[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert for April 23, 2016

Compiler:   Mary Driscoll

e-mail:     RBA AT cobirds.org

Date:  April 23, 2016

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, April 23, 2016, sponsored by Denver Field

Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

Highlight species include: (* indicates new information on this species).

 

Long-tailed Duck (Mesa)

Barrow's Goldeneye (Routt, Summit)

Chukar (Mesa)

Dusky Grouse (Gunnison)

Sharp-tailed Grouse (Routt, Weld)

Red-throated Loon (Arapahoe, Larimer)

Red-necked Grebe (Bent)

Neotropic Cormorant (Weld)

BROWN PELICAN (Bent)

Little Blue Heron (Otero)

Glossy Ibis (Bent)(La Plata)

Broad-winged Hawk (Boulder)(Larimer)(Prowers)

Snowy Plover (Otero)

Piping Plover (Bent)

Mountain Plover (El Paso, Pueblo, Weld)

HUDSONIAN GODWIT (Otero)

ICELAND GULL (Bent)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Arapahoe, Boulder, Larimer)

Caspian Tern (Pueblo)

Acorn Woodpecker (LaPlata)

Red-belllied Woodpecker (Weld, Yuma)

Gray Flycatcher (El Paso)

Black Phoebe (Boulder, El Paso, Garfield, Jefferson)

Eastern Phoebe (Arapahoe, Douglas), El Paso, Jefferson)

Vermilion Flycatcher (Jefferson)

Couch's Kingbird (Prowers)

Bewick's Wren (Fremont)

Eastern Bluebird (Jefferson, Summit)

Curve-billed Thrasher (Bent), El Paso)

Chestnut-collared Longspur (Weld)(Douglas)

McCown's Longspur (Douglas)(Weld)

Black-and-white Warbler (El Paso)

Prothonotary Warbler (Larimer)

Hooded Warbler (El Paso)

Nashville Warbler (Jefferson)

Northern Parula (Jefferson), Prowers)

Black-throated Gray Warbler (Weld)

Canyon Towhee  (Bent)(Otero)

Sagebrush Sparrow (El Paso)

Fox Sparrow (Gunnison)(Durango)

GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (Mesa)

Great-tailed Grackle (Douglas, El Paso, Mesa, Prowers, Weld)

 

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

--On April 12, Doug Kibbe reported breeding plumaged Red-throated Loon at Cherry Creek SP.

--On April 17, Jared Del Rosso reported Eastern Phoebe at Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve by the smaller of the two ponds. On April 19, Jared Del Rosso reported an Eastern Phoebe flycatching over the eastern most lake at Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve in Greenwood Village.

BENT COUNTY:

--On April 19, David Leatherman reported a Glossy Ibis on the peninsula at Lake Hasty, no other Ibis were present.

--On April 19, Duane Nelson reported a Red-necked Grebe in drab basic plumage, was just offshore, and within 100 feet of the rocky face of the dam of John Martin Reservoir. On April 21, Kerry Hargrove reported the Red-necked Grebe at John Martin Reservoir.

--On April 19, Duane Nelson reported two more Piping Plovers at John Martin Reservoir. Please contact him if you want to see these endangered nesting species at dnnelson1 AT centurytel.net.

--On April 13, Jane Stulp, Janeal Thompson, and Dave Leatherman  reported Canyon Towhee and 2 Curve-billed Thrashers at residence of Duane Nelson in Las Animas.

--A BROWN PELICAN was found by Jill White Smith at Lake Hasty below the dam on April 14 and was seen by several other birders.  On April 15, Duane Nelson and Sue RIffe reported BROWN PELICAN below the dam at John Martin Reservoir.

Birders wondered if this is the same individual that was at Lake Beckwith.  From photos posted, the two pelican look to be

different individuals.  See the CFO facebook page.  On April 16, Mat Clark reported BROWN PELICAN at Lake Hasty.  On April 17, Duane Nelson and Mike Serruto reported that the BROWN PELICAN continues below the dam at John Martin. On April 19, Duane Nelson reported the BROWN PELICAN was present in the stilling basin below the dam at John Martin Reservoir.  On April 20, Leatherman reports the BROWN PELICAN still present with White Pelicans on the east end of the Lake Hasty peninsula at 7pm.

--On April 14, Tony Leukering reported 1-st cyc ICELAND GULL at John Martin Reservoir in the dam area.  On April 18, Duane Nelson reported seeing the 1-st cya ICELAND GULL at John Martin Reservoir fly by him as he was canoeing at Point Overlook.  It was alone and flying to the west.

BOULDER COUNTY:

--On April 19, Ted Floyd reports two Broad-winged Hawks over Boulder Creek at 75th St.

--On April 18, S. Mlodinow reports Lesser Black-backed Gulls flying over Union Reservoir.

--On April 5, Cheri Phillips and David Dowell reported Black Phoebe at 75th and Boulder Creek.  On April 6, Christian Nunes reported Black Phoebe at 75th and Boulder Creek.  On April 8, David Waltman and Adam Vesely reported Black Phoebe at 7th and Boulder Creek.  On April 9, Steve Frye and Tom Behnfield reported Black Phoebe at 75th and Boulder Creek.  On April 10, Kim Mauritz, Jack, Ryan Bushong, and Bill Kaempfer reported Black Phoebe at 75th and Boulder Creek.  On April 11, Candice Johnson, Norm Lewis, Nick Moore and Dean Shoup reported Black Phoebe at 75th and Boulder Creek.  On April 15, Al Clark reported Black Phoebe at 75th and Boulder Creek.  On April 17, David Dowell reported Black Phoebe at 75th and  Boulder Creek.  On Aril 19, Floyd reports the Black Phoebe near the 75th St. Bridge.

 

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

--On April 18, Chris Gilbert reported Mccowen's Longspur at Chatfield State Park at the model airplane field.

--On April 18, Doug Kibbe reported a Chestnut-collared Longspur at Chatfield State Park at the model airplane field. 

--On April 9, Joey Kellner reported 2 Eastern Phoebe upstream of Kingfisher Bridge at Chatfield SP.  On April 11, David Suddjian reported 2 Eastern Phoebe by the Platte River parking area east of Kingfisher Bridge.  On April 11, Doug Kibbe reported 2 Eastern Phoebe downstream of Kingfisher Bridge on east side.  On April 15, Michael Kiessig reported 2 Eastern Phoebe downstem of Kingfisher Bridge.  On April 21, David Suddjian reports the Eastern Phoebe near the Kingfisher Bridge at Chatfield SP.

--On April 11, Tim Ryan reported Great-tailed Grackel at Bar CCC Park.

--On April 12, Hugh Kingery reported Eastern Phoebe and Great-tailed Grackle on Walker Road Trail in Franktown.

DURANGO COUNTY:

—On  April 18, Riley Morris reported a Slate-colored Fox Sparrow in the Juniper bushes by the elk statue at the Durango Fish Hatchery parking lot. There were two in the same area.

 

EL PASO COUNTY:

--An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Mark Peterson at Adams Open Space in Fountain on April 1.  On April 2, Aaron Driscoll reported Eastern Phoebe at Adams Open Space in Fountain.  On April 10, Bill Maynard reported Eastern Phoebe at Adams Open Space.

--A Black Phoebe was reported by David Tonnessen at Sinton Pond, at the tiny pond not the main one on April 10.

--On April 11, Alan Versaw reported Black-and-white Warbler at Ramah Reservoir SWA.

--On April 12, Bill Maynard and Richard Bunn reported Sagebrush Sparrow at Hanover Road.

--On April 15 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area) near the banding station, Brandon Percival and Stephany McNew  reported m Hooded Warbler and Gray Flycatcher.  On April 17, David Chartier, Sam Fason, and Bill Maynard reported Gray Flycatcher at Chico Basin Ranch at the woods by the banding station.

--On April 15, Mel Goff reported Mountain Plover on Squirrel Creek Road.

--On April 15 on Hanover Road, Mel Goff reported Curve-billed Thrasher east of Hanover and at the west end of the road a Great-tailed Grackle.

--On April 17, Gloria Nikolai reported Eastern Phoebe at Kettle Lakes.

--On April 17, Tony Leukering reported f Black-and-white warbler at Adams Open Space in Fountain.

FREMONT COUNTY:

--On April 13, Hugh Kingery reported Bewick's Wren at Brush Hollow Reservoir.

GARFIELD COUNTY:

--On April 21, JoAnn Potter Riggle reports a pair of Black Phoebes at Stilt Island Park, under the south side of the bridge that crosses the Colorado River.

GUNNISON COUNTY:

--On April 14, Jeff Skevington reported 2 Dusky Grouse and Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at Black Canyon of Gunnison NP.

JEFFERSON COUNTY: 

--On April 19, Tom Behnfield reports a Nashville Warbler at the west end of park west of the inlet footbridge at Belmar Park Lake.  On April 20, the Nashville Warbler, seen by many, was seen in high branches of Cottonwood trees. On April 21, Brian Johnson reports the Nashville Warbler along the west side of the park, close to the houses and where the west trail parallels the horse path.

--On April 18, F. Farrell reports an Eastern Bluebird at the Weat Ridge Greenbelt--Prospect Park and Lake.         

--On April 11, Doug Kibbe reported 1 Eastern Phoebe downstream of Kingfisher Bridge on west side and David Suddjian reported 2 Eastern Phoebe on the west side of Kingfisher Bridge.  On April 15, Phil Lyon reported 2 Eastern Phoebe on west side of Kingfisher Bridge.

--On April 14, Gail DeLalla reported Black Phoebe near Lookout Mountain Nature Center and Preserve.

--On April 15, Rob Raker reported a first year f Vermilion Flycatcher at Belmar Park in Lakewood.  On April 18, Aaron Shipe saw the Vermilion Flycatcher at Belmar Park.  April 19, seen by D. Suddjian along the drainage that exits south side of the lake, below the path that crosses the drainage.  On April 20, the Vermilion Flycatcher, seen by many birders, was still working an area on the south side of the lake at Belmar Park.  On April 21, the Vermilion Flycatcher was seen by Brian Johnson, and others, along the south side of the lake.

--On April 17, Matt Clark and Susan Bonfiglio reported f Northern Parula at Wheatridge Greenbelt near South Parking Lot. On April 20, R. Raker reported a m Northern Parula at the Wheatridge Greenbelt, just west of Prospect Lake, it was with a group of Yellow-rumped Warblers. On April 21, Tim Mitzen reports the Northern Parula at Prospect Park feeding high in a Cottonwood tree, about 200 meters down the main trail, west of the bridge.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

--On April 18, Logan Derderian reported an Acorn Woodpecker at Meadow Road, Rafter J subdivision.

--An Eastern Phoebe was reported by Riley Morris at Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery area of Durango on April 12 and was seen

by several birders.  On April 13, Ryan Votta reported eatern Phoebe at Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery area in Durango.

--A Glossy Ibis was found by Susan Allerton and seen by Jason St. Pierre and Riley Morris at Pastorius Reservoir on April 15.

 

LARIMER COUNTY:

--On April 19, David Wade reports a Broad-winged Hawk at Running Deer Natural Area in Fort Collins perched in a Cottonwood tree.

--On April 9, Jeff Birek reported a Prothonotary Warbler at Lee Martinez Park in Fort Collins.  The warbler was seen by many

birders on April 9.  On April 10, Seth Gallagher and many other birders reported Prothonotary Warbler at Lee Martinez Park.  On April 11, Derek Hill and several other birders reported Prothonotary Warbler at Lee Martinez Park.  On April 12, Rob Sparks and several other birders reported Prothonotary Warbler at Lee Martinez Park.  On April 13, Ken Pals and several other birders reported Prothonotary Warbler continues at Lee Martinez Park.

--On April 16, David Wade and Nick Komar reported 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (1 ad m, 1 4th-cyc f) at Horseshoe Reservoir.

--On April 16 David Wade spotted a breeding plumaged Red-throated Loon in the morning. On April 17, David Bray and David Wade reported that the Red-throated Loon continues at Boyd Lake SP, but not the best of views.  Also reported Red-throated Loon on April 17 were Marie Hoerner and Robert Beauchamp.

On April 18, David Bray reported the Red-throated Loon continues at Boyd Lake, at the extreme southeast end.

MESA COUNTY: 

--On March 27, a Long-tailed Duck was reported by Nic Korte and Diane Trappett at Redlands Parkway Ponds.  On March 28, Long-tailed Duck was reported by Ronda Woodward, Denise and Mark Vollmar, Eileen Cunningham, and Mike Henwood.  On April 18, Diane Trappett reports the Long-tailed Duck continuing at Redlands Parkway Ponds.

--On April 1, Emily Marino and Neva Lee reported a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at Snooks Bottom Open Space down the path up from river near the parking area.  Snooks Bottom is near Fruita.  On April 9, Mike Henwood reported a 1st year GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at Snooks Bottom Open Space.  On April 10, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at Snooks Bottom Open Space.  On April 11, David Price reported GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at Snooks Bottom Open Space.  On April 12, Diane Trappett reported GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at Snooks Bottom Open Space.  On April 15, Robert Beauchamp reported GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at Snooks Bottom Open Space.

--On April 8, Bill Kaempfer reported Chukar at Cameo.

OTERO COUNTY:

--On April 18, Stan Oswald reported a HUDSONIAN GODWIT in the northwest corner of Holbrook Lake, it was associating with a Marbled Godwit, it moved to the Northeast corner in the afternoon with three more Marbled Godwits.  Too far for photo ID. Snowy Plover were also seen that Holbrook Lake on April 18, by Stan Oswald. Brandon Percival reported the HUDSONIAN GODWIT in the Northwest corner of Lake Holbrook in the morning of April 19.

--On April 12, Stan Oswald reported Little Blue Heron at Holbrook Reservoir.  On April 13, Stan Oswald, Jane Stulp, and Janeal Thompson reported Little Blue Heron at Holbrook Reservoir.  On April 14, the Little Blue Heron and Snowy Plovers were reported by Brandon Percival, Davida Kalina, and Tony Leukering at Holbrook Reservoir.   On April 15, Gloria Nikolai reported Snowy Plover at Holbrook Reservoir.

PROWERS COUNTY:

--On April 19, David Leatherman reports a yellow Kingbird, Couch's Kingbird, seen briefly in north Lamar. 

--On April 11 at Thurston Reservoir, Jeff Skevington reported 10 Great-tailed Grackles.

--On April 12 at Willow Creek Park in Lamar, Jane Stulp reported Broad-winged Hawk.

--On April 16, Dave Leatheman reported f Northern Parula at Lamar Community College Woods near the library. On April 19, Dave Leatherman reported a Northern Parula at Lamar Community College woods in flowering Cottonwoods just south of the library.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

--A Mountain Plover was reported by Brandon Percival near Boone on April 14.

--A Caspian Tern was reported by Brandon Percival flying by Osprey Picnic Area below Pueblo Reservoir Dam on April 17.  On April 18, B. Percival reported the Caspian Tern flying over the Arkansas River, below  Pueblo City Park.

ROUTT COUNTY:

--45 Barrow's Goldeneyes were reported by Tom Litteral at Stagecoach Reservoir near Oak Creek on April 16.

--8 Sharp-tailed Grouse were reported by Jeff Skevington north of Hayden on CR 80  on April 17. It is best to view from road uphill to south.

SUMMIT COUNTY:

--On April 18 Bonnie Boex reported an Eastern Bluebird m, confirmed by Kevin Corwin.  On April 19, Ed Baker reports the Eastern Bluebird at the Eagle Sculpture in Dillon where the bike path runs along the lake and hwy 6.

--At Angler Mountain Ranch on April 12, Charlied Nims reported 5 Barrow's Goldeneyes.

WELD COUNTY:

--On April 18, S. Mlodinow reported a Neotropic Cormorant swimming with a Double Crested Cormorant near the east side of Lower Latham Reservoir. Both birds flew off. The Neotropic is similar in size to a Western Grebe.

--On April 18, G. Lefko reported 14+ Great-tailed Grackles along Weld CR 48 Marsh, they were seen on Sunday.

--A Red-bellied Woodpecker was reported by Steve Mlodinow at Crow Valley CG on April 2.  On April 10, Frederic Hareau reported Red-bellied Woodpecker at Crow Valley CG.  On April 11, Steve Mlodinow reported Red-belllied Woodpecker and Black-throated Gray Warbler. On April 18, Mlodinow reports the Red-bellied Woodpecker at Crow Valley CG.

--On April 10, Bill Fink reported McCown's Longspurs sat Murphy's Pasture.

--A Sharp-tailed Grouse was reported by Cheri Phillips on CR 117 just S of the Nebraska state line.

--On April 11, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Great-tailed Grackles at Behrens Reservoir.

--On April 13, Steve Mlodinow reported Lesser Black-backed Gull at Union Reservoir.

--On April 14, Sue Riffe reported Mt Plover, 6 Chestnut-collared Longspur, and 10 McCown's Longspur at Pawnee NG.

YUMA COUNTY:

--On April 10 at Bonny Reservoir SWA (South side of lake) Glenn Walbek reported 3 Red-bellied Woodpeckers.

DFO Field Trips:

The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, April 23 will be to Denver Botanic gardens at Chatfield led by Lynn Willcockson (Lynnliz2698 AT  aol.com; 303-757-7000)   Meet at 0800.  On Deer Creek Rd west of S Wadsworth Blvd, South of C-470. 

   The Denver Botanic Gardesn at Chatfield is what used to be called the Arboretum.  Admission is free if you are a member.  Otherwise it is $5 per car.  Enjoy a leiusrely walk through varied habitats.  Lunch Optional  Register online or contact leader.

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, April 24 will be to Rueter-Hess Reservoir led by Mary Cay Burger (mcburger3 AT juno.com; 720-940-8394).  Meet at 0730 at Barr CCC Park, 10951 S Twenty Mile Rd, Parker, C0 80134, located on the SW corner of Main St and 20 Mile Rd for birding there and later at the Reuter-Hess Reservoir, which is open to the public only with entry permission. 

    Tim Ryan, Park Water Dept, will colead.  Wewill first bird at the Bar CCC Park in Parker which is next to Cherry Creek, to check for riparian birds.  At the reservoir we could see grassland species and waterfowl.  Bring binoculars, snacks, water, and sunscreen.  Bring a scope  if you have one for the reservoir.  Register online or contact leader.

The DFO FIeld Trip for Sunday, April 24 will be to Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR led by Candice Johnson (candice.johnson AT childrenscolorado.org; 303-329-8131)   This trip is full.

Good Birding,

Mary Driscoll