Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 18 April 2018

[Joyce Takamine]

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine

Date:        April 18, 2018

e-mail:      RBA AT cobirds.org  

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wedneday, April 18 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.

Snow Goose (Arapahoe)

Ross’s Goose (Fremont, Kiowa)

Greater White-fronted Goose (*Arapahoe, Fremont, Jackson, Larimer, Rio Grande)

Mallard (Mexican intergrade) (Pueblo)

Greater Scaup (Jackson, Montrose)

White-winged Scoter (Pueblo)

Long-tailed Duck (Montezuma)

Barrow’s Goldeneye (Gunnison, Summit)

Red-breasted Mergaser (Kiowa, *Moffat, Montrose)

CALIFORNIA QUAIL (Moffat)

Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld)

Greater Roadrunner (Kiowa)

Clark’s Grebe (*Summit)

Common Nighthawk (Pueblo)

White-throated Swift (Pueblo)

ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD (Boulder, Larimer)

Broad-tailed Hummingbird (El Paso)

Virginia Rail (Chaffee)

Sandhill Crane (Kiowa, Larimer)

Black-necked Stilt (La Plata)

Snowy Plover (Kiowa)

Semipalmated Plover (*La Plata)

Mountain Plover (El Paso, Kiowa, Weld)

Marbled Godwit (Boulder, Montezuma)

Baird’s Sandpiper (Kiowa)

Least Sandpiper (Kiowa, *La Plata)

Pectoral Sandpiper (Jackson)

Semipalmated Sandpiper (Mesa)

Western Sandpiper (Jackson, *La Plata, Mesa)

Spotted Sandpiper (Montrose)

Solitary Sandpiper (Mesa)

Greater Yellowlegs (Summit)

Iceland Gull (Kiowa, Larimer)

Caspian Tern (Mesa)

Forster’s Tern (Jackson)

Red-throated Loon (Kiowa)

American White Pelican (Douglas)

American Bittern (Mesa)

Great Egret (Kiowa)

Snowy Egret (Kit Carson, *La Plata)

Cattle Egret (Mesa)

White-faced Ibis (Boulder, Kiowa)

Turkey Vulture (Douglas)

Northern Goshawk  (Larimer)

Rough-legged Hawk (Logan, Weld)

Ferruginous Hawk (*Mesa)

Burrowing Owl (Kiowa, Moffat)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso)

Western Wood-Pewee (Boulder)

Dusky Flycatcher (Denver)

Black Phoebe (Conejos)

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

Ash-throated Flycatcher (Arapahoe)

Western Kingbird (Arapahoe)

Violet-green Swallow (Adams, Archuleta, Jefferson, Weld)

Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Adams, Moffat)

Bank Swallow (Adams, Boulder, Chaffee, El Paso, Larimer)

Cliff Swallow (Boulder, Denver, El Paso, Moffat)

Bushtit (Weld)

Rock Wren (Weld)

House Wren (La Plata, Pueblo)

Blue-gray Gnatchatcher (Archuleta)

Golden-crowned Kinglet (Denver, Weld)

Eastern Bluebird (Weld)

Hermit Thrush (Larimer)

Gray Catbird (*El Paso)

Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso, Kiowa, *Weld)

Brown Thrasher (Weld)

Sage Thrasher (Boulder)

Northern Mockingbird (Broomfield, El Paso)

Bohemian Waxwing (Clear Creek, Grand)

American Pipit (Jefferson, Kiowa)

Red Crossbill (Denver)

Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kit Carson, Weld)

American Tree Sparrow (Boulder, Larimer, Logan)

Chipping Sparrow (Logan)

Vesper Sparrow (Adams, Archuleta, Kiowa, Weld)

Lark Sparrow (El Paso, *Weld)

Sagebrush Sparrow (Boulder)

Lark Bunting (El Paso)

Savannah Sparrow (Kiowa, Logan)

Fox Sparrow (Boulder)

Lincoln’s Sparrow (Kiowa, Logan)

Harris’s Sparrow (Denver, El Paso)

Brown-headed Cowbird (Jefferson, Kiowa, Yuma)

LUCY’S WARBLER (*El Paso)

Common Yellowthroat (Chaffee)

Northern Parula (Kit Carson)

Northern Cardinal (Pueblo)

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On April 14 at Barr Lake SP, Ira Sanders reported 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallows.

---On April 13 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Bluestem Loop Trail, Jim Arnett reported Vesper Sparrow.

---On April 14 at McKay Lake, Matt Hofeditz reported Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Violet-green Swallow, 2 Bank Swallow and Lincoln’s Sparrow.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:                                                                  

---On April 13 at Cherry Creek SP Lake Loop, Cheri Phillips reported 2 Western Kingbirds.

---On April 14 at Willow Creek Park, Cynthia Madsen reported 16 Red Crossbills in NE Corner of park.

---On April 14 at Ketring Park and Lake, Edward Donnan reported Ash-throated Flycatcher.

---On April 17 at Exposition Park, G Stacks reported Greater White-fronted Geese.

ARCHULETA COUNTY:

---On April 14 at Navajo SP and Reservoir, Susan Allerton, Brenda Wright, and Coen Dexter reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 3 Vesper Sparrows, and 3 Violet-green Swallows.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On April 14 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, Christine Alexander Cheri Phillips, Renee Casias, and Chris Brown reported Eastern Phoebe.  On April 15 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, Ron Podhajsky, Tom Behnfield, Gwen Moore, and Art Hudak reported Eastern Phoebe.  On April 16 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, Holden Maxfield reported Eastern Phobe.

---On April 12 at Eldorado Springs Alison Sheets reported ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD at her feeder.  On April 13 Willem Van Vliet and many other birders reported ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD at Eldorado Springs

---On April 13 at Boulder Reservoir Complex, David Dowell and Christian Nunes reported Marbled Godwit; Dowell reported Sagebrush Sparrow.  On April 14 at Boulder Reservoir Complex, Paul  Barchilon and several other birders reported Marbled Godwit; Andy Jordan reported Sage Thrasher.

---On April 13 at Erie Reservoir, Jack Bushong reported Bank Swallow and 2 Cliff Swallows.

---On April 13 at Lagerman Reservoir, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported White-faced Iblis and Marbled Godwit which flew to ? Boulder Reservoir.

---On April 14 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, David Tonnessen, Jim Merritt, Leslie S and Chris Brown reported Bank Swallow and 3 Cliff Swallows.

---On April 14 at Boulder creek and 109th, Chris Brown reported Bank Swallow.

---On April 14 at Hecla Lake, Bob Muckle reported 2 Western Wood-Pewee.

---On April 15 in 7400 block of N 49th St, Longmont, Maikel Wise reported 3 Eastern Phoebe.

---On April 16 on Skunk Canon Trails, David Dowell reported Fox (Slate-colored) Sparrow.

CHAFFEE COUNTY:

---On April 14 at Mt Shavano Fish Hatchery, Luke Pheneger and Boulder Audubon Field Trip reported Bank Swallow

---On April 15 on CR 210 S of Hwy 50, Caleb Frome reported 2 Bank Swallows.

---On April 15 at Buena Vista Ice Pond (view from road), Christian Hagenlocher reported Common Yellowthroat.

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY:

---On April 15 at Mount Evans Chicago Creek Road area, Ben Lagasa reported 36 Bohemian Waxwings.

CONEJOS COUNTY:

---On April 15, in Rio Grande Gorge S of Lobatos bridge, John Rawinski reported Black Phoebe.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On April 14 at First Creek at DEN OS, Alison Hixon and John Breitsch reported Harris’s Sparrow.  On April 16 at First Creek at DEN OS, John Breitsch reported Harris’s Sparrow.

---On April 13 at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Matt Gray reported 8 Cliff Swallows.

---On April 15 at Denver Botanic Gardnes and Cheesman Park, Rebecca Laroche reported 2 Golden-crowned Kinglets.

---On April 16, Pratyayadipta Rudra reported a big flock of Red Crossbills in Denver and Sveemala Das Majumder reported 63 Red Crossbills in the 4600 block of Paris Street.

---On April 16 at Westerly Creek Park, Rebecca Laroche reported Dusky Flycatcher.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

---On April 13 on Cherry Creek trail south from Walker Road, Urling Kingery reported 2 Eastern Phoebe.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On April 13 at Memorial Park and Prospect Lake, Donna Kuhn, Donna Pomeroy, and Jean Bickal reported Bank Swallow.

---On April 13 at Double Tree Hotel Pond, Gloria Nikolai reported Bank Swallow and 2 Cliff Swallows.

---On April 14 at Sinton Ponds OS, David Tonnessen and Jim Merritt reported  LUCY’S WARBLER.  On April 15 at Sinton Ponds OS, Steve Rash and Robb Hinds and many other birders reported LUCY’S WARBLER at Sinton Ponds OS.  On April 16, Gregg Goodrich and many other birders reported LUCY’S WARBLER at Sinton Pond OS; Bonnie Morgan reported Lark Sparrow.  On April 17 at Sinton Ponds OS, Rebecca Laroche, Richard Bunn, and Dan Stringer reported LUCY’S WARBLER.

---On April 15 at Loop Road, Andreas Winnem reported Curve-billed Thrasher.

---On April 15 at DeGroot Road, Andreas Winnem reported 2 Curve-billed Thrashers.

---On April 16 at Hanover Fire Station, Monday Birders reported 2 Curve-billed Thrashers.

---On April 16 at Chico Basin Ranch, Monday Birders reported 3 Curve-billed Thrashers, Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, and Lark Bunting.

---On April 17 at Fountain Creek Regional Park Nature Center/Cattail Marsh, Alan Ketcham reported Gray Catbird.

---On April 17 at Bear Creek Canyon Park, David Tonnessen reporte Eastern Phoebe in section 3 parking lot.

FREMONT COUNTY:

---On April 15 at Canon City Valco Pond, Joel and Dale Adams reported 6 Greater White-fronted Geese and Ross’s Goose.

GRAND COUNTY:

---On April 14 on CO 125 W of Willow Creek Reservoir, Wesley Honoya reported 61 Bohemian Waxwings.

GUNNISON COUNTY:

---On April 14 at Blue Mesa Reservoir eastern End, Marcel Such and Megan Miller reported 3  Barrow’s Goldeneyes (2m, 1f)

JACKSON COUNTY:

---On April 13 at Walden Reservoir, Kevin and Jerry DeBoer reported Forster’s Tern and 2 Greater Scaup.  On April 14 at Walden Reservoir, Michael O’Brien, Sean Walters, Jerry and Kevin DeBoer reported Greater white-fronted Goose.   On April 15 at Walden Reservoir, Tresa Moulton reported 2 Greater Scaup.

---On April 13 at Arapaho NWR, Kevin and Jerry DeBoer reported 4 Western Sandpipers and 2 Pectoral Sandpipers.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

--- On April 14 at Harriman Lake Park, Jim Arnett and Scott Somershoe reported Brown-headed Cowbird.

---On April 14 at Arvada Blunn Reservoir, Lorrain Lanning and Matt Clark reported American Pipits.

---On April 15 at Clement Park in Littleton, Scott Somershoe reported 2 Western Kingbirds.

---On April 16 at Deer Creek near South Valley Park southern parking lot, David Suddjian reported 2 Eastern Phoebe.

KIOWA COUNTY:

---On April 15 at Adobe Creek Reservoir (Blue Lake), Steve Mlodinow reported Red-breasted Merganser, 2 American Pipits, Vesper Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and Brown-headed Cowbird.

---On April 15 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Ross’s Geese, Red-throated Loon, Great Egret, 85 Sandhill Cranes, 3 Snowy Plovers, Semipalmated Plover, Mountain Plover, 8 Baird’s Sandpiper, 23 Least Sandpiper, Iceland Gull, Greater Roadrunner, Curve-billed Thrasher, and 10 Brown-headed Cowbirds.

---On April 15 at Upper Queens/Neeskah, Steve Mlodinow reported 4 American Pipits, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Red-breasted Merganser, White-faced Ibis, 65 Sandhill Cranes, 101 Baird’s Sandpiper, 2 Least Sandpipers, Semipalmated Sandpiper, 3 Burrowing Owls, Brown-headed Cowbird.

KIT CARSON COUNTY:

---On April 16, Glenn Walbek reported Chestnut-collared Longspur and Northern Parula.

---On April 16 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, Christopher Burney reported Snowy Egret.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

---On April 13 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton and Ryan Votta reported Black-necked Stilt; Ryan Votta reported Western Sandpiper;  On April 14 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton, Brenda Wright, and Coen Dexter reported Black-necked Stilt and Western Sandpiper.    On April 17 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton and Ryan Votta reported Semipalmated Plover, Snowy Egret, 11 Least Sandpipers, and 3 Western Sandpipers.

---On April 16 on Animas River Trail – Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery area, Ryan Votta reported House Wren.

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On April 13 at Arapahoe Bend NA, Nick Komar reported Iceland (Thayer’s X Iceland) Gull and 5 Bank Swallows.

---On April 12 at 1721 Cottonwood Pt Dr in Fort Collins, Rachel Hopper reported a f ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD coming to her feeders.  Many birders were able to see this bird thanks to Rachel.  On April 15 Rachel Hopper reported that the ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD continues to visit her feeders and many birders got to see the bird.  On April 16, Rachel Hopper reported seeing the ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD around 6:48 am but she has not seen the hummer since about 8:30 am.

---On April 13 at Oak and Grant in Fort Collins, Georgia Doyle reported Hermit Thrush.

---On April 15 at Warren Lake in Fort Collins, Bob Righter reported 30 Greater White-fronted Geese flying south.

---On April 16 at Running Deer and Cottonwood Hollow NA, Ken Duncan reported 16 Sandhill Cranes.

---On April 16 at North Shield Pond NA, Brad Biggerstaff reported American Tree Sparrow.

LOGAN COUNTY:

---On April 15 at Jumbo Reservoir, Diane Roberts reported Rough-legged Hawk, 2 American Tree Sparrows, 2 Savannah Sparrows, Lincoln’s Sparrow, and Chipping Sparrow.

MESA COUNTY

---On April 13 at Highline Lake SP, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported Caspian Tern.

---On April 13 Redlands Parkway Ponds, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported 3 Semipalmated Sandpipers; Mike Henwood reported 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers and Western Sandpiper.

---On April 14 at Connected Lake SP, Nic Korte and group reported American Bittern.

---On April 14 at Grand Valley Audubon Nature Center, Diane Trappet  and Mike Henwood reported American Bittern.

---On April 14 at 10 Rd Hudson Ranch Ponds, David Price and Hank Schoch reported Cattle Egret.

---On April 14 Mack Mesa Airport to Highline Lake SP, Mike Henwood reported 4 Solitary Sandpipers.

---On April 17 at 891-937 M 8/10 Rd, Jeff Lemons and Nicole Koeltzow reported Ferruginous Hawk.

MOFFAT COUNTY:

---On April 9 Dinosaur National Monument Canyon Area Visitor Center, Kenny Frisch photographed a CALIFORNIA QUAIL a first time in Colorado.  On April 14 at Dinosaur National Monument Canyon Area Visitor Center, Bez Bezuidenhout reported CALIFORNIA QUAIL.  On April 15 at Dinosuar National Monument Canyon Area Visitor Center, Tim Smart and Dean Shoup reported CALIFORNIA QUAIL.

