Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: May 29, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, May 29 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)
Chukar (Garfield)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (El Paso, Logan)
White-winged Dove (Bent)
Chimney Swift (El Paso, Kit Carson, Logan, Sedgwick,Weld, Yuma)
Black Rail (Pueblo)
Sandhill Crane (*Boulder)
Snowy Plover (Crowley, *Weld)
Semipalmated Plover (Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa, Weld)
Upland Sandpiper (*Logan)
Stilt Sandpiper (El Paso, Weld)
Sanderling (Bent, Douglas, Kit Carson, Logan *Weld)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Douglas, El Paso, Pueblo, Weld)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Crowley, Weld)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Crowley, El Paso, La Plata, Saguache, *Weld)
Green Heron (Boulder, Arapahoe)
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Yuma)
Glossy Ibis (San Juan)
Mississippi Kite (El Paso, *Logan, Phillips, Pueblo)
Broad-winged Hawk (El Paso, Jefferson, *Kit Carson, *Weld, Yuma)
Laughing Gull (Weld)
Caspian Tern (Bent, Weld)
ARCTIC TERN (Weld)
Red-throated Loon (Sedgwick)
Red-headed Woodpecker (El Paso, *Kit Carson, *Logan, *Pueblo, Sedgwick, Yuma)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (*Logan, Weld)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Larimer, Pueblo)
ALDER FLYCATCHER (*El Paso, *Logan, Pueblo)
Least Flycatcher (Boulder, *Chaffee, Eagle *El Paso, *Jefferson, *Kit Carson, Phillips, *Pueblo, Sedgwick, Washington)
Gray Flycatcher (*Boulder, Denver, El Paso, Jefferson, Weld)
Black Phoebe (*Garfield)
Eastern Phoebe (Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Logan, Yuma)
Cassin's Kingbird (Arapahoe, Douglas, El Paso)
White-eyed Vireo (Alamosa, Logan)
Bell's Vireo (El Paso, *Logan)
Blue-headed Vireo (*Pueblo)
Purple Martin (Gunnison)
Gray-cheeked Thrush (*Logan, Yuma)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Larimer)
Lapland Longspur (Jackson, Weld)
McCown's Longspur (Bent, *Larimer, *Logan, Weld)
Ovenbird (Jefferson, *Kit Carson, *Logan, Phillips)
Worm-eating Warbler (Denver)
Northern Waterthrush (Arapahoe, Chaffee, *El Paso, Jefferson, *Kit Carson, Larimer, Mineral, Pueblo, Washington)
Golden-winged Warbler (Jefferson)
Black-and-white Warbler (*Eagle, Jefferson)
Tennessee Warbler (*Logan)
Nashville Warbler (Jefferson)
Hooded Warbler (Boulder, Douglas)
CAPE MAY WARBLER (*Pueblo)
Northern Parula (El Paso, *Kit Carson, Phillips, Yuma)
Magnolia Warbler (*Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, *Pueblo,*Weld)
Bay-breasted Warbler (Kit Carson)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Phillips)
Blackpoll Warbler (Jefferson, *Larimer)
Yellow-throated Warbler (*Pueblo)
Grace's Warbler (*El Paso, Mesa)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (*Boulder, Jefferson, Mesa)
Black-throated Green Warbler (*Logan)
EASTERN TOWHEE (*Logan)
Field Sparrow (*Logan)
BAIRD'S SPARROW (*Larimer)
Summer Tanager (La Plata)
Northern Cardinal (*Boulder, *Logan, Yuma)
Dickcissel (*Logan)
Bobolink (Denver, Rio Blanco)
Baltimore Oriole (El Paso, *Logan, Sedgwick, Weld, Yuma)
ALAMOSA COUNTY:
---On May 24 at Alamosa Golf Course, Jahn Rawinski reported White-eyed Vireo.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
--- On May 23 at Cherry Creek SP Cottonwood Creek Wetlands, Ben Sampson reported Green Heron. On May 27 at Cherry Creek SP, Eric Zawatski reported Northern Waterthrush.
---On May 23, David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported Cassin's Kingbirds at Richmil Open Space, CR 38 at East Bijou Creek, CR 42
BENT COUNTY:
---On May 26 at Hasty Campground, Ira Sanders reported White-winged Dove.
---On May 27 at John Martin Reservoir, Ira Sanders reported 2 Sanderling, Caspian Tern, and f McCown's Longspur.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On May 23 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported Green Heron and Bewick's Wren.
