Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 2 February 2018

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine

e-mail:      RBA AT cobirds.org  

Date:        February 2, 2018

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 2 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 (*Delta, Kiowa, *Pueblo)

Trumpeter Swan (*Fremont)

Greater Scaup (Adams, El Paso, Jefferson, Weld)

White-winged Scoter (*Arapahoe, Jefferson)

Long-tailed Duck (Adams, *Arapahoe)

Barrow’s Goldeneye (Adams, Fremont, Garfield, Kiowa) 

Wild Turkey (Denver)

Sora (Larimer)

White-winged Dove (Boulder)

Greater Roadrunner (*El Paso)

Long-billed Dowitcher (Adams)

Spotted Sandpiper (Garfield)

California Gull (Douglas, Kiowa)

Iceland Gull (El Paso, Pueblo, Weld) 

Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo)

Glaucous Gull (Arapahoe)

YELLOW-BILLED LOON (*Arapahoe, Jefferson)

Double-crested Cormorant (Kiowa, Pueblo)

HARRIS’S HAWK (*Larimer)

Snowy Owl (Weld)

RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (*El Paso)

Williamson’s Sapsucker (El Paso)

Red-naped Sapsucker (Boulder)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso)

Say’s Phoebe (Arapahoe, Baca, Denver)

Steller’s Jay (Baca)

Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Baca)

Chihuahuan Raven (*El Paso, Fremont, Kiowa)

Bushtit (Baca)

Pacific Wren (La Plata)

Winter Wren (Arapahoe, El Paso)

Varied Thrush (El Paso)

Curve-billed Thrasher (Baca, *El Paso)

Long-billed Thrasher (Baca)

Northern Mockingbird (*Adams, Baca)

American Pipit (Eagle)

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Conejos, Pitkin)

Black Rosy-Finch (Conejos)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Conejos, Pitkin, Weld)

PURPLE FINCH (Yuma)

Cassin’s Finch (Baca, Yuma)

Common Redpoll (Chaffee, (*Larimer)

Red Crossbill (Arapahoe, Larimer)

Lapland Longspur (El Paso, Kiowa)

Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kiowa)

European Goldfinch (Boulder)

Green-tailed Towhee (Denver)

Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca)

Canyon Towhee (Baca)

Field Sparrow (Baca)

Fox Sparrow (Delta, Larimer)

Lincoln’s Sparrow (Baca, Pueblo)

Harris’s Sparrow (Denver)

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Weld)

Brewer’s Blackbird (Kiowa)

Great-tailed Grackle (Eagle, Kiowa)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Arapahoe)

Pine Warbler (*Larimer)

Prairie Warbler (Pueblo)

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On January 27 at McKay Road Ponds in Thornton, Adam Vesely reported Long-tailed Duck in Southern most pond between S Platte River and 104th Ave east of McKay Road.  On January 28, at McKay road Ponds, Joe Roller and Eric DeFonso reported f Long-tailed Duck.

---On January 28 on S Platte River, Hwy 224 and 68th, Gabriel Wiltse reported Greater Scaup.

---On January 28 at S Platte Trail from Riverside Cemetery to Sand Creek, Gabriel Wiltse reported Long-billed Dowitcher where S Platte River instersects York St.

---On February 1 at Big Dry Creek Open Space, David Ely reported Northern Mockingbird.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:                                                                  

---On January 27 on East Crescent Parkway in Greenwood Village, Loch Kilpatrick, Glenn Walbek and Diane Roberts reported Winter Wren.  On January 28 on E Crescent Parkway, Gabrield Wiltse reported Winter Wren and Rebecca Laroche reported Yellow-rumped Warbler.

---On January 27 at South Platte Reservoir, Christian Hagenlocher and many others reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon; Bez Bezuidenhout reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon in the Jefferson County portion of the reservoir.  On January 28 at South Platte Reservoir, Matt Crooks, Jeff Dawson, Joanne Parker, and John McConnell reported White-winged Scoter, and Yellow-billed Loon;  Jeff Dawson also reported White-winged Scoter on the Jefferson County portion of the reservoir.  On January 29 at South Platte Reservoir, Robert Thoren and others reported Yellow-billed Loon and White-winged Scoter in Jefferson County part of reservoir; Candice Johnson and Gwen Moore reported White-winged Scoter in Douglas county.  On January 30 at South Platte Reservoir, Jerry Baines reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon.  On January 31 at South Platte Reservoir, Alan Peryam reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon; Cynthia Kristensen reported White-winged Scoter.  On February 1 at South Platte Reservoir, David Suddjian repored White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon and fly by Long-tailed Duck.

---On January 28 at S Platte Park C470 area, Robert Folzenlogen reported 23 Greater Scaup (19m, 4f) at N end of Eaglewatch Lake, Says’s Phoebe, and Yellow-rumped Warbler.

---On January 28 at Robert Tartaglia Pavilion, Eric DeFonso reported Say’s Phoebe and f Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler.

---On January 30 at Lee Gulch Overlook Trail, David Hill reported Say’s Phoebe.

---On January 31 at Aurora Reservoir, Nick Komar reported White-winged Scoter, 4 Long-tailed Ducks, and Glaucous Gull.

BACA COUNTY:

---On January 28 at Sikes Ranch SWA, CR Q, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 4 Curve-billed Thrashers, 3 Canyon Towhee, and f type Cassin’s Finch.

---On January 28 at Cottonwood Canyon Southern Approach, Kathy Mihm Dunning and David Dowell reported 4 Lincoln’s Sparow, 4 Canyon Towhee, and 4 Rufous-crowned Sparrows.

---On January 28 at CR J, David Dowell and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay and 3 Canyon Towhees.

---On January 28 at Cottonwood Canyon Loop, Kathy Mihm Dunning and David Dowell reported Say’s Phoebe and 2 Steller’s Jays.

---On January 28 at Picture Canyon, David Dowell and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 7 Bushtit, Winter Wren, Northern Mockingbird, 2 Field Sparrows, 3 Canyon Towhees, and 2 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jays.

---On January 31 at Cottonwood Canyon southern loop, Tony Leukering reported Steller’s Jay, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, and Cassin’s Finch, and Long-billed Thrasher.

---On January 31 at CR J at Wait Ranch, Tony Leukering reported Canyon Towhee.

---On January 31 at CR at NE most canyon, Tony Leukering reported Canyon Towhee and 2 Rufous-crowned Sparrows.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On January 28 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, Peter Burke and Christian Nunes reported European Goldfinch.  Christian said that the goldfinch was bathing in the creek.  

---On January 31 at 6th and Arapahoe in Boulder by Boulder Creek, Jonathan Striepen reported Red-naped Sapsucker.

CONEJOS COUNTY:

---On January 27 John Rawinski reported all 3 species of Rosy-Finches at feeders of Susan Hochstetter.  Go south from Monte Vista on Hwy 15 until payment ends, then go another 1 mile.  Susan’s place is on the east side of the road with numerous feeders.  

DELTA COUNTY:

---On January 29 in Paonia, Dennis Garrison reported that the Fox Sparrow continues to visit the FS office feeder.

---On January 31 at Confluence Park in Delta, Carol Brysky reported Greater White-fronted Goose.

DENVER COUNTY:

--On January 30 at First Creek at DEN, Brian Johnson reported Harris’s Sparrow.

---On January 26 at Denver Botanic Gardens and Cheeseman Park, Mark Obmascik reported Green-tailed Towhee.

---On January 30 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Alison Hixon reported Wild Turkey.

---On January 31 at Westerly Wetlands, Janice Avey reported Say’s Phoebe.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

---On January 27 at Chatfield SP, Joey Kellner and others reported California Gull.

EAGLE COUNTY:

--On January 22 at Lake Creek Village Wetlands Marbry Hopkins reported American Pipit.  On January 26 at Lake Creek Village Wetland, JoAnn Riggle reported American Pipit and Great-tailed Grackle.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On December 21 David Tonnessen reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (ruber) on Miranda Road in Colorado Springs, most recently re-found by Michael Turisk on January 25.  On January 27 on Miranda Road, Gary Koehn reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER.  On February 1 on Miranda Road, Tony Leukering reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER.

---On January 27 at Starsmore Discovery Center, Brook Nelson reported a f-type Varied Thrush, not the bright male that has been seen.

---On January 26 at Double Tree Hotel Pond in Colorado Springs, Jim Merrit and Alan Ketcham reported f Greater Scaup.  On January 28 at couble Tree Hotel Pond, Gary Koehn reported f Greater Scaup.

---On January 27 at S Meridian Road, Roger Massey reported m Ladder-backed Woodpecker and 2 Curve-billed Thrashers.

---On January 27 in east El Paso County, Tim Leppek reported hundreds of Lapland Longspurs on Finch Rd and Myers Rd and east into Lincoln county.

---On January 28 on Hanover Road, Cheri Phillips reported Curve-billed Thrasher; Robb Hinds reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker; Joy and Leonard Lake reported Greater Roadrunner.  On February 1 on Hanover Road, Diane Roberts and Betty Glass reported Greater Roadrunner and 2 Chihuahuan Raven.

---On January 28 at Aiken Canon Preserve, Jim Merritt reported Williamson’s Sapsucker.

---On February 1 at Hanover Fire Station, Diane Roberts and Betty Glass reported Curve-billed Thrasher.

 

FREMONT COUNTY:

---On January 28 at Canon City Valco Pond, Joel Adams reported imm m Barrow’s Goldeneye.

--On January 26 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jim Merrit reported 2 Trumpeter Swans and 2 Chihuahuan Ravens; Joel Adams reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.  On January 27 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Robb Hinds, Glenn Walbek, and Loch Kilpatrick reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.  On January 29 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, John Drummond and Richard Dunn reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.  On February 1 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jim Merritt reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.

GARFIELD COUNTY:

---On January 29 on Devereux Rd and Two Rivers Park, JoAnn Rigggle reported 5 Barrow’s Goldeneyes and Spotted Sandpiper.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On January 26 at Belmar Park, Joe Roller, Doug Kibbe, and Dale Pate reported m Greater Scaup.   On January 27 at Belmar Park, Candice Johnson and Reed Gorner reported m Greater Scaup.  On January 29 at Belmar Park, Jerry  Baines reported Greater Scaup.  On January 30 at Belmar Park, Mark Chavez reported Greater Scaup.  On January 31 at Belmar Park, Cathy Fennelly reported Greater Scaup.

KIOWA COUNTY:

---On January 28 in town of Eads, Steve Mlodinow reported Brewer’s Blackbird and 2 Great-tailed Grackles.

---On January 28 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Chihuahuan Ravens, California Gull, and Great-tailed Grackle.  On January29 at Neenoshe Reservoir Locust Grove, Jane Stulp and Janeal Thompson reported Double-crested Cormorant.

---On January 28 at Upper Queens/Neeshkah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Greater White-fronted Goose, 3 Barrow’s (2m, 1f) Goldeneyes, California Gull, Lapland Longspur.

---On January 28 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Lapland Longspur and Chestnut-collared Longspur.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

---On January 28 at Animas River Trail Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area, Ryan Votta reported Pacific Wren.

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On January 27, Georgia Doyle and Phil Carafo and several others reported HARRIS’S HAWK near the Welcom Center; Nick Komar reported HARRIS’S HAWK at Box Elder Creek at SW Frontage Road.  On January 28, Bill Schmoker reported HARRIS’S HAWK on Frontage Rd N of Prospect at the Welcome Center and many other birders reported the hawk near Welcome Center and on SW Frontage Rd.  On January 29, Kerry Hargrove reported HARRIS’S HAWK on Frontage Rd N of Welcome Center.  On February 1 at SW Frontage Rd., Sue Riffe reported HARRIS’S HAWK.

---On January 26 at Livermore Community Church, Loch Kilpatrick reported one Common Redpoll.  On February 1 at Livermore Community Church, Christine and Richard Sparks reported 3 Common Redpoll.

---On January 30 at Horsetooth Mountain Park, Arvind Panjabi reported 13 Common Redpoll.

--On January 25 at CSU Environmental Learning Center Colby Plante reported Fox Sparrow.  On January 26 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Jim Nachel Loch Kilpatrick, and Jonny Appleseed reported Red Fox Sparrow.  On January 27 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Mikkp Jimenez, Gwen Moore, and Nick Komar reported Red Fox Sparrow.  On January 28 at CSU Enviromental Learning Center, Dave Leatherman and Janeal Thompson reported Red Fox Sparrow.  On January 30 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Austin Hess and Alexa Stickel reported Red Fox Sparrow.  On January 30 and 31, Dave Leatherman reported Red Fox Sparrow at CSU Enviromental Learning Center.

---On January 27 at Riverbend Ponds NA, Nick Komar reported Sora.  On January 28 at Riverbend Ponds NA, Jim Nachel reported Sora.

---On January 31 in Fort Collins near Battlecreek Dr and S Timberline Rd, Dave Leatherman reported 15 Red Crossbills.

---On February 1 in Loveland at Wild Horse Birdfeeder, John Riechhardt, John Rutenbeck and Brandon Nooner reported Pine Warbler.

---On February 1 at Wellington SWA Schware Unit & Morris Reservoir, Sue Riffe reported Common Redpoll.

PITKIN COUNTY:

---On January 31 at Snowmass, Dick Filby reported 30 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch and 2 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

--On January 27 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Matt Newport reported Great Black-backed Gull.  On January 28 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Matt Hofeditz and Cheri Phillips reported Great Black-backed Gull.  On January 31 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Rich Miller reported Great Black-backed Gull and 5 Double-crested Cormorants.

---On January 28 at Pueblo Reservoir Rock Canyon below dam N of river, Cheri Phillips reported Prairied Warbler.

---On January 27 at Olive Marsh, Van Truan reported Lincoln’s Sparrow.

---On February 1 at Pueblo City Park, Christopher Wilkens reported Greater White-fronted Goose.

WELD COUNTY:

---On January 27 at Windsor Lake, Gene Rutherford reported Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull.

---On January 27 on Hwy 402 also known as CR54 east of Hwy 257, Jazmine Novela reported a Snowy Owl on a power pole.

---On January 28 at Grover, Gene Rutherford reported a large flock of Rosy-Finches most of which were Gray-crowned.

---On January 29 on CR 50 between CR 47 and CR 49, Gene Rutherford reported Yellow-headed Blackbird.

---On January 30 at Wood Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull.

---On January 30 at Windsor Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Iceland (Thayer’s) Gulls.

---On January 30 at Firestone Gravel Pits (View from road), Steve Mlodinow reported f Greater Scaup.

YUMA COUNTY:

---On January 29 at Bonny Reservoir SP, Glenn Walbek reported both a PURPLE FINCH and Cassin’s Finch in the same tree.

DFO Field Trips

The DFO Field trip for Saturday/Sunday February 3- 4 will be to Southeastern Colorado led by Amber Carver (caramb22 AT gmail.com; 310-483-5721)  This is a two-day trip.  This trip is full.

The DFO Field trip for Saturday, February 3 will be a Northeastern Raptor Tour led by Joey Kellner (vireo1 AT comcast.net; 303-978-1748).  This trip is full.

The DFO Field trip for Monday, February 5 will be Front Range Owling led by David Suddjian (dsuddjian T gmail.com; 831-713-8659)

This trip is full.

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder