Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 4 September 2018

[Joyce Takamine]

Date: September 4, 2018 

Compiler: Joyce Takamine

e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org 

 

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, September 4 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. 

Note that the RBA is using the new AOU checklist.

Rare and out of range species for the last seven days include: (*indicates new information on this species)

 

Greater White-fronted Goose (Larimer)

Bufflehead (*Boulder)

Hooded Merganser (Part)

Sharp-tailed Grouse (Routt)

White-winged Dove (Bent)

White-throated Swift (Kiowa)

Sora (*La Plata, Montezuma)

Sandhill Crane (*La Plata, Montrose, Routt)

American Avocet (Summit)

Black-necked Stilt (Kiowa, Mesa)

Black-belllied Plover (Adams, Kiowa, Morgan, *Washington)

Semipalmated Plover (*Morgan, *Washington)

Piping Plover (*Washington)

Long-billed Curlew (Kiowa, Larimer)

Marbled Godwit (*Jackson, *Larimer, *Morgan, *Washington)

Stilt Sandpiper (*Jackson, Kiowa, Mesa, *Morgan, *Washington)

Buff-breasted Sandpiper (*Morgan, Washington)

Pectoral Sandpiper (*Jackson, Kiowa, *Morgan, *Washington,)

Semipalmated Sandpiper (*Jackson, Kiowa, *Larimer, Mesa, *Morgan, *Washington)

Short-billed Dowitcher (Adams)

Solitary Sandpiper (Kiowa, *La Plata, Mesa, *San Miguel)

Greater Yellowlegs (*Jackson, *La Plata)

Red-necked Phalarope (Kiowa, *Washington)

Bonaparte’s Gull (Kiowa)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Kiowa, *Morgan)

Caspian Tern (*Larimer, *Park)

Black Tern (Kiowa, *Morgan, Park, *Washington)

Common Tern (Washington)

Common Loon (Montezuma)

Little Blue Heron (Weld)

Green Heron (*Denver)

Black-crowned Night-Heron (Montezuma)

YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Yuma)

White-faced Ibis (Routt, *Summit)

Rough-legged Hawk (Summit)

Lewis’s Woodpecker (Ouray)

Red-headed Woodpecker (Bent, Kiowa, Yuma)

Williamson’s Sapsucker (Las Animas)

Red-naped Sapsucker (*Grand, Routt)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso)

Hairy Woodpecker (Bent, El Paso)

Merlin (Adams)

Olive-sided Flycatcher (La Plata, Yuma)

Alder Flycatcher (Bent)

Willow Flycatcher (*El Paso, La Plata, Montezuma)

Least Flycatcher (Kiowa, Larimer, *Yuma)

Hammond’s Flycatcher (Adams, *El Paso, La Plata, Montrose, Park)

Gray Flycatcher (*La Plata, *Larimer, Montrose)

Dusky Flycatcher (Broomfield, *El Paso, *La Plata, Montezuma)

Cordilleran Flycatcher (Adams, Bent, El Paso, *La Plata, Mesa)

Black Phoebe (Las Animas, Mesa, Montrose)

Eastern Phoebe (Jefferson)

Ash-throated Flycatcher (*Mesa)

Great Crested Flycatcher (Bent, El Paso, Kiowa)

Cassin’s Kingbird (*El Paso)

Eastern Kingbird (Montrose)

Loggerhead Shrike (Kiowa, Las Animas, Park, Summit)

Gray Vireo (Montrose)

Cassin’s Vireo (*El Paso, Kiowa, Montezuma, Montrose)

Blue-headed Vireo (Pueblo)

Philadelphia Vireo (Adams, Kiowa)

Warbling Vireo (Bent, El Paso, Montrose)

Red-eyed Vireo (Adams, Denver)

Pinyon Jay (*Jefferson, *La Plata, Montrose)

Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (El Paso, La Plata, Mesa, *Montrose)

Chihuahuan Raven (*El Paso)

Purple Martin Montrose)

Tree Swallow (Kiowa, Montezuma)

Violet-green Swallow (Weld)

Bank Swallow (Kiowa)

Cliff Swallow (Montezuma)

Bushtit (La Plata, Mesa)

Marsh Wren (Arapahoe, *Jackson, La Plata, *Larimer, *Weld)

