Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 3 September 2017

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:             Joyce Takamine

e-mail:                 RBA AT cobirds.org

Date:                    September 3, 2017

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, September 3 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.

Cackling Goose (*Larimer)

Wood Duck (Costilla)

Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Gunnison, *Mesa)

Wild Turkey (*Denver)

White-winged Dove (Prowers)

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Bent)

Greater Roadrunner (*El Paso)

Black Swift (Alamosa, *Pueblo)

Chimney Swift (Prowers)

Sandhill Crane (Costilla, Morgan, Saguache, Weld)

Black-necked Stilt (Alamosa)

Snowy Plover (Alamosa)

Semipalmated Plover (Washington)

Upland Sandpiper (Washington, Yuma)

Long-billed Curlew (Morgan)

Stilt Sandpiper (Jefferson, Washington)

Sandering (Washington)

Pectoral Sandpiper (Washington)

Semipalmated Sandpiper (Washington)

Solitary Sandpiper (Alamosa, *Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, *Larimer, Mesa, *San Miguel, ‘Washington)

LONG-TAILED JAEGER (Park)

Sabine’s Gull (Arapahoe)

Mew Gull (Larimer)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Jefferson)

Caspian Tern (Larimer, Morgan, Washington)

Black Tern (*Larimer, Morgan, Washington)

Common Tern (Alamosa, Larimer, Washington)

Common Loon (Kiowa, Ouray)

Cattle Egret (Washington)

Mississippi Kite (Adams, El Paso, *Prowers)

Broad-winged Hawk (Moffat)

Lewis’s Woodpecker (La Plata)

Red-headed Woodpecker (*Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Washington, Yuma)

Red-belllied Woodpecker (Yuma)

Williamson’s Sapsucker (*Mesa)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso, *Pueblo)

American Three-toed Woodpecker (Gunnison)

Northern Flicker (*Boulder)

Merlin (Pueblo, Washington)

Least Flycatcher (*El Paso, *Weld)

Gray Flycatcher (*Adams, Alamosa, Montrose)

Black Phoebe (*Jefferson)

Eastern Phoebe (Douglas, *Jefferson)

Great Crested Flycatcher (Bent, Washington, Yuma)

Blue-headed Vireo (*Pueblo)

Red-eyed Vireo (El Paso, Washington)

Chihuahuan Raven (*El Paso)

Purple Martin (*Prowers)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Alamosa, Yuma)

Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso)

Red Crossbill (La Plata, Larimer)

Evening Grosbeak (Kiowa, La Plata)

Ovenbird (*Bent)

Northern Waterthrush (Mesa)

Black-and-white Warbler (Bent, *Boulder)

Nashville Warbler (Mesa)

American Redstart (*La Plata)

Blackpoll Warbler (*Adams)

Clay-colored Sparrow (*Adams, *Denver, Eagle, *El Paso, Washington, Yuma)

Brewer’s Sparrow (*Adams, Alamosa, *Denver, *El Paso, Ouray, *Pueblo, Washington)

Lark Bunting (Gunnison, Yuma)

Fox Sparrow (San Juan)

Dickcissel (Cheyenne, Morgan, *Pueblo, Yuma)

Bobolink (Boulder)

Baltimore Oriole (Bent, Cheyenne, Morgan, Yuma)

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On August 30 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded a Clay-colored Sparrow.  On September 2 at Barr Lake, Meredith McBurnery reported banding Blackpoll Warbler and Clay-colored Sparrow.

---On August 31 at Adams County 88th Ave Open Space, Neil Reinecke reported Mississippi Kite.

---On September 2 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Rebecca Laroche and her DFO Field Trip reported 

Gray Flycatcher, 4 Clay-colored Sparrows, and 8 Brewer’s Sparrows.

ALAMOSA COUNTY:

--- On August 28 at Blanca Wetlands NWR, David Dowell reported 16 Black-necked Stilts, 4 Snowy Plovers at watchable wildlife, and 7 Brewer’s Sparrows.

---On August 26 at San Luis Lakes SP, Steve Mlodinow reported Solitary Sandpiper and Common Tern.

---On August 30 at Zapata Falls, Greg Levandoski reported 16 Black Swifts, Gray Flycatcher, and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

---On August 30 at Zapata Campground Loop, Greg Levandoski reported 5 Gray Flycatchers, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers.

ARAPHAOE COUNTY:

---On September 1 at Aurora Reservoir, David Suddjian and his DFO Field Trip reported juv Sabine’s Gull.

---On September 2 at Plains Conservation Center, Karen Metz reported Red-headed Woodpecker.

BENT COUNTY:

---On August 30 at Van’s Grove, Duane Nelson reported Black-and-white Warbler, Great Crested Flycatcher, and Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

---On August 30 at Clayton Grove (north side of John Martin Reservoir), Duane Nelson reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo.  

---On August 30 at Hasty campground, Duane Nelson reported Baltimore Oriole and Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

---On September 2 at Tempel Grove, Duane Nelson and Norma Verhoeff reported Ovenbird below the bench.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On August 30 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Jeff Parks reported 3 Solitary Sandpipers and Yellow-shafted Flicker.  On September 2 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Willem van Vliet reported Solitary Sandpiper.

---On September 2 at Twin Lakes in Boulder, Wilem van Vliet reported Yellow-shafted Flicker.

---On September 2 on South Boulder Creek Trail, Joe Luedtke reported Black-and-white Warbler.

CHEYENNE COUNTY:

---On September 1 on R J between CR 24 and CR 31, Steve Mlodinow reported 5 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Dickcissel and pair of Baltimore Orioles.

COSTILLA COUNTY:

---On August 28 at Smith Reservoir, David Dowell reported 2 Wood Ducks and Sandhill Crane.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On August 28 at Bluff Lake, George Ho reported Wild Turkey.  On September 2 at Bluff Lake Nature Center Jason Bidgood reported Wild Turkey, 2 Clay-colored Sparrows and Brewer’s Sparrow.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

---On September 1 at Chatfield SP Gazebo Heronry Overlook, Isaiah McCort reported Solitary Sandpiper and Eastern Phoebe.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On August 28 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Tanja Britton reported 2 Mississippi Kites.  On August 30 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Jim Merritt reported Mississippi kit in Nature center/Cattail Marsh Area and Cathy Bondy reported 2 Mississippi Kites in Willow Spring Road area.  On September 1 at Fountain Creek regional Park Nature Center/Cattail Marsh Area, Michael Doseck, David and Cheryl Hubbard reported 2 Mississippi Kites.

---On August 28 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown reported banding ad Brewer’s Sparrow.  On September 1 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown reported banding ad Red-eyed Vireo, ad Clay-colored Sparrow, and ad Brewer’s Sparrow.

---On August 30 at Black Forest Regional Park, Alan Versaw reported Brewer’s Sparrow.

---On September 2 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), David Tonnessen reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 2 Least Flycatchers, 2 Curve-billed Thrashers, 2 Clay-colored Sparrows, and 5 Brewer’s Sparrows.

---On September 2 on Hanover Road, David Tonnessen reported Greater Roadrunner, Chihuahuan Raven, Clay-colored Sparrow, and 6 Brewer’s Sparrows.

GUNNISON COUNTY:

---On August 28 on Hwy 38 south of Gunnison, Jesse Huth reported Gunnison Sage-Grouse and Lark Bunting.

---On August 31 on Contour Trails, Marcel Such reported f Lark Bunting.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On August 29 at Chatfield SP Swim Beach, Diane Roberts and Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.

---On September 1 at Chatfield SP, Matt Clark reported Semipalmated Sandpiper, 4 Solitary Sandpipers,

Lesser Black-backed Gull at Swim Beach, Black Phoebe at Deer Creek NW of Swim Beach, Eastern Phoebe.  On September 2 at Chatfield SP, Thomas Holub reported Black Phoebe at Swim Beach and Phil Lyon reported Black and Eastern Phoebe on Perimeter Road.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

---On August 28 on Animas River Trail Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area, Ryan Votta reported 5 Lewis’s Woodpeckers, 10 Evening Grosbeaks, and 2 Red Crossbills.  On September 2 on Animas River trail behind 4 Corners Riversports, Jason St. Pierre reported f-type American Redstart.

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On August 30 at Granview Cemetery, Dave Leatherman reported Red Crossbill.

---On August 29 at Boyd Lake SP, David Wade and Nick Komar reported Common Tern.  On August 31 at Boyd Lake SP, Nick Komar reported ad moulting Mew Gull on Swim Beach.

---On August 31 at Timnath Reservoir, Joe Mammoser reported Caspian Tern on North Shore.  On September 2 at Timnath Reservoir, Nick Komar and Austin Hess reported 6 Cackling Geese, Solitary Sandpiper, and 5 Black Terns.

MESA COUNTY:

---On August 28 on Uncompahgre Plateau, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported 2 Solitary Sandpipers and 4 Brewer’s Sparrows.

---On August 29 at Horsethief Canyon SWA near Fruita on the River Trail, Mike Henwood reported Northern Waterthrush and Nashville Warbler.

---On September 2 on Pinyon Mesa, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported Gunnison Sage-Grouse and Williamson’s Sapsucker.

MOFFAT COUNTY:

---On August 31 at Loudy-Simpson Park, Forrest Luke reported a dark-phase Broad-winged Hawk.

MORGAN COUNTY:

---On August 28 at Jackson Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Long-billed Curlew, 3 Caspian Terns,

10 Black Terns, Dickcissel, and Baltimore Oriole.

---On August 31 on CO 144 S of Orchard, Loch Kilpatrick reported Sandhill Crane standing in river.

OURAY COUNTY:

---On August 28 at Ridgeway Reservoir and SP, Gary Koehn reported 2 Brewer’s Sparrows.

PARK COUNTY:

---On August 31 at Antero Reservoir, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported imm light-phase LONG-TAILED JAEGER.

PROWERS COUNTY:

---On September 2 at Lamar Community College Woods north end, Dave Leatherman reported Great Crested Flycatcher, f-type Purple Martin, and a few Mississippi Kites.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

---On August 30 at Lake Beckwith in Colorado City, Dave Silverman reported 3 Black Swifts.  On September 2 in Colorado City, Dave Silverman and Brandon Percival reported 3 Black Swifts at Lake Beckwith and Brandon reported Dickcissel behind TruValue Hardware.

---On September 2 at Chico Basin Ranch, Rose Pond area, Robb Hinds reported 4 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, Blue-headed Vireo, and 5 Brewer’s Sparrows.

SAGUACHE COUNTY:

---On August 28 in town of Saguache, David Dowell reported 6 Sandhill Cranes circling over the town.

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY:

---On September 2 at Wright’s Mesa Farm ponds east of Norwood, George Steele reported Solitary Sandpiper.

WASHINGTON COUNTY:

---On August 29 at Prewitt Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Semipalmated Plover, 3 Upland Sandpipers, 435 Stilt Sandpipers, 15 Pectoral Sandpipers, 8 Solitary Sandpipers, Great Crested Flycatcher, and Red-eyed Vireo.

---On August 31 at Prewitt Reservoir, Loch Kilpatrick reported 6 Cattle Egret, 5 Semipalmated Plovers, 88 Stilt Sandpipers, 4 Sanderling, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers, 35 Semipalmated Sandpipers, Caspian Tern, 10 Black Terns, Common Tern, Red-headed Woodpecker, Merlin (Prairie), Great Crested Flycatcher, 3 Clay-colored Sparrows and 6 Brewer’s Sparrows.

WELD COUNTY:

---On September 2 at Crow Valley CG, Chris Goulart reported Least Flycatcher.

YUMA COUNTY:

---On August 30 at abandoned homestead on CR Y, Steve Mlodinow reported Blue-gray Gnatcather, 18 Clay-colored Sparrows, Lark Bunting, 3 Dickcissel, 2 Baltimore Oriole.

---On August 30 at Lens Farm Shetler Belt, Steve Mlodinow reported Great Crested Flycatcher.

---On September 1 at Hale Ponds, Steve Mlodinow reported Upland  Sandpiper, 6 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 3 Red-breasted Woodpeckeers, 3 Least Flycatchers, 9 Clay-colored Sparrows, 2 Brewer’s Blackbirds, 5 Baltimore Orioles.

Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips:

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, September 3 will be to Buffalo Peaks Ranch led by Chris Rurik (chrisrurik AT gmail.com; 253-225-7104)  This trip is full.

The DFO Field Trip for Monday, September 4 will be a Denver County Big Day led by Chris Rurik (chrisrurik AT gmail.com; 253-225-7104)   This trip is full

For more information on the field trips go to dfobirds.org.

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder