[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 2 November 2016

Compiler:  Joyce Takamine

e-mail:    RBA AT cobirds.org

Date:  November 2, 2016 

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, November 2  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

Trumpeter Swan (Archuleta, Mesa)

Surf Scoter (Arapahoe, *Jackson, Kiowa, Morgan, Park, *Pueblo)

White-winged Scoter (Arapahoe, Kiowa, Park)

Black Scoter (Park)

Barrow's Goldeneye (Grand)

Sharp-tailed Grouse (Logan)

Red-necked Grebe (Boulder, Logan, Pueblo)

Greater Roadrunner (*Huerfano, Pueblo)

Greater Yellowlegs (*Jackson)

Red Phalarope (Park)

Black-legged Kittiwake (*Pueblo)

Sabine's Gull (*Adams, El Paso, Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Pueblo, Washington)

Mew Gull (Arapahoe, Crowley, Larimer)

WESTERN GULL (Morgan)

Thayer's Gull (Bent, Kiowa, Larimer, Morgan, Ouray, Park, Washington)

ICELAND GULL (Adams)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, Bent, Crowley, Larimer, Morgan, Washington)

Caspian Tern (Larimer)

Red-throated Loon (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, El Paso, Park, Pueblo)

Pacific Loon (Arapahoe, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Larimer, *Pitkin, Pueblo)

Mississippi Kite (Adams)

Red-headed Woodpecker (Morgan)

Williamson's Sapsucker (Mesa)

American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder)

Great Crested Flycatcher (Lincoln)

Cassin's Kingbird (El Paso, Lincoln)

Bell's Vireo (El Paso)

Blue-headed Vireo (Kit Carson)

Chihuahuan Raven (Fremont)

Bewick's Wren (*Delta, Fremont, Mesa, *Montrose, Prowers)

Curved-billed Thrasher (Fremont, *Kit carson, Pueblo)

Sprague's Pipit (Yuma)

Common Redpoll (Sedgwick)

Lapland Longspur (*Kit Carson, Morgan, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld)

Chestnut-collared Longspur (Morgan, Sedgwick, Yuma)

McCown's Longspur (Morgan)

Tennessee Warbler (El Paso)

Orange-crowned Warbler (*Delta)

Magnolia Warbler (Adams)

Palm Warbler (Boulder)

Chipping Sparrow (*Montrose)

Field Sparrow (Adams)

Northern Cardinal (Prowers)

Great-tailed Grackle (Kiowa, Park)

*****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 October 18 at Barr Lake near Boat Launch, Steve Mlodinow reported juv ICELAND GULL and 2 Sabine's Gulls.  On October 18 at Barr Lake near  Boat Launch Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Red-throated Loon.  On October 19 at Barr Lake, Kim Mauritz reported 2 Sabine's GUlls, 2 ICELAND GULLS, and a Field Sparrow.  On October 18 at Barr Lake near the boat launch, Candace Johnson reported Red-throated Loon.  On October 20 at Barr Lake, Mark Minner-Lee, Norm Lewis, Diane Roberts, and Adam Vesely reported Red-throated Loon.  On October 21 at Barr Lake, Glenn Walbek, Mark Peterson, Phile Lyon, Chris Goulard, and Gwen Moore reported Red-throated Loon.  On October 21 at Barr Lake Glenn Walbek and Mark Peterson reported 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (1st cyc, 4th cyc).  On October 22 at Barr Lake, Luke Pheneger and many other birders reported Red-throated Loon and Kim Mauritz reported 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.  On October 23 at Barr Lake, Red-throated Loon and Sabine's Gulls were reported by Rebecca Laroch, Gabrield Wiltse, Karen Drozda, Bill Kaempfer, and Steve Mlodinow.  On October 24 at Barr Lake, Red-throated Loon was reported by Tim Ryan, Jeff Dawson, and Lorraine Lanning.  On October 24, John Drummond reported that the Monday Birders saw Red-throated Loon, juv Sabine's Gull, and ad Lesser Black-backed Gull at Barr Lake.  On October 25 at Barr Lake, Nancy Davis and Robert Martinez reported Red-throated Loon.  On October 25, Robert Martinez reported a Magnolia Warbler below the banding station at Barr Lake.  On October 26 at Barr Lake, Gwen Moore reported Sabine's Gull.  On October 27 at Barr Lake, Matt Gray reported Red-throated Loon.  On October 28 at Barr Lake, Doug Kibbe, Glenn Walbek, and Mark Peterson reported Sabine's Gull.  On October 29 at Barr Lake, Lorraine Lanning reported Sabine's Gull.  On November 1, a Sabine's Gull was reported by Susan Rosine at Barr Lake SP near boat launch.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On October 26 at Aurora Reservoir, David Dowell reported 2 White-winged Scoters.  On October 29 at Aurora Reservoir, Glenn Walbek reported 2 Surf Scoters and 2 White-winged Scoters.  On October 30 at Aurora Reservoir, Gene Rutherford reported 2 White-winged Scoters and 2 Surf Scoters; and Tom and Debbie Behnfield reported White-winged Scoter.  On October 31, White-winged Scoter was reported by Tony Leukering and Cheri Phillips and Surf Scoter and 2 White-winged Scoters were reported by Loch Kilpatrick.  On October 31, Tim Ryan reported White-winged Scoter and Pacific Loon at Aurora Reservoir.

---On October 25, David Dowell reported 2 Red-throated Loons at Cherry Creek SP.  On October 28 at Cherry Creek SP, Mark Peterson and Glenn Walbek reported 2 Red-throated Loons. On October 29, John Breitsch reported that the DFO field trip saw 2 Red-throated Loons at Cherry Creek and Gene Rutherford reported a 1-st winter Mew Gull at Cherry Creek.

ARCHULETA COUNTY:

---On October 25 at Pinon Lake Reservoir, Tom Lee reported Trumpeter Swan.  On October 28, Brian Greco reported Trumpeter Swan at Pinon Lake Reservoir.

BENT COUNTY:

---On October 30 at John Martin Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Pacific Loon, ad Thayer's Gull, and Lesser Black-backed Gull.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On October 31 at Wild Basin in Rocky Mountain National Park, Joel Such reported an American Three-toed Woodpecker.

---On October 30 at Cottonwood Marsh, Carl Starace reported Red-necked Grebe.

---On October 28 at Boulder Reservoir, David Dowell reported Red-necked Grebe near the dam.  On October 29, John Vanderpoel reported Red-necked Grebe at Boulder Reservoir.

---On October 23 at Cottonwood Marsh a Palm Warbler was reported by Jack Bushong, Ryan Bushong, and Holden Maxwell.

CROWLEY COUNTY:

---On October 30 at Lake Meredith, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Pacific Loons, Mew Gull, and Lesser Black-backed Gull.

DELTA COUNTY:

---On November 11 at Confluence Park, Jason Beason reported 2 Bewick's Wrens and Orange-crowned Warbler.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On October 24, a Pacific Loon was reported by Mark Peterson at Big Johnson.  On October 31, a Red-throated Loon and Pacific Loon were reported by Loch Kilpatrick.  

FREMONT COUNTY:

---On October 23 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Art Hudak and Mark Chavez reported Bewick's Wren.

---On October 19 in the CR 84 area, Dale Adams reported Chihuahuan Raven and Curve-billed Thrasher.

GRAND COUNTY:

---On October 30 at Windy Gap Reservoir, Derek Hill reported 5 Barrow's Goldeneyes (3m, 2f)

HUERFANO COUNTY:

---On October 31 at Lathrop SP, a Greater Roadrunner was reported by Rich Miller near Headquarters Building.

JACKSON COUNTY:

---On November 1 at Lake John, Steve Mlodinow reported Surf Scoter and Greater Yellowlegs.

---On November 1 at MacFarlane Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Surf Scoter and Greater Yellowlegs.