Carolina Wren (Kiowa)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (*El Paso, *Jefferson, Kiowa, *La Plata, *Larimer, Mesa, Montrose, San Juan)

Golden-crowned Kinglet (Park)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Broomfield, El Paso)

Eastern Bluebird (Kiowa)

Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso, Pueblo)

Brown Thrasher (*El Paso, Kiowa)

Sage Thrasher (*El Paso, *Jackson, Kiowa, La Plata)

American Pipit (*Jackson)

Red Crossbill (Park)

Clay-colored Sparrow (*El Paso, *Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Larimer,*Mesa,  Montezuma)

Brewer’s Sparrow (El Paso)

Lark Bunting (*Jackson, Montrose)

Grasshopper Sparrow (Routt)

Lincoln’s Sparrow (Adams, Denver)

White-crowned Sparrow (*Weld)

Yellow-breasted Chat (Kiowa)

Orchard Oriole (*Adams)

Baltimore Oriole (*Prowers, Yuma)

Northern Waterthrush (El Paso, *Grand, La Plata, Montrose)

Golden-winged Warbler (Yuma)

Black-and-white Warbler (Pueblo)

Tennessee Warbler (Jefferson, Yuma)

Nashville Warbler (*Boulder, *Larimer, Montrose, Yuma)

Virginia’s Warbler (Park)

Hooded Warbler (Boulder)

Northern Parula (La Plata)

Blackpoll Warbler (Broomfield)

Black-throated Gray Warbler (El Paso)

Townsend’s Warbler (El Paso, Kiowa, La Plata, Larimer, Mesa, Montrose, Park)

Hepatic Tanager (Las Animas)

Northern Cardinal (Yuma)

Indigo Bunting (Kiowa, *Weld, Yuma)

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On September 2 at Barr Lake SP Banding Station, Riley Morris reported Cordilleran Flycatcher.

---On September 1 at Barr Lake SP, Jamie Simo reported Black-bellied Plover.  On September 2 at Barr Lake SP, Betty Glass reported 3 Philadelphia Vireos; Steve Ryder reported Merlin.

---On September 1 at First Creek, John Breitsch reported Hammond’s Flycatcher, Red-eyed Vireo and Lincoln’s Sparrow.

---On September 2 at Lowell Ponds (Clear Creek Valley Park), Gabriel Wiltse reported Short-billed Dowitcher.

---On September 3 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek John Breitsch reported Orchard Oriole.

BENT COUNTY:

---On September 1 at Melody Tempel Grove, Steve Mlodinow and David Ely reported White-winged Dove, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 4 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Hairy Woodpecker, Alder Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, and 2 Warbling (Eastern) Vireos.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On September 2 at Parkside Village ditch, Nick Moore reported f Hooded Warbler.

---On September 3 at Little Gaynor Lake, John Rutenbeck reported Bufflehead.

---On September 3 at CU East Campus at Confluence Ponds and Skunk Creek, Alexander Brown reported Nashville Warbler.

BROOMFIELD COUNTY:

---On September 1 at Plaster Reservoir, Matt Hofeditz reported 2 Dusky Flycatchers, Ruby-crowned Kignlet and Blackpoll Warbler.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On September 1 at First Creek at DEN OS, John Breitsch reported Red-eyed Vireo and Lincoln’s Sparrow.

---On September 1 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, George Ho and Steve Herbert reported Green Heron and Clay-colored Sparrow.  On September 2 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Matt Gray and Phil Lyon reported Green Heron.  On September 3 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Dean Shoup and Kevin DeBoer reported Green Heron.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On September 1 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded Warbling Vireo, Brewer’s Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, and Northern Waterthrush.  On September 2 at Clear Spring Rnach, Steve Brown banded 2 Cassin’s Vireos (ad, juv), 2 Brewer’s Sparrows (ad, juv), Clay-colored Sparrow (ad), and Ruby-crowned Kinglet (f juv)

---On September 1 at Chico Basin Ranch, Kevin Ash, Jim Merritt and Robb Hinds reported Dusky Flycatcher, 5 Curve-billed Thrashers, 2 Sage Thrasher, and 8 Brown Thrashers.  On September 3 at Chico Basin Ranch, Monday Birders and Colin Woolley reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Willow Flycatcher, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Cassin’s Vireo, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Curve-billed Thrashers, 7 Brown Thrasher, 3 Sage Thrashers, and 2 Clay-colored Sparrows.

---On September 1 at Stratton OS, Tanja Britton reported Cordilleran Flycatcher, 12 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, and 14 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers.

---On September 2 at Sand Creek Trail—Dublin Blvd to E Woodman Road, Alan Versaw reported Great Crested Flycatcher.

---On September 3 at Hanover Fire Station, Monday Birders and Michael Lester reported Cassin’s Kingbird, Chihuahuan Raven, Curve-billed Thrasher, and 2 Brown Thrashers.

---On September 3 at Chico Basin Ranch, Bell Grove, Monday Birders reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Cassin’s Vireo, Curve-billed Thrasher and 3 Brown Thrasher.

GRAND COUNTY:

---On September 3 on CR 26 near Kremmling, Joel Such reported Red-naped Sapsucker and Northern Waterthrush.

JACKSON COUNTY:

---On September 3 at MacFarlane Reservoir, Nick Komar reported Marbled Godwit, 5 Stilt Sandpipers, 12 Sage Thrashers, and 3 American Pipit.

---On September 3 at Arapaho NWR – Auto Loop, Cole Wolf and Nick Komar reported 8 Semipalmated Plover, 12 Stilt Sandpiper, 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 2 Marsh Wren, Sage Thrasher, and 3 Clay-colored Sparrow.

---On September 3 at Walden Reservoir SE Side, Cole Wolf and Nick Komar reported 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, and Lark Bunting.

---On September 3 at 18 Island Reservoir, Cole Wolf reported 3 Lark Bunting.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On August 31 at Belmar Park, Mark Chavez and Frank Farrell reported Cassin’s Vireo and Tennessee Warbler.  On September 1 at Belmar Park, Art Hudake, Gwen Moore, Reed Gorner, and Santiago Tabares reported Tennessee Warbler, and Clay-colored Sparrow.

---On September 2 at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farm, Dylan Cooper reported Eastern Phoebe.

---On September 3 on Plainview Road – Coal Creek, Paula Hansley reported 2 Pinyon Jay and 2 Blue-gray Gnatcathcer.

KIOWA COUNTY:

---On September 1 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow and David Ely reported Black-bellied Plovedr, Long-billed Curlew, Bonaparte’s Gull, and 12 Black Tern.

---On September 1 at Kiowa Creek at CR 40, Steve Mlodinow and David Ely reported Red-headed Woodpecker, 4 Cassin’s Vireo, Tree Swallow, and Bank Swallow.

---On September 1 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow and David Ely reported Lesser Black-backed Gull, 38 Long-billed Curlew, and 7 Black Tern.  On September 2 at Neenoshe Reservoir SE Corner (often disjunct), David Tonnessen reported 20 Black-necked Stilt, 52 Stilt Sandpipers, 3 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers, Red-necked Phalarope, 2 Solitgary Sandpipers, 21 Black Tern, 8 Tree Swallows, and Bank Swallow.

---On September 1 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Mlodionw and David Ely reported Stilt Sandpiper, Red-headed Woodpecker, Great Crested Flycatcher, Loggerhead Shrike, Cassin’s Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo, 4 Bank Swallow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Sage Thrasher, 10 Brown Thrasher, 12 Clay-colored Sparrow, Yellow breasted Chat, pair of Townsend’s Warblers, Indigo Bunting.

---On September 2 at Eads (town), David Tonnessen reported Eastern Bluebird.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

---On September 1 on Animas River—Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area, Henry Detwiler reported Willow Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, and Northern Waterthrush.

---On September 1 at Pastorius Reservoir, Jason St. Pierre reported Northern Parula, Black Phoebe and Townsend’s Warbler.  On September 2 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton reported 2 Sora, 3 Solitary Sandpipers, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Gray Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, 2 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 2 Bushtit, Marsh Wren, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and Sage Thrasher.  On September 3 at Pastorius Reservoir, Jim Beatty and Susan Allerton reported Sora, Solitary Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Dusky Flycatcher, Gray Flycatcher, Pinon Jay, and 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

---On September 2 in field just N of Zink’s Pond in Durango, Steve Smith reported Sandhill Crane.  On September 3 in field just N of Zink’s Pond, Jack Maher and Jim Beatty reported Sandhill Crane.

 

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On September 1 at North Shields Pond NA, Nick Komar, Paul Ode, David Wade, Will Gallagher, and Brad Biggerstaff reported Nashville Warbler and 2 Clay-colored Sparrows.

---On September 1 at Timnath Reservoir, Caroline Olson reported Greater White-fronted Goose, Semipalmated Plover, 5 Marbled Godwit, 8 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Flycatcher, and 5 Clay-colored Sparrows.  On September 3 at Timnath Reservoir Andy Bankert and Carolyn Olson reported 5 Marbled Godwit, 12 Stilt Sandpiper, 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Gray Flycatcher, Marsh Wren, and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

---On September 2 at Dixon Reservoir, Brad Biggerstaff, Jay Breidt, Josh Bruening, and Christine Sparks reported Nashville Warbler.

---On September 2 at Rawhide Energy Station/Hamilton Reservoir, Nick Komar reported Caspian Tern and Long-billed Curlew.

---On September 23 at Spring Creek Bike TGrail just N of Spring Canyon Park, Brad Biggerstaff reported Nashville Warbler.

LAS ANIMAS COUNTY:

---On September 1 at 32309 Lake Ridge Trail, Janice Swarm reported 2 Williamson’s Sapsucker, Black Phebe, Loggerhead Shrike and Hepatic Tanager.

MESA COUNTY:

---On September 1 at Horsethief Canyon SWA, David Price reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatcher, Cassin’s Vireo, 3 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and 4 Bushtit.

---On September 1 at Connected Lakes SP, Blue Heron Section, Mike Henwood and Ryan Clarr reported Stilt Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Black Phoebe, and Townsend’s Warbler.

---On September 2 at James M Robb Colorado River SP, Pear Park Section, Connee Moffat reported Black-necked Stilt.  On September 3 at James M Robb Colorado River SP, Pear Park Section, Tyler Wilson reported 4 Clay-colored Sparrows.

---On September 2 at Green Heron Pond, David Price reported 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper and 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

---On September 3 at Grand Junction Wildlife Area, Nic Korte reported Ash-throated Flycatcher.

MONTEZUMA COUNTY:

---On September 1 a House Creek Recreation Area, Eric Hynes reported 2 Common Loon.

---On September 2 at Totten Reservoir, Jim Beatty reported Cliff Swallow and 15 Tree Swallows.

---On September 2 at Simon Draw SWA, Jim Beatty reported Willow Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Cliff Swallow, and Clay-colored Sparrow.

---On September 2 at Denny Lake Park, Jim Beatty reported Cliff Swallow and Cassin’s Vireo.

---On September 2 at Industrial Park Pond, Jim Beatty reported Sora.

MONTROSE COUNTY:

---On September 1 At Nucla Domestic Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Sandhill Crane, Black Phoebe, 2 Cassin’s Vireo, Warbling Vireo, 5 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, 2 Purple Martin, 3 Nashville Warblers.  On September 2 at Nucla Domestic Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Hammond’s Flycatcher, Gray Flycatcher, Black Phoebe, 2 Pinyon Jay, 2 Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Purple Martin, Northern Waterthursh, and 4 Nashville Warblers.

---On September 2 at Nucla Ave Five, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported Sandhill Crane, and 2 Purple Martin.

MORGAN COUNTY:

---On September 3 at Jackson Reservoir – North, Tony Leukering reported 2 Semipalmated Plover, Marbled Godwit, 7 Stilt Sandpiper, 3 Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, 5 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Caspian Tern, and 15 Black Tern.

OURAY COUNTY:

---On September 1 at Ridgway – CR 8 to Owl Creek Pass, Betty Fenton reported Lewis’s Woodpecker.

PARK COUNTY:

---On September 1 at 7230 CR 43, Bailey, Matthew Webb reported 3 Red Crossbill and Virginia’s Warbler.

---On September 1 at 8060 CR 43, Bailey, Matthew Webb reported Hammond’s Flycatcher, 35 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 2 Red Crossbills, Virginia’s Warbler and Townsend’s Warbler.

---On September 2 at Antero Reservoir, SE side, Tony Leukering reported Hooded Merganser, 2 Caspian Terns, 9 Black Tern, and 2 Bank Swallows.  On September 3 at Antero Reservoir, SE side, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported 2 Caspian Terns.

---On September 2 at CR 59 pond, Tony Leukering reported Loggerhead Shrike.

