Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 9 November 2017

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine

e-mail:    RBA AT cobirds.org

Date:      November 9, 2017

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Thursday,  November 9 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 changed.

Greater White-fronted Goose (Boulder, *Larimer, Sedgwick)

Cackling Goose (Boulder, Broomfield, Kiowa, *Larimer, Montrose, Morgan, Pueblo, Sedgwick, *Weld)

Tundra Swan (*Moffat)

Blue-winged Teal (Boulder)

Greater Scaup (Routt)

Surf Scoter (*Fremont, *Jefferson, *Montezuma, Morgan, Park, Sedgwick)

White-winged Scoter (*Fremont, *Mesa)

Long-tailed Duck (Boulder, *Fremont, Park)

Barrow’s Goldeneye (Eagle, *Moffat, Montrose)

Red-necked Grebe (Denver, Fremont, Otero)

Sandhill Crane (*Weld)

Black-bellied Plover (Bent)

American Golden-Plover (Bent)

Sanderling (*Douglas, Pueblo)

Long-billed Dowitcher (*Weld)

Greater Yellowlegs (*Jefferson, Kiowa, Larimer)

Wilson’s Phalarope (Jefferson)

PARASITIC JAEGER  (Larimer, Weld)

Sabine’s Gull (Pueblo)

Mew Gull (Larimer)

Iceland Gull (Larimer, Morgan)

Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo)

Common Tern (Boulder, Crowley, Denver)

Red-throated Loon (Kiowa, Larimer, Pueblo)

Pacific Loon (Park)

Common Loon (Adams, Bent, Boulder, Denver, *Garfield, Larimer, Mesa, *Moffat, Morgan, Otero, *Ouray, Park, *Pueblo, Sedgwick)

American Bittern (Boulder)

Great Egret (Montezuma)

Snowy Egret (Boulder)

Cattle Egret (Kiowa)

Black-crowned Night-Heron (*Weld)

Turkey Vulture (Pueblo)

Osprey (Larimer, Montezuma)

Broad-winged Hawk (Jefferson)

Swainson’s Hawk (Mesa)

Lewis’s Woodpecker (Bent)

Eastern Phoebe (Morgan, Prowers)

Northern Shrike (Bent)

Pinyon Jay (Baca)

Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Kiowa)

Barn Swallow (Larimer)

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Kiowa)

Pygmy Nuthatch (Morgan, Phillips)

Winter Wren (Baca, *Larimer)

Carolina Wren (Prowers)

Bewick’s Wren (*Garfield)

Eastern Bluebird (El Paso, *Jefferson)

Brown Thrasher (Jefferson)

Northern Mockingbird (Boulder, Denver)

Cassin’s Finch (Baca)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Garfield)

Black Rosy-Finch (Garfield)

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Garfield)

Red Crossbill  (Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer, Sedgwick)

Lapland Longspur (Baca, Bent, Kiowa, Sedgwick)

Snow Bunting (Logan, Sedgwick)

Canyon Towhee (Baca)

Chipping Sparrow (Montezuma, Sedgwick)

Fox Sparrow (*Arapahoe, Jefferson)

Lincoln’s Sparrow (El Paso, Jefferson, Otero)

White-throated Sparrow (La Plata, *Montezuma, Otero, Prowers)

Harris’s Sparrow (*Boulder, Kiowa, Larimer, Sedgwick)

Rusty Blackbird (Adams, Jefferson)

Great-tailed Grackle (Montrose)

Common Yellowthroat (Boulder, Broomfield)

Yellow-throated Warbler (Boulder)

Northern Cardinal (Prowers)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Prowers)

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On November 3 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Lorraine Lanning reported Common Loon and Rusty Blackbird in tree on east bank of Lake Ladora.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On November 6 at deKoevend Park in Centennial, Jared Del Rosso reported Fox Sparrow.  On November 8 at deKoevend Park, Jared Del Rosso reported Red Fox Sparrow.

BACA COUNTY:

---On November 6 on CR M few miles W of US 287, Dave Leatherman reported several Lapland Longspurs

---On November 6 at Carrizo Creek Picnic Area and nearby creekbed S of CR M about 20 mi W of US 287, Dave Leatherman reported 180 Pinyon Jay and 2 Canyon Towhee.

---On November 6 at Cottonwood Canyon, Dave Leatherman reported 4 f Cassin’s Finch and Winter Wren.

BENT COUNTY:

---On November 2 at Blue Lake (Adobe Creek Reservoir), Dave Leatherman reported 2 Northern Shrikes, Common Loon, 2 Black-bellied Plovers, American Golden-Plover, and 10 Lapland Longspurs.

---On November 2 on CR 14 near CR KK, a few miles N of Hwy 50, Dave Leatherman reported Lewis’s Woodpecker.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On November 3 at Walden Ponds, Willem Van Vliet reported 2 Snowy Egrets.  On November 4 at Walden Ponds, Ted Floyd, Richard Trinker, and Brandon Nooner reported 2 Snowy Egrets.  On November 5 at Walden Ponds, 2 Snowy Egrets were reported by Ron Podhajsky, Aidan Golden, Tiffany and Chris Watts and Norm Lewis.

---On November 3 at Sawhill Ponds, Willem Van Vliet reported Blue-winged Teal.

---On November 4 at Stearn’s Lake, Paula Hansley reported Common Yellowthroat near first bench.

---On November 4 at Dodd Reservoir, Luke Pheneger reported Greater White-fronted Goose, Cackling Geese on the West side.  On November 6 at Dodd Reservoir, Peter Gent reported Greater White-fronted Goose.

---On November 5 at Cottonwood Marsh, Sharon Norfleet reported that Boulder Bird Club observed American Bittern.

---On November 5 at Valmont Reservoir, Jeff Parks reported 3 Common Loon and Northern Mockingbird.

---On November 6 at Valmont Reservoir, Peter Gent and Stephen Change reported f-type Long-tailed Duck.

---On November 6 at Skunk Creek at Basemar Shopping Center, David Dowell reported Yellow-throated Warbler south of Goodwill.

---On November 8 at University of Colorado South Campus in Boulder, Sharon Norfleet reported that the Boulder Bird Club observed a Harris’s Sparrow.

BROOMFIELD COUNTY:

--- On November 5 at Plaster Reservoir, Matt Hofeditz reported 250  Cackling Geese and Red Crossbill.

---On November 3 at Brunner Reservoir, David Ely reported f Common Yellowthroat.

---On November 6 at Interlocken East Park, David Ely reported 4 Red Crossbill (2m, 2f)

DENVER COUNTY:

---On November 3 at Martson Reservoir, Matt Clark reported 7 Common Loon and Red-necked Grebe.

---On November 5 at Westerly Creek Park, Jason Bidgood reported Northern Mockingbird.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

---On November 8 at Chatfield SP Marina Sandspit, Tom Wilberding and Michael Kiessig reorted Sanderling.

EAGLE COUNTY:

---On November 7 at Ruedi Reservoir, Vic Zerbi reported 9 Barrow’s Goldeneyes.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On November 6 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Jim Merritt reported 2 Lincoln’s Sparrows along stream near main entrance bridge.

FREMONT COUNTY:

---On November 7 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jerry DeBoer reported Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, and 3 Long-tailed Ducks.

GARFIELD COUNTY:

---On November 7 at Douglas Pass, Brett Walker reported 30 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, 6 Black Rosy-Finch, and 30 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch.

---On November 8 at Rifle Gap SP, JoAnn Riggle reported Common Loon and 2 Bewick’s Wren.         

---On November 8 at Fravent Reservoir, JoAnn Riggle reported Bewick’s Wren.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On November 6 at South Platte Reservoir, Dale Pate reported Surf Scoter in SW bay.   On November 8 at South Platte Reservoir, JoAnn Hackos reported Surf Scoter.

---On November 2 at Chatfield SP Swim Beach, Frank Farrell reported Rusty Blackbird.  On November 3 at Chatfield SP Swim Beach, Mark Chavez and Norm Lewis reported Rusty Blackbird.

---On November 4 at Coors Pond, Bruce Snyder reported Wison’s Phalarope.

---On November 4 at Harriman Lake, Chuck Aid reported Fox Sparrow on SE side of large cattail area.

---On November 6 at Majestic View Park, John Sakulich reported Brown Thrasher.  On November 8 at Majestic View Park, Dale Pate reported 9 Eastern Bluebirds.

---On November 8 at Chatfield SP downstream of Kingfisher Bridge (W),  Cynthia Kristensen reported Greater Yellowlegs.

---On November 8 at Chatfield SP South Platte River Delta, Tom Wilberding and Michael Kiessig reported Greater Yelllowlegs.

KIOWA COUNTY:

---On November 5 at Sheridan Lake area (town and playa), Bill Kaempfer reported Greater Yellowleg and 200 Lapland Longspurs.

---On November 5 at Plainview School, Bill Kaempfer reported 6 Harris’s Sparrows.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

---On November 7 at Pastorius Reservoir, Jason St. Pierre reported White-throated Sparrow.

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On November 3 at Timnath Reservoir, Bob Righter reported Red-throated Loon in middle of reservoir and Common Loon in S Central part;  Josh Bruening reported dark morph juv PARASITIC JAEGER, Nick Komar reported 50 Cackling Geese; the PARASITIC JAEGER and Red-throated Loon were seen by Austin Hess, David Wade, and Nick Komar.  On November 4 at Timnath Reservoir, Nick Komar and many other birders reported Red-throated Loon and PARASITIC JAEGER and Nick Komar reported 200 Cackling Geese.  On November 5 at Timnath Reservoir, Red-throated Loon and Common Loon were reported by Robert Beauchamp, Luke Pheneger, Maikel and Susan Wise, Danny Montolavo,  Megan Miller, Josh Bruening, and Jack Bushong;  Josh Bruening also reported 30 Cackling Geese.

---On November 4 at Terry Lake in Fort Collins, Fawn Simonds reported Common Loon.

---On November 4 at Kechter Pit Wetland, Christine Sparks reported Osprey.

---On November 5 at Arapahoe Bend NA Rigden Reservoir, Josh Bruening, and Lori Zabel reported PARASITIC JAEGER.  On November 7 at Arapahoe Bend NA Rigden Reservoir, Josh Bruening reported 13 Cackling Geese, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, and Barn Swallow.

---On November 5 at Loveland Cemetery, Walter Wehtje  and Nick Komara reported 8 Red Crossbill (Ponderosa Pine, Type 2), 2 Red Crossbill (Lodgepole Pine type 5), and 11 Red Crossbill (Douglas Fir, Type 4).

---On November 7 at Boyd Lake, David Wade and Nick Komar reported 3 Greater White-fronted Geese, 600 Cackling Geese, and Least Sandpiper.

---On November 8 at Lee Martinez Park near Discovery Museum, Nick Komar, Austin Hess, Michael McCloy, and Brandon Nooner reported Winter Wren.

LOGAN COUNTY:

---On November 5 at Jumbo Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 500 Cackling Geese, Red-throated Loon, and Snow Bunting.

MESA COUNTY:

---On November 6 in Grand Junction, Linda Hansen reported Swainson’s Hawk.  The hawk was hit by a car, captured and taken to wildlife vet who identified it as Swainson’s Hawk.

---On November 6 at Highline Lake SP, Mike Henwood reported 3 Common Loon.

MOFFAT COUNTY:

---On November 4 at WFMC Ponds, Forrest Luke reported 2 ad Tundra Swans.

---On November 8 at WFMC Ponds, Forrest Luke reported 2 ad Tundra Swans, Common Loon, and f Barrow’s Goldeneye.

MONTEZUMA COUNTY:

---On November 3 at McPhee Reservoir west end, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Osprey.

---On November 3 at Industrial Park Pond N of Cortez, Eric Hendrickson reported 7 Great Egret.

---On November 4 at McPhee Marina, Erick Hendrickson reported 3 Common Loon and Chipping Sparrow.

---On November 8 at Narraguinnep Reservoir, Jim Beatty reported imm Surf Scoter.

---On November 8 at Denny Lake Park, Jim Beatty reported White-throated Sparrow.

MONTROSE COUNTY:

---On November 4 at Black Canyon Crystal Dam, Betty Fenton reported 2 Barrow’s Goldeneyes.  On November 6 at Black Canyon Crystal Dame,  Betty Fenton reported 4 f Barrow’s Goldeneyes.

---On November 7 at Otter Pond, Bruce Ackerman and Linda Hansen reported 2 f Great-tailed Grackles and Jon Horm reported 2 Cackling Geese.

MORGAN COUNTY:

---On November 6 at Jackson Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 400 Cackling Geese, Surf Scoter, 4 Common Loon, Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull.

OTERO COUNTY:

---On November 3 at Holbrook Reservoir, SeEtta Moss reported Red-necked Grebe.  On November 7 at Holbrook Reservoir, Stan Oswald reported Red-necked Grebe and Common Loon.

OURAY COUNTY:

---On November 8 at Ridgway Reservoir, Kent Nelson reported 7 Common Loon.

PARK COUNTY:

---On November 4 at Eleven Mile Reservoir, Joey Kellner and DFO Field Trip reported Long-tailed Duck, 2 Surf Scoters, 2 Pacific Loons, 5 Common Loons.

PROWERS COUNTY:

---On November 3 at Lamar Community College, Dave Leatherman reported 2 Carolina Wren at S end, White-throated Sparrow E of library, and 4 Northern Cardinal.

---On November 3 on CR SS e of CR 13, Dave Leatherman reported imm Eastern Phoebe.

---On November 7 at Lamar Community College on west side of road that runs behind college NW from dumpsters N of Tennis courts, Dave Leatherman reported a young m Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

---On November 7 at Lamar Community College, Dave Leatherman reported pair of Northern Cardinals and White-throated Sparrow.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

---On November 5 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival and Renee Casias reported Red-throated Loon and Turkey Vulture;  at West Fishing Road, Brandon Percival reported 4 Common Loon.

---On November 7 at Pueblo Reservoir South Shore Marina tire, Brandon Percival reported ad Great Black-backed Gull.

---On November 8 at Pueblo Reservir, Brandon Percival reported 17 Common Loon.

SEDGWICK COUNTY:

---On November 5 in town of Ovid, Steve Mlodinow reported Greater White-fronted Goose, 12 Lapland Longspur, Harris’s Sparrow, and 8 Red Crossbills.

---On November 5 at Jumbo Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 7 Greater White-fronted Geese, 50 Cackling Geese, Surf Scoter, 4 Common Loon, 2 Snow Bunting, and Chipping Sparrow.

WASHINGTON COUNTY:

---On November 1 at Prewitt Reservoir, Norm Lewis reported American Golden-Plover, Dunlin, and Chipping Sparrow.

WELD COUNTY:

---On October 28 at Union Reservoir, Bill and Inez Prather reported Red-necked Grebe in NW corner along cattails and Common Loon.  On October 29 at Unon Reservoir, Chris Owens reported Red-necked Grebe.

---On October 31 at CR 33 1 miles south of CR 98 in Nunn, Gary Lefko reported 2 Lapland Longspurs.

---On October 31 Gary Lefko reported 6 Lapland Longspur at very large Prairie Dog Colony .5 m north of CR 90 on CR 29.

---On October 31 Joe Mammoser reported ad Tundra Swan on small pon east of Larimer/Weld County Line 2 ½  - 3 miles north of Hwy 14 east of Fort Collins.

---On November 5 at Beebe Draw, Cynthia Madsen and David Hill reported 150 Sandhill Cranes.

---On November 5 at Lower Latham, Cynthia Madsen and David Hill reported 110 Sandhill Cranes flying over – could be same cranes that were at Beebe Draw.

---On November 5 at Windsor Lake, Gary Lefko reported PARASITIC JAEGER.  On November 6 at Windsor Lake, Josh Bruening, Kathy Buckley, and Michael Britten reported PARASITIC JAEGER.  On November 7 at Windsor Lake, Steve Mlodinow, Larry Griffin, and Gene Rutherford reported PARASITIC JAEGER.

---On Novmeber 7 at Stewart’s Pond, Steve Mlodinow reported 50 Cackling Geese and juv Black-crowned Night-Heron.

---On November 7 at Behrens Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 100 Cackling Geese and Long-billed Dowitcher.

DFO Field Trip:

The DFO Field Trip for Thursday, November 9 will be to Rueter-Hess Reservoir led by Mary Cay  Burger (mcburger3 AT juno.com; 720-940-8394).  Meet at 0730 at Barr CCC Park, 18964 S Twenty Mile Road, Parker, located on the SW corner of Main St and 20 Mile Rd for birding ther and later at Rueter-hess Reservoir, which is open to the public only with entry permission.  Tim Ryan of Park Waater Dept will be our guide.  Bring a scope if you have one.

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, November 12 will be to Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop led by Karen von Saltza (kvonsaltza AT yahoo.com; 303-941-4881)

Meet at 0900 at Prairie Loop lot in Cherry Creek SP.  From either park entrance, follow Lake View Rd to the Prairie Loop 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 found in the park over a distance of about 3 miles.  Trails could be slippery or muddy.  Bring water and snacks; lunch is optional.  Beginning birders are welcome.  Register online or contact leader.

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder