Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 18 May 2014

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:  Joyce Takamine

Date: May 18, 2014

email: rba AT cfobirds.org

phone: 303-659-8750

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, May 18, sponsored

by the Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory.

If you are phoning in a message, you can skip the recording by pressing the

star key (*) on your phone at any time. Please leave your name, phone

number, detailed directions including county, and dates for each sighting.

It would be helpful if you would spell your last name.

Highlight species include (* indicates new information on this species in

this report).

Green Heron (Larimer, *Pueblo)

GLOSSY IBIS (Arapahoe)

Broad-winged Hawk (Delta, *El Paso/Pueblo, Larimer,  Prowers, *Pueblo, Weld)

Snowy Plover (*Moffat)

Short-billed Dowitcher (Boulder)

Caspian Tern (Denver, *Weld)

ARCTIC TERN (Larimer)

White-winged Dove (Prowers)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Prowers)

EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (Prowers)

ALDER FLYCATCHER (*Boulder)

Black Phoebe (*Boulder)

Cassin's Kingbird (El Paso/Douglas)

Yellow-throated Vireo (Kiowa)

BLUE-HEADED VIREO (Kiowa, Larimer, Washington)

GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (Adams, *El Paso/Pueblo, Larimer, Weld, Yuma)

Blue-winged Warbler (Jefferson)

Tennessee Warbler (El Paso, El Paso/Pueblo, *Weld, Yuma)

Nashville Warbler (Bent, Kiowa, *Weld, Prowers)

Northern Parula (Kiowa, Prowers)

Chestnut-sided Warbler (*El Paso)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Yuma)

Black-throated Gray Warbler (Adams, Larimer)

Black-throated Green Warbler (*El Paso)

BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (Prowers)

PINE WARBLER (*Weld)

PRAIRIE WARBLER (Jefferson)

Palm Warbler (Adams)

BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (*Baca, *Weld)

Blackpoll Warbler (Bent, *Boulder, *El Paso, *El Paso/Pueblo,  Jefferson, *Larimer, Prowers, *Pueblo, Washington, *Weld, Yuma)

Black-and-white Warbler (*Boulder, *El Paso, Weld)

Prothonotary Warbler (*El Paso)

Ovenbird (Bent, *El Paso, *El Paso/Pueblo, Prowers, Pueblo, *Weld, Yuma)

Northern Waterthrush (Adams, Bent, Arapahoe, *Boulder, Denver,*El Paso, El Paso/Pueblo, *Larimer, Prowers, Pueblo, *Weld, Yuma)

KENTUCKY WARBLER (La Plata)

MOURNING WABLER (Weld, Yuma)

Hooded Warbler (Bent, *Jefferson)

Summer Tanager (Bent, El Paso, Jefferson)

White-throated Sparrow (*\El Paso/Pueblo, Pueblo)

Harris's Sparrow (El Paso/Pueblo, *Montezuma, Pueblo, Yuma)

Northern Cardinal (Prowers)

Indigo Bunting (*El Paso)

PAINTED  BUNTING (Baca)

ADAMS COUNTY:

--A Palm Warbler was reported by Matheus at Rocky Mt Arsenal S of Lake Mary on May 14.

--At Barr Lake SP on May 15, Sheeter reported GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and Black-throated Gray Warbler.

--A Northern Waterthrush was reported by Knight at Barr Lake on May 17.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

--A GLOSSY IBIS was reported by Teuton at Cherry Creek SP on a pond across from the model airplane field on May 16.

BACA COUNTY:

--3 m PAINTED BUNTINGS were found by Mitchell in Picture Canyon on May 15.

--On May 17 at Two Buttes, Duane Nelson reported ad m BAY-BREASTED WARBLER.

BENT COUNTY:

--At Tempel Grove on May 15, Mlodinow reported Ovenbird, Blackpoll Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Summer Tanager, and Northern Waterthrush.

