Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: November 30, 2017
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, November 30 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 changed.
Greater White-fronted Goose (*El Paso, Jefferson, Phillips, *Weld)
BRANT (*Douglas)
Cackling Goose (Pueblo)
Mute Swan (Larimer)
Tundra Swan (Park, Weld)
Greater Scaup (Jefferson, Weld)
Surf Scoter (Routt)
White-winged Scoter (Mesa, Pueblo, Routt)
Long-tailed Duck (Crowley, Mesa)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Pueblo, Routt)
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Weld)
Red-necked Grebe (Park, Pueblo)
Greater Roadrunner (El Paso, Montezuma)
Sandhill Crane (Delta, El Paso, Fremont)
Black-bellied Plover (Bent)
Sanderling (Pueblo)
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs (Douglas, Moffat)
Mew Gull (Pueblo)
Iceland Gull (Kiowa, Pueblo, Weld)
Glaucous Gull (Bent)
Great Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo, Weld)
Pacific Loon (Adams, Weld)
Great Egret (Delta, Jefferson)
Broad-winged Hawk (Jefferson)
SNOWY OWL (Morgan)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Boulder)
Black Phoebe (*Mesa)
Eastern Phoebe (Morgan)
Pinyon Jay (Baca)
Steller's Jay (Baca)
Chichuahuan Raven (El Paso)
Common Raven (Kiowa)
Mountain Chickadee (Baca)
Pygmy Nuthatch (Morgan, Phillips)
Winter Wren (Baca, Las Animas)
Carolina Wren (Pueblo)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Adams, Mesa)
Eastern Bluebird (Adams, Baca, Denver)
Varied Thrush (Weld)
Brown Thrasher (Baca)
American Pipit (Pueblo)
Evening Grosbeak (Morgan)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Weld)
Common Redpoll (Boulder, Jefferson, Weld)
Red Crossbill (Larimer, Pueblo)
Lapland Longspur (Bent, Kiowa, Larimer, Lincoln, Pueblo, *Weld)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Weld)
McCown's Longspur (Weld)
Snow Bunting (*Weld)
Chipping Sparrow (Pueblo)
Fox Sparrow (*Weld)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Baca, Jefferson, Otero)
Swamp Sparrow (Arapahoe)
White-throated Sparrow (Otero, San Miguel)
Harris's Sparrow (Baca, Boulder, Larimer)
Black-and-white Warbler (Larimer)
Common Yellowthroat (Broomfield)
Yellow Warbler (Mesa)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Pueblo)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo)
Western Tanager (Mesa)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On November 23 at First Creek at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, John Brietsch reported 5 Eastern Bluebirds.
---On November 25 at South Platte River 74th Ave area, Brian Tavernia reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.
---On November 28 at South Platte River at 89th Aved pond. Chuck Aid reported Pacific Loon.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On November 26 at Ketring Park and Lake, Jared Del Rosso reported Swamp Sparrow.
BACA COUNTY:
---On November 27 at Cottonwood Canyon Southern Loop, Jill Smith reported Steller's Jay and Mountain Chickadees.
---On November 28 at Cottonwood Canyon Southern Approach, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Steller's Jay and 3 Eastern Bluebirds.
---On November 28 at CR C between OK state line and CR 8, Kathy Mihm Dunnng reported 120 Pinyon Jays.
---On November 28 at Two Buttes SWA below Dam, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Winter Wren, Brown Thrasher, Harris's Sparrow and Lincoln's Sparrow.
BENT COUNTY:
---On November 24 at John Martin Reservoir, Duane Nelson reported imm Glaucous Gull.
---On November 26 at Adobe Creek Reservoir (Blue Lake), Cheryl Teuton and Dan Brooke reported Black-bellied Plover and 2 Lapland Longspurs.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On November 23 at Twin Lakes, Ginny Bergstrom reported Hammond's Flycatcher. On November 26 at Twin Lakes, Leslie S reported Hammond's Flycatcher.
---On November 23 at Boulder Reservoir, Earl Johnson reported Common Redpoll.
---On November 24 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Luke Pheneger reported Harris's Sparrow was seen on the Great Boulder Caper. On November 25 at Walden Ponds, Tim Mitzen reported 2 Harris's Sparrows. On November 26 at Walden Ponds, Candice Johnson reported 2 Harris's Sparrows.
BROOMFIELD COUNTY:
---On November 25 at Brunner Reservoir, David Ely reported Common Yellowthroat.
---On November 26 at Plaster Reservoir, Matt Hofedtz reported Common Yellowthroat.
CROWLEY COUNTY:
---On November 26 at Lake Henry, Cheryl Teuton and Dan Brooke reported Long-tailed Duck.
DELTA COUNTY:
---On November 12 on G50 Road W of Delta, Betty Fenton reported Great Egret. On November 13 on G50 Rd, Rick Harner reported Great Egret. On November 19 on G50 Road, Dennis Garrison reported Great Egret and thousands of Sandhill Cranes. On November 21 on G50 Road, Betty Fenton reported Great Egret and 400 Sandhill Cranes. On November 23 on G50 Road, Mike Henwood reported Great Egret. On November 24 at G50 Road, Mike Henwood reported Great Egret and 2000 Sandhill Cranes. On November 27 at G50 Road, Rick Harner reported Great Egret.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On November 23 at First Creek at DEN Open Space, John Brietsch reported Eastern Bluebird.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On November 11 at Bar CCC Park, Cheri Phillips reported BRANT. On November 23 at Bar CCC Park, John Haycrafter reported BRANT.
On November 24 at Bar CCC Park , Tim Ryan, Amy Davis, Alec and Bill Hopping reported BRANT. On November 25 at Bar CCC Park, Phil Lyon and Mattew Wistrand reported BRANT. On November 26 at Bar CCC Park, Kevin Ash reported BRANT. On November 27 at Bar CCC Park, Tim Ryan, Anna Troth, and Greeg Goodrich reported BRANT. On November 28 at Bar CCC Park, Meg Reck, Tim Ryan, and Diane Roberts reported BRANT. On November 28 at Bar CCC Park, Dale Pate and Tim Ryan reported BRANT.
---On November 27 at Chatfield SP Handicapped Fisherman Platform, Kathryn Schuter and Norm Lewis reported Spotted Sandpiper.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On November 25 at Clear Spring Ranch, Diane Roberts reported 3 Sandhill Cranes.
---On November 25 at Prospect Lake Memorial Park, Steve Getty reported Greater White-fronted Goose. On November 28 at Memorial Park and Prospect Lake, John Bruder reported Greater White-fronted Goose.
---On November 26 on Hanover Road, Tim Leppek reported Greater Roadrunner.
---On November 26 at Midway Landfill, Art Hudak and Mark Chavez reported 5 Chihuahuan Ravens. On November 28 at Midway Landfill, Chris Brobin reported Chihuahuan Raven.
FREMONT COUNTY:
---On November 28 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jerry DeBoer reported 12 Sandhill Cranes.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On November 22 at Belmar Park, Chris Gilbert reported Greater White-fronted Goose and Greater Scaup. On November 27 at Belmar Park, Frank Farrell reported 2 Greater White-fronted Geese.
---On November 22 at Clement Park and Johnson Reservoir, Brian Johnson reported Greater White-fronted Goose. On November 24 at Clement Park and Johnson Reservoir, Christopher Warneke reported Greater White-fronted Goose. On November 26 at Clement Park and Johnson Reservoir, Betty Glass and Bruce Snyder reported Greater White-fronted Goose and Brue Snyder reported Great Egret.
---On November 23 at Waterton Canyon upstream from overhead pipes, Brian Johnson reported Osprey.
---On November 23 at Hutchison Park in Lakewood, Timo Mitzen and Lindsay Purifoy reported Common Redpoll.
---On November 25 at Chatfield SP, Joey Kellner and several other birders reported 3 Greater White-fronted Geese.
KIOWA COUNTY:
---On November 26 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Cheryl Teuton and Dan Brooke reported 2 Common Raven and 34 Lapland Longspurs.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On November 23 at Rocky Mountain NP Trail Ridge Road, Joshua Smith reported 1 Red Crossbill Type 4 and 1 Red Crossbill Type 2.
---On November 24 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area Rigden Reservoir, Josh Bruening, David Wade, and Robert Beauchamp reported Mute Swan.
---On November 25 at Environmental Learning Center in Fort Collins, Damion Strommer reported Black-and-White Warbler off the parking lot. On November 26 at Envorinmental Learning Center, Nick Komar and many other birders reported Black-and-White Warbler.
---On November 26 at Rawhide Energy Station/Hamilton Reservoir, Josh Burening, Nick Komar, and Austin Hess reported Lapland Longspurs.
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY:
---On November 28 at Cottonwood Canyon, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Winter Wren.
LINCOLN COUNTY:
---On November 24 at Hugo State WA, Chris Goulart reported 60 Lapland Longspurs.
MESA COUNTY:
---On November 23 in town of Gateway, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Western Tanager. On November 25 in Gateway, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Black Phoebe and Western Tanager.
---On November 23 at Whitewater Ponds, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Long-tailed Duck. On November 26 at Whitewater Ponds, Denise and Mark Vollmar and Ronda Woodward reported Long-tailed Duck. On November 27 at Whitewater ponds, Mike Henwood and Betty Fenton reported Long-tailed Duck. On November 28 at Whitewater ponds, Kathleen McGinley, Ronda Woodward, Deb Stegall reported Long-tailed Duck.
---On November 28 at Colorado River SP Fuita Section, Mike Henwood reported White-winged Scoter on Bookcliff Pond (smaller pond to north).
---On November 28 at Highline Lake SP, Mike Henwood reported Black Phoebe.
MOFFAT COUNTY:
---On November 26 at Moffat County Rd Dept ponds, Jan Leonard reported 3 Greater Yellowlegs.
MONTEZUMA COUNTY:
---On November 25 in Mancos, Vicki Noland reported Greater Roadrunner.
MORGAN COUNTY:
---On November 25 at Riverside Park, I-76 east of Hwy 42 exit 80, several birders (Lauren Migalski, Hannah Crowley, Anne Price, David Dowell, and Steve Rash) reported SNOWY OWL on a light pole next to the highway.
---On November 26 at CR 144 Bridge over Bijou Creek, Myron Gerhard reported Evening Grosbeak.
PARK COUNTY:
---On November 25 at Antero Reservoir, Ryan and Jack Bushong reported 25 tundra Swans and 3 Red-necked Grebes. On November 27 at Antero Reervoir, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported 21 Tundra Swans.
PHILLIPS COUNTY:
---On November 25 at Haxtun sewage ponds, Bill Kaempfer reported 21 Greater White-fronted Geese.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On November 19 at Pueblo City Park, Mark Yaeger reported Yellow-throated Warbler. On November 20 at Pueblo City Park, Brandon Percival reported Yellow-throated Warbler. On November 26 at Pueblo City Park, Steve Mlodinow reported Yellow-throated Warbler and Chipping Sparrow. On November 27 at Pueblo City Park, Monday Birders reported Yellow-throated Warbler and 4 Red Crossbills.
---On November 20 at Pueblo Reservoir South Shore Marina, Brandon Percival reported Great Black-backed Gull and juv Iceland (Thayer's) Gull. On November 25 at Pueblo Reservoir South Shore Marina, Ira Sanders reported 2 Red-necked Grebes, Iceland (Thayer's) Gull, and Great-Black-backed Gull; Steve Mlodinow reported Mew Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, American Pipit, and 3 Lapland Longspurs. On November 26 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported Great Black-backed Gull. On November 27 at Pueblo Reservoir south shore marina tires, Monday Birders reported Great Black-backed Gull. On November 29 at Pueblo Reservoir South Shore Marina Tires, Alan Ketcham reported Great Black-backed Gull.
---On November 21 and 22 Dave Silverman reported f-type White-winged Scoter at Lake Beckwith. On November 24 at Lake Beckwith, Dave Silverman reported that the White-winged Scoter continues.
---On November 25 at Arkansas River Trail Reservoir Road to train bridge, Paul Hurtado reported 2 Barrow's Goldeneyes and Chestnut-sided Warbler; Van Truan reported on trail east of Pueblo Blvd, 2 Barrow's Goldeneyes, Carolina Wren, and Chestnut-sided Warbler; Steve Mlodinow reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On November 27 on Arkansas River Trail east of Pueblo Blvd, Monday Birders reported Carolina Wren.
ROUTT COUNTY:
---On November 24 at Stagecoach Reservoir, Riley Morris reported Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, and 4 Barrow's Goldeneyes. On November 25 at Stagecoach Reservoir, Katie Week reported 2 White-winged Scoters and Surf Scoter. On November 28 at Stagecoach Reservoir, Nic Korte reported Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter and 18 Barrow's Goldeneyes.
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY:
---On November 26 on Cuntry Club Drive in Telluride, Eric Hynes reported White-throated Sparrow.
WELD COUNTY:
---On November 24 at Union Reservoir, Norm Lewis and Steve Mlodinow reported Pacific Loon. On November 25 at Union Reservoir, Matthew Wistrand reported Pacific Loon. On November 26 at Union Reservoir, Mark Amershek reported Pacific Loon.
---On November 23 at LUNA Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Tundra Swans. On November 24 at LUNA Reservoir, Joe Mammoser reported Greater Scaup.
---On November 28 at 35th Ave Ponds in Greeley , Shawn Mason reported m Varied Thrush.
---On November 28 at Crow Valley CG, Dave Leatherman reported 36 Common Redpoll. Dave reported that the redpoll are very nervous. The road into the campground is closed so you will have to walk in.
---On November 28 at Pawnee National Grassland on CR 124 from CR 105 – CR 111, Steve Mlodinow reported Lapland Longspur and 5 Gray-crowned Rosy-
Finches.
---On November 28 at Pawnee NG on CR 111 between CR124 – CR 136, Steve Mlodinow reported 6 Sharp-tailed Grouse, 350 Lapland Longspur, 2 Chestnut-collared Longspur, McCown's Longspur, Common Redpoll.
---On November 28 at Pawnee NG Adams and Bunker Reservoirs, Steve Mlodinow reported Greater White-fronted Goose, 8 Lapland Longspur, and 3 Snow Buntings. On November 29 at Pawnee NG Adams and Bunker Reservoir Number 3, Sue Riffe reported Greater White-fronted Goose, 7 Lapland Lonspurs, and 2 Buntings.
---On November 28 at Black Hollow Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Iceland (Thayer's) Gulls, Iceland (Kumlieni) Gull, Greater Black-backed Gull.
---On November 28 at Poudre Ponds on 35th Ave in Greeley, Aaron Yappert reported Red Fox Sparrow.
DFO Field Trip:
The DFO Field Trip for Friday, December 1 will be Annual Barrow's Goldeneye Count to Silverthorne led by Paul Slingsby (paslingsby AT
comcast.net; 303-442-3728).
Meet at 00720 at the RTD Park-n-Ride located at Union Blvd and W 2nd Place. From US 6 go south to the second stoplight. Turn left and proceed toward the end of W 2nd Place. Look for the group at the SE corner of Park-n-Ride lot.
We will count Barrow's Goldeneyes and other birds at the Silverthorne water treatment plant and then drive to Holt Sulphur Springs (rosy-finches), Lake Granby, Shaow Mountain Lake, and Grand Lake. Spotting scopes, Binoculars, and 2-way radios will be useful. Dress for cold, windy weather. Insulated, wind-proof leg coverings and warm boots are recommended. Bring water and snacks; we'll find a warm place to buy lunch. Plan to be back at the meeting place by dark. Register online or contact leader.
The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, December 2 will by South Platte River trail at E 88th Ave and I-76 led by John Breitsch (jbreitsch At Hotmail.com; 303-588-0552)
The trip is full.
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, December 3 will be to Denver City Park led by Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT
gmail.com; 303-885-6955 (cell))
Meet at parking strip on north side of Ferril Lake. Directions: Enter park from Colorado Blvd. Northbound turn left onto 22nd Ave past Museum of Nature & Science; southbound turns right onto 22nd at police station. Go past museum park until road curves toward zoo. Take immediate left at "to Pavilion bandstand" sign and go 300 yards down to corner with tall spruce trees, where lake comes into view. Park diagonally of left beneath spruces.
Dress for weather and bring water and snacks. Scopes welcome if waterfowl congregate in middle of Ferril Lake or behind Duck Lake island. Expect to walk up to 3 miles on level asphalt, concrete and cinder paths, and across lawns through park groves. Register online or contact leader.
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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