Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 23 April 2017

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:           Joyce Takamine

e-mail:                RBA AT cobirds.org

Date:                   April 23, 2017

This is the Rare Bird Alert for  Sunday,  April  23 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 families has changed.

Mute Swan (*Weld)

Trumpeter Swan (Archuleta, Routt)

Greater Sage-Grouse (Jackson)

Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Gunnison)

Dusky Grouse (Montrose)

Sharp-tailed Grouse (*Weld)

Greater Prairie-Chicken (*Washington)

White-winged Dove (Weld)

Chimney Swift (Denver)

VAUX’S SWIFT (*Pueblo)

Black-bellied Plover (Crowley)

Semipalmated Plover (*Boulder, Crowley, *El Paso,  La Plata, *Weld)

Mountain Plover (Alamosa)

Whimbrel (El Paso, Larimer)

Long-billed Curlew (El Paso, Jackson, La Plata, *Larimer)

CURLEW SANDPIPER (Kiowa)

Pectoral Sandpiper (Boulder, El Paso, Weld)

Semipalmated Sandpiper (*Boulder, *Douglas, *Weld)

Short-billed Dowitcher (Boulder, Elbert)

Solitary Sandpiper (*La Plata)

Glossy Ibis (La Plata, *Pueblo, *Weld)

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (Adams)

Broad-winged Hawk  (Jefferson, Larimer, Weld)

Thayer’s Gull (Larimer)

 Caspian Tern (Arapahoe, *Boulder, La Plata, *Larimer, *Weld)

Williamson’s Sapsucker (Gunnison, Pueblo)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso)

American Three-toed Woodpecker (Gunnison)

Black Phoebe (*Boulder,  La Plata, Mesa)

Eastern Phoebe (Adams, *Boulder, Douglas,  *El Paso,  Jefferson, Yuma)

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Adams) 

CRESTED CARACARA (Weld)

White-eyed Vireo (*Weld)

Gray Vireo (*La Plata, Mesa)

Carolina Wren (Kit Carson,  Pueblo, Yuma)

Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso)

Sprague’s Pipit (Yuma)

Lapland Longspur (Weld)

Chestnut-collared Longspur (*Weld)

McCown’s Longspur (*Douglas, Larimer)

Black-and-white Warbler (El Paso)

Nashville Warbler (Pueblo)

Yellow-throated Warbler (*Pueblo)

Grace’s Warbler (Montose)

Cassin’s Sparrow (*Morgan, *Washington)

Brewer’s Sparrow (Boulder, El  Paso, Jefferson, *Larimer, *Morgan, *Weld)

Black-throated Sparrow (El Paso)

Savannah Sparrow (Lincoln)

Grasshopper Sparrow (*Adams, Arapahoe,*Morgan,  *Washington, *Weld)

Fox Sparrow (Gunnison, Jackson, Mesa)

Summer Tanager (El Paso)

Northern Cardinal (Boulder)

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On April 17 at Rocky Mountain Aresenal NWR, Diane Roberts and Tim Ryan reported Eastern Phoebe.

---On April 17 at Barr Lake SP on Neidrach Nature Trail, F.  Wamboldt reported Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.

---On April 19 at Barr Lake SP on Neidrach Nature Trail, Clinton Neinhaus reported hatch year RED-SHOULDERED HAWK.

---On April 20 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Zach Schiff reported Grasshopper Sparrow.

---On April 22 on Rector-Leader Road, Wendy Wibbens reported Grasshopper Sparrow near intersection with 112th.

ALAMOSA COUNTY:

---On April 19 at Mill Pond Island, Arrow Myers reported Mountain Plover.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On April 18 at CR 129 at Maplewood Drive, Loch Kilpatrick reported Grasshopper Sparrow.

---On April 21 at Cherry Creek SP East Boat Ramp, Cheryl Teuton and Dan Brooke reported Caspian Tern.

ARCHULETA COUNTY:

---On April 17 at Lake Forest, Charles Martinez reported Trumpeter Swan.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On April 18 at Crane Hollow Rd and St Vrain River, Sue Riffe reported Black Phoebe and Eastern Phoebe.

---On April 17, Christian Nunes  reported Eastern Phoebe at St Vrain River Crossing at 63rd St.

---On April 17, Jeff Parks reported Eastern and Black Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St.  On April 18, Ted Floyd and Marie Hoerner reported Black and Eastern Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St.  On April 18, Chuck Hundertmark reported Black and Eastern Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St.  On April 20, Karen Drozda reported Black and Eastern Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St.  On April 22 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, David Ely and Steve Fry reported Black and Eastern Phoebe; Adam Veseley reported Eastern Phoebe.

---On April 17 at Lagerman Reservoir, Luke Phenger reported  2 Pectoral Sandpipers and Short-billed Dowitcher.  On April 18 at Lagerman Reservoir, LukePheneger reported 1 Pectoral Sandpiper.  On April 20 at Lagerman Reservoir, Ted Floyd and Luke Pheneger reported Pectoral Sandpiper.  On April 22 at Lagerman Reservoir, Luek Pheneger reported Semipalmated Sandpiper.

---On April 19 at Hawthorne Gulch W of 3rd St below pump house, Mary Lou Van Laanen reported m Northern Cardinal.

---On April 21 in Louisville on gravel trail S of Warembourg, Ryan and Jack Bushong reported Brewer’s Sparrow.

---On April 22 at Boulder Reservoir, Peter Burke and several other birders reported Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, and Caspian Tern.

CROWLEY COUNTY:

---On April 20 at Lake Meredith, Adam Vesely reported Black-bellied Plover and Semipalmated Plover.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On April 21 at Washington Park, Jeff Dawson reported 2 Chimney Swifts.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

--- On April 17, Thomas Holub reported Eastern Phoebe at Chatfield SP.  On April 19 at Chatfiled SP downstream of Kingfisher Bridge, Phil Lyon and Tom Behnfield reported Eastern Phoebe.  On April 20, Tom Wilberding reported Eastern Phoebe near Kingfisher Bridge.

---On April 19 at Chatfield SP Model Airplane Field, Thomas Holub reported McCown’s Longspur.  On April 20 at Chatfield SP Model Airplane Field, Tom Wilberding  and Dale Pate reported McCown’s Longspur.  On April 21, Thombas Holub and Tom Behnfield reported that the McCown’s Longspur continues at Chatfield SP Model  Airplane Field.  On April 22, Gregg Goodrich  reported that the McCown’s Longspur continues at Chatfield SP Model Airplane Field.

---On April 22 at Chatfiled SP Marina sandspit, Thomas Holub, Joey Kellner, Scott  Somershoe, and Loch Kilpatrick reported Semipalmated Sandpiper.

ELBERT COUNTY:

---On April 18 at Hwy 86 Roadside Ponds, Cheri Phillips reported Short-billed Dowitcher.

                                                                                                                                                                                              

EL PASO COUNTY: 

---On April 18 at Ramah SWA, Cheri Phillips reported Semipalmated Plover and Whimbrel.  On April 19 at Ramah SWA,  David Chartier reported Semipalmated Plover and Long-billed Curlew and Aiken Audubon reported Semipalmated Plover.  On April 21 at Ramah SWA, Rod Schmidt reported 2 Whimbrel and Cheri Phillips reported Semipalmated Plover and Pectoral Sandpiper.  On April 22 at Ramah SWA, Dean Shoup and Robb Hinds reported 4 Semipalmated Plovers.

---On April 19 at Cheyenne Mountain Park, Alan Versaw reported m Black-and-white Warbler.

---On April 19 at Paint Mine Open Space, Joy and Leonard Lake, John Drummond and Jeannie Mitchell reported Black-throated Sparrow.

---On April 20 at Ramah SWA, Cheryl Teuton and Dan Brooke reported molting male Summer Tanager.

---On April 20 on Sand Creek Trail, Alan Versaw reported Brewer’s Sparrow.

---On April 20 in field below Big Johnson, Mel and Jeanne Goff reported Eastern Phoebe.

---On April 21 on N Blaney Road in Colorado Springs, Kyle Hawley reported Semipalmated Plover.

---On April 22 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), John Drummond reported 2  Eastern Phoebe and 2 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers.

---On April 22 at Hanover Fire Station Area, John Drummond reported Curve-billed Trasher.

GUNNISON COUNTY:

---On April 20 at Waunita Hot Springs Lek, Sue Riffe reported 10 Gunnison Sage-Grouse (8m, 2f).

---On April 20 at Monarch Pass, Sue Riffe Reported 2 Williamson’s Sapsuckers,2 American Three-toed Woodpeckers and Slate-colored Fox Sparrow.

JACKSON COUNTY:

---On April 17 at Colorado State Forest Moose Visitor Center, Gavin Bieber reported Slate-colored Fox Sparrow.

---On April 18 at Walden Reservoir, Chuck Hundermark reported 3 Long-billed Curlews.

---On April 20 in Colamont area, Sue Riffe reported 4 Greater Sage-Grouse.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On April 18 at Dinosaur Ridge Hawk Watch, Gary Rossmiller reported 5 Broad-winged Hawks.  On April 21, Debbie James reported 2 Broad-winged Hawks at Dinosaur Ridge Hawk Watch.

---On April 18 at Clear Creek Trail Golden to I 70, Candice Johnson reported Eastern Phoebe.

---On April 18 and 19 at Deer Creek near South Valley Park southern parking lot, David Suddjian reported Eastern Phoebe.

---On April 19 at Tin Cup Hogback Park, Kevin De Boer reported Brewer’s Sparrow.

---On April 19 at Chatfield SP downstream of Kingfisher Bridge, Phil Lyon and Tom Behnfield reported 2 Eastern Phoebe.

---On April 21 on Wheat Ridge GreenBelt, Lorraine Lanning reported Estern Phoebe near bridge west of I-70 on Clear Creek trail.

KIT CARSON COUNTY:

---On April 20 at Safeway in Burlington, Ed Harper and Glenn Walbek reported Carolina Wren.

KIOWA COUNTY:

---On April 20 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Cole Wild reported a first spring f CURLEW SANDPIPER.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

---On April 19 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton reported 2 Glossy Ibis and Semipalmated Plover.  On April 20 at Pastorius Reseervoir, Susan Allerton and James Beatty reported Semipalmated  Plover and Beth Wolff and Kristi Dranginis reported 4 flyover Long-billled Curlews.  On April 21 at Pastorius Reservoir, Beth Wolff and Susan Allerton reported 3 Caspian Terns and Susan Allerton reported Semipalmated Plover and Black Phoebe.  On April 22 at Pastorius Reservoir, Nina Koch and Michael Dietzman reported Solitary Sandpiper.

---On April 22 at Zink’s Pond, Amy Dobbins and Katy Shirley reported Gray Vireo.

---On April 22 at Long Holow Creek Parking Area, Jason St. Pierre reported Gray Vireo.

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On April 19 on CR 92 west of I-25, Austin Hess and Nick Komar reported Brewer’s Sparrow.

---On April 21 at Wellington SWA Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Megan Miller reported Brewer’s Sparrow.

---On April 21 at Horseshoe Reservoir, David Wade and Nick Komar reported Thayer’s Gull and McCown’s Longspur.

---On April 21 at Boyd Lake, Andy Bankert reported Whimbrel.  On April 22 at Boyd Lake SP, Joe Mammoser reported 4 Long-billed Curlews and 3 Caspian Terns.

---On April 21 at North Shield Pond, David Wade reported Broad-winged Hawk.

MESA COUNTY:

---On April 17 at Gateway Cottonwoods, Brenda Wright reported Gray Vireo.

---On April 17 at Colorado National Monument, Jeff Buecking reported Gray Vireo.

---On April 21 on Hwy 330 from Hwy 65 to Collbran, Mike Henwood reported pair of Black Phoebe near Collbran Conservation Corps on PE Rd.

---On April 21 at Vega Reservoir, Mike Henwood reported Slate-colored Fox Sparrow.

MONTROSE COUNTY:

---On April 18 at Black Canyon of Gunnison NP South Rim campground, Jeff Buecking reported 3 Dusky Grouse.

---On April 20, Coen Dexter reported 6 Grace’s Warblers 9 miles NE of Nucla on the Nucla Delta Road at mile marker 33.

MORGAN COUNTY:

---On April 22 on CR 36, Chris Wood and Jessie Barry reported Cassin’s Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, and Brewer’s Sparrow.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

---On April 17 in east part of Osprey Picnic area in Rock Canyon below Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported Nashville Warbler.

---On April 17 on Arkansas River Trail east of Pueblo Blvd, Monday Birders et al reported Carolina Wren.

---On April 21 in Colorado City on pond behind BSJ Bank at SW corner of North Parkway and Hwy 165, David Silverman reported a Glossy Ibis.

---On April 21 in Pueblo, Van Truan heard Yellow-throated Warbler and on April 22, Van Truan, Brandon Percival, and Loch Kilpatrick reported Yellow-throated Warbler at Mineral Palace Park at 15th and Court.

---On April 22 over Arksansas River W of Pueblo Nature Center, Brandon Percival and Van Truan reported VAUX’S SWIFT.

ROUTT COUNTY:

---On April 17 at Stagecoach Reservoir, Tresa Moulton reported Trumpeter Swan.

WASHINGTON COUNTY:

---On April 22 at CR P and CR 52, Chris Wood and Jessie Barry reported 4 Greater Prairie-Chicken, 2 Cassin’s Sparrow and 2 Grasshoppper Sparrows.

WELD COUNTY:

---On April 17, Frank Farrel and Rececca Grieser reported Mute Swan at Stewart’s Pond.  On April 20, Susan Rosine reported Mute Swan at Stewart’s Pond.  On April 15 at Stewart’s Pond, Adam Vesely, Maikel and Susan Wise reported Mute Swan.  On April 22 at Stewart’s Pond, Chris Wood and Jessie Barry reported Mute Swan.

---On April 18 at wetland on CR 46, Chris Goulart reported Mute Swan.

---On April 18 at CR 86 east of CR 105, Liza Antony reported Chestnut-collared Longspur and Grasshopper Sparrow.

---On April 18 at Ireland Reservoir #5, Claudius Feger reported Broad-winged Hawk.

---On April 21 at Firestone Gravel Pits, Susan and Maikel Wise reported Pectoral Sandpiper.

---On April 21 on CR 24 W of CR 39, Maikel and Susan Wise reported White-winged Dove.

---On April 22 at Eaton Cemetery, Steve Mlodinow reported White-eyed Vireo.

---On April 22 on Pawnee NG at CR 138 and CR 99, Claudius Feger and George Mayfield reported Grasshopper Sparrow and Brewer’s Sparrow.

---On April 22 on Pawnee NG at CR 130 east of CR 99, Claudius Feger and George Mayfield reported Sharp-tailed Grouse.

---On April 22 at CR 132 W of CR 111, Claudius Feger and George Mayfield reported 2 Sharp-tailed Grouse and 3 Chestnut-collared Longspurs.

---On April 22 at Loloff Reservoir, Chris Wood, Jessie Barry, Steve Mlodinow, and Matt Clark reported Glossy Ibis.

---On April 22 at Union Reservoir, Bill Fink and Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Caspian Terns.

---On April 22 at Beebe Draw, Steve Mlodinow reported Glossy Ibis.

---On April 22 at Behrens Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Semipalmated Plovers and 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers.

YUMA COUNTY:

---On April 20 at Bonny Reservoir Hopper Ponds, Ed Harper reported Eastern Phoebe and Carolina Wren.

Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, April 23 will be to Denver City Park led by Chuck Hundertmark (chundertmark8 AT gmail.com; 303-604-0531)  Meet at 0730 at parking strip SE of 22nd Ave just north of Ferril Lake.  From Colorado Blvd, turn west onto 22nd Ave and go past the Museum of Nature and Science.  Turn left just before the zoo at the sign to the Pavilion Bandstand.  Park on the left at the end of the parking area closet to Ferril Lake.  

   Will focus on photography of the heronry and cormorant colony and documenting nesting status as part of DFO’s colonial Waterbird Nesting Project.  Bring spotting scope and camera if you have them.

Don’t forget water, snacks and sunscreen.  Register online or contact leader.

There is a 3 day trip to Cheyenne Bottom & Quivira NWR 4/22, Great Bend, KS led by Mary Cay Burger (mcburger3 AT juno.com; 720-940-8394)  This trip is full.

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, April 23 will be to Bluff Lake Nature Center led by Pratyaydipta Rudra and Sreemala Das Majumder (pratyayr AT gmail.com; 919-699-4043).  This trip is full.

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder