[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 20 October 2017

Compiler:           Joyce Takamine

e-mail:                RBA AT cobirds.org

Date:                   October 19, 2017

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, October 19 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)

Greater White-fronted Goose (Denver)

Cackling Goose (Eagle, Jefferson, *Larimer)

Tundra Swan (*Montrose)

Wood Duck (Kiowa)

Surf Scoter (*Jefferson, *Mesa)

Red-necked Grebe (Arapahoe)

Sandhill Cranes (Baca, Boulder, Conejos, El Paso, Kiowa, Lincoln, Montrose, Morgan, Rio Grande)

WHOOPING CRANE (Otero)

Black-bellied Plover (Larimer, Kiowa, Morgan, Park)

American Golden-Plover (Kiowa, Park)

Semipalmated Plover (Montezuma)

Mountain Plover (Baca)

Stilt Sandpiper (Kiowa)

Sanderling (Kiowa, Pueblo)

Pectoral Sandpiper (Weld)

Semipalmated Sandpiper (Kiowa, Larimer)

Red Phalarope (Morgan)

Long-tailed Jaeger (Pueblo)

Sabine's Gull (Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson, Otero, Pueblo)

Laughing Gull (Kiowa)

Common Tern (Boulder, Weld)

ARCTIC TERN (Weld)

Pacific Loon (Kiowa, Moffat)

Common Loon (Adams, *Arapahoe)

American Bittern (*Jefferson)

Cattle Egret (Kiowa)

Broad-winged Hawk (Boulder, Denver, Grand, Moffat)

Burrowing Owl (Adams)

Lewis's Woodpecker (Montrose)

Williamson's Sapsucker (Montrose)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso)

Black Phoebe (Mesa)

Eastern Phoebe (Boulder, Morgan, Weld)

Cassin's Kingbird widespread in Colorado in recent weeks, eg, (Douglas, El Paso)

Steller's Jay (Denver)

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Kiowa)

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Kiowa)

Pygmy Nuthatch (Morgan)

Winter Wren (Kiowa)

Eastern Bluebird (El Paso)

Curve-billed Thrasher (Kiowa)

Brown Thrasher (Adams, Kiowa)

Sage Thrasher (Adams, Garfield, Montrose)

Lapland Longspur (Adams, Larimer)

Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kiowa, Morgan, Weld, Yuma)

McCown's Longspur (Kiowa)

 Nashville Warbler (Mesa)

Pine Warbler (Denver)

Clay-colored Sparrow (Jefferson, La Plata)

Brewer's Sparrow (Douglas, Montrose, Weld)

Swamp Sparrow (Morgan)

White-throated Sparrow (Montrose, Morgan)

Harris's Sparrow (Kiowa)

Sagebrush Sparrow (Douglas, Mesa, *Montrose)

Fox Sparrow (*La Plata, Larimer, Montrose)

Lincoln's Sparrow (Conejos)

Swamp Sparrow (*Moffat)

White-throated Sparrow (Boulder, Larimer, Montezuma, Morgan)

Summer Tanager (Garfield)

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On October 14 at Barr Lake SP, Chip Clouse reported Brown Thrasher.

---On October 15 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, field trip led by Candace Johnson reported Common Loon,  Burrowing Owl, and Sage Thrasher, Chris Goulart also

reported 4 Lapland Longspurs.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On October 7 Jonelle Balais and Bruce Cyganowski reported a Sabine's Gull at Cherry Creek SP.  On October 10 Bob Righter reported an imm Sabine's Gull next to the dam on the west side of Cherry Creek SP.

---On October 14 at Cherry Creek SP, Glenn Walbek reported Red-necked Grebe.   On October 18 at Cherry Creek Reservoir, Bob Righter reported 3 loons, one

of which he identified as Common.

BACA COUNTY:

---On October 10 near Pritchett, Jim Dennis reported 10 Sandhill Cranes.  On October 11 Jim Dennis reported 60 Sandhill Cranes near Pritchett.  On October 12 Kathy Carroll reported 60 Sandhill Cranes SW of Pritchett.  On October 12 Jim Dennis reported 30 Sandhill Cranes at Comanche National Grasslands near Pritchett.

---On October 10 near Walsh, Janeal Thompson reported 102 Mountain Plover in a field being drilled with wheat.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On October 8 Luke Pheneger reported fly over juv Broad-winged Hawk, 20+ Sandhill Cranes, and juv While-throated Sparrow at Golden Ponds in Longmont.

---On October 11 Ryan Bushong reported Eastern Phoebe at Warembourgh Open Space in Louisville.

---On October 14 Peter Burke reported Broad-winged Hawk at Boulder Mountain Park.

---On October 15 Bob Spencer reported Common Tern at Prince Lake 2.

CONEJOS COUNTY:

---On October 15 at Sego Springs SWA, Jack Harlan reported 12 Sandhill Cranes and Lincoln's Sparrow.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On October 8 Chris  Brobin reported Broad-winged Hawk at DIA.

---On October 9 Doug Kibbe reported Pine Warbler at Fort Logan National Cemetery.

---On October 14 at Garland Park Lollipop Lake, Mary Keithler reported Greater White-fronted Goose.  On October 17 at Garland Park, Jessica Gordon-Bowser reported Greater White-fronted Goose.

---On October 17 at Corvid Brewing HQ, Soren Dinsmore and Tracy Rackauskas reported Steller's Jay.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

---On October 10 at Chatfield SP Model Airplane Field, Dale Pate reported Sagebrush Sparrow.

---On October 12 at Chatfield SP Marina's Sandspit, Doug Kibbe reported Sabine's Gull.

---On October 14 at Chatfield SP on DFO Field Trip led by Ed Holub a Brewer's Sparrow was seen.

EAGLE COUNTY:

---On October 15 at Spring Park Reservoir, Lori Pivonka reported 17 Cackling Geese.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On October 8 John Bruder reported 3 fly over Sandhill Cranes on Santa Fe Trail.

---On October 17 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Rod Schmidt reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker

GARFIELD COUNTY:

---On October 13 Jo Ann Riggle reported Sage Thrasher at Fravert Reservoir.

---On October 15 at a private residence on Sweetwater Road, JoAnn Riggle reported Summer Tanager.  To try to

See the bird, contact Janet Rivera at 970-524-7799.

GRAND COUNTY:

---On October 8 Steve Weston reported Broad-winged Hawk at Rocky Mt NP Kawuneeche Visitor Center.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On October 9 at Chatfield SP Swim Beach, David Suddjian reported Sabine's Gull.

---On October 8 at South Platte Reservoir access road, David Suddjian reported 4 Clay-colored Sparrow's.

---On October 15 at Main Reservoir in Lakewood, Art Hudak reported 3 Cackling Geese.

---On October 17 at Tabor Lake at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt, a f Surf Scoter was reported by Andy Knolla and

later seen seen by Mark Chavez, George Mayfield, and Ginny Bergstom.  On October 18 the Surf Scoter at Tabor Lake was seen by Dough Kibbe, Jeff Dawson, Bruce Snyder, and Meg Reck.

---On October 18 at Harriman Lake Park, Chuck Aid and Michael Kiessig reported American Bittern; Ginny Berstrom also saw it.

KIOWA COUNTY:

---On October 13 at Lower Queens Reservoir, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported 2 Cattle Egret and 15 Sanderling.

---On October 13 at Queens SWA Check Station, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay.

---On October 15 at Lower queens Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Black-bellied Plovers, 27 Stilt Sandpipers, and 4 Semipalmated Sandpipers.

---On October 15 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 5 Wood Ducks, Pacific Loon, American Bittern, 24 Sandhill Cranes, Semipalmated Plover, and 3 Chestnut-collared Longspurs.

---On October 15 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Laughing Gull, 2 Sandhill Cranes, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Red-breasted Nuthatch, 20 Chestnut-collared Longspurs, 5 McCown's Longspurs, and Harris's Sparrow.

---On October 15 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Curve-billed Thrasher, Brown Thrasher, Brown Creeper, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and 2 Winter Wrens.

KIT CARSON COUNTY:

---On October 18 Glenn Walbek reported PURPLE FINCH and Le CONTE's SPARROW somewhere in Kit Carson County.  He gave no details

Of his photos on Facebook.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

---On October 8 Jason St. Pierre reported 2 Slate-colored Fox Sparrows at Oxbow Park and Preserve.

---On October 15 Jason St Pierre reported Red Fox Sparrow in his front yard.  Birders are welcome to try for it at 3508 Earl St in Durango.

On October 16 Susan Allerton reported seeing the Red Fox Sparrow in the St. Pierre yard.  On October 18 Jason St Pierre reported that the

Red Fox Sparrow continues in his yard.

---On October 17 at Pastorius Reservoir, Ed Rumberger reported Clay-colored Sparrow.

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On October 8, David Wade reported Fox Sparrow at Maple & Fishback in Fort Collins. On October 10 in the morning David Wade reported Red Fox Sparrow at Maple and Fishback but around noon Wade reported a different Fox Sparrow a possible intergrade.  On October 11 at Maple and FIshback, David Wade and John Shenot reported Fox Sparrow.

---On October 8 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area – Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Amy Davis reported Black-bellied Plover and Semipalmated Sandpiper.  On October 8 at Arapahoe Bend Naturnal Area, Lori Zabel reported Black-bellied Plover.  On October 11 at Arapahoe Bend NA, Josh Bruening reported Black-bellied Plover.

---On October 8 and October 10 Dave Leatherman reported tan-striped White-throated Sparrow at Grandview Cemetery. 

---On October 12 Nick Komar reported Eastern Phoebe at Pleasant Valley and Lake Canal greenbelt at W Lake St in Fort Collins.

---On October 13 at Timnath Reservoir, David Wade and Nick Komar reported 6 Cackling Geese.  On October 17 Nick Komar reported that the 6 Cackling Geese continue at Timnath Reservoir.  

---On October 14 at Soapstone Prairie NA, David Wade, Georgia Doyle, and Nick Komar reported Lapland Longspur.

---On October 18 at pond S of Wellinton on Clinton Avew, Lori Pivonka reported Cackling Goose.

LINCOLN COUNTY:

---On October 12 Norm Lewis reported 200 Sandhill Cranes at Evilsizer Lake.

MESA COUNTY:

---On October 13 at Bridgeport, Mark and Denise Vollmer reported Nashville Warbler and Sagebrush Sparrow.

---On October 13 at Horsethief Canyhon SWA, Mike Henwood and David Price reported Black Phoebe on Cottonwood snag on gravel bar in river.

---On October 17 Ron Lambeth reported Surf Scoter at Colorado River SP Fruita Section.  On October 18 the Surfscoter at Colorado River SP Fruita Section was seen by Denise nad Mark Vollmar, Mike Hendwood, Katey Buster, Rhonda Woodward, and Rodene Harwood.

MOFFAT COUNTY:

---On October 5 Jan Leonard and Forrest Luke reported Pacific Loon at Big Bottom, Southwest of Craig.  It was seen again on October 6 by Jan and by Vic Zerbi.

On October 8, Jan Leonard and Tresa Moulton reported Pacific Loon at Big Bottom.  On October 8 Forrest Luke reported Pacific Loon at Big Bottom south of Craig.

On October 9 Jason Beason and Forrest Luke reported Pacific Loon at Big Bottom.  On October 12 Tom McConnell reported Paciffic Loon at Big Bottom.

---On October 11 at Yampa River SP at Maybell Bridge, Steve Weston reported imm Broad-winged Hawk.

---On October 18 at Loudy-Simpson Nature Trail, Jan Leonard reported Swamp Sparrow.

MONTEZUMA COUNTY:

---On October 8 Erick Hendrickson reported Semipalmated Plover and White-throated Sparrow at Summit Reservoir.

MONTROSE COUNTY:

---On October 8  Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Sage brush Sparrow at Nucla Sewage Lagoons.  On October 10 Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 4 Sandhill Cranes and Sagebrush Sparrow at Nucla Sewage Lagoons.  On October 15 Coen Dexter reported Sagebrush Sparrow at Nucla Sewage Lagoons.

---On October 10 at Cooper's Ditch, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported Lewis's Woodpecker and Sagebrush Sparrow.

---On October 10 at Airport Lake, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Brewer's Sparrow and 3 Sagebrush Sparrows.  On October 15 at Airport Lake, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 8 Sagebrush Sparrows.

---On October 11 at Silver Hawk Ranch, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Brewer's Sparrow and Sagebrush Sparrow.

---On October 13 at Bedrock Campground and Boat Ramp, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 3 Sagebrush Sparrows.

---On October 13 at V and 900 Road, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported 3 Sagebrush Sparrows.

---On October 14 at Nucla Domestic Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported White-throated Sparrow and Sagebrush Sparrow.  On October 18 Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 3 Sagebrush Sparrows at Nucla Domestic Reservoir.

---On October 14 at Rose Garden, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Sagebrush Sparrow.

---On October 16 at Silver Hawk Ranch, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported f Williamson's Sapsucker.

---On October 17 James Valimont reported Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at Black Canyon of Gunnison NP.  

---On October 17 SW of Hopkins Montrose Airport, Betty Fenton reported Sage Thrasher and 6 Sagebrush Sparrows.

---On October 18 S of Montrose E side of Hwy 550 on S side of Uncomphgre River immediately after Chipeta Road, Jon Horn reported Tundra Swan.

MORGAN COUNTY:

---On October 12 at Jackson Reservoir, David Dowell reported 95 Sandhill Cranes, 7 Black-bellied Plovers Red Phalarope, Chestnut-collared Longspur, 2 White-throated Sparrows and Swamp Sparrow.

OTERO COUNTY:

---On October 14 Tresa Moulton reported 6 WHOOPING CRANES flying at Picket Wire Canyon S of Withers Canyon observed at Window Rock.

---On October 16 at Holbrook Lake, Stan Oswald reported juv Sabine's Gull.

PARK COUNTY:

---On October 8 at Antero Reservoir, John Drummond reported 2 Black-bellied Plovers and American Golden-Plover.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

---On October 9 Brandon Percival reported Long-tailed Jaeger, Sanderling at South Shore Marina, and 2 juv Sabine's Gulls at West Fishing Road.  On October 10 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival and John Drummond reported juv Long-tailed Jaeger.  The bird seems to prefer the NE part of the reservoir.  On October 11 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival and Richard Bunn reported Long-tailed Jaeger which seemed to be moving around the reservoir.  On October 11 Brandon Percival reported juv Sabine's Gull and Sandhill Cranes in SE part of reservoir.

RIO GRANDE COUNTY:

---On October 13 Dylan Hardy reported 400 Sandhill Cranes at Monte Vista NWR.

WELD COUNTY:

---On October 8  Gene Rutherford reported Eastern Phoebe at Windsor Reservoir.

---On October 15 Gene Rutherford reported Common Tern at Union Reservoir.

---On October 17 at Eaton Cemetery, Steve Mlodinow reported Brewer's Sparrow.

---On October 17 at Stewart's Pond, Steve Mlodinow reported Mute Swan and 5 Pectoral Sandpipers.

---On October 17 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow and David Dowell reported ARCTIC TERN and Luke and Tracy Pheneger reported Chestnut-collared Longspur.

YUMA COUNTY:

---On October 14 at Pipit Hill, Bill Kaempfer reported Chestnut-collared Longspurs.

DFO Field Trip

The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, October 21 will be to Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat/Sawhill in Boulder led by Chuck Hundertmark (chundertmark8 AT gmail.com; 303-604-0531)  Meet at 0800 at Cottonwood Marsh parking lot.  Directions:  From northbound US 36 take Foothills Pakrway exit.  Go north 2 miles to Arapahoe Ave, then east to 75th St.  Go north on 75th St past Valmont Rd and railroad tracks.  Turn left at Wildlife Habitat sign.  Follow road west and south to Cottonwood Marsh parking lot.  

   Will wallk 1-2 miles on level ground  Bring binoculars, snacks, and water.  Scopes are useful.  Register online or contact leader.

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, October 22 will be to Cherry Creek SP led by Mary Cay Burger (mcburger3 AT juno.com; 720-940-8394).  Meet at 0800 at Pelican Point.

Directions:   Enter east side of Cherry Creek SP via Lehigh off of Parker Road.  Go just past the entrance station and turn left (South) at the first intersection.  The road bends and heads west with the reservoir ahead of you.  Go about ¼ miles, just past the next intersection.  The parking for Pelican Point will be on your left.  State Parks pass or day pass required.  Will carpool from Pelican Point to various stops and walk 1-2 miles.  Bring binoculars, water, snacks , and sunscreen.  Scopes are useful.  Register online or contact leader.

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder

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