Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 4 June 2018

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine

Date:        June 3, 2018

e-mail:      RBA AT cobirds.org  

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, June 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 changed.

Snow Goose (Kiowa)

Greater White-fronted Goose (Jefferson)

Trumpeter Swan (*Mesa)

Wood Duck (Saguache)

Common Goldeneye (Chaffee, Garfield)

Hooded Merganser (Adams, Boulder, Garfield, *Larimer)

Northern Bobwhite (Logan) 

Chukar (Larimer)

Lesser Prairie Chicken (Kiowa)

Clark’s Grebe (Denver)

White-winged Dove (Las Animas)

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Larimer, Logan)

BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (Logan)

Black Swift (Ouray, Pueblo)

White-throated Swift (Las Animas)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Larimer)

Black Rail (*Weld)

Sora (Summit)

Sandhill Crane (*Larimer, *Weld)

Black-necked Stilt (Kiowa)

Upland Sandpiper (Larimer, *Logan)

Long-billed Curlew (Larimer, Las Animas)

Ruddy Turnstone (Larimer)

Stilt Sandpiper (Kiowa, Kit Carson)

Sanderling (Kiowa)

White-rumped Sandpiper (Kiowa, Kit Carson)

Pectoral Sandpiper (Kiowa, Weld)

Western Sandpiper (Kiowa)

Long-billed Dowitcher (Las Animas, Weld)

Willet (Alamosa, Jackson, Weld)

Lesser Yellowlegs (Kiowa)

Red-necked Phalarope (*Larimer)

Least Tern (Delta)

Caspian Tern (Jackson)

Common Loon (Bent)

ANHINGA (Delta)

Cattle Egret (*Pueblo)

Green Heron (Kiowa)

Glossy Ibis (*Boulder)

Mississippi Kite (*El Paso, Kiowa)

Lewis’s Woodpecker (*Mesa)

Red-headed Woodpecker (Bent, Kit Carson, Logan)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Pueblo)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*Pueblo)

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) (Larimer)

Peregrine Falcon (Denver)

Alder Flycatcher (Larimer)

Least Flycatcher (Boulder, Eagle, Grand)

Hammond’s Flycatcher (Weld)

Gray Flycatcher (Gunnison, Kit Carson)

Cordilleran Flycatcher (*Arapahoe)

Eastern Phoebe (*Boulder)

Ash-throated Flycatcher (*El Paso, Larimer)

Great Crested Flycatcher (Logan)

Cassin’s Kingbird (*Arapahoe, Bent, Otero, *Pueblo)

Eastern Kingbird (Gunnison)

Purple Martin (Mesa)

Tree Swallow (Kiowa)

Bank Swallow (Kiowa)

Juniper Titmouse (Las Animas)

Bushtit (*Adams)

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Arapahoe)

Bell’s Vireo (Logan, *Pueblo)

Gray Vireo (Huerfano)

Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld)

Cassin’s Vireo (*Larimer)

Warbling Vireo (Western) (Kit Carson)

Red-eyed Vireo (Weld)

Pinyon Jay (*El Paso)

Common Raven (Weld)

Canyon Wren (Otero)

Marsh Wren (Gunnison)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Las Animas)

Eastern Bluebird (El Paso)

Veery (Boulder, Logan)

Lesser Goldfinch (Adams)

McCown’s Longspur (*Larimer)

Cassin’s Sparrow (Adams)

Chipping Sparrow (Logan, Montezuma)

Brewer’s Sparrow (*Jefferson)

Field Sparrow (Kiowa, Kit Carson, Larimer)

Lark Sparrow (El Paso)

Grasshopper Sparrow (*Jefferson, Larimer)

BAIRD’S SPARROW (*Larimer)

Fox Sparrow (Jackson. *Mesa)

White-throated Sparrow (Weld)

Yellow-breasted Chat (*Broomfield)

Bobolink (*Mesa)

Orchard Oriole (*Broomfield)

Baltimore Oriole (Logan, *Otero, *Prowers, Weld)

Ovenbird (Boulder, *El Paso, Kit Carson)

Northern Waterthrush (Jackson, Kiowa)

Orange-crowned Warbler (Logan)

American Redstart (El Paso, Kiowa)

Northern Parula (Larimer)

Magnolia Warbler (Cheyenne, El Paso)

Chestnut-sided Warbler (Jefferson, Larimer)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld)

Yellow-throated Warbler (*Pueblo)

Grace’s Warbler (Las Animas, *Mesa)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Rio Grande)

Lazuli Bunting (Adams)

Dickcissel (Bent, Kiowa)

ADAMS COUNTY:

—On June 1 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek, John Breitsch reported 2 Lesser Goldfinch.

---On May 29 at Barr Lake SP west side, Connie Lintz and Candice Johnson reported Hooded Merganser and Lesser Goldfinch.

---On May 29 at Ken Mitchell Park and Open Space, Bill Kaempfer reported f Hooded Merganser.

---On May 30 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, George Ho reported Lazuli Bunting.

---On May 31 on her BBS route, Cynthia Madsen reported several Cassin’s Sparrows along her route.

---On June 3 at McKay Lake, Matt Hofeditz reported 3 Bushtit.

ARAPAHOE  COUNTY:

---On May 31 at Little Dry Creek near High Line Canal Trail, Jared Del Rosso reported Cordilleran Flycatcher.

---On June 1 at High Line Canal Trail – S Elati to W Ridge Road (Lee Gulch), Troy Becker reported Red-breasted Nuthatch.

---On June 1 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported Red-breasted Nuthatch.

---On June 1 at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Littleton, David Suddjian reported 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch.

---On June 1 in Littleton Lee Gulch Trail – Prince to Windermere (East half), David Suddjian reported 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch.

---On June 3 at Richmil Ranch OS, David Hill and Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cassin’s Kingbirds.

BENT COUNTY:

---On May 30 at John Martin Reservoir, Finny Fantetti reported Common Loon, 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 2 Cassin’s Kingbirds, and 3 Dickcissel.

---On June 3 on High Line Canal Trail—S University Blvd to E Orchard, Jared Del Rosso reported Cordilleran Flycatcher.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On May 29 at Hecla Lake, Ryan Bushong reported m Hooded Merganser.  On May 31 at Hecla Lake, Rob Cassady and Ted Floyd reported m Hooded Merganser

---On May 29 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Hooded Merganser.

---On May 29 on Twin Lakes Trail, Elena Klaver reported singing Veery; Luke and Tracy Pheneger, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S were able to see and hear the Veery.

---On May 29 on Yellowstone Rd in Longmont, Mary and Paulette Ache reported 8 Hooded Mergansers (1f, 7 juv).

---On May 29 at St Vrain River Cross at 63rd St. John Rutenbeck reported Eastern Phoebe.

---On May 30 at Bridge at Left Hand Canyon, Luke Pheneger and Maikel Wise reported Eastern Phoebe.  This is private property so bird from road.

---On May 30 at Teller Farm and Lakes, Richard Trunker reported Hooded Merganser.

---On June 1 at Walden Ponds, Kat Braley-Bennett reported Glossy Ibis.

---On June 2 at Old S St Vrain Road in Lyons, Kat Bradley- Bennett reported Ovenbird.

---On June 2 on White Rocks Trail, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported Least Flycatcher.

---On June 3 at Boulder Creek at 75th St, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported 2 Eastern Phoebe flycatching near a White Barn.

BROOMFIELD COUNTY:

---On June 3 at 2850 Big Dry Creek Drive, Eric Zorawawicz reported Yellow-breasted Chat and Orchard Oriole.

CHAFFEE COUNTY:

---On June 1 at Sands Lake SWA, Jeff Guy reported pair of Common Goldeneye.

DELTA COUNTY:

---On May 29 at Sweitzer Lake, Sandy Beranich reported a possible ANHIHGA.  On May 30 at Sweitzer Lake, Betty Fenton reported Least Tern.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On May 29 at Denver City Park, Ferril Lake Keith Suter reported Clark’s Grebe.

---On May 31 at 18th and Lawrence, Megan Miller reported Peregrine Falcon.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On June 1 at Clear Spring Ranch, Michael Springer reported Magnolia Warbler which was banded by Steve Brown on May 23.

---On June 2 at Adams Open Space, Cathy Bondy reported 3 Mississippi Kites.  On June 3 at Adams Open Space, David and Chery Hubbard reported 5 Mississippi Kites and Brook Nelson reported 1 Mississippi Kite.

---On June 2 along Bear Creek 1.1 mi upstream from Nature Center, Steve Getty reported singing American Redstart.

---On June 3 at Aiken Canyon Preserve, Jim Merritt reported Ash-throated Flycatcher.

---On June 3 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Roger Massey reported Ash-throated Flycatcher along Blackmer Loop and Ovenbird; Tim Leppek reported Pinyon Jay.

GARFIELD COUNTY:

---On May 31 on ponds near Rifle Garfield airport (View from road), JoAnn Riggle reported 2 Hooded Mergansers and Common Goldeneye.

GRAND COUNTY:

---On May 31 at Rocky Mountain NP – Timber Lake Trail, Jamie Simo reported Least Flycatcher.

GUNNISON COUNTY:

---On May 30 in town of Gunnison, Jennifer Gardner reported Eastern Kingbird.

---On June 1 at McCabes Lane Wetland, Holly Annala reported Marsh Wren.

HUERFANO COUNTY:

---On May 30 NE of Gardner Butte, Marcel Such reported 3 Gray Vireo.

JACKSON COUNTY:

---On June 2 in Rand (Town), Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Northern Waterthrush and  8 Slate-colored Fox Sparrow.

---On June 2 on CO 125, Steve Mlodinow reported Long-billed Curlew.

---On June 2 at Pole Mountain Lake Area, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Caspian Tern and Slate-colored Fox Sparrow.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On May 31 at Belmar Park, Amy Fredrickson reported Greater White-fronted Goose.

---On June 1 at North Table Mountain Park, Brian Johnson reported 4 Grasshopper Sparrows.

---On June 3 at 10494 – 10622 Plainview Road in Golden, Frank Farrell reported Brewer’s Sparrow and 6 Grasshopper Sparros.

KIOWA COUNTY:

---On May 29 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 4 Black-crowned Night Heron, 31 Black-necked Stilts, 3 Stilt Sandpipers, 71 White-faced Ibis, 2 Bank Swallow, 1 Snow Goose, 3 Snowy Plover, 3 Sanderling, 62 White-rumped Sandpipers, Red-headed Woodpecker and Dickcissel.

---On May 29 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Pectoral Sandpiper, 8 Warbling Vireo (Eastern), Great Crested Flycatcher, Mississippi Kite, 7 White-rumped Sandpiper, Northern Waterthrush, American Redstart.

---On May 29 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 White-faced Ibis and 5 Stilt Sandpipers.

---On May 29 at Lower Queens Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Lesser Yellowlegs, 5 Pectoral Sandpipers, 6 Stilt Sandpipers, 4 Western Sandpipers, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and Field Sparrow.

---On May 28 CR p to CR 41 W of US 287, Steve Mlodinow reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Willow Flycatcher.

---On May 30 on his Lamar BBS route, Dave Leatherman reported 3 Lesser Prairie Chicken on CR 62 south of CR G.

KIT CARSON COUNTY:

---On May 29 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, David Suddjian reported Stilt Sandpiper, 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 2 Warbling Vireo (Western), Ovenbird, and Field Sparrow.

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On May 29 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area—Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Lori Pivonka reported Ruddy Turnstone.

---On June 1 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Paul Dougherty reported BAIRD’S SPARROW, McCown’s Longspur, and 4 Grasshopper Sparrows.  On June 3 at Sopatone Prairie NA, Jay  Breidt, Gabriel Wiltse, and Pablo Quezada reported 3 BAIRD’S SPARROWS and 2 McCown’s Longspurs.

---On May 30 at West Estes Park, Jim Nelson reported Downy Woodpecker (Eastern).

---On June 2 at Devils Backbone, David Wade and Georgia Doyle reported Ash-throated Flycatcher; Nick Komar reported Ash-throated Flycatcher.

---On May 29 at Lory SP, Danny Motalvo reported 2 Chestnut-sided Warblers.

---On June 2 at Wellington SWA—Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Caroline Olson reported Alder Flycatcher and Chukar.

---On May 30 at North Shields Pond NA, Doug Swartz reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo; Nick Komar and Georgia Doyle reported Northern Parula.

---On May 30 at Wellington SWA—Schware Unit & Morris Reservoir, Nick Komar and Andy Bankert reported White-rumped Sandpiper.  On May 31 at Wellington SWA –Schware Unite & Morris Reservoir, Georgia Doyle reported White-rumped Sandpiper.

---On May 31 at Estes Park, Jim Nelson reported a possible Ruby-throated Hummingbird.

---On June 1 at Fossil Creek Reservoir and Regional Open Space, Andy Bankert reported f Hooded Merganser.

---On June 1 at Loveland Riverwalk, John Riechhardt reported f Hooded Merganser.

---On June 2 on CR 5 from CR 82 to CR 92 (bird from road), David Wade reported Upland Sandpiper.

---On June 3 at Wellington SWA Schware Unit & Morris Reservoir, Art Hudak and Gwen Moore reported Red-necked Phalarope.

---On June 3 at Meadowbrook NA, Christine Sparks reported 3 Hooded Mergansers (1 f, 2 young).

---On June 3 at Well Gulch Nature Trail, Jay Breidt reported Cassin’s Vireo.

---On June 3 at Stuck Creek – Laramie River conflux and field, Preston V reported 2 Sandhill Cranes.

LAS ANIMAS COUNTY:

---On May 29 at Spanish Peaks SWA – Beebe Trail, Marcel Such reported 6 Grace’s Warblers.

---On May 31 in his Ninaview BBS route, Dave Leatherman reported White-winged Dove, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Long-billed Curlew and White-throated Swift.

---On June 1 on his Villegreen BBS route, Dave Leatherman reported Long-billed Curlew at 4 stops and Juniper Titmouse at stop 50.

LOGAN COUNTY:

---On May 30 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Loch Kilpatrick reported a calling BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO deep in woods by stream and Veery.  On June 1 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Bill Eley and Frank Farrell reported 2 Northern Bobwhite, 7 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Orange-crowned Warbler, and Baltimore Oriole.  On June 2 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Doug Faulkner reported Northern Bobwhite, 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo in parking areas 1 & 2; BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at Parking area 1; Red-headed Woodpecker, Great Crested Flycatcher, 2 Bell’s Vireo, and m Baltimore Oriole

---On June 3 east of Crrok on CR 138 and CR 83, Bez Bezuidenhout reported 5 Upland Sandpiper.

MESA COUNTY:

---On May 29 at ME ¾ and 57 Rd, Rodene Harwood, Ronda Woodward, Dee Harwood, Vice Zerbi, and Mike Henwood reported 3 Bobolink.  On May 30 on ME ¾ Rd W of 57 Rd, Kathleen McGinley and Brenda Sabo reported 3 Bobolink.  On June 1 at ME ¾ Rd near Collbran, David Price and Phil Lyon reported Bobolinks

---On May 30 at Divide Rd—thimble Point, FR # 417, Mike Henwood reported 3 Grace’s Warblers and 2 Purple Martin.

---On June 3 at Moline.Upper Plateau Creek, Connee Moffat reported 2 Bobolink.

---On June 3 at James M Robb (parcel 34), Denise and Mark Vollmar reported juv Trumpeter Swan.

---On June 3 at Castro Reservoir, Deb Stegall, Rodene Harwood, and Ronda Woodward reported 2 Grace’s Warblers in Ponderosa Tree around Carson Hole.

---On June 3 at Divide Forks Picnic Spot, Deb Stegall, Rodene Harwood, and Ronda Woodward reported Lewis’s Woodpecker, 2 Grace’s Warblers, and 2 Fox Sparrows.

OTERO COUNTY:

---On May 29 at Vogel Canon, Ginny Fantetti and Robert Edelen reported 2 Cassin’s Kingbirds and Canyon Wren.

---On June 3 at 28959 – 29499 CR FF, SeEtta Moss reported m Baltimore Oriole.

OURAY COUNTY:

---On May 31 at Box Canyon Falls Park, Niler Pyeatt reported Black Swift.

PROWERS COUNTY:

---On June 3 on S 13th St, Dorothy Russell reported Balitmore Oriole

PUEBLO COUNTY:

---On June 2 at Pueblo Reservoir SWA South Side, Tim Leppek reported 2 Cattle Egret (Western)

---On June 2 a Pueblo Reservoir, Rock Canyon below dam, north or river, Shane Sherwood reported Red-bellied Woodpecker.

---On June 3 at Mineral Palace Park, David Tonnessen reported Yellow-throated Warbler.

---On June 3 at Valco Ponds SWA, David Tonnessen reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Cassin’s Kingbird, and Bell’s Vireo (Eastern).

SAGUACHE COUNTY:

---On May 30 at Russell Lakes SWA, Brenda Huffman reported pair of Wood Ducks.

SUMMIT COUNTY:

---On June 2 at ponds near Hwy 9 and CR 180, Jack Bushong reported Sora.

WELD COUNTY:

---On June 1 at CR 27 N of CR 90, Shawn Mason reported Common Raven.

---On June 2 at Loloff Reservoir, Doug Faulkner reported 2 Pectoral Sandpipers.

---On June 2 at Lower Latham Reservoir Marsh on S side of CR 48 western end just east of out-of-service Gas Facility, Doug Faulkner reported calling Black Rail.  On June 3 at Lower Latham Reservoir Marsh, Gene Rutherford, Shawn Mason, Pablo Quezada, Gabriel Wiltse and Gwen Moore reported calling Black Rail.  Mason got some photos.  On June 3 around 6:00 PM and later Jim Nachel, Darren and David Dowell reported hearing 2 Black Rails on on either side of CR 48 and they reported 3 Sandhill Cranes (2 ad, 1 juv); Dowell has photos of the cranes.

DFO Field Trips: 

For details please visit the DFO website dfobirds.org

Fountain Creek Regional Park

Friday, June 8

6:00 AM – 2:30 PM

Diane Roberts (Samatha57 AT aol.com; 720-278-9025)

Long day I-25 South

Saturday, June 9

5:45 AM – 6:00 PM

Chris Gilbert (chrisgee9 AT gmail.com; 804-214-1508)

Eldorado Canyon State Park

Sunday, June 10

5:15 am -2:00 pm

Karen Drozda (drozforte AT aol.co; 303-388-0891)

Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop

Sunday, June 10

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Karen von Saltza & Bill Wuerthele (kvonslatz AT yahoo.com; 303-941-4881)

Elbert County

Monday, June 11

5:30 AM – 2:00 PM

David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8679)

Good Birding

Joyce Takamine

Boulder