Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: April 2, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, April 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 families has changed.
Mallard (Mexican intergrade) (*Larimer)
Trumpeter Swan (Archuleta, Routt)
Tundra Swan (Weld)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Routt)
Greater Roadrunner (*Weld)
Snowy Plover (*Boulder)
Mountain Plover (Costilla, *El Paso, Kiowa, Lincoln, *Logan)
Thayer's Gull (*Larimer)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Larimer)
Great Black-backed Gull (*Larimer)
Red-headed Woodpecker (*Logan)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (*Logan)
Williamson's Sapsucker ( Pueblo)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*Denver)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Otero)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Clear Creek)
Black Phoebe (Archuleta, *Boulder, *Mesa, Pueblo)
Eastern Phoebe (*Jefferson, Otero)
Winter Wren (El Paso)
Carolina Wren (Pueblo)
Bewick's Wren (Otero, Pueblo)
Sage Thrasher (Boulder)
Bohemian Waxwing (*Jackson)
Lapland Longspur (Weld)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kit Carson, Lincoln)
McCown's Longspur (Lincoln)
Northern Parula (Custer)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Otero)
Field Sparrow (*Yuma)
Savannah Sparrow (Larimer)
Fox Sparrow (*Arapahoe, El Paso)
Lincoln's Sparrow (El Paso)
EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Douglas)
Great-tailed Grackle (Boulder, Kit Carson)
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On March 31 at Cherry Creek SP above East Boat Ramp in upper parking lot, Cheryl Teuton and Dan Brooke reported Red Fox Sparrow. On April 1 at Cherry Creek Sp, Jeff Dawson, Dan Brooke, Tom and Debbie Behnfield, Glenn Walbek, and Dean Shoup reported Red Fox Sparrow.
ARCHULETA COUNTY:
---On March 28 at Pinon Lake Reservoir, Ben Bailey and Byron Greco reported Trumpeter Swan.
---On March 28 at Navajo Reservoir/Piedra River upstream, Ben Bailey and Bryon Greco reported 2 Black Phoebes.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On March 27 Will Niccolls and Sue Riffe reported Black Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St. On March 29, Sharon Norfleet reported that the Boulder Bird Club saw Black Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St. On March 30, Chris Brown, Brian Johnson, and Norm Lewis reported Black Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St. On April 1, Aidan Goldie, Nick Moore and Dean Shoup reported Black Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St.
---On March 29 at Sombrero Marsh, the Boulder Bird Club reported Great-tailed Grackle.
---On March 31 at Prince Lake #2, Ted Floyd reported Sage Thrasher.
---On April 1 at Baseline Reservoir in Boulder, Peter Gent found a Snowy Plover in the SW corner. The plover was seen by many birders on April 1.
---On April 1 at Baseline Reservoir, Todd Deininger reported Eastern Phobe on east side.
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY:
---On March 28 at Guanella Pass Campground, Craig Robson reported 3 American Three-toed Woodpeckers.
COSTILLA COUNTY:
---On March 29 south of Smith Reservoir, John Rawinski and John Stump reported 9 Mountain Plovers.
CUSTER COUNTY:
---On March 30 at Lake DeWeese, Clif Smith and Pearle Sandstrom-Smith reported a m Northern Parula.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On April 1 at Denver City Park, Patrick O'Driscoll reported a male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in conifer SW of tennis courst on the W side of park. This was part of a DFO Field trip.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On March 28 at Ute Valley Park, David Tonnessen reported Lincoln's Sparrow.
---On March 30 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, Diana Beatty reported a Lincoln's Sparrow.
---On April 1 on Squirrel Creek Road just NE of Ellicott Hwy, Linda Hodges reported 2 Mountain Plovers.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On March 20 at Sinton Pond Open Space, David Tonnessen reported Winter Wren. On March 23 at Sinton Pond Open Space, David Tonnessen reported Winter Wren and Fox Sparrow (Red). On March 23, Chris Bronbin reported Winter Wren at Sinton Pond. On March 24 at Sinton Pond Open Space, Glenn Walbek and Mark Peterson reported Fox Sparrow (Red). On March 30, David Tonnessen and Mark Minner-Lee reported Winter Wren at Sinton Pond and Tonnessen reported Fox Sparrow (Red). On March 31, John Drummond reported Red Fox Sparrow at Sinton Pond.
JACKSON COUNTY:
---On April 1 on CR 27 W of Hwy 14, Ruben and Victor Stoll reported 11 Bohemian Waxwings.
---On April 1 on CR 41 E of Hwy 14, Ruben and Victor Still reported 5 Bohemian Waxwings.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On April 1 at Chatfield SP Audubon Center and Trails, Aaron Shipe reported Eastern Phoebe.
KIOWA COUNTY:
---On March 29 about 5 miles south of Eads on CR 40, Bill Kaempfer reported 5 Mountain Plovers.
KIT CARSON COUNTY:
---On March 27 on Creek B (road) Glenn Walbek reported 7 Chestnut-collared Longspurs, 15 McCown's Longspurs and Savannah Sparrow. The longspurs are possibly nesting in this area.
---On March 30 near intersection of CR 12 and CR L, Glenn Walbek reported 44 Chestnut-collared Longspurs and 4 Great-tailed Grackles.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On March 31 on Poudre Canyon Road near Bellvue, Ruben and Victor Stoll reported Savannah Sparrow.
---On April 1 at Horseshoe Reservoir, Andy Bankert and David Wade reported imm Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Thayer's Gulls, and 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. On April 1, Andy Bankert also reported Mallard (Mexican Intergrade) at Horseshoe Reservoir.
LINCOLN COUNTY:
---On March 29 on CR 3E, Bill Kaempfer reported 50 longspurs (McCown's and Chestnut-collared) and 1 Mountain Plover.
LOGAN COUNTY:
---On April 1 at Tamarack Ranch, Area 6, Scott Manwaring reported 2 Mountain Plovers, Red-headed Woodpecker, and 3 Red-bellied Woodpeckers.
MESA COUNTY:
---On April 1 at Colorado River SP, Fruita Section, Brett Walker reported Black Phoebe.
OTERO COUNTY:
---On March 27 – 28 at Picketwire Canyon (Comanche National Grasslands), Nathan Pieplow reported
Eastern Phoebe, Bewick's Wren, Rufous-crowned Sparrow, and Ladder-backed Woodpecker.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On March 25 on Arkansas River Trail east of Pueblo Blvd, Brandon Percival and Kara Carragher reported singing Carolina Wren. On March 31 on Arkansas River Trail east of Pueblo Blvd, Glenn Walbek reported Winter Wren, Carolina Wren, and Bewick's Wren.
---On March 28 at Pueblo Reservoir, Rock Canyon below dam, north of river, Ben Sampson reported Black Phoebe and 2 Bewick's Wrens.
ROUTT COUNTY:
---On March 28 at Stagecoach Reservoir near Oak Creek, Tom Litteral reported imm Trumpeter Swan and 5 Barrow's Goldeneyes. On March 31, Tresa Moulton reported imm Trumpeter Swan at Stagecoach Reservoir.
WELD COUNTY:
---On March 27, Mark Minner-Lee and Frank Farrell reported Tundra Swan at Stewart's Pond. On March 28, Mike McCloy reported Tundra Swan at Stewart's Pond. On March 30 at Stewart's Pond, Sue Riffe, Ivan Mota, and Phil Bartley reported Tundra Swan and 6 Great-tailed Grackles. On March 31, Cherri Phillips reported Tundra Swan at Stewart's Pond.
---On April 1 S of Stewart's Pond, Frank Farrell reported Greater Roadrunner.
YUMA COUNTY:
---On April 1 at Beecher Island, Craig Robson reported Field Sparrow.
Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, April 2 will be to South Platte Park led by Gregg Goodrich (GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com; 303-665-9135). Meet at 0800 at south end of South Platte Park near C-470. From C-470 take Platte canyon Rd/South Platte Park exit. From Platte canyon Rd at Depew Street turn southeast onto the entrance road for South Platte Park. Contuse past a 90-degree left turn and the first parking lot, and meet in the second parking lot.
Will walk up the South Platte for about two miles. Register online or contact leader.
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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