Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: June 3, 2018
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Sunday, June 3 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)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Jefferson)
Wood Duck (Saguache)
Common Goldeneye (Chaffee, Garfield)
Hooded Merganser (Adams, Boulder, Garfield, *Larimer)
Northern Bobwhite (*Logan)
Chukar (*Larimer)
Lesser Prairie Chicken (*Kiowa)
Clark's Grebe (Denver, Garfield)
White-winged Dove (*Las Animas)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Arapahoe, Kiowa, Larimer, *Logan)
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (*Logan)
Black Swift (Ouray, Pueblo)
White-throated Swift (Larimer, *Las Animas)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Larimer)
Black Rail (*Weld)
Virginia Rail (Lincoln)
Sora (Lincoln, *Summit)
Black-necked Stilt (Kiowa)
Semipalmated Plover (El Paso)
Mountain Plover (Cheyenne)
Upland Sandpiper (*Larimer)
Long-billed Curlew (Larimer, *Las Animas)
Ruddy Turnstone (Larimer)
Stilt Sandpiper (Kiowa, Kit Carson, Weld)
Sanderling (Kiowa)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Kiowa, Kit Carson, Larimer)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Kiowa, *Weld)
Western Sandpiper (Kiowa)
Long-billed Dowitcher (*Las Animas, Weld)
Solitary Sandpiper (Weld)
Willet (Alamosa, Jackson, Weld)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Kiowa)
Least Tern (Delta)
Caspian Tern (*Jackson)
Forster's Tern (Boulder)
Common Loon (Bent)
ANHINGA (Delta)
Cattle Egret (*Pueblo)
Green Heron (Kiowa)
Glossy Ibis (*Boulder)
White-faced Ibis (Weld)
Mississippi Kite (*El Paso, Kiowa)
Cooper's Hawk (Cheyenne)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Arapahoe, Bent, Cheyenne, Kit Carson, *Logan)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (*Pueblo)
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) (Larimer)
Hairy Woodpecker (Rocky Mts) (Arapahoe)
Peregrine Falcon (Denver)
Alder Flycatcher (*Larimer)
Willow Flycatcher (Kiowa)
Least Flycatcher (*Boulder, Eagle, Grand)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Weld)
Gray Flycatcher (Gunnison, Kit Carson)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (Arapahoe)
Eastern Phoebe (Boulder)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (*Larimer)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Cheyenne, *Logan)
Cassin's Kingbird (Arapahoe, Bent, Larimer, Lincoln, Otero)
Eastern Kingbird (Gunnison)
Purple Martin (Mesa)
Tree Swallow (Kiowa)
Bank Swallow (Kiowa)
Juniper Titmouse (*Las Animas)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (*Arapahoe)
Bell's Vireo (*Logan)
Gray Vireo (Huerfano)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld)
Warbling Vireo (Western) (Kit Carson)
Red-eyed Vireo (Weld)
Common Raven (Weld)
Canyon Wren (Otero)
Marsh Wren (Gunnison)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (*Las Animas)
Eastern Bluebird (Arapahoe, El Paso)
Veery (Boulder, Elbert, Logan)
Northern Mockingbird (Hinsdale)
Lesser Goldfinch (Adams, Kit Carson, Logan)
McCown's Longspur (Larimer)
Cassin's Sparrow (Adams)
Chipping Sparrow (Logan, Montezuma)
Clay-colored Sparrow (La Plata)
Field Sparrow (Kiowa, Kit Carson, *Larimer)
Lark Sparrow (El Paso)
Black-throated Sparrow (Adams)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Jefferson, Larimer)
Baird's Sparrow (Larimer)
Fox Sparrow (*Jackson)
White-throated Sparrow (Weld)
Bobolink (Larimer, Mesa)
Baltimore Oriole (Cheyenne, *Logan, Weld)
Ovenbird (*Boulder, Kit Carson)
Northern Waterthrush (*Jackson, Kiowa)
Orange-crowned Warbler (Logan)
American Redstart (*El Paso, Kiowa)
Northern Parula (Larimer)
Magnolia Warbler (Cheyenne, El Paso)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Jefferson, Larimer)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Arapahoe, Weld)
Grace's Warbler (Las Animas, Mesa)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Rio Grande)
Lazuli Bunting (Adams)
Dickcissel (Bent, El Paso, Kiowa, Kit Carson)
ADAMS COUNTY:
—On May 28 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek, John Breitsch reported American Redstart. On June 1 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek, John Breitsch reported 2 Lesser Goldfinch.
---On May 28 at Barr Lake SP Bird Conservancy of the Rockies off and below dam, Heather and Riley Morris reported Black-throated Sparrow.
---On May 29 at Barr Lake SP west side, Connie Lintz and Candice Johnson reported Hooded Merganser and Lesser Goldfinch.
---On May 29 at Ken Mitchell Park and Open Space, Bill Kaempfer reported f Hooded Merganser.
---On May 30 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, George Ho reported Lazuli Bunting.
---On May 31 on her BBS route, Cynthia Madsen reported several Cassin's Sparrows along her route.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On May 28 at Little Dry Creek near High Line Canal Trail along East Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso reported Cordilleran Flycatcher. On May 31 at Little Dry Creek near High Line Canal Trail, Jared Del Rosso reported Cordilleran Flycatcher.
---On May 28 near intersection of Layton and S Galapago in Englewood, Connie Kogler reported Cassin's Kingbird.
---On May 28 at Cherry Creek SP, Matt Newport reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
---On May 28 at CR 38 at East Bijou Creek, David Suddjian reported 3 Cassin's Kingbirds, m Blue-throated Blue Warbler, and Hairy Woodpecker (Rocky Mts).
---On May 28 at Richmil Ranch Open Space, David Suddjian reported 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 6 Cassin's Kingbirds, and Eastern Bluebird.
---On June 1 at High Line Canal Trail – S Elati to W Ridge Road (Lee Gulch), Troy Becker reported Red-breasted Nuthatch.
---On June 1 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian reported Red-breasted Nuthatch.
---On June 1 at St Mary's Catholic Church in Littleton, David Suddjian reported 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch.
---On June 1 in Littleton Lee Gulch Trail – Prince to Windermere (East half), David Suddjian reported 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch.
BENT COUNTY:
---On May 30 at John Martin Reservoir, Finny Fantetti reported Common Loon, 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 2 Cassin's Kingbirds, and 3 Dickcissel.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On May 29 at Hecla Lake, Ryan Bushong reported m Hooded Merganser. On May 31 at Hecla Lake, Rob Cassady and Ted Floyd reported m Hooded Merganser.
---On May 28 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Forster's Tern. On May 29 at Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve, Ted Floyd reported Hooded Merganser.
---On May 29 on Twin Lakes Trail, Elena Klaver reported singing Veery; Luke and Tracy Pheneger, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S were able to see and hear the Veery.
---On May 29 on Yellowstone Rd in Longmont, Mary and Paulette Ache reported 8 Hooded Mergansers (1f, 7 juv).
---On May 29 at St Vrain River Cross at 63rd St. John Rutenbeck reported Eastern Phoebe.
---On May 30 at Bridge at Left Hand Canyon, Luke Pheneger and Maikel Wise reported Eastern Phoebe. This is private property so bird from road.
---On May 30 at Teller Farm and Lakes, Richard Trunker reported Hooded Merganser.
---On June 1 at Walden Ponds, Kat Braley-Bennett reported Glossy Ibis.
---On June 2 at Old S St Vrain Road in Lyons, Kat Bradley- Bennett reported Ovenbird.
---On June 2 on White Rocks Trail, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported Least Flycatcher.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
---On June 1 at Sands Lake SWA, Jeff Guy reported pair of Common Goldeneye.
CHEYENNE COUNTY:
---On May 28 at CR J from CR 31 – CR 24, Steve Mlodinow reported Mountain Plover, Red-headed Woodpecker, Great Crested Flycatcher, Baltimore Oriole and Copper's Hawk.
DELTA COUNTY:
---On May 29 at Sweitzer Lake, Sandy Beranich reported a possible ANHIHGA. On May 30 at Sweitzer Lake, Betty Fenton reported Least Tern.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On May 28 at Denver City Park, Ferril Lake, Rebecca Laroche and Nick Pusateri reported Clark's Grebe. On May 29 at Denver City Park, Ferril Lake Keith Suter reported Clark's Grebe.
---On May 31 at 18th and Lawrence, Megan Miller reported Peregrine Falcon.
ELBERT COUNTY:
---On May 28 at 1st Ave 1.0 (N from Agate), David Suddjian reported Veery.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On June 1 at Clear Spring Ranch, Michael Springer reported Magnolia Warbler which was banded by Steve Brown on May 23.
---On May 28 at Adams Open Space, Gary Koehn reported 2 Mississippi Kites. On June 2 at Adams Open Space, Cathy Bondy reported 3 Mississippi Kites.
---On May 28 on Shumway Road in Fountain, Aaron, Pati, and Sarah Driscoll reported Dickcissel.
---On May 28 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, Robb Hinds reported Sedmipalmated Plover.
---On May 28 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Beth, Joy, and Leonard Lake reported 2 Ash-throated Flycatchers.
---On June 2 along Bear Creek 1.1 mi upstream from Nature Center, Steve Getty reported singing American Redstart.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On May 28 at Harvey Gap SP and Grass Valley Reservoir, Sondra Lee Walling reported Clark's Grebe.
---On May 31 on ponds near Rifle Garfield airport (View from road), JoAnn Riggle reported 2 Hooded Mergansers and Common Goldeneye.
GRAND COUNTY:
---On May 31 at Rocky Mountain NP – Timber Lake Trail, Jamie Simo reported Least Flycatcher.
GUNNISON COUNTY:
---On May 30 in town of Gunnison, Jennifer Gardner reported Eastern Kingbird.
---On June 1 at McCabes Lane Wetland, Holly Annala reported Marsh Wren.
HINSDALE COUNTY:
---On May 28 at Rambouillet Creek, Jeff Dawson, Doug Kibbe, and Mackenzie Goldthwait reported Northern Mockingbird.
HUERFANO COUNTY:
---On May 30 NE of Gardner Butte, Marcel Such reported 3 Gray Vireo.
JACKSON COUNTY:
---On June 2 in Rand (Town), Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Northern Waterthrush and 8 Slate-colored Fox Sparrow.
---On June 2 on CO 125, Steve Mlodinow reported Long-billed Curlew.
---On June 2 at Pole Mountain Lake Area, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Caspian Tern and Slate-colored Fox Sparrow.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On May 31 at Belmar Park, Amy Fredrickson reported Greater White-fronted Goose.
---On June 1 at North Table Mountain Park, Brian Johnson reported 4 Grasshopper Sparrows.
KIOWA COUNTY:
---On May 28 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Norm Lewis reported 3 White-faced Ibis and 2 Black-necked Stilts. On May 29 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 4 Black-crowned Night Heron, 31 Black-necked Stilts, 3 Stilt Sandpipers, 71 White-faced Ibis, 2 Bank Swallow, 1 Snow Goose, 3 Snowy Plover, 3 Sanderling, 62 White-rumped Sandpipers, Red-headed Woodpecker and Dickcissel.
---On May 29 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Pectoral Sandpiper, 8 Warbling Vireo (Eastern), Great Crested Flycatcher, Mississippi Kite, 7 White-rumped Sandpiper, Northern Waterthrush, American Redstart.
---On May 29 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 White-faced Ibis and 5 Stilt Sandpipers.
---On May 29 at Lower Queens Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Lesser Yellowlegs, 5 Pectoral Sandpipers, 6 Stilt Sandpipers, 4 Western Sandpipers, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and Field Sparrow.
---On May 28 CR p to CR 41 W of US 287, Steve Mlodinow reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Willow Flycatcher.
---On May 30 on his Lamar BBS route, Dave Leatherman reported 3 Lesser Prairie Chicken on CR 62 south of CR G.
KIT CARSON COUNTY:
---On May 29 at Flagler Reservoir SWA, David Suddjian reported Stilt Sandpiper, 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers, 2 Warbling Vireo (Western), Ovenbird, and Field Sparrow.
---On May 28 at Almost Kansas Homestead, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Dickcissel and 2 Lesser Goldfinch.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On May 28 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area—Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Tim Priehs and Michael Lester reported Ruddy Turnstone. On May 29 at Arapahoe Bend Natural Area—Rigden Reservoir (Strauss Cabin Lake), Lori Pivonka reported Ruddy Turnstone.
---On June 1 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Paul Dougherty reported Baird's Sparrow, McCown's Longspur, and 4 Grasshopper Sparrows.
---On May 28 at Estes Park, Jim Nelson reported Cassin's Kingbird. On May 30 at West Estes Park, Jim Nelson reported Downy Woodpecker (Eastern).
---On May 28 at Devils Backbone Trail near Loveland, Eric DeFonso reported Field Sparrow. On June 2 at Devils Backbone, David Wade and Georgia Doyle reported Ash-throated Flycatcher; Nick Komar reported Ash-throated Flycatcher.
---On May 28 at Reservoir Ridge in Fort Collins, Bub Buderman reported Bobolink.
---On May 28 at Lory SP on hike to top of Arthur's Rock, John Sanderson reported Chestnut-sided Warbler. On May 29 at Lory SP, Danny Motalvo reported 2 Chestnut-sided Warblers.
---On May 28 at Wellington SWA—Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert, Caroline Olson, and David Wade reported Chukar (probably released bird), White-rumped Sandpiper, and White-throated Swift. On June 2 at Wellington SWA—Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert and Caroline Olson reported Alder Flycatcher and Chukar.
---On May 30 at North Shields Pond NA, Doug Swartz reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo; Nick Komar and Georgia Doyle reported Northern Parula.
---On May 30 at Wellington SWA—Schware Unit & Morris Reservoir, Nick Komar and Andy Bankert reported White-rumped Sandpiper. On May 31 at Wellington SWA –Schware Unite & Morris Reservoir, Georgia Doyle reported White-rumped Sandpiper.
---On May 31 at Estes Park, Jim Nelson reported a possible Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
---On June 1 at Fossil Creek Reservoir and Regional Open Space, Andy Bankert reported f Hooded Merganser.
---On June 1 at Loveland Riverwalk, John Riechhardt reported f Hooded Merganser.
---On June 2 on CR 5 from CR 82 to CR 92 (bird from road), David Wade reported Upland Sandpiper.
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY:
---On May 29 at Spanish Peaks SWA – Beebe Trail, Marcel Such reported 6 Grace's Warblers.
---On May 31 in his Ninaview BBS route, Dave Leatherman reported White-winged Dove, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Long-billed Curlew and White-throated Swift.
---On June 1 on his Villegreen BBS route, Dave Leatherman reported Long-billed Curlew at 4 stops and Juniper Titmouse at stop 50.
LINCOLN COUNTY:
---On May 28 at Limon Wetlands and Doug Kissel Pond, David Suddjian reported Virginia Rail, Sora, and Cassin's Kingbird.
LOGAN COUNTY:
---On May 28 at Tamarck Ranch SWA, Ginny Bergstrom reported 2 Lesser Goldfinch, 2 Northern Bobwhite, 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 2 Red-headed Woodpeckers, and Bell's Vireo. On May 30 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Loch Kilpatrick reported a calling BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO deep in woods by stream and Veery. On June 1 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Bill Eley and Frank Farrell reported 2 Northern Bobwhite, 7 Red-headed Woodpeckers, Orange-crowned Warbler, and Baltimore Oriole. On June 2 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Doug Faulkner reported Northern Bobwhite, 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo in parking areas 1 & 2; BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at Parking area 1; Red-headed Woodpecker, Great Crested Flycatcher, 2 Bell's Vireo, and m Baltimore Oriole
MESA COUNTY:
---On May 27 at ME ¾ .2 miles west of junction with 57 Rd, Jim Liewer reported 3 Bobolink. On May 29 at ME ¾ and 57 Rd, Rodene Harwood, Ronda Woodward, Dee Harwood, Vice Zerbi, and Mike Henwood reported 3 Bobolink. On May 30 on ME ¾ Rd W of 57 Rd, Kathleen McGinley and Brenda Sabo reported 3 Bobolink. On June 1 at ME ¾ Rd near Collbran, David Price and Phil Lyon reported Bobolinks
---On May 30 at Divide Rd—thimble Point, FR # 417, Mike Henwood reported 3 Grace's Warