Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: October 27, 2018 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, October 27 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 (*Montrose) Greater White-fronted Goose (Jefferson) Wood Duck (San Miguel) Blue-winged Teal (Mesa) Eurasian Wigeon (Montezuma) Greater Scaup (*Mesa) Surf Scoter (*La Plata) Bufflehead (Gilpin) White-winged Scoter (Arapahoe, Kiowa) Common Goldeneye (*Jefferson) Common Merganser (Gilpin) Red-breasted Merganser (Boulder, Weld) Ring-necked Pheasant (Boulder) Pied-billed Grebe (*Pitkin) Horned Grebe (Denver, Montrose) RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (Boulder) Sandhill Crane (Adams, Chaffee, Delta, Kiowa, *Mesa, *Montrose) American Golden-Plover (Summit) Stilt Sandpiper (Weld) Sanderling (Adams) Baird’s Sandpiper (Adams, *Larimer) Least Sandpiper (*Arapahoe, Boulder, *Larimer, Weld) Pectoral Sandpiper (Custer, Douglas, Larimer, Weld) Short-billed Dowitcher (El Paso) Long-billed Dowitcher (*Adams, *Arapahoe, Boulder, Custer, *La Plata, Larimer, Weld) Spotted Sandpiper (Arapahoe, El Paso, Mesa) Lesser Yellowlegs (Adams, *Arapahoe, Larimer, Ouray, Weld) Greater Yellowlegs (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Custer, *Moffat) Wilson’s Phalarope (Kiowa) Bonaparte’s Gull (*Adams, *Arapahoe, Mesa, Weld) Franklin’s Gull (*Arapahoe, Larimer, Rio Grande) Iceland Gull (Thayer’s) (*Larimer) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, Larimer) Forster’s Tern (La Plata) Red-throated Loon (Weld) Pacific Loon (Delta, *Denver) Common Loon (Arapahoe, Larimer, San Miguel, Weld) Great Egret (Pitkin) Osprey (*Fremont, Garfield, Weld) Red-naped Sapsucker (Eagle) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso) Hairy Woodpecker (Prowers) Gray Flycatcher (Jefferson) Cordilleran Flycatcher (Montezuma) Say’s Phoebe (*Arapahoe, Douglas, *Mesa) Black Phoebe (Mesa) FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Boulder) Loggerhead Shrike (El Paso, Mesa) Northern Shrike (*Arapahoe) Warbling Vireo (El Paso) Steller’s Jay (*Archuleta, El Paso, Jefferson) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (El Paso, Fremont, *La Plata, Mesa) Clark’s Nutcracker (Ouray) American Crow (Arapahoe) Common Raven (Gilpin) Juniper Titmouse (Fremont, La Plata, Montrose) Bushtit (*El Paso, Garfield, *La Plata, Mesa, Ouray) Brown Creeper (El Paso) Rock Wren (Fremont, Montrose) Winter Wren (Adams, *Weld) Marsh Wren (*Adams, Mesa, Weld) Bewick’s Wren (Fremont, *Montrose) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Adams, Mesa, Montrose) American Dipper (*Archuleta, Custer, San Miguel) Golden-crowned Kinglet (San Miguel, *Weld) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (*Adams, *Archuleta, *El Paso, Fremont, *La Plata, Mesa, *Montrose, *Weld) Eastern Bluebird (Kiowa, Prowers) Mountain Bluebird (Delta, Fremont, *Gunnison, Kiowa, Mesa, *Montrose) Hermit Thrush (Fremont, Mesa) Gray Catbird (*Adams, Jefferson) Sage Thrasher (El Paso, *Montrose) American Pipit (*La Plata, Weld) Canyon Towhee (El Paso, Fremont) Chipping Sparrow (*El Paso) Brewer’s Sparrow (Montrose) Savannah Sparrow (Park) Grasshopper Sparrow (Larimer) Vesper Sparrow (Adams) Fox Sparrow (El Paso) Lincoln’s Sparrow (Adams, *Arapahoe, *Archuleta, Clear Creek, El Paso, *Montrose) Swamp Sparrow (*Arapahoe, Custer, Weld) White-throated Sparrow (Adams, Chaffee, El Paso, Larimer) Harris’s Sparrow (El Paso, Fremont, Jefferson, Larimer) Yellow-headed Blackbird (*Mesa) Rusty Blackbird (Kiowa) Orange-crowned Warbler (Douglas, Montrose, Ouray) Common Yellowthroat (El Paso, Mesa, Montrose) Black-throated Blue Warbler (*Custer) Townsend’s Warbler (Fremont, Montrose, Pueblo) Wilson’s Warbler (*Eagle, El Paso) Western Tanager (Boulder, Pueblo) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pitkin) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On October 24 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Chris Rurik and Vicki Sandage reported 50 Sandhill Crane (flyover), 12 Long-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowlegs, White-throated Sparrow, and Vesper Sparrow. ---On October 24 at Barr Lake SP, Tony Leukering reported 3 Baird’s Sandpiper, 9 Long-billed Dowitcher, 4 Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Black-backed Gull, and Winter Wren. On October 26 at Barr Lake SP, Chris Owens reported Long-billed Dowitcher, Bonaparte’s Gull, Marsh Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Gray