Colorado Rare Bird Alert 16 September 2017
Ira Sanders
Compiler: Ira Sanders
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: September 16, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, September 16 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 changes.
Black Swift (Ouray)
Black-bellied Plover (Larimer)
American Golden Plover (Washington)
Semipalmated Plover (Washington)
Stilt Sandpiper (Washington)
Dunlin (*Adams)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Washington)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Washington)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Washington)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Washington)
Solitary Sandpiper (El Paso)
Red Phalarope (Douglas)
Sabine’s Gull (*Arapahoe, Douglas, Washington)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Douglas, Washington)
Caspian Tern (Larimer, Washington)
Common Tern (Larimer, Washington)
Mississippi Kite (El Paso)
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Ouray)
Williamson’s Sapsucker (Summit)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Weld)
Least Flycatcher (Weld)
Gray Flycatcher (Montrose)
Black Phoebe (Jefferson,Ouray)
Cassin’s Kingbird (Weld)
Blue-headed Vireo (Weld)
Philadelphia Vireo (Adams)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Washington)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Adams)
Cassin’s Finch (Ouray)
Ovenbird (Weld)
Golden-winged Warbler (Ouray)
Black-and-white Warbler (Washington, Weld)
Tennessee Warbler (Weld)
Nashville Warbler (Weld)
American Redstart (Washington)
Northern Parula (Washington)
Bay-breasted Warbler (Washington)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Washington)
Blackpoll Warbler (Pueblo)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Pueblo)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Weld)
Brewer’s Sparrow (Adams, Arapahoe)
Lark Bunting (Summit)
PAINTED BUNTING (Adams)
Dickcissel (Weld)
ADAMS COUNTY:
--On September 13 at Barr Lake SP on the Prairie Trail near the teepee, Ira Sanders, Dick Prickett and Tammy Sanders report a female 1st year PAINTED BUNTING.
--On September 13 at Barr Lake SP banding station, Meredith McBurney banded a Brewer's Sparrow.
--On September 13 at Barr Lake SP, Stringer and Whitten report 2 Philadelphia Vireo's. 1 was off the Pioneer Trail and the other 100 yds SE from the boat ramp towards the banding station.
--On September 15, McBurney banded a Golden-crowned Kinglet at the Barr Lake SP banding station.
--On September 16, the Sanders found a Dunlin at Barr Lake SP northwest of the banding station on an island with a Long-billed Dowitcher and 3 Pectoral Sandpipers.
ALAMOSA COUNTY:
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
--On September 15, Deferme reports a Sabine's Gull at Aurora Reservoir.
BACA COUNTY:
BENT COUNTY:
BOULDER COUNTY:
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
COSTILLA COUNTY:
CUSTER COUNTY:
DENVER COUNTY:
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
--On September 11 at Chatfield SP marina sandspit Frank Farrel found a Red Phalarope.
--On September 12 at Chatfield SP Plum Creek/sandspit area Suddjian reports Lesser Black-backed Gull and a juv Sabine's Gull.
EL PASO COUNTY:
--On September 9 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Diana Bettay reported 4 Mississippi Kites (2 juv, 2ad) and David Tonnessen reported 2 juv Mississippi Kites and Solitary Sandpiper.
--On September 9 at Venetucci Rarm, David Rudin reported 4 Mississippi Kites.
GILPIN COUNTY:
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
LARIMER COUNTY:
--On September 8 at Timnath Reservoir, Joe Mammoser reported 4 Caspian Terns. On September 9 at Timnath Reservoir, Candice Johnson reported Caspian Tern.
--On September 14, Gary Lefko reports Black-bellied Plover in seasonal farm ponds (east one) .5 mi north of Douglas Road and North Giddings Road (south of Wellington)
MESA COUNTY:
MONTEZUMA COUNTY:
MONTROSE COUNTY:
OURAY COUNTY:
--On September 8 at Ridgway Banding Station, Linnea Rowse reported imm F Golden-winged Warbler.
--On September 9 at Billy Creek SWA, Jon Horn reported Black Phoebe.
--On September 9 at Box Canyon Falls Parks, Jon Horn reported 2 Black Swifts and 8 Cassin’s Finch.
--On September 9 in town of Ridgway on Moffat St, Jon Horn reported Lewis’s Woodpecker.
PARK COUNTY:
PROWERS COUNTY:
PUEBLO COUNTY:
--On September 7 at Cottonwood Picnic Area below Pueblo Reservoir dam by the parking lot, Brandon Percival reported Black-throated Green warbler and Black-and-white Warbler. On September 8 at Cottonwood Picnic Area below Pueblo Reservoir day, Brandon Percival reported Black-throated Green Warbler. On September 9 at Cottonwood/Snakeskin Picnic Area of Lake Pueblo SP, Kathy Miller and Brandon Percival reported Black-throated Green Warbler.
--On September 7 at Cattail Crossing Pond in Pueblo, Brandon Percival reported Blackpoll Warbler.
ROUTT COUNTY:
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY:
SUMMIT COUNTY:
---On September 8 at Dillon Reservoir Frisco Lake front Trails, Nick Moore reported f Lark Bunting.
---On September 9 at North Tenmile Trailhead, Jack and Ryan Bushong reported m Williamson’s Sapsucker.
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
--On September 9 at Prewitt Reservoir, Glenn Walbek reported 5 Semipalmated Plovers, 75 Stilt Sandpipers, 3 Sanderlings, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 29 Pectoral Sandpipers, 8 Semipalmated Sandpipers, Short-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, 2 Black-and-white Warblers, 3 American Redstarts, Northern Parula, Bay-breasted Warbler; Kathy Mihm Dunning et al reported American Golden Plover, 3 Semipalmated Plover, 10 Stilt Sandpipers, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers. On September 9 at Prewitt Reservoir, Loch Kilpatrick, Art Hudak, and Mark Chavez reported American Golden Plover, 8 Semipalmated Plovers, 53 Stilt Sandpipers, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers, Sabine’s Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull.
--On September 8 at Prewitt Inlet Canal grove, Kathy Mihm Dunning et al reported 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Northern Parula, Bay-breasted Warbler. On September 9 at Prewitt Inlet Canal Grove, Loch Kilpatrick, Art Hudak, and Mark Chavez reported Black-and-white Warbler, Northern Parula, imm f Bay-breasted Warbler, and Chestnut-sided Warbler.
WELD COUNTY:
--On September 9 at Norma’s Grove, Ryan Graves reported Red-headed Woodpecker, Least Flycatcher, Cassin’s Kingbird, Tennessee Warbler.
--On September 8 at Crow Valley CG, Joey Kellner and Norm Erthal reported Tennessee Warbler and Nashville Warbler. On September 7 at Crow ValleyCG Cynthia Kristensen reported Ovenbird. On September 9 at Crow Valley CG Ryan Graves reported Blue-headed Vireo, Black-and-white Warbler, and Nashville Warbler.
--On September 7 at CR 57 S of CR 96 in trees by bridge, Gene Rutherford reported hatch year f Tennessee Warbler, 2 Clay-colored Sparrows..
--On September 8 at Behrens Reservoir, Gene Rutherfold reported Dickcissel and 2 Clay-colored Sparrows.
--On September 11 at Crow Valley Campground, Amershek reports an Ovenbird.
Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips:
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, September 17 will be to Pinecliffe/Rollinsville/Moffat Tunnel East Portal led by Gregg Goodrich (GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com; 303-655-9135). Meet at 0730 at CO 72 (Coal Creek Canyon road) and Plainview Road. Register online or contact leader.
For more information on the field trips go to dfobirds.org.
The next monthly meeting of Denver Field Ornithologists will be on Monday, September 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Ricketson Auditorium of Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Scott Rashid will give a program on Barn Owls.
Good Birding,
Ira Sanders
Golden, CO