---On May 23 at COMET office, Bryan Guarente reported Gray Flycatcher.
---On May 23 on CU East Campus, Mark Minner-Lee reported f Hooded Warbler.
---On May 24 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Least Flycatcher. On May 26 at Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Gray Flycatcher.
---On May 27 on Old S St Vrain Road in Lyons, Carl Starace and Steve Frye reported m Magnolia Warbler.
---On May 28 at Kittredge Ponds on the S end of CU Boulder Main Campus, Nathan Pieplow reported m Black-throated Gray Warbler.
---On May 28 on St Vrain Road, Pam Piombion reported 2 Sandhill Cranes circling
---On May 28 on CU East campus, David Ely reported Gray Flycatcher near Space Science Bldg; Peter Burke reported Gray Flycatcher.
---On May 28 in Hawthorne Gulch near pump house, Phil Thorpe reported imm m Magnolia Warbler.
---On May 28 on South Mesa Trail in Boulder, David Waltman reported hearing Northern Cardinal.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
---On May 28 in Buena Vista, San Isabel NF, Christain Hogenlocher reported Least Flycatcher.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On May 23 at TwinLake/Clear Creek Open Space, Mele Avery reported Bobolink.
---On May 23 at Bear Creek Park, Doug Kibbe reported Gray Flycatcher.
---On May 26 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Chris Rurik reported Worm-eating Warbler on N side of lake.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On May 23 at Roxborough Open Space, Bea Weaver reported Hooded Warbler.
---On May 23 at Parker Regional Park/Salisbury Equestrian Park, Chris Gilbert reported Cassin's Kingbird. On May 25 at Parker Regional Park/Salisbury Equestrian Park, Tim Ryan reported Cassin's Kingbird.
---ON May 25 in Parker at North Water Treatment Facility, Diane Roberts and Mary Burger reported 2 White-rumped Sandpipers.
EAGLE COUNTY:
---On May 23 at Gypsum Ponds, JoAnn Riggle reported Least Flycatcher.
---On May 28 at Buffehr's Creek Trail, Ryan Bushong reported Black-and-white Warbler.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On May 25 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded Northern Waterthrush. On May 26 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded Northern Waterthrush; David Elwonger reported Bell's Vireo. On May 27 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown reported banding Northern Waterthrush and Least
---On May 20 at Chico Basin, Jeannie Mitchell and John Drummond reported Blackpoll Warbler. On May 21 at Chico Basin Ranch, Bob Spencer reported Red-headed Woodpecker and Canyon Towhee.
---On May 25 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, Caleb and Kyle Hawley reported Semipalmated Plover and Red-headed Woodpecker. On May 27 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, Steve Getty reported 6 White-rumped Sandpipers, 12 Semipalmated Sandpipers, and Cassin's Kingbird.
---On May 23 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Grace's Warbler was reported by David Tonnessen, Caleb and Kyle Hawley. On May 24 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Dale and Joel Adams reported Gray Flycatcher and Grace's Warbler. On May 26 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Aaron Driscoll reported Grace's Warbler. On May 27 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Gary Koehn reported Grace's Warbler. On May 28 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Eric Plage reported Gray Flycatcher and Grace's Warbler; Scott Manwaring and Bez Bezuidenhout reported Grace's Warbler.
--- On May 23 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Yellow-billed Cuckoo was reported by Tim Leppek, Caleb and Kyle Hawley, Richard Bunn, and Chris Brobin. On May 24 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Dale and Joel Adams and David tonnessen reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
---On May 23 at Adams Open Space in Fountain, Chris Gilbert reported Broad-winged Hawk, 2 Mississippi Kites, and Ovenbird.
---On May 24 at Big Johnson, Chris Brobin reported Mississippi Kit and Red-headed Woodpecker.
---On May 28 at Sinton Pond OS, David Tonnessen reported 2 Least Flycatcher, Northern Waterthrush.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On May 27 on CR 201, Dean Shoup reported 2 Chukar.
---On May 28 at Carbondale Fish Hatchery, Vic Zerbi reported Black Phoebe.
GUNNISON COUNTY:
---On May 26 at west end of CR 265, Dean Shoup reported 2 pairs of Purple Martin looking like they were going to nest.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
--- On May 24 at Chatfield Banding Station Meredith McBurney banded Northern Waterthrush. On May 28 at Chatfield Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Least Flycatcher.
---On May 22 at Waterton Canyon from Waterton Road to overhead pipes, David Suddjian reported Gray Flaycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, and Black-throated Gray Warbler
---On May 22 at Belmar Park, Kim Mauritz reported Gray Flycatcher.
---On May 23 at St Anthony Hospital McIntyre Gulch, Scott Somershoe reported Gray Flycatcher.
---On May 24 at Chatfield SP, upstream of Kingfisher Bridge, David Suddjian his DFO field trip reported 2 Broad-winged Hawks, 13 Least Flycatchers, and 2 Eastern Phoebe.
---On May 26 on High Grade Road in Deer Creek Canyon, David Suddjian and his DFO Field Trip reported Ovenbird.
---On May 27 at Hayden Green Mountain Park, Larry Versaw reported 4 Least Flycatchers, Black-and-white Warbler, and Nashville Warbler.
---On May 27 at Belmar Park, Catherine Boisseau reported pair of Blackpoll Warblers.
KIT CARSON COUNTY:
--- On May 27 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, Dale and Joel Adams reported Red-headed Woodpecker and f Bay-breasted Warbler. On May 28 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, Steve Mlodinow reported Broad-winged Hawk, 3 Red-headed Woodpecker, 5 Least Flycatchers, 2 Ovenbirds, 2 Northern Waterthrush and Northern Parula.
---On May 23 at Burlington Water Treatment Plant, Eric Hough reported Sanderling and 60 Chimney Swifts.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On May 24 at Lory SP vied from along Lodgepole Dr, Nick Komar reported Curve-billed Thrasher. Lory SP is close to Blue Spruce Drive.
---On May 22 on Spring Creek Trail just east of Spring Canyon Park, Brad Biggerstaff reported Northern Waterthrush.
---On May 24 at North Shields Pond Natural Area, Tim Priehs and Doug Swartz reported Gray Flycatcher.
---On May 26 on CR 92 at Bio Solids Facility Gate, David Wade reported 2 McCown's Longspur.
---On May 26 on CR 6 between Buckeye and Carr, Nick Komar, David Wade, and Austin Hess reported 2 Curve-billed Thrashers.
---On May 27 at Soapstone Prairie, Nick Moore reported 5 BAIRD'S SPARROWS and 7 McCown's Longspurs. On May 28 at Soapstone Prairie, Mackenzie Goldthwait et al reported f McCown's Longspur and 6 BAIRD'S SPARROWS; Kevin DeBoer reported BAIRD'S SPARROW>
---On May 38 at Lee Martinez Park, Rob Sparks reported m Blackpoll Warbler.
LOGAN COUNTY:
---On May 23 at Jumbo Reservoir, Cole Wolf reported 3 Sanderling, Chimney Swift, and Ovenbird. On May 24 at Jumbo Reservoir, Gwen Moore and Sue Riffe reported Red-headed Woodpecker and 2 Baltimore Orioles.
---On May 24 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Gwen Moore and Sue Riffe reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 3 Great Crested Flycatchers, White-eyed Vireo, Baltimore Oriole and 3 Dickcissel. On May 28 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Luke and Tray Pheneger and Maikel and Susan Wise reported 21 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Bell's Vireo, ALDER FLYCATCHER, 2 Field Sparrows, EASTERN TOWHEE, Northern Cardinal, 8 Baltimore Orioles.
---On May 28 at Duck Creek SWA, Luke and Tracy Pheneger and Maikel and Susan Wise reported Upland Sandpiper, Red-headed Woodpecker, Gray-cheeked Thrush, McCown's Longspur, Ovenbird, Tennessee Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, and 2 Dickcissell.
---On May 28 east of Sterling, Luke Pheneger reported a flyover Mississippi Kite.
MESA COUNTY:
---On May 25 On Telephone trail area, Peter Blank reported Grace's Warbler.
---On May 27 in Carson Hole Area, Rodene Harwood and Ronda Woodward reported 2 Grace's Warblers.
MINERAL COUNTY:
---On May 23 at Creed sewage ponds, Roger Linfield reported Northern Waterthrush.
PHILLIPS COUNTY:
---On May 26 at Holyoke Cemetery, Norm Erthal et al reported Least Flycatcher, Ovenbird, Chestnut-sided Warbler, and Mississippi Kite.
---On May 26 at Lion['s Club Fishin' Hole, Norm Erthal et al reported Northern Parula.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On May 22, Van Truan and Brandon Percival reported Yellow-throated Warbler at Mineral Palace Park. On May 24 at Mineral Palace Park, Jan Allbriht, Richard Bunn and Bill Maynard reported Yellow-throated Warbler and nesting Mississippi Kites; Jeff Dawson reported Yellow-throated Warbler. On May 25, Van Truan and Eric DeFonso reported Yellow-throated Warbler at Mineral Palace Park. On May 26 at Mineral Palace Park, Van Truan reported Yellow-throated Warbler. On May 27 at Mineral Palace Park, Tom Behnfield reported 2 Yellow-throated Warblers.; Van Truan reported one Yellow-throated Warbler. On May 28 at Mineral Palace Park, Dan Fleming reported 2 Yellow-throated Warblers; Mark Chavez reported 2 Yellow-throated Warblers; Heidi Eaton reported 1 Yellow-throated Warbler.
---On May 27 at Chico Basin Ranch, Dale and Joel Adams reported ALDER FLYCATCHER at headquarters, White-rumped Sandpiper, Red-headed Woodpecker, Least Flycatcher, 3 Northern Waterthrush, and Magnolia Warbler at Rose Pond. On May 28 at Chico Basin Ranch headquarter area, Ginny Bergstrom and Renee Casias reported 2 Red-headed woodpeckers, Least Flycatcher, and Magnolia Warbler; Matt Newport reported Northern Waterthrush.
---On May 26 at Nepesta Road Marsh, Brad Steger and Mark Peterson reported 2 Black Rail.
SAGUACHE COUNTY:
---On May 25 at Russell Lakes SWA, John W. Cobb reported Semipalmated Plover.
SAN JUAN COUNTY:
---On May 22 at Silverton sewage ponds, Roger Linfield reported Glossy Ibis.
SEDGWICK COUNTY:
---On May 23 at Sand Draw SWA, Cole Wolf reported 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers and Least Flycatcher.
---On May 24 in town of Ovid, Sue Riffe and Gwen Moore reported 6 Chimney Swifts.
---On May 24 at DePoorter Lake, Gwen Moore and Sue Riffe repored 2 Chimney Swifts and Baltimore Oriole.
---On May 26 at Jumbo Reservoir, Norm Erthal et al reported basic plumaged Red-thoated Loon.
WELD COUNTY:
--- On May 23 at Stewart's Pond, Steve Mlodinow reported Mute Swan, 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, Pectoral Sandpiper, and Semipalmated Sandpiper. On May 24 at Steart's Pond, Norm Lewis reported Mute Swan.
---On May 26 at Crow Valley CG, Bob Shade reported Chimney Swift. On May 27 at Crow Valley CG, Amy Davis reported Magnolia Warbler.
---On May 28 at Crow Valley CG, Gene Rutherford reported 1-st year Broad-winged Hawk.
--- On May 23 at Union Reservoir, Sue Riffe reported 2 White-rumped Sandpipers and 2 Caspian Terns; Randy Siebert reported Semipalmated Sandpiper, 2 Sandering, Semipalmated Sandpiper, and 2 Caspian Terns; Steve Mlodinow reported Snowy Plover, 43 Sandlering, 2 Caspian Terns, and Baltimore Oriole. On May 24 at Union Reservoir, Jared Kidder reported Caspian Tern. On May 27 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported ARCTIC TERN, Stilt Sandpiper, Sanderling, 17 White-rumped Sandpipers, and 6 Semipalmated Sandpipers. On May 28 at Union Reservoir, Gene Rutherford reported Snowy Plover and 2 Sanderling
---On May 23 at Pawnee NG Murphy's Pasture area and auto tour stops 2 and 3, JoAnn Hackos reported 2 McCown's Longspurs.
YUMA COUNTY:
---On May 22 at Stalker Pond, Steve Mlodinow reported Broad-winged Hawk, 20 Chimney Swifts, 4 Northern Cardinals, and 5
Baltimore Orioles.
---On May 22 at windbreak at CR 51/US 385, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Northern Parula and Baltimore Oriole.
Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips
The DFO Field Trip for Monday, May 29 will be to Barr Lake SP led by Chuck Hundertmark (chundertmark8 AT gmail.com; 303-604-0531)
The DFO Field trip for Saturday, June 3 will be to Delaney Community Farm led by A. J. Gest (offsetaj AT comcast.net; 303-994-2420)
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, June 4 will be to Red Rocks Park led by Alison Kondler (BirdingByEar AT msn.com; 303-904-9140)
For more information on the field trips go to dfobirds.org.
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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