Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: August 8, 2015 This is the Rare Bird Alert, Saturday, August 8 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species). Barrow's Goldeneye (Rio Blanco) Red-necked Grebe (Jefferson) Little Blue Heron (*Weld) YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (*Jefferson) Glossy Ibis (Jefferson) Upland Sandpiper (Douglas, Larimer, *Prowers) Laughing Gull (Huerfano) Thayer's Gull (Douglas) Caspian Tern (Alamosa, Boulder, El Paso, Weld) Black Swift (Pueblo) Chimney Swift (Jefferson) Red-headed Woodpecker (El Paso, Jefferson) Williamson's Sapsucker (Larimer) Red-naped Sapsucker (Gunnison) American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder, Eagle/Pitkin, Gunnison) EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (Logan) Least Flycatcher (Douglas,Jefferson) Gray Flycatcher (Alamosa) Black Phoebe (Jefferson) Eastern Phoebe (Douglas/Jefferson, Jefferson) Bell's Vireo (Logan) Purple Martin (Mesa) Canyon Wren (Park) Lapland Longspur (Larimer) Chestnut-collared Longspur (Larimer) McCown's Longspur (Larimer, Weld) Hooded Warbler (Douglas) EASTERN TOWHEE (Sedgwick) BAIRD'S SPARROW (Larimer, Weld) Fox Sparrow (Gunnison, Jackson) Northern Cardinal (Boulder) EASTERN (LILIAN'S) MEADOWLARK (Boulder) Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (El Paso) ALAMOSA COUNTY: --At Blanca Wetlands Wildlife Area on July 29, John Rawinski reported 2 ad Caspian Terns and a Gray Flycatcher. The terns were using ponds 115 and 107. The Wildlife area is now open. BOULDER COUNTY: --A singing Northern Cardinal was reported by Eric DeFonso near 19th and Neher in Boulder on July 24. --An EASTERN (LILIAN'S) MEADOWLARK has been found by Johanna Beam at McIntosh Reservoir in the NW corner. It has been seen with 2 young. On July 30, Johanna Beam and Todd Deininger reported ad EASTERN MEADOWLARK at McIntosh Reservoir. On August 1, Johanna Beam and Richard Taylor reported EASTERN MEADOWLARK at McIntosh Reservoir. On August 2, Todd Deininger reported EASTERN (Lilian's) MEADOWLARK and Caspian Tern at McIntosh Reservoir. On August 6, Connie Takamine reported EASTERN (Lilian's) MEADOWLARK at McIntosh Reservoir. --2 American Three-toed Woodpeckers were reported by Joe Weufert in Ward on August 5. DOUGLAS COUNTY: --On August 4 at the Marina Sandspit at Chatfield SP, Gabriel Wiltse reported Upland Sandpiper, Thayer's Gull, and Hooded Warbler. --On August 4, David Suddjian reported 4 Least Flycatchers at Chatfield SP. EAGLE/PITKIN COUNTIES: --An American Three-toed Woodpecker was reported by Mary Harris on the Savage Lake trail above Ruedi Reservoir on July 23. EL PASO COUNTY: --A Brown-capped Rosy-Finch was reportd by Rod Schmidt on Pike's Peak Hwy at mm19 on July 31. --At Ramah SWA, Mel Goff reported 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers and a fly-by Caspian Tern on August 3. Take bug repellent. GUNNISON COUNTY: --An ad American Three-toed Woodpecker was reported by Mary Harris feeding young in conifers at the start of West Maroon trail which begins at Schofield Parking lot on July 23. --A Slate-colored Fox Sparrow was singing in willows above Ohio City as reported by Mike Henwood on July 24. --A Red-naped Sapsucker was reported by Mike Henwood on Quartz Creek near Ohio City on July 24. HUERFANO COUNTY: --A juv Laughing Gull was reported by Dave Silverman at Orlando Reservoir on July 28. JACKSON COUNTY: --A Slate-colored Fox Sparrow was reported by Josh Bruening at Moose Visitor Center on July 31. JEFFERSON COUNTY: --On July 14 Scott Somershoe reported Black and Eastern Phoebe at Waterton Canyon. On July 15, Doug Kibbe and Frank Farrell reported Black and Eastern Phoebes in Lower Waterton Canyon. On July 16, Gwen Moore reported Black Phoebe in Lower Waterton Canyon. On July 19, Tim Ryan, Joe Roller, Mackenzie Goldthwaite, and Mark Chavez reported Black Phoebe in Lower Waterton Canyon and Goldthwait and Chavez also reported Eastern Phoebe. On July 21, David Suddjian, David Hill and Cynthia Madsen reported Black and Eastern Phoebe in Lower Waterton Canyon. On July 23, Ira Sanders reported Black Phoebe in Lower Waterton Canyon. On July 23, Andrew Fontenot reported Black and Eastern Phoebe at Waterton Canyon between canyon mouth and Waterton Rd. On July 24, Scott Somershoe and Lynn Saver reported Black and Eastern Phoebe at Waterton Canyon between canyon mouth and Waterton Rd. On August 4,m Mary O'Connor reported Black and Eastern Phoebe at Waterton Canyon. --On July 15, Michel Kiessig reported Eastern Phoebe at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield. On July 22, Cynthia Madsen, Jonelle Balais and Janet Shin reported 