Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 19 September 2018

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler: Joyce Takamine

e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org 

 

This is the Date: September 19, 2018 

Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, September 19 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)

Bufflehead (Park)

Hooded Merganser (Park)

Ruddy Duck (*Gunnison, San Juan)

Sharp-tailed Grouse (Routt)

Red-necked Grebe (Montezuma)

Clark’s Grebe (Kiowa)

Band-tailed Pigeon (Routt)

RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (*Prowers)

Virginia Rail (*Gunnison, Larimer, Teller)

Sora (*Kiowa, Larimer)

Sandhill Crane (Park)

Black-necked Stilt (Eagle, *Kiowa, Mesa, Pueblo)

American Avocet (Alamosa, Kiowa, Larimer, Morgan, Otero, *ark)

Black-bellied Plover (Morgan)

American Goldlen-Plover (*Kiowa)

Semipalmated Plover (Larimer, Morgan, Weld)

Long-billed Curlew (Otero)

Marbled Godwit (Alamosa, *Kiowa, Larimer, Otero, Weld)

Stilt Sandpiper (*Kiowa, Otero, Weld)

Sanderling (*Kiowa)

Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Morgan)

Pectoral Sandpiper (*Kiowa, Larimer, Morgan, Otero)

Semipalmated Sandpiper (Larimer, Otero)

Western Sandpiper (Alamosa, Morgan

Solitary Sandpiper (El Paso, *Gunnison, Las Animas, Park)

Willet (Washington)

Red-necked Phalarope (Alamosa, Arapahoe, *Kiowa, Morgan, Otero)

Red Phalarope (*Kiowa)

Parasitic Jaeger (Jefferson)

Long-tailed Jaeger (Jefferson)

Sabine’s Gull (Park)

Bonaparte’s Gull (*Kiowa)

Great Black-backed Gull (Douglas)

Caspian Tern (Washington)

Black Tern (Arapahoe, *Kiowa, Larimer)

Common Tern (*Kiowa)

American Bittern (*Kiowa)

Snowy Egret (Routt)

Little Blue Heron (Weld)

Green Heron (*Denver)

Black-crowned Night-Heron (Ouray)

White-faced Ibis (*Kiowa, Otero, Park, Routt)

Broad-winged Hawk (*Kiowa, Phillips)

Rough-legged Hawk (Larimer)

Lewis’s Woodpecker (La Plata)

Red-headed Woodpecker (*Larimer)

Williamson’s Sapsucker (Montrose)

Red-naped Sapsucker (*Bent, *Gunnison, San Juan)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso)

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) (*Larimer, Otero)

American Three-toed Woodpecker (San Juan)

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Otero)

Least Flycatcher (Kiowa)

Hammond’s Flycatcher *El Paso, Weld)

Gray Flycatcher (Weld)

Dusky Flycatcher (El Paso, La Plata, Larimer, Weld)

Western Flycatcher (El Paso)

Cordilleran Flycatcher (Denver, Montezuma, San Juan)

Black Phoebe (La Plata)

Eastern Phoebe (*El Paso, Fremont)

Western Kingbird (*Summit)

Eastern Kingbird (Kiowa, Larimer)

Great Crested Flycatcher (Kiowa)

Loggerhead Shrike (Alamosa, Otero, Park)

Gray Vireo (Mesa)

Cassin’s Vireo (El Paso, Fremont, *Kiowa, Larimer, Teller)

Steller’s Jay (Ouray, Teller)

Blue Jay (Teller)

Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay (Boulder, *El Paso, Larimer, Montezuma)

Clark’s Nutcracker (Ouray)

Violet-green Swallow (Weld)

Bushtit (El Paso, Larimer, Ouray)

Marsh Wren (Arapahoe, El Paso)

Bewick’s Wren (Las Animas)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Boulder,*Kiowa,  Larimer, Montezuma, Phillips, San Juan, Washington, Weld)

Golden-crowned Kinglet (San Juan, Teller)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (*Adams, El Paso, *Gilpin, Morgan, San Juan, Teller, Weld)

Swainson’s Thrush (*El Paso, Kiowa)

Hermit Thrush (El Paso, San Juan, Weld)

Brown Thrasher (El Paso, *Kiowa, Larimer, Morgan, *Prowers, Weld)

Sage Thrasher (Alamosa, *Gilpin, Larimer, Otero, Weld)

American Pipit (Park, Teller)

Red Crossbill (*Gilpin, San Juan)

Lesser Goldfinch (*Pitkin)

Chestnut-collared Longspur (Park)

Chipping Sparrow (El Paso)

Clay-colored Sparrow (Bent, El Paso, *Kiowa, Larimer)

Brewer’s Sparrow (*Adams, El Paso, *Kiowa, La Plata, Larimer, Ouray, Routt, Weld)

