Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 11 May 2017

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:             Joyce Takamine

e-mail:                 RBA AT cobirds.org

Date:                    May 11, 2017

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, May 11 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.

Mute Swan (Weld)

Barrow’s Goldeneye (*Chaffee)

Dusky Grouse (*Dolores, Larimer)

Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld)

Greater Roadrunner (Baca)

LESSER NIGHTHAWK (Bent)

Common Poorwill (Denver, Jefferson)

Chimney Swift (Crowley, El Paso)

Sandhill Crane (*Boulder,  Weld)

Black-bellied Plover ( Kiowa,* Larimer)

Snowy Plover (Crowley, Kiowa)

Semipalmated Plover (Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa, La Plata, *Larimer, *Weld)

Piping Plover (*Larimer, *Weld)

Whimbrel (Boulder,  Weld)

Long-billed Curlew (Kiowa, Larimer, Weld)

Ruddy Turnstone (Weld)

Stilt Sandpiper (Kiowa)

Sanderling (Douglas, Park)

White-rumped Sandpiper (Kiowa)

Pectoral Sandpiper (Crowley)

Semipalmated Sandpiper (Crowley, Kiowa,  La Plata, *Weld)

Short-billed Dowitcher (*Boulder)

Solitary Sandpiper (Crowley, Jefferson ,Kiowa)

Green Heron (Jefferson)

Glossy Ibis ( Jackson, Larimer, Weld)

Mississippi Kite (*El Paso)

Broad-winged Hawk (*Bent, Crowley,  Jefferson, Prowers)

Laughing Gull (Weld)

Caspian Tern (Weld)

Lewis’s Woodpecker (Baca)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Weld)

Williamson’s Sapsucker   (Larimer, Mesa, Pueblo)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Kit Carson)

American three-toed Woodpecker (Gunnison)

Merlin (*Jefferson)

Least Flycatcher (Baca, *Bent, *Jefferson)

Gray Flycatcher (*Boulder,  Chaffee, Jefferson,  Kit Carson, Mesa, Weld)

Black Phoebe (Boulder,  *Ouray, *Pueblo)

Eastern Phoebe (Arapahoe,  Boulder,  Douglas,  Jefferson, Kit Carson, Weld)

Cassin’s Kingbird (*Larimer)

Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld)

Philadelphia Vireo (Bent)

Chihuahuan Raven (Baca, Pueblo)

Purple Martin (Routt)

Wood Thrush (*Bent)

Curve-billed Thrasher (Bent, El Paso)

Lapland Longspur (Jackson, Weld)

Chestnut-collared Longspur  (Weld)

Ovenbird (Baca, Bent)

Northern Waterthrush (Arapahoe, Baca, *Boulder, *Denver, El Paso, Jefferson, Rio Grande, Weld)

Black-and-white Warbler (Alamosa, Boulder,*Jefferson,  Weld)

Tennessee Warbler (Baca)

Blackpoll Warbler (Baca, Denver, Weld)

Hooded Warbler (*El Paso, Weld)

Northern Parula (*Moffat, Weld)

Magnolia Warbler (El Paso)

Chestnut-sided Warbler (Jefferson)

Blackpoll Warbler (Denver)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Kit Carson)

Prairie Warbler (Kit Carson)

Palm Warbler (Pueblo)

Yellow-throated Warbler (*Pueblo)

Grace’s Warbler (Mesa, Pueblo)

Black-throated Gray Warbler (Boulder, Chaffee, *Denver)

Brewer’s Sparrow (Timberline) (*Larimer)

Summer Tanager (Boulder, Kit Carson)

Scarlet Tanager (*Bent)

Northern Cardinal (Prowers)

ALAMOSA COUNTY:

---On May 9 at woodlot at State Street Bridge in Alamosa, John Rawinski reported Black-and-white Warbler.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On May 6 at Coal Creek Area, Chris Goulart reported Northern Waterthrush.

BACA COUNTY:

---On May 5 at Two Buttes SWA, Joey Kellner et al reported Lewis’s Woodpecker, Least Flycatcher, Chihuahuan Raven (outside of canyon), Ovenbird, Tennessee Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler; and Nick Moore also reported 2 Greater Roadrunners.

---On May 6 at Two Buttes SWA below dam, Carmencita Shoup reported Northern Waterthrush.

BENT COUNTY:

---On May 5 at Van’s Grove (CR JJ east of Fort Lyon), Joey Kellner et al reported LESSER NIGHTHAWK.

---On May 6 at Lake Hasty, Joey Kellner et al reported Philadelphia Vireo and Curve-billed thrasher;

Dale and Joel Adams and Brandon Percival and Kara Carragher reported Philadelphia Vireo.

---On May 8 at Tempel Grove, Janeal Thompson reported Broad-winged Hawk, Least Flycatcher, and Wood Thrush.  On May 9 at Tempel Grove, Dan Stringer reported 3 Ovenbirds.  On May 10 at Tempel

Grove, Janeal Thompson reported Wood Thrush and David Dowell reported Broad-winged Hawk, Least Flycatcher, and f Scarlet Tanager.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On May 7 at Boulder Creek and  75th Emil Yappert  reported Black Phoebe.   On May 9 at Boulder Creek and 75th St., Bob & Anne-Marie Taylor reported Black and Eastern Phoebe.

---On May 5 at Cottonwood Marsh, Peter Burke reported a fleeing Whimbrel.

---On May 5 at Lagerman Reservoir, Emil Yappert reported Sandhill Crane.

---On May 7 in Louisville E of Cleo Mudrock Park near Hitchinson St, Jack Bushong reported Gray Flycatcher.

---On May 7 in Superior near Safeway in Rock Creek Village, Sandra Reigel reported Summer Tanager.

---On May 7 on Hygiene RD at Crane Hollow Dr, David Waltman reported Eastern Phoebe.

---On May 9 on Bobolink trail in Boulder, Bill Kaempfer reported Northern Waterthrush.

---On May 9 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve in Lafayette, Ted Floyd reported Black-throated Gray Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, and Gray Flycatcher.  On May 10 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Gray Flycatcher and Northern Waterthrush

---On May 9 at Golden Ponds Park and Nature Area, David Dowell reported singing eastern Phoebe at Hover St. bridge.

---On May 10 at Walden Ponds, Peter Burke reported Sandhill Crane and 2 Short-billed Dowitchers.

CHAFFEE COUNTY:

---On May 9 on Arkansas River near CR 194, Chuck Hundertmark reported 3 singing Gray Flycatchers and 12 singing Black-throated Gray Warblers.

---On May 9 at Sands Lake SWA, Pullen Watkins reported Barrow’s Goldeneye.  On May 10 at Sands Lake SWA, Jack Harlan reported Barrow’s Goldeneye.

CROWLEY COUNTY:

---On May 6 at Olney Springs Reservoir, Brandon Percival and Kara Carragher reported Solitary Sandpiper and Chimney Swift.

---On May 6 in Ordway, Brandon Percival and Kara Carragher reported a Broad-winged Hawk flew over the park and Chimney Swift.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On May 8 at Denver Botanic Gardens, Chris Rurik and Rebecca Laroche reported Blackpoll Warbler, f Black-throated Gray Warbler, and Common Poorwill.  On May 9 at Denver Botanic Gardens, Rebecca Laroche reported Black-throated Gray Warbler.  On May 10 at Denver Botanic Gardens, Jeff Dawson reported Northern Waterthrush and Black-throated Gray Warbler.

DOLORES COUNTY:

---On May 10 on FS Road 716 on Black Mesa above Crystal Creek Corrals, Dennison Garrison reported Dusky Grouse.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On May 6, Caleb Hawley reported Semipalmated Plover at Ramah SWA.

--- On May 6 at Chico Basin Ranch, Dale and Joel Adams reported Curve-billed Thrasher.

---On May 5 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), John Drummond reported a Magnolia Warbler which was banded.

---On May 6 and May 9 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded a Northern Waterthrush.  On May 10 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded a 2nd year m Hooded Warbler.

---On May 6 at Hanover Road, Dale and Joel Adams reported Curve-billed Thrasher.

---On May 9 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, David Tonnessen reported Mississippi Kite and 4 Chimney Swift.

---On May 9 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, David Tonnessen reported 2 Mississippi Kites.

---On May 10 in Fountain near Iowa & Vine, Daniel Fleming reported Mississippi Kite.

JACKSON COUNTY:

---On May 5 at Walden Reservoir, Jacob Drucker, Ben Legasse,  Denise Bretting, and Georgia Doyle reported Glossy Ibis.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On May 6 at Dinosaur Ridge Hawk Watch, Mitchell Blystone reported 2 Broad-winged Hawks.

---On May 7 at Van Bibber Park, Edmond Holroyd reported Gray Flycatcher.

---On May 7 at Chatfield Banding Station, Meredith McBurney reported banding Northern Waterthrush.

On May 8 at Chatfield Banding Station, Meredith McBurney reported banding a young Chestnut-sided Warbler.  On May 10 at Chatfield Banding Station, Meredith McBurney reported banding Least Flycatcher and Black-and-white Warbler.

---On May 9 at Chatfield SP upsteam of Kingfisher Bridge, David Suddjian and DFO Field trip reported Merlin and 6 Least Flycatchers.

---On May 9 on Clear Creek Trail west of I-70, Lorraine Lanning reported pair of Eastern Phoebe.

---On May 9 at Deer Creek at  Buckhorn Road, David Suddjian reported Eastern Phoebe.

---On May 9 at Dakota Formation hogback, David Suddjian reported 4 Common Poorwill were heard and

Also from pakring lot of Hildebrand Ranch Park.

KIOWA COUNTY:

---On May 6 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Joey Kellner et al reported 3 Snowy Plover, 15 Semipalmated Plovers, Long-billed Curlew, 11 Stilt Sandpipers, 23 White-rumped Sandpipers, 15 Semipalmated Sandpipers and Solitary Sandpiper.  On May 7 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Brandon Percivalreported Snowy Plover, 23 White-rumped Sandpipers and 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers.  On May 7 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Austin Hess and Renee Casias reported Whimbrel, 6 Long-billed Curlew, 30 Stilt Sandpipers, 20 White-rumped Sandpipers, and 6 Semipalmated Sandpipers.  On May 8 at Neenoseh Reservoir, Janeal Thompson reported Stilt Sandpiper.

KIT CARSON COUNTY:

---On May 5 at Flagler SWA Austin Hess reported m Black-throated Blue Warbler on east side in Cottonwood Grove and 2 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers.  On May 7 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, Joey Kellner et al reported Gray Flycatchers, 2 Eastern Phoebe, f Prairie Warbler, and molting m Summer Tanager.  On May 8 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, Austin Hess and Renee Casias reported Prairie Warbler and Summer Tanager.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

---On May 7 at Pastorius Reservoir, Jim Beatty reported Semipalmated Plover.

LARIMER COUNTY:

--- On May 6 at Boyd Lake, Nick Komar and Cliff Hendrick reported Glossy Ibis.  On May 9 at Boyd Lake, Walter Wehtje and Nick Komar reported ad m Piping Plover, Long-billed Curlew, and 2 Cassin’s Kingbirds.  On May 10 at Boyd Lake, Nick Komar and many others reported Piping Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Black-bellied Plover, and Cassin’s Kingbird.

---On May 9 at Horsetooth Mountain Park, Arvind Panjabi reported Dusky Grouse.

---On May 7 at Roosevelt NF Dadd Gulch Trail area, David Wade and Nick Komar reported Dusky Grouse and Williamson’s Sapsucker.

---On May 10 on CR 5 from CR 82 to CR 92, Nick Komar and Georgia Doyle reported Timberline Brewer’s Sparrow.

MESA COUNTY:

---On May 5 at Telephone Trail Area, Jacob Drucker reported 3 Williamson’s Sapsuckers and 2 Grace’s Warblers.

---On May 7 at 2 Rd Burrowing Owl area, Nic Korte reported Gray Flycatcher.

MOFFAT COUNTY:

---On May 10 on Loudy Simpson Nature Trail, Jan Leonard reported Northern Parula.

PARK COUNTY:

---On May 7 at Spinney Mountain Reservoir, David Dowell reported 6 Sanderling.

OURAY COUNTY:

---On May 6 at Billy Creek Wildlife Area Bridge, Kent Nelson reported Black Phoebe.  On May 10 on CR 2 and Billy Creek  Bridge, Betty Fenton reported Black Phoebe.

PROWERS COUNTY:

---On May 7 at Lamar Community College, Brandon Percival reported  Broad-winged Hawk and 2 Northern Cardinals.  On May 8 at Lamar Community College, Janeal Thompson reported Broad-winged Hawk and 3 m Northern Cardinals.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

--- On May 5, Van Truan reported that the m Yellow-throated Warbler continues.  It has been here since April 21.  On May 6, John Drummond reported Yellow-throated Warbler at Mineral Palace Park.  On May 7, Chris Goulart, Rob Hinds, and Van Truan reported Yellow-throated Warbler at Mineral Palace Park.  On May 8, Adam Vesely reported Yellow-throated Warbler at Mineral Palace Park.  On May 10, Van Truan reported that the Yellow-throated Warbler continues at Mineral Palace Park.

---On May 6 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), Dale and Joel Adams reported Palm Warbler at headquarters.

---On May 7 at Pueblo Mountain Park, Chris Goulart reported Chihuahuan Raven and 4 Grace’s Warblers.

---On May 10 at Runyon Lake, Jo Ann Andrews reported Black  Phoebe.

RIO GRANDE COUNTY:

---On May 9 at Wright-Shriver SWA near Monte Vista, John Rawinski reported 2 Northern Waterthrush.

ROUTT COUNTY:

---On May 9 at Emerald Backside (Cow Creek), Katie Weeks and Tresa Moulton reported 2 Purple Martins.

WELD COUNTY:

--- On May 6 at Stewart’s Pond, Ryan Graves reported Mute Swan, Whimbrel, and Ruddy Turnstone; Tom Bunker, Luke Pheneger, and Susan Rosine reported Mute Swan.

--- On May 6 at Wetland on CR 46, Paul Ode reported Mute Swan.  On May 7 at Wetland on CR 46, Christine Alexander reorted Mute Swan and 2 Whimbrel.  On May 9 at Wetland on CR 46, Mike DeVries reported Mute Swan.

---On May 5 on CR 136 between CR 99 and Cr 105, Joshua Smith reported Sharp-tailed Grouse.

---On May 4 at Wood Lake, Sue Riffe reported 2 Caspian Terns.  On May 6, Tom Behnfield reported Caspian Tern.

---On May 5 at Crow Valley Campground, Bob Righter and Joshua Smith reported Red-bellied Woodpecker at east entrance and Gene Rutherford reported Northern Waterthrush on west side along Creek.  On May 6 at Crow Valley CG, Gene Rutherford reported Red-belllied Woodpecker.  On May 7 at Crow Valley CG Gene Rutherford reported Gray Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, and f Blackpoll Warbler; Ryan Grave,  Norm Lewis, Jay Hutchins reported Red-bellied Woodpecker; Ryan Grave reported Black-and-white Warbler; Adam Vesely reported Yellow-throated Vireo and Northern Parula.  On May 9 at Crow Valley, Mike De Vries and Chris Goulart reported Gray Flycatcher.

---On May 6 at Norma’s Grove (CR 100 east of CR 57), Bill Kaempfer, Mike Serruto, Paul Ode, Gene Rutherford, and Tom Behnfield reported Hooded Warbler.  On May 7 at Norma’s Grove, Dave Leatherman reported Black-and-white Warbler.  On May 7 at Norma’s Grove, Mark Chavez reported Northern Waterthrush and Black-and-white Warbler. 

---On May 6 at Beebe Draw, Amy Davis reported 2 Sandhill Cranes.

---On May 6 at CR 59 pond,  Ryan Graves reported Glossy Ibis and Semipalmated Sandpiper.

---On May 7 on CR 46 near CR 37, Christine Alexander reported Mute Swan and 2 Whimbrel.

---On May 7 on CR 114 between CR 45 and CR 49, Dave Leatherman reported Chestnut-collared Longspur on greened up burned areas.

---On May 9 at Sandstone Ranch Park, Carl Starace reported Eastern Phoebe.

---On May 10 at Union Reservoir, Sue Riffe reported Piping Plover and Semipalmated Plover on North Shore, several other birders saw the plovers and Luke Pheneger also reported Semipalmated Sandpipers.

Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips:

The DFO Field Trip for  Tuesday, May 9 will be to Chatfield SP led by David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)  Meet at 0600 at swim Beach by entering west entrance of park off S Wadsworth, 1.5 miles south of C-470.  State Parks pass or day pass required.  Dress for a variety of conditions.  Bring lunch, water, and scopes.  Register online or contact leader.

The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, May 13 will be to Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat/Sawhill led by Chuck Hundertmark (chundertmark8 AT gmail.cm; 303-604-0531).  This trip is full

The DFO Field Trip for Saturday , May  13 and Sunday, May 14 will be Las Animas County in Migration led by Chris Rurik (Chrisrurik At gmail.com; 253-225-7104).  This is a two day trip.  Will spend Saturday night in Trinidad.  Will coordinate carpools from Denver.  Register online or contact leader.

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, May 14 will be to Mt Lindo Cemetery and Turkey Creek Park led by Karen Drozda (drozforte at AOL.com; 303-388-0891).  This trip is full.

The DFO Field Trip  for Sunday, May 14 will be to Parker Regional Park led by Kerrie Lagon & Patti Galli 

(Kerriegonebirding AT outlookcom;  720-891-8771)  Directions:  From Main St intersection in Parker, go south on Parker Rd (CO 93) for 1.2 miles.  Turn right on Indianpipe Ln and right into McCabe Meadows parking lot in Salisbury Park (Parker regional Park).  Meet at 0800. Will bird along the Cherry Creek trail.  Bring binoculars, snack, water, sunscreen.  Register online or contact leader.

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday , May 14 will be Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop led by Karen von Saltz (kvonsaltza AT yahoo.com; 303-941-4881).  Meet at 0800 at the 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 overs a distance of about 3 miles.  Trails could be slippery or muddy, so dress accordingly.  Bring water and snacks; lunch is optional.  

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder