Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Date: September 22, 2018
Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, September 22 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)
Snow Goose (Prowers)
Cackling Goose (Larimer)
Cinnamon Teal (Larimer, Otero)
Greater Scaup (Delta)
Common Goldeneye (*Gunnison)
Band-tailed Pigeon (*Larimer)
Common Nighthawk (Boulder, Weld)
Common Poorwill (*Mesa)
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (*Jefferson)
Sora (*Broomfield, Larimer, *Pueblo)
Black-necked Stilt (Mesa, Otero, Pueblo)
American Avocet (Baca, Gunnison, Otero)
Black-bellied Plover (Morgan)
Long-billed Curlew (Costilla)
Marbled Godwit (Larimer, Otero, Weld)
Stilt Sandpiper (Jefferson, *Larimer, Otero)
Sanderling (Kiowa, Larimer)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Larimer, Otero)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (*La Plata, Larimer)
Solitary Sandpiper (Las Animas, Mesa)
Willet (Washington)
Red-necked Phalarope (Otero, Pueblo)
Parasitic Jaeger (*Pueblo)
Long-tailed Jaeger (*Pueblo)
Sabine's Gull (Costilla)
Mew Gull (Larimer)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Pueblo)
Great Black-backed Gull (Douglas)
Caspian Tern (Washington)
Black Tern (Otero, Pueblo)
Common Tern (Jefferson, Kiowa, *Larimer, Pueblo)
American Bittern (Kiowa)
Great Egret (El Paso, Montezuma)
Snowy Egret (Baca)
Little Blue Heron (Weld)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Montezuma)
White-faced Ibis (Gunnison, Montezuma, Otero, Pueblo, *Routt, *Weld)
Osprey (Larimer)
Mississippi Kite (Baca)
Bald Eagle (*Ouray)
Broad-winged Hawk (*Boulder, Larimer, *Montrose)
Lewis's Woodpecker (La Plata)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Larimer)
Red-naped Sapsucker (El Paso, *Mesa, *Pueblo, Weld)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso, *Pueblo)
Downy Woodpecker (Adams, Otero, Pueblo)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Mesa, Pueblo, Teller)
Willow Flycatcher (*Broomfield)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Delta, El Paso, *Mesa, Weld)
Gray Flycatcher (Adams, Boulder, *Lincoln, Pueblo)
Dusky Flycatcher (El Paso, Larimer)
Western Flycatcher (*El Paso)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (Mesa, Montezuma)
Black Phoebe (*Archuleta, *Montrose)
Eastern Phoebe (Jefferson, *Pueblo)
Cassin's Kingbird (Weld)
Eastern Kingbird (Larimer)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Pueblo)
Loggerhead Shrike (Boulder, *Pueblo)
Gray Vireo (Mesa)
Cassin's Vireo (Alamosa, *El Paso, Larimer, Mesa, *Pueblo)
Warbling Vireo (Summit)
Red-eyed Vireo (Adams, *Pueblo)
Pinyon Jay (Mesa, *Montrose)
Steller's Jay (*Archuleta, Mesa)
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (*Archuleta, Mesa, Montezuma)
Clark's Nutcracker (*Larimer, *Ouray)
Violet-green Swallow (Weld)
Juniper Titmouse (*Montrose, *Ouray)
Bushtit (*Montrose, *Ouray, *Weld)
Rock Wren (*Lincoln)
SEDGE WREN (*Pueblo)
Marsh Wren (Arapahoe, El Paso, Larimer, *Pueblo)
Bewick's Wren (Las Animas, *Pueblo)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Adams, *Archuleta, Boulder, *Larimer, *Lincoln, *Mesa, Phillips, Washington)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Delta, *Pueblo, San Juan)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Adams, *Archuleta, Delta, *El Paso, *Larimer, *Mesa, *Montrose)
Eastern Bluebird (Douglas)
Swainson's Thrush (Weld)
Hermit Thrush (*Adams, *El Paso, *Pueblo)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso, *Pueblo)
Brown Thrasher (Adams, El Paso, Larimer, *Pueblo)
Sage Thrasher (Adams, Baca, Boulder, El Paso, *Larimer, *Montrose, *Pueblo)
American Pipit (*La Plata, *Larimer, *Pueblo)
Red Crossbill (Delta, Teller)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (*Pueblo)
SMITH'S LONGSPUR (*Larimer)
Canyon Towhee (*Pueblo)
Chipping Sparrow (El Paso)
Clay-colored Sparrow (Adams, Baca, Boulder, El Paso, Jefferson, Larimer, *Lincoln, Otero, *Pueblo)
Brewer's Sparrow (Adams, *Archuleta, Boulder, El Paso, Jefferson, *Mesa, *Pueblo, Weld)
Sagebrush Sparrow (*Routt)
Lark Bunting (Baca, Boulder, El Paso)
Savannah Sparrow (Baca, Jefferson, *Larimer, *Lincoln, *Pueblo)
Fox Sparrow (San Juan)
Lincoln's Sparrow (*Adams, *El Paso, Jefferson, *Larimer, *Mesa, Pueblo)
