Date: July 4, 2018 Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, July 4 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. Snow Goose (Kiowa) Trumpeter Swan (*Archuleta) Bufflehead (*Boulder) Common Goldeneye (Chaffee) Hooded Merganser (*Arapahoe, Larimer) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (*Larimer, Otero) Greater Roadrunner (El Paso, Otero) Black Swift (Pueblo) Chimney Swift (Jefferson) Sora (Otero) COMMON GALLINULE (*Larimer) American Coot (Phillips) Black-necked Stilt (Kiowa) Mountain Plover (Kiowa) Long-billed Curlew (Kiowa, Larimer) Baird’s Sandpiper (*El Paso) Least Sandpiper (*Douglas) Willet (Kiowa) Greater Yellowlegs (*Boulder) Franklin’s Gulls (Kiowa) Least Tern (Kiowa) Caspian Tern (*Boulder) Great Egret (Kiowa) Little Blue Heron (Boulder) Cattle Egret (*Jefferson, Pueblo) Green Heron (Arapahoe, Denver, Kiowa, *Larimer) White-faced Ibis (*Summit) Mississippi Kite (*El Paso, Kiowa, Otero) Northern Goshawk (Jefferson) Swainson’s Hawk (Otero) Lewis’s Woodpecker(*Archuleta, La Plata) Red-headed Woodpecker (Logan, Otero) Acorn Woodpecker (*La Plata) Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan) Williamson’s Sapsucker (Jefferson) Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Otero) American Three-toed Woodpecker (*Clear Creek, Grand, Larimer) Peregrine Falcon (Adams) Least Flycatcher (Jefferson, Larimer) Hammond’s Flycatcher (Weld) Gray Flycatcher (Gunnison, Mesa) Cordilleran Flycatcher (Arapahoe) Eastern Phoebe (Otero) Ash-throated Flycatcher (El Paso) Cassin’s Kingbird (Denver, *La Plata, Otero) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Weld) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Arapahoe, Yuma) Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld) Warbling Vireo (Eastern) (Boulder) Red-eyed Vireo (Larimer, Weld) Canada Jay (Gray Jay) (*Clear Creek, El Paso) Chihuanhuan Raven (Otero) Bushtit (Gilpin) Canyon Wren (Otero) Marsh Wren (Gunnison) Eastern Bluebird (Larimer, Otero) Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso) Brown Thrasher (Boulder) Sage Thrasher (Adams) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (*Clear Creek) Red Crossbill (*Clear Creek, Jefferson) Lesser Goldfinch (Adams, Boulder) Chestnut-collared Longspur (Weld) McCown’s Longspur (Larimer) Green-tailed Towhee (Arapahoe) Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Otero) Cassin’s Sparrow (Boulder) Chipping Sparrow (Arapahoe) Brewer’s Sparrow (Gunnison) Field Sparrow (Larimer, Weld) Lark Sparrow (El Paso) Sagebrush Sparrow (Gunnison) Lark Bunting (Boulder) Grasshopper Sparrow (Jefferson) White-throated Sparrow (Weld) Yellow-breasted Chat (Kiowa) Bobolink (Mesa) Orchard Oriole (Otero) Baltimore Oriole (Prowers, Yuma) Ovenbird (Larimer) Virginia’s Warbler (Park) American Redstart (Kiowa) Chestnut-sided Warbler (*Boulder) Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld) Grace’s Warbler (Mesa) Lazuli Bunting (Adams) Indigo Bunting (Boulder, Otero) Dickcissel (Douglas, Jefferson, Kiowa, Mesa) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On June 28 at Morrison Nature Center at Star K Ranch, G Stacks reported 5 Bushtits. ---On June 29 at Barr Lake—Bird Conservancy of Rockies Office Area and below dam, Santiago Tabares and Gabriel Wiltse reported Peregrine Falcon. ---On June 30 at Lowell Ponds (Clear Creek Valley Park), Diane Roberts reported Sage Thrasher. ---On July 1 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, First Creek, John Beitsch reported m Lesser Goldfinch. ---On July 1 at Barr Lake SP, Tricia Van Laar reported f Lazuli Bunting by feeders. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On June 28 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On June 29 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On July 1 on High Line Canal Trail – S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. On July 2 on High Line Canal Trail –S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. ---On June 30 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 2 Chipping Sparrows. On June 30 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 5 Chipping Sparrows. On July 1 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported 3 Chipping Sparrows. ---On June 28 at Parker Jordan Centennial Open Space, Cynthia Madsen and David Hill reported Green Heron. ---On June 30 at Littleton Lee Gulch Trail – Prince to Windermere – east half, David Suddjian reported Cordilleran Flycatcher. ---On June 30 on Front Range Road (west side of loop), David Suddjian reported 3 Chipping Sparrows. ---On July 1 at Cherry Creek SP, Matt Means reported Green-tailed Towhee. ---On July 1 on Big Dry Creek Trail – S Colorado Blvd, to S University Blvd, Mary O’Connor reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers. ---On July 2 at Writers Vista Park in Littleton, Santiago Tabares reported Chipping Sparrow. ---On July 3 at Centennial Park, Crystal Wilson reported Hooded Merganser. ARCHULETA COUNTY: ---On July 3 at Pinon Lake Reservoir, Justin Bosler reported Trumpeter Swan and 2 Lewis’s Woodpeckers. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On June 29 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Sarah Spotten and Alan de Queiroz reported imm Little Blue Heron. On June 30 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Diane Roberts, David Haskell, and Katie Lehman reported imm Little Blue Heron. On July 2 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Tanja Britton, Lucas Rot, Ben Sanders, Tracy and Luke Pheneger reported imm Little Blue Heron. ---On June 16 at South Mesa Trail Parking Lot, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported m Chestnut-sided Warbler, pair of Indigo Bunting and 4 Lesser Goldfinch. On June 30 at South Mesa Trail, Chris Brown reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On July 1 at South Mesa Trail, Luke and Tracy Pheneger reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On July 2 at South Mesa Trail, David Chernack reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On July 3 at South Mesa Trail Meg Reck reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. ---On June 28 at Rabbit Mountain, Johanna Beam and Ted Floyd reported Brown Thrasher. ----On June 29 at Lagerman Reservoir, John Rutenbeck reported Caspian Tern. On July 2 at Lagerman Reservoir, Ben Sanders, Luke and Tracy Pheneger and Chris Brown reported Caspian Tern; Brown also reported Greater Yellowlegs. On July 3 at Lagerman Reservoir, Leslie S and John Malenich reported Caspian Tern; Leslie s also reported Greater Yellowlegs. ---On June 30, at St Vrain River Crossing at 63rd St, Steve Frye reported 2 Eastern Phoebe. ---On July 1 at Sawhill Ponds, Ted Floyd reported 5 Warbling Vireo (Eastern). ---On July 1 and July 3 at Little Gaynor Lake, John Rutenbeck reported Bufflehead. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On June 28 in San Isabel NF S Cottonwood Drainage, David Olmstead reported f Dusky Grouse. ---On June 30 at Sands Lake SWSA, Samuel Meeker reported f Common Goldeneye. CLEAR CREEK COUNTY: ---On June 28 at Beaver Meadows TR 44 2c, Chris Wood reported 3 Red Crossbill (Ponderosa Pine, type 2). ---On July 3 on Mt Evans BBS route, David Suddjian reported Canada Jays, American Three-toed Woodpeckers, Brown-capped Rosy-Finch, and Red Crossbills. DENVER COUNTY: ---On July 1 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, George Ho reported Green Heron; Matt Means reported Cassin’s Kingbird. On July 2 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Elaine Wagner, Colleen Nunn, and Meg Reck reported Green Heron. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On June 30 at Winkler Ranch, Hugh Kingery reported Dickcissel. ---On July 3 at Parkedr Regional Park (aka Salisbury Equestrian Park), Loch Kilpatrick reported 3 Least Sandpipers. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On June 29 on 16831 – 16959 Hanover Road, David and Tammy McQuade reported 3 Greater Roadrunners and Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On June 29 on Pikes Peak, Alan and Mary Lynne Ketcham reported Canada (Gray) Jay. ---On July 1 at Hanover Fire Station, Cathy Bondy reported Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On July 2 at Chico Basin Ranch wooded areas, Cathy Bondy reported Curve-billed Thrasher. ---On July 2 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Rod Schmidt reported Ash-throated Flycatcher. ---On July 3 at Squirrel Creek Road Pond, Aaron Driscoll reported Baird’s Sandpiper. ---On July 3 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported Mississippi Kite. GILPIN COUNTY: ---On July 2 on Lake Gulch Rd, Eric DeFonso reported 3 Bushtits. GRAND COUNTY: ---On July 2 on Green Mountain Trail, Marcus Roening reported 8 American Three-toed Woodpeckers (3 pairs, 2 young). GUNNISON COUNTY: ---On June 30 on Hwy 30 S of Gunnison, Gaylee and Richard Dean reported Gray Flycatcher, 2 Brewer’s Sparrows and 2 Sagebrush Sparrows. ---On June 30 at McCabes Lane Wetland, Dave Hawksworth reported 3 Marsh Wrens. JEFFERSON COUNTY: ---On June 30 at Coal Creek OS, Timo Mitzen reported 3 Grasshopper Sparrows and 2 Dickcissel. On July 1 at Coal Creek OS, Chris Sherry, Santiago Tabares, Jeremiah Trimble reported Dickcissels and Grasshopper Sparrows. On July 2 at Coal Creek OS, Betty Glass, David Chernack, Jack and Ryan Bushong reported Dickcissels and Grasshopper Sparrows. ---On June 30 at Staunton SP, Rebecca Laroche and her DFO Field Trip reported Northern Goshawk, 11 Williamson’s Sapsuckers (4 nests), and 2 Red Crossbills; Christine Alexander also reported Least Flycatcher. ---On July 3 at Majestic View Park, Carol and Carl Trovall reported 4 Cattle Egret. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On July 1 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Snow Goose, Great Egret, Green Heron, 9 Black-necked Stilts, 2 House Wren, and Yellow-breasted Chat. ---On July 1 at Adobe Creek Reservoir (Blue Lake), Steve Mlodinow reported Mountain Plover, Long-billed Curlew, Willet, 21 Franklin’s Gulls, 3 Least Terns, Yellow-breasted Chat, 3 Dickcissel. LA PLATA COUNTY: ---On June 29 at Meadow Road, Rafter J Subdivision, David Dunford reported Lewis’s Woodpecker and 2 Acorn Woodpeckers. On July 3 at Meadow Road, Rafter J Subdivision, Kathy Bearden and Ed Rumberger reported Acorn Woodpeckers. ---On July 3 at 12413-13661 CR 136, Hesperus, Kathy Bearden reported Cassin’s Kingbird. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On June 28 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Andy Bankert reported 2 McCown’s Longspur. On June 30 at Soapstone Prairie NA, John Shenot reported 7 McCown’s Longspsurs. ---On June 28 at Fossil Creek Reservoir and Regional Park, Nick Komar reported 2 f Hooded Mergansers. ---On June 28 at Lorey SP Well Gulch Trail, David Leatherman reported Least Flycatcher. ---On June 29 at Rist Canyon (Miles 6 – 9), Georgia Doyle reported Ovenbird. ---One June 30 On N CR 15 where it crosses Boxelder Creek, John Shenot reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo; David Wade and Georgia Doyle were able to refind the bird. N CR 15 crosses Boxelder Creek between CR 78 and CR 82. ---On June 30 in Rocky Mountain National Park, ½ mile along trail from Bear Lake to Bierstadt, Bill and Margaret Rowe reported pair of American Three-toed Woodpeckers. ---On July 1 on Bobcat Ridge NA, Caroline Olson and Andy Bankert reported 2 Eastern Bluebirds and Red-eyed Vireo. ---On July 1 at Running Deer and Cottonwood Hollow NA, Robert Beauchamp reported COMMON GALLINULE. On July 2 at Running Deer NA, David Wade, Jim Nachel, Joe Mammoser, and Nick Komar reported COMMON GALLINULE. On July 3 at Running Deer NA, Gary Lefko reported Green Heron and Sean Walters reported COMMON GALLINULE. ---On July 1 at I-25 Frontage Road, Carr, David and Tammy McQuade and Walter Wehtje reported Long-billed Curlew; Nick Komar and Georgia Doyle reported 3 McCown’s Longspur. ---On July 3 at Mariana Butte NA, Cheri Orwig reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo on Hidden Hogback Trail. MESA COUNTY: ---On June 28 on OE Rd/57 Rd/ME ¾ Rd, Nic Korte and Vic Zerbi reported Bobolink and Dickcissel. ---On June 28 on Divide Road Thimble Pt FR #417, Mike Henwood reported 2 Grace’s Warblers. On June 30 on Divide Road thimble Pt, FR #417, Drew Kelly reported Gray Flycatcher and 4 Grace’s Warblers. ---On June 28 at Jack’s Canyon Area, Mike Henwood reported 2 Grace’s Warblers. ---On June 29 at Molina/Upper Plateau Creek, Connee Moffatt reported Dickcissel. ---On July 1 on 13001 – 14061 57 Rd near Collbran, Rick Harner reported 4 Bobolink. OTERO COUNTY: ---On July 1 at Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site, Steve Mlodinow reported Sora. ---On July 1 at Higbee Valley Rd (CR 804), Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Mississippi Kites, 131 Swaninson’s Hawk – one year olds in a single large field, Greater Roadrunner, 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 7 Red-headed Woodpecker, 5 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, 5 Eastern Phoebe, Cassin’s Kingbird, 5 Chihuahuan Raven, 8 Eastern Bluebirds, 7 Curve-billed Thrasher, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, m Painted Bunting, 11 Orchard Oriole, 2 Canyon Wren. PARK COUNTY: ---On June 28 at Spruce Grove CG, Lane Quinn reported Virginia’s Warbler. PROWERS COUNTY: ---On July 2 on S 13th in Lamar, Dorothy Russell reported Baltimore Oriole. PUEBLO COUNTY. ---On June 28 on Swallow’s Road Cemetery, Alan and Mary Lynn Ketcham reported 2 Cattle Egret. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On July 3 at Green Mountain Reservoir, Rebecca Laroche reported 3 White-faced Ibis. WELD COUNTY: ---On July 1 NE of Briggsdale, heading east on CR 100 about ½ mile past CR 83, Kevin Clark reported Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. ---On July 1 at CR 45 just north of CR 114, Gary Lefko reported 12 Chestnut-collared Longspurs. YUMA COUNTY: ---On July 1 at Wray City Park, Carol and Carol Trovall reported Red-breasted Nuthatch and Baltimore Oriole. DFO Field Trips See DFO website for more information Ken Caryl Valley Area Thursday, July 5 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659) This trip is FULL Prospect Park (Wheat Ridge Greenbelt) Saturday, July 7 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM Jackie King (kingjackie3372 AT gmail.com; 720-381-3314) Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop Sunday, July 8 8:00AM – 12:00 PM Karen von Saltza & Bill Wuerthele (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/CAHtstTfWW3oF%2BzJNO7zgMjKxST%3DTPtZO3KVpG1b68mqxd_8kqQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
