[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 26 February 2018

Compiler:   Joyce Takamine

e-mail:      RBA AT cobirds.org  

Date:        February 26, 2018

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Monday, February 26  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, *Yuma)

BRANT (*Arapahoe)

Trumpeter Swan (*Archuleta, Fremont, *Yuma)

Wood Duck (Prowers)

Greater Scaup (El Paso, *Jefferson, 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)

African Colllared-Dove (*Jefferson)

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 (*Douglas, El Paso, Larimer, Pueblo, Weld) 

Great Black-backed Gull (Pueblo,Weld)

YELLOW-BILLED LOON (Arapahoe,*Douglas, *Jefferson)

Double-crested Cormorant (Pueblo)

American White Pelican (Weld)

Osprey (Larimer)

Northern Goshawk (*Arapahoe, *El Paso, *Jefferson, *Larimer)

HARRIS'S HAWK (Larimer)

Swainson's Hawk (Prowers)

Snowy Owl (*Boulder)

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Washington)

Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso)

Say's Phoebe (Arapahoe, *Denver, Jefferson)

Chihuahuan Raven (Adams, Fremont)

Tree Swallow (*Pueblo)

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, *Yuma)

Swamp Sparrow (Arapahoe, Boulder)

White-throated Sparrow (Arapahoe)

Harris's Sparrow (Arapahoe, El Paso, *Jefferson)

Brown-headed Cowbird (El Paso, Weld, *Yuma)

Rusty Blackbird (Larimer, Morgan)

Pine Warbler (Larimer)

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

Northern Cardinal (Prowers, *Yuma)

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 25 at South Platte Reservoir SW Bay (Jefferson), Christian Hagenlocher reported White-winged Scoter; Matt Clark reported White-winged Scoter on Arapahoe side.

---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 25 at Ketring Park and Lake, G Stack reported BRANT.

---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.

---On February 25 at Milliken Park, Jared Del Rosso reported Northern Goshawk.

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.

---On February 25 at Lake Forest in Pagosa Springs, Charles Martinez and Jean Zirnhelt reported 3 Trumpeter Swans on south end near fishing dock.

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.  

---On February 25 on Diagonal Hwy and Independence Road, Ron Rodhajsky reported Snowy Owl flying over road.  It appeared to be an adults since it was all white.

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 Longspurs.

---On February 26 at Westerly Creek Park, Jason Bidgood reported Say's Phoebe.

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.

---On February 25 at Chatfield SP, Matt Clark reported YELLOW-BILLED LOON flying around reservoir; Iceland (Thayer's) Gull, and Lapland Longspur.

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.

---On February 25 at High Drive, Chris Brobin reported Northern Goshawk.

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.  On February 25 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Rob Hinds and Renee Casias reported 2 Trumpter 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.

---On February 25 at Falcon Ridge Cub Creek, Chuck Aid reported ad Northern Goshawk.

---On February 25 at Harriman Lake Park, Christian Hagenlocher reported Greater Scaup.

---On February 25 at Chatfield SP, Matt Clark reported YELLOW-BILLED LOON flying around reservoir.

---On February 26 at Morrison Park, Matt Clark reported 2 African Collared-Doves and Harris's Sparrow.

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 Learning Center, Robert  Beauchamp and Pablo Quezada reported Rusty Blackbird.  On February 25 at CSu Enviornmental Learning Center, David Wade, Nick Komar, and Walter Wehtje reported ad Northern Goshawk; Jim Nachel, Skyler Bol, and DFO Field trip led by Dave Leatherman reported Red Fox Sparrow.

---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 24 at Bobcat Ridge NA, Christine and Richard Sparks and John Reichhardt reported American Woodcock.  On February 25 at Bobcat Ridge NA, DFO Field trip led by Dave Leatherman and Janet Anderson-Ray 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.

---On February 26 at Runyon Lake in Pueblo, Mark Yaeger reported 2 Tree Swallows fling above river.

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 25 at Firestone Gravel Pits (view from road), Gene Rutherford and Jack Bushong reported m Barrow's Goldeneye.

---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.  On February 25 at Stalker Lake outside of Wray, David Ely and Steve Mlodinow reported 80 Greater White-fronted Geese, Trumpeter Swan, Lincoln's Sparrow,  2 Northern Cardinals, 3 Brown-headed Cowbirds.

DFO Field Trips:

The DFO Field Trip for Tuesday, February 27 will be to Larimer County led by David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)   Meet at Colorado Parks and Wildlife Office at 0630, 6060 N Broadway  Exit I-25 at 58th Ave, go west 2 blocks to Broadway, then north 2 blocks to parking lot on right.

   Will explore selection of reservoir, parks, and other habitats seeking gulls and other waterbirds.  Bring lunch and liquids and plan to carpool from meeting spot.  Register online or contact leader.

The DFO Field Trip for Saturday, March 3 will be the cherry Creek State Park led by Marky Keithler (mkeithler AT yahoo.com; 303-771-1421)  Meet at west marina parking lot at 0800.  State Parks pass or day pass required.  Will carpool to various stops and walk 1-2 miles.  Bring binoculars, water, snacks, sunscreen and bug repellents.  Scopes are useful.  Register online or contact leader.  

The DFO Field Trip for Sunday, March 4 will be to Denver City Park led by Patrick O'Driscoll (patrodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955)  Meet at 0645 at parking strip on north side of Ferril Lake. Enter park from Colorado Blvd.  Northbound turns left onto 22nd Ave past Museum of Nature and Science; southbound turns right onto 22nd at police station.  Go past museum parking 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 on left beneath spruces.  

    Will check nesting colonies on Ducks and Ferril lakes and look for early migrants.  Scopes are not necessary but may be of help to check nests.  Dress for weather and bring water and snacks.  Register online or contact leader.

Good Birding,

Joyce Takamine

Boulder

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