Vesper Sparrow (San Juan)

Lark Bunting (Otero, Park)

Savannah Sparrow (Denver, Eagle, El Paso, Larimer, Otero, Park, Pueblo, Routt, San Juan)

Grasshopper Sparrow (Larimer)

Fox Sparrow (San Juan)

Lincoln’s Sparrow (*Adams, Denver, El Paso, *Gunnison, Jefferson, *Kiowa, Larimer, Park, Weld)

Yellow-breasted Chat (Montrose, Ouray)

Worm-eating Warbler (Larimer)

Northern Waterthrush (La Plata)

Black-and-white Warbler (Weld)

Prothonotary Warbler (Jefferson)

Tennessee Warbler (Adams, Kiowa)

Nashville Warbler (Morgan)

Virginia’s Warbler (Larimer, Montrose)

Magnolia Warbler (*El Pasom *Kiowa)

Chestnut-sided Warbler (*Prowers)

Blackpoll Warbler (Bent, Larimer, Phillips)

Grace’s Warbler (La Plata)

Black-throated Gray Warbler (El Paso, La Plata, Montezuma, Weld)

Townsend’s Warbler (El Paso, Larimer)

Black-headed Grosbeak (Larimer)

Blue Grosbeak (Montrose, (Weld)

Indigo Bunting (Kiowa, Morgan, Yuma)

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On September 16 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Dusky Flycatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, f Tennessee Warbler, and 2 Lincoln’s Sparrows.  On September 18 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brewer’s Sparrow, and 2 Lincoln’s Sparrows.

ALAMOSA COUNTY:

---On September 17 at Blanca Wetlands NWR, David Dowell reported 62 American Avocet, 2 Marbled Godwit, Western Sandpiper, 8 Red-necked Phalarope, Loggerhead Shrike, 3 Sage Thrasher.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On September 16 at Cherry Creek SP, Joe Roller reported 2 Red-necked Phalarope and Black Tern.

BENT COUNTY:

---On September 16 at Van’s Grove (JJ Road east of Fort Lyon), David Dowell reported Clay-colored Sparrow and Blackpoll Warbler.  On September 18 at Van’s Grove, David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported Red-naped Sapsucker.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On September 16 at Rabbit Mountain, Peter Burke reported Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay and 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On September 16 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Jeff Dawson reported Green Heron, Savannah Sparrow and Lincoln’s Sparrow.  On September 1q8 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Jake Shorty reported Green Heron.

---On September 16 at Denver City Park, Patrick O’Driscoll reported Cordilleran Flycatcher.

EAGLE COUNTY:

---On September 17 at 3101 Lake Creek Village Dr, Edwards, Eric Culbertson reported 2 Black-necked Stilt and Savannah Sparrow.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On September 17 at Clear Spring Ranch, Monday Birders reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 6 Bushtit, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 3 Brewer’s Sparrow, 3 Savannah Sparrow,  6 Lincoln’s Sparrow.

---On September 17 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Kim Geissler reported Clay-colored Sparrow, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hammond’s Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Western Flycatcher, 3 Lincoln’s Sparrow, Cassin’s Vireo, 2 Hermit Thrush, 2 Brown Thrasher.  On September 18 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Kim Geissler, reported hatch yr Magnolia Warbler and Swainson’s Thrush.

---On September 17 at Cross Creek Regional Park, Terence Gerger reported Solitary Sandpiper, 3 Marsh Wren, 20 Savannah Sparrow, and 2 Lincoln’s Sparrows.

---On September 18 at Kettle Lakes, John Drummon reported Eastern Phoebe, and Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay.

FREMONT COUNTY:

---On September 16 at Canon City Riverwalk—Sells Lake to S Raynolds Ave, Dale and Joel Adams reported Cassin’s Vireo and Eastern Phoebe.

GILPIN COUNTY:

---On September 18 at Golden Gate Canyon SP, Cynthia Madsen and Tuesday Birders reported Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Sage Thrashers, and 2 Red Crossbills.

GUNNISON COUNTY:

---On September 18 at McCabe’s Lane Wetland, Ben Halsey reported Virginia Rail, Solitary Sandpiper, Red-naped Sapsucker, and Lincoln’s Sparrow.

---On September 18 on pond on Big Blue Creek Cimmaron, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported 3 Ruddy Ducks (2m, 1f).

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On September 15 at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt West Lake, Chuck Aid, Dick Prickett, and Inga Brennan reported 16 Bushtit, Marsh Wren, 8 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

---On September 16 at Chatfield SP North Boat Ramp, Karen Drozda and her DFO Field Trip and many other birders reported Prothonotary Warbler; Cheryl Teuton, Bob Spencer, Sondra Bland, Alan and Mary Lynne Ketcham reported Parasitic Jaeger; and Roger Massey and Elain Wagner reported Long-tailed Jaeger.  On September 17 at Chatfield SP North Boat Ramp, Jean Langel and Burke Angstrom reported Prothonotary Warbler.

---On September 17 at Genessee Mountain Park south of -70, Jerry Baines reported Swainson’s Thrush.

KIOWA COUNTY:

---On September 17 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, David Dowell reported Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Swainson’s Thrush, and 3 Tennessee Warblers.  On September 18 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Marbled Godwit, Stilt Sandpiper, 5 Black Tern, 3 Common Tern, Broad-winged Hawk, Magnolia Warbler, 2 Brown Thrasher, 8 Lincoln’s Sparrows, and 20 Clay-colored Sparrows.

---On September 17 at Neenoshe Reservoir, David Dowell reported 70 Clark’s Grebe, 55 American Avocet, 7 Marbled Godwit, 120 Stilt Sandpiper, 45 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 2 Red-neck Phlarope, 28 White-faced Ibis, 2 Eastern Kingbird, Lincoln’s Sparrow.  On September 18 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Red Phalarope, 2 Sanderling, Cassin’s Vireo, 20 Clay-colored Sparrow, Brewer’s Sparrow.

---On September 18 at Kiowa Creek at CR 40, Steve Mlodinow reported Sora, Brown Thrasher, Swainson’s Thrush, 6 Clay-colored Sparrow, and 2 Lincoln’s Sparrow.

---On September 18 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 American Golden-Plover (flyover), 7 Pectoral Sandpipers, 7 Red-necked Phalarope, Black-necked Stilt, American Bittern, 84 White-faced Ibis, Bonaparte’s Gull, 8 Black Tern, Common Tern.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

---On September 16 at Pastorius Reservoir, Jim Beatty reported Dusky Flycatcher, Black Phoebe, 2 Brewer’s Sparrows, and 2 Black-throated Gray Warblers.

---On September 16 at Haviland Lake Area, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported Grace’s Warbler.

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On September 16 at Timnath Reservoir, Andy Bankert and Caroline Olson reported 2 Semipalmated Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper, Gray Flycatcher and Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay.

--- On September 16 at Dixon Reservoir, Brad Biggerstaff and Christine Sparks reported 10 Bushtit, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay, 2 Lincoln’s Sparrow and Blackpoll Warbler.

---On September 16 at Boyd Lake, Nick Komar and Walter Wehtje at south end reported  3 Common Tern, and 5 Black Tern.  Most are imm or juv. 

---On September 16 at Fossil Creek Reservoir and Regional Open Space, John-Edd Brown reported 4 American Avocet, and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

---On September 16 at Wellington SSWA Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Caroline Olson reported Viriginia’s Rail, Sora, Dusky Flycatcher, Cassin’s Vireo, Brown Thrasher, Sage Thrashedr, Grasshopper Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, 2 Brewer’s Sparrow, 5 Savannah Sparrow, and 3 Lincoln’s Sparrow.

---On September 17 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Bruce Gill reported ad Worm-eating Warbler.

---On September 17 at Rocky Mountain NP—Cub Lake and Trail, Candice Johnson reported Rough-legged Hawk and Black-headed Grosbeak.

---On September 17 at Horsetooth Mountain OS, Arvind Panjabi reported Dusky Flycatcher, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Sage Thrasher, and 2 Virginia’s Warbler.

---On September 18 at Arapahoe Bend NA, Fawn Simonds reported Red-headed Woodpecker (juv), and Downy Woodpecker (Eastern).

MESA COUNTY:

---On September 16 at James M Robb Colorado River SP—Pear Park Section, Connee Moffatt reported Black-necked Stilt.

MONTEZUMA COUNTY:

---On September 16 at Totten Reservoir, Erick Hendrickson reported Red-necked Grebe and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

MONTROSE COUNTY:

---On September 16 at Nucla Domestic Reservoir, Betty Fenton, Adam Cupito, Brenda Wright, and Coen Dexter reported Williamson’s Sapsucker, Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Yellow-breasted Chat, 2 Blue Grosebeak, and 2 Virginia’s Warbler.

MORGAN COUNTY:

---On September 16 at Jackson Reservoir North, Kevin DeBoer reported American Avocet, 8 Semipalmated Plover, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Thrasher, Nashville Warbler, and 2 Indigo Bunting.

OTERO COUNTY:

---On September 17 at Horse Creek Reservoir, David Suddjian and his DFO Field Trip reported 63 American Avocet, 2 Long-billed Curlew, 225 Stilt Sandpipers, 3 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 3 Red-necked Phalarope, 39 White-faced Ibis, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Loggerhead Shrike, Sage Thrasher, 4 Lark Bunting, and 2 Savannah Sparrows.