BOULDER COUNTY: 

--A Black Phoebe was reported by Moore at the bridge on Hwy 287 over Boulder Creek on May 11.  On May 12, Bell reported seeing the Black Phoebe on the W side of the Boulder Creek Bridge over Hwy 287.  On May 13, Nunes reported Black Phoebe downstream of Hwy 287 along Boulder Creek on May 13.  On May 14, Heinrich reported seeing the Black Phoebe at the 109th St bridge over Boulder Creek, then it flew to the playa and then upstream to US 287.  On May 17, Gent reported that the Black Phoebe was seen from the south side of the US 287 bridge over Boulder Creek.

--A f Black-and-white Warbler was reported by Knight W of the boathouse at Waneka Lake in Lafayette on May 15.

--A singing m Blackpoll Warbler was reported by DeFonso at Walden Ponds on May 17.

--A singing m Northern Waterthrush and m Blackpoll Warbler were reported by Severs at Golden Ponds in Longmont on May 17.

--A f Black-and-white Warbler was reported by Gent on east CU campus on May 17.

--A calling ALDER FLYCATCHER was reported by Floyd at Greenlee Preserve in Lafayette on May 17.

DELTA COUNTY:

--A juv Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Beason near Paonia near Steven's Gulch Road close to USFS boundary on May 16.

DENVER COUNTY:

--A Northern Waterthrush was reported by Rurik at Bluff Lake Nature Center on May 15.

--A Caspian Tern was reported by Hopping at Marston Reservoir on May 15.

EL PASO COUNTY:

--A young male Summer Tanager and Black-and-white Warbler were reported by Getty at Bear Creek Park in Colorado Springs on May 14.

--At Fountain Creek RP on May 17 Farese reported pair of Blackpoll Warblers and Singing Northern Waterthrush.  Bill

Maynard found a Prothonotary Warbler at the N end of the Fountain Creek RP on May 17 near mm 18.  Drummond reported a Chestnut-sided Warbler near mm 18 at Fountain Creek on May 17.

--On May 17 on the Bear Creek Park spring count Getty reported m Black-throated Green Warbler, Indigo Bunting, 3+ Black-and-white Warblers, Northern Waterthrush, and Ovenbird.

EL PASO/PUEBLO COUNTIES:

--At Chico Basin Ranch on May 15, Percival reported Ovenbird on El Paso side and m Blackpoll Warbler, Ovenbird, 2 Northern Waterthrush, and White-throated Sparrow on the Pueblo side.

--At Chico Basin ranch on May 16, Percival reported on the El Paso side:  2 m Blackpoll Warblers, singing m Tennessee Warbler, Ovenbird, Harris's Sparrow and on the Pueblo side a Cassin's Kingbird.  Farese reported Northern Waterthrush at Chico Basin on May 16.

--A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was banded by Gobris at Chico Basin Ranch on May 17.

--On May 17 at Chico Basin Ranch, Percival reported on the El Paso side m Blackpoll Warbler, Ovenbird, and Broad-winged Hawk and on the Pueblo side Blackpoll Warbler, Ovenbird and White-throated Sparow.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

--On May 15 at Belmar Park, Chavez reported PRAIRIE WARBLER and Blackpoll Warbler by the small pond near the gazebo.  Sanders reported a molting m Summer Tanager on May 15.

--A Blue-winged Warbler was banded by McBurney at the RMBO Chatfield Banding Station on May 16.

--A singing male Hooded Warbler was reported by Pasquariello at Roxborugh Village Open Space on May 17.

KIOWA COUNTY:

--At Neegronda Reservoir on May 15, Mlodinow reported Yellow-throated Vireo.

--At Neenoshe Locust Grove on May 15, Mlodinow reported BLUE-HEADED VIREO, Northern Parula, and Nashville Warbler.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

--Morris reported a KENTUCKY WARBLER and Northern Waterthrush in his yard in Durango by the Fish Hatchery on May 16.  Birders are welcome to try to find the birds.  His house is at the bottom of the hill as you enter Durango Fish Hatchery on Hwy 550, address is 141 E 16th St.  If you get too close to the top of the yard you might disturb the neighbor dogs.

 

LARIMER COUNTY:

--A Northern Waterthrush was reported by Panjabi at Dixon Reservoir on May 14.

--2 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH were reported by Baron at Kingfisher Point Natural Area on May 14.

--An ARCTIC TERN was reported by Komar at the S end of Boyd Lake in Loveland on May 14.

--A Northern Waterthrush and Green Heron were reported by Meyer at Lee Martinez Park in Fort Collins on May 15.

--A Northern Waterthrush was reported by Meyer at McMurry Natural Area in Fort Colllins on May 15.

--2 Northern Waterthrush were banded by Harris at the RMBO Fort Collins Banding Station on May 15.

--At Dixon Reservoir on May 16, Pals reported a Blackpoll Warbler and Biggerstaff reported Black-throated Gray Warbler.

--At Lee Martinez Park around the RMBO banding station, Panjabi reported a Blackpoll Warbler on May 16.

--A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was reported by Sparks at McMurry Natural Area on May 16.

--A Broad-winged Hawk was reported by Sparks at Lee Martinez Park on May 16.

--On May 17 at McMurry Natural Area, Hill reported Northern Waterthrush and Blackpoll Warbler.

MOFFAT COUNTY:

--A Snowy Plover was reported by Luke by the CMS Ponds in Craig on May 17.

MONTEZUMA COUNTY:

--A Harris's Sparrow was reported by Vest on Summit Ridge near Dolores on May 16.

PROWERS COUNTY:

--On May 15 at LCCW, Mlodinow reported Broad-winged Hawk, Ovenbird, 2 Northern Waterthrush and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER.

--On May 16 at LCCW, Dan Maynard reported Calling EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE at the S end, Broad-winged Hawk, White-winged Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker Nashville Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Ovenbird, Northern Cardinal.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

--At Pueblo City Park on May 17, Percival reported m Blackpoll Warbler, 2 Broad-winged Hawks, and 2 Green Heron.

WASHINGTON COUNTY:

--A BLUE-HEADED VIREO and pair of Blackpoll Warblers were reported by Walbek at Last Chance on May 15.

WELD COUNTY:

--On May 14 at Crow Valley, Minner-Lee reported GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, Ovenbird, Black-and-white Warbler, 12+ Northern Waterthrush, PINE WARBLER, 5 Blackpoll Warbler, Nashville Warbler.

--On May 15 at Crow Valley, Pals reported Broad-winged Hawk, 1 Black-and-white Warblers, PINE WARBLER, and GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH.  Deininger reported PINE WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER, and Swamp Sparrow at Crow Valley on May 15.

--A Blackpoll Warbler was reported by Kogler at Norma's Grove on May 16.

--On May 17 at Crow Valley, Smart reported Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, Blackpoll Warbler, and PINE WARBLER.

--A Caspian Tern was reported by Prather at St Vrain Sp at an old gravel pit at NW corner of Hwy 119 and CR 9 on May 17.  Do not park on CR 7.

YUMA COUNTY:

--At Stalker Pond on May 14, Mlodiow reported Northern Waterthrush, 3 Blackpoll Warblers, Tennessee Warbler, and Harris's Sparrow.

--At Wray Fish Hatchery on May 14, Mlodinow reported GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH.

--2 Tennessee Warblers were reported by Mlodinow at Laird on May 14.

--On May 14 at shelterbelts off of Hwy 385 N of Wray, Mlodinow reported MOURNING WARBLER, Northern Waterthrush, Black-throated Blue Warbler, and Blackpoll Warbler.

--At Hale Ponds on May 14, Mlodinow reported GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, Blackpoll Warbler, and Ovenbird.

DFO Field Trips:

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, May 18 will be to Chico Basin Ranch led by Paul Slingsby(720-347-5169 or paslingsby AT comcast.net).  Full day trip.  There will be a north Denver carpool meeting place at 0600 and a south Denver carpool meeting place at 0630.  RSVP via phone or email for meeting instructions.  Limited to 12 participants.  Bring lunch and plan to be back at the south carpool meeting place at 1700.  Chico Basin is a prairie oasis with off-trail (long pants) walking to visit wetland, cottonwoods, shrubs, and grassland.  $10 fee per person for a group of six or more otherwise $15 per person.

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder