[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 25 February 2018

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine

e-mail:      RBA AT cobirds.org  

Date:        February 25, 2018

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, February 25  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, Washington, *Weld)

BRANT (Arapahoe)

Trumpeter Swan (Fremont, Yuma)

Wood Duck (Prowers)

Greater Scaup (*El Paso, *Mesa, Weld)

White-winged Scoter (*Arapahoe, *Jefferson)

Long-tailed Duck (*Montezuma)

Barrow's Goldeneye (Adams, Arapahoe, *El Paso, *Montezuma, Weld) 

Red-breasted Merganser (Montezuma)

Red-necked Grebe (*Douglas)

Clark's Grebe (Fremont)

Greater Roadrunner (El Paso)

Sandhill Crane (Mesa, Pueblo, Rio Grande)

Least Sandpiper (*Archuleta)

American Woodcock (*Larimer)

Spotted Sandpiper (Arapahoe, Mesa, *Weld)

Mew Gull  (Weld)

California Gull (*Larimer , *Mesa)

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

Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo,*Weld)

YELLOW-BILLED LOON (Arapahoe, Jefferson)

Double-crested Cormorant (Pueblo)

American White Pelican (Weld)

Osprey (Larimer)

Northern Goshawk (Jefferson)

HARRIS'S HAWK (Larimer)

Swainson's Hawk (Prowers)

Snowy Owl (*Boulder)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Washington)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (*El Paso)

Say's Phoebe (*Arapahoe, *Jefferson)

Chihuahuan Raven (*Adams, Fremont)

Pygmy Nuthatch (Broomfield)

Winter Wren (Archuleta, *Morgan)

Golden-crowned Kinglet (Denver)

Eastern Bluebird (Washington)

Mountain Bluebird (Weld)

Hermit Thrush (Washington)

Gray Catbird (Arapahoe)

Curve-billed Thrasher (*El Paso)

Northern Mockingbird (Adams, *Denver)

Bohemian Waxwing (*Gunnison)

American Pipit (*Weld)

Common Redpoll (Arapahoe, Denver)

Red Crossbill (Arapahoe)

Lapland Longspur (*Denver, Douglas)

Field Sparrow (Baca)

Sagebrush Sparrow (Mesa)

Fox Sparrow (Delta, *Larimer)

Lincoln's Sparrow (*Douglas, La Plata, *Mesa, *Pueblo)

Swamp Sparrow (Arapahoe, Boulder)

White-throated Sparrow (Arapahoe)

Harris's Sparrow (Arapahoe, El Paso)

Brown-headed Cowbird (El Paso, Weld)

Rusty Blackbird (*Larimer, Morgan)

Pine Warbler (*Larimer)

Yellow-rumped Warbler (*Arapahoe, Archuleta, Jefferson, Larimer, Mesa, Prowers, Pueblo)

Northern Cardinal (Prowers)

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On February 18 at Big Dry Creek OS, David Ely reported Northern Mockingbird.

---On February 18 at South Platte River Sand Creek mouth, Riley Morris reported Black Phoebe.  This would be new county record if accepted.

---On February 24 on Picadilly Rd, John Vanderpoel and Bill Kaempfer reported Chichuahuan Rave.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:                                                                  

---On February 18 at South Platte Reservoir, Anna Lenshek reported YELLOW-BILLED LOON.  On February 19 at South Plate Reservoir, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported YELLOW-BILLED LOON and Derek Lecy reported White-winged Scoter and YELLOW-BILLED LOON.  On February 20 at South Platte Reservoir, David Suddjian reported White-winged Scoter and YELLOW-BILLED LOON.  Suddjian reported that the SW Bay was frozen.   On February 22 at South Platte Reservoir, David Suddjian, Cheri Phillips, Norm Lewis, and Ted Uhlemann reported White-winged Scoter.  On February 24 at South Platte Reservoir, Matt Hofeditz, Edward Donnan, Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported White-winged Scoter; Goldthwaite reported Say's Phoebe; Stephen Chang reported White-winged Scoter in SW Bay (Jefferson).

---On February 20 at South Platte Park, Ben Sampson reported Yellow-rumped Warbler near Nature Center.  On February 22 at South Platte Park Carson Nature Center, Bill Schreitz reported 2 f Barrow's Goldeneyes and 5 Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warblers in trees NE side of bicycle bridge.  On February 24 at South Platte Park C470 area, Matt Hofeditz reported Yellow-rumped Warbler.  On February 24 at South Platte Park SW Bay (Jefferson), Edward Donnan and Crystal Wilson reported Say's Phoebe)

---On February 18 at Ketring Park, Cheryl Teuton and several other birders reported BLACK BRANT.  The BRANT was also seen at neighboring Gallup Park.   On February 19 at Ketring Park, Alan and MaryLynne Ketcham reported BRANT.  On February 22 at Ketring Park, Diane Roberts reported Swamp Sparrow.  

---On February 18 at Chapel Hill Memorial gardens, Jared Del Rosso reported Harris's Sparrow.

---On February 18 at Gallup Park in Littleton, Jared Del Rosso and Christian Hagenlocher reported BLACK BRANT.

---On February 18 at St Mary's Catholic Church lower area, David Suddjian reported Say's Phoebe

---On February 21 at Centennial Park, Edward Donnan reported Spotted Sandpiper.

---On February 21 at Hawley Road, Doug Kibbe reported 18 Common Redpoll.

---On February 22 at Inverness Golf Course, Mary O'Connor reported 33 Red Crossbills.

ARCHULETA COUNTY:

---On February 18 on San Juan River Walk in Pagosa Springs, Ryan Votta reported Yellow-rumped Warbler and Jim Beatty reported Winter Wren.

---On February 24 at Navajo SP and Reservoir, Charles Martinez reported Least Sandpiper.

BOULDER COUNTY:

---On February 20 and 21 at Pleasant View Soccer Field, Ernest Crvich reported Swamp Sparrow.

---On February 23 on Nelson Road, Sue Riffe reported a juv Snowy Owl flew over the road flying NW.  She was about a mile east of US 36.  

DELTA COUNTY:

----On February 23 at Paonia Forest Service Office feeder, Dennis Garrison reported that the Fox Sparrow continues.

DENVER COUNTY:

---On February 21 near DIA on Hudson Road, Doug Kibbe reported 2 Common Redpoll.

---On February 22 at Denver Botanic Gardens and Cheesman Park, Rebecca Laroche reported 2 Golden-crowned Kinglets.

---On February 24 at Rocky Mountain Lake Park, Gabriel Wiltse reported Northern Mockingbird.

---On February 24 at DIA, Bill Kaempfer and John Vanderpoel reported 3 Lapland Longspursl

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

---On February 19 at Chatfield SP Model Airplane Field, Doug Kibbe reported Lapland Longspurs.  Doug warned that there is no access to Chatfield from Wadsworth because of construction.  On February 22 Tom Wilbering and Diane Roberts reported Lapland Longspur at Chatfield SP Model Airplane Field.  

---On February 24 at Chatfield SP Handicapped Fisherman Platform, Joey Kellner and others reported Lincoln's Sparrow.

---On February 24 at Chatfield SP, Megan Miller reported Red-necked Grebe.

EL PASO COUNTY:

---On February 21 at Monument Wastewater Treatment Plant, Alan Versaw reported f Barrow's Goldeneye.  On February 24 at Monument Wastewater Treatment Plant, Roger Massey reported Greater Scaup and f Barrow's Goldeneye.

---On February 18 on Chapel Hills Drive, Susan Stover reported Greater White-fronted Goose.

---On February 18 at Reflection Pond, Richard Bunn reported Greater White-fronted Goose.

---On February 21 at Birdsall Road Jim Merritt reported 3 Brown-headed Cowbirds.

---On February 21 at Hanover Rd, Jim Merritt reported 2 Greater Roadrunners near Hanover and Meridian.

---On February 24 on S Meridian Road from Hanover Road to Pueblo County Line, Roger Massey reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker.

---On February 24 on Old Pueblo Road, David Tonnessen reported Lincoln's Sparrow.

---On February 24 at Hanover Fire Station, Steve Rash reported Curve-billed Thrasher.

FREMONT COUNTY:

---On February 18 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Ginny Bergstrom reported 2 Trumpeter Swans and Clark's Grebe; Gwen Moore reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.  On February 19 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Joy and Leonard Lake and SeEtta Moss reported 2 Trumpeter Swans.

GUNNISON COUNTY:

---On February 24 at Blue Mesa Reservoir east end, Arden Anderson reported 70 Bohemian Waxwings.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

---On February 19 at Bear Creek Green Belt S Kipling Pkwy to S Wadsworth  Blvd, Chris Wood reported Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler foraging near Wadsworth near the creek.  On February 22 at Bear Creek trail, Tom WIlberding reported Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler.  

---On Februrary 19 at Ralston Creek at Croke, Steven Snyder reported Northern Goshawk.

---On February 22 at Bennett Place in Lakewood, Chris Wood reported Yellow-rumped (Audubon's ) Warbler.

LA PLATA COUNTY:

---On February 23 at Animas River Trail Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area, Ryan Votta reported Lincoln's Sparrow.

LARIMER COUNTY:

---On February 16 on I-25 near Loveland, Gene Rutherford reported HARRIS'S HAWK near Exit sign.   On February 18 near I-25 Loveland exit, Susan Broderick reported the HARRIS'S HAWK flying over trees near Wyngate Hotel on Ronald Reagan Blvd.

---On February 18 from Dixon Reservoir to Horsetooth Reservoir, Elaine Leslie reported Osprey flying north to south.

---On February 18  - 22 at Wild Horse Birdfeeder in Loveland, John Reichhardt reported Pine Warbler.  On February 24 at Wild Horse Birdfeeder in Loveland, John Reichhardt and Sara Nooner reported Pine Warbler.

---On February 18 at Hillsdale Park in Berthoud, Christine and Richard Sparks reported Lincoln's Sparrow.

---On February 20 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Derek Lecy reported Red Fox Sparrow.   On February 22 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Walter Wehtje reported Red Fox Sparrow.  On February 23 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Neil Matheson reported Red Fox Sparrow.  On February 24 at CSU Environmental Learnin Center, Robert  Beauchamp and Pablo Quezada reported Rusty Blackbird.

---On February 22 at Kingfisher Point, Nix Farms and Williams NA, Lori Zabel reported Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler.

---On February 24 at Lake Loveland, Nick Komar and Walter Wehtje reported 2 California (californiucs) Gulls, 1 California (albertanensis) Gull, and 1 Iceland Gull.

---On February 25 at Bobcat Ridge NA, Christine and Richard Sparks and John Reichhardt reported American Woodcock.

MESA COUNTY:

---On February 16 at Grand Junction Wildlife Area, Kathleen McGinley and Mike Henwood reported 2 Lincoln's Sparrows.  On February 20 at Grand Junction WA, Ryan Claar reported Lincoln's Sparrow along Gunnison Trail near the end.  On February 24 at Grand Junction WA, Ryan Claar reported Lincoln's Sparrow.

---On February 18 at State Line, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported 12 Sandhill Cranes and 3 Sagebrush Sparrows.

---On February 18 at Horsethief Canyon SWA, David Price and Eileen Cunningham reported Spotted Sandpiper and Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler.

---On February 21 at Highline Lake SP, Mike Henwood reported 3 California Gulls.  On February 24 at Highline Lake Sp, Denise and Mark Vollmar reported Greater Scaup and 2 California Gulls.

MONTEZUMA COUNTY:

---On February 14 at McPhee Reservoir Dolores End, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported Long-tailed Duck.  On February 15 at Dolores Ponds (wastewater plant) Jim Beatty reported f Long-tailed Duck in second pond past Dolores wastewater treatment ponds.  On February 14 at West End, Jim Beatty reported 2 f Red-breasted Mergansers.  On February 16 at Dolores Ponds (Watewater Treatment Plant), Jason St Pierre and Eric Hynes reported Long-tailed Duck and Barrow's Goldeneye.  On February 19 at South arm of McPhee Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson reported Long-tailed Duck and Barrow's Goldeneye.  On February 24 at McPhee Reservoir South Arm, Erik Hendrickson reported Long-tailed Ducks and Barrow's Goldeneye.

MORGAN COUNTY:

---On February 18 at Riverside Park (east section) in Fort Morgan, Chris Wood and David Dowell reported Winter Wren and Rusty Blackbird.  On February 24 at Riverside Park (east section) in Fort Morgan, Norm Lewis reported Winter Wren.

PROWERS COUNTY:

---On February 18 at Lamar Community College, Jon Horn reported f Wood Duck, 4 Yellow-rumped Warblers, and Northern Cardinal.

---On February 18 on Hwy 196 from Kornman to county line, Jon Horn reported 1st year light phase Swainson's Hawk.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

---On February 18 at Pueblo Reservoir, Robb Hinds reported Great Black-backed Gull.  On February 19 at Pueblo Reservoir, Joy and Leonard Lake reported Great Black-backed Gull and 8 Yellow-rumped Warblers.

---On February 19 at Whitewater Park in Pueblo, Lorna Megenity reported Double-crested Cormorant and 6 Sandhill Cranes.

RIO GRANDE COUNTY:

---On February 19 at Monte Vista NWR, Bill Schreitz reported 475 Sandhill Cranes.  On February 20 at Monte Vista NWR, Jon Horn reported hundreds of Sandhill Cranes.

WASHINGTON COUNTY:

---On February 18 at Prewitt Reservoir, Chris Wood reported 7 Greater White-fronted Geese, Red-bellied Woodpecker, 9 Eastern Bluebirds, and Hermit Thrush.

WELD COUNTY:

---On February 18 at LUNA Reservoir, Gene Rutherford reported 3 Greater Scaup (2m, 1f) and Brown-headed Cowbird.  On Februrayr 24 at LUNA Reservoir, Bill Kaempfer and John Vanderpoel reported 2 Iceland (Thayer's) Gulls and Great Black-backed Gull.

---On February 18 at St Vrain SP Great Egret Pond, Gene Rutherford reported American White Pelican.

---On February 18 at Firestone Gravel Pits (view from road), Steve Mlodinow, Gene Rutherford, and Luke Pheneger reported m Barrow's Goldeneye and American White Pelican; Mlodinow also reported 1st cyc Mew Gull.

---On February 18 at Barefoot Lakes, Gene Rutherford reported Mew Gull.

---On February 21 at Shelterbelt at CR 90 and CR 57, Danny Montalvo reported 30 Mountain Bluebirds.

---On February 24 at Firestone Recreation Area, Bill Kaempfer and John Vanderpoel reported Greater White-fronted Goose.

---On February 24 on South Platte River near 168th, Bill Kaempfer and John Vnaderpoel reported Spotted Sandpiper and 4 American Pipits.

YUMA COUNTY:

---On February 18 at Stalker Lake, David Dowell reported Trumpeter Swan.

DFO Field Trips:

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, February 25 will be to Fort Collins Grandview Cemetery led by Gregg Goodrich (GreggGoodrich AT gmail.com; 303-665-9135).  This trip is full

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, February 25 will be Boulder County:  From the Mountains to the Plains led by Paula Hansley (plhansley AT gmail.com; 720-890-2628).  Directions:  Meet at 0800 at Cinnebarre Theaters parking lot off Dillon Rd in Louisville.  Take McCaslin Blvd exit from Hwy 36 (Boulder Turnpike) to the north; go left at first traffic light at Dillon Rd, take first left and follow little road into a large parking lot for Cinebarre Theaters.  Meet on west side.    Carpool.  Check out feeders including Mtn Research Station and Allenspark.  Will work way back to plains.  Bring lunch, water (and/or warm Beverage), warm clothes, including gloves and hat.  Register online or contact leader.

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder

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