Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: January 30, 2018
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, January 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 (Jefferson, Kiowa)
Trumpeter Swan (Fremont)
Greater Scaup (Adams, Arapahoe, El Paso, *Jefferson, *Weld)
White-winged Scoter (*Arapahoe, Jefferson)
Long-tailed Duck (Adams, Arapahoe)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, Fremont, Garfield, Kiowa, Mesa, Summit)
Wild Turkey (*Denver)
Red-necked Grebe (Pueblo)
Sora (Larimer)
White-winged Dove (Boulder)
Greater Roadrunner (Bent, El Paso)
Long-billed Curlew (Baca)
Least Sandpiper (Mesa)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Adams)
Spotted Sandpiper (Garfield)
Mew Gull (Larimer)
California Gull (Arapahoe, Douglas, Kiowa, Larimer)
Iceland Gull (Arapahoe, El Paso, Larimer, Pueblo, *Weld)
Glaucous Gull (Larimer)
Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo)
YELLOW-BILLED LOON (*Arapahoe, Jefferson)
Double-crested Cormorant (Kiowa)
HARRIS'S HAWK (Larimer)
Snowy Owl (Weld)
RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (El Paso)
Williamson's Sapsucker (El Paso)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso)
Say's Phoebe (*Arapahoe, Baca, Douglas, Jefferson)
Steller's Jay (Baca)
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Baca)
Chihuahuan Raven (Fremont, Kiowa)
Bushtit (Baca)
Rock Wren (Baca)
Canyon Wren (Baca)
Pacific Wren (La Plata)
Winter Wren (Arapahoe, Baca, El Paso)
Varied Thrush (El Paso)
Curve-billed Thrasher (Baca, El Paso)
Northern Mockingbird (Baca)
American Pipit (Eagle, Mesa)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Conejos, Larimer, Park)
Black Rosy-Finch (Conejos)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Conejos, Park, Weld)
PURPLE FINCH (*Yuma)
Cassin's Finch (Baca, *Yuma)
Common Redpoll (Chaffee, *Larimer)
Red Crossbill (Arapahoe)
Lapland Longspur (El Paso, Kiowa)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kiowa)
European Goldfinch (Boulder)
Green-tailed Towhee (Denver)
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Baca)
Canyon Towhee (Baca)
Field Sparrow (Baca)
Fox Sparrow (Delta, *Larimer)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Baca, Pueblo)
Swamp Sparrow (El Paso)
White-throated Sparrow (Mesa)
Harris's Sparrow (*Denver, El Paso)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Weld)
Brewer's Blackbird (Kiowa)
Great-tailed Grackle (Eagle, Kiowa)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Arapahoe)
Prairie Warbler (Pueblo)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---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. On January 28, at McKay road Ponds, Joe Roller and Eric DeFonso reported f Long-tailed Duck.
---On January 28 on S Platte River, Hwy 224 and 68th, Gabriel Wiltse reported Greater Scaup.
---On January 28 at S Platte Trail from Riverside Cemetery to Sand Creek, Gabriel Wiltse reported Long-billed Dowitcher where S Platte River instersects York St.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
--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 28 on E Crescent Parkway, Gabrield Wiltse reported Winter Wren and Rebecca Laroche reported Yellow-rumped Warbler./
--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. On January 28 at South Platte Reservoir, Matt Crooks, Jeff Dawson, Joanne Parker, and John McConnell reported White-winged Scoter, and Yellow-billed Loon; Jeff Dawson also reported White-winged Scoter on the Jefferson County portion of the reservoir. On January 29 at South Platte Reservoir, Robert Thoren and others reported Yellow-billed Loon and White-winged Scoter in Jefferson County part of reservoir; Candice Johnson and Gwen Moore reported White-winged Scoter in Douglas county. On January 30 at South Platte Reservoir, Jerry Baines reported White-winged Scoter and Yellow-billed Loon.
---On January 28 at S Platte Park C470 area, Robert Folzenlogen reported 23 Greater Scaup (19m, 4f) at N end of Eaglewatch Lake, Says's Phoebe, and Yellow-rumped Warbler.
---On January 28 at Robert Tartaglia Pavilion, Eric DeFonso reported Say's Phoebe and f Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler.
---On January 30 at Lee Gulch Overlook Trail, David Hill reported Say's Phoebe.
BACA COUNTY:
--On January 25 at Two Buttes Dave Leatherman reported Long-billed Curlew, Winter Wren, Marsh Wren, Rock Wren and Canyon Wren.
---On January 28 at Sike ranch SWA, CR Q, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 4 Curve-billed Thrashers, 3 Canyon Towhee, and f type Cassin's Finch.
---On January 28 at Cottonwood Canyon Southern Approach, Kathy Mihm Dunning and David Dowell reported 4 Lincoln's Sparow, 4 Canyon Towhee, and 4 Rufous-crowned Sparrows.
---On January 28 at CR J, David Dowell and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay and 3 Canyon Towhees.
---On January 28 at Cottonwood Canyon Loop, Kathy Mihm Dunning and David Dowell reported Say's Phoebe and 2 Steller's Jays.
---On January 28 at Picture Canyon, David Dowell and Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 7 Bushtit, Winter Wren, Northern Mockingbird, 2 Field Sparrows, 3 Canyon Towhees, and 2 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jays.
BENT COUNTY:
--On January 22, Janeal Thompson reported Greater Roadrunner at John Martin State Park.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On January 28 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, Peter Burke and Christian Nunes reported European Goldfinch. Christian said that the goldfinch was bathing in the creek.
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.
DELTA COUNTY:
---On January 29 in Paonia, Dennis Garrison reported that the Fox Sparrow continues to visit the FS office feeder.
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 30 at First Creek at DEN, Brian Johnson reported Harris's Sparrow.
--On January 25 at First Creek Open Space Ivan Mota reported Marsh Wren.
---On January 26 at Denver Botanic Gardens and Cheeseman Park, Mark Obmascik reported Green-tailed Towhee.
---On January 30 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Alison Hixon reported Wild Turkey.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
--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 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 28 at couble Tree Hotel Pond, Gary Koehn 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.
---On January 28 on Hanover Road, Cheri Phillips reported Curve-billed Thrasher; Robb Hinds reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker; Joy and Leonard Lake reported Greater Roadrunner.
---On January 28 at Aiken Canon Preserve, Jim Merritt reported Williamson's Sapsucker.
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 21 at Valco Pond, Joel Adams reported Barrows Goldeneye. On January 28 at Canon City Valco Pond, Joel Adams reported imm m Barrow's 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. On January 29 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, John Drummond and Richard Dunn reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On January 25 at Coryell Ranch in Carbondale, Dick Filby reported 11 Barrow's Goldeneyes.
---On January 29 on Devereux Rd and Two Rivers Park, JoAnn Rigggle reported 5 Barrow's Goldeneyes and Spotted Sandpiper.
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. On January 29 at Belmar Park, Jerry Baines reported Greater Scaup. On January 30 at Belmar Park, Mark Chavez reported Greater Scaup.
KIOWA COUNTY:
---On January 28 in town of Eads, Steve Mlodinow reported Brewer's Blackbird and 2 Great-tailed Grackles.
---On January 28 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Chihuahuan Ravens, California Gull, and Great-tailed Grackle. On January29 at Neenoshe Reservoir Locust Grove, Jane Stulp and Janeal Thompson reported Double-crested Cormorant.
---On January 28 at Upper Queens/Neeshkah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Greater White-fronted Goose, 3 Barrow's (2m, 1f) Goldeneyes, California Gull, Lapland Longspur.
---On January 28 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Lapland Longspur and Chestnut-collared Longspur.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
---On January 28 at Animas River Trail Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area, Ryan Votta reported Pacific Wren.
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 28, Bill Schmoker reported HARRIS'S HAWK on Frontage Rd N of Prospect at the Welcome Center and many other birders reported the hawk near Welcome Center and on SW Frontage Rd. On January 29, Kerry Hargrove reported HARRIS'S HAWK on Frontage Rd N of Welcome Center.
--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 30 at Horsetooth Mountain Park, Arvind Panjabi reported 13 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 28 at CSU Enviromental Learning Center, Dave Leatherman and Janeal Thompson reported Red Fox Sparrow. On January 30 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Austin Hess and Alexa Stickel reported Red Fox Sparrow.
---On January 27 at Riverbend Ponds NA, Nick Komar reported Sora. On January 28 at Riverbend Ponds NA, Jim Nachel reported Sora.
MESA COUNTY:
--On January 24, Ronda Woodward reported Barrow's Goldeneye at Colorado River State Park, Fruita Section.
---On January 25 at Grand Junction Wildlife Area, Dick Filby reported White-throated Sparrow.
---On January 25 at Horsethief Canyon, Dick Filby reported 7 Least Sandpipers and American Pipit.
PARK COUNTY:
--On January 23 in Jefferson (town) Brian Johnson reported 4 Brown-capped Rosy-finches and 56 Gray-crowned Rosy-finches.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
--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 28 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Matt Hofeditz and Cheri Phillips reported Great Black-backed Gull.
--On January 24 Dale Pate reported continuing Prairie Warbler in Rock Canyon below the Pueblo Reservoir Dam. On January 28 at Pueblo Reservoir Rock Canyon below dam N of river, Cheri Phillips reported Prairied Warbler.
---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 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.
---On January 28 at Grover, Gene Rutherford reported a large flock of Rosy-Finches most of which were Gray-crowned.
---On January 29 on CR 50 between CR 47 and CR 49, Gene Rutherford reported Yellow-headed Blackbird.
---On January 30 at Wood Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported Iceland (Thayer's) Gull.
---On January 30 at Windsor Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Iceland (Thayer's) Gulls.
---On January 30 at Firestone Gravel Pits (View from road), Steve Mlodinow reported f Greater Scaup.
YUMA COUNTY:
---On January 30 at Bonny Reservoir SP, Glenn Walbek reported both a PURPLE FINCH and Cassin's Finch in the same tree.
DFO Field Trips
The DFO Field trip for Saturday/Sunday February 3- 4 will be to Southeastern Colorado led by Amber Carver (caramb22 AT gmail.com; 310-483-5721) This is a two-day trip. This trip is full.
The DFO Field trip for Saturday, February 3 will be a Northeastern Raptor Tour led by Joey Kellner (vireo1 AT comcast.net; 303-978-1748). This trip is full.
The DFO Field trip for Monday, February 5 will be Front Range Owling led by David Suddjian (dsuddjian T gmail.com; 831-713-8659)
This trip is full.
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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