Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 6 May 2018

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine

Date:        May 6, 2018

e-mail:      RBA AT cobirds.org  

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, May 6 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.

Snow Goose (Arapahoe, *Mesa)

Greater White-fronted Goose (Rio Grande)

Northern Bobwhite (*Baca)

Greater Prairie Chicken (Yuma)

Greater Roadrunner (*Las Animas)

Common Nighthawk (*Weld)

Common Poorwill (*Kiowa, *Las Animas)

Chimney Swift (*Prowers)

White-throated Swift (Pueblo)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (*Baca)

Virginia Rail (Chaffee)

Sora (Jackson)

Sandhill Crane (*Montezuma)

Black-necked Stilt (*Montezuma)

Snowy Plover (Alamosa, *Kiowa)

Mountain Plover (Lincoln)

Upland Sandpiper (Lincoln)

Whimbrel (Jefferson, *Kiowa)

Semipalmated Plover (*Kiowa, La Plata)

Long-billed Curlew (*Kiowa)

HUDSONIAN GODWIT (*Kiowa)

Marbled Godwit (Gunnison, *Kiowa, La Plata, Mesa)

Stilt Sandpiper (*Kiowa)

Sanderling (*Kiowa)

Least Sandpiper (Kit Carson)

White-rumped Sandpiper (*Kiowa)

Solitary Sandpiper (Boulder, La Plata, *Mesa, Pueblo, *San Miguel)

Pectoral Sandpiper (*Kit Carson)

Semipalmated Sandpiper (*Boulder, Jefferson, *Kiowa, Kit Carson)

Western Sandpiper (La Plata, Mesa)

Long-billed Dowitcher (*Boulder, La Plata, Weld)

Willet (Gunnison, Jackson, La Plata, Weld)

Wilson’s Phalarope (Kit Carson, La Plata)

Red-necked Phalarope (Jefferson)

Caspian Tern (Kiowa)

Forster’s Tern (Adams, Lincoln)

Pacific Loon (*Jefferson)

Neotropic Cormorant (*Kiowa)

American White Pelican (Douglas)

American Bittern (*Adams)

Great Egret (*Denver)

Snowy Egret (Dolores, Montezuma)

Little Blue Heron (Mesa)

Cattle Egret (Dolores ,Jefferson, Mesa, Montrose, San Miguel) 

Green Heron (*Baca)

Glossy Ibis (Fremont, *La Plata, Yuma)

White-faced Ibis (La Plata, Mesa, Weld)

Turkey Vulture (Douglas)

Northern Goshawk  (Larimer)

Broad-winged Hawk (*Baca, Mesa, Washington)

Acorn Woodpecker (La Plata)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Bent, Kit Carson)

Red-naped Sapsucker (*Gunnison, *Pitkin)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso, *Las Animas)

Western Wood-Pewee (Baca)

Least Flycatcher (*Baca)

Gray Flycatcher (Gunnison, Kit Carson, *Las Animas)

Dusky Flycatcher (La Plata, Montrose)

Cordilleran Flycatcher (*El Paso, *Pitkin)

Black Phoebe (*Larimer, *Ouray)

Eastern Phoebe (*Baca, *Boulder, Jefferson)

Ash-throated Flycatcher (Adams, *Baca, *El Paso, Larimer)

Cassin’s Kingbird (Douglas, *Jefferson, *Larimer, *Las Animas, Pueblo)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (*Baca, Weld)

White-eyed Vireo (Boulder)

Cassin’s Vireo (*Baca,  Bent, Boulder, Jefferson)

Red-eyed Vireo (Kiowa, *Prowers)

Gray Vireo (*Las Animas)

Chihuahuan Raven (*Baca, El Paso)

Common Raven (Lincoln)

Violet-green Swallow (Jefferson, Weld)

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Moffat)

Bank Swallow (Gunnison)

Cliff Swallow (Moffat)

Juniper Titmouse (*El Paso)

Marsh Wren (Gunnison)

Bewick’s Wren (*Baca)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (*Baca, Kit Carson, Prowers, *Weld)

Eastern Bluebird (El Paso, Jefferson)

Mountain Bluebird (*Adams, Lincoln)

Swainson’s Thrush (*Prowers)

Hermit Thrush (El Paso, Gunnison)

Gray Catbird (*Prowers)

Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso, Pueblo)

Brown Thrasher (Kiowa)

Northern Mockingbird (Kiowa)

American Pipit (Kiowa)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Gunnison)

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (*Gunnison)

Red Crossbill (Prowers, *Las Animas)

Green-tailed Towhee (*Pitkin, *Weld)

EASTERN TOWHEE (Sedgwick, Yuma)

Rufous-crowned Sparrow (*Las Animas)

Canyon Towhee (*Baca, *Las Animas)

Chipping Sparrow (Logan, Montezuma)

Lark Sparrow (El Paso)

Black-throated Sparrow (*Las Animas)

Field Sparrow (Bent)

Sagebrush Sparrow (Boulder)

Fox Sparrow (*Gunnison)

White-throated Sparrow (Prowers)

Harris’s Sparrow (*Boulder, Denver, Kiowa)

Bullock’s Oriole (Bent)

Brown-headed Cowbird (Kit Carson, Yuma)

Northern Waterthrush (El Paso)

Black-and-white Warbler (Arapahoe)

Tennessee Warbler (Kit Carson)

Orange-crowned Warbler (*Ouray, *Pitkin, Summit, *Weld)

Nashville Warbler (*Prowers)

Virginia’s Warbler (*Ouray)

American Redstart (Larimer)

Northern Parula (Kiowa, Prowers)

Blackpoll Warbler (*Boulder)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Kiowa)

Grace’s Warbler (Jefferson)

Palm Warbler (*Kiowa, Weld)

Yellow-throated Warbler (*Pueblo)

Townsend’s Warbler (Boulder)

Wilson’s Warbler (La Plata)

Summer Tanager (*Las Animas, Prowers)

Scarlet Tanager (*Prowers)

Northern Cardinal (Boulder, *Prowers)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Adams, *Denver)

Indigo Bunting (*Adams)

DIckcissel (*Prowers)

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On May 4 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek, John Breitsch, Rebecca Laroche, and Adam Vesely  reported m Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

---On May 4 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Bluestem Loop Trail, Rebecca Laroche and Patrick O’Driscoll reported Ash-throated Flycatcher.

---On May 5 at Barr Lake SP Bird Conservancy of Rockies Office Area and below dam, Bill Schreitz, Mary O’Connor, and Rebecca Laroche reported pair of Indigo Bunting, and American Bittern.

---On May 5 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Prairie Trail, Eric Dinkel reported Mountain Bluebird.

ALAMOSA COUNTY:

---On May 3 at Blanca Wetlands NWR, Ricky Martinez reported 8 Snowy Plovers.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On May 4 at Lee Gulch Trail at Ashbaugh Park in Littleton, David Suddjian reported m Black-and-white Warbler.

BACA COUNTY:

--On May 4 in Campo (town), Tony Leukering reported Western Wood-Pewee.

---On May 5 at Two Buttes Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported m Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Cassin’s Vireo.

---On May 5 in Campo (town), Christine Alexander and Steve Rash reported Nothern Bobwhite, Broad-winged Hawk, 5 Chichuhuan Raven and Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at intersection of CR Jand CR 32.

---On May 5 at Two Buttes SWA, Joey Kellner et al reported Green Heron, Cassin’s Vireo, Least Flycatcher, 2 Eastern Phoebe.

---On May 5 at Carrizo Canyon Picnic Area, Lorraine Lanning reported Ash-throated Flycatcher, Chihuahuan Rave, Bewick’s Wren, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and Canyon Towhee.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On May 4 at Golden Ponds Park, Scott Severs reported Eastern Phoebe.  On May 5 at Golden Ponds Park, Sarah Spotten reported Eastern Phoebe.

---On May 2 at CU Boulder East Campus, David Dowell, Mark Minner-lee, John Malenich, and Bill Kaempfer reported Townsend’s Warbler.

---On May 1 at Lagerman Reservoir, Scott Severs reported 45 Willets.

---On May 2 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Ted Floyd reported 8 Solitary Sandpipers and Blackpoll Warbler.  On May 3 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Linda Lee reported 2 Cassin’s Vireos.  On May 5 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Luke and Tracy Pheneger reported Harris’s Sparrow near juniper hedgerow behind Ricky Weiser wetlands; Megan Jones and Mike Patterson reported Blackpoll Warbler, 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper, and 2 Long-billed Dowitchers.

---On May 3 in Boulder on 16th St between Kalmia Ave and Jennine Court, Bob Fiehweg reported Northern Cardinal and Luke Pheneger reported hearing Northern Cardinal on Kalmia.

---On May 4 at Green Mountain Cemetery, Nathan Pieplow reported White-eyed Vireo

---On May 5 at Boulder Creek at 75th Mike Paterson and Megan Jones reported Eastern Phoebe.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On May 4 at First creek at DEN OS, Eric DeFonso and John Breitsch reported Harris’s Sparrow.  On May 5 at First Creek at DEN OS, John Breitsch reported Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

---On May 2 at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Mark Obmaschik and Gabriel Wiltse reported Great Egret.  On May 3 at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Jake Shorty reported Great Egret.  On May 5 at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Jason Bidgood reported Great Egret.

---On May 2 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Doug Kibbe and Elaine Wagner reported Great Egret.

DOLORES COUNTY:

---On May 2 at Alkali Draw, Glenn Dunmire reported Snowy Egret and Cattle Egret.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

---On May 4 at Castlewood Canyon Rd—Lake Gulch Road to Castlewood Canyon SP, Gloria Nikolai reported Cassin’s Kingbird.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On May 2 at Chico Basin Ranch, Ken Burton reported Ash-throated Flycatcher and banded 2 Hermit Thrush.  On May 3 at Chico  Basin Ranch, Ken Burton recaptured Hermit Thrush banded on May 2.  On May 4 at Chico Basin Ranch, Ken Burton banded 1 new and 1 recapture Hermit Thrush.  On May 5 at Chico Basin Ranch, Ken Burton reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker and banded Ash-throated Flycatcher; Joy and Leonard Lake reported Curve-billed Thrasher; Jim Merritt and Chris Brobin reported Curve-billed Thrasher, 2 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers and Ash-throated Flycatcher.

---On May 3 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded Northern Waterthrush.  On May 4 at Clear Spring Ranch, Terence Berger reported m Eastern Bluebird and Chihuahuan Raven.

---On May 5 at Aiken Canyon Preserve, Deborah Barnes reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatcher, Ash-throated Flycatcher and Juniper Titmouse.

GUNNISON COUNTY:

---On May 3 at McCabe’s Line Wetland, Nick Niezgoda reported Willet.   On May 4 at McCabe’s Wetland, Marcel Such reported 3 Marsh Wren, Hermit Thrush, and Bank Swallow.

---On May 3 a Gunnison Whitewater Park, Arden Anderson reported 10 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, and 150  Brown-capped Rosy-Finch.

---On May 3 at Blue Mesa Reservoir Hwy 149 Bridge, Arden Anderson reported Marble Godwit.

---On May 3 at Waunita Hot Springs Lek, Caleb Strand reported Gray Flycatcher.

---On May 5 on FR 317 (38.9625566,-106.9930172), Billy Barr reported Red-naped Sapsucker, 6 Fox Sparrow, and 3 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On May 2 at North Arvada Middle School, Cathy Fennelly reported 14 Cattle Egret.

---On May 3 at Main Reservoir, Matt Clark reported Semipalmated Sandpiper.  On May 4 at Main Reservoir, Myron Gerhard reported Cassin’s Vireo.

---On May 3 at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt, Kevin DeBoer reported Red-necked Phalarope.

---On May 3 at Bear Creek Greenbelt between Wadsworth and Estes, Doug Ward reported m Eastern Bluebird.

---On May 4 at North Standley Lake SO Park, Penny Martinez and Shannon Cwik reported 6 Whimbrel in the parking lot.

---On May 5 at Standley Lake and Park, David Chernack reported Pacific Loon.

---On May 5 at Harriman Lake Park, DuWayne Worthington reported Cassin’s Kingbird.

KIOWA COUNTY:

---On May 2 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Jane Stulp, Janeal Thompson, and Dave Leatherman reported 2 Long-billed Curlew, Caspian Tern, Brown Thrasher, and Northern Mockingbird.  On May 4 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Rash reported Neotropic Cormorant, 5 Snowy Plovers, Whimbrel, and 2 Long-billed Curlews.  On May 5 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Joel and Dale Adams reported 2 Snowy Plovers, 3 Stilt Sandpiper, Common Poorwill, and Palm Warbler; Brandon Percival reported Stilt Sandpiper, 2 Sanderling, and White-rumped Sandpiper; Joel and Dale Adams reported Neotropic Cormorant.

---On May 3 at intersection or CR C and CR 47, Lindsay Purifoy and Tim Mitzen reported Red-eyed Vireo and Palm Warbler.

---On May 3 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Lindsay Purifoy and Tim Mitzen reported m Black-throated Blue Warbler, Northern Parula, and Harris’s Sparrow.  On May 5 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Dale and Joel Adams, Joey Kellner et al reported 8 Snowy Plover, 3 Stilt Sandpipers, 3 Sanderling, White-rumped Sandpiper; John Drummond repored Neotropic Cormorant and 2 White-rumped Sandpipers.

---On May 5 on S shore of Neenoshe Reservoir, Bill Fink reported HUDSONIAN GODWIT, 2 Marbled Godwits, Snowy Plover, Semipalmated Plover and Semipalmated Sandpipers.  He turned on CR E from US 287, then north to reservoir.  

KIT CARSON COUNTY:

---On May 4 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, Renee Casias reported Tennessee Warbler, Pectoral Sandpiper and Red-bellied Woodpecker.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

---On May 2 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton, Jason St Pierre, and Ryan Votta reported 27 Willets, 27 Marbled Godwits, 27 Wilson’s Phalaropes, 26 Long-billed Dowitchers, 21 Western Sandpipers, Semipalmated Plover, Solitary Sandpiper, 6 White-faced Ibis, Wilson’s Warbler, and Dusky Flycatcher.  On May 5 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton, Katy Shirley, and Kristi Streiffert reported Glossy Ibis.

LAS ANIMAS COUNTY:

---On May 5 at Alejandro Canyon, Steve Mlodinow and Tony Leukering reported 4 Greater Roadrunners, 2 Common Poorwill, 5 Gray Flycatchers, 4 Cassin’s Kingbirds, Gray Vireo, Black-throated Sparrow, 210 Canyon towhee, 5 Rufous-crowned Sparrows, and 2 pair of Summer Tanagers.

---On May 5 at Pugatoir River W of Alejandro Canyon, Steve Mlodinow and Tony Leukering reported 5 Greater Roadrunners, 4 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, Gray Vireo, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, 2 Summer Tanagers, 3 Red Crossbills, 4 Red Crossbills (Western Hemlock or type 3).

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On May 2 at Arapahoe Bend NA – Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Walter Wehtje reported Ash-throated Flycatcher.

---On May 3 at River’s Edge NA, Caroline Olson reported young male American Redstart.

---On May 5 a Lake Estes, Gloria Nikolai and Scott Rashid reported Black Phoebe.

---On May 5 at CR 5 from CR 82 to CR 92, Nick Komar reported Cassin’s Kingbird.

LINCOLN COUNTY:

---On May 2 at Karval Lake SWA, Todd Deininger and John Vanderpoel reported Forster’s Tern and 2 Common Raven.

---On May 3 at 42000 CR 109 S of Hugo, Andrew Judd reported Mountain Bluebird.

---On May 4 on CR 3F near CR 431, Donnie Coody and Shelby Birch reported 2 Mountain Plover and Upland Sandpiper.

MESA COUNTY:

---On May 2 at James M Robb Colorado River SP Pear Park Section, Drew Kelley reported Little Blue Heron.  On May 3 at James M Robb Colorado River SP Pear Park Section Connee Moffatt reported Little Blue Heron, 4 Black-necked Stilts, and 20 Western Sandpipers.  On May 4 at James M Robb Colorado River SP Pear Park Section, Connee Moffat and Mike Henson reported Little Blue Heron; Henwood also reported Solitary Sandpiper.

---On May 2 at Highline Lake SP, David Price, Brenda Sabo, and Calib Strand reported Cattle Egret and 2 Common Tern.

---On May 4 at Redlands Parkway Ponds, Diane Trappett reported 2 Solitary Sandpipers.

---On May 2 in Loma at 12 Rd from O ½ to P Road, Mike Henwood reported Cattle Egret.

---On May 2 at Grand Valley Audubon Nature Center, Caleb Strand reported Broad-winged Hawk.

---On May 2 at Ela Wildlife Sanctuary, Caleb Strand reported Solitary Sandpiper.  On May 3 at Ela Wildlife Sanctuary, Drew Kelly and Ronda Woodward reported Solitary Sandpiper.

---On May 5 at Leatha Jean Stassen SWA, Ron Lambeth reported 8 Snow Geese.

MONTEZUMA COUNTY:

---On May 2 at Totten Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson reported 2 Marbled Godwit and 2 Black-necked Stilt.  On May 3 at Totten Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson and Linda Raczek reported Sandhill Crane, 3 Black-necked Stilt, 2 Snowy Egrets, and 12 Marbled Godwits.  On May 5 at Totten Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson and Linda Raczek reported Sandhill Crane and 5 Black-necked Stilts.

MONTROSE COUNTY:

---On May 2 at Nucla sewage Lagoons, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Cattle Egret.

---On May 2 at Buzz’s Pond, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported 2 Cattle Egret.

OURAY COUNTY:

---On May 5 at CR 2 just east of Hwy 550, Don Marsh reported Black Phoebe.

---On May 5 on CR 4B, Don Marsh reported 2 Virginia’s Warblers, and 2 Orange-crowned Warblers.

PITKIN COUNY:

---On May 5 at Snowmass Ski Area, Snowmass Village, Ann Larson reported 2 Red-naped Sapsuckers, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, and 2 Green-tailed Towhee.

PROWERS COUNTY:

---On May 3 at Lamar Community College, Tim Mitzen and Lindsay Purifoy reported Northern Parula, Summer Tanager (part yellow, part red), White-throated Sparrow, and Red Crossbills.  On May 4 at Lamar Community College,  Brandon Percival reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Northern Cardinal and 2 Red Crossbills.  On May 5 at Lamar Community College, Pablo Quezada and many other birders reported Scarlet Tanager, Nashville Warbler, 2 Northern Cardinals, 5 Chimney Swifts, and Red-eyed Vireo; Brandon Percival reported Swainson’s Thrush and Gray Catbird.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

---On May 3 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Caleb Strand reported Curve-billed Thrasher.

---On May 3 at Pueblo Reservoir Rock Canyon below dam, n of river, Caleb Strand reported Cassin’s Kingbird and Solitary Sandpiper.

---On May 3 at Mineral Palace Park, Van Truan reported Yellow-throated Warbler.  On May 5 at Mineral Palace Park, Van Truan, Pablo Quezada, and Gabriel Wiltse reported Yellow-throated Warbler.

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY:

---On May 4 in Telluride (town), Eric Hynes reported Solitary Sandpiper.

---On May 1 in Mountain Village, Eric Hynes reported Great E

SEDGWICK COUNTY:

---On May 4 at 21000 CR 32 near Julesburg, Elaine Wagner reported EASTERN TOWHEE.

SUMMIT COUNTY:

---On May 2 at Silverthorne (town), Adam Vesely reported 2 Orange-crowned Warblers.

WASHINGTON COUNTY:

---On May 4 at Akron Golf course, Elaine Wagner reported 2 Broad-winged Hawks.

WELD COUNTY:

---On May 4 at Crow Valley CG, Deb Carstensen reported m Palm Warbler.  On May 5 at Crow Valley CG, Adrian Moore reported Common Nighthawk, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 5 Orange-crowned Warblers, and Green-tailed Towhee.

---On May 4 at Pawnee NG CR 120, Pratyaydipta Rudra reported ad m Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.

YUMA COUNTY:

---On May 4 at Yuma Sewage Ponds, Elaine Wagner reported Glossy Ibis.

---On May 4 at Yuma Municipal Cemetery, Elaine Wagner reported EASTERN TOWHEE.

DFO Field Trips: 

For details please visit the DFO website dfobirds.org

Denver City Park

Sunday, May 6

6:30 Am – 11:00 AM

Patrick O’Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955 (cell))

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder