Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: April 27, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, April 27 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 now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families has changes.
Mute Swan (Weld)
Mallard (Mexican intergrade) (Boulder)
Barrow's Goldeneye (*Montrose)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld)
Greater Prairie-Chicken (Washington)
White-winged Dove (Cheyenne)
Chimney Swift (Denver, *El Paso)
Black Rail (*Bent)
Black-bellied Plover (Crowley , *Kiowa)
Snowy Plover (Crowley, *Kiowa)
Semipalamated Plover (*Boulder, Crowley, *El Paso, *Kiowa, *La Plata, Weld)
Upland Sandpiper (Logan)
Whimbrel (*El Paso, Morgan Pueblo, Weld)
Long-billed Curlew (Archuleta, Jefferson, La Plata, Larimer)
Sanderling (*El Paso, *Kiowa)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Morgan)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Crowley, El Paso)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Boulder, Crowley, Douglas, *Kiowa, La Plata, Morgan, Weld)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Morgan, Weld)
Solitary Sandpiper (Jefferson, La Plata)
BROWN PELICAN (*Mesa)
Green Heron (Jefferson, Larimer, Pueblo)
Glossy Ibis (Mesa, Weld)
Mississippi Kite (*Denver)
Broad-winged Hawk (*Bent, *Jefferson)
Laughing Gull (Weld)
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 (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, Pueblo, Rio Blanco)
Eastern Phoebe (*Boulder, Douglas, el Paso, Jefferson)
White-eyed Vireo (Weld)
Gray Vireo (La Plata)
Winter Wren (*Bent)
Caroline Wren (Pueblo)
Curve-billed Thrasher (*Bent, El Paso)
Lapland Longspur (Jackson, Weld)
McCown's Longspur (Douglas)
Nashville Warbler (*El Paso, Jefferson)
Yellow-throated Warbler (*Pueblo)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (*Jefferson)
Cassin's Sparrow (Morgan, Washington)
Brewer's Sparrow (Boulder, Morgan, Weld)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Adams, Morgan, Washington, Weld)
Northern Cardinal (Logan)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On April 22 on Rector-Leader Road, Wendy Wibben 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.
---On April 26 at Cherry Creek SP East Boat Ramp, a Northern Parula was reported by Rebecca Laroche, Cheri Phillips, Cheryl Teuton and Dan Brooke.
ARCHULETA COUNTY:
---On April 23 in Dunnagan Reservoir Area, Charles Martinez and Jean Zirhlet reported Long-billed Curlew.
BENT COUNTY:
---On April 25 at Tempel Grove on CR 35, Dave Leatherman reported 2 Broad-winged Hawks (1 a, 1imm).
---On April 26 at Fort Lyon, Weston Smith reported 2 Black rail, 3 Curve-billed Thrashers, and Winter Wren.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On April 22 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, David Ely and Steve Frye reported Black and 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 26 Randy Siebert reported Black and Eastern Phoebe at Boulder Creek and 75th St.
---On April 22 at Lagerman Reservoir, Luke Pheneger reported Semipalamated Sandpiper.
---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.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On April 21 at Washington Park, Jeff Dawson reported 2 Chimney Swifts.
---On April 26, Chris Goulart reported a pair of Mississippi Kites at end of Delgany by Cherry Creek.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On April 21 Thomas Holub and Tom Behnfield reported McCown's Longspur at Chatfield SP Model Airplane Field. On April 22, Gregg Goodrich reported McCown's Longspur 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 Chatfield SP Marina Sandpit, Joey Kellner, Thomas Holub, 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 26 at Ramah SWA, Cindy Bouldin reported Sanderling and David Tonnessen, Joy and Leonard Lake reported Semipalmated Plover, Whimbrel, and Sanderling.
---On April 24 at Paint Mine OS, Rod Schmidt reported Black-throated Sparrow.
---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 Drummone reported 2 Eastern Phoebe and 2 Ladder-backed Woodpeckers. On April 24, Chris Goulart reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker at Chico Basin Ranch.
---On April 22 at Hanover Fire Station Area, John Drummond reported Curve-billed Thrasher.
---On April 23 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded imm Gray Flycatcher.
---On April 26 at Sondermann Park, Linda Hodge reported Nashville Warbler after first bridge.
---On April 26 at Memorial Park and Prospect Lake, Dale Adams reported 6 Chimney Swift.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On April 21, Debbie James reported 2 Broad-winged Hawks at Dinosaur Riedge Hawk Watch. On April 23, Mike Fernandez reported 4 Broad-winged Hawks at Dinosaur Ridge Hawk Watch.
---On April 21 on Wheat Ridge Green Belt, 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 Flycatch upstream of Kingfisher Bridge and a pair of Eastern Phoebe near the 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 Suddjian reported a pair of eastern Phoebe.
---On April 25near Buckhorn Road bridge about .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 Masey Draw at Dakota Hogback close to culvert un C470, David Suddjian reported Eastern Phoebe.
---On Apri l 25 at Bear Creek Lake Park Big Sode Lakes N trail, Bruce Cyganowski, Phil Lyon, and Frank Farrell reported Black-throated Gray Warbler. On April 26 at Bear Creek Lake Park Big Soda Lakes N trail, Matt Clark, Susan Bonfiglio, Phil Lyon and Tom Behnfield reported Black-throated Gray Warbler.
---On April 25 at White Deer Valley Cougar Road, David Suddjian reported 2 Eastern Phoebe and Nashville Warbler.
---On April 26, David Suddjian reported ad Broad-wingd Hawk flew over St Mary Church at South Prince St in Littleton.
KIOWA COUNTY:
---On April 25 at Nee Noshe Reservoir, Dave Leatherman reported 3 Sanderling, Long-billed Curlew, 150 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 5 Semipalmated Plovers, and 2 Snowy Plovers.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
---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 Reservooir, Nina Koch and Michael Dietzman reported Solitary Sandpiper. On April 25 at Pastorius Reservoir, Jason St Pierre and Susan Allerton reported Semipalmated Plover. On April 25 at Pastorius Reservoir, Amy Dobins reported Semipalmated Plover and 5 Long-billed Curlews. On April 26 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton reported Semi palmated Plover.
---On April 22 at Zink's Pond, Amy Dobbins and Katy Shirley reported Gray Vireo.
---On April 22 at Long Hollow Creek Parking Area, Jason St. Pierre reported Gray Vireo.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On April 24 at Horseshoe reservoir, Nick Komar reported 2 Caspian Terns. On April 25 at Horsehsoe Reservoir, Nick Komar and David Wade reported Whimbrel and 1-st cyc Lesser Black-backed Gull. On April 26 at Horsehsoe Reservoir, Nick Komar reported 2-nd cyc Lesser Black-backed Gull and Caspian Tern.
---On April 22 at Boyd Lake SP, Joe Mammoser reported 4 Long-billed Curlews and 3 Caspian Terns.
---On April 23 at Running deer/Cottonwood Hollow in Fort Collins, Joey Angstman reported Green Heron.
LOGAN COUNTY:
---On April 24 at Tamarck Ranch SWA, Randy Siebert reported 2 Red-headed Woopeckers, 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 24 at Highline Lake SP, Mike Henwood reported Glossy Ibis.
---On April 25 at Corn Lake, Susan Longest reported BROWN PELICAN. On April 26, Dave and Diane Trappet t and many other birders reported BROWN PELICAN at Corn Lake.
MONTROSE COUNTY:
---On April 26 at Black Canyon Crystal Dam, Betty Fenton reported Barrow's Goldeneye.
MORGAN COUNTY:
---On April 22 on CR 35, 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 Aprl 24 at intersection of Hwy 71 and CR JJ, Clinton Nienhaus reported 4 White-rumped Sandpipers and 7 Semipalmated Sandpipers.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On April 22, Van Truan, Brandon Percival and Loch Kilpatrick reported Yellow-throated warbler at mineral Palace Park at 15h and Court. On April 23 at mineral Palace Park, Yellow-throated Warbler was reported at scatter places by Brandon Percival, Amy Davis, Van truan, and Kara Carragher. On April 26 at Mineral Place Park, Van Truan reported Yellow-throated Warbler in SW corner.
---On April 23 at Pueblo Reservoir North Picnic Road, Brandon Percival and 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, 6 Black Poebe 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 Sparrows and 2 Grasshopper Sparrows.
WELD COUNTY:
---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, Dale and Joel Adams reported Mute Swan and 2 Short-billed Dowitchers at Stewart's Pond. On April 25 at Steart's Pond, Steve Mlodinow reported Mute Swan and Short-billed Dowitcher.
---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 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, Christ wood, Jessie Barry, and 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 Behren 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 at Union Reservoir, Luke Pheneger, Maikel and Susan Wise reported Semipalmated Plover, Laughing Gull, 2 Caspian Terns, and Grasshopper Sparrow.
---On April 26 at CR 59 Pond, Rebecca Grieser reported Glossy Ibis.
---On April 23 at Pawnee NG Murphy's Pasture and auto tour stops 2 and 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.
Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips:
The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, April 29 will be to Jackson Lake Reservoir led by Chuck Hundertmak (chundertmark8 AT gmail.com; 303-605-0531). Meet at 0830 at Colorado Parks and Wildlife, 6060 N Broadway. Exit I-25 at 58th Ave, go west 2 blocks to Broadway, then north 2 block 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. Scope will be helpful and remember you mud boots as we may hike through some mud. Plan to carpool and remain for the full trip. Register online or contact leader.
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, April 30 will be to First Creek at Denver Open Space led by John Breitsch and 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 Monte Vista NWR led by jill Boice (jill AT booksandcats.net; 303-864-7580). Meet at Visitor Center at 0800.
Directions: 6129 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 west on W Co Rd 6 2 to the Visitor Center.
Overnight trip. Casey Setash, a graduate student at CSU, is tracking Cinnamon teal at Monte Vista NWR.
She will take us to an area where she is trapping ducks for hand-on-fun. Then she will take us for a tour of a couple of the interesting areas around the refuge that might include areas that are not normally open to the public. For Those arriving in Monte Vista on Saturdya, 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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