Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: January 31, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, January 31 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, & the order of families has changed.
BRANT (Arapahoe, *Jefferson)
Trumpeter Swan (*Douglas)
Tundra Swan (Bent, Boulder, Delta, Weld)
White-winged Scoter (Arapahoe)
Long-tailed Duck (Larimer)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Archuleta, Garfield,)
Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo)
Greater Roadrunner (Otero)
Dunlin (Douglas, Pueblo)
Least Sandpiper (*Otero)
American Woodcock (Larimer)
Greater Yellowlegs (Bent)
Thayer's Gull (Arapahoe, Bent, Pueblo)
ICELAND GULL (Arapahoe)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, *Arapahoe, El Paso, Pueblo)
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL (Araphaoe)
Glaucous Gull (Arapahoe)
Great Black-backed Gull (Arapahoe, Pueblo)
Double-crested Cormorant (Arapahoe, Pueblo)
Turkey Vulture (*Boulder)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Boulder, Denver, Fremont)
Red-naped Sapsucker (Boulder)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Otero, *Pueblo)
Chihuahuan Raven (Lincoln, Otero)
Juniper Titmouse (Fremont)
Stub-tailed Wren (Boulder)
Bewick's Wren (Otero)
Gray Catbird (Jefferson)
Curve-billed Thrasher (*Pueblo, Weld)
American Pipit (Archuleta)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Park, Pitkin)
Black Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Pitkin)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Pitkin)
Lapland Longspur (Logan)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Otero)
Canyon Towhee (Fremont, Otero)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Otero)
Northern Cardinal (Otero)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Bent, Otero)
*****For directions to unfamiliar locations (e.g. "Lower Latham"), please refer to CFO's Colorado County Birding site:
www.coloradocountybirding.org
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On January 22 at Aurora Reservoir, Matt Clark, Amy Davis, Frankie Toan, and Luke Pheneger reported BRANT, 7 Thayer's Gulls, 2 ICELAND GULLS, 8 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, 2 Glaucous Gulls, and 2 Great Black-backed Gulls. On January 24 at Aurora Reservoir, Scott Somershoe reported ad Thayer's Gull, 1-st cyc Glaucous Gull, and imm Great Black-backed Gull. On January 27 at Aurora Reservoir, Loch Kilpatrick and John Drummond reported White-winged Scoter, 2 Thayer's Gulls, ad ICELAND GULL, 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, Glaucous Gull, and 2 Great Black-backed Gulls (1 ad, 1 1-st cyc). On January 28 at Aurora Reservoir, Riley Morris, Dean Shoup, Sunny Bradford, Bill Kaep mfer, Glenn Walbek, and Cheryl Teuton reported BRANT, White-winged Scoter,
3 Thayer's Gulls, 7 Lesser Blacked Gulls, Glaucous-winged Gull, 2 Glaucous Gulls, and 2 Great Black-Backed Gulls (1 ad, 1 1-st cyc).
---On January 27 on South Platte River Northern Wildlife Area to W Bowles, Brian Johnson reported Double-crested Cormorant.
---On January 29 at Cooley Lake in South Platte Park, David Suddjian reported 1-st cyc Lesser Black-backed Gull.
ARCHULETA COUNTY:
---On January 23 on San Juan River Walk in Pagosa Spring, Ben Bailey reported 6 Barrow's Goldeneyes and American Pipit.
BENT COUNTY:
---On January 22 at John Martin Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Tundra Swan, Thayer's Gull, and 4 Brown-headed Cowbirds.
---On January 22 at Lake Hasty, Steve Mlodinow reported 6 Greater Yellowlegs.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On January 21, Minday Musick King reported 3 Tundra Swans at Cottonwood Marsh. On January 22, Chuck Hundertmark reported 3 Tundra Swans at Cottonwood Marsh/Walden Ponds.
---On January 23 at Bohn Park in Lyons, David Dowell reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. On January 29 at Bohn Park in Lyons, Nick Moore reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Red-naped Sapsucker.
---On January 27 at Fawn Brook Inn in Allenspark, Kara Carragher reported all three species of Rosy-Finches.
---On January 28 at Dry Creek Open Space in Boulder, Laura Steadman reported a Stub-tailed Wren.
---On January 30 at Boulder Valley Ranch, Thomas Heinrich reported Turkey Vulture.
DELTA COUNTY:
---On January 21 at G50 Road, Jon Horn reported 6 Tundra Swans. On January 22, at G50 Road, Carol Ortenzio reported 6 Tundra Swans. On January 23 at G50 Road, Betty Fenton reported 6 Tundra Swans. On January 24, Jason Beason reported 6 Tundra Swans at Escalante SWA and Rick Harner reported 6 Tundra Swans at G50 Road.
---On January 29 at Confluence Park, Eric Hynes reported m Barrow's Goldeneye.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On January 26 at Washington Park, Aaron Tucker reported 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. On January 27 at Washington Park, Aaron Tucker, Jason Bidgood, Joe Roller, Doug Kibble, Mark Obmascik, Rebecca Laroche, sand Lock Kilpatrick reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. On January 28, Tom Behnfield reported that many birders saw the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Washington Park.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On December 27, Jeff Beavers reported Trumpeter Swan at Chatfield. The Swan can be seen by going upstream from Kingfisher Bridge to Pond 5 or from High Line Canal Trail accessed from Titan Road. On January 22, Chuck Hundertmark reported Trumpeter Swan from Upstream from Kingfisher Bridge and Karen Drozda and Bea Weaver reported Trumpeter Swan from High Line Canal Trail and Titan Road. On January 27, Liza Antony reported Trumpeter Swan from High Line Canal Trail and Titan Road. On January 28, Ray Brakke and Bill Kaempfer reported Trumpeter Swan from High Line Canal Trail and Joey Kellner and Nelson Fort reported Trumpeter Swan from upstream of Kingfisher Bridge. On January 30, Alison Mari reported Trumpeter Swan from upstream of Kingfisher Bridge.
---On January 24 at McLellen Reservoir, SE Corner and High Line Canal Trail, Gregg Goodrich reported Dunlin. On January 27, Rebecca Laroche, Tom Behnfield, and Steve Rash reported Dunlin at High Line Canal Trail and McLellen Reservoir periphery. On January 28 at McLellen Reservoir, Bill Kaempfer, Dean Shoup, Tom and Debbie Behfield, Art Hudak, and Cynthia Madsen reported Dunlin. On January 29 at McLellen Reservoir, Tim Ryan, Lynn Sauer, Anna Troth,
and Gregg Goodrich reported Dunlin.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On January 23 at Big Johnson, Kyle Hawley reported Lesser Black-backed Gull.
FREMONT COUNTY:
---On January 24 at Tunnel Drive in Canon City, Dan Stringer reported 8 Canyon Towhees.
---On January 24 on Temple Canyon Road, Dan Stringer reported Juniper Titmouse.
---On January 24 at West side of Centennial Park, Dan Stringer reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On January 28 along Devereus Road and two Rivers Park in Glenwood Springs, JoAnn Riggle reported 17 Barrow's Goldeneyes.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On January 26 at Indian Tree Golf Course on Wadsworth north of 72nd Ave, Arvada, Doug Faulkner reported a BRANT. On January 27 at Indian Tree Golf Course, Philip Pratt, Deb Stuart,Eric DeFonso, Janis Robinson and Matt Clark reported BRANT. On January 28, Luke Pheneger reported that many birders saw the BRANT at Indian Tree Golf Course. On January 28, Amy Cervene and many other birders saw the BRANT at Indian Tree Golf Course. On January 30 Betty Glass and Cheri Phillips reported BRANT at Indian Tree Gold Course.
---On January 29 at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt Prospect Park, Paul Slingsby reported Gray Catbird.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On January 8, David Wade and Cole Wild reported 2 American Woodcocks at Bobcat Ridge Natural Area in the creek between the parking lot and the road. On January 27, Kara Carragher reported American Woodcock at Bobcat Ridge NA. On January 28 at Bobcat Ridge Natural Area, David Dowell, Andrew McFadden, Gene Rutherford, and Drew Bennett reported American Woodcock. On January 29 at Bobcat RIdge Natural Area, Robert Beauchamp, Richard and Christine Sparks, Bill Kaempfe, Matt Clark, and Susan Bonfiglio reported American Woodcock.
---On January 27 on Hwy 27 from Allenspark, Kara Carragher reported all 3 species of Rosy-Finches.
LINCOLN COUNTY:
---On January 23 SE of Hugo on CR 2P, Tyler Stuart reported 2 Chihuahuan Ravens.
OTERO COUNTY:
---On January 22 at Rocky Ford SWA/Ryan's Pond, Steve Mlodinow reported Lincoln's Sparrow, 2 Northern Cardinals, Bewick's Wren.
---On January 22 at Higbee Valley Road, Steve Mlodinow reported 4 Greater Roadrunners, 4 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, 11 Chihuahuan Ravens, and Rufous-crowned Sparrow.
---On January 22 at a Feedlot south of La Junta on CO 109, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 2 Chihuahuan Ravens and 500 Brown-headed Cowbirds.
---On January 23 at Vogel Canyon, Stan Oswald reported Rufous-crowned Sparrow.
---On January 23 at Higbee Cemetery, Stan Oswald reported 2 Greater Roadrunners, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 18 Chihuahuan Ravens, and 14 Canyon Towheees.
---On January 30 at Rocky Ford SWA, Stan Oswald reported 2 Least Sandpipers.
PARK COUNTY:
---On January 28 in Jefferson, Kevin DeBoer reported 13 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches.
PROWERS COUNTY:
---On January 18 at Lamar Community College Woods, Dave Leatherman reported Carolina Wren, Red-bellied Woodpecker, and 4 Northern Cardinals.
---On January 18 at Willow Valley Subdivision E of Willow Creek Park, Dave Leatherman reported 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On January 22 at South Marina of Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival, Glenn Walbek, Loch Kilpatrick, Cheryl Teuton, and Dan Brooks reported 3 Double-crested Cormorants, Dunliun, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, and Curve-billed Thrasher. On January 22 at Pueblo Reservoir, Hobie Cat, Cheryl Teuton reported 2 Red-necked Grebes. On January 23 at Pueblo Reservoir, South Marina, Brandon Percival reported Lesser Black-backed Gull and Great Black-backed Gull. On January 28, Brandon Percival reported Thayer's Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, and 3 Curve-billed Thrashers at Pueblo Reservoir.
---On January 30 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), John Drummond reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker and 2 Curve-billed Thrashers.
WELD COUNTY:
---On January 22 at CR 116 and CR 133, Mike Stanley and Gene Rutherford reported 3 Curve-billed Thrashers.
---On January 22 on CR 5 S of Hwy 119 near Longmont, Kat Bradley-Bennett reported 4 Tundra Swans (2 ad, 2 imm). On January 28 on CR 5 S of Hwy 118, Gene Rutherford reported 4 Tundra Swans (2 ad, 2 imm). On January 29, Matt Clark and Susan Bonfiglio reported 4 Tundra Swans on CR 5.
Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips:
Sign up on line for field trips at DFO's Website.
The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, February 4 will be to Allenspark and Lyons led by Nina Routh and Mike Serruto (nrouth AT
copper.net;
303-987-8687). This trip is full.
The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, February 4 will be South Platte River Trail at E 88th Ave and I-76 led by Mark Amershek (mamershek At
msn.com;
303-329-8646). Meet at 0800 at the parking area at 88th ave and South Platte River Trail. From I-76 take E 88th Ave exit, go west on 88th for 1.6 miles, ten turn south at Colorado Blvd. Turn left again into the parking lot for the South Platte River Greenway Trailhead.Hike along paved trail and occasionally in adjacent mud for up to three miles. Register online or contact leader.
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, February 5 will be to Riverside Cemetery/Platte River led by Kevin Corwin (kevygrudguy AT
aol.com;
720-482-8544). This trip is full.
Good birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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