Yellow-breasted Chat (*Adams, Boulder, El Paso, Ouray)
Northern Waterthrush (Adams, Douglas, La Plata)
Black-and-white Warbler (Boulder)
Orange-crowned Warbler (*Lincoln)
Nashville Warbler (Larimer)
Blackpoll Warbler (Phillips)
Palm Warbler (*Pueblo)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (El Paso, Montezuma)
Townsend's Warbler (El Paso, Larimer)
Scarlet Tanager (Pueblo)
Black-headed Grosbeak (*Larimer)
Indigo Bunting (Kiowa, *Larimer, Yuma)
Dickcissel (Pueblo)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On September 19 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Downy Woodpecker, Red-eyed Vireo, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 3 Hermit Thrush, Brewer's Sparrow. On September 20 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Colin Woolley reported Gray Flycatcher, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, 2 Brown Thrasher, Clay-colored Sparrow, 3 Lincoln's Sparrow; Woolledy banded Northern Waterthrush which was also seen by Soren Dinsmore and Tracy Rackauskas. On September 20 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Gray Flycatcher, Hermit Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Northern Waterthrush, 2 Clay-colored Sparrow, 2 Lincoln Sparrow. On September 21 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Medredith McBurney banded Hermit Thrush, Yellow-breasted Chat, and Lincoln's Sparrow.
ALAMOSA COUNTY:
---On September 20 at Mosca Pass Trail, John Rawinski reported Cassin's Vireo.
ARCHULETA COUNTY:
---On September 21 at FS RD 613, Charles Martinez and Jean Zirhelt reported Black Phoebe, 5 Steller's Jay, 2 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Brewer's Sparrow.
BACA COUNTY:
---On September 19 at Turk's Pond SWA, David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported 6 Snowy Egret.
---On September 19 at Springfield (town), David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported Mississippi Kite.
---On September 19 at Two Buttes SWA, David Suddjian and DFO Field Trip reported 3 American Avocet, Snowy Egret, Sage Thrasher, 4 Clay-colored Sparrow, 5 Lark Bunting, and Savannah Sparrow.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On September 19 at Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder, Peter Burke reported Yellow-breasted Chat.
---On September 19 at Pleasant View Marsh, Ernest Crvich reported Black-and-white Warbler and Clay-colored Sparrow.
---On September 19 at 4949 Pearl E. Circle, Scott Severs reported juv Broad-winged Hawk.
---On September 20 at 4049 75th St, Chris Brown reported Common Nighthawk.
---On September 20 at Mesa Reservoir, Christian Nunes reported Gray Flycatcher, 2 Loggerhead Shrike, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 17 Sage Thrashers, 2 Clay-colored Sparrow, 2 Brewer's Sparrow, Lark Bunting.
---On September 21 at 230 Francis St in Longmont, Jeff Yegian reported soaring Broad-winged Hawk.
BROOMFIELD COUNTY:
---On September 21 at Plaster Reservoir, Matt Hofeditz reported 3 Sora and Willow Flycatcher.
COSTILLA COUNTY:
---On September 20 at Smith Reservoir, John Rawinski reported ad Sabine's Gull and Long-billed Curlew.
DELTA COUNTY:
---On September 20 at (39.025,-107.955), Norm Erthal reported 2 Greater Scaup, Hammond's Flycatcher, 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Red Crossbill.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On September 20 on Cherry Creek Trail, south from Walker Road, Hugh Kingery reported Eastern Bluebird.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On September 19 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Kim Geissler banded Lincoln's Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-breasted Chat, and 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. On September 20 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Kim Geissler banded 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hammond's Flycatcher, 2 Dusky Flycatcher, 2 Cassin's Vireo, 2 Hermit Thrush, Red-naped Sapsucker. On September 21 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Kim Geissler banded Western Flycatcher, 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Cassin's Vireo, 2 Lincoln's Sparrow, 7 Hermit Thursh.
---On September 19 at Memorial Park and Prospect Lake, Dale Adams reported 8 Great Egret and Lark Bunting.
---On September 20 at Chico Basin Ranch, Jim Merritt reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Cassin's Vireo, Marsh Wren, Curve-billed Thrasher, 3 Brown Thrasher, Sage Thrasher, 2 Clay-colored Sparrow, 4 Brewer's Sparrow, and 12 Lincoln's Sparrow.
GUNNISON COUNTY:
---On September 19 at Blue Mesa Reservoir, Linda and Jerry Elling reported 5 American Avocet. On September 20 at Blue Mesa Reservoir east end, Linda Elling reported 4 American Avocet and 8 White-faced Ibis.
---On September 21 at Peanut Lake, Ted Uhlemann reported 3 Common Goldeneye.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On September 18 & 19 at 4400 Bow Mar Drive, Tina Jones reported RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD. Birders are welcome, but please call or e-mail her with times that you are coming (303-905-5479). You do not have to wait for a reply. On September 20 at 4400 Bow Mar Drive, Tina Jones reported that the RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD returned; Robert Raker reported seeing RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD. On September 21, Tina Jones, Ira Sanders, Frank Farrell, and Rosanne Juergens reported RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD.
---On September 19 at Chatfield SP, Cynthia Madsen and Frank Farrell reported Eastern Phoebe at north end of Swim Beach at Deer Creek Inlet.
---On September 20 at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Jonelle Balais and Cynthia Madsen reported Eastern Phoebe, 2 Clay-colored Sparrow, and 2 Lincoln's Sparrow.
---On September 20 at Chatfield SP Gazebo Heronry Overlook Area, Ted Uhlemann reported 2 Northern Waterthrush in willow thicket in marsh area below overlook.
---On September 20 at Chatfield SP – Deer Creek, Mark Chavez reported Eastern Phoebe, Brewer's Sparrow, and Savannah Sparrow.
---On September 20 at Standley Lake and Park, David Chernack reported 46 Stilt Sandpiper in SE corner of lake and Common Tern.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
---On September 21 at Vallecito Reservoir, Jason St. Pierre reported Semipalmated Sandpiper and American Pipit.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On September 19 at Timnath Reservoir, Nick Komar reported 3 Sanderling, 4 Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lincoln's Sparrow, and 3 Cinnamon Teal.
---On September 19 at Arapahoe Bend NA, Lori Nixon reported juv Red-headed Woodpecker.
---On September 19 at Grandview Cemetery, Dave Leatherman reported Broad-winged Hawk, Osprey, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
---On September 19 at Greyrock Commons, Doug Swartz reported Nashville Warbler and Clay-colored Sparrow.
---On September 19 at pond N of Horseshoe Reservoir, Nick Komar reported ad Mew Gull.
---On September 20 at Wellington SWA—Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Nick Komar reported 5 Cackling Goose, 2 Cinnamon Teal, 2 Sora, Stilt Sandpiper, 3 Common Tern, Dusky Flycatcher, Cassin's Vireo, Marsh Wren, 7 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Thrasher, 2 Sage Thrasher, 3 Clay-colored Sparrow, 6 Lincoln's Sparrow, and Black-headed Grosbeak.
---On September 21 at Boyd Lake SP, North End, Nick Komar reported Common Tern, American Pipit, SMITH'S LONGSPUR (fly over), and f-type Indigo Bunting.
---On September 21 at Ponderosa Lodge, Estes Park, Allen Lewis reported 7 Band-tailed Pigeon (Fly over), 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and 2 Lincoln's Sparrow.
---On September 21 at Richard's Lake, Joshua Smith reported 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sage Thrasher, and Savannah Sparrow.
---On September 21 at Rocky Mountain NP—Upper Beaver Meadows, Carl Bendorf reported Clark's Nutcracker and Black-headed Grosbeak.
LINCOLN COUNTY:
---On September 21 at Karval Lake SWA, Dean Shoup and Joey Kellnedr reported Gray Flycatcher, Rock Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Clay-colored Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, 4 Orange-crowned Warbler.
MESA COUNTY:
---On September 19 at James M Robb Colorado River SP—Pear Park Section, Connie Moffatt and Ryan Claar reported Black-necked Stilt and 3 Solitary Sandpipers.
---On September 19 at Powderhorn Ski Area, Mike Henwood reported Olive-sided Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Cassin's Vireo, 35 Pinyon Jay, 5 Steller's Jay, 2 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.
---On September 21 at Connected Lakes SP, Adam Cupito banded Hammond's Flycatcher and 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.
---From September 17 – 21, at Connected Lakes SP, Adam Cupito banded 3 Brewer's Sparrows, Hammond's Flycatcher, Lincoln's Sparrow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Red-naped Sapsucker, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
---On September 21 near Grand Junction (39.106, -108.732), Norm Erthal reported Common Poorwill.
MONTEZUMA COUNTY:
---On September 19 at Totten Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson reported Great Egret, Black-crowned Night Heron, and 18 White-faced Ibis.
MONTROSE COUNTY:
---On September 21 at Nucla Domestic Reservoir, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported Broad-winged Hawk, Black Phoebe, 15 Pinyon Jay, Junipter Titmouse, 16 Bushtit, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Sage Thrasher.
OTERO COUNTY:
---On September 19 at Holbrook Reservoir, David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported 2 Cinnamon Teal, Black-necked Stilt, 178 American Avocet, 442 Stilt Sandpiper, 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Red-necked Phalarope, 6 Black Tern, 164 White-faced Ibis, and 9 Clay-colored Sparrow.
OURAY COUNTY:
---On September 21 at Ridgway Reservoir SP, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported Bald Eagle, Clark's Nutcracker, 2 Juniper Titmouse, 2 Bushtit.
PROWERS COUNTY:
---On September 19 at North Gateway Park, David Suddjian and his DFO Field Trip reported Snow Goose.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On September 19 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported juv Long-tailed Jaeger and Parasitic Jaeger, Common Terns, Black Tern, 1st yr Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Red-necked Phalarope and at Snakeskin Picnic area, Western Palm Warbler. On September 20 at Pueblo Reservoir, Mark Peterson reported 2 Long-tailed Jaegers and Parasitic Jaeger at east end; Brandon Percival reported Long-tailed Jaeger and Parasitic Jaeger at SE part of Reservoir, at South Marina, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported Parasitic Jaeger, 6 Common Tern, and 9 White-faced Ibis. On September 21 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Jerry DeBoer reported Long-tailed Jaeger and Parasitic Jaeger.
---On September 19 at Chico Basin Ranch, Jim Merritt, Robb Hinds, and David Tonnessen reported Sora, 8 Black-necked Stilt, Red-naped Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker (eastern), Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Gray Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, 4 Marsh Wren, Bewick's Wren, 1 Blue-gray Gnatcathcer, Curve-billed Thrasher, Brown Thrasher, Sage Thrasher, 13 Clay-colored Sparrow, 43 Lincoln's Sparrow, Scarlet Tanager, Palm Warbler (western), and Dickcissel. On September 21 at Chico Basin Ranch, David Tonnessen, Jim Merritt, and Diane Roberts reported SEDGE WREN below dam at Rose Pond, 2 Sora, Red-naped Sapsucker, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Loggerhead Shrike, Cassin's Vireo, Red-eye Vireo, Marsh Wren, Bewick's Wren, 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 19 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 6 Hermit Thrush, 5 Curve-billed Thrasher, 2 Brown Thrasher, 12 Sage Thrasher, American Pipit, Chestnut-collared Longspur (flyover), 5 Clay-colored Sparrow, 6 Brewer's Sparrow, 4 Lincoln's Sparrow, Canyon Towhee, and Palm Warbler (Western).
ROUTT COUNTY:
---On September 21 at Stagecoach Reservoir, JoAnn Riggle reorted White-faced Ibis.
---On September 21 at King Mountain Trail, JoAnn Riggle reported Sagebrush Sparrow.
SUMMIT COUNTY:
---On September 19 at Dillon Reservoir—Frisco Marina Area, Phil Lyon reported 2 Warbling Vireo.
TELLER COUNTY:
---On September 20 at 29046 CO 67 Woodland Park, Nathan Pieplow reported Olive-sided Flycatcher and 4 Red Crossbill.
WELD COUNTY:
---On September 20 at Crow Valley CG, Dave Leatherman reported 2 Common Nighthawk, Cassin's Kingbird, 6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Brown Thrasher, 3 Red-naped Sapsucker, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Swainson's Thrush, and Lincoln's Sparrow.
---On September 21 at pond N of CR 86 along CR 13, Gary Lefko reported White-faced Ibis.
---On September 21 at Linn Grove Cemetery, Shawn Mason reported 8 Bushtit.
DFO Field Trips
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/Sawhill
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
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