Catbird. ---On October 25 at Valente Lake, Jerome Cech reported 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On October 24 at Cherry Creek SP, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 White-winged Scoter (Prairie Loop), Least Sandpiper, 21 Long-billed Dowitcher, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 10 Bonaparte’s Gull (Prairie Loop), 4 Franklin’s Gull, Common Loon, 36 American Crow. On October 26 at Cherry Creek SP—Cottonwood Creek wetlands, Jeff Dawson reported Least Sandpiper, 3 Long-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowlegs, 8 Bonaparte’s Gull, Franklin’s Gull. ---On October 25 at Centennail Park, Edward Donnan reported Spotted Sandpiper. ---On October 26 at Willow Springs O, Centennial, Jared Del Rosso reported Northern Shrike, Say’s Phoebe, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and Swamp Sparrow. ---On October 26 at Holly Park, Centennial, Jarel Del Rosso reported Northern Shrike. ARCHULETA COUNTY: ---On October 26 in Pagosa Springs, Ben Bailey reported Steller’s Jay, 4 American Dipper, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Lincoln’s Sparrow. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On October 23 at Prince Lake #2 plus Carbonate neighborhood, Tom Behnfield and many other birders reported FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER. The Flycatcher seems to prefer the Carbonate neighborhood in the morning and the NW corner of Prince Lake #2 in the afternoon. In the afternoon when the flycatcher was by the lake, it was possible to see the flycatcher from the South side of the lake. At times it was in the Russian Olives and at times perched on the fence to the West. Also reported were Ring-necked Pheasant and Least Sandpiper. ---On October 23 at Twin Lakes, Leslie S reported Least Sandpiper, 3 Long-billed Dowitcher, and Greater Yellowlegs. ---On October 23 David Haskell reported a hatch year RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD coming to his feeder at Riverside Ave and Redwood Ave, Birders are welcome to view the bird from the public sidewalk on Redwood Ave. You can see the balcony with the feeder from there. You cannot see the feeder from his driveway. Please respect private property and stay out of yards. On October 25 Bob Fiehweg and Robin Byers and several other birders reported RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD on Redwood Ave. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On October 23 at Chalk Cliff Fish Hatchery, Riley Morris reported White-throated Sparrow. ---On October 25 at The Link School Base Camp, Christian Hagenlocher reported 72 Sandhill Cranes (flyover). CUSTER COUNTY: ---On October 24 at DeWeese Reservoir, Jerry DeBoer reported Pectoral Sandpiper, 35 Long-billed Dowitcher, 14 Greater Yellowlegs, American Dipper and Swamp Sparrow. Own October 26 at DeWeese Reservoir, Rich Miller reported Black-throated Blue Warbler in Willows along Grape Creek below the dam and near concrete flume. DELTA COUNTY: ---On October 23 at G50 Road, Bruce Ackerman reported 300 Sandhill Cranes coming into roost and Pacific Loon at pond on west end. On October 24 at G40 Road, Jon Horn and Bill Harris reported 300 Sandhill Cranes (flyover), Pacific Loon, and 2 Mountain Bluebirds. On October 15 at G50 Rd, Carol Ortenzio and Andrea Robinsong reported Pacific Loon. DENVER COUNTY: ---On October 26 at Marston Reservoir West End, Doug Kibbe and Elaine Wagner reported Pacific Loon. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On October 25 at Platte Canyon Reservoir, Lynne Forrester reported Say’s Phoebe. EAGLE COUNTY: ---On October 26 at Lake Creek Village Wetlands, Eric Culbertson reported Wilson’s Warbler. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On October 23 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Fox Sparrow (slate-color), White-throated Sparrow, and 2 Lincoln’s Sparrow. On October 25 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Warbling Vireo. On October 26 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded 2 Bushtit, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Orange-crowned Sparrow, and Chipping Sparrow. ---On October 23 at Red Rock Canyon OS, Jim Merritt and David Tonnessen reported Steller’s Jay, 14 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Fox Sparrow (slate-color), Harris’s Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, and Canyon Towhee. On October 24 at Red Rock Canyon OS, Alan Ketcham, Chris Brobin, John Drummond, and Jim Merritt reported Steller’s Jay, 10 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Fox Sparrow (Slate-color), juv Harris’s Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, and 2 Canyon Towhee. ---On October 25 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Joel Adams reported 3 Brown Creeper, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Harris’s Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, 3 Lincoln’s Sparrow, Canyon Towhee, Common Yellowthroat, and Wilson’s Warbler. ---On October 25 at Big Stratton Reservoir, Terence Berger reported Spotted Sandpiper and 2 Greater Yellowlegs. ---On October 25 at Chico Basin Ranch, Jim Merritt reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Loggerhead Shrike, Sage Thrasher, and 2 Canyon Towhee. FREMONT COUNTY: ---On October 23 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jerry DeBoer, Lindsay Purifoy, and Timo Mitzen reported Osprey, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 2 Rock Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 9 Mountain Bluebird, Canyon Towhee, Harris’s Sparrow and Townsend’s Warbler. On October 25 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jerry DeBoer reported Osprey, 5 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Juniper Titmouse, 2 Rock Wren, Bewick’s Wren, 16 Mountain Bluebird, Hermit Thrush. GARFIELD COUNTY: ---On October 24 at Bair Ranch Rest Area, Theresa Nickles reported 20 Bushtit. ---On October 25 at Lions Park in Rifle, Mary and Phil Lyon reported Osprey. GILPIN COUNTY: ---On October 25 at Los Lagos Reservoir, Bruce Snyder reported 1 f Bufflehead. ---On October 25 at Central City Reservoir, Bruce Snyder reported 4 Common Merganser, and 26 Common Raven on fresh Elk kill. GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On October 26 on Rd 12 East of Horse Ranch Park, Mike Wanger reported Mountain Bluebird. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On October 23 at Belmar Park, Bob Buckham, Charlie Curlee, and Roger Koester reported Greater White-fronted Goose. ---On October 23 at Standley Lake North Side, Ben Sampson reported Red-necked Grebe and juv Harris’s Sparrow. ---On October 25 at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Cynthia Madsen, Martha Eubanks, and Pam Zimmer reported Gray Catbird. ---On October 26 at Bear Creek Lake Park—Big Soda Lakes N Trail, Chuck Aid reported Common Goldeneye. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On October 23 at Hwy 96 and CR 75, Tony Leukering reported Eastern Bluebird (flyover). ---On October 23 at Sheridan Lake (Town and Playa), Tony Leukering reported 4 Sandhill Cranes (flyover). LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On October 24 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton reported Surf Scoter, 2 Long-billed Dowitcher, 2 Forster’s Tern, 3 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 2 Juniper Titmouse, 10 Bushtit, and 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. On October 26 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton reported Surf Scoter, 2 Long-billed Dowitcher, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 4 Bushtit, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and 2 American Pipit. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On October 23 at Maple and FIshback, David Wade reported 1 Harris’s Sparrow and White-throated Sparrow. On October 24 at Maple and FIshback, David Wade and Andy Bankert reported 2 Harris’s Sparrow. On October 25 at Maple and FIshback, Edward Raynor and David Wade reported Harris’s Sparrow. ---On October 24 at Wellington SWA—Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert reported Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Common Loon, and Grasshopper Sparrow. ---On October 24 at Timnath Reservoir, Andy Bankert reported 2 Bairds’s Sandpiper, 3 Least Sandpiper, 12 Pectoral Sandpiper, 15 Long-billed Dowitcher and Lesser Yellowlegs. On October 26 at Timnath Reservoir, Andy Bankert reported Baird’s Sandpiper, 2 Least Sandpiper, and Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull. MESA COUNTY: ---On October 23 at Horsethief Canyon SWA, Mike Henwood, Carol Ortenzio, and Kathleen McGinley reported Loggerhead Shrike, 3 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 15 Bushtit, 2 Marsh Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 25 Mountain Bluebird, and 2 Hermit Thrush. On October 25 at Horsethief Canyon SWA, Mike Henwood reported Spotted Sandpiper, 5 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 2 Marsh Wren, 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 30 Mountain Bluebird, Hermit Thrush. ---On October 24 at Redlands Parkway Ponds, Carol Ortenzio reported Black Phoebe, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet. ---On October 24 at Colorado River SP Fruita section, Carol Ortenzio reported f Greater Scaup, Bonaparte’s Gull, and 3 Marsh Wren. On October 25 at Colorado River SP—Fruita Section, Ryan Claar reported Greater Scaup, Blue-winged Teal, and Marsh Wren. On October 26 at Colorado River SP Fruita Section, Phil Lyon reported 2 Greater Scaup. ---On October 26 at Loma 11 8/10 Road from P ½ to Q Road, Mike Henwood and Kathleen McGinley reported 5 Sandhill Crane, Say’s Phoebe, Yellow-headed Blackbird. MOFFAT COUNTY: ---On October 26 at Wyman Living History Museum, Jan Leonard reported 3 Greater Yellowlegs. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On October 23 at Industrial Pond in Cortez, Erick Hendrickson reports that the Eurasian Wigeon continues. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On October 25 at Nucla Domestic Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Juniper Titmouse, Rock Wren, 7 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 14 Mountain Bluebird, Orange-crowned Warbler, and Townsend’s Warbler. ---On October 23 at Elda’s, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported Sandhill Crane, Rock Wren, 3 Bewick’s Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 3 Sage Thrasher, and Brewer’s Sparrow. ---On October 24 at Chipeta Lake SWA, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Lincoln’s Sparrow, 2 Common Yellowthroat, and Townsend’s Warbler. ---On October 26 at Nucla Water Treatment Plant, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Snow Goose, 2 Sandhill Crane (flyover), Bewick’s Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 66 Mountain Bluebird, 2 Sage Thrasher, and Lincoln’s Sparrow. OURAY COUNTY: ---On October 24 at Ridgway Reservoir and State Park, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported Lesser Yellowlegs, 32 Bushtit, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Clark’s Nutcracker. PITKIN COUNTY: ---On October 23 at Midland Park in Aspen, Catherine Hagen and Matt Kuhn reported Rose-breasted Grosbeak. ---On October 24 at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Catherine Hagen reported Great Egret and 3 Pied-billed Grebe. On October 26 at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Catherine Hagen reported 2 Pied-billed Grebe. SAN MIGUEL: ---On October 22 on Boomerang to River Trails, Telluride, Eric Hynes reported f Wood Duck, 2 American Dipper, and 5 Golden-crowned Kinglet. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On October 23 at Dillon Reservoir Giberson Bay, M Walt reported American Golden-Plover. WELD COUNTY: ---On October 23 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow, Jamie Simo, Sarah Spotten, Sue Riffe, and Joshua Smith reported 13 Red-breasted Merganser, 33 Bonaparte’s Gull, Red-throated Loon, 2 Common Loon, Marsh Wren, and Swamp Sparrow. ---On October 23 at Idaho Creek OS, Steve Mlodinow reported Osprey, 2 American Pipit, and 2 Swamp Sparrow. ---On October 23 at Baxter Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported 4 Stilt Sandpiper, 6 Pectoral Sandpiper, 61 Long-billed Dowitcher, and Lesser Yellowlegs. On October 24 at Baxter Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported Stilt Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, 33 Long-billed Dowitcher, and 2 Marsh Wren. ---On Octobder 26 at Crow Valley CG, John Missing reported Winter Wren, 4 Golden-crowned Kinglet, and 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. DFO Field Trips For more details go to the DFO website Belmar Historic Park Saturday, October 27 7:30 AM – 11:00 AM Patrick O’Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955 (Cell)) Prospect Park (Wheat Ridge Greenbelt) Sunday, October 28 7:30 AM – 1:00 PM Paul Slingsby (paslingsby AT comcast.net; 720-347-5169 (mobile)) Park County Explorations Monday, October 29 5:30 AM – 4:00 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) 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/CAHtstTdZ5itu%2B2SGJqaCTgQ5fCa%2ByCAKW2PH0P0PtMj7JjvhAw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
