Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: March 3, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 3 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 (Jefferson)
Swan spec (Boulder)
Trumpeter Swan (Douglas, Jefferson)
Tundra Swan (Boulder)
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK (Weld)
Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo)
Greater Roadrunner (Baca)
American Woodcock (Larimer)
Thayer's Gull (Adams, *Larimer, Weld)
ICELAND GULL (Larimer, Weld)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Adams, Douglas, El Paso, *Larimer, Weld)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larimer, Pueblo)
Turkey Vulture (Jefferson)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Las Animas)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Prowers)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Baca, El Paso)
Chihuahuan Raven (Baca)
Winter Wren (*El Paso)
Carolina Wren (Prowers)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Prowers)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Jefferson, Pitkin, San Miguel)
Black Rosy-Finch (Pitkin, San Miguel)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Boulder, Jefferson, Pitkin, San Miguel)
Lapland Longspur (Larimer, Logan, Weld)
Canyon Towhee (Baca)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Mesa)
Red Fox Sparrow (*El Paso)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Boulder)
Northern Cardinal (Prowers)
Great-tailed Grackle (Weld)
*****For directions to unfamiliar locations (e.g. "Lower Latham"), please refer to CFO's Colorado County Birding site: www.coloradocountybirding.org
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On February 19 at McKay Road Ponds, Adam Vesely reported 2 Thayer's Gulls, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (3 ad, 2 juv). On February 20 at McKay Gravel Ponds, Ryan and Jack Bushong reported 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
---On March 2 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal at Lake Ladora, Candice Johnson reported Lesser Black-backed Gull.
BACA COUNTY:
---On February 25 at Carrizo Canyon Picnic Area, Alan Versaw reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Chihuahuan Raven, and Canyon Towhee.
---On February 25 at Cottonwood Canyon (Southern Loop), Alan Versaw reported 2 Greater Roadrunners and 4 Canyon Towhee.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On February 17 at Walden/Sawhill in Boulder, Carrie Vaughn reported 3 Tundra Swans and 2 Lincoln's Sparrows. On February 19, Todd Deininger reported Tundra Swans at Walden Ponds. On February 20 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Mark Minner-Lee reported 3 Tundra Swans and Lincoln's Sparrow. On February 25 at Sawhill Ponds, Kyle Medina reported swan. On February 26 at Cottonwood Marsh, Mark Miller reported 3 Tundra Swans sleeping and a 4th swan fly in. The 4th swan is a bit of a mystery. It may be a hybrid Trumpeter/Tundra. On February 28, Ted Floyd reported 3 Tundra Swans at Walden/Sawbill.
---On February 24 at Fawn Brook Inn in Allenspark, Dan Stringer reported 10 Brown-capped and 2 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On February 27, Brandon Percival reported Trumpeter Swan at Chatfield SP on pond viewed from High Line Canal Trail accessed from Titan Road.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On February 21 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), Adam Vesely reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker.
---On February 23 at Memorial Park and Prospect Lake in Colorado Springs, Bill Maynard and RIchard Bunn reported 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. On February 26 at Memorial Park and Prospect Lake, Heidi Eaton, Leonard and Joy Lake reported Lesser Black-backed Gull.
---On February 27 at Sinton Pond Open Space, Richard Taylor, David Tonnessen, Brandon Percival, Kara Carragher, and Richard Bunn reported Red Fox Sparrow. On March 2 at Sinton Pond Open Space, David Tonnessen reported Winter Wren and John Bruder reported Fox Sparrow.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On February 24 at Chatfield SP, Cheri Phillips reported Trumpeter Swan. It was seen from Heron Overlook on the reservoir. On February 25 at Chatfield SP upstream from Kingfisher Bridge west of gravel ponds, Richard Taylor, Art Hudak, and Gwen Moore reported Trumpeter Swan. On February 26 at Chatfield gravel ponds, Phil Lyon reported Trumpeter Swan.
---On February 27 at Indian Tree Golf Course, Brandon Percival reported BRANT. On February 28, Heidi Retherford reported BRANT at Indian Tree Gold Course.
---On March 1 at Squaw Pass Road, Diane Roberts reported 120 Brown-capped Rosy-Finches and 40 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On February 24 near Wellington on CR 64, David Dowell reported 2 Lapland Longspurs.
---On February 26 at Bobcat Ridge, Cheryl Teuton and Dan Brooke reported American Woodcock in creek east of ranger's house. On February 27 at Bobcat Ridge, Brandon Percival reported American Woodcock. On Februrary 28, Susan Rosine reported American Woodcock at Bobcat Ridge.
---On February 26 at Horseshoe Reservoir, David Dowell reported juv Thayer's Gull, juv ICELAND GULL, and 7 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (1 juv, 1 imm, 5 ad). On February 27 at Horsehoe Reservoir in Loveland, David Wade reported juv ICELAND GULL, and juv Great Black-backed Gull, and 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. On February 28 at Horseshoe Reservoir, David Dowell reported 3 Thayer's Gulls (2 ad, 1 juv), ICELAND GULL, 10 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (2 imm, 8 ad), and Great Black-backed Gull. On March 1 at Horseshoe Reservoir, Andy Bankert reported 2 Thayer's Gulls, 13 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and Great Black-backed Gull. On March 2 at Horsehsoe Reservoir, Robert Beauchamp reported 2 Thayer's Gulls and 7 Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY;
---On March 1 at Lake Dorothy, Chuck Hundertmark reported 12 Lewis's Woodpeckers.
MESA COUNTY:
---On February 21 at Brewster's Ridge/Bar X Wash, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported Sagebrush Sparrow
PROWERS COUNTY:
---On February 21 at N end of Willow Creek Park in Lamar, Dave Leatherman reported ad m Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
---On February 20 at N end of Lamar Community College Woods, Dave Leatherman reported a sing Carolina Wren; heard a Red-bellied Woodpecker at the S end, 4+ Northern Cardinals, and a Curve-billed Thrasher in Woodland Park Subdivision south of the woods, right where Woodland Park Drive crosses Willow Creek.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On February 26, at Pueblo Reservoir, Rock Canyon below the dam, Richard Taylor reported Great Black-backed Gull.
---On February 28 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported that the Red-necked Grebe continues.
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY:
---On February 24 and 25, Eric Hynes reported all 3 species of Rosy-Finches at his feeders in Telluride. If you
would like to try for them please contact him at erichynes28 AT gmail.com
WELD COUNTY:
---On February 24, Gary Lefko reported 2 Lapland Longspurs on N side of dump along CR 84, .25 m E of CR 25 in fallow field on south.
---On February 25, Glenn Walbek reported AMERICAN BLACK DUCK at Woods Lake. On February 25 at Woods Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, 2 ad Thayer's Gull, ad ICELAND GULL, 2 ad Thayer's Gulls, Great-tailed Grackle. On February 26 at Woods Lake, John Drummond, Jeannie Mitchell, and Lynne Miller reported AMERICAN BLACK DUCK. On February 27, Brandon Percival reported AMERICAN BLACK DUCK at Woods Lake.
--On February 26 at Drake Lake, Gary Lefko reported 2 Great-tailed Grackles.
Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips:
The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, March 4 will be to South Platte river Trail at E 99th Ave and I-76 led by Chuck Hundertmark (chundertmark8 AT gmail.com; 303-604-9531). Meet at 0800 at 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, then turn south at Colorado Blvd, Turn left again into the parking lot for South Platte River Greenway Trailhead.
Hike along pave trail and occasional in adjacent mud for up to three miles. Scopes optional. Bring water and snacks. Register online or contact leader.
The DFO Field trip for Sunday, March 5 will be to Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR led by George Mayfiled & Karen Drozda (georgemayfield AT gamil.com; 720-289-9395). This trip is full
Good birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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