Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: November 11, 2018 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, November 11 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 (Delta, Denver, *Kiowa, Larimer, *Montrose) Snow X Cackling Goose (El Paso) Ross’s Goose (*Kiowa, Larimer) Greater White-fronted Goose (El Paso, *Kiowa, Larimer) Greater White-fronted X Cackling Goose (El Paso) Trumpeter Swan (Jefferson) Tundra Swan (Jackson, *Larimer, Moffat, *Park) Wood Duck (Mesa) Blue-winged Teal (*Arapahoe, *Denver, *Jefferson) Mallard X Mexican Duck (Hinsdale) Greater Scaup (*Fremont, Mesa, *Park) Surf Scoter (*Jefferson, Las Animas, *Ouray) White-winged Scoter (*Kiowa, Larimer, Moffat) Black Scoter (*Arapahoe, Denver, *Fremont, Jefferson, Mesa, *Pueblo) Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe) Common Goldeneye (Crowley, Jackson, Mesa) Barrow’s Goldeneye (Hinsdale, Jackson, Montrose, *Park, Rio Blanco, San Miguel) Pied-billed Grebe (Pitkin) Horned Grebe (Denver, Montrose) Red-necked Grebe (Arapahoe, *Boulder, Park) Virginia Rail (Bent, Denver, Garfield) Sora (Mesa) Sandhill Crane (Boulder, Crowley, Garfield, *Kiowa, Larimer, Ouray) American Avocet (Larimer) American Golden-Plover (*Kiowa) Least Sandpiper (*Larimer) Pectoral Sandpiper (*Boulder, Douglas) Short-billed Dowitcher (El Paso) Long-billed Dowitcher (Jackson) Lesser Yellowlegs (Boulder) Bonaparte’s Gull (Arapahoe, Crowley, Denver, El Paso, *Fremont, *Kiowa, La Plata, Larimer, Mesa, Rio Blanco, Weld) Franklin’s Gull (*Kiowa, Rio Grande) California Gull (*Kiowa) Iceland Gull (Thayer’s) (*Kiowa, *Larimer, *Pueblo) Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Kiowa, *Larimer) Glaucous Gull (*Pueblo) Great Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo) Forster’s Tern (Mesa) Red-throated Loon (Weld) Pacific Loon (Denver, *Kiowa) Common Loon (Arapahoe, Boulder, Crowley, Denver, El Paso, Larimer) American Bittern (Ouray) Osprey (Boulder, San Miguel) HARRIS’S HAWK (Larimer) Lewis’s Woodpecker (La Plata) Red-naped Sapsucker (Eagle) Hairy Woodpecker (*Kiowa, Prowers) Peregrine Falcon (*El Paso) Say’s Phoebe (Archuleta, Boulder) Vermilion Flycatcher (*Boulder) White-eyed Vireo (Jefferson) Plumbeous Vireo (La Plata) Loggerhead Shrike (El Paso) Northern Shrike (El Paso, Larimer) Pinyon Jay (San Miguel) Steller’s Jay (Archuleta, El Paso, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (El Paso, Jefferson, La Plata) Clark’s Nutcracker (Montrose, *Ouray) Common Raven (*Adams) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Delta) Bushtit (Baca, El Paso, Jefferson, *Kiowa, San Miguel) Winter Wren (*Larimer) Marsh Wren (*Boulder) American Dipper (Archuleta, La Plata, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin) Golden-crowned Kinglet (*Kiowa) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (*Kiowa, Ouray, San Miguel) Eastern Bluebird (Huerfano) Western Bluebird (*Ouray) Mountain Bluebird (*Montrose, *Pueblo) Hermit Thrush (*El Paso) Varied Thrush (*Kiowa) Gray Catbird (Boulder) Curve-billed Thrasher (*Kiowa) Sage Thrasher (El Paso) American Pipit (Larimer, Montrose) Lapland Longspur (El Paso, Kit Carson) Chestnut-collared Longspur (El Paso) McCown’s Longspur (Kit Carson) Canyon Towhee (*Pueblo) Chipping Sparrow (Larimer) Savannah Sparrow (*Kiowa, Park) Lincoln’s Sparrow (Adams, Clear Creek, *Kiowa, San Miguel) Swamp Sparrow (*Boulder, El Paso, *Kiowa) White-throated Sparrow (Bent, *Kiowa, San Miguel) Harris’s Sparrow (*Kiowa, *La Plata) Yellow-headed Blackbird (*Kiowa) Rusty Blackbird (*Boulder, El Paso) Great-tailed Grackle (Archuleta) Orange-crowned Warbler (Ouray) Common Yellowthroat (*Boulder, Mesa) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) (Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel) Wilson’s Warbler (Montrose) Western Tanager (Boulder, El Paso, Pueblo) Northern Cardinal (Larimer) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On November 7 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Legacy Trail, James Shelton reported 5 Common Raven. ---On November 10 at Metzger Farm OS, Tyler Wilson reported 2 Common Raven (flyover). ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On November 9 at Cherry Creek SP, Ben Sampson reported Blue-winged Teal, f Long-tailed Duck, Red-necked Grebe, 20 Bonaparte’s Gull, and Common Loon. On November 10 at Cherry Creek SP, Michael Lester reported Black Scoter. ---On November 7 at Bufflehead Lake, Ted Uhlemann reported Blue-winged Teal. ARCULETA COUNTY: ---On November 9 on San Juan River Walk, Ben Bailey reported Say’s Phoebe. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On November 5 at Boulder Reservoir, David Suddjian, Dale Pate, Diane Roberts, and David Dowell reported Red-necked Grebe and Common Loon. On November 6 at Boulder Reservoir, Eva Matthews Lark reported Red-necked Grebe. On November 7 at Boulder Reservoir, John Vanderpoel reported Red-necked Grebe. On November 9 at Boulder Reservoir, Peter Gent reported Red-necked Grebe and 24 Sandhill Crane (flyover). On November 10 at Boulder Reservoir, Joe Chen reported Red-necked Grebe. ---On November 7 at Walden Ponds in Boulder, Chuck Aid and Evergreen Audubon reported Osprey and Pectoral Sandpiper. On November 8 at Walden Ponds, Mike Hensley, John Vanderpoel, and Nick Moore reported Vermilion Flycatcher and Pectoral Sandpiper; Leslie S reported Pectoral Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs. On November 9 at Walden Ponds, Norm Lewis reported Pectoral Sandpiper. On November 10 at Walden/Sawhill, Zhen niu reported Pectoral Sandpiper; Ted Floyd reported Pectoral Sandpiper, Marsh Wren, 5 Swamp Sparrow, and Common Yellowthroat; Peter Burke reported Vermilion Flycatcher; and Matthew Webb reported f Rusty Blackbird. CROWLEY COUNTY: ---On November 5 at Lake Henry, David Tonnessen reported 7 Common Goldeneye, 6 Sandhill Crane, 12 Bonaparte’s Gull, and Common Loon. DELTA COUNTY: ---On November 8 at Confluence Park in Delta, Rick Harner reported Snow Goose and 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow. DENVER COUNTY: ---On November 7 at Marston Reservoir, Scott Somershoe reported 2 f-type Black Scoter, 2 Bonaparte’s Gull, Pacific Loon, 5 Common Loon. On November 8 at Marston Reservoir, Dale Pate reported Black Scoter. ---On November 6 at Berkley Park, Julia Auckland reported Palm Warbler in small tree near pumphouse.----On November 9 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Jeff Dawson reported 2 Blue-winged Teal, 70 Snow Geese, and Virginia Rail. On November 10 at Bluff Lake NC, Colleen Nunn reported Blue-winged Teal. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On November 6 at Chico Basin Ranch, Jim Merritt reported 17 Lapland Longspur and Chestnut-collared Longspur. On November 7 at Chico Basin Ranch, John Drummond reported Loggerhead Shrike, 26 Lapland Longspur, Swamp Sparrow, and Western Tanager. On November 8 at Chico Basin Ranch, Chris Brobin reported Northern Shrike, 2 Sage Thrasher, and 19 Lapland Longspur. ---On November 5 at Red Rock Canyon OS, Monday Birders reported Steller’s Jay, 8 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 4 Bushtit, and White-throated Sparrow. ---On November 7 at Memorial Park and Prospect Lake in Colorado Springs, David Tonnessen reported 2 Greater White-fronted Geese, and apparent hybrid Cackling X Greater White-fronted Goose, 8 Bonaparte’s Gull. On November 8 at Memorial Park and Prospect Lake, Aaron Driscoll and Edward Lewandowski reported 2 Snow X Cackling Geese hybrid, 4 Bonaparte’s Gull, and Rusty Blackbird. ---On November 7 at Meridian Reservoir (view from road), David Tonnessen reported 8 Greater White-fronted Geese and Bonaparte’s Gull. ---On November 10 at Sinton Pond OS, Jim Merritt reported Hermit Thrush. ---On November 10 at Squirrel Creek Rd Reservoir, Tanja Britton reported Peregrine Falcon. FREMONT COUNTY: ---On November 10 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Brad Steger, Lisa Edwards, Mark Peterson, and Jerry DeBoer reported Black Scoter, 2 Greater Scaup, and Bonaparte’s Gull. GARFIELD COUNTY: ---On November 6 at Harvey Gap SP and Grass Valley Reservoir, JoAnn RIggle reported 140 Sandhill Crane (flyover) and 25 Mountain Bluebirds. ---On November 6 at Ponds near Rifle Garfield Airport (view from road), JoAnn RIggle reported Virginia Rail. HINSDALE COUNTY: ---On November 6 at Williams Creek Reservoir, Eric Hynes reported f Barrow’s Goldeneye. ---On November 7 at Road Canyon Reservoir #1, Eric Hynes reported Mallard X Mexican Duck. JACKSON COUNTY: ---On November 5 at Cowdrey Pond, Doug Kibbe reported Long-billed Dowitcher. ---On November 5 at Walden Reservoir, Doug Kibbe reported Tundra (whistling) Swan, Common Goldeneye, and 2 Barrow’s Goldeneye. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On November 8 at Red Rocks Trading Post, Frank Farrell and Aaron Shipe reported White-eyed Vireo in Junipers near Swing set and 2 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. On November 9 at Red Rocks Trading Post, Michael Lester and many other birders reported White-eyed Vireo, 22 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, and 8 Bushtit. ---On November 8 at Bear Creek Lake Park, Alison Field reported Trumpeter Swan. ---On November 10 at South Platte Reservoir, SW Bay, James McCall, Myron Gerhard, and Mark Chavez reported Surf Scoter and Black Scoter. ---On November 10 at Chatfield SP—Audubon Center and Trails, Dustin Murray reported 2 Blue-winged Teal. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On November 10 at Sheridan Lake (town and playa), Tony Leukering reported Yellow-headed Blackbird. ---On November 10 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow and David Ely reported 4 Greater White-fronted Geese, White-winged Scoter, 2 Bonaparte’s Gull, Franklin’s Gull, 3 California Gull, 4 Hairy Woodpecker, Curve-billed Thrasher, Savannah Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow. ---On November 10 at Neegronda Reservoir, David Ely, Steve Mlodinow, and Tony Leukering reported 110 Snow Geese, 30 Ross’s Goose, 3 White-winged Scoter, 5 Sandhill Crane, 4 Bonaparte’s Gull, Franklin’s Gull, 2 California Gull, 2 Iceland Gull (Thayer’s), Lesser Black-backed Gull, Pacific Loon, and Bushtit. ---On November 10 at Upper Queens/Neeskan Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow and David Ely reported 600 Snow Geese, 15 Ross’s Geese, 2 Sandhill Crane, 2 American Golden-Plover, 7 Bonaparte’s Gull, Franklin’s Gull, 3 California Gull, Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Varied Thrush, 8 Harris’s Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, 4 Lincoln’s Sparrow, and Swamp Sparrow. KIT CARSON COUNTY: ---On November 5 on CR F, Flager, Glenn Walbek reported 750 Lapland Longspur and 2 McCown’s Longspur. LA PLATA COUNTY ---On November 5 at Animas River – Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area, Ryan Votta and Susan Allerton reported Harris’s Sparrow. On November 7 at Animas River—Huck Finn Ponds and Hatchery Area, Ryan Votta reported Harris’s Sparrow. On November 8 at Animas River—Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area,Ryan Votta and Jim Beatty reported Lewis’s Woodpecker, Plumbeous Vireo, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, American Dipper and Harris’s Sparrow. On November 10 at Animas River—Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area, Ryan Votta reported Harris’s Sparrow. ---On November 8 at Pastorius Reservor, Susan Allerton reported Bonaparte’s Gull and Woodhouse’s Scrub –Jay. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On November 7 at Prospect Ponds NA, Dave Leatherman reported Winter Wren seen at Lynn Hall rustic blind with orange netting. On .November 8 at Prospect Ponds NA, Josh Bruening reported Winter Wren, On November 9 at Prospect Ponds, NA, James McCall reported Winter Wren. On November 10 at Prospect Ponds NA, Ginny Bergstrom and Christine Alexander reported Winter Wren. ---On November 5 SW of Wellington, Steve Martin reported that a f Northern Cardinal has been visiting his feeders for over a month. If anyone is interested in trying to see the Cardinal, contact Steve at falconridge AT cowisp.net. On November 9 at Falcon Ridge, Andy Bankert, David Wade, Jahy Breidt, Nick Komar, and Walter Wehtje reported Harris’s Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow and f Northern Cardinal. ---On November 6 at Timnath Reservoir, Nick Komar reported 2 Snow Geese, American Avocet, 2 Bonaparte’s Gull, 2 American Pipit. On November 9 at Timnath Reservoir, Josh Bruening, David Wade, Jay Breidt, and Nick Komar reported 20 Snow Geese, 1 dark morph, 4 Ross’s Geese, Greater White-fronted Goose, 7 Tundra Swan, 49 Sandhill Crane (flyover), and Iceland (thayer’s) Gull. On November 10 at Timnath Reservoir, Jay Breidt and Nick Komar reported 6 White-winged Scoter. ---On November 7 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Dave Leatherman reported Winter Wren in SW corner of Loop Trail in tangles along old river channel, SW of bench E of “Human Homes” sign. On November 8 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Lori Zabel and Christine Sparks reported Snow Goose (Blue morph) on East bank of entrance lake. ---On November 8 at Sheldon Lake, City Park, Fort Collins, Dave Leatherman reported 3 Bonaparte’s Gull. ---On November 8 at 2499 Environmental Dr, Fort Collins, Jay Breidt reported Harris’s Hawk SE of Environmental/Drake Pond. ---On November 8 at Rigden Reservoir, Guy Turenne reported Common Loon. ---On November 9 at North Shields Pond NA, Kevin McGrath reported Chipping Sparrow. ---On November 10 at Pond E of S CR 21 at Bonnell Drive, Cheri Orwing, Christine Sparks, Denise Bretting, Diane Kristoff reported 4 Tundra Swan. ---On November 10 at Cattail Pond, Jay Breidt reported 4 Tundra Swan (1 ad, 3 juv). ---On November 10 at Horseshoe Reservoir, Jay Briedt reported 2 Least Sandpiper, Iceland Gull (thayer’s), and 6 Lesser Black-backed Gull. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---On November 5 at Trinidad Reservoir (SP & SWA), Steve Mlodinow reported Surf Scoter. MESA COUNTY: ---On November 7 at Colorado River SP, Glenn Pearson reported Greater Scaup and Black Scoter. ---On November 6 at Highline Lake SP, Douglas Diekman reported 2 Forster’s Tern. ---On November 5 at Grand Junction WA, Mike Henwood reported 2 Wood Duck, Sora, Say’s Phoebe, 2 Bewick’s Wren, Hermit Thrush, and Common Yellowthroat. MOFFAT COUNTY: ---On November 6 at WFMC Pond S of Craig, Forrest Craig reported 4 Tundra Swans. On November 9 at WFMC Ponds, Jan Leonard reported Tundra Swan. ---On November 9 at Elkhead Creek Reservoir, Forrest Luke and Jan Leonard reported f-type White-winged Scoter. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On November 10 at Nucla Water Treatment Plant, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Snow Goose and 24 Mountain Bluebird. ---On November 6 at Black Canyon—Crystal Dam, Betty Fenton reported 3 Barrow’s Goldeneye, 2 Steller’s Jay, 7 Clark’s Nutcracker, American Dipper, and American Pipit. ---On November 8 at Marine Road Park, Bill Harris reported Wilson’s Warbler. ---On November 8 in Nucla (town), Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler. OURAY COUNTY: ---On November 9 at Secret Wetlands, Ridgway, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported American Bittern. ---On November 9 at Ridgway Reservoir and SP, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported Surf Scoter, 19 Sandhill Crane (fo), and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. On November 10 at Ridgway Reservoir and SP, Jon Horn and Bill Harris reported Surf Scoter Clark’s Nutcracker, and 8 Western Bluebird.d ---On Novmeber 9 at Ridgway SP—Dallas Creek Area, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Steller’s Jay, American Dipper, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler. PARK COUNTY: ---On November 7 at Eleven Mile SP, Jerry DeBoer reported Red-necked Grebe. On November 10 at Eleven Mile SP, David Tonnessen reported 4 Tundra Swan, 3 Greater Scaup, and Barrow’s Goldeneye. PITKIN COUNTY: ---On November 8 at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Rebecca Weiss reported 2 Pied-billed Grebe and Steller’s Jay. PUEBLO COUNTY: ---On November 9 at Pueblo Reservoir South Shore Marina tires, Brandon Percival reported Great Black-backed Gull. On November 10 at Pueblo Reservoir South Shore Marina, Brad Steger, Lisa Edwards, and Mark Peterson reported 2 Black Scoter, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Glaucous Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Mountain Bluebird, and 2 Canyon Towhee. RIO BLANCO COUNTY: ---On November 8 at Kenney Reservoir, Vic Zerbi reported 2 Bonaparte’s Gull and Barrow’s Goldeneye. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY: ---On November 5 in Norwood, George Steele reported White-throated Sparrow. On November 9 in Norwood, George Steele reported Osprey. ---On November 9 Boomerang to River Trails, Eric Hynes reported Lincoln’s Sparrow and Yellow-rumped Warbler. WELD COUNTY: ---On November 9 at Union Reservoir, Norm Lewis reported 19 Bonaparte’s Gull and Red-throated Loon. DFO Field Trips For more details go to the DFO website Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop Sunday, November 11 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Karen von Saltza (kvonsaltza AT yahoo.com; 303-941-4881) 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/CAHtstTez5fpOyUCCdbq6P2t3VFUpre1_7hu%3DrV%2B3Bo5G4KMLxg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
