[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 28 January 2018

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine

e-mail:      RBA AT cobirds.org  

Date:        January 28, 2018

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, January 28 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 (Adams, Boulder, Delta, Jefferson, Pueblo)

BRANT (Douglas)

Trumpeter Swan (*Fremont, Weld)

Greater Scaup (Boulder, Douglas, El Paso, *Jefferson)

White-winged Scoter (*Arapahoe, *Jefferson)

Long-tailed Duck (*Adams, Arapahoe, Fremont)

Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, Fremont, Mesa, Summit) 

Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo)

Sora (*Larimer)

White-winged Dove (Boulder)

Greater Roadrunner (Bent, El Paso)

Long-billed Curlew (Baca)

Mew Gull (Larimer, Pueblo)

California Gull (Arapahoe, *Douglas, Larimer)

Iceland Gull (Arapahoe, El Paso, Larimer, Pueblo, *Weld) 

Glaucous Gull (Larimer)

Great Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo)

YELLOW-BILLED LOON (*Arapahoe, *Jefferson)

HARRIS'S HAWK (*Larimer)

Snowy Owl (Boulder, Pueblo, *Weld)

RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (*El Paso)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso)

Say's Phoebe (Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson)

Chihuahuan Raven (Fremont)

Rock Wren (Baca)

Canyon Wren (Baca)

Winter Wren (*El Paso)

Varied Thrush (*El Paso)

Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso)

American Pipit (Eagle)

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (*Conejos, Larimer, Park)

Black Rosy-Finch (*Conejos)

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (*Conjeso, Park)

Common Redpoll (Chaffee, Larimer)

Lapland Longspur (*El Paso)

Green-tailed Towhee (Denver)

Fox Sparrow (*Larimer)

Lincoln's Sparrow (*Pueblo)

Swamp Sparrow (El Paso)

Harris's Sparrow (Denver, El Paso, Prowers)

Bohemian Waxwing (Larimer)

Great-tailed Grackle (Eagle)

Prairie Warbler (Pueblo)

Northern Cardinal (Prowers)

Rusty Blackbird (Pueblo)

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On January 20 at Barr Lake State Park, Bruce Snyder reported 1 Greater White-fronted Goose.

---On January 27 at McKay Road Ponds in Thornton, Adam Vesely reported Long-tailed Duck in Southern most pond between S Platte River and 104th Ave east of McKay Road.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:                                                                  

--On January 19, at Ketring Park Mary Geder, Diane Roberts and Rebecca LaRoche reported Hermit Thrush.

--On January 20, Ben Sampson reported continuing Barrow's Goldeneye.

--On January 20 at Inverness Golf Course Kay Rasmussen reported Say's Phoebe.

--On January 22 Frank Ferrell reported Winter Wren at 8413 E. Crescent Circle in Greenwood Village. Bird re-found by Steve Rash on January 24.  On January 27 on East Crescent Parkway in Greenwood Village, Loch Kilpatrick, Glenn Walbek and Diane Roberts reported Winter Wren.

--On January 23, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Greater Scaup, White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, California, Iceland Gull at Aurora Reservoir.

—On January 23 at South Platte Reservoir, White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon continue to be reported by mob.  The loon is also reported to drift to Jefferson County.  On January 26 at South Platte Reservoir, Doug Shoffner and Jane Stulp reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon;  Jodi Chambers reported seeing the White-winged Scoter flying on the Jefferson county side.  On January 27 at South Platte Reservoir, Christian Hagenlocher and many others reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon; Bez Bezuidenhout reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon in the Jefferson County portion of the reservoir.

BACA COUNTY:

--On January 25 at Two Buttes Dave Leatherman reported Long-billed Curlew, Winter Wren, Marsh Wren, Rock Wren and Canyon Wren.

BENT COUNTY:

--On January 22, Janeal Thompson reported Greater Roadrunner at John Martin State Park.

BOULDER COUNTY:

--On January 19 Mark Minner-Lee reported Greater White-fronted Goose at Waneka Reservoir.

--On January 19 at Twin Lakes, Leslie S. reported White-winged Dove.

--On January 20 at Boulder Reservoir many observers reported 2 Snowy Owl, not reported since.

--On January 22, David Chernack reported 2 Greater Scaup at Erie Reservoir.

CONEJOS COUNTY:

---On January 27 John Rawinski reported all 3 species of Rosy-Finches at feeders of Susan Hochstetter.  Go south from Monte Vista on Hwy 15 until payment ends, then go another 1 mile.  Susan's place is on the east side of the road with numerous feeders.  

DENVER COUNTY:

--On January 24 at First Creek Open Space Doug Kibbe reported Harris's Sparrow.  Re-found by Ivan Mota on January 25.

--On January 25 at First Creek Open Space Ivan Mota reported Marsh Wren.

DELTA COUNTY:

--On January 20, Jon Horn reported 2 Greater White-fronted Geese at Confluence Park.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On January 26 at Denver Botanic Gardens and Cheeseman Park, Mark Obmascik reported Green-tailed Towhee.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

--On January 8 at Parker Regional Park (aka Salisbury Equestrian Park), Loch Kilpatrick, Dale Pate, and Diane Roberts reported BRANT.  Last report by Joe Roller and Joey Kellner on January 20.

--On January 20 at Parker Regional Park Tom and Debbie Behnfield reported 2 Greater Scaup.

--On January 24 at 10001 S. Oswego St., Jodi Chambers reported Say's Phoebe.

---On January 27 at Chatfield SP, Joey Kellner and others reported California Gull.

EAGLE COUNTY:

--On January 22 at Lake Creek Village Wetlands Marbry Hopkins reported American Pipit.  On January 26 at Lake Creek Village Wetland, JoAnn Riggle reported American Pipit and Great-tailed Grackle.

EL PASO COUNTY:

--On December 21 David Tonnessen reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (ruber) on Miranda Road in Colorado Springs, most recently re-found by Michael Turisk on January 25.  On January 27 on Miranda Road, Gary Koehn reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER.

--On January 17 JoAnn Riggle and Linda Hodges most recently reported Varied Thrush at Starsmore Discovery Center.  On January 27 at Starsmore Discovery Center, Brook Nelson reported a f-type Varied Thrush, not the bright male that has been seen.

--On January 20 along Hanover Road, Mark Chavez and mob. reported continuing Greater Roadrunner. 

--On January 21 at Red Rock Canyon Open Space, Jim Merritt reported a Harris's Sparrow.  Re-found on January 25.

--On January 25 at Fountain Creek, Bill Maynard observed a Swamp Sparrow.

---On January 26 at Double Tree Hotel Pond in Colorado Springs, Jim Merrit and Alan Ketcham reported f Greater Scaup.

---On January 27 at S Meridian Road, Roger Massey reported m Ladder-backed Woodpecker and 2 Curve-billed Thrashers.

---On January 27 in east El Paso County, Tim Leppek reported hundreds of Lapland Longspurs on Finch Rd and Myers Rd and east into Lincoln county.

 

FREMONT COUNTY:

--On January 19 at Tunnel Drive, Rich Miller reported Barrow's Goldeneye.--On January 20 at Valco Pond, DFO Field Trip reported one Greater White-fronted Goose.

--On January 20 at Tunnel Drive, Jerry DeBoer reported Long-tailed Duck.

--On January 21 at Valco Pond, Joel Adams reported Barrows Goldeneye.

--On January 25 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jerry DeBoer, Alan Ketchum and MaryLynne Ketchum reported Trumpeter Swan.  On January 26 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jim Merrit reported 2 Trumpeter Swans and 2 Chihuahuan Ravens; Joel Adams reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.  On January 27 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Robb Hinds, Glenn Walbek, and Loch Kilpatrick reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.  

GUNNISON COUNTY:

--On January 18 at Blue Mesa Reservoir, Jon Horn reported Barrow's Goldeneye.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

--On January 23 at Denver West Office Park, Rob Raker reported Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

--On January 24 at Denver West Office Space, Brian Johnson reported Say's Phoebe.

--On January 24 at RA Easton Park Gwen Moore reported continuing Greater White-fronted Goose.  Re-foound by Cathy Fennelly on January 25.

--On January 25 at South Platte Reservoir David Suddjian reported continuing Yellow-billed Loon also in Arapahoe.

---On January 26 at Belmar Park, Joe Roller, Doug Kibbe, and Dale Pate reported m Greater Scaup.   On January 27 at Belmar Park, Candice Johnson and Reed Gorner reported m Greater Scaup.

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On January 20 Carl Bendorf and John Rutenbeck most recently reported continuing HARRIS'S HAWK at Running Deer and Cottonwood Hollow Natural Areas.  On January 27, Georgia Doyle and Phil Carafo and several others reported HARRIS'S HAWK near the Welcom Center; Nick Komar reported HARRIS'S HAWK at Box Elder Creek at SW Frontage Road.

--On January 20 at the Sprague Lake area of Rocky Mountain National Park, Jon Bitner reported Bohemian Waxwings.

--On January 21 at Livermore Community Church Andy Bankert reported 1 Brown-capped Rosy Finch, 1 Gray-crowned Rosy Finch, 15 rosy finch sp., and 3 Common Redpoll.  Nick Komar re-found one Common Redpoll on January 22.  On January 26 at Livermore Community Church, Loch Kilpatrick reported one Common Redpoll.

--On January 22 at Carter Lake, Nick Komar, Andy Bankert and other observers reported Iceland, Iceland (Thayer's), California, and Glaucous Gulls.

--On January 23 at Horsetooth Mountain Park, Arvind Panjabi reported 9 Common Redpoll.

--On January 25 at College Lake, Nick Komar reported Mew Gull.

--On January 25 at CSU Environmental Learning Center Colby Plante reported Fox Sparrow.  On January 26 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Jim Nachel Loch Kilpatrick, and Jonny Appleseed reported Red Fox Sparrow.  On January 27 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Mikkp Jimenez, Gwen Moore, and Nick Komar reported Red Fox Sparrow.

---On January 27 at Riverbend Ponds NA, Nick Komar reported Sora.

MESA COUNTY:

--On January 20, Ronda Woodward reported Barrow's Goldeneye at Grand Junction Wildlife Area.

--On January 24, Ronda Woodward reported Barrow's Goldeneye at Colorado River State Park, Fruita Section.

 

PARK COUNTY:

--On January 23 in Jefferson (town) Brian Johnson reported 4 Brown-capped Rosy-finches and 56 Gray-crowned Rosy-finches.

PROWERS COUNTY:

--On January 18 Janeal Thompson reported Northern Cardinal and Harris's Sparrow at Lamar Community College Woods.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

--On January 8 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina tires, Brandon Percival reported Snowy Owl seen most recently on January 22 by Michael Shoop.

--On January 18 Adam Vesley reported 2 Rusty Blackbirds working the shoreline of the stream just oorth of the Cottonwood Picnic area parking lot at Pueblo State Park.

--On January 18, JoAnn Andrews reported Mew Gull at Rock Creek Area below the Pueblo Reservoir Dam.

--On January 18 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Denise and Mark Vollmer reported Say's Phoebe.

--On January 18 along the Arkansas River Trail east of Pueblo Blvd., John Drummond reported Carolina Wren.  Re-found by Mihm-Dunning and Dowell on January 20.

--On January 20, Van Truan reported one Greater White-fronted Goose at Huerfano Reservoir.

--On January 23 at Pueblo Reservoir Wildlife Area David Tonnessen reported Red-necked Grebe.

--On January 24 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Dale Pate report continuing Great Black-backed Gull.  On January 27 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Matt Newport reported Great Black-backed Gull.

--On January 24 Dale Pate reported continuing Prairie Warbler in Rock Canyon below the Pueblo Reservoir Dam.

---On January 27 at Olive Marsh, Van Truan reported Lincoln's Sparrow.

 

SUMMIT COUNTY:

—On January 20 Phil Lyon reported continuing Barrow's Goldeneye at Silverthorne WTP.

WELD COUNTY:

--On January 19 Jim Nachel reported Trumpeter Swan at Rawhide Energy Station/Hamilton Reservoir, continuing since at least the Rawhide CBC in December.

--On January 23 at Frederick Reservoir and Recreation Area, Steve Mlodinow reported Greater White-fronted Goose, Barrow's Goldeneye.

---On January 27 at Windsor Lake, Gene Rutherford reported Iceland (Thayer's) Gull.

---On January 27 on Hwy 402 also known as CR54 east of Hwy 257, Jazmine Novela reported a Snowy Owl on a power pole.

DFO Field Trips

Greenwood Gulch and Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve

Sunday, January 28

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Kevin Corwin (Email: KevyGudGuy@aol.com Phone: 720-482-8454)

Trail Difficulty: Moderate

Maximum Participants: 12

Directions: Meet at the parking lot at Castlewood Park, 5601 East Orchard DRIVE (not Orchard Road) at its intersection with South Holly St.; about .1 mile north of the intersection of Holly and Orchard Road. There is a portable toilet at the  parking lot.The paved trail follows the Greenwood Gulch waterway northwest for .75 mile, then joins the dirt HighLine Canal Trail that surrounds the Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve. We'll walk a 1.5 mile loop along the High Line and through the Preserve back to the Greenwood Gulch trail then return to our starting point. Total distance is about 3 miles. The trails border cattail marshes, wet meadows, and the typical High Line riparian strip. There are a couple of small ponds in the Marjorie Perry Nature Preserve at the northwest part of the loop.

Register online or contact leader.

Mueller State Park and Victor

Tuesday, January 30

5:30 AM - 3:30 PM

David Suddjian (Email: dsuddjian@gmail.com Phone: 831-713-8659)

Trail Difficulty: Moderate

Maximum Participants: 12

Directions: Meet at Lowe's in Castle Rock near the outlet stores.. I-25 south, exit at Founders/Meadows Pkwy (exit 184), turn right (west), then right on Santa Fe Dr (Hwy 85), then right on New Beale St. Exact address 1360 New Beale St, Castle Rock, CO 80108

We will seek forest and mountain birds at Mueller, with possible Pygmy-Owl and Gray Jay, and look for

Rosy- finches at the nearby towns of Victor and Cripple Creek. Then we will make our way back via Road 87 to Deckers and along the South Platte back toward Sedalia, birding as we go. Register online or contact leader.

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder

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