KIOWA COUNTY:

---On October 30 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 1 ad Thayer's Gull.

---On October 30 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, and Great-tailed Grackle.

KIT CARSON COUNTY:

---On November 1, a Curve-billed Thrasher and 8 Lapland Longspurs were reported by Glenn Walbek on CR 57 between CR K and CR M.

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On October 30 at Horseshoe Reservoir, Nick Komar reported 1 ad Thayer's Gull and 14 ad Lesser Black-backed Gulls.

---On October 25 at Boyd Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported 2nd-cyc Mew Gull.

---On October 25 at Horsesheo Reservoir, Steve Mlodiow reported Mew Gull and 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.

---On October 24 at Hamilton Reservoir by Rawhide Power Plant, David Leatherman reported Pacific Loon.

---On October 23 a Lesser Black-backed Gull was reported by Chris Goulart at Fossil Creek Reservoir on the far east side along the frontage road.

---On October 22, a juv Pacific Loon was reported by John Shenot and Georgia Doyle at Douglas Reservoir.  On October 24, Joe Mammoser and David Leatherman reported Pacific Loon at Douglas Reservoir.

---On October 16 at Boyd Lake, Nick Komar reported juv Pacific Loon at south end of lake and Sabine's Gull.  On October 18, Joe Mammoser reported Pacific Loon at south end of Boyd Lake.

LOGAN COUNTY:

---On October 23 at Prewitt Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Sabine's Gull.

---On October 22 at Jumbo Reservoir, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Red-necked Grebe.

MESA COUNTY:

---On October 5 on old Hwy  6 in De Beque Canyon, JoAnn Riggle reported a Trumpeter Swan.  On October 9, Mike Henwood reported ad Trumpeter Swan at the DeBeque Canyon Tunnel Pullout Area.  The swan was in the river close to where you re-enter  I-70. On October 12, Mike Henwood reported Trumpeter Swan and 3 Bewick's Wrens at DeBeque Canyon Tunnel Pullout Area.  On October 13, Phil Lyon reported Trumpeter Swan at BeBeque canyon tunnel Pullout Area.  On October 21, JoAnn Riggle reported Trumpeter Swan at DeBeque Canyon Tunnel Pullout Area.

MONTROSE COUNTY:

---On November 1 in Nucla, Coen Dexter reported Bewick's Wren and Chipping Sparrow.

MORGAN COUNTY:

---On October 23 at Jackson Lake SP, Steve Mlodinow reported Surf Scoter.

---On October 21 at Jackson Lake SP, Glenn Walbek and Mark Peterson reported Sabine's Gull, WESTERN GULL (probably same one that was at Prewitt), 1st-cyc Thayer's Gull, Lapland Longspur, 2 Chestnut-collared Longspurs, and McCown's Longspur.  On October 22, Nick Komar reported WESTERN GULL, juv Sabine's Gull, Lapland Longspur, and 4 McCown's Longspurs at Jackson Lake SP.

---On October 18 at Jackson Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported ad Thayer's Gull.  On October 18 at Jackson Reservoir, Jesse Casias reported Lesser Black-backed Gull.

OURAY COUNTY:

---On October 28 at Ridgeway Reservoir, Ira Sanders reported Thayer's Gull.

PARK COUNTY:

---On October 30 in town of Lake George, 4 Great-tailed Grackles were reported by Glenn Walbek, Mark Peterson, and Tony Leukering.

---On October 23 at Eleven Mile Reservoir, Glenn Walbek reported 2 Surf Scoters, Black Scoter, and Red Phalarope; David Tonnessen and Kara Carragher reported Black Scoter and Red Phalarope at Eleven Mile.  On October 25 at Eleven Mile Reservoir, David Suddjian reported f Black Scoter near Howbert Point and 4 f-type Surf Scoters.  On October 30 at Eleven Mile Reservoir, Dean Shoup and Joey Kellner reported 3 Surf Scoters, Black Scoter, Red Phalarope and Thayer's Gull.

---On October 23 at Spinney Mountain SP, Mark Peterson reported 2 Black Scoters and 3 Surf Scoters.  On October 25 at Spinney Mountain, David Suddjian reported Red-throated Loon.  On October 30 at Spinney Moutain Reservoir, Glenn Walbek, Mark Peterson, and Tony Leukering reported 9 Surf Scoters (1 ad, 8 juv), White-winged Scoter and 2 Black Scoters.

PITKIN COUNTY:

---On October 28, Roger Linfield reported a Pacific Loon 1.2 m west of inlet to Ruedi Reservoir.  On October 29, JoAnn Riggle and Catherine Hagen reported Pacific Loon at Ruedi Reservoir.  On October 30, Cait Boyd reported Pacific Loon at Ruedi Reservoir.  On November 1 at Ruedi Reservoir, Johnalyn Yancy reported Pacific Loon.

PROWERS COUNTY:

---On October 30 at Lamar Community College Woods, Janeal Thompson reported Bewick's Wren and 4 Northern Cardinals.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

---On October 30 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported ad Black-legged Kittiwake in the SE corner, Red-necked Grebe and juv Sabine's Gull off West Fishing Road and a Pacific Loon looking west in SWA.  On October 31, Brandon Percival and Loch Kilpatrick reported Black-legged Kittiwake and Red-necked Grebe at Pueblo Reservoir; and  Christine Alexander, Renee Casias, and Dale Adams reported Red-throated Loon, Greater Roadrunner, and 2 Curve-billed Thrashers at Pueblo Reservoir.  On October 31, Gwen Moore and Mark Chavez reported Black-legged Kittiwake at Pueblo Reservoir.  On November 1 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival, Christ Gilbert, Tim Ryan, and Mel and Jeanne Goff reported Black-legged Kittiwake and Brandon also reported a f-type Surf scoter in SE part of Reservoir.

---On October 28 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported Red-throated Loon between South Shore Marina and Sailboard Launch Area.

---On October 22 at Lake Beckwith in Colorado City, Dave Silverman reported a f-type Surf Scoter.

SEDGWICK COUNTY:

---On October 23 at Jumbo Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 5 Lapland Longspurs, Chestnut-collared Longspur, and Common Redpoll.

WASHINGTON COUNTY:

---On October 23 at Prewitt Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Sabine's Gull, Thayer's Gull, and Lapland Longspur.

WELD COUNTY:

---On October 24, David Leatherman reported 5000+ Sandhill Cranes and hundreds of Lapland Longspurs on CR 122 just east of CR 77.

YUMA COUNTY:

---On October 8 at Pipit Hill in Hale Area, Bill Kaempfer and his field trip reported Sprague's Pipits and Chestnut-collared Longspurs. On October 15 at Pipit Hill in Hale Area, a Sprague's Pipit was reported by Mark Chavez, Art Hudak, and Christine Alexander.  On October 18 at Pipit Hill in Hale Area, Adam Vesely reported Sprague's Pipit.

Denver Field Orthinologists Field Trips

The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, November 5 is the Scoter Trip led by Joey Kellner (vireo1 AT comcast.net; 303-978-1648).

Trail Difficulty:  Strenuous. 

Directions:  Meet on the side of Deer Creek Canyon Rd, just west of Wadsworth at 5:30 am.  Join in an all-day search for migrant grebes, loons, and scoters.  Bring lunch and come prepared for all kinds of weather and wide variety of driving conditions November can bring.  A State Parks pass is required for drivers of carpoolling vehicles.  Will carpool in 3 cars and return to meeting location no later than 7 pm.

Daylight Savings time ends November 6

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday November 6 will be to Rueter-Hess Reservoir led by Mary Cay Burger (mcburger3 At juno.com; 720-940-8394).  This trip is full.

The DFO Field Trip ofr Tuesday, November 8 will be to Southwest Metro Area Ponds and Lakes led by David Suddjian (dsuddjian At gmail.com; 831-713-8659).  This trip is full. 

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder

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