[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 9 November 2016

Compiler:  Mary Driscoll

e-mail:    RBA AT cobirds.org

Date:  November 9, 2016 

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday November 9, 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)

Surf Scoter (Arapahoe, Jackson, Kiowa, Park, Weld)

White-winged Scoter (Arapahoe, Kiowa, Park)

Black Scoter (Park)

Barrow's Goldeneye (Grand, Routt)

Red-necked Grebe (Boulder, Larimer, *Pueblo)

Least Sandpiper (Morgan)

Greater Roadrunner (Huerfano)

Greater Yellowlegs (Jackson)

Red Phalarope (Park)

Black-legged Kittiwake (*Pueblo)

Sabine's Gull (Adams, Pueblo)

Mew Gull (Arapahoe, Crowley)

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

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

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

Pacific Loon (Arapahoe, Bent, Crowley, Pitkin, *Pueblo)

Black-crowned Night-Heron (Larimer)

Osprey (Weld)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Morgan)

American Three-toed Woodpecker (Boulder)

Say's Phoebe (Douglas)

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

Hermit Thrush (Morgan)

Curved-billed Thrasher (Kit Carson, Pueblo)

Lapland Longspur (El Paso, Kit Carson)

Orange-crowned Warbler (Delta)

Chipping Sparrow (Montrose)

Northern Cardinal (Prowers)

Great-tailed Grackle (Kiowa, Park, Weld)

*****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 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. 

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.  On November 4, 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 November 5, a Red-necked Grebe was reported by Steve Frye and Nick Moore at Boulder Reservoir.

---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.

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.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

---On November 4, at Roxborough Open Space, Bea Weaver reported Say's Phoebe.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On November 3, at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), BIll Maynard reported Lapland Longspur.

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 November 5, at Boyd Lake SP, Bob Righter reported Red-necked Grebe.

---On November 4, at Fort Collins City Park lake, Caroline Olson reported juv Black--crowned Night-Heron.

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

MONTROSE COUNTY:

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

MORGAN COUNTY:

---On November 5, at Jackson Lake SP, Riley Morris reported Lesser Black-backed Gull, Red-bellied Woodpecker, and Hermit Thrush.

---On November 3, at Jackson Lake SP, David Dowell reported Least Sandpiper, Lesser Black-backed Gull and 3 Lapland Longspurs.

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 Sc

oters.  On October 25 at Spinney Mountain, David Suddjian reported Red-throated Loon.  On October 30 at Spinney Mountain 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.  On November 2, Tom & Kay McConnell and Carol Ortenzio reported Pacific Loon at Ruedi Reservoir.

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, On November 8, Brandon Percival reported the Red-necked Grebe, Black-legged Kittiwake and Pacific Loon were seen in SWA of 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-typeSurf scoter in SE part of Reservoir.  On November 2, at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival and JoAnn Andrews reported that the Black-legged Kittiwake continues in the SE corner.  On November 3, Brandon Percival reported that the Black-legged Kittiwake was seen by some in the SE corner of Pueblo Reservoir.  On November 4,  & November 8, Brandon Percival reported Pacific Loon in SWA at Pueblo Reservoir.  

---On October 28, at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported Red-throated Loon between South Shore Marina and Sailboard Launch Area.  On November 3, Brandon Percival and Kara Carragher reported Red-necked Grebe by Sailboard Launch Area of Pueblo Reservoir.  

ROUTT COUNTY:

---On November 2, at Catamount Lake, Tresa Moulton reported Barrow's Goldeney and Thayer's Gull.  On November 4, JoAnn Riggle reported Thayer's Gull at Catamount Lake.

WELD COUNTY:

---On November 5, Tracy Pheneger reported f Surf Scoter and Osprey at Union Reservoir.

---On November 4, Steve Mlodinow reported pair of Surf Scoters at Union Reservoir and 285 Great-tailed Grackles.

Denver Field Orthinologists Field Trips

Sign up on line for field trips at DFO's Website:

Belmar Historic Park Nov. 12, 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Leader Jackie King Easy

Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Nov. 12, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Leader Pratyaydipta Rudra & Sreemala Das Majumder Moderate

Prospect Park (Wheat Ridge Greenbelt) Nov. 13, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Leader Kevin Corwin Easy

Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop Nov. 13, 9:00AM - 12:30 PM Easy

Good Birding,

Mary Driscoll

Unincorporated Arapahoe County