2 Eastern Phoebe at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield. On July 31, Gerald Baines reported 2 Eastern Phoebe at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield. --A Chimney Swift was reported by David Suddjian at Clement Park in Littleton on July 25. --On July 28, Kate Frost and Michael Kiessig reported 4 Red-headed Woodpecker (2 ad, 2 juv) at Stony Pass Rd at Wigwam Creek. --An Eastern Phoebe was reported by David Suddjian on the W side of Platte River upstream of Kingfisher Bridge on July 28. On July 29, upstream from Kingfisher Bridge, David Suddjian reported 4 Least Flycatcher including 2 begging juv and an Eastern Phoebe. On July 31, Doug Kibbe reported Eastern Phoebe upstream of Kingfisher Bridge. --An imm Red-necked Grebe was reported by Jerome Cech on Partridge Open Space on W 82nd Ave on August 2. --On August 4, David Suddjian reported 6 Least Flycatchers in Chatfield SP. --4 Red-headed Woodpecker were reported by George Mayfield on Stony Pass Road near Wigwam Creek on August 6. --On August 6, Benjamin Peter reported an ad YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at Tabor Lake in Wheat Ridge Greenbelt on August 6. It was on the south side of the lake off the bike path. On August 7, Anton Morrison reported Ad YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at Tabor Lake in Wheat Ridge Greenbelt. Todd Deininger did not find it in the morning on August 7. Both times it was seen was late afternoon/early evening at Tabor Lake. LARIMER COUNTY: --On July 25, Nick Komar report 2 singing BAIRD'S SPARROWS on the W side of CR 5 near Rawhide Energy Station about 2 miles N oF Buckeye Road. On July 26, Alec Hopping, Kevin Keirn, Josh Bruening, Gwen Moore, Georgia Doyle, and David Wade reported 2 BAIRD'S SPARROW on CR 5 N of Buckeye Rd. Robert Beauchamp reported BAIRD'S SPARROW on CR 5 N of Buckeye Rd. On July 27, Todd Deininger, Brad Biggerstaff, and Nick Komar reported 2 BAIRD'S Sparrows on CR 5 N of Buckeye Rd. On July 28, Sue Riffe reported 2 BAIRD'S SPARROWS on CR 5 Between CR 82 and CR 92. On July 29, Hugh and Urling Kingery reported 1 BAIRD'S SPARROW on CR 5 between CR 82 and CR 92. On July 31, Nick Komar and Andy Bankert reported 2 BAIRD'S SPARROWS on CR 5 between CR 82 and CR 92. On August 1, a BAIRD'S SPARROW was reported by Tim Mitzen on CR 5 Between CR 82 and CR 92. On August 2, Nick Komar, Austin Hess, David Wade, and Peter Burke reported 2 BAIRD'S SPARROWS, 2 McCown's Longspurs, and a flyover Upland Sandpiper on CR 5 between CR 82 and CR 92. On August 3, Adam Vesely reported 2 BAIRD'S SPARROWS and an Upland Sandpiper on CR 5 between CR 82 and CR 92 and Nick Komar reported 5 McCown's Longspurs. On August 4, Randy Siebert reported 1 BAIRD'S SPARROW on CR 5 between CR 82 and CR 92. --On July 28, Sue Riffe reported a juv Lapland Longspur on CR 5 between CR 82 and CR 92. --On July 29, Hugh and Urling Kingery reported 2 McCown's Longspurs on CR 5 between CR 82 and CR 92. On July 29, Dave Leatherman reported a few McCown's Longspurs of all ages on CR 5 between CR 82 and CR 92. On July 31, Nick Komar and Andy Bankert reported 4 McCown's Longspurs on CR 5 between CR 82 and CR 92. On August 4 and August 5, Dave Leatherman reported Chestnut-collared and Mc Cown's Longsours on CR 5 between CR 91 AND CR 92. --A f Williamson's Sapsucker was reported by Jim Nelson in Hollowell Park in Rocky Mountain NP on July 24. --On July 30 in Estes Park, Jim Nelson reported several Williamson's Sapsuckers. A juv f was on Mary's Lake Rd between Lower Broadview and Broadview. Two were flying on Riverside Drive between Prospect Park Dr and Manor RV Park. LOGAN COUNTY: --About 300-400 yards W of CO 55 an EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE was heard and seen and lots of Bell's Vireos were heardon July 19. On July 20, Alec Hopping reported EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE at Tamarack Ranch SWA. On July 22, Norm Erthal and Kevin Keirn reported Eastern Wood-Pewee at Tamarack Ranch SWA. On July 25, Scott Somershoe, Gwen Moore, and Matt Clark reported Eastern Wood-Pewee at Tamarak Ranch SWA. MESA COUNTY: --At about 8400 Ft between Collbran and Brush Creek, Nic Korte reported Purple Martins on August 2 and 3. PARK COUNTY: --At Guffey Gorge (SE corner of Park County, along Fourmile Creek off CR 102), David Suddjian reported a family of Canyon Wrens on August 3. PROWERS COUNTY: --On August 7, Jill White Smith reported 15+ Upland Sandpipers about 5 miles S and 3 miles E of Lamar. PUEBLO COUNTY: --3 Black Swifts were reported by Dave Silverman flying over Lake Beckwith in Colorado City on August 3. RIO BLANCO COUNTY: --2 f Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by Tom and Kay McConnell at a roadside pond just past White Owl Lake in the Flattops area on July 26. --Tom and Kay McConnell rfeported a f and juv Barrow's Goldeneye on a side road from White Owl Lake on July 26. SEDGWICK COUNTY: --An EASTERN TOWHEE was reported by Robert Beauchamp at Sand Draw SWA on July 25. WELD COUNTY: --A Caspian Tern was reported by Steve Mlodinow at Firestone Gravel Pits on July 6. On July 14, Bill Kaempfer reported 3 Caspian Terns at Firestone Gravel Pits. On July 15, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Caspian Terns at Firestore Gravel Pits. On July 22, Steve Mlodinow reported a Caspian Tern at Firestone Gravel Pits. On July 26, Christine Alexander reported a Caspian Tern at Firestone Gravel Pits. On July 26, Renee and Jesse Casias reported 2 Caspian Terns at Firestone Gravel Pits. On July 27, Dean Shoup, Norm Erthal, and Bob Spencer reported Caspian Tern at Firestone Gravel Pits. On August 1, Matt Clark reported Caspian Tern at Firestone Gravel Pits. On August 2, Peter Burke reported Caspian Tern at Firestone Gravel Pits. On August 3, JD. Birchmeier reported Caspian Tern at Firestone Gravel Pits. --An immature Little Blue Heron was reported by Carl Starace at Firestone Gravel Pits on July 24. On July 25, Scott Manwaring reported Little Blue Heron flew east from Firestone Gravel Pits. On July 30, Carl Starace reported Little Blue Heron on Firestone Gravel Pit North on CR 9 1/2. On August 1, Tim Mitzen, Richard Taylor, and Matt Clark reported Little Blue Heron at Firestone Gravel Pits. On August 2, Peter Burke reported Little Blue Heron at Firestone Gravel Pits. On August 4, J.D. Birchmeier reported Little Blue Heron at Firestone Gravel Pits. On August 7, Sue Riffe reported Little Blue Heron at Firestone Gravel Pits. --A Caspian Tern was reported by Laura Steadman at Pelican Pond in St Vrain SP on July 25. --On July 28, Sue Riffe reported BAIRD'S SPARROW, 2 Chestnut-collared Longspurs, and 2 McCown's Longspurs at Central Plains Experimental Range on CR 114. --On July 29, Dave Leatherman reported man McCown's Longspurs in the Western Unit of Pawnee NG and a nest of Chestnut-collared Longspurs at CR 40 N of CR 114. UPCOMING DFO FIELD TRIPS: The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, August 8 will be to Majestic View Nature Center in Arvada led by Jackie King (jackie.king AT ccd.edu; 720-381-3314). Meet the leader at 0730 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St, Arvada, Co 80004. Meet in Nature Center parking lot. From East: take Wadsworth Blvd to 68th Ave, west to Garrison St, north to Nature Center parking lot. From West: Oberon Rd to 66th Ave, east to Garrison St, north to Nature Center parking lot. Bring water and snacks for a half-day trip walking on paths in a beautiful park. Register online or contact leader to register. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, August 9 will be to Rueter-Hess Reservoir led by Mary Cay Burger (mcburger3 AT juno.com; 303-771-3431) Meet the leader at 0700 at Barr CCC Park, 10951 S. Twenty mile Rd, Parker, CO 80134, located on the SW corner of Main St and 20 Mile rd for birding there and later at Rueter-Hess reservoir, which is open to the public only with entry permission. Bring binoculars, snacks, water, and sunscreen. Register online or contact leader to register. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, August 9 will be to Golden Gate Canyon SP led by Karen Drozda (drozforte AT AOL.com; 303-388-0891). Meet the leader at Golden Gate Canyon SP visitor Center, 92 Crawford Gulch Road, Golden, Co 80403. State Parks pass or day pass required. Plan for moderate hiking. Bug spray, suncreen, and clothing for changeable weather. Pack snacks, water, and lunch. Please register online or contact leader to register. The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, August 9 will be to Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop led by Karen von Saltza (kvonslatz AT yahoo.com; 303-941-4881). Meet at 0800 at Prairie Loop lot in Cherry Creek SP. From either park entrance, follow lake View Rd to the Paririe Lopp that is located at the south rim of the reservoir. State Parks pass or day pass required. This is a half day of walking that passes through most of the important habitats fond in the park over a distace of about 3 miles. trails could be slippery or muddy, so dress accordingly. Bring water and snacks; lunch is optional. Cosponsored by Denver Audubon. Register online or contact leader to register. 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. 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