Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: July 30, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, July 30 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.
Wood Duck (Washington)
Bufflehead (Larimer)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Chaffee)
Greater Sage-Grouse (Jackson)
Dusky Grouse (Boulder)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (*Larimer)
Greater Roadrunner (El Paso)
Black Swift (Boulder)
Chimney Swift (Jefferson)
RIVOLI’S (MAGNIFICENT) HUMMINGBIRD (Gilpin, Jefferson)
Sandhill Crane (Park)
Semipalmated Plover (*Jackson)
Stilt Sandpiper (*Jackson)
Pectoral Sandpiper (El Paso, Jackson)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (*Jackson)
Solitary Sandpiper (El Paso)
Black Tern (El Paso, Washington)
Common Loon (Ouray)
CALIFORNIA CONDOR (Dolores)
Mississippi Kite (El Paso, Las Animas)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Adams, El Paso, Las Animas, Washington)
Williamson’s Sapsucker (Pueblo)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder, Gunnison)
Least Flycatcher (*Weld)
Eastern Phoebe (*Douglas)
Chihuahuan Raven (Kiowa)
Pacific Wren (Boulder)
Carolina Wren (Las Animas)
Bewick’s Wren (Las Animas)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso, *Fremont)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (El Paso)
Northern Parula (Larimer)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo)
Lark Bunting (*Jackson, Washington)
Black-throated Sparrow (*Fremont)
Fox Sparrow (Boulder, *Jackson, Larimer, San Juan)
Summer Tanager (Baca, Las Animas, Montezuma)
Indigo Bunting (Kiowa)
Dickcissel (Boulder, Douglas, El Paso)
Bobolink (Boulder)
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On July 22 at Rocky Mountain NP, Wild Basin, Renee Casias reported 3 Black Swift, Pacific Wren, and Fox Sparrow. On July 23 at Rocky Mountain NP, Wild Basin, Dean Shoup and Tim Smart reported 4 Black Swifts and singing Pacific Wren; Candice Johnson reported f American Three-toed Woodpecker just below Calypso Cascades and Pacific Wren. On July 25 at Rocky Mountain NP, Ouzel Falls, Luke Pheneger reported 3 Dusky Grouse, American Three-toed Woodpecker, Pacific Wren, and Fox Sparrow (slate-colored) and Ted Floyd reported Pacific Wren. On July 26 at Rocky Mountain NP, Ouzel Falls, Loch Kilpatrick reported Black Swift and Pacific Wren.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
---On July 24 at Sands Lake SWA, Christian Hagenlocher reported m Barrow’s Goldeneye. On July 26 at Sands Lake SWA, Van Truan reported m Barrow’s Goldeneye.
DOLORES COUNTY:
---On July 24, Steve Heath reported a soaring CALIFORNIA CONDOR 4 miles above Bradfield bridge on Dolores River.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On July 29 at Charfield SP, Diane Roberts and Felice Lyons reported Eastern Phoebe.
---On July 24 at Spruce Mountain Road fields, Monday Birders reported Dickcissel.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On July 26 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, Cheri Phillips reported Solitary Sandpiper, Red-headed Woodpecker, and Dickcissel; Cole Wolf reported Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Solitary Sandpipers, 6 Black Terns, and 4 Dickcissels (2 at N end and 2 at S end).
---On July 27 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Tanja Britton reported Mississippi Kite. On July 28 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Diane Roberts reported Mississippi Kite.
---On July 24 at Pikes Peak Summit, Clive Harris reported 5 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch. On July 25 at Pikes Peak Summit, Joel Adams reported 3 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch.
---On July 28 at Hanover Road, Diane Roberts reported Greater Roadrunner and 2 Curve-billed Thrashers.
FREMONT COUNTY:
---On July 29 at Siloam Road at CR 110, Joel Adams reported 6 Black-throated Sparrows.
---On July 29 at CR 123 near Penrose, Joel Adams reported 2 Curve-billed Thrashers.
GILPIN COUNTY:
---On July 25 at Golden Gate Canyon Park, northernmost picnic area on Mountain Base Road, Steve Mlodinow reported f RIVOLI’S (MAGNIFICIENT) HUMMINGBIRD.
JACKSON COUNTY:
---On July 28 at MacFarlane Reservoir, Chuck Hundertmark reported 6 Greater Sage-Grouse and m Lark Bunting. On July 29 at MacFarlane Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Semipalmated Plover and Semipalmated Sandpiper.
---On July 28 at Walden on CR 34, Chuck Hundertmark reported Lark Bunting.
---On Juy 28 at 18 Island Reservoir, Chuck Hundertmark reported Pectoral Sandpiper. On July 28 at 18 Island Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 8 Stilt Sandpipers.
---On July 28 on CR 21, Steve Mlodinow reported a pair of Lark Buntings and Fox Sparrow (slate-colored).
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On July 27 at Hildebrand Ranch Park, David Suddjian reported Chimney Swift and Matt Clark reported
f-type RIVOLI’S (MAGNIFICIENT) HUMMINGBIRD by the stream.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On July 27 at Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Nick Komar reported f Bufflehead.
---On July 24 at Gateway Natural Area, Jonathan Layman reported Northern Parula.
---On July 29 at Wellington SWA Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Mik McCloy found Yellow-billed Cuckoo and later Nick Komar, David Wade, John Shenot and Austin Hess were able to relocated the Cuckoo.
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY:
---On July 24 at Cottonwood Canyon CG, Paul Conover reported Mississippi Kite, Red-headed Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, 3 Summer Tanagers (1m, 1f, 1juv), and Bewick’s Wren.
PARK COUNTY:
---On July 26 at Spinney Mountain Reservoir, Michael Emnaker reported 2 Sandhill Carnes at Antero rehab area.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On July 25 at Mineral Palace Park, Van Truan reported singing Yellow-throated Warbler at NW corner of park in Sycamore.
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
---On July 28 at Prewitt Reservoir, Norm Lewis reported Wood Duck, 10 Black Terns, 6 Red-headed Woodpeckers and Lark Bunting.
WELD COUNTY:
---On July 29 at Crow Valley CG, Cole Wolf reported 2 Least Flycatcher near the NW corner.
Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips:
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, July 30 will be to South Platte Park led by Gregg Goodrich (GreggGoodrich AT
gmai.com;
303-665-9135). Meet at 0800 at the south end of South Platte Park near C-470. From C-470 take Platte Cany Rd/SouthPlatte Park exit. From Platte Canyon Rd at Depew St, turn southeast onto the entrance road for South Platte Park. Continue past a 90-degree left tur and the first parking lot, and meet in the second parking lot.
This is an eBird mobile training field trip. You will need a smart phone and need to set up an account with eBird and download the app to your phone. Register online or contact leader.
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder