Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: April 26, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, April 26 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.
Mute Swan (*Weld)
Mallard (Mexican intergrade) (Boulder)
Greater Sage-Grouse (Jackson)
Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Gunnison)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld)
Greater Prairie-Chicken (Washington)
White-winged Dove (Cheyenne, Weld)
Chimney Swift (Denver)
VAUX'S SWIFT (Pueblo)
Black-bellied Plover (Crowley)
Snowy Plover (Crowley)
Semipalmated Plover (Boulder, Crowley, El Paso, *La Plata, Weld)
Upland Sandpiper (Logan)
Whimbrel (*Larimer, Morgan, Pueblo, Weld)
Long-billed Curlew (Archuleta, Jefferson, * La Plata, Larimer)
CURLEW SANDPIPER (Kiowa)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Morgan)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Boulder,Crowley, El Paso, Weld)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Boulder, Crowley, Douglas, La Plata, Morgan, Weld)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Morgan, *Weld)
Solitary Sandpiper (Jefferson, *La Plata)
Green Heron (Jefferson, Larimer, *Pueblo)
Glossy Ibis (Mesa, Pueblo, Weld)
Broad-winged Hawk (Jefferson, Larimer)
Laughing Gull (Weld)
Thayer's Gull (Larimer)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Larimer)
Caspian Tern (Arapahoe, Boulder, La Plata, Larimer, Morgan, Weld)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Logan)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Gunnison, Pueblo)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Gunnison)
Least Flycatcher (Jefferson)
Gray Flycatcher (El Paso, Rio Grande)
Black Phoebe (*Boulder, Conejos, La Plata, Mesa, Pueblo, *Rio Blanco)
Eastern Phoebe (*Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, *Jefferson, Yuma)
White-eyed Vireo (Weld)
Gray Vireo (La Plata)
Carolina Wren (Kit Carson, *Pueblo, Yuma)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso)
Sprague's Pipit (Yuma)
Lapland Longspur (*Jackson, Weld)
McCown's Longspur (Douglas, Larimer)
Nashville Warbler (*Jefferson)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo)
Grace's Warbler (Montose)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (*Jefferson)
Cassin's Sparrow (Morgan, Washington)
Brewer's Sparrow (Boulder, El Paso, Larimer, Morgan, Weld)
Black-throated Sparrow (El Paso)
Savannah Sparrow (Lincoln)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Adams, Morgan, Washington, Weld)
Fox Sparrow (Gunnison, Mesa)
Summer Tanager (El Paso)
Northern Cardinal (Logan)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On April 20 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Zach Schiff reported Grasshopper Sparrow.
---On April 22 on Rector-Leader Road, Wendy Wibbens reported Grasshopper Sparrow near intersection with 112th.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On April 21 at Cherry Creek SP East Boat Ramp, Cheryl Teuton and Dan Brooke reported Caspian Tern.
ARCHULETA COUNTY:
---On April 23 in Dunnagan Reservoir area, Charles Martinez and Jean Zirhelt reported Long-billed Curlew.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On April 20, Karen Drozda reported Black and Eastern Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St. On April 22 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, David Ely and Steve Fry reported Black and Eastern Phoebe; Adam Veseley reported Eastern Phoebe. On April 23, Carmencita and Dean Shoup, Matt Hofeditz, and Earl Johnson reported Black and Eastern Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St. On April 25 at Boulder Creek and 75th St., Mike Hensley and Rebecca Grieser reported Black and Eastern Phoebe.
--- On April 20 at Lagerman Reservoir, Ted Floyd and Luke Pheneger reported Pectoral Sandpiper. On April 22 at Lagerman Reservoir, Luke Pheneger reported Semipalmated Sandpiper.
---On April 21 in Louisville on gravel trail S of Warembourg, Ryan and Jack Bushong reported Brewer's Sparrow.
---On April 22 at Boulder Reservoir, Peter Burke and several other birders reported Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, and Caspian Tern.
---On April 24 at Hecla Lake in Lafayette, ted Floyd reported Mallard (Mexican intergrade).
CHEYENNE COUNTY:
---On April 23 in Kit Carson on US 287 east of Forest St, Clinton Neinhaus reported White-winged Dove.
CONEJOS COUNTY:
---On April 23 at Sanford on Rio San Antonio, Doug Kibbe, Jeff Dawson, and Mackenzie Goldthwait reported Black Phoebe.
CROWLEY COUNTY:
---On April 20 at Lake Meredith, Adam Vesely reported Black-bellied Plover and Semipalmated Plover.
---On April 23 at Lake Meredith area Feedlot Sewage Ponds, Matt Clark reported Black-bellied Plover, 2 Snowy Plovers, Pectoral Sandpiper, and 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On April 21 at Washington Park, Jeff Dawson reported 2 Chimney Swifts.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
--- On April 20, Tom Wilberding reported Eastern Phoebe near Kingfisher Bridge.
---On April 20 at Chatfield SP Model Airplane Field, Tom Wilberding and Dale Pate reported McCown's Longspur. On April 21, Thombas Holub and Tom Behnfield reported that the McCown's Longspur continues at Chatfield SP Model Airplane Field. On April 22, Gregg Goodrich reported that the McCown's Longspur continues at Chatfield SP Model Airplane Field. On April 23 at Chatfield SP Model Airplane Field, Chris Wood and Jessie Barry reported McCown's Longspur. On April 24 at Chatfield SP Model Airplane Field, David Suddjian reported McCown's Longspur.
---On April 22 at Chatfiled SP Marina sandspit, Thomas Holub, Joey Kellner, Scott Somershoe, and Loch Kilpatrick reported Semipalmated Sandpiper.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On April 21 at Ramah SWA, Rod Schmidt reported 2 Whimbrel and Cheri Phillips reported Semipalmated Plover and Pectoral Sandpiper. On April 22 at Ramah SWA, Dean Shoup and Robb Hinds reported 4 Semipalmated Plovers.
---On April 24 at Paint Mine OS, Rod Schmidt reported Black-throated Sparrow.
---On April 20 at Ramah SWA, Cheryl Teuton and Dan Brooke reported molting male Summer Tanager.
---On April 20 on Sand Creek Trail, Alan Versaw reported Brewer's Sparrow.
---On April 20 in field below Big Johnson, Mel and Jeanne Goff reported Eastern Phoebe.
---On April 21 on N Blaney Road in Colorado Springs, Kyle Hawley reported Semipalmated Plover.
---On April 22 at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area), John Drummond reported 2 Eastern Phoebe and 2 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers. On April 24, Chris Golart reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker at Chico Basin.
---On April 22 at Hanover Fire Station Area, John Drummond reported Curve-billed Trasher.
---On April 23 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded imm Gray Flycatcher.
GUNNISON COUNTY:
---On April 20 at Waunita Hot Springs Lek, Sue Riffe reported 10 Gunnison Sage-Grouse (8m, 2f).
---On April 20 at Monarch Pass, Sue Riffe Reported 2 Williamson's Sapsuckers,2 American Three-toed Woodpeckers and Slate-colored Fox Sparrow.
JACKSON COUNTY:
---On April 20 in Colamont area, Sue Riffe reported 4 Greater Sage-Grouse.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On April 21, Debbie James reported 2 Broad-winged Hawks at Dinosaur Ridge Hawk Watch. On April 23, Mike Fernandez reported 4 Broad-winged Hawks at Dinosaur Ridge Hawk Watch.
---On April 21 on Wheat Ridge GreenBelt, Lorraine Lanning reported Eastern Phoebe near bridge west of I-70 on Clear Creek trail.
---On April 24 at Robert Easton Regional Park, David Suddjian reported 2 Long-billed Curlew.
---On April 24 at Harriman Lake Park, David Suddjian reported Green Heron and Solitary Sandpiper.
---On April 24 at Chatfield SP, David Suddjian reported Least Flycatcher upstream of Kingfisher Bridge, pair of Eastern Phoebe near bridge.
---On April 24 at Deer Creek at Valley Rd near South Valley Park, David Suddjian reported Eastern Phoebe. On April 25 at Deer Creek at Valley Road, David Sudjian reported a pair of Eastern Phoebe.
---On April 25 near Buckhorn Oraod bridge aboaut .3 miles downstream from Valley Road, David Suddjian reported pair of Eastern Phoebe.
---On April 25 in Willow Creek Park near Chatfield Ave downstream of Garrison St, David Suddjian reported Eastern Phoebe.
---On April 25 at Massey Draw at Dakota Hobgack clost to culvert under C470, David Suddjian reported Eastern Phoebe.
---On April 25 at Bear Creek Lake Park big Soda Lakes N Trail, Bruce Cyganowski , Phil Lyon, and Frank Farrell reported Black-throated Gray Warbler.
---On April 25 at White Deer Valley Cougar Road, David Suddjian reported 2 Eastern Phoebe and Nashville Warbler.
KIT CARSON COUNTY:
---On April 20 at Safeway in Burlington, Ed Harper and Glenn Walbek reported Carolina Wren.
KIOWA COUNTY:
---On April 20 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Cole Wild reported a first spring f CURLEW SANDPIPER.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
---On April 20 at Pastorius Reseervoir, Susan Allerton and James Beatty reported Semipalmated Plover and Beth Wolff and Kristi Dranginis reported 4 flyover Long-billled Curlews. On April 21 at Pastorius Reservoir, Beth Wolff and Susan Allerton reported 3 Caspian Terns and Susan Allerton reported Semipalmated Plover and Black Phoebe. On April 22 at Pastorius Reservoir, Nina Koch and Michael Dietzman reported Solitary Sandpiper. On April 24 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton reported Semipalmated Sandpiper and Solitary Sandpiper. On April 25 at Pastorius Reservoir, Jason St Pierre and Susan Allerton reported Semipalmated Plover. On April 25 at Pastorius Reservoir, Amy Dobbins reported Semipalmated Plover and 5 Long-billed Curlews.
---On April 22 at Zink's Pond, Amy Dobbins and Katy Shirley reported Gray Vireo.
---On April 22 at Long Holow Creek Parking Area, Jason St. Pierre reported Gray Vireo.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On April 21 at Wellington SWA Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Megan Miller reported Brewer's Sparrow.
---On April 21 at Horseshoe Reservoir, David Wade and Nick Komar reported Thayer's Gull and McCown's Longspur. On April 24 at Horseshoe Reservoir, Nick Komar reported 2 Caspian Terns. On April 25 at Horseshoe Reservoir, Nick Komar and David Wade reported Whimbrel and 1-st cyc Lesser Black-backed Gull.
---On April 21 at Boyd Lake, Andy Bankert reported Whimbrel. On April 22 at Boyd Lake SP, Joe Mammoser reported 4 Long-billed Curlews and 3 Caspian Terns.
---On April 21 at North Shield Pond, David Wade reported Broad-winged Hawk.
---On April 23 at Running Deer/Cottonwood Hollow in Fort Collins, Joey Angstman reported Green Heron.
LOGAN COUNTY:
---On April 24 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Randy Siebert reported 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Red-bellied Woodpecker, and Northern Cardinal.
---On April 24 on Hwy 138 between Crook and Proctor, Randy Siebert reported Upland Sandpiper.
MESA COUNTY:
---On April 21 on Hwy 330 from Hwy 65 to Collbran, Mike Henwood reported pair of Black Phoebe near Collbran Conservation Corps on PE Rd.
---On April 21 at Vega Reservoir, Mike Henwood reported Slate-colored Fox Sparrow.
---On April 24 at Highline Lake SP, Mike Henwood reported Glossy Ibis.
MONTROSE COUNTY:
---On April 20, Coen Dexter reported 6 Grace's Warblers 9 miles NE of Nucla on the Nucla Delta Road at mile marker 33.
MORGAN COUNTY:
---On April 22 on CR 36, Chris Wood and Jessie Barry reported Cassin's Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, and Brewer's Sparrow.
---On April 23 at Jackson Reservoir, David Dowell reported 26 Whimbrel, Short-billed Dowitcher, and 3 Caspian Terns.
---On April 24 at intersection of Hwy 71 and CR JJ, Clinton Nienhaus reported 4 White-rumped Sandpipers and 7 Semipalmated Sandpipers.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On April 21 in Colorado City on pond behind BSJ Bank at SW corner of North Parkway and Hwy 165, David Silverman reported a Glossy Ibis.
---On April 21 in Pueblo, Van Truan heard Yellow-throated Warbler and on April 22, Van Truan, Brandon Percival, and Loch Kilpatrick reported Yellow-throated Warbler at Mineral Palace Park at 15th and Court. On April 23 at Mineral Palace Park, Yellow-throated Warbler was reported at scattered places by Brandon Percival, Amy Davis, Van Truan, and Kara Carragher.
---On April 22 over Arksansas River W of Pueblo Nature Center, Brandon Percival and Van Truan reported VAUX'S SWIFT.
---On April 23 at Pueblo Reservoir North Picnic Road, Brandon Percivaland Kara Carragher reported Whimbrel.
---On April 23 below Pueblo Reservoir Dam, Brandon Percival reported a pair of Black Phoebe.
---On April 24 east of Reservoir Road, Rick Clawges reported Carolina Wren. On April 25, Brandon Percival reported singing Carolina Wren and 5 Black Phoebes along Arkansas River East of Pueblo Blvd
---On April 25 at Pueblo City Park, Brandon Percival reported Green Heron.
RIO BLANCO COUNTY:
---On April 25 at Circle Park in Meeker, Jan Leonard reported Black Phoebe.
RIO GRANDE COUNTY:
---On April 23 near Bowen, John Rawinski reported Gray Flycatcher.
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
---On April 22 at CR P and CR 52, Chris Wood and Jessie Barry reported 4 Greater Prairie-Chicken, 2 Cassin's Sparrow and 2 Grasshoppper Sparrows.
WELD COUNTY:
---On April 20, Susan Rosine reported Mute Swan at Stewart's Pond. On April 15 at Stewart's Pond, Adam Vesely, Maikel and Susan Wise reported Mute Swan. On April 22 at Stewart's Pond, Chris Wood and Jessie Barry reported Mute Swan. On April 23 at Stewart's Pond, Luke Pheneger, Maikel and Susan Wise reported Mute Swan. On April 24 at Stewart's Pond, Dale and Joel Adams reported Mute Swan and 2 Short-billed Dowitchers. On April 25 at Stewart's Pond, Steve Mlodinow reported Mute Swan and Short-billed Dowitcher.
---On April 21 at Firestone Gravel Pits, Susan and Maikel Wise reported Pectoral Sandpiper.
---On April 21 on CR 24 W of CR 39, Maikel and Susan Wise reported White-winged Dove.
---On April 22 at Eaton Cemetery, Steve Mlodinow reported White-eyed Vireo.
---On April 22 on Pawnee NG at CR 138 and CR 99, Claudius Feger and George Mayfield reported Grasshopper Sparrow and Brewer's Sparrow.
---On April 22 on Pawnee NG at CR 130 east of CR 99, Claudius Feger and George Mayfield reported Sharp-tailed Grouse.
---On April 22 at CR 132 W of CR 111, Claudius Feger and George Mayfield reported 2 Sharp-tailed Grouse and 3 Chestnut-collared Longspurs.
---On April 22 at Loloff Reservoir, Chris Wood, Jessie Barry, Steve Mlodinow, and Matt Clark reported Glossy Ibis.
---On April 22 at Union Reservoir, Bill Fink and Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Caspian Terns.
---On April 22 at Beebe Draw, Steve Mlodinow reported Glossy Ibis.
---On April 22 at Behrens Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Semipalmated Plovers and 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers. On April 23 at Behrens Reservoir, Carmencita and Dean Shoup reported Semipalmated Plover and Mute Swan.
---On April 23 on CR 136 between CR 93 and CR 95, Austin Hess and CSU Ornithologist Club reported 2-4 Sharp-tailed Grouse, 2 Mountain Plover, and Grasshopper Sparrow.
---On April 23 at Union Reservoir, Luke Pheneger, Maikel and Susan Wise reported Semipalmated Plover, Laughing Gull, 2 Caspian Terns, and Grasshopper Sparrow.
---On April 23 at Pawnee NG Murphy's Pasture and auto tour stops 2 & 3, Austin Hess and CSU Ornithologist Club reported 3 Grasshopper Sparrows and 2 Brewer's Sparrows.
---On April 23 on CR 134 between CR 111 and CR 115, Art Hudak and Mark Chavez reported 19 Sharp-tailed Grouse and 2 Grasshopper Sparrows.
YUMA COUNTY:
---On April 20 at Bonny Reservoir Hopper Ponds, Ed Harper reported Eastern Phoebe and Carolina Wren.
Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips
The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, April 29 will be to Jackson Lake Reservoir led by Chuck Hundertmark (chundertmark8 AT gmail.com; 303-604-0531). Meet at 0730 at Colorado Parks and Wildlife, 6060 N Broadway. Exit I-25 at 58th ave, go west 2 blocks to Boradway, thennorth 2 blocks to parking lot on right to carpool. State Parks pass or day pass required.
This is an all-day trip so bring lunch, plenty of water, bug spray, and sunscreen. Scopes will be helpful and remember your mud boots as we may hike through some mud. Plan to carpool and remain for the full trip. Register online or contact leader.
The next monthly meeting of Denver Field Ornithologists will be on TUESDAY, April 25 at 7 pm at the Museum of Nature and Science. Nathan Pieplow will give a talk on the Mystery Owl of Mexico.
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, April 30 will be to First Creek at Denver Open Space led by John Breitsch & Patrick O'Driscoll (jbreitsch AT Hotmail.com; 303-588-0552). This trip is full.
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, April 30 will be to MonteVista NWR led to Jill Boice (jill AT booksandcats.net; 303-864-7580). Meet at Visitor Center at 0800.
Directions: 6120 S Highway 15, Monte Vista, CO 81144. From Monte Vista, go east on US 286/160 about 3 miles. Turn south on S Co Rd 3E and travel about 8.7 miles. Go wst on W Co rd 6 S to the Visitor Center.
Overnight Trip. Casey Setash, a graduate student at CSU, is tracking Cinnamon teal at MonteVIsta NWR. Sawy will take us to an area where she is trapping ducks for hands-on-fun. Then she will take us for a tour of a couple of interesting areas around the refuge that might include areas that are not normally open to the public. For those arriving in Monte Vista on Saturday, we will probably meet for a late afternoon visit to the refuge, to be determined. Please try to carpool from Denver. Contact Jill for Further details. Register online or contact leader.
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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