Compiler: Joyce Takamine e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org Date: November 8, 2018 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, November 8 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 (Bent, Kiowa, Logan,*Montrose) Ross’s Goose (Kiowa) Greater White-fronted Goose (*El Paso, Logan) Greater White-fronted X Cackling Goose (*El Paso) Trumpeter Swan (Mesa) Tundra Swan (Jackson, Moffat) Wood Duck (Eagle, Mesa) Blue-winged Teal (*Arapahoe, Baca, La Plata) Eurasian Wigeon (Montezuma) Storm Wigeon (Arapahoe) Greater Scaup (*Mesa) Surf Scoter (Boulder, Jefferson, Las Animas) Black Scoter (*Denver, *Mesa) Common Goldeneye (Arapahoe, Crowley, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Mesa, Park) Barrow’s Goldeneye (Jackson, Jefferson, Montrose, Park) Pied-billed Grebe (Pitkin) Horned Grebe (Denver, Montrose) Red-necked Grebe (*Boulder, *Park) White-winged Dove (Montezuma) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Larimer) Greater Roadrunner (Bent) Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Jefferson) Virginia Rail (Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Garfield, Kiowa) Sora (Adams, Arapahoe, Mesa) Sandhill Crane (Adams, Crowley, Delta, Garfield, Kiowa) American Avocet (Larimer) Pectoral Sandpiper (*Boulder, Douglas, Logan) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Adams) Short-billed Dowitcher (El Paso) Long-billed Dowitcher (Jackson, Kiowa) Black-legged Kittiwake (Park) Bonaparte’s Gull (Boulder, Crowley, *Denver, *El Paso, Larimer, Mesa, Summit) Franklin’s Gull (Logan, Park, Rio Grande) Mew Gull (Larimer) Iceland Gull (Thayer’s) (Larimer, Park) Lesser Black-backed Gull (Bent, Larimer, Park) Glaucous Gull (Bent) Forster’s Tern (Mesa) Red-throated Loon (Ouray) Pacific Loon (Bent, Boulder, *Denver) Common Loon (Bent, Boulder, Crowley, *Denver, *El Paso, Larimer, Logan, Mesa) YELLOW-BILLED LOON (Logan) American White Pelican (Ouray) Osprey (*Bouldr) Swainson’s Hawk (Delta) Lewis’s Woodpecker (La Plata) Red-naped Sapsucker (Eagle, Montrose) Hairy Woodpecker (Prowers) Say’s Phoebe (Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, Mesa) Loggerhead Shrike (Bent, *El Paso) Northern Shrike (Arapahoe, Jefferson, Larimer, Mesa) White-eyed Vireo (Larimer) Pinyon Jay (Montezuma, San Miguel) Steller’s Jay (Archuleta, El Paso, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin) Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (El Paso, Mesa, Ouray) Clark’s Nutcracker (Jefferson, Montrose, Ouray) Chihuahuan Raven (Bent) Common Raven (*Adams) Barn Swallow (Adams) Bushtit (Baca, El Paso, Mesa, San Miguel) Rock Wren (Baca) House Wren (Baca) Winter Wren (Baca, *Larimer) Marsh Wren (Adams, Baca, Bent, El Paso) Bewick’s Wren (Bent, Mesa, Ouray) American Dipper (Archuleta, Montrose, Pitkin) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Bent, La Plata, Mesa, San Miguel) Eastern Bluebird (Baca, Bent, Huerfano) Mountain Bluebird (Baca, Bent, Mesa) Hermit Thrush (Mesa) Gray Catbird (Baca, Boulder) Curve-billed Thrasher (Bent) American Pipit (Boulder, Kiowa, Larimer, Montrose) Evening Grosbeak (Baca, Bent, Mesa) Red Crossbill (El Paso) Lapland Longspur (Bent, *El Paso, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Park) Chestnut-collared Longspur (El Paso) SMITH’S LONGSPUR (Kiowa) McCown’s Longspur (Kit Carson) Canyon Towhee (El Paso) Chipping Sparrow (El Paso) Savannah Sparrow (Kiowa, Park) Fox Sparrow (El Paso) Lincoln’s Sparrow (Adams, Clear Creek, Kiowa) Swamp Sparrow (Bent, *El Paso) White-throated Sparrow (Adams, Bent, San Miguel) Harris’s Sparrow (*La Plata) Yellow-headed Blackbird (Mesa) Rusty Blackbird (Kiowa, Larimer) Great-tailed Grackle (Archuleta) Orange-crowned Warbler (Ouray) Virginia’s Warbler (Larimer) Common Yellowthroat (Mesa) Palm Warbler (Chaffee, Denver) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) (Summit) Black-throated Green Warbler (Arapahoe) Western Tanager (Boulder, *El Paso, Pueblo) Northern Cardinal (Larimer) ADAMS COUNTY: ---On November 2 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR—First Creek, Mark Obmascik, John Breitsch, and Patrick O’Driscoll reported Common Raven and White-throated Sparrow. On November 4 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR—First Creek, Patrick O’Driscoll and DFO field trip reported Virginia Rail, Sora, and 2 Marsh Wren. ---On November 4 at Clear Creek Valley Park, Gabriel Wiltse reported Semipalmated Sandpiper and Long-billed Dowitcher. ---On November 4 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Wildlife Drive, Michelle Fulcher reported 50+ Sandhill Cranes. On November 7 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Legacy Trail, James Shelton reported 5 Common Raven. ---On November 4 at South Platte River – 88th Ave Area, David Haskell reported Barn Swallow. ARAPAHOE COUNTY: ---On November 3 at Cherry Creek SP, Candice Johnson reported Virginia Rail and Sora. On November 4 at Cherry Creek SP, Frankie Toan reported 5 Blue-winged Teal ---On November 7 at Bufflehead Lake, Ted Uhlemann reported Blue-winged Teal. ---On November 2 at Hollow Park, Cherry Hills Village, Gregg Goodrich and Anna Troth reported Black-throated Green Warbler. ---On November 3 at South Platte Park—C470 area, Ben Sampson reported Blue-winged Teal, Storm Widgeon (color morph of American), Common Goldeneye, and Northern Shrike. ARCULETA COUNTY: ---On November 4 on San Juan River Walk in Pagosa Springs, Ben Bailey reported 5 Steller’s Jay, American Dipper, and 5 Great-tailed Grackle. BACA COUNTY: ---On November 4 at Two Buttes SWA below the dam, Tony Leukering reported Rock Wren, House Wren, 2 Winter Wren (1 at pond below dam, 1 at outcrop by road), 2 Marsh Wren, 4 Mountain Bluebird, Gray Catbird, and 2 Evening Grosbeak.WTP, Tony Leukering reported 4 Bushtit, Marsh Wren, Eastern Bluebird, and Blue-winged Teal. BENT COUNTY: ---On November 2 at John Martin Reservoir, Duane Nelson reported Glaucous Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull. ---On November 4 at Fort Lyon Wildlife Easement, David Tonnessen reported Virginia Rail, Chihuahuan Raven, 15 Marsh Wren, 3 Bewick’s Wren, 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 3 Mountain Bluebird, Evening Grosbeak (flyover), 2 White-throated Sparrow, and Swamp Sparrow. ---On November 4 at Lake Hasty (lake and campground), David Tonnessen reported Greater Roadrunner, Bewick’s Wren, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Mountain Bluebird, 2 Curve-billed Thrasher, Lapland Longspur, and 2 White-throated Sparrow. ---On Novembedr 4 at John Martin Reservoir—Dam area, David Tonnessen reported 700 Snow Geese, Greater Roadrunner, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Pacific Loon, Common Loon, Loggerhead Shrike, 2 Eastern Bluebird, and 3 Lapland Longspur. BOULDER COUNTY: ---On November 3 at Boulder Reservoir by dam, Luke Pheneger reported Red-necked Grebe, 6 Bonaparte’s Gull, and Common Loon. On November 4 at Boulder Reservoir, Peter Gent, Jack and Ryan Bushong and several other birders reported 1st year male Surf Scoter, Red-necked Grebe, Pacific Loon, 2 Common Loon, and American Pipit. 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 7 at Walden Ponds in Boulder, Chuck Aid and Evergreen Audubon reported Osprey and Pectoral Sandpiper. CHAFFEE COUNTY: ---On November 3 at Brown Dog Coffee, 713 US 24 in Buena Vista, Mele Avery reported 2 Palm Warblers. They were feeding in grassy median next to the coffee shop. 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 3 at 13012 G Road, Rebecca Weiss reported 625 Sandhill Cranes and Swainson’s Hawk. DENVER COUNTY: ---On November 2 and 3 at Marston Reservoir, Gwen Moore reported Black Scoter. 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 4 at Denver City Park, Riley and Heather Morris reported Palm Warbler. ---On November 6 at Berkley Park, Julia Auckland reported Palm Warbler in small tree near pumphouse. DOUGLAS COUNTY: ---On November 4 at Bar CCC Park, Tim Ryan reported Say’s Phoebe. EAGLE COUNTY: ---On November 3 in Eagle (39.6424, -106.8318), Gerald Fedrizzi reported 3 Wood Duck. EL PASO COUNTY: ---On November 3 at Chico Basin Ranch, Jan Allbright and Richard Bunn reported Northern Shrike, Red Crossbill (flyover), and Chipping Sparrow. 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 2 at Red Rock Canyon OS, Jim Merritt, Dale and Joel Adams reported Steller’s Jay, 8 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Fox Sparrow (red), Canyon Towhee, and White-throated Sparrow. 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 2 at Cross Creek Regional Park, David Tonnessen reported Say’s Phoebe and 2 Marsh Wren., and Common Loon. ---On November 7 at Memorial Park and Prospect Lake in Colorado Springs, David Tonnessen reported 2 Greater White-fronted Geese, and apparent hybrid Cacking X Greater White-fronted Goose, 8 Bonaparte’s Gull ---On November 7 at Meridian Reservoir (view from road), David Tonnessen reported 8 Greater White-fronted Geese 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. 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 2 at Coors Ponds, Steven Snyder reported 12 Common Goldeneye and m Barrow’s Goldeneye. ---On November 4 at Staunton SP, Ken Wat reported Broad-tailed Hummingbird on Davis Pond Trail, Northern Shrike, and Clark’s Nutcracker. KIOWA COUNTY: ---On November 3 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Tony Leukering reported f Common Goldeneye, 5 Bonaparte’s Gull, Savannah Sparrow, and Lincoln’s Sparrow. ---On November 2 at Hwy 90 and CR 75, Tony Leukering reported 24 American Pipit, 85 Lapland Longspur, and 2 Smith’s Longspur. ---On November 3 at Neegronda Reservoir, Tony Leukering reported 36 Snow Geese and 3 Ross’s Geese. ---On November 3 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Tony Leukering reported 4 Sandhill Crane (flyover) 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 4 at Animas River—Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area, Ryan Votta and Jason St. Pierre reported Lewis’s Woodpecker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Harris’s Sparrow, and 2 Blue-winged Teal. 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. LARIMER COUNTY: ---On November 2 at Horseshoe Reservoir, Nick Komar and Andy Bankert reported Mew Gull, 2 Iceland (thayer’s) Gull, and Lesser Black-backed Gull. On November 3 at Horseshoe Reservoir, Nic Korte reported Mew Gull and 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull. ---On November 2 at Boyd Lake, Nick Komar, Nick Komar Jr, Kevin Keirn, David Wade, and Andy Bankert reported Common Loon and White-eyed Vireo in Russian Olives along wash just N or Northmost Parking area. ---On November 3 at Prospect Ponds NA, Lori Zabel reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo in bushes next to north pond east of bike path at SE corner of parking lot on Sharp Point Drive. On November 4 at Prospect Ponds, NA, John Shenot reported f Rusty Blackbird. On November 7 at Prospect Ponds NA, Dave Leatherman reported Winter Wren seen at Lynn Hall rustic blind with orange netting. ---On November 4 at Morey Wildlife Reserve, Cheri Orwig reported Virginia’s Warbler while doing trail cleanup. ---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 6 at Timnath Reservoir, Nick Komar reported 2 Snow Geese, American Avocet, 2 Bonaparte’s Gull, 2 American Pipit. ---On Novmeber 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. LAS ANIMAS COUNTY: ---On November 5 at Trinidad Reservoir (SP & SWA), Steve Mlodinow reported Surf Scoter. LOGAN COUNTY: ---On November 4 at Jumbo Reservoir, 2 Anonymous eBirders reported 1000 Snow Geese, 3 Greater White-fronted Geese, 3 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Franklin’s Gull, 2 Common Loon and YELLOW-BILLED LOON. MESA COUNTY: ---On November 2 at Colorado River SP Fruita Section, Connee Moffat, Carol Ortenzio, and Mike Henwood reported Black Scoter, Common Loon, Say’s Phoebe, 2 Marsh Wren, 5 Mountain Bluebird and Greater Scaup; Betty Fenton and Bill Harris reported Greater Scaup, Black Scoter, and Common Loon. On November 4 at Colorado River SP Fruita Section, Denise and Mark Vollmar, and Carol Ortenzio reported Greater Scaup, f Black Scoter, Common Loon and Northern Shrike. On November 7 at Colorado River SP, Glenn Pearson reported Greater Scaup and Black Scoter. ---On November 3 in DeBeque Canyon, Maureen Briggs reported Trumpeter Swan seen from Amtrak Train. ---On November 4 at Highline Lake SP, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported Yellow-headed Blackbird with the sheep. On November 6 at Highline Lake SP, Douglas Diekman reported 2 Forster’s Tern. ---On November 4 at Horsethief Canyon SWA, Douglas Diekman reported Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 12 Bushtit, 2 Marsh Wren, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 36 Mountain Blubirds, 2 Hermit Thrush, and 2 Evening Grosbeak. ---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 2 – November 4, at WFMC Pond S of Craig, Forrest Craig reported 4 ad Tundra Swans. On November 6 at WFMC Pond S of Craig, Forrest Craig reported 4 Tundra Swans. MONTEZUMA COUNTY: ---On November 4 at Denny Lake Park, Ed Rumberger reported 2 Chipping Sparrow. ---On November 4 at Industrial Park Pond, Ed Rumberger reported M Eurasian Wigeon. ---On November 3 at McElmo Canyon, Heather Campbell reported White-winged Dove and 15 Pinyon Jay. MONTROSE COUNTY: ---On November 7 at Nucla Water Treatment Plant, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Snow Goose. ---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. OURAY COUNTY: ---On November 2 at Ridgway Reservoir and SP, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Red-throated Loon, American White Pelican, Steller’s Jay, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 2 Clark’s Nutcracker, and Bewick’s Wren. ---On November 2 at Nucla Domestic Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Red-naped Sapsucker. PARK COUNTY: ---On November 3 at Spinney Mountain Reservoir, Joey Kellner and DFO field trip reported ad Black-legged Kittiwake and 2 Franklin’s Gull. On November 4 at Spinney Mountain Reservoir, Glenn Walbek and Mark Peterson reported 8 Common Goldeneye, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Black-legged Kittiwake, Franklin’s Gull, Iceland Gull (Thayer’s), Lesser Black-backed Gull, and 2 Lapland Longspur. ---On November 7 at Eleven Mile SP, Jerry DeBoer reported Red-necked Grebe. PITKIN COUNTY: ---On November 2 at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Rebecca Weiss reported 4 Pied-billed Grebe, Steller’s Jay and American Dipper. On November 6 at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Rebecca Weiss reported 3 Pied-billed Grebe, Steller’s Jay, and 3 American Dipper. SAN MIGUEL COUNTY: ---On November 5 in Norwood, George Steele reported White-throated Sparrow. SUMMIT COUNTY: ---On November 3 at Silverthorne Water Treatment Plant, Joey Kellner and DFO field trip reported 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s). ---On November 3 at Dillon Reservoir—Frisco Marina area, Joey Kellner and DFO Field Trip reported Bonaparte’s Gull and Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s). 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/CAHtstTco65pp65-GoAVbEZM7kdBqfVDhjETTGKq1yXAhyVPnOQ%40mail.gmail.com. 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