OURAY COUNTY:

---On September 16 at Ridgeway Reservoir below dam, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported imm Black-crowned Night-Heron, 4 Steller’s Jay, Clark’s Nutcracker, 18 Bushtit, and Brewer’s Sparrow.

PARK COUNTY:

---On September 16 at Spinney Mountain Reservoir, Jackie DeMarco reported 7 American Avocet, Solitary Sandpiper, Loggerhead Shrike, and White-faced Ibis.

---On September 17 at Eleven Mile SP, David Tonnessen reported f-type Bufflehead, 2 Hooded Mergansers (f-type), 2 American Avocet, Sabine’s Gull, 5 White-faced Ibis, 2 American Pipit, Chestnut-collared Longspur, 11 Savannah Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow.

---On September 17 at Antero Reservoir, David Tonnessen reported Sandhill Crane, 9 Hooded Merganer, Lark Bunting, 8 American Avocet, and Savannah Sparrow.

PHILLIPS COUNTY:

---On September 16 at Holyoke Cemetery, Dean Shoup reported Broad-winged Hawk.

PITKIN COUNTY:

---On September 18 at Marolt OS in Aspen, Matt Kuhn reported 3 Lesser Goldfinch (f/imm).

PROWERS COUNTY:

---On September 17 at S 13th St in Lamar, Dorothy Russell reported RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD and David Suddjian and his DFO field trip observed f RUBY-THROAT at the feeders.  On September 18 at S 13th St in Lamar, Dorothy Russell and David Suddjian and his field trip observed 2m, 1f RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS coming to the feeder and also 2 Brown Thrashers.

---On September 18 at Lamar Community College, David Suddjian and his DFO Field Trip reported Chestnut-sided Warbler.

ROUTT COUNTY:

--- On September 16 at Stagecoach Reservoir, Jennifer Austin and JoAnn RIggle reported Snowy Egret and Brewer’s Sparrow.  On September 17 at Stagecoach Reservoir, Tresa Moulton reported Snowy Egret.

---On September 16 at 32499 CR 38 Steamboat Springs, Steve Collins reported Band-tailed Pigeon.

---On September 16 on Hwy 14 WS of entrance to Stage Coach Reservoir, Art Hudak and Gwen Moore reported Sharp-tailed Grouse.

---On September 16 at 30872 – 30966 CR 18 Steamboat Springs, Art Hudak and Gwen Moore reported 2 Savannah Sparrow and 2 Brewer’s Sparrow.

SAN JUAN COUNTY:

---On September 17 at Silverton Lake RV Resort, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.

---On September 17 at Silverton Sewage Ponds, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported 4 Vesper Sparrow and Savannah Sparrow.

---On September 17 on CR2 Silverton to Eureka, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported Red-naped Sapsucker and American Three-toed Woodpecker.

---On September 17 on Lime Creek Road – North End, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported Cordilleran Flycatcher, 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet and 2 Brewer’s Sparrows.

---On September 17 at Andrews Lake, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported pair of Ruddy Duck.

---On September 17 at Little Molad Lake and CG, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported Hermit Thrush, 2 Red Crossbills, Fox Sparrow (slate-color), and Savannah Sparrow.

SUMMIT COUNTY:

---On September 18 at Dillon Reservoir—Frisco Marina Area, M Walt reported Western Kingbird.

TELLER COUNTY:

---On September 16 at Manitou Lake, Richard Bunn reported Virginia Rail, Cassin’s Vireo, 4 Steller’s Jay, Blue Jay, Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and 2 American Pipit.

WELD COUNTY:

---On September 17 at Crow Valley CG, Gene Rutherford reported Dusky Flycatcher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Black-and-white Warbler, and Black-throated Gray Warbler.

---On September 16 at Norma’s Grove, Gene Rutherford reported 4 Red-naped Sapsuckers (2 ad m, 2 juv), Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and 2 imm Blue Grosbeak.

---On September 16 at Galeton area pond at CR 74 and CR 61, Gary Lefko reported Semipalmated Plover and 3 Stilt Sandpipers.

---On September 16 at CR 41 between CR 100 and CR 102, west of Cr 41 about .5 mi on dry creek bed, Gary Lefko reported 7 Sage Thrashers.

---On September 17 at Eaton Cemetery, Shawn Mason reported Gray Flycatcher.

DFO Field Trips 

Southeastern Colorado

Monday, September 17 – Wednesday, September 19

7:00 AM – 5:00 PM

David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)

Chatfield SP – Marina sandspit

Wednesday, September 19

7:30 AM – 12:00 PM

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

Pueblo area

Saturday, September 22

6:00 AM – 3:30 PM

Diane Roberts (Samatha576 AT aol.com; 720-278-9025)

This trip is FULL.

Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat/Sawhil

Saturday, September 22

7:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Chuck Hundertmark & Robert Righter (chundertmark8 AT gmail.com; 303-604-0531)

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder