6 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Dusky Flycatcher and Ovenbird. On September 7 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded 2 Clay-colored Sparrows. On September 8 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Marsh Wren. On September 9 at Barr Lake Banding Station Meredith McBurney banded Brown Thasher and 2 Ovenbird (hatch yr). ---On September 7 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Candice Johnson reported Solitary Sandpiper, Rough-legged Hawk, 6 Clay-colored Sparrow, 3 Brewer’s Sparrow, and 3 Lark Bunting. ---On September 9 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek, John Breitsch reported Orchard Oriole and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. ---On September 9 at Barr Lake SP, Cameron Carver reported 20 American Avocet and 3 Marbled Godwit. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Cherry Creek SP, Ben Sampson reported imm Mew Gull and Pectoral Sandpiper. On September 9 at Cherry Creek SP, Gabriel Wiltse reported Mew Gull, Olive-sided Flycatcher and 3 Bushtit. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On September 6 at Walden Ponds Cottonwood Marsh, Nathan Pieplow reported 3 Solitary Sandpiper and Chestnut-sided Warbler (hatch yr f). ---On September 6 at Sagamore and W Coal Creek Dr in Superior, Peter Ruprecht reported ad f Merlin. ---On September 8 at Bobolink Trail, Ryan Bushong reported Red-eyed Vireo and F Blackburnian Warbler. Many birders were able to see the vireo and warbler. ---On September 8 at Clover Basin Reservoir, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported Semipalmated Sandpiper and Western Sandpiper; Alex Brown reported Little Blue Heron. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On September 6 at The Link School – Base Camp, Christian Hagenlocher reported Merlin. ---On September 8 at Fairview Cemetery, Christian Hagenlocher reported Williamson’s Sapsucker, Eastern Kingbird, and Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. ---On September 8 at 7726 CR 154 Salida, Christian Hagenlocher reported Ash-throated Flycatcher. ---On September 8 at 7725 CR 154 Salida, Christian Hagenlocher reported Sage Thrasher. ---On September 8 at Sands Lake SWA, Christian Hagenlocher reported Common Goldeneye and Merlin. On September 9 at Sands Lake SWA, Jeff Guy reported Eastern Phoebe. CLEAR CREEK COUNTY: ---On September 8 at South Spring Gulch Road, Nathan Senner reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. DENVER COUNTY: ---On September 6 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, George Ho reported Gray Flycatcher. On September 8 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, George Ho reported Green Heron. On September 9 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Betty Glass reported Green Heron. ---On September 6 at Heron Pond NA, Doug Kibbe and Elaine Wagner reported Hammond’s Flycatcher, Cassin’s Sparrow, and Clay-colored Sparrow. ---On September 9 at Westerly Creek Park, Jason Bidgood reported Eastern Phoebe, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Clay-colored Sparrow. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Chatfield SP Marina Sandspit, Joey Kellner reported Sabine’s Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull. On September 8 at Chatfield SP Marina Sandpit, Glenn Walbek reported 3rd cyc Greater Black-backed Gull. ---On September 9 at Castlewood Canyon Road, Lyn ne Forrester reported White-eyed Vireo, 12 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 33 Bushtit, and 9 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On September 6 Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded 97 Chipping Sparrows, 28 Clay-colored Sparrows, Brewer’s Sparrow. ---On September 7 at Chico Basin Ranch, John Drummond reported Red-headed Woodpecker, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Gray Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, 12 Clay-colored Sparrows, 5 Brewer’s Sparrows, and Northern Waterthrush. On September 8 at Chico Basin Ranch, Jim Merrit reported Hammond’s Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Curve-billed Thrasher, 6 Brown Thrasher, Sage Thraser, and 7 Clay-colored Sparrows. On September 9 at Chico Basin Ranch, Tanja Britton, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported 3 Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 4 Curve-billed Thrashers, 7 Brown Thrasher, Sage Thrasher, 15 Clay-colored Sparrows, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Cassin’s Kingbird, and Cassin’s Vireo. ---On September 6 at Smith Creek Ponds, Alan Versaw reported Olive-sided Flycatcher, Pinyon Jay, and 14 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. ---On September 6 at Trails End Lift Station, Darth Aves reported Eastern Phoebe. ---On September 6 at Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Joel Adams reported Mississippi Kite. ---On September 6 at Memorial Park and Prospect Lake in Colorado Springs, Dale and Joel Adams reported Olive-sided Flycatcher, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Gray Flycatcher, 2 Dusky Flycatchers, Cordilleran Flycatcher, 2 Cassin’s Vireos, 2 Clay-colored Sparrows, 2 Brewer’s Sparrows. ---On September 6 at Kettle Lakes, John Drummond reported 6 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. ---On September 6 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Joel and Dale Adams reported Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern). ---On September 7 at Hanover Road, John Drummond reported Curve-billed Thrasher and Sage Thrasher. ---On September 8 at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs, David Tonnessen reported EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE and Cassin’s Vireo. ---On September 8 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, John Drummond reported Virginia Rail, Solitary Sandpiper, Red-naped Sapsucker and 2 Bushtit. On September 8 at Fountain Creek Regional Park fall count, Steve Getty reported Brown Thrasher, Clay-colored Sparrow, Brewer’s Sparrow, 2 Cassin’s Vireos and Red-eyed Vireo. ---On September 9 at Hanover Fire Station, Tanja Britton reported 2 Curve-billed Thrasher. FREMONT COUNTY: ---On September 9 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Dale and Joel Adams reported 7 Cassin’s Kingbirds, Bewick’s Wren, 20 Sage Thrashers, and Clay-colored Sparrow. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On September 6 on Lair O’the Bear Park, Bruce Cyganowski reported Nashville Warbler and Sage Thrasher. ---On September 6 at Belmar Park, Frank Farrell, Mark Chavez, Timo Mitzen, Gwen Moore, and Scott Somershoe reported Blackpoll Warbler, Cassin’s Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. On Septmeber 7 at Belmar Park, Reed Gorner reported Blackpoll Warbler. ---On September 6 at Welchester Tree Grant Park, Frank Farrell reported Hooded Warbler. On September 7 at Welchester Tree Grant Park, Myron Gerhard reported Hooded Warbler. On September 8 at Welchester Tree Grant Park, Bob Shade, Chris Gilbert, Michael Lester, Bez Bezuidenhout, Christine Alexander and GInney Bergstrom reported Hooded Warbler; Chris Gilbert also reported Nashville Warbler. On September 9 at Welchester Tree Grant Park, Sanatiago Tabares, Betty Glass, Kevin DeBoer and Reed Gorner reported Hooded Warbler; Reed Gorner also reported Nashville Warbler. ---On September 9 at 1801 Smith Road, Golden, Dennis Endicott reported 2 Pinyon Jay. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On September 9 at Eads (town), Tony Leukering reported 2 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, Great Crested Flycatcher, and Indigo Bunting. ---On September 9 at Plainview School, Tony Leukering reported RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, juv Red-headed Woodpecker, Merlin, Least Flycatcher, Cassin’s Vireo, Swainson’s Thrush (olive-backed), Brown Thrasher, and 2 Clay-colored Sparrows. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On September 6 at 16919 Hwy 140 Hesperus, Steve Rhodes reported Gray Vireo and Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. ---On September 8 at bear Creek Greenbelt –S Kiping Parkwy to S Wadsworth Blvd, Reed Gorner and Santiago Tabares reported Cordilleran Flycatcher. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On September 7 at Timnath Reservoir, Joe Mammoser reported Sanderling on east shore. On September 8 at Timnath Reservoir, Maureen Blackford, Rob Sparks, Nick Komar and Scott Rashsid reported Marbled Godwit, Stilt Sandpiper, 5 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Sanderling, 3 Semipalmated Plover, Marsh Wren, and 2 Caspian Terns. On September 9 at Timnath Reservoir, Nick Komar reported Marbled Godwit, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers, and Caspian Tern. ---On September 9 at Wellington SWA—Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Caroline Olson reported 16 Northern Bobwhite, Black-necked Stilt, Semipalmated Sandpiper, 2 Solitary Sandpiper, Willet, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and Grasshopper Sparrow. ---On September 6 at Dixon Reservoir, Brad Biggerstaff, Jay Breidt, and Nick Komar reported 2 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 12 Bushtit, and hatch year Blackpoll Warbler. On September 7 at Dixon Reservoir, David Wade reported Clay-colored Sparrow, Nashville Warbler, and Blackpoll Warbler. ---On September 6 at Tri-Lakes region, Joshua Smith reported Clay-colored Sparrow and 5 Brewer’s Sparrows. ---On September 7 at Pineridge Natural Area, Robin Welsh reported Ovenbird. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Alejandro Canyon, Steve Mlodinow reported Hepatic Tanger and 3 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers. ---On September 8 at Purgatoire River W of Alejandro Canyon, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, 9 Eastern Phoebe, Cassin’s Kingbird, Gray Vireo, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 31 Bewick’s Wren, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, and Summer Tanager. ---On September 9 at Johnson Canyon, Steve Mlodinow reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 2 Gray Vireo, 2 w Schrub -Jay, Junipter Titmouse, 2 Bushtit, and 5 Bewick’s Wren. ---On September 9 at Johnson Canyon Tank, Steve Mlodinow reported Solitary Sandpiper, Eastern Phoebe, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 2 Junipter Titmouse, 4 Bewick’s Wren. MESA COUNTY: ---On September 7 at Grand Mesa – Lands End, Carol Ortenzio reported 6 American Pipit, Canada Jay and 15 Brewer’s Sparrows. ---On September 8 at Cheney Reservoir, David Price reported Gray Flycatcher. MOFFAT COUNTY: ---On September 8 on E side of Craig, Tom Litteral reported Merlin. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Totten Reservoir, Ryan Votta reported 3 Semipalmated Plover and 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. ---On September 8 at Bauer Reservoir, Ryan Votta reported 9 Lewis’s Woodpecker, Black Phoebe and Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. ---On September 8 at Summit Reservoir, Ryan Votta reported Hammond’s Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Grace’s Warbler. MORGAN COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Jackson Reservoir State Park, Norm Lewis reported Baltimore Oriole. OURAY COUNTY: ---On September 6 at Ridgway SP, Dallas Creek Area, Adam Cupito reported 8 Dusky Flycatcher and banded Nashville Warbler. On September 7 at Ridgway SP, Dallas Creek Area, Adam Cupito banded Cordilleran Flycatcher and reported Cassin’s Vireo and Fox Sparrow (slate-color). ---On September 9 at Billy Creek, Kent Nelson reported Black Phoebe at bridge over Uncompahgre River. PARK COUNTY: ---On September 8 at Vaquero Road and Lobo Lanel Park, Matt Rogers reported Sage Thrasher. ---On September 9 at Antero Reservoir SE side, Christian Hagenlocher reported m Hooded Merganser and 26 American Avocet. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On September 7 at Chico Basin Ranch, Alan Ketcham and John Drummond reported Merlin, 8 Virginia Rail, 8 Sora, Semipalmated Sandpiper, 7 Solitary Sandpiper, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Cassin’s Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Curve-billed Thrasher, 7 Sage Thrasher, 6 Clay-colored Sparrow, 4 Brewer’s Sparrows, 7 Savannah Sparrows, and Ovenbird. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY: ---On September 6 at Snyder’s Pond George Steele reported 3 Wilson’s Phalarope SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On September 9 at Dillon Reservoir, Charlie Nims reported 2 White-faced Ibis, Brewer’s Sparrow, and Lark Bunting. WASHINGTON COUNTY: ---On September 6 at Prewitt Reservoir, Loch Kilpatrick reported American Avocet, Black-bellied Plover, 15 Semipalmated Plover, Piping Plover, Marbled Godwit, 86 Stilt Sandpipers, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 6 Semipalmated Sandpipers, Western Sandpiper, 4 Solitary Sandpiper, and 15 Black Tern. On September 7 at Prewitt Reservoir, Kathy Mihm Dunning, Dean Shoup, Joey Kellner, and Norm Erthal reported 4 American Avocet, 12 Semipalmated Plover, Piping Plover, Marbled Godwit, 48 Stilt Sandpiper, Sandering, 6 Pectoral Sandpipers, 6 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 5 Red-necked Pharlarope, Sabine’s Gull, 33 Black Tern, and Common Tern. On September 8 at Prewitt Reservoir, Pablo Quezada reported Piping Plover, American Golden Plover, 30 Stilt Sandpipers, 8 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 6 Red-necked Phalarop, Sabine’s Gull, and 6 Black Tern. WELD COUNTY: ---On September 6 at 38278 CR 51 Eaton, Gene Rutherford reported juv Green Heron. ---On September 8 at 52431 CR 77 Briggsdale, Gene Rutherford reported Long-billed Curlew. ---On September 8 at CR 59 Ault, Gene Rutherford reported 2 Common Raven and 2 McCown’s Longspur. YUMA COUNTY: ---On September 7 at Stalker Lake SWA, Norm Erthal, Joey Kellner, Dean Shoup, and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 1ad YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON. DFO Field Trips Timnath Reservoir Tuesday, September 11 5:30 AM – 12:PM Gregg Goodrich (GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com; 303-655-9135) Northwestern Colorado Tuesday, September 11 – Wednesday, September 12 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) Boulder County Wednesday, September 12 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM John Malenich (john.malenich AT comcast.net; 303-359-9456) Bluff Lake Nature Center Thursday, September 13 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM Rebecca Laroche (RebeccaLLaroche AT gmail.com; 626-318-4435) Boulder County: Friday, September 14 6:30 AM – 4:00 PM Karen Drozda (drozforte AT AOL.com; 303-399-0891) Prewitt and Jackson Reservoirs Saturday, September 15 5:30 AM – 6:00 PM Mark Amershek (mamershek AT msn.com; 303-329-8646) Littleton Saturday, September 15 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) Boulder Reservoirs (Baseline, Valmont, and Boulder) Sunday, September 16 6:30 AM – 4:00 PM Karen Drozda (drozforte At AOL.com; 303-388-0891) Good Birding, Joyce Takamine Boulder -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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