Date: July 19, 2018
Compiler: Joe Roller
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, July 19 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. Note that the RBA is using the new AOU checklist, and the order of families has changed.
Rare and out of range species include: (* indicates new information on this species)
Surf Scoter (Alamosa)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Otero)
Black Swift (Boulder, Pueblo)
COMMON GALLINULE (Larimer)
Black-necked Stilt (Delta, Park)
Willet (*Clear Creek)
Little Blue Heron (Weld)
White-faced Ibis (Summit)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder)
Peregrine Falcon (*Denver)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Logan)
Eastern Phoebe (Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Otero)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Boulder)
Pinyon Jay (Jefferson)
Pacific Wren (*Boulder, Larimer)
Winter Wren (Boulder)
Curve-billed Thrasher (*Kit Carson)
Cassin's Sparrow (Boulder)
Field Sparrow (Larimer)
Black-throated Sparrow (Larimer)
BAIRD'S SPARROW (*Larimer)
Fox Sparrow (Boulder)
EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Boulder)
Ovenbird (Boulder)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld)
Grace's Warbler (Pueblo)
Indigo Bunting (Montrose)
ALAMOSA COUNTY:
---On July 17 at San Luis Lake, Lisa Rawinski reported Surf Scoter.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On July 12 at Rocky Mountain National Park Wild Basin, Dan Zmolek reported Pacific Wren near Calypso Falls; seen on July 17.
---On July 13 at Long Lake and Lake Isabelle Trail, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported singing Winter Wren on Jean Lunning Trail of Long Lake; seen again the next day.
---On July 13 on Torreys Peak OS Path, Bryan O'Leary reported Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.
---On July 15 at Gunbarrel Hill, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Lilian's).
---On July 17 at Gregory Canyon, Matthew Strimas-Mackey reported Ovenbird.
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY:
--On July 17 the Tuesday Birders reported a Willet at Echo Lake - Mt. Evans.
DELTA COUNTY:
---On July 16 at Fruitgrower's Reservoir North Road Causeway, Ethan Linck reported 2 Black-necked Stilt, unusual here in July.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On July 17 at 1225 17th St. Megan Miller reported a Peregrine Falcon on window ledge of brown building across from Xcel, where she found a pair that successfully nested this summer.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On July 14 on Cherry Creek Trail south from Walker Road, Hugh Kingery reported 2 fledgling Eastern Phoebe.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On July 13 at Apex Park, Cynthia Lahr reported Pinyon Jay.
---On July 16 at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt, Kev in De Boer reported fledgling Eastern Phoebe, an unusual breeder here.
KIT CARSON COUNTY:
--On July 17 Suddjian reported that the DFO group found a Curve-Billed Thrasher northeast of Siebert on the west side of CR 17 at the only ranch yard between CR W and Hwy 24.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On July 1 at Running Deer & Cottonwood Hollow NA, Robert Beauchamp reported COMMON GALLINULE. Since then glimpses of this rarity have been had almost daily, through July 15. A ladder will enable views that might last for only 3 seconds to extend up to 6 seconds or even longer. Best results have been in early AM.
---On July 12 on West Creek, Jay Breidt reported Pacific Wren. Seen through July 17.
---On July 12 at Red Mountain Open Space, Andy Bankert reported Black-throated Sparrow. Seen through the 16th.
---On July 17 at Soapstone Prairie NA Andy Bankert reported 5 BAIRD'S SPARROWS.
LOGAN COUNTY:
---On July 13 at Tamarack Ranch SWA 385 Rd, Ben Samson reported EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE area 9.
MONTROSE COUNTY:
---On July 13 on Old Hwy 90 through Silver Hawk Ranch, Coen Dexter, Brenda Wright, Bill Harris, and Jon Horn reported Indigo Bunting, seen again on July 17.
---On July 15 at Nucla Sewage Lagoons, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Sandhill Crane.
OTERO COUNTY:
---On July 14 at Higbee Valley Road (CR 804), Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Vermilion Flycatcher, 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On July 16 at Pueblo Mountain Park, Monday Birders reported 4 Grace's Warblers. On July 17 at Pueblo Mountain Park, Terrence Berger reported 2 Grace's Warblers.
SUMMIT COUNTY:
---On July 12 at Dillon Reservoir Phil Lyon and M Wait reported White-faced Ibis.
WELD COUNTY:
---On July 13 at Sandstone Ranch, Car Starace reported Little Blue Heron seen in the creek from new bridge.
DFO Field Trips - See DFO website for more information:
South Platte River Reservoir and River Trail
Saturday, July 21
6:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Amber Carver (caramb22 AT gmail.com; 310-483-5721)
Prospect Park (Wheat Ridge Greenbelt
Sunday, July 22
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Kevin Corwin (KevyGudGuy AT aol.com; 7320-482-8454)
Good Birding,
Joe Roller, Denver
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