Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 20 September 2016

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:  Joyce Takamine

e-mail:    RBA AT cobirds.org

Date:  September 20, 2016 

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday,  September 20 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 using the new AOU checklist and the order of the famillies has changed

Mallard (Mexican) (Pueblo)

Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Mesa)

Dusky Grouse (Boulder, Mesa)

Sharp-tailed Grouse (Logan)

Red-necked Grebe (Arapahoe, El Paso, Pueblo)

Greater Roadrunner (Weld)

Black Swift (Ouray)

RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (Bent)

Snowy Plover (Bent, Washington)

Piping Plover (Bent)

Mountain Plover (Jackson)

Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Larimer)

Jaeger spec (Douglas, Sedgwick)

Pomarine Jaeger (Logan)

Parasitic Jaeger (*Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson, Sedgwick)

Sabine's Gull (*Arapahoe, *Denver, Jefferson)

WESTERN GULL (Washington)

Thayer's Gull (Washington)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Douglas, Morgan, Washington)

Caspian Tern (Douglas, Jefferson, Larimer, Morgan)

Pacific Loon (El Paso)

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Weld)

Mississippi Kite (Adams)

Broad-winged Hawk (Boulder, Kit Carson, Prowers)

Lewis's Woodpecker (Arapahoe)

Red-headed Woodpecker (Morgan, Sedgwick, Washington)

Williamson's Sapsucker (Mesa, Teller)

American Three-toed Woodpecker (Jackson, Teller)

Least Flycatcher (Larimer, Morgan, Washington, Weld)

Gray Flycatcher (Arapahoe, Boulder, El Paso, Morgan,  Washington, Weld)

Black Phoebe (Pueblo)

Great Crested Flycatcher (Adams, Lincoln)

Cassin's Kingbird (Adams, El Paso, Lincoln, Pueblo,  Weld)

Bell's Vireo (El Paso, Sedgwick)

Yellow-throated Vireo (Larimer)

Blue-headed Vireo (Kit Carson)

Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso)

Chestnut-collared Longspur (Jackson, Lincoln, Morgan)

McCown's Longspur (Larimer, Lincoln)

Ovenbird (Morgan, Washington, Weld)

Northern Waterthrush (Adams, Mesa, Pueblo)

Prothonotary Warbler (El Paso)

Tennessee Warbler (Sedgwick, Yuma)

Nashville Warbler (Mesa)

Magnolia Warbler (Bent, El Paso)

Blackburnian Warbler (Larimer)

Chestnut-sided Warbler (Bent)

Blackpoll Warbler (Morgan)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Jefferson)

Pine Warbler (Prowers)

CANADA WARBLER (Bent, El Paso, Prowers)

Red Fox Sparrow (Weld)

Golden-crowned Sparrow (*Moffat)

Northern Cardinal (Morgan, Prowers)

Bobolink (Larimer)

*****For locations you are not familiar with (e.g. "Lower Latham"), please refer to CFO's Colorado County Birding site for directions:  www.coloradocountybirding.org

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On September 11 at Rocky Mt Arsenal NWR, Pablo Quezada reported Cassin's Kingbird.

---On September 9 a Northern Waterthrush was banded by Meredith McBurney at the Barr Lake Banding Station.

---On September 8 a Great Crested Flycatcher was banded by Meredith McBurney at the Barr Lake Banding Station.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On September 15 at Cherry Creek Reservoir, Glenn Walbek reported 4 Sabine's Gulls and Parasitic Jaeger.  The Parasitic Jaeger was seen by several birders on September 15.  On September 16, Glenn Walbek that the jaeger continued and after obtaining better photos confirm that it is a juv intermediate morph Parasitic Jaeger.  Many birders were able to see the Parasitic Jaeger and Sabine's Gull at Cherry Creek Reservoir and Lee Farrell reported a Red-necked Grebe.  On September 18, Tom Behnfield reported Parasitic Jaeger and Sabine's Gulls at Cherry Creek Reservoir.  On September 18, Gloria Nikolai reported Parasitic Jaeger and 2 Sabine's Gulls at Cherry Creek SP.  The Parasitic Jaeger was seen by many birders on September 18.  On September 19, Parasitic Jaeger was reported by Gene Rutherford, Charles Lawrence, Du Wayne Worthington and Mark Minner-Lee at Cherry Creek Reservoir and Gene Rutherford reported 4 Sabine's Gulls.

---On September 11 2 Lewis's Woodpeckers were reported by Jared Del Rosso on the High Line Canal Trail in Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve in Greenwood Village.

---On September 10, Loch Kilpatrick reported Gray Flycatcher, 3 Chestnut-collared Longspurs, and 2 McCown's Longspurs on US 36 W of Last Chance.

---On September 10, Gene Rutherford reporte 6 Chestnut-collared Longspurs and 2 McCown's Longspurs on US 36 and Calhoun Byers Rd

  

BENT COUNTY:

---On September 13, Duane Nelson reported a male RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD is visiting him feeder in Las Animas.

If you would like to try for the bird, contact Duane a dnelson1 AT centurytel.net.  Duane Nelson reported that the RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD returned on September 16.  On September 14, Adam Vesely reporte RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD in Las Animas.  On September 15, Jeannie Mitchell got several good photos of the RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRd in Las Animas.

---On September 8, Dan Stringer reported a CANADA WARBLER at Hasty CG on the N border near east end.

---On September 8, Duane Nelson reported a CANADA WARBLER was visiting his yard in Las Animas.  If you would like

to try for the bird, contact Duane at dnelson1 AT centurytel.net. 

---On September 7 at Van's Grove, Duane Nelson reported Chestnut-sided Warbler.

---On September 7 at "Clayton Point" reached by CR 20 access poin on CR jj working south and east, Duane Nelson reported Piping Plover and a handful of Snowy Plovers.

---On September  7 a Magnolia Warbler was reported by Duane Nelson W of CR 35 and S of Ft Lyon Canal.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On September 18 a Broad-winge Hawk was reported by Nathan Pieplow flying over East Boulder Community Park.

---On September 17 and 18 a Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Peter Burke flying over Flagstaff Amphitheater.

---On September 16 a Gray Flycatcher was reported by the field trip to Rabbit Mountain led by Carl Starace.

---On September 14 a Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Jeff Parks flying over the South Mesa Trail in  Boulder.

---On September 13 a Gray Flycatcher was reported by Bill Kaempfer at Smith Park in Boulder.

---On September 11 a Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Peter Burke flying over University of Colorado Main Campus in  Boulder.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On September 18 a Sabine's Gull was reported by Chris Rurik at Marston Reservoir.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

---On September 18 a Parasitic Jaeger was reported by Amy Cervene, Ajit Anthony, and Bea Weaver at the sandspit at Chatfield SP. 

---On September 17 a dark Jaeger was reported by Dick Scholer at the end of the sandsplit at Chatfield SP.

---On September 14 a Lesser Black-backed Gull and Cassin's Kingbird were reported by Mark Minner-lee at Marina Sandspit at Chatfield SP.  

---On September 13 a Caspian Tern was reported by David Suddjian by the original Heronry Overlook at Chatfield SP.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On September 16, Bill Maynard reported that a Prothonotary Warbler was banded at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area).  On September 17, the Prothonotary Warbler was recaptured and Walter Wehtje took a great photo of the warbler.

---On September 14 a Magnolia Warbler was banded By Laura-Marie Koitsch at Chico Basin.

---On September 8 a m CANADA WARBLER was banded at Chico Basin Ranch (fee Area) as reported by Laura-Marie Koitsch.

---On September 12 at Big Johnson, Mark Peterson reported Red-necked Grebe and Pacific Loon.  On September 13, Kyle Hawley, Mel Goff, Gary Koehn, Aaron Driscoll, Leonard Lake and David Tonessen reported Red-necked Grebe and Mel Goff, Leonard Lake, and David Tonessen reported Pacific Loon at Big Johnson.  On September 14, a Pacific Loon was reported by Mel Goff at Big Johnson.  On September 14, Adam Vesely reported  Red-necked Grebe and Pacific Loon at Big Johnson.  On September 15, Mark Minner-Lee reported Pacific Loon at Big Johnson.

---On September 16, Steve Brown reported that he banded a hatch year Gray Flycatcher at Clear Spring Ranch.

JACKSON COUNTY:

---On September 18 at Pinkham Creek CR 46/FR 204, David Griffin reported American Three-toed Woodpecker.

---On September 12 at Arapaho NWR Auto Loop, Bob Friedrichs reported Mountain Plover and Chestnut-collared Longspur.  On September 14 a Mountain Plover was reported by David Griffin at Arapaho NWR Auto Loop.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On September 18 2 Sabine's Gulls and Black-throated Blue-Warbler were reported by Matt Clark and Susan Bonfiglio at Chatfield SP.

---On September 18 a Parasitic Jaeger was reported by Robert Mitchell and Willam L Jones at the gravel ponds at Chatfield SP.

---On September 16 a Sabine's Gull was reported by Norm Lewis at the Chatfield Swim Beach.

---On September 13 a Caspian Tern was reported by David Suddjian by Kingfisher Bridge at Chatfield SP.

KIT CARSON COUNTY:

---On September 18 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, 2 imm Broad-winged Hawks were reported by Joey Kellner and Kathy Mihm Dunning.

---On September 18 in town of Flagler 6 Broad-winged Hawks (5 ad, 1 imm) were reported by Joey Kellner and Kathy Mihm Dunning.

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On September 15, Dave Leatherman reported at Yellow-throated Vireo at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins in the NE corner section, west of the ditch and David Wade obtained photos.  

---On September 13 a Blackburnian Warbler was reported by David Wade at Prospect Ponds SE parking lot.

---On September 12 Andy  Bankert reported Least Flycatcher and McCown's Longspur at Timnath Reservoir and David Wade reported Caspian Tern.

---On September 11 a Buff-breasted Sandpiper was reported by Jack Bushong at Timnath Reservoir.

LINCOLN COUNTY:

---On September 18 at a CR 3Y playa, Joey Kellner and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 3 Chestnut-collared Longspurs.

LOGAN COUNTY:

---On Septmeber 18 at Jumbo Reservoir a Pomarine Jaeger was reported by Joey Kellner and Kathy Mihm Dunning.

MESA COUNTY:

---On September 15 at Pinyon Mesa on MS Road, Ron Lambeth reporte 8 Gunnison Sage-Grouse and Dusky Grouse.

---On September 6 at Horsethief Canyon SWA, Mike Henwood reported 3 Northern Waterthrush.  On September 7, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported 2 Northern Waterthrush at Horsethief Canyon SWA.  On September 8 Dave and Diane Trappett reported 2 Northern Waterthrush at Horesthief Canyon SWA.   On September 12, JoAnn Riggle and Ron Lambeth reporter Northern Waterthrush at Horsethief Canyon SWA and Lambeth also reported Nashville Warbler.

MOFFAT COUNTY:

---On September 18 at Loudy-Simpson Park in Craig, Forrest Luke reported a Golden-crowned Sparrow.  This would be a

new county record if accepted.

MORGAN COUNTY:

---On September 13 a Lesser Black-backed Gull was reported by David Dowell at Jackson Reservoir.  On September 15 at Jackson Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Lesser Black-backed Gull, 30 Chestnut-collared Longspurs, and 2 Northern Cardinals.

---On September 10, Glenn Walbek reorted 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Least Flycathcer, Gray Flycatcher and Ovenbird at Rd W.7 and CR 33 N of Hillrose.

---On September 8 at Jackson Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Caspian Terns, 5 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 2 Least Flycatchers, and a Blackpoll Warbler.

OURAY COUNTY:

---On Septeber 16 a Black Swift on nest was reported by Thea Sinclair at Box Canyon Falls Park.

PROWERS COUNTY:

---On September 13 a Broad-winged Hawk and 3 Northern Cardinals were reported by Jane Stulp and Janeal Thompson at Lamar Community College Woods.

---On September 10 a CANADA WARBLER was reported by Jill Smith at Willow Creek Park in Lamar.

---On September 8 a f Northern Cardinal was reported by Janeal Thompson at Lamar Community College Woods.

---On September 3 a Pine Warbler was reported by Brandon Percival at Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar.  On September 7 and 9 at Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar, Janeal Thompson reported a Pine Warbler.  

PUEBLO COUNTY:

---On September 13 Brandon Percival reported Northern Waterthrush and Black Phoebe at Valco Ponds/Rock Canyon and on September 14, Brandon Percival reported 2 Northern Waterthrush, Black Phoebe, Cassin's Kingbird, and Mexican Duck

---On September 9 at Pueblo Reservoir Sailboard Launch Area, Brandon Percival reported Red-necked Grebe.

SEDGWICK COUNTY:

---On September 17 at Jumbo Reservoir, David Dowell, Bill Kempfer, and John Vanderpoel reported Sabine's Gull, 2 ad light-morph Parasitic Jaegers and another jaeger spec possibly a Pomarine.  On September 18 at Jumbo Reservoir, Joey Kellner and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Parasitic Jaeger and 2 Sabine's Gulls.

---On September 17 at Sand Draw SWA, David Dowell reported 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Bell's Vireo, and Tennessee Warbler.

TELLER COUNTY:

---On Sepember 11 at North and South Catamount Reservoir, Chris Brobin reported Williamson's Sapsucker and American Three-toed Woodpecker.

WASHINGTON COUNTY:

---On September 9 at Last Chance Rest Area, Joey Kellner reported Ovenbird.

---On September 1, Tina Jones reported WESTERN GULL at Prewitt.  On September 2, Brian Johnson reported WESTERN GULL at Prewitt.  On September 2, Joey Kellner reported 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers and Gray Flycatcher at Prewitt.   On September 4, Art Hudak and Tom Behnfield reported Snowy Plover and WESTERN GULL at Prewitt Reservoir.  On September 9, a WESTERN GULL was reported by Joey Kellner, Kathy Mihm Dunning, and Charles Lawerence at Prewitt Reservoir.  On September 10 a WESTERN GULL and Lesser Black-backed Gull were reported by Glenn Walbek at Prewitt Reservoir.  On September 16 a WESTERN GULL was reported by Kathy Mihm Dunning, Joey Kellner, and Charlie Lawrence at Prewitt Reservoir.  On September 18, Jeff Dawson reported WESTERN GULL at Prewitt Reservoir.

WELD COUNTY:

---On September 16 at Norma's Grove, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Cassin's Kingbird, Ovenbird, and Red Fox Sparrow.

---On September 13 5 Cassin's Kingbirds were reported by Dave Leatherman N Crow Valley CG and N of USFS Work Cednter on CR 77 just S of GR 96..

---On September 12 a juv YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was reported by Steve Mlodinow and Nick Moore at Baxter Lake which is e of WCR1 (County Line Rd) at the intersection with Wilfred S of Berthoud.  Park on Wilfred and walk.

---On September 11 a Greater Roadrunner was reported by Dan Stringer on CR 43 just N of CR 42 near a small cemetery.

---On September 10, David Blue and Greg Wann reported juv Red-headed Woodpecker and 2 Gray Flycatchers at Crow Valley CG.  On September 11, Adam Vesely, Art Hudak, Mark Chavez, and Tom Behnfield reported 2 juv Red-headed Woodpeckers and Gray Flycatcher at Crow Valley CG.  On September 13, Dave Leatherman reported Red-headed Woodpecker at Crow Valley CG.  On September 17, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Least Flycatchers and Cassin's Kingbird at Crow Valley CG.

Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips: 

The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, September 24 will be to South Platte Park and Carson Nature Center led by Gregg Goodrich (GreggGoodrich AT gmail.comm 303-655-9125)   This trip is full.

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, September 26 will be to Bannker Lakes SWA led by Mark Amershek (mammershek AT msn.com, 303-329-8646).  This trip is full

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder