Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: January 6, 2018
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, January 6 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.
Graylag Goose (Pueblo)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Adams, Boulder, El Paso, Fremont, Weld)
BRANT (Douglas)
Trumpeter Swan (Boulder, Larimer)
Tundra Swan (Boulder, Larimer)
EURASIAN WIGEON (*Fremont)
Mallard (Mexican Intergrade) (Boulder)
Greater Scaup (Delta, Jefferson, *Pueblo)
White-winged Scoter (Arapahoe, *La Plata, Pueblo)
Long-tailed Duck (Arapahoe, *Jefferson, Weld)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, Chaffee, Garfield, La Plata, Pueblo)
Greater Prairie-Chicken (Yuma)
Red-necked Grebe (Boulder, *Jefferson, Larimer)
Greater Roadrunner (*El Paso)
Sandhill Crane (Fremont)
Least Sandpiper (Pueblo)
Mew Gull (*Pueblo)
Iceland Gull (Arapahoe, Kiowa, *Pueblo)
Glaucous Gull (Boulder, Larimer, *Pueblo)
Great Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo)
Pacific Loon (*Pueblo)
YELLOW-BILLED LOON (*Arapahoe, *Jefferson)
Double-crested Cormorant (Adams, Jefferson, *Pueblo)
American White Pelican (Adams, Boulder, Douglas)
HARRIS'S HAWK (Larimer)
Snowy Owl (Jefferson)
RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (*El Paso)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (*Teller)
Black Phoebe (Adams)
Say's Phoebe (Arapahoe, *Broomfield, Denver, Larimer)
Steller's Jay (Mesa, Pueblo)
Chihuahuan Raven (*El Paso)
Common Raven (Adams)
Mountain Chickadee (Arapahoe)
Pygmy Nuthatch (Arapahoe, Morgan, Phillips)
Carolina Wren (*Pueblo)
Eastern Bluebird (Douglas, Pueblo)
Western Bluebird (Pueblo)
Mountain Bluebird (Douglas, Pueblo)
Hermit Thrush (*Arapahoe)
Varied Thrush (*El Paso)
Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso)
Bohemian Waxwing (Jackson)
American Pipit (Boulder)
Gray-crowned Rosy- Finch (Teller)
Black Rosy-Finch (Teller)
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Teller)
Red Crossbill (Arapahoe, Larimer, Weld)
White-winged Crossbill (Larimer)
European Goldfinch (*Boulder)
Lapland Longspur (Cheyenne, *El Paso, Pueblo)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Cheyenne)
McCown's Longspur (Cheyenne)
Fox Sparrow (Boulder, *Larimer)
Lincoln's Sparrow (*El Paso, Jefferson, *Larimer, Montrose, *Pueblo)
Swamp Sparrow (Boulder, La Plata, Weld)
White-throated Sparrow (Boulder, Pitkin)
Harris's Sparrow (Larimer, Pueblo)
Common Yellowthroat (Weld)
Yellow Warbler (Mesa)
Pine Warbler (Larimer)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Adams, *Pueblo)
Prairie Warbler (*Pueblo)
Northern Cardinal (Logan)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On December 29 on S. Platte River at sewage treatment plant near 64th and York, Bob Canter reported Black Phoebe. This would be a new county record if accepted. On December 30 at 64th and York, Bob Canter and Eric DeFonso reported Black Phoebe. On Janaury 1 at 64th and York along the S Platte River, Eric DeFonso reported Black Phoebe. On January 3 east of 2 water discharges of sewage treatment plant, Cheryl Teuton and Dan Brooke reported Black Phoebe. On January 4 at water treatment plant, Sue Riffe reported 4 Double-crested Cormorants.
---On January 1 at S Platte River at 99th Ave, Richard Trinker reported 6 Barrow's Goldeneyes (4m, 2f)
---On January 1 at S Platte River at McKay Road and 100th Ave, Susan Rosine reported 2 Double-crested Cormorants and 2 American White Pelicans.
---On January 1 on S Platte River and mouth of Sand Creek, Glenn Walbek and Loch Kilpatrick reported Greater White-fronted Goose, Black Phoebe, Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle), and Double-crested Cormorant. On January 2 on S Platte River and mouth of Sand Creek, Jeff Dawson reported 3 Double-crested Cormorants. On January 3 at S Platte River and mouth of Sand Creek, Gabriel Wiltse reported Greater White-fronted Goose (about 58th Ave) and 3 Double-crested Cormorant; Gregg Goodrich reported 1 Double-crested Cormorant and Black Phoebe; Norm Lewis reported Double-crested Cormorant. On January 4 at S Platte River and mouth of Sand Creek, Norm Lewis reported Double-crested Cormorant.
