[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert 20 May 2018

Compiler:   Allison Hilf

Date:        May 20, 2018

e-mail:      RBA AT cobirds.org  

This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, May 20 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.

Snow Goose (Kiowa)

Redhead (*Cheyenne)

Barrow's Goldeneye (*Clear Creek)

Hooded Merganser (Arapahoe, Boulder, *Larimer)

Scaled Quail (Kit Carson)

Black-necked Stilt (*Denver)

Black-bellied Plover (*Kit Carson)

Long-billed Curlew (Larimer)

Marbled Godwit (*Boulder, Mesa)

Stilt Sandpiper (*Boulder, *Larimer)

White-rumped Sandpiper (Broomfield, Douglas, Weld)

Long-billed Dowitcher  (Denver, Weld)

Willet (Alamosa, Jackson, Weld)

Bonaparte's Gull (*Boulder)

Black Tern (*Larimer)

Cattle Egret (*Pueblo)

Common Loon (Arapahoe)

Glossy Ibis (Delta, Kiowa, Lincoln, *Logan)

Northern Goshawk (El Paso)

Broad-winged Hawk (*Logan)

Lewis's Woodpecker (Weld)

Alder Flycatcher (*Logan)

Willow Flycatcher (Eastern) (*Larimer)

Least Flycatcher (Cheyenne, Eagle, Weld)

Hammond's Flycatcher (*Cheyenne, Mesa, Weld)

Gray Flycatcher (*Cheyenne, Gunnison, Kit Carson)

Dusky Flycatcher (*Cheyenne)

Cordilleran Flycatcher (*Cheyenne)

Black Phoebe (Larimer)

Eastern Phoebe (*Boulder, *Cheyenne, El Paso, Weld)

Vermilion Flycatcher (*Adams)

Cassin's Kingbird (*Denver, Douglas)

White-eyed Vireo (Jefferson)

Bell's Vireo (*Cheyenne)

Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld)

Cassin's Vireo (Larimer)

Warbling Vireo (Eastern) (*Kiowa)

Red-eyed Vireo (Cheyenne, Weld)

Pinyon Jay (*Teller)

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Cheyenne, Kiowa)

Eastern Bluebird (*Cheyenne, El Paso)

Mountain Bluebird (Adams)

Veery  (*Broomfield, Cheyenne)

Curve-billed Thrasher (*Weld)

Northern Mockingbird (*Broomfield)

Red Crossbill (*Arapahoe, Pueblo)

Chestnut-collared Longspur (Weld)

McCown's Longspur (Larimer)

Chipping Sparrow (Logan, Montezuma)

Clay-colored Sparrow (La Plata)

Lark Sparrow (El Paso)

Lark  Bunting (*Summit)

BAIRD'S SPARROW (Larimer)

Field Sparrow (Larimer)

White-throated Sparrow (Weld)

Baltimore Oriole (Weld)

Worm-eating Warbler (Prowers)

Tennessee Warbler (*Cheyenne)

Nashville Warbler (Cheyenne)

Virginia'sWarbler (Cheyenne)

MOURNING WARBLER (Cheyenne, Prowers)

Hooded Warbler (Boulder, Cheyenne, *Yuma)

American Redstart (Cheyenne)

Northern Parula (Cheyenne)

Magnolia Warbler (*Cheyenne, Jefferson, Lincoln)

Bay-breasted Warbler (*Larimer)

Chestnut-sided Warbler (Boulder, *Cheyenne, Jefferson, Kiowa, *Phillips)

Blackpoll Warbler (Boulder, Jefferson)

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld)

Yellow-throated Warbler (Cheyenne)

Black-throated Green Warbler (*Kit Carson)

GOLDEN-CROWNED WARBLER (Cheyenne)

Canada Warbler (Cheyenne)

Scarlet Tanager (Pueblo)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Cheyenne, Rio Grande)

Black-headed Grosbeak (*Cheyenne)

Indigo Bunting (Cheyenne, Larimer)

ADAMS COUNTY:

---On May 13 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek, Dave Blue found a 1st year m Vermilion Flycatcher.   Last reported on May 19 by John Breitsch.  Note, the bird moves between Adams and Denver Counties and was last reported at Buckley Road, just south of 64th.

—On May 15 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR Bluestem Loop Trail, John Breitsch reported Mountain Bluebird.  Last reported by Mary Burger on May 18.

 ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

—On May 19 at Tamarac Ct. in Centennial, Cynthia Madsen reported Red Crossbill.

—On May 18 at Centennial Park, Edward Donnan reported Hooded Merganser.

—On May 18 at South Platte Park-C470 Area, Bob Bishop reported Common Loon.

BOULDER COUNTY:

—On May 19 at Walden Ponds, a CFO Convention Field Trip reported Marbled Godwit and 5 Stilt Sandpiper.

—On May 19 at Boulder. Reek -75th Street, Gregg Goodrich and others reported Eastern Phoebe.

—On May 19 at Valmont Reservoir (Legion Park), Christian Nunes reported Bonaparte's Gull.

—On May 18 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Blackpoll Warbler and 2 Hooded Merganser.

—On May 18 at Marshall Marsh, David Elwonger reported Eastern Phoebe.

—On May 18 at Old Saint Vrain Road, Carl Starace reported Chestnut-sided Warbler.

---On May 16 at Teller Farm and Lakes, Chuck Hundertmark reported Eastern Phoebe.

BROOMFIELD COUNTY:

—On May 19 neat 168 Ave and Huron, just west of I-25, Chris Blakeslee reported Northern Mockingbird.

—On May 18 at Alex &Michael's Pond, Eric Zorawowicz reported Veery.

—On May 18 at the Pond west of Stearns Lake, David Ely reported White-rumped Sandpiper.

CHEYENNE COUNTY:

---On May 15 at Mitchek Ranch (Private), Glenn Walbek found and photographed a GOLDEN-CROWNED WARBLER which is visible from CR 9 about ½ mile south of the Kit Carson/Cheyenne county line.  It has been seen by several birders on May 15-18.  GOLDEN-CROWNED WARBLER would be a new state record if accept.  It is very rare outside of south Texas.    

—NO GOLDEN-CROWNED WARBLER ON MAY19, but several birders reported 3 Redhead,  2 Dusky Flycatcher, 2 Hammond's Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Gray Flycatcher, Eastern Bluebird, Eastern Phoebe, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Bell's Vireo, 2 Black-headed Grosbeak. 

—On May 18 several birders reported the following birds at same location as GOLDEN-CROWNED WARBLER:  Redhead, Dusky Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Bell's Vireo, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Eastern Bluebird, Virginia's Warbler, Canada Warbler and Black-headed Grosbeak.—On May 17 at Mitchek Ranch several birders reported Mourning Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Canada Warbler, Black-headed Grosbeak, and one report of Yellow-throated Warbler byScott Manwaring.

—On May 16 at Mitchek Ranch on CR 9, Joey Keller and several others reported MOURNING WARBLER, Black-throated Blue Warber, Northern Parula, American Redstart, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Veery, Least Flycatcher, Nashville Warbler, Red-eyed Vireo, Indigo Bunting.  

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY:

—On May 17 at Echo Lake area, Doug Kibbe and Elaine Wagner reported 2 Barrow's Goldeneye.  Last reported by Riley Morris on May 19.

DELTA COUNTY:

---On May 16 at Fruitgrower Reservoir, Betty Fenton reported Glossy Ibis.

DENVER COUNTY:

—On May 18 and 19, day at First Creek at DEN OS, John Breitsch reported Cassin's Kingbird.

—On May 18 at Westerly Wetlands, Jake Shorty reported 2 Black-necked Stilt and 8 Long-billed Dowitcher.

DOUGLAS COUNTY:

—On May 18 at Chatfield SP-upstream of Kingfisher Bridge (East), Cynthia Kristensen reported 3 White-rumped Sandpiper.

—On May 17 on Castlewood Canyon Road, Lake Gulch Road to Castlewood Canyon SP, a CFO trip reported Cassin's Kingbird.

EL PASO COUNTY:

—On May 18 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Kevin Ash reported Eastern Phoebe.

---On May 17 at Memorial Park and Prospect Lake, Dale Adams reported Northern Goshawk.

—On May 18 at Chico Basin Ranch, Alan Ketcham reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker.

JEFFERSON COUNTY:

—On May 18 at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt near the parking area for Prospect Lake, Eric DeFonso and several others reported Magnolia Warbler.

---On May 13-17 at  Belmar Park, multiple birders reported Chestnut-sided Warbler and Blackpoll Warbler.

---On May 15 at Bear Creek Lake Park, Brian Johnson reported White-eyed Vireo on Mt Carbon Trail.  On May 16 at Bear Creek Lake Park, Matt Clark and Susan Bonfiglio reported White-eyed Vireo.

KIOWA COUNTY:

—On May 18 at CRP Woodlot South of Eads, Nick Moore reported Chestnut-sided Warbler.

—On May 18 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Charles Hundertmark reported Glossy Ibis.

—On May 18 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Nick Moore reported Snow Goose.  On May 19 Chris Goulart reported 4 Warbling Vireo (Eastern).

---On May 16 at CR 78 Wood Lot, Tony Leukering reported Chestnut-sided Warbler and Red-breasted Nuthatch.

---On May 16 at Neenoshe Reservoir Locust Grove, Lindsay Purifoy reported Red-headed Woodpecker.

KIT CARSON COUNTY:

—On May 19 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, Joel Adams reported Black-bellied Plover and Black-throated Green Warbler.

—On May 18 at NW Cheyenne County Private Ranch, Bill Kaempfer reported Scaled Quail.

LARIMER COUNTY:

—On May 19 at Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch, Sue Riffe reported 2 Bay-breasted Warbler.

—On May 19 at Wellington State Wildlife Area-Schware Unit & Morris Reservoir, Nick Komar reported 40 Stilt Sandpiper.

—On May 19 at River's Edge Natural Area, Eric DeFonso and several others reported 11 Black Tern.

—On May 19 at Fossil Creek Reservoir & Regional Open Space, Sean Walters reported 59 Black Tern.

—On May 18 at Welllington State Wildlife Area -Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert reported 3 Black Tern; On May 19 Nick Komar and others reported 6 Black Tern, 2 Willow Flycatcher (Eastern).

—On May 18 at Devil's Backbone, Jim Nachel reported Field Sparrow.

—On May 17 at Topminnow Natural Area(East Horsetooth Gravel Pit), Nick Komar reported Hooded Merganser.  On May 19, Robert Beauchamp reported Hooded Merganser.

---On May 18 at Lee Martinez Park, Rob Sparks reported Cassin's Vireo.

---On May 16 at Lake Estes, Scott Rashid reported Black Phoebe.

---On May 16 and 17 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Andrew Bankert reported 2 (4) BAIRD'S SPARROWS and 7 (6) McCown's Longspurs.

---On May 16 at Devil's Backbone, Irene Fortune, Christine Sparks, and Nick Komar reported Field Sparrow.

---On May 16 at Kingfisher Point, Nix Farm and Williams NA, Robert Beauchamp reported Long-billed Curlew.

LINCOLN COUNTY:

—On May 18 at Karval Lake State Wildlife Area, Van Truman reported Glossy Ibis.

—On May 18 at  Brett Gray Ranch (restricted access) Riley Morris reported Magnolia Warbler.

LOGAN COUNTY:

—On May 19 at Duck Creek SWA David Dowell reported Alder Flycatcher, Glossy Ibis, Broad-Winged Hawk. 

MESA COUNTY:

—On May 17 at Jack's Canyon Area, David Price reported Hammond's Flycatcher and Grace's Warbler.

PHILLIPS COUNTY:

—On May 19 at Lion's Club Fishin' Hole, David Dowell reported a Chestnut-sided Warbler. 

PROWERS COUNTY:

----On May 16 at Lamar Community College, Tony Leukering reported Worm-eating Warbler.

PUEBLO COUNTY:

—On May 19 at Valco Ponds SWA, Tim Lepek reported Northern Parula.

—On May 19 at Pueblo Reservoir- Swallows Area, Tim Leppek reported 3 Cattle Egret.

—On May 18 at Chico Basin Ranch, Jim Merritt reported Scarlet Tanager.

—On May 17 at Leon Brights home in Pueblo (city/county), he reports approx 4-7 Red Crosbills continue to visit his yard 

RIO GRANDE COUNTY:

---On May 16 at South Fork, Carole Fleming reported Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

SUMMIT COUNTY:

—On May 19 in Silverthorne, Elizabeth Roush reported Lark Bunting.

TELLER COUNTY:

---On May 15-19 at  SKOL ranch, Kristina Etter reported up to 8 Pinyon Jay.

WELD COUNTY:

—On May 19 at Crow Valley CG, Sheridan Samano reported 5Curve-billed Thrasher.

—On May 18 at approx. 60246 CR 17 in Carr, Michael Kiessig reported a Lewis's Woodpecker.

—On May 18 on a Playa at Weld Co. Rds. 77&116, John Malevich reported White-rumped Sandpiper.

—On May 17 at Crow Valley CG, John Malevich and reported Baltimore Oriole and Black-throated Blue Warbler.

—On May 17 at Crow Valley CG, Nick Komar reported an Eastern Phoebe.

---On May 16 at intersection of CR 96 and CR 69, Lee Ann Brown reported Curve-billed Thrasher.

YUMA COUNTY:

—On May 19 at Wray Fish Hatchery, David Dowell reported a Hooded Warbler.

DFO Field Trips: 

For details please visit the DFO website dfobirds.org

Sunday, May 20  6:15 AM – 11:00 AM

Second Creek Open Space (Commerce City)

Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955 (cell))

Register online or contact leader.

Good Birding,

Allison Hilf

Aurora, CO

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