Saturday, 10 September 2016

[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 10 September 2016

Compiler:  Joyce Takamine
e-mail:    RBA AT cobirds.org
Date:  September10, 2016 
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday,  September 10 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 using the new AOU checklist and the order of the famillies has changed

Mallard (Mexican) (Larimer)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Clear Creek)
Dusky Grouse (Boulder)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Logan)
Red-necked Grebe (*Pueblo)
MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD (Adams)
Snowy Plover (Bent, Washington)
Piping Plover (Bent)
Mountain Plover (Kit Carson)
Upland Sandpiper (Logan)
Ruddy Turnstone (Logan)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Arapahoe, Kit Carson)
Jaeger spec (Douglas)
LITTLE GULL (Douglas)
WESTERN GULL (*Washington)
Thayer's Gull (Washington)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Washington)
Caspian Tern (Larimer, Morgan)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Montrose)
Green Heron (Otero, Washington)
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Kiowa)
Mississipi Kite (Adams, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips)
Broad-winged Hawk (Kit Carson)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Arapahoe, Boulder, El Paso, Jefferson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Washington, Weld, *Yuma)
Red Bellied Woodpecker (Logan, Sedgwick, Yuma)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Clear Creek, Mesa, Washington)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Montrose)
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (Arapahoe)
Least Flycatcher (Morgan, Washington, Weld, *Yuma)
Gray Flycatcher (El Paso, Larimer,  Pitkin, Washington, Weld)
Black Phoebe (Garfield)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Adams, Bent, Kiowa, Lincoln, El Paso, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, *Yuma)
Cassin's Kingbird (El Paso, Lincoln, Washington)
Bell's Vireo (El Paso, Logan, *Yuma)
Gray Vireo (Montezuma)
Blue-headed Vireo (Kit Carson, Weld)
Philadelphia Vireo (Logan, Phillips)
Purple Martin (Moffat)
Carolina Wren (Arapahoe, Boulder, Washington, *Yuma)
Bewick's Wren (Boulder)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso)
Chestnut-collared Longpur (Arapahoe, Weld)
McCown's Longspur (Arapahoe, Lincoln, Weld)
Ovenbird (Adams, Douglas, *Washington)
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (Mesa)
Northern Waterthrush (*Adams, El Paso, Kit Carson, La Plata, Mesa, Washington, Weld)
Tennessee Warbler (Adams, Arapahoe, Prowers, Yuma)
Nashville Warbler (Adams, Clear Creek, Denver)
Magnolia Warbler (Bent)
Blackburnian Warbler (Prowers)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Bent, Larimer, Washington)
Blackpoll Warbler (La Plata, Morgan)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Arapahoe)
Palm Warbler (El Paso)
Pine Warbler (Cheyenne, Prowers)
Grace's Warbler (Larimer)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (El Paso, Pitkin)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Kit Carson, Washington, Weld)
CANADA WARBLER (*Bent)
Fox Sparrow (Larimer)
Summer Tanager (La Plata)
Northern Cardinal (Prowers, *Yuma)
Bobolink (Larimer)
Baltimore Oriole (Bent, Kit Carson, Phillips, *Yuma)

*****For locations you are not familiar with (e.g. "Lower Latham"), please refer to CFO's Colorado County Birding site for directions:  www.coloradocountybirding.org

ADAMS COUNTY:
---On September 9 a Northern Waterthrush was banded by Meredith McBurney at the Barr Lake Banding Station.
---On September 8 a Great Crested Flycatcher was banded by Meredith McBurney at the Barr Lake Banding Station.
---On August 28, Steve Larson reported a f-type MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD at Margaret's Pond Open Space in Northglenn.   This would be a new county record if accepted.
---On August 25, at Barr Lake SP Steve Mlodinow reported Least Flycatcher, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Tennessee Warbler, and Nashville Warbler.  On August 28, at Barr Lake SP near bridge near nature center Patrick O'Driscoll and Karen Drozda reported Northern Waterthrush.  On August 30 a Northern Waterthrush was reported by Gregg Goodrich and Anna Troth at Barr Lake.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On September 6, Gene Rutherford reported 2 McCown's Longspurs at playa on CR 185 (Calboun Byers Rd).
---On September 6, Gene Rutherford and Loch Kilpatrick reported 3 Chestnut-collared Lonspurs at playas on Calhoun Byers Rd.
---On September 2, Cheri Phillips reported Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Quincy Rd and Exmore Road south of Byers.  On September 3, Loch Kilpatrick refound the Buff-breasted Sandpiper at  Byers Playa (west of CR 181 on Quincy Rd).  Many Birders saw the Buff-breasted Sandpiper on September 3.  On September 4, Tom Behnfield reported that the Buff-breasted Sandpiper continues at Byers Playa and several birders have seen it.  On September 5, Mark Minner-Lee reported Buff-breasted Sandpiper W of CR 181 and N of CR 34 which is not Byers Playa.  
---On August 28 at Cherry Creek SP, Gene Rutherford reported f Tennessee Warbler, and f Black-throated Blue Warbler.
---On August 27 a Carolina Wren was reported by Kay Rasmussen in Willow Creek Park in Centennial.
---On August 26, near Byers on I-70 Ivan Mota reported 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers.
---On August 26, Gene Rutherford and Loch Kilpatrick reported EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE at Cherry Creek SP in the group pinic area.

BENT COUNTY:
---On September 8, Dan Stringer reported a CANADA WARBLER at Hasty CG on the N border near east end.
---On September 8, Duane Nelson reported a CANADA WARBLER was visiting his yard in Las Animas.  If you would like
to try for the bird, contact Duane at dnelson1 AT centurytel.net
---On September 7 at Van's Grove, Duane Nelson reported Chestnut-sided Warbler.
---On September 7 at "Clayton Point" reached by CR 20 access poin on CR jj working south and east, Duane Nelson reported Piping Plover and a handful of Snowy Plovers.
---On September 7 at Hasty CG, Duane Nelson reported Great Crested Flycatcher.
---On September  7 a Magnolia Warbler was reported by Duane Nelson W of CR 35 and S of Ft Lyon Canal.
---On September 3 at Lake Hasty CG, Brandon Percival reported Great Crested Flycatcher and Baltimore Oriole.
---On Stpember 3 at Melody Tempel Grove, Brandon Percival reported Great Crested Flycatcher.

BOULDER COUNTY:
---On September 2 a Carolina Wren was reported by Jack Bushong at Warembourg Open Space in Louisville.  On September 3 Chris Rurik reported Carolina Wren at Waremboug Open Space.  On September 5, Christian Nunes reported hearing a wren
at Warembourgh Open Space which did not sound like Carollina Wren but Bewick's Wren.
---On September 2, 2 juv Red-headed Woodpeckers were reported by Thomas Heinrich at Heil Ranch by old ranch buildings by Cattle guard.

CHEYENNE COUNTY:
---On September 3, a Pine Warbler was reported by David Dowel in Cheyenne Wells.

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY:
---On September 5 at Mt Evans Groundhog Flat, Austin Schuver reported Nashville Warbler.
---On September 1 at Echo Lake, David Howell reported 11 Barrow's Goldeneyes and f Williamson's Sapsucker.

DENVER COUNTY:
---On August 30 a Nashville Warbler was reported by Doug Kibbe at Bear Creek Park.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On September 7 a juv Jaerger was reported by Brian Johnson at Chatfield.
---On September 3, Joey Kellner reported a juv LITTLE GULL at Chatfield SP at Plum Creek Delta and Roxburough Cove.  It was best seen from Marina Sandsplit.  Many Birders got to see the LITTLE GULL on September 3.  On September 4, Joey Kellner reported that the LITTLE GULL continues at Chatfield in the same area and many birders have been able to see it.  On September 5, Steve Stachowiak reported that the LITTLE GULL continues at Chatfield and many birders saw it.
---On August 27 an Ovenbird was reported by Joey Kellner and Mary Keithler at Chatfield SP.

EL PASO COUNTY:
---On September 5, Laura-Marie Koitsch reported that a Bell's Vireo was banded at Chico Basin Ranch and on September 3 a Great Crested Flycatcher was banded.
---On September 4 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), Jeannie Mitchell reported Red-headed Woodpecker and 4 Curve-billed Thrashers.  On September 5 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), Monday Birders reported Gray Flycatcher and 6 Curve-billed Thrashers.
---On September 2 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), Kyle Hawley reported Red-headed Woodpecker, Great Crested Flycatcher, Cassin's Kingbird, Curve-billed Thrasher, 2 Sage Thrashers, and Palm Warbler.
---On August 28 a Black-throated Gray Warbler was reported by David Tonnessen at Kettle Lakes.
---On August 11 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown reported that he banded a Northern Waterthrush.  On August 13, Steve Brown banded a second Northern Waterthrush.  On August 17, Steve Brown banded 2 more Northern Waterthrush.  On August 21, Steve Brown reported that he banded another hatch year Northern Waterthrush.  On August 22, Monday Birders reported Gray Flycatcher and Northern Waterthrush at Clear Spring Ranch and Steve Brown reported banding another Northern Waterthrush.  On August 24, Steve Brown reported banding 3 more Northern Waterthrush.  On August 26, Steve Brown reported banding 2 more Northern Waterthrush at Clear Spring Ranch.  On August 27, Steve Brown reported banding 2 more Northern Waterthrush at Clear Spring Ranch.  On August 29, Steve Brown banded another Northern Waterthrush at Clear Spring Ranch.  On September 4, Steve Brown reported banding a hatch year Northern Waterthrush at Clear Spring Ranch.  On September 5, Steve Brown reported banding another Northern Waterthrush at Clear Spring Ranch.  On September 7, Steve Brown reported banding Northern Waterthrush #19 at Clear Spring Ranch.

GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On September 3 a Black Phoebe was reported by Rob Norville at Silt Island Park on the bridge on the south side of the park.

KIT CARSON COUNTY:
---On September 6, Glenn Walbek and Mark Peterson reported Blue-headed Vireo and Northern Waterthrush in Bethune.
---On September 5, Glenn Walbek reported 15 Buff-breasted Sandpipers and Red-headed Woodpecker near Burlington, E of CR 56 and N of CR N.  
---On September 1, Glenn Walbek reported Mountain Plover, Black-throated Green Warbler, and Baltimore Oriole on CR N east of CR 57.
---On August 26, Glenn Walbek reported Mississippi Kite and Broad-winged Hawk at Burlington, CR 59.

KIOWA COUNTY:
---On September 3 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported imm YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and Great Crested Flycatcher.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On August 27 at Mount Falcon Park, Ben Lagasse reported Red-headed Woodpecker.

LA PLATA COUNTY:
---On September 4, Susan Allerton reported Northern Waterthrush, m Blackpoll Warbler, and m Summer Tanager on Animas River Trail behind 4 Corners RIversports.
---On August 26 on Animas River Trail behind 4 Corners Riversports, Susan Allerton reported Northern Waterthrush.

LARIMER COUNTY:
---On September 5 a Mallard (Mexican) was reported by Nick Komar at Horseshoe Reservoir.
---On August 30 a Grace's Warbler was reported by SpencerVanderhoof at Lake Estes.
---On August 29 at Rocky Mountain NP, Moraine Park Campground, Gerald Teig reported Fox (Red) Sparrow.
---On August 27 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area, Tracy Phenger reported Fox Sparrow.
---On August 27 at Timnath Reservoir, Austin Hess and Nick Komar reported 2 Caspian Terns (1 ad, 1 juv).  On August 28, at Timnath Reservoir a Caspian Tern was reported by Candice Johnson, Sean Walters, Megan Miller, and Andy Bankert.
---On August 26 at Running Deer and Cottonwood Hollow Natural Area, David Wade reported Gray Flycatcher.  On August 30 a Caspian Tern was reported by David Wade and Nick Komar at Timnath Reservoir.
---On August 26, Nick Komar reported Bobolink at Timnath Reservoir.
---On August 25 and 26, David Leatherman reported Gray Flycatcher in middle of Section 8 at Grandview Cemetery.  On August 27, Dave Leatherman reported that the Gray Flycatcher continues at Grandview Cemetery.
---On August 26 at North Shields Natural Area, David Wade reported Chestnut-sided Warbler and Gray Flycatcher.

LINCOLN COUNTY:
---On August 26 in Limon on VIctory Hwy, Glenn Walbek reported Mississippi Kite.

LOGAN COUNTY:
---On September 4 a Philadelphia Vireo was reported by Bill Kaempfer at Prewitt Reservoir.
---On September 2 at Jumbro Reservoir, Dan Stringer reported Ruddy Turnstone.
---On August 28, Bill Kaempfer reported an Upland Sandpiper north of CR 58 heading east toward US 138.
---On August 28, Bill Kaempfer reported Red-bellied and Red-headed Woodpeckers at Area 5 of Tamarack.  On September 2, Dan Stringer reported 2 Bell's Vireos at Tamarack Ranch SWA.
---On August 27, 6 Mississippi Kites were reported by Bill Kaempfer in Sterling.

MESA COUNTY:
---On September 6 at Horsethief Canyon SWA, Mike Henwood reported 3 Northern Waterthrush.  On September 7, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported 2 Northern Waterthrush at Horsethief Canyon SWA.  On September 8 Dave and Diane Trappett reported 2 Northern Waterthrush at Horesthief Canyon SWA.
---On August 28 at Horsethief Canyon SWA, David Price reported a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH.

MOFFAT COUNTY:
---On August 31 on CR 27  about 1/2 mile before FS boundary, JoAnn Riggle reported 2 Purple Martins.

MONTEZUMA COUNTY:
---On September 1 a Gray Vireo was reported by Craig Rasmussen at Wetherill Mesa at Mesa Verde NP.

MONTROSE COUNTY:
---On September 4 a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was reported by Sandy  Beranich at Baldridge and Ute Parks in Montrose.
---On August 31 an American Three-toed Woodpecker was reported by Coen Dexter on top of Uncompahgre Plateau in spruce/fir.

MORGAN COUNTY:
---On September 8 at Jackson Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Caspian Terns, 5 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 2 Least Flycatchers, and a Blackpoll Warbler.

OTERO COUNTY:
---On September 3 a Green Heron was reported by Brandon Percival at Rocky Ford SWA.

PHILLIPS COUNTY:
---On September 5 at Holyoke City Park, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Great Crested Flycatcher.
---On August 28 at Holyoke Cemetery, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Mississippi Kits, Philadelphia Vireo, and 6 Baltimore Orioles.
---On August 28 at Lion's Club Fishin' Hole near Holyoke, Steve Mlodinow reported Red-headed Woodpecker and Baltimore Oriole.

PITKIN COUNTY:
---On August 24 in Basalt, Alessandro Molina reported 2 Gray Flycatchers and 3 Black-throated Gray Warblers.

PROWERS COUNTY:
---On September 8 a f Northern Cardinal was reported by Janeal Thompson at Lamar Community College Woods.
---On September 3 a Pine Warbler was reported by Brandon Percival at Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar.  On September 7 and 9 at Fairmount Cemetery in Lamar, Janeal Thompson reported a Pine Warbler.  
---On September 3 a Tennessee Warbler was reported by Jill Smith at Willow Creek in Lamar.
---On August 27 at Lamar Community College Woods, Jill Smith reported Blackburnian Warbler.

PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On September 9 at Pueblo Reservoir Sailboard Launch Area, Brandon Percival reported Red-necked Grebe.

SEDGWICK COUNTY:
---On August 28 at Sedgwick Bar SWA, Steve Mlodinow repored Red Bellied Woodpecker, 2 Great Crested Flycatchers, and Baltimore Oriole.

WASHINGTON COUNTY:
---On September 9 at Last Chance Rest Area, Joey Kellner reported Ovenbird.
---On August 18, Steve Mlodinow reported WESTERN GULL, 9 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Least Flycatcher, and Baltimore Oriole at Prewitt Reservoir.  On August 21,  Bill Schmoker and Chris Wood reported Green Heron, WESTERN GULL, 9 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 4 Least Flycatchers and Northern Waterthrush at Prewitt Reservoir.  On August 26, Joey Kellner reported WESTERN GULL and 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls at Prewitt Reservoir.  On August 27 at Prewitt Reservoir, Mark Peterson and Dale Adams reported WESTERN GULL, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers, f Williamson's Sapsucker, and 2 Great Crested Flycatchers.  On August 27, Bill Kaempfer reorted Northern Waterhtrush at Prewitt Reservoir.  On August 28,Tom Behnfield, and Mark Chavez reported WESTERN GULL at Prewitt.  On August 28, Joey Kellner reported WESTERN GULL, 13 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 2 Great Crested Flycatcher, Cassins's Kingbird, 2 Ovenbirds, Northern Waterthrush, and Chesnut-sided Warbler at Prewitt.  On August 31, Steve Mlodinow reported WESTERN GULL, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Red-headed Woodpekcers, Great Crested Flycatcher, and Black-throated Green Warbler at Prewitt.  On September 1, Tina Jones reported WESTERN GULL at Prewitt.  On September 2, Brian Johnson reported WESTERN GULL at Prewitt.  On September 2, Joey Kellner reported 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers and Gray Flycatcher at Prewitt.   On September 4, Art Hudak and Tom Behnfield reported Snowy Plover and WESTERN GULL at Prewitt Reservoir.  On September 9, a WESTERN GULL was reported by Joey Kellner, Kathy Mihm Dunning, and Charles Lawerence at Prewitt Reservoir.

WELD COUNTY:
---On September 7, Steve Mlodinow reported Chestnut-collared Longspur and 3 Red-headed Woodpecker (1 ad, 2 imm) at Crow Valley CG.  
---On September 5, Joey Angstman reported Black-throated Green Warbler at Crow Valley CG.
---On September 5, Gary Lefko reported 30+ McCown's Longspurs on CR 114 halfway between Hwy 85 and CR 37.
---On September 2 at Crow Valley, Joe Mammoser reported Blue-headed Vireo.
---On September 2 at Crow Valley, Dave Leatherman reported Least Flycatcher and Gray Flycatcher.
---On August 26 at Crow Valley CG, Joey Kellner reported 2 Least Flycatchers, Gray Flycatcher, and Northern Waterthrush.

YUMA COUNTY:
---On September 9 at Arikaree SWA, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers.
---On August 28 at Wray Fish Hatcher Road, Dan Stringer reported 4 Baltimore Orioles and Red-headed Woodpeckers.
---On August 21 at Stalker Lake in Wray, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Great Crested Flycatcher, 7 Northern Cardinals, and 2 Baltimore Orioles.  On August 28 at Stalker Lake, Dan Stringer reported f Northern Cardinal and 3 Baltimore Orioles.  On September 2 at Stalker Pond, Bill Kaempfer reported Great Crested Flycatcher, Tennessee Warbler, pair of Northern Cardinals, and 6 Baltimore Orioles.  On September 5 at Stalker Lake, Chris Gilbert reported Least Flycatcher, Bell's Vireo, Northern Cardinal, and 2 Baltimore Orioles.  On September 9 at Stalker Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported 8 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Least Flycatcher, 2 Great Crested Flycatchers, Bell's Vireo, Carolina Wren, 15 Northern Cardinals, and 2 Baltimore Orioles.

Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips: 

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, September 11 will be to Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop led by Bill Wuerthele (wuerthel AT ecentral.com303-333-2519)  Meet at Prairie Loop lot in Cherry Creek Sp.  From either park entrance, follow Lake View Rd to the Prairie Loop that is located at the south rim of the reservoir.  State Parks pass or day pass required.  
  This is a half day of walking that passes through most of the important habitats found in the park over a distance of about 3 miles.  Trails could be slippery or muddy, so dress accordingly.  Bring water and snacks; lunch is optional.  Register online or contact leader.

Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder

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