---On January 1 on S Platte River at 88th Ave, Richard Trinker reported 5 Barrow's Goldeneyes (3m, 2f) and 2 Double-crested Cormorants; Candice Johnson reported Double-crested Cormorant. On January 3 at S Platte River at 88th, Charlie Curlee reported 4 Double-crested Cormorants; Gabriel Wiltse reported 4 Barrow's Goldeneyes and 1 Double-crested Cormorant.
---On January 3 on S Platte River, Hwy 224 and 68th Ave, Gabirel Wiltse reported 10 Double-crested Cormorants.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On January 3 on High Line Canal Trail from E Quincy Ave to Three Ponds Park, Elaine Wagner reported Hermit Thrush. On January 4 on High Line Canal Trail from E Quincy Ave to Three Ponds Park, Diane Roberts reported 2 Pygmy Nuthatch
---On January 2 at Hollow Park, Cherry Hills Village, Gregg Goodrich and Anna Troth reported Hermit Thrush. On January 5 at Dahlia Hollow Park, Chris Gilbert reported Hermit Thrush.
---On January 2 at Aurora Reservoir, Loch Kilpatrick reported White-winged Scoter, 2 Long-tailed Ducks, Iceland (Thayer's) Gull, and Say's Phoebe. On January 4 at Aurora Reservoir, David Dowell reported 2 White-winged Scoters, 4 Long-tailed Ducks, and 4 Iceland (Thayer's) Gulls.
---On January 1 at High Line Canal in Cherry Hills Village, Jared Del Rosso reported White-throated Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, 5 Pygmy Nuthatch, and 2 Mountain Chickadees.
---On January 5 at S Platte Reservoir, Joey Kellner reported YELLOW-BILLED LOON in north end of reservoir.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On January 1 at Valmont Reservoir Complex, Bill Kaempfer, Richard Trunker, Dan Zmolek, Leslie S, and Luke Phenger reported 3 Trumpeter Swans and Tundra Swan; Zmolek also reported 3 Greater White-fronted Geese. On January 1 Norm Lewis and Nick Moore reported 3 Trumpeter Swans, Tundra Swans, and 2 Double-crested Cormorants. On January 2 at Valmont Reservoir Complex, DFO Field Trip led by David Suddjian, Sue Riffe, David Waltman, Willem Van Vliet, Alexander Brown, and Ted Floyd reported 3 Trumpeter Swans and Tundra Swan. On January 3 at Valmont Reservoir Complex, Loch Kilpatrick reported 3 Trumpeter Swans and Tundra Swan.
---On January 4 at Golden Ponds in Longmont on Greenway trail, Jamie Simo reported White-throated Sparrow and 2 Swamp Sparrows.
---On January 4 on Bear Canyon Trail, Ted Floyd reported Fox Sparrow.
---On January 4 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve in Lafayette, Randy Siebert reported Trumpter Swan.
---On January 5 at Boulder Creek and 75th St, Leslie S reported European Goldfinch.
BROOMFIELD COUNTY:
---On December 29 at Interlocken East Park, Nick Moore reported Say's Phoebe. On January 4 and January 5 at Interlocken East Park, Matt Hofeditz reported Say's Phoebe.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
---On January 1 at Sands Lake SWA, Jack Harlan reported 6 Barrow's Goldeneyes (5m, 1f).
CHEYENNE COUNTY:
---On January 1 on 251 – 999 US 385 in Cheyenne Wells, Danny Akers reported 750 Lapland Longspurs and 20 Chestnut-collared Longspurs.
---On January 1 on 44001 – 44237 US 385 in Cheyenne Wells, Danny Akers reported 1600 Lapland Longspurs, 400 Chestnut-collared Longspurs, and 100 McCown's Longspurs.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On January 1 at Denver Botanic Gardens and Cheeseman Park Heidi Retherford and Shannon Cwik reported Say's Phoebe.
---On January 1 at 3228 – 32888 Florence Way in Denver, Mike Serruto reported 2 Say's Phoebe.
---On January 4 at Westerly Creek Park, Jason Bidgood reported Say's Phoebe.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On January 1 at Parker Regional Park aka Salisbury Equestrian Park, Loch Kilpatrick and Glenn Walbek reported BRANT and Amy Davis reported American White Pelican. On January 2 at Parker Regional Park (aka Salisbury Equestrian Park), Tim Ryan reported BRANT.
---On January 4 in Franktown on Willow Lake Dr, Hugh Kingery reported 1 Mountain Bluebird and 1 Eastern Bluebird.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On December 21 and 22, David Tonnessen reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER (ruber) on Miranda Road in Colorado Springs. This is a new state record if accepted. The sapsucker has been seen on Broadmoor property. On January 1, the RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER was reported by Mel Goff and many other birders in Austrian Pines and once was see in the Ponderosa Pine on the golf course. On January 2, the RED BREASTED SAPSUCEKR Was reported by Tim Ryan and many other birders at its usual spot; John Bruder also reported Northern Goshawk, David Tonnessen reported Greater White-fronted Goose. On January 3 Bill Fink, Lisa Edwards and John Drummond and others reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER at Austrian Pine at 13 Miranda Road, Cynthia Madsen and David Hill reported the sapsucker at the Golf Course. On January 4 Chris Brobin and Brandon Percival and several other birders reported RED- BREASTED SAPSUCKER at Austrian Pines at 13 Miranda Road. On January 5 Kara Carragher and several other birders reported RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER at Austrian Pines at 13 Miranda Road.
---On December 31 at Northern Cheyenne Canyon Park in Colorado Springs, Deb Carstensen reported Varied Thrush. The bird was along Cheyenne Creek upstream from footbridge near parking lot. This park is across the street from Starsmore Nature Center. On January 1 the Varied Thrush was seen by many birders at Starsmore Nature Center. On January 2, at Starsmore Discovery Center, Kevin Ash and many other birders reported Varied Thrush; Heidi Eaton also reported 4 Red Crossbills. On January 3 at Starsmore Nature Center and S Cheyenne Canyon, Bill Fink, Lisa Edwards, and John Drummond and several other birders reported Varied Thrush; Diane Roberts also reported 3 Red Crossbill. On January 4 at Starsmore Nature Center and S Cheyenne Canyon, Crhis Brobin and Brandon Percival and several other birders reported Varied Thrush. On January 5 at Starsmore Nature Center and S Cheyenne Canyon, Kara Carragher and others reported Varied Thrush.
---On January 4 on Meridian Road just S of Hanover Road, Brandon Percival, Kevin Ash, David and Cheryl Hubbard reported Greater Roadrunner. On January 5 near intersection of Meridian Road and Hanover Road, Mel and Jeanne Goff and Richard Bunn and Tanja Britton reported Greater Roadrunner.
---On January 5 on Hanover Road, Richard Bunn, Tanja Britton, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported 2 Chichuahuan rave, Lincoln's Sparrow, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 3 Lapland Longsurs, and Curve-billed Thrasher.
FREMONT COUNTY:
---On January 1 at Canon City Valco Ponds, the DFO trip led by Joey Kellner reported 3 Greater White-fronted Geese and Sandhill Crane.
---On January 5 at Canon City Valco Pond, Brandon Percival, Bill Maynard, and Jerry DeBoer reported EURASIAN WIGEON. This is private property so observed behind fence.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On January 2 in Carbondale, Dick Filby reported 11 Barrow's Goldeneyes on Roaring Fork Looking downstream from, road bridge on Catherine Store Road.
JACKSON COUNTY:
---On January 2 in Walden, Rachel Hopper reported a flock of 50 Bohemian Waxwings at intersection of Hwy 14 and Main St.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On December 23 near Stanley Lake on light pole at 88th and Queen, Bars Moore reported Snowy Owl. On December 24 near Standley Lake (south) at 88th Pkwy and Newcombe, Victoria Baldwin reported Snowy Owl. Please view from a distance. On December 25, the Snowy Owl was reported by Bez Bezuidenhout at Colorado Hill Open Space which is NW of Standley Lake, then many birders reported Snowy Owl on 100th Ave on the north side of Standley Lake. Last report of the Snowy Owl on December 25 was from South Shore of Standley Lake by Timo Mitzen. On December 26, the Snowy Owl was reported sitting on the dam in the afternoon by Paul Hurado and several other birders. It was best viewed from the parking lot of the middle school on 100th Ave. Around 5 pm the owl took off from the dam. On December 27, Peter Gent and others reported Snowy Owl on roof of wayne Carle Middle School on 100th Ave around 10 am. Norm Erthal reported that 2 Crows harassed the Snowy Owl around 10:42 causing it to fly south. Paul Hurtado and many other birders reported the Snowy Owl on the South Shore near 86th and Queen in the afternoon. Kevin De Boer reported the Snowy Owl on a park bench at 4:30. On December 28 the Standley Lake Snowy Owl was seen perched on a rooftop on a house NE of the middle school on 100th Ave by David Tonnessen and many other birders. On December 29 the Snowy Owl was first reported on South Shore by Joseph Hartman, then in a tree on west side of lake by a red barn by Chris Wood, then the Snowy Owl spent the most time at a house at 99th Place and Independence Dr near the middle school on a chimney top reported by Brian Johnson and several other birders. On December 31 at Standley Lake south Shore, Steven Snyder reported Snowy Owl atop a gazebo. On January 1 at Standley Lake on S side of Lake near 88th and Independence, Gabriel Wiltse reported Snowy Owl.
---On December 29 at Coors Ponds, Chris Wood and Jessie Barry reported Red-necked Grebe. On January 1 at Coors Pond, Aaron Shipe, Frank Farrell, and Tom Behnfield reported Red-necked Grebe. On January 3 at Coors Pond, Debbie and Tom Behnfield reported Long-tailed Duck and Red-necked Grebe. On January 5 at Coors Ponds, Gwen Moore, Frank Farrell, Brian Johnson, and Pablo Quezada reported 2 Long-tailed Ducks and Red-necked Grebe.
---On January 1 at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt, Dale Pate reported 2 Double-crested Cormorants.
---On January 4 at South Platte Reservoir, SW Bay, Elaine Wagner reported 5 Greater Scaup.
---On January 5 at South Platte Reservoir, SW Bay, Myron Gerhard reported YELLOW-BILLED LOON.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
---On January 1 on southernmost section Animas River Trail, Susan Allerton reported Swamp Sparrow. On January 1 on Animas River Trail behind Home Depot, Jason St Pierre and Ryan Volta reported Swamp Sparrow.
---On January 1 on Animas River trail behind Escalante School, Susan Allerton reported 3 Barrow's Goldeneyes (1f, 2m)
---On January 3 at Bodo SWA, Jason St. Pierre and Ryan Volta reported White-winged Scoter.
---On January 5 at CR 210 on Lake Nighthorse, Jack Maher reported White-winged Scoter.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On December 26, the HARRIS'S HAWK was by Bob Spencer at the Welcome Center, by Paul Ode in ditch S of Visitor Center, and by Brad Denter at Running Deer/Cottonwood Hollow; Gary Lefko reported the hawl near a motorcycle business N of Prospect Road on Frontage road. On December 29 the HARRIS'S HAWK was reported by Robert Beauchamp, Susan Rosine, Glenn Walbek, Loch Kilpatrick, and Alec Hopping in the vicinity of the Welcome Center. On December 30, Adam Veseley, Maggie Boswell, and Sandy Arnesen reported HARRIS'S HAWK at recycle center; Jim Thomspon reported HARRIS'S HAWK east of visitor center. There were several birders who saw the HARRIS'S HAWK on December 30 but there were no e-Bird reports. On January 2, Walter Wehtje reported HARRIS'S HAWK SW of Rest Area.
---On December 27 at 3645 Wild Horse Ct in Loveland, Joe Mammoser reported Pine Warbler which was also seen by David Wade, Nick Komar, and Walter Wehtje. On December 29, Dave Leatherman reported Pine Warbler at Wild Horse Ct. in Loveland. On December 30 at W 37th St, Joey Angstman reported Pine Warbler. On December 31, Diane Kristoff, Christine and Richard Sparks reported Pine Warbler at Wild Horse Ct in Loveland. On January 1 at Wild Hourse Ct, John Reichardt, and several other birders reported Pine Warbler. On January 2 at 3600 Wild Horse Ct, Georgian Doyle, David Wade, Michael Costello, Nick Komar, and Dave Leatherman reported Pine Warbler.
---On January 1 at Glade Reservoir, David Wade and Sean Walters reported Red-necked Grebe.
---On January 1 at Grandview Cemetery, Dave Leatherman reported 25 Type 4 Red Crossbills.
---On January 1 at Carter Lake, Nick Komar reported Red-necked Grebe and Glaucous Gull.
---On January 3 at 2127 E Harmony Road (UHC/PVH Imaging Center), Brad Biggerstaff reported Say's Phoebe in bare tree.
---On January 3 at Rocky Mountain NP Lily Lake Area, Austin Hess and Joshua Smith reported White-winged Crossbill.
---On January 4 at Arapahoe Bend NA Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Cliff Hendrick, Nick Komar, and April Eisele reported Trumpter Swan and Tundra Swan.
---On January 5 on Big Thompson River Rec Trail between Taft and Wilson in Loveland, Elain Coley reported Lincoln's Sparrow.
---On January 5 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Andy Bankert and Carl Bendorf reported Fox Sparrow (Red) with a flock of Juncos at intersection of Alden and Wilcox Trail.
MONTROSE COUNTY:
---On January 2 on CC Rd W of 2700 Rd in Nucla, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Lincoln's Sparrow.
PITKIN COUNTY:
---On January 3 at Aspen Center for Enviornmental Studies, Jason Gregg reported White-throated Sparrow.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On January 1 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Tom Bunker reported Great Black-backed Gull. On January 1 at Pueblo Reservoir, Joey Kellner and DFO Field Trip reported 2 Double-crested Cormorants, Great Black-backed Gull, and Lapland Longpsur. On January 5 at Pueblo Reservoir South Marina, Gloria Nikolai and Loch Kilpatrick reported 7 Greater Scaup, Pacific Loon, Double-crested Cormorant, Glaucous Gull, 2 Iceland (Thayer's) Gulls, Great Black-backed Gull and Yellow-rumped Warbler.
---On January 3 at Pueblo Reservoir spillway to Juniper Road, Paul Hurtado reported Prairie Warbler. On January 4 at Pueblo Reservoir, Tanja Britton and Richard Bunn reported Prairie Warbler. On January 5 on Juniper Road at Pueblo Reservoir, Loch Kilpatrick reported Mew Gull, Iceland (Thayer's) Gull, and Prairie Warbler.
---On January 1 at Pueblo Reservoir, Kevin DeBoer reported Pacific Loon, Least Sandpiper, Mew Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Prairie Warbler, and Lincoln's Sparrow.
---On January 1 at Lake Beckwith, Gwen Moore and Paul Hurtado reported White-winged Scoter; Moore also reported Eastern Bluebird, 4 Western Bluebird and 5 Mountain Bluebirds and Harris's Sparrow. On January 2 at Lake Beckwith, Elizabeth Smith reported Graylag Goose, White-winged Scoter, and Steller's Jay.
---On January 1 at 505-557 Juniper Road in Pueblo Reservoir, Tom Bunker reported 15 Mountain Bluebirds, Prairie Warbler, and Lincoln's Sparrow.
---On January 1 on Arkansas River E of Pueblo Blvd, Jerry and Kevin DeBoer reported Carolina Wren. On January 4 on Arkansas River Trail East of Pueblo Blvd, Tanja Britton reported Carolina Wren and Lincoln's Sparrow. On January 5 on Arkansas River Trail East of Pueblo Blvd, Loch Kilpatrick reported Carolina Wren and 2 Lincoln's Sparrows.
---On January 3 at Pueblo Reservoir Sailboard Launch area, Paul Hurtado reported Iceland (Thayer's) Gull and Great Black-backed Gull.
TELLER COUNTY:
---On January 3 on CR 861 south of Victor, Kevin Ash, reported 30 Black Rosy-Finch, 10 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch, and 10 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch.
---On January 3 on Pancake Rock Trail section after it diverges from Horsethief Falls Trail, Kevin Ash reported 6 American Three-toed Woodpeckers. On January 5, on Pancake Rock Trail, John Maynard reported 9 American Three-toed Woodpeckers.
WELD COUNTY:
---On January 2 at Glenmere Park in Greely, Steve Mlodinow reported 4 Red Crossbills.
---On January 2 at Poudre Ponds, Steve Mlodinow reported 7 Greater White-fronted Geese and Common Yellowthroat.
DFO Field Trips:
The DFO Field trip for Saturday, January 6 will be a Chase Trip led by Chris Gilbert (chrisgee9 AT gmail.com; 804-214-1508) This trip is full.
The DFO Field trip for Saturday, January 6 will be to Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR led by Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955) This trip is full
The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, January 7 will be to Barr Lake State Park led by Ira Sanders (zroadrunner14 AT gmail.com; 303-278-7172) This trip is full.
The DFO Field trip for Tuesday, January 9 will be to Aurora Reservoir and Prairie Roads led by David Suddjian (dssuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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