Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 12 November 2017

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine

e-mail:    RBA AT cobirds.org

Date:      November 12, 2017

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday,  November 12 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 (Arapahoe, *Boulder, *Jefferson, Larimer)

BRANT (*Douglas)

Cackling Goose (Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Kiowa, Montrose, Morgan, Pueblo, Sedgwick, Weld)

Trumpeter Swan (Mesa)

Tundra Swan (*Boulder, *Larimer, *Mesa, Moffat, *Montezuma, *Park)

Wood Duck (Park)

Storm Wigeon (Montezuma)

Greater Scaup (Routt)

Surf Scoter (Fremont, *Jackson Jefferson, Logan, Montezuma, Morgan, *Park, San Miguel)

White-winged Scoter (Fremont, *Mesa, *Montezuma, *Park, San Miguel)

Black Scoter (*Park)

Long-tailed Duck (Boulder, Fremont, Mesa, *Park, Pueblo)

Barrow’s Goldeneye (*Douglas, Eagle, Moffat, *Montezuma, Montrose, *Park) 

Sharp-tailed Grouse (*Weld)

Red-necked Grebe (*Arapahoe, Fremont, Otero, *Park)

Sandhill Crane (*Jackson)

Sanderling (Douglas, Pueblo, Sanderling)

Long-billed Dowitcher (Weld)

Greater Yellowlegs (Jefferson)

PARASITIC JAEGER  (Weld)

Sabine’s Gull (Pueblo)

Mew Gull (Larimer)

Iceland Gull (Larimer, Morgan, Park)

GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (Park)

Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo)

Common Tern (Boulder, Crowley, Denver)

Pacific Loon (*Boulder, *Park, *Weld)

Common Loon (Garfield, Mesa, Moffat, Morgan, Otero, Ouray,Park, Pueblo, San Miguel)

Cattle Egret (Kiowa)

Black-crowned Night-Heron (Weld)

Broad-winged Hawk (Jefferson)

Swainson’s Hawk (Mesa)

Lewis’s Woodpecker (Chaffee)

Black Phoebe (*Mesa)

Eastern Phoebe (Arapahoe, Morgan)

Pinyon Jay (Baca, Chaffee)

Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Kiowa)

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Kiowa)

Pygmy Nuthatch (Broomfield, Morgan, Phillips)

Brown Creeper (Morgan)

Winter Wren (Baca, Larimer)

Bewick’s Wren (Garfield)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (*Mesa, *Park)

Eastern Bluebird (*Jefferson)

Brown Thrasher (Jefferson)

American Pipit (*Douglas, Park, San Miguel)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Garfield, *Weld)

Black Rosy-Finch (Garfield)

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Garfield)

Cassin’s Finch (Baca)

Common Redpoll (Adams, Boulder, *Denver)

Red Crossbill  (Boulder, Broomfield, Morgan, Sedgwick)

Lapland Longspur (Baca, *Park, Pueblo, Sedgwick)

Canyon Towhee (Baca)

Chipping Sparrow (*Denver)

Fox Sparrow (Arapahoe)

Lincoln’s Sparrow (*Boulder, El Paso, Jefferson, Otero, *Pueblo)

Swamp Sparrow (*Broomfield, *Larimer, Park)

White-throated Sparrow (La Plata, Montezuma, *Montrose, Otero, Ouray, Prowers)

Harris’s Sparrow (Boulder, Larimer)

Rusty Blackbird (Pueblo)

Great-tailed Grackle (Montrose)

Common Yellowthroat ( *Broomfield, *Weld)

Chestnut-sided Warbler (*Mesa)

Yellow-throated Warbler (Boulder)

Northern Cardinal (Prowers)

Rose-breasted  Grosbeak (Prowers)

Indigo Bunting (Arapahoe)

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On November 10 at First creek at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Lorraine Lanning reported 2 Common Redpoll.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On November 6 at deKoevend Park in Centennial, Jared Del Rosso reported Fox Sparrow.  On November 8 at deKoevend Park, Jared Del Rosso reported Red Fox Sparrow.  On November 10 at deKoevend Park, Bez Bezuidenhout and Jared Del Rosso reported Red Fox Sparrow.

---On November 9 at Westlands Parks in Greenwood Village, Jared Del Rosso reported juv Indigo Bunting.

---On November 10 at Cherry Creek SP, Bob Righter reported Greater White-fronted Goose at Marina and Cackling Geese.

---On November 10 at South Platte Park C470 area, Norm Lewis reported Eastern Phoebe.

---On November 11 at Cherry Creek SP north of Lake Loop, Glenn Walbek reported Red-necked Grebe.

BACA COUNTY:

---On November 6 on CR M few miles W of US 287, Dave Leatherman reported several Lapland Longspurs

---On November 6 at Carrizo Creek Picnic Area and nearby creekbed S of CR M about 20 mi W of US 287, Dave Leatherman reported 180 Pinyon Jay and 2 Canyon Towhee.

---On November 6 at Cottonwood Canyon, Dave Leatherman reported 4 f Cassin’s Finch and Winter Wren.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On November 6 at Valmont Reservoir, Peter Gent and Stephen Change reported f-type Long-tailed Duck.

---On November 6 at Skunk Creek at Basemar Shopping Center, David Dowell reported Yellow-throated Warbler south of Goodwill.

---On November 8 at University of Colorado South Campus in Boulder, Sharon Norfleet reported that the Boulder Bird Club observed a Harris’s Sparrow.

---On November 9 at Stearns Lake, Mark Minner-Lee reported 7 Tundra Swans (3 ad, 4 imm).  On November 10 at Stearns Lake, Peter Gent and Chuck Hundertmark reported juv Tundra Swan and 2000 Cackling Geese.  On November 11 at Stearns Lake, David Ely and Matt Hofeditz reported juv Tundra Swan.

---On November 10 at CU South, Peter Gent reported Common Redpoll.

---On November 11 at Boulder Reservoir, Peter Gent reported Pacific Loon.

---On November 11 at CU South, Peter Burke reported Lincoln’s Sparrow.

---On November 11 in Louisville in fields along Empire Road, Jack Bushong reported Greater White-fronted Goose.

BROOMFIELD COUNTY:

--- On November 11 at Plaster Reservoir, Matt Hofeditz reported 1st year f Common Yellowthroat and 2 Swamp Sparrows.

---On November 3 at Brunner Reservoir, David Ely reported f Common Yellowthroat.

---On November 6 at Interlocken East Park, David Ely reported 4 Red Crossbill (2m, 2f).  On November 10 at Interlocken East Park, David Ely and Eric Zorawowicz reported 50 Cackling Geese, 2 Pygmy Nuthatch and f Red Crossbill.

CHAFFEE COUNTY:

---On November 9 in Buena Vista, Scott Somershoe reported Lewis’s Woodpecker.

---On Novmeber 9 at Ice Ponds, Scott Somershoe reported 40 Pinyon Jays.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On November 10 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Eric DeFonso reported Common Redpoll.  On November 11 at Bluff Lake NC, Alan Peryam and Colleen Mamsfield reported 2 Chipping Sparrows.

---On Novmeber 11 at First creek at DEN Open Space, Renee Casias reported Common Redpoll.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

---On November 8 at Chatfield SP Marina Sandspit, Tom Wilberding and Michael Kiessig reorted Sanderling.  On November 9 at Chatfield SP Marina Sandspit, Frank Farrell and Bruce Cyganowski reported Sanderling.

---On November 11 at Barr CCC Park, Cheri Phillips reported BRANT.

---ON November 11 at Walker Road Gravel Pond, Cynthia Kristensen reported Barrow’s Goldeneye and American Pipit.

EAGLE COUNTY:

---On November 7 at Ruedi Reservoir, Vic Zerbi reported 9 Barrow’s Goldeneyes.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On November 6 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Jim Merritt reported 2 Lincoln’s Sparrows along stream near main entrance bridge.

FREMONT COUNTY:

---On November 7 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jerry DeBoer reported Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, and 3 Long-tailed Ducks.

GARFIELD COUNTY:

---On November 7 at Douglas Pass, Brett Walker reported 30 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, 6 Black Rosy-Finch, and 30 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch.

---On November 8 at Rifle Gap SP, JoAnn Riggle reported Common Loon and 2 Bewick’s Wren.         

---On November 8 at Fravent Reservoir, JoAnn Riggle reported Bewick’s Wren.

JACKSON COUNTY:

---On November 11 at Walden Reservoir, Tom Litteral reported Surf Scoter and 105 Sandhill Cranes.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On November 6 at South Platte Reservoir, Dale Pate reported Surf Scoter in SW bay.   On November 8 at South Platte Reservoir, JoAnn Hackos reported Surf Scoter.  On November 10 at South Platte Reservoir, Norm Lewis reported Surf Scoter.

---On November 6 at Majestic View Park, John Sakulich reported Brown Thrasher.  On November 8 at Majestic View Park, Dale Pate reported 9 Eastern Bluebirds.

---On November 8 at Chatfield SP downstream of Kingfisher Bridge (W),  Cynthia Kristensen reported Greater Yellowlegs.

---On November 8 at Chatfield SP South Platte River Delta, Tom Wilberding and Michael Kiessig reported Greater Yelllowlegs.

---On November 11 at Clement Park and Johnson Reservoir, Scott Somershoe reported Greater White-fronted Goose.

---On November 11 at Mount Falcon Park, Jan Gorski reported 6 Eastern Bluebirds.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

---On November 7 at Pastorius Reservoir, Jason St. Pierre reported White-throated Sparrow.

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On November 7 at Boyd Lake, David Wade and Nick Komar reported 3 Greater White-fronted Geese, 600 Cackling Geese, and Least Sandpiper.

---On November 8 at Lee Martinez Park near Discovery Museum, Nick Komar, Austin Hess, Michael McCloy, and Brandon Nooner reported Winter Wren.  On November 9 at Lee Martinez Park, Joe Mammoser, Kevin Keirn,  David Wade, and Christine Sparks reported Winter Wren.

---On November 11 at Running Deer NA in Fort Collins, Joe Mammoser reported ad Swamp Sparrow in marsh.

---On November 11 at Dry Creek Reservoir, Walter Wehtje and Nick Komar reported ad Tundra Swan.

LOGAN COUNTY:

---On November 9 at Jumbo Reservoir, Nick Moore reported Cackling Geese and 2 Surf Scoters.

MESA COUNTY:

---On November 6 in Grand Junction, Linda Hansen reported Swainson’s Hawk.  The hawk was hit by a car, captured and taken to wildlife vet who identified it as Swainson’s Hawk.

---On November 6 at Highline Lake SP, Mike Henwood reported 3 Common Loon.

---On November 8 at Vega Reservoir and Vega SP, Mark and Denise Vollmar reported 6 White-winged Scoters.  On November 9 at Vega Reservoir and Vega SP, Mike Henwood and Eileen Cunningham reported 4 White-winged Scoters.  On November 10 at Vega Reservoir, JoAnn Riggle and Katey Buster reported 2 White-winged Scoters and Long-tailed Duck.  On November 11 at Vega Reservoir, Ronda Woodward and Deb Stegall reported 3 White-winged Scoters.

---On November 9 at Mack Mesa, Tom McConnell reported Common Loon.

---On November 9 at Highline Lake SP, Tom McConnell reported 8 Trumpeter Swans (2 ad, 6 imm).

---On November 10 at Fruita SP small pond to N, Mark and Denise Vollmar reported White-winged Scoter.

---On November 10 at Highline Lake SP, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported 8 Tundra Swans (2 ad, 6 juv) and 3 Common Loon; Mike Henwood and Gary Atwood reported 8 Tundra Swans.  On November 11 at Highline Lake SP, Carol Ortenzio and JoAnn RIggle reported 8 Tundra Swans (2 ad, 6 juv); Ortenzio also reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

---On November 11 at Colorado River SP Fruita Section, Mike Henwood reported juv White-winged Scoter, Black Phoebe and 2 juv Chestnut-sided Warblers; Carol Ortenzio reported White-winged Scoter and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher;  Jerry and Linda Elling reported White-winged Scoter.

MOFFAT COUNTY:

---On November 8 at WFMC Ponds, Forrest Luke reported 2 ad Tundra Swans, Common Loon, and f Barrow’s Goldeneye.

MONTEZUMA COUNTY:

---On November 8 at Narraguinnep Reservoir, Jim Beatty reported imm Surf Scoter.

---On November 8 at Denny Lake Park, Jim Beatty reported White-throated Sparrow.

---On November 9 at Industrial Pond in Cortez, Erick Hendrickson reported Storm Wigeon.

---On November 11 at Narraguinnep reservoir, Erik Hendrickson reported Tundra Swan, White-winged Scoter.

---On November 11 at McPhee Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson reported 4 Barrow’s Goldeneyes.

MONTROSE COUNTY:

---On November 6 at Black Canyon Crystal Dam,  Betty Fenton reported 4 f Barrow’s Goldeneyes.

---On November 7 at Otter Pond, Bruce Ackerman and Linda Hansen reported 2 f Great-tailed Grackles and Jon Horm reported 2 Cackling Geese.

---On November 11 at Nucla Domestic Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported White-throated Sparrow.

MORGAN COUNTY:

---On November 6 at Jackson Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 400 Cackling Geese, Surf Scoter, 4 Common Loon, Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull.

---On November 9 at Riverside Cemetery in Fort Morgan, Nick Moore reported Brown Creeper and 2 Red Crossbills, type 2.

OTERO COUNTY:

---On November 7 at Holbrook Reservoir, Stan Oswald reported Red-necked Grebe and Common Loon.

OURAY COUNTY:

---On November 8 at Ridgway Reservoir, Kent Nelson reported 7 Common Loon.  On November 10 at Ridgway Reservoir, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported 3 Common Loon.

---On November 8 in Ouray, Kent Nelson reported White-throated Sparrow at his feeder.  If you want to try for the bird he says that best viewing in gate on S side of house, 621 Fourth St.  Call Kent at 719-221-3513 for current information.

PARK COUNTY:

---On November 9 at Eleven Mile Reservoir, Dean Shoup and Scott Somershoe reported ad m Wood Duck, 12 Surf Scoter including an ad m on the SE end, 3 White-winged Scoters, f Long-tailed Duck, 4 Common Loon, and American Pipit.  On November 9 at Eleven Mile Reservoir, Chuck Aid and Micahel Kiessig reported 14 Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, and 13 Common Loon.  On November 10 at Eleven Mile Reservoir, Mark Peterson and Glenn Walbek reported 11 Surf Scoter incle 1 ad m, 6 White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, 2 Pacific Loon, 9 Common Lon, Iceland (Thayer’s) 1st cyc, 3 Lapland Longspur.  On November 11 at Eleven Mile Reservoir, Michael McCloy reported 20 Surf Scoters, 4 White-winged Scoters, f Long-tailed Duck, Barrow’s Goldeneye, 3 Pacific Loons, Red-necked Grebe, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and 2 Lapland Longspurs.

---On November 9 at Spinney Mountain Reservoir, Scott Somershoe reported 2 Common Loon.   On November 10 at Spinney Mountain Reservoir, Mark Peterson and Glenn Walbek reported 1st cyc GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL.  On November 11 at Spinney Mountain Reservoir, Michael McCloy reported Tundra Swan, 2 Surf Scoters, and Black Scoter.

---On November 9 at Antero Reservoir, Scott Someshoe reported 3 Tundra Swans and Pacific Loon; Chuck Aid and Michael Kiessig reported 4 Tundra Swans.

On November 10 at Antero Reservoir, Mark Peterson and Glenn Walbek reported 4 Tundra Swan, 3 Surf Scoters, Black Scoter, 2 Pacific Loon, 2 Common Loon.

---On November 10 at Lake George, Mark Peterson and Glenn Walbek reported Swamp Sparrow.

PROWERS COUNTY:

---On November 7 at Lamar Community College on west side of road that runs behind college NW from dumpsters N of Tennis courts, Dave Leatherman reported a young m Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

---On November 7 at Lamar Community College, Dave Leatherman reported pair of Northern Cardinals and White-throated Sparrow.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

---On November 7 at Pueblo Reservoir South Shore Marina tire, Brandon Percival reported ad Great Black-backed Gull.  On November 10 at Pueblo Reservoir  South Shore Marina, Brandon Percival, Riley and Heather Morris reported ad Great Black-backed Gull, and 3 Common Loon.

---On November 8 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported 17 Common Loon.

---On November 9 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported 2 f-type Black Scoters.

---On November 10 at Pueblo Reservoir in Rock Canyon, Riley Morris reported 2 Rusty Blackbirds.

---On November 10 at Pueblo Reservoir West Fishing Road, Brandon Percival reported 25 Common Loon and Lapland Longspur.

---On November 10 at Pueblo Reservoir, Riley Morris reported Lincoln’s Sparrow.

---On November 10 at Huerfano Reservoir, Rich Miller reported Long-tailed Duck.

---On November 11 at Valco Ponds SWA, Mark Yaeger reported 4 Lincoln’s Sparrows.

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY:

---On November 10 at Miramonte Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 3 Surf Scoters, 4 White-winged Scoters, 5 Common Loon, and 3 American Pipit.

SEDGWICK COUNTY:

---On November 9 at Julesburg Cemetery, Nick Moore reported 30 Red Crossbill, type 2.

---On Novmeber 9 at Jumbo Reservoir, Nick Moore reported 500 Cackling Geese, Sanderling, and 2 Lapland Longspurs.

WASHINGTON COUNTY:

---On November 1 at Prewitt Reservoir, Norm Lewis reported American Golden-Plover, Dunlin, and Chipping Sparrow.

WELD COUNTY:

---On November 5 at Windsor Lake, Gary Lefko reported PARASITIC JAEGER.  On November 6 at Windsor Lake, Josh Bruening, Kathy Buckley, and Michael Britten reported PARASITIC JAEGER.  On November 7 at Windsor Lake, Steve Mlodinow, Larry Griffin, and Gene Rutherford reported PARASITIC JAEGER.  On November 10 at Windsor Lake, Josh Bruening, Nick Komar, and Gary Lefko reported PARASITIC JAEGER.

---On November 7 at Stewart’s Pond, Steve Mlodinow reported 50 Cackling Geese and juv Black-crowned Night-Heron.

---On November 7 at Behrens Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 100 Cackling Geese and Long-billed Dowitcher.

---On November 11 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Pacific Loon and Common Yellowthroat.

---On November 11 at CR 136 W of CR 111, Gene Rutherford reported 8 Sharp-tailed Grouse.

---On November 11 at CR 136 W of CR 105, Gene Rutherford reported Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch.

DFO Field Trip:

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, November 12 will be to Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop led by Karen von Saltza (kvonsaltza AT yahoo.com; 303-941-4881)

Meet at 0900 at 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 over a distance of about 3 miles.  Trails could be slippery or muddy.  Bring water and snacks; lunch is optional.  Beginning birders are welcome.  Register online or contact leader.

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder