Joyce Takamine <jabi...@gmail.com>: May 28 04:18AM -0600
Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: 28 May 2015
E-mail: rba AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert, Thursday, May 28 sponsored by Denver Field
Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.
Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).
Broad-winged Hawk (Larimer, Phillips, Sedgwick, Weld)
Laughing Gull (Larimer)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larimer)
ARCTIC TERN (Larimer)
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (El Paso (CB))
LESSER NIGHTHAWK (Weld)
Red-headed Woodpecker (*Larimer, Prowers, Pueblo, Yuma)
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (Larimer)
ALDER FLYCATCHER (Arapahoe, Phillips, Pueblo (CB), Sedgwick, *Weld)
Least Flycatcher (El Paso, El Paso (CB), Jefferson, *Larimer)
Gray Flycatcher (Arapahoe, Douglas, Larimer)
Black Phoebe (Pueblo)
Eastern Phoebe (Boulder, Jefferson, Las Animas)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Huerfano, Larimer)
White-eyed Vireo (*Conejos)
Bell's Vireo (Douglas, *Pueblo)
Blue-headed Vireo (Jefferson)
Winter Wren (Larimer)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Pueblo)
Lapland Longspur (Prowers)
Worm-eating Warbler (Larimer)
Golden-winged Warbler (Larimer)
Blue-winged Warbler (Jefferson)
BREWSTER'S WARBLER (Larimer)
Prothonotary Warbler (Adams, Prowers)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Arapahoe, El Paso, La Plata, Larimer)
MOURNING WARBLER (El Paso (CB), Larimer)
Hooded Warbler (Boulder, El Paso (CB))
Magnolia Warbler (*Boulder, El Paso (CB), Larimer, Pueblo (CB))
Blackburnian Warbler (Routt)
Black-throated Green Warbler (El Paso (CB))
EASTERN TOWHEE (Morgan)
Canyon Towhee (*Larimer)
Hepatic tanager (Huerfano)
Summer Tanager (Boulder, Larimer, Phillips)
Scarlet Tanager (*Weld)
Northern Cardinal (Prowers)
Painted Bunting (Pueblo)
Baltimore Oriole (El Paso)
ADAMS COUNTY:
--2 Prothonotary Warblers were reported by Jay Hutchins at Rocky Mountain
Arsenal NWR on May 24.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
--A m Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported by Lois Levinson at Cherry creek
Sp south of Lake Loop between bike path and lake on May 23.
--On May 24 at Cherry Creek SP, Glenn Walbek and Loch Kilpatrick reported
ALDER FLYCATCHER and Gray Flycatcher at Cottonwood Creek Wetlands.
BOULDER COUNTY:
--A Summer Tanager was reported by Scott Severs on White Rocks Trail in
Boulder on May 23.
--A Gray Flycatcher was reported by Peter Burke on CU East campus at
Confluence Ponds on May 24.
--An Eastern Phoebe was reported by David Blue at 75th St and Boulder Creek
on May 24.
--A Summer Tanager was reported by John Tumasonis on the Cresent Springs
Trail on Flagstaff on May 25.
--A Hooded Warbler was reported by Candice Johnson on the Mesa Trail
Complex (south end) in Boulder on May 26.
--A Magnolia Warbler was reported by Mlodinow at Golden Pond in Longmont on
May 27.
CONEJOS COUNTY:
--A White-eyed Vireo was reported by Lissa Rawinski at Pike's Stockade on
May 27. The main trails are dry but the bird is to the SW in some
extremely wet areas (requiring hip boots).
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
--A Bell's Vireo was reported by Hugh Kingery on May 24 in the Franktown
Basin.
EL PASO COUNTY:
--A Baltimore Oriole was reported by Robb Hinds at Ramah Reservoir SWA on
May 23. On May 25, Baltimore Oriole was reported by Joy Lake at Ramah
Reservoir SWA.
--A Least Flycatcher was reported by Gloria Nikolai at Pinello Ranch, Area
A on May 23.
--A Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported by Tim Leppek at Adams Open Space
in Fountain behind the library on May 24.
--A Least Flycatcher was reported by Doug Shoffner at Memorial Park in
Colorado Springs on May 25.
--A Baltimore Oriole was reported by David Tonnessen at Sinton Pond in
Colorado Springs on May 26.
EL PASO/PUEBLO COUNTIES (CB):
--On May 24, David Tonnessen reported MOURNING WARBLER at Chico Basin on
the El Paso side.
--On May 25 around the banding station at Chico Basin, Brandon Percival
reported BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, Least Flycatcher, MOURNING WARBLER, Magnolia
Warbler, f Hooded Warbler, and f Black-throated Green Warbler. At
Headquarters/Rose Pond,
Percival reported 1 m Magnolia Warbler.
--An ALDER FLYCATCHER was reported by Norm Lewis at Chico Basin Ranch on
the Pueblo side on May 25.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
--A Gray Flycatcher was reported by Scott Somershoe downstream of
Kingfisher Bridge in Chatfield SP on May 24.
HUERFANO COUNTY:
--A Great Crested Flycatcher was reported by Rick Taylor at Santa Clara
Creek on May 24.
--On May 25, Polly Wren Neldner reported that the Hepatic Tanagers have
returned to Rouse Road.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
--On May 23, Dane Houser and Linda Broeren reported Blue-winged Warbler at
Welchester Tree Grant Park. On May 23, Mark Chavez reported 2 Least
Flycatchers and Blue-headed Vireo at Welchester Tree Grant Park. On May
24, Gwen Moore and Betty Glass reported Blue-winged Warbler at Welchester
Tree Grant Park. On May 25, the Blue-winged warbler was reported by Bea
Weaver, Dale Adams, and John Haycraft at Welchester Tree Grant Park.
--On May 23, Tom Behnfield reported Eastern Phoebe at Audubon Center at
Chatfield.
--On May 23, Meredith McBurney reported banding a Least Flycatcher at RMBO
Chatfield Banding Station. On May 25, Meredith McBurney reported banding
a Least Flycatcher at RMBO Chatfield Banding Station.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
--A m Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported by Susan Allerton on May 24 on
the Animas River Trail in Durango between 29th St parking area and
footbridge behind high school.
LARIMER COUNTY:
--On May 19, David Wade reported Worm-eating Warbler and Gray Flycatcher at
McMurry Ponds NA. McMurry Ponds is on Hemock St off of N College Ave. in
Fort Collins. On May 19, Dave Leatherman found a m MOURNING WARBLER at
McMurry Ponds NA. On May 20, many birders reported Worm-eating and
MOURNING Warblers at McMurry Ponds NA. On May 21, Ken Pals reported that
the MOURNING WARBLER continues at McMurry NA. On May 23, Ray Sperger
reported MOURNING WARBLER at McMurry NA.
--On May 24, Scott Manwaring reported Laughing Gull and 2 Lesser
Black-backed Gulls at Boyd Lake SP.
--A BREWSTER'S WARBLER was reported by Sean Walters in his yard on May 21.
If you would like to try for the bird contact Sean at waltersintherockies
AT gmail.com. On May 22, Sean Walters reported Chestnut-sided Warbler and
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE in his yard in Loveland. Contact him at
waltersintherockies AT gmail.com if you would like to try for the birds.
--A Magnolia Warbler was reported by Ken Pals and Nick Komar at Lake Estes
on May 23. On May 25, Jim Nelson reported m Magnolia Warbler at Lake Estes.
--A pair of Broad-winged Hawks was reported by Rob Sparks at the junction
of Lee Martinez and Poudre Bike Trail on May 23.
--A Golden-winged Warbler was reported by John Shenot at Butterfly Woods on
May 23.
--A Great-crested Flycatcher was reported by Nick Komar at Lions Park on
May 23.
--A Winter Wren was reported by Jim Nelson in Moraine Park of Rocky
Mountain NP on May 23.
--A Chestnut-sided Warbler was reported by Fawn Simonds in Fort Collins
along the Poudre Rivers on May 24. On May 25, John Shenot reported a
Chestnut-sided Warbler on the Poudre RIver Bike Trail near Nix Farm.
--2 Magnolia Warblers were reported by David Wade at Kingfisher Point NA in
Fort Collins on May 25.
--An ARCTIC TERN was spotted by David Wade at Timnath Reservoir in the NE
Corner on May 24. On May 25, Dale Adams reported ARCTIC TERN at Timnath
Reservoir. On May 26, Josh Bruening and others reported ARCTIC TERN
continues at Timnath Reservoir in the center.
--On May 26, Dave Leatherman reported Least Flycatcher and Summer Tanager
at Prospect Ponds NA and Environmental Learning Center. The Summer Tanager
was N of NW corner of ELC parking lot.
--A Red-headed Woodpecker was reported by Josh McGeehan at the
Environmental Learning Center on May 27.
--A Canyon Towhee was reported by Arvind Panjabi across from Horsetooth
Mountain Park main parking lot on May 27. Try finding it on CR 38E.
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY:
--3 Eastern Phoebe were reported by John Schukman in Trindad on May 21 at
bridge river crossings on Animas, Commercial, and Hwy 160.
MORGAN COUNTY:
--An EASTERN TOWHEE was reported by David Dowell at Brush State WA on May
25.
PHILLIPS COUNTY:
--A Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Mlodinow in Holyoke on May 23.
--An ALDER FLYCATCHER was reported by David Dowell at Lion's Club Fishin'
Hole in Holyoke on May 24. Two ALDER FLYCATCHERS and a Summer Tanager were
reported by David Dowell at Lions Club Fishin' Hole in Holyoke on May 25.
PROWERS COUNTY:
--A Prothonotary Warbler was reported by Pamela Graber at Lamar Community
College Woods on May 23.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
--A Red-headed Woodpecker was reported by Brandon Percival at Pueblo City
Park on May 23.
--On May 24, at Valco Ponds SWA, Brandon Percival reported Bell's Vireo and
Painted Bunting. On May 25, David Chartier reported that the Bell's Vireo
was still singing at Valco Ponds SWA. On May 27, Percival reported that
the singing Bell's Vireo continues at the 3rd Valco Pond.
ROUTT COUNTY:
--A Blackburnian Warbler was reported by Dan Canady in Yampa on May 26.
SEDGWICK COUNTY:
--On May 24 at Sand Draw WA, Mlodinow reported ALDER FLYCATCHER and
Broad-winged Hawk.
--On May 24 at Ovid, Mlodinow reported ALDER FLYCATCHER and Broad-winged
Hawk.
--A Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Mlodinow at Lion's Park in Julesburg
on May 24.
--An ALDER FLYCATCHER was reported by David Dowell at Depoorter Lake in
Julesburg on May 25.
--2 ALDER FLYCATCHERS were reported by David Dowell in Ovid on May 25.
WELD COUNTY:
--A Scarlet Tanager was reported by Mlodinow by the South Platte river near
CO 60 and CR 46 on May 27.
--An ALDER FLYCATCHER was reported by Mlodinow at Glenmere Park in Greeley
on May 27.
The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, 30 May will be Sedalia to Cheesman led by
Chris Blakeslee and Paul Slingsby. (ChrisABla AT aol.com, 303-694-4670)
This trip is full.
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, 31 May will be to Cherry Creek SP led by
Karen von Saltza (kvonsaltza AT yahoo.com, 303-941-4881). Meet the leader
at 0800. Enter at EAST entrace to Park from South Parker Road. NOTE:
this is NOT the regular meeting site for most previous trips. Go past
entrance kiosk and take the first left turn. Continue on this road, past
the east boat ramp and turn left to the "East Shade, Picnic Shelters" as
shown on the park map, located on the east shore of the lake. Bring water
and snacks. Scopes are useful. Sunscreen and bug repellent are
necessary. Will carpool to various stops. Please register online or call
leader to register.
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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