---On April 13 at Bitter Bush SWA, Joey Kellner and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 2 Burrowing Owls.

---On April 17 at Good Spring Creek Lake, Andreas Winnem reported Red-breasted Merganser.

MONTEZUMA COUNTY:

---On April 13 at Dolores Ponds (wastewater plant area), Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Long-tailed Duck.

---On April 16 at Totten Reservoir, Eric Hendrickson reported Marbled Godwit.

MONTROSE COUNTY:

---On April 15 at Otter Pond,  Betty Fenton reported Red-breasted Merganser.  On April 12 at Otter Pond, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Red-breasted Merganser.

---On April 16 at Nucla Domestic Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Spotted Sandpiper.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

---On April 14 at Pueblo Reservoir  Rock Canon below dam N or river, David Dowell and Brandon Percival reported Mallard (Mexican intergrade) and 3 House wrens; Diana Beatty reported Common Nighthawk.

---On April 14 at Pueblo Reservoir, Sailboard Area, Diana Beatty reported Northern Cardinal.

---On April 14 at Lake Beckwith in Colorado City, David Dowell reported White-winged Scoter.

SUMMIT COUNTY:

---On April 16 at ponds near Hwy 9 & CR 1870, Jack and Ryan Bushong reported Greater Yellowlegs.

---On April 16 at Angler Lakes, Jack and Ryan Bushong reported m Barrow’s Goldeneye.

---On April 17 at pond on Fly Line Drive in Silverthorne, Lyle Hamilton reported Clark’s Grebe.

WELD COUNTY:

---On April 14 at Glenmere Park in Greeley, Shawn Mason reported 2 Bushtits.

---On April 15 at CR 134 W of CR 135, Robert Beauchamp reported 8 Sharp-tailed Grouse and Rough-legged Hawk.

---On April 15 on CR 107 must past O-9 missile silo, Shawn Mason reported 3 Sharp-tailed Grouse.

---On April 15 on CR 115 N of CR134, Robert Beauchamp reported Rough-legged Hawk.

---On April 15 on CR 130 W of CR 105, Robert Beauchamp reported Sharp-tailed Grouse and Rough-legged Hawk.

---On April 15 at Cozzens Lake, Gene Rutherford reported Western Kingbird.

---On April 15 at Loloff Reservoir, Kevin and Jerry DeBoer reported Rough-legged Hawk.

---On April 15 on CR 104 E of CR 57, Lyle Hamilton reported 2 Eastern Bluebirds.

---On April 15 at Crow Valley CG, Shawn Mason reported Brown Thrasher.

---On April 15 Gary Lefko reported Mountain Plovers at CR 96 .6m west of CR 61, CR 96.4m west of CR 61, and CR 100 1.5 m west of intersection with Hwy 390.

---On April 16 on CR 106 W of CR 83, John W Cobb reported Rough-legged Hawk.

---On April 16 at Pawnee NG, Dave Leatherman reported 4 Sharp-tailed Grouse, 5 Rough-legged Hawks, Vespers Sparrows, 2 Mountain Plover, 10 Chestnut-collared Longspurs; at Crow Valley CG, Rock Wren and f Golden-crowned Kinglet.  For details see his post on CoBirds.

---On April 17 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Curve-billed Thrasher.

---On April 17 at Murphy Reservoir, SK Burroughs reported Lark Sparrow.

DFO Field Trips: 

The DFO Field Trip for Saturday , April 21 will be to McCabe Meadows Trailhead led by Wendy Wibbens & Sue Summers (wibbwj AT aol.com; 303-330-1175)  This trip is FULL.

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, April 22 will be to First Creek at RM Arsenal led by Patrick O’Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955(cell)).  This trip is FULL.

The DFO Field Trip for Monday, April 23 will be to Aurora Reservoir and Cherry Creek SP led by David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659).  This trip is FULL.

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder