Compiler: Allison Hilf
e-mail: RBA@ cobirds.org
Date: June 13, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, June 13, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Highlight species include: (* and bold highlight indicates new information on this species)
NOTE: The RBA is now using the new AOU checklist and the order of families has changed.
Trumpeter Swan (Routt)
White-tailed Ptarmigan (Montezuma)
Red-necked Grebe (Jackson)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Heurfono,*Jefferson, Logan)
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (Logan)
LESSER NIGHTHAWK (Montrose)
Black Rail (Pueblo)
Black-bellied Plover (Kiowa)
Stilt Sandpiper (Logan)
White-rumpled Sandpiper (Logan)
Snowy Plover (Weld)
Caspian Tern (Kiowa)
COMMON LOON (Ouray)
Mississippi Kite (El Paso,
Phillips, Prowers)
Broad-winged Hawk (Routt)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (* El Paso)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Adams)
Acorn Woodpecker (Pueblo)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Jefferson, Larimer, Pueblo)
EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (Logan)
Least Flycatcher (Eagle, Larimer, Logan, Moffat)
Black Phoebe (Jefferson, Larimer, Weld)
Eastern Phoebe (Boulder)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (El Paso)
Great Crested Flycatcher (El Paso)
Purple Martin (Montezuma, Routt)
Eastern Bluebird (Adams, Pueblo)j
Wood Thrush (Logan)
Brown Thrasher (*Jefferson)
Sage Thrasher (Arapahoe)
McCown's Longspur (*Larimer)
Northern Waterthrush (Jackson)
Lucy's Warbler (Montezuma)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo)
Grace's Warbler (Pueblo)
BAIRD'S SPARROW (* Larimer)
Fox Sparrow (Eagle, Larimer)
Summer Tanager (Montezuma)
Northern Cardinal (Boulder, Logan, Prowers)
Indigo Bunting (*Arapahoe, Montezuma)
Baltimore Oriole (Washington)
Scott's Oriole (Las Animas, Logan)
ADAMS COUNTY:
--An Eastern Bluebird was reported at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR by Zach Schiff on June 11.
--A Red-headed Woodpecker was reported at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal by Rebecca Laroche on June 6.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
--An Indigo Bunting was reported at US County - Watkins 30076-32898 East Quincy Avenue-39.638x-104.627 on June 12.
--A Sage Thrasher was reported at E. Weaver Ave by Jared Del Rosso on June 11.
BENT COUNTY:
--A LEAST BITTERN was reported at Ft. Lyon Wildlife Easement by Steve Mlodinow on June 10.
--A LEAST BITTERN was reported at the Bent Fort Inn Birding Trail by Steve Mlodinow on June 10.
BOULDER COUNTY:
--A Northern Cardinal was reported at Hawthorn Gulch by Phil Thorpe on June 9 (first reported on June 1).
-- An Eastern Phoebe was perched on a fence above culvert on Rock Creek near Coalton Ave. It was reported by Emil Yappert on June 3 and on June 11.
EAGLE COUNTY:
--A Fox Sparrow was reported at East Vail Memorial Park area by Anna Edson on June 7.
--A Least Flycatcher was reported by JoAnn Riggle on June 7.
EL PASO COUNTY:
-- A Ladder-backed Woodpecker was reported by Monday Birders at Clear Spring Ranch on June 12.
--An Ash-throated Flycatcher was reported at Aiken Canyon Preserve by Lynne Forrester on June 10.
--A Mississippi Kite was reported at Adams Open Space in Fountain by David and Cheryl Hubbard on June 10.
--Great Crested Flycatcher was reported at Garden of the Gods Park by Walt Cochran on June 8.
—2 Ash-throated Flycatchers were reported at Ute Valley Park by David and Cheryl Hubbard on June 8; they reported one at same location on June 7.
HUERFANO COUNTY:
--A Yellow-billed Cuckoo was reported at a private home in La Veta by Polly Wren on June 11.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
--A Yellow-billed Cuckoo was reported fling between riparian stands at Docman Gulch wetlands in southern South Valley Park. It ended up in the cottonwoods along the Swallow Trail by David Suddijian on June 12.
--A Brown Thasher was reported at Massey Draw in Ken Carl Valley by David Suddijian on June 12.k
--A Black Phoebe was reported at Deer Creek Canyon Park by Aaron Shipe on June 7 and June 9.
KIOWA COUNTY:
--A Caspian Tern was reported at Adobe Creek Reservoir (Blue Lake) by Steve Mlodinow on June 10.
--A Black-bellied Plover was reported at Sheridan Lake Area (town and playa) by Steve Mlodinow on June 10.
LARIMER COUNTY:
--A BAIRD'S SPARROW was reported at Soapstone Prairie Natural Area by Nick Komar on June 10 and June 12.
--6 McCown's Longspur were reported at Soapstone Prairie Natural Area by Nick Komar on 1 on June 10.
-- A McCowns Longspur was reported at Lom
Ngsper -A Least Flycatcher was reported at Devil's Backbone by Nick Komar on June 9 ad 11.
--A Least. Flycatcher was reported at the Bobcat Ridge Natural Area by Walter Wehtje on June 6.
--A Black Phoebe has been Going back and forth between Larimer and Weld County. Please see Weld County information.
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY:
NOTE: THESE ARE NOT RARE BIRDS FOR LAS ANIMAS COUNTY (but for Scott's Oriole); they are highlights reported on BBS Route by Dave Leatherman and Janeal Thompson on June 5th. I'm including them in case someone wants to see some great birds down there — they reported 52 species total.
The Route starts about 10 miles west of Kim and runs north for 25 miles along the Villegreen Road:
Dickcissels
Long-billed Curlews
Lesser Goldfinch
Juniper Titmouse
Bushtit
Roadrunners
Curve-billed Thrashers
Cassin's Sparrows
Pinyon Jay
Woodhouse Scrub-Jay
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Mountain Bluebirds
Scott's Oriole (young male) - on PRIVATE LAND
Brewer's Sparrow (1)
LOGAN COUNTY:
--A Wood Thrush was reported at Tamarack Ranch State Wildlife Area by Gwen Moore on June 10.
--3 Stilt Sandpipers were reported at 5001-5775 County Road 27,(40.5113,-103.3327) by Amber Carver on June 10; 1 was reported by Alexander on June 11.
-- 4 White-rumped Sandpipers were reported at 5001-5775 County Road 27, (40.5113,-103.3327) by Amber Carver on June 10.
--A Least Flycatcher was reported at Crook (40.9203,-102.6971) by Augie Kramer on June 9.
--A Scott's Oriole was reported at Crook (40.838x-102.81) by Cheri Phillips on June 7.
--A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO and several Yellow -billed Cuckoos and an Eastern Wood-Peewee were reported at parking area 1 of Tamarack SWA on the west side of hwy 83 by Glenn Walbek on June 3. The EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE was reported in similar location by Charles Hundertmark non June 7 and by Robert Beauchamp On June 11.
--A Northern Cardinal was heard at Tamarack SWA by Bill Fink on June 3.
MOFFAT COUNTY:
--A Least Flycatcher was reported on the Loudy-Simpson Nature Trail by Christian Nunes on June 2 and was last reported by by Judy West on June 5.
MONTEZUMA COUNTY:
--A White-tailed Ptarmigan was reported in San Juan National Forest by Steve Russell on June 11.
--A Summer Tanager was reported at Yellowjacket Canyon/G Road by Glenn Walbek on June 11.
--7 Lucy's Warblers were reported at Yellowjacket Canyon /G Road by Glenn Walbek on June 11.
--An Indigo Bunting was reported at -37.221x-108.325 by Glenn Walbek on June 11.
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--A Purple Martin was overhead at Joe Moore Reservoir by Dennis Garrison reported on June 3.
MONTROSE COUNTY:
-- 2 LESSER NIGHTHAWKS were reported at Nucla Sewage Lagoons by Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright on June 7.
--A vuuuuuuGray Flycatcher was reported at Jill's Abode by Janet Thaw on June 6.
OURAY COUNTY:
--A Common Loon was found at 38.181x-107.744 by a loon named Walbek on June 10.
PROWERS COUNTY:
--2 Mississippi Kites were reported at Lamar Community College by Tony Leukering on June 6.
--A Northern Cardinal was reported at Lamar Community College by Tony Leukering on June 6.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
--A Yellow- Throated Warbler was reported at 19th & Court Street by Van Truman on June 4th and on June 11.
--An Acorn Woodpecker was reported at Pueblo Mountain Park by Norm Lewis on Paul Hurtado on June 5 and John Drummond on June 10.
--An Eastern Bluebird was reported at Doyle Bridge BBS Route by Paul Drummond on June 10.
--A Yellow-throated Warbler was reported at Mineral Palace Park by Gregg Goodrich and Jane Stump on June 9.
--A Grace's Warbler was reported to be located past the basketball courts and picnic areas at the T-intersection (left to trails, right to ball field). Men's and women's pit toilets are are right "above the T", and this is where the bird was found singing and foraging in the outer branches of Ponderosas. It was found by Paul Hurtado on June 5.
-- 2 Black Rails were reported at Nepesta Road Marsh by Paul Hurtado on June 5: "Two birds ere heard calling out in the marsh. Distinctive. Slight breeze and distance made it impossible to get a great on my smartphone, but enough for documentation purposes (will upload on [e-bird] later").
ROUTT COUNTY:
—3 Purple Martins were reported at the north end of California Park (RCR 80), north of Hayden by Tom and Linda Litteral on June 7.
—A Trumpeter Swan was reported at Stagecoach Reservoir by Diana Beatty on June 1, last reported by Elana Klaver on June 5.
--A Broad-winged Hawk was reported in Hayden off of County Road 80 (40.525 x 107.22) by Phil Lyon on June 4.
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY:
--A Cassin's Kingbird was reported at Wild Horse by Marcel Such on June 5.
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
--A Baltimore Oriole was reported at Prewitt Reservoir by Angie Kramer on June 6.
WELD COUNTY:
--2 Snowy Plovers were reported at Union Reservoir by Steve Mlodinow on June 9; and by Darla Anderson on June 10.
—Updated status of Black Phoebe by Nicholas Komar on June 6:
The territorial Black Phoebe continued singing this morning between 5:30 AM and 7 AM on both sides of the CR13 bridge over the Cache La Poudre River, straddling the border between Larimer and Weld Counties. It spent the first hour perched atop a small dead tree in Larimer, and then flew to a small dead tree in Weld, always on the south bank. Also of interest was an incessantly singing Red-eyed Vireo about a half mile west of the bridge, heard from the paved Poudre River Trail. I have requested hot spot status for both sides of the bridge via eBird.
--A Black Phoebe was reported at Pouder River Trail Corridor, singing in a construction zone, by Brad Walker on June 5.
--A Black Phoebe was reported at Frank SWA by David Ely on June 4.
Boulder County Audubon Field Trip:
White Rocks Open Space
Friday, June 16, 2017 8am-10am
Leader: Carl Starace
Free, no reservation necessary
The White Rocks trail is one of Boulder's premier bird watching areas. With habitats that vary from grasslands to riparian and foothill shrub, a wide variety of birds can be expected. Bald Eagles nest on the property as do Ospreys and Great Horned Owls. Waterfowl glide on the many ponds as herons hunt the edges. Warblers, vireos and flycatchers give voices to the trees and sparrows find nesting habitat in the grasses.
Meet at the White Rocks Trail parking area on Valmont Road, between 75th and 95th. Bring sun protection, food for snacks and/or lunch, water and other beverages. Wear sturdy footwear and be ready for some moderate hiking.
Denver Field Ornithologists Field Trips:
Saturday, June 17
Northeastern Breeding Bird Trip
5:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Chris Goulart (Email: cgoulart001@comcast.net Phone: 586-764-2126) Trail Difficulty: Moderate. Maximum Participants: 7
Directions: We will meet at the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Office at 6060 Broadway. Take the 58th Street exit from I- 25 and drive 2 blocks west to Broadway. Go 2 blocks north on Broadway over the railroad tracts. The DPW offices are on the right (east) side. Register online or contact leader.
Staunton State Park (Jefferson County)
Sunday, June 18
7:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Mark Amershek (Email: mamershek@msn.com Phone: 303-329-8646) Trail Difficulty: Moderate
Maximum Participants: 11
Directions: Meet at the Park-n-Ride at southwest corner of Hampden (CO 285) and Wadsworth to carpool to the park. State Parks pass or day pass required. Register online or contact leader.
Good Birding,
Allison Hilf
Arapahoe County
303.888.5110
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