PROWERS COUNTY:

---On September 3 in Lamar on S 13th St., Dorothy Russell reported m Baltimore Oriole.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

---On September 2 at Roselawn Cemetery in Blende, Mark Miller reported Blue-headed Vireo, Black-and-white Warbler.

ROUTT COUNTY:

---On September 2 at Marabou Loop in Steamboat Springs, Joel Such and Tresa Moulton reported 18 Sharp-tailed Grouse, 90 Sandhill Crane, 3 Red-naped Sapsucker, and Grasshopper Sparrow.

---On September 2 at Stagecoach Reservoir, Brendan Beers reported White-faced Ibis.

SAN JUAN COUNTY:

---On September 2 on CR 32, Silverton, Aaron Keller reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY:

---On September 3 at Snyder’s Pond, George Steele reported Solitary Sandpiper.

SUMMIT COUNTY:

---On September 1 at Peak One Campground, Douglas Bruns reported 1 American Avocet and Loggerhead Shrike.

---On September 1 at Arapaho NF near Dillon, Pat Lueders reported Rough-legged Hawk.

---On September 3 at Old Dillon Reservoir, Tyler Wilson reported 5 White-faced Ibis.

WASHINGTON COUNTY:

---On September 1 at Prewitt Reservoir, Chuck Hundertmark reported Piping Plover, 3 Semipalmated Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, and Semipalmated Sandpiper; Gregg Goodrich and his DFO field trip reported 2 Black-bellied Plovers in breeding plumage.  On September 2 at Prewitt Reservoir, Michael Lester, Dean Shoup, Joey Kellner, Lisa Edwards, Norm Erthal, and Tim Smart reported Piping Plover, 2 Black-bellied Plovers, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 12 Pectoral Sandpipers, and 3 Common Tern.  On Semptember 3 at Prewitt Reservoir, Kevin DeBoer, Art Hudak, Gwen Moore, and Tony Leukering reported Black-bellied Plover, 10 Semipalmated Plover, Piping Plover, 2 Marbled Godwit, 77 Stilt Sandpipers, 15 Pectoral Sandpipers, Red-necked Phalarope, 57 Black Tern.

WELD COUNTY:

---On September 3 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Marsh Wren, White-crowned Sparrow, and Indigo Bunting.

YUMA COUNTY:

---On September 1 at Stalker Lake SWA, Gregg Goodrich and DFO Field Trip reported 3 YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (1 ad, 2 juv), Peregrine Falcon, and 2 Northern Cardinals.

---On September 2 at Bonny Reservoir – Foster Grove Area, David Dowell reported 8 Red-headed Woodpekcer, Olive-sided Flycatcher, 2 Least Flycatchers, Baltimore Oriole, Golden-winged Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, and 4 Northern Cardinal.

DFO Field Trips 

FALL COUNT:  Cherry Creek State Park

Friday, September 7

6:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Cynthia Madsen (cmadsen08 AT gmail.com; 303-770-6534)

FALL COUNT:  Barr Lake State Park

Saturday, September 8

6:00 AM – 3:00 PM

David Hill (d_d_hill AT comcast.net; 303-870-4316)

FALL COUNT:  Audubon Nature Center

Saturday, Septmeber 8

6:15 AM – 3:00 PM 

Karen Drozda (drozforte AT AOL.com; 303-388-0891)

FALL COUNTY:  Chatfield State Park

Saturday, September 8

6:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Joey Kellner (vireo1 AT comcast.net; 303-978-1748)

FALL COUNT:  Lower Bear Creek

Saturday, September 8

6:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Mark Amershek (mamershek AT msn.com; 303-329-8646)

FALL COUNT:  Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR

Sunday, September 9

6:15 AM – 3:00 PM

David Hill (d_d_hill AT comcast.net; 303-870-4316)

This trip is FULL.

FALL COUNT:  Castewood Canyon State Park

Sunday, September 9

6:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Karen Drozda (drozforte AT AOL.com; 303-388-0891)

FALL COUNTY:  Barr Lake Periphery

Sunday, September 9

7:30 AM – 10:30 PM

Gregg Goodrich (GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com; 303-655-9135)

Cherry Creek SP Wetland Loop 

Sunday, September 9

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Mary Keithler (mkeithler AT yahoo.com; 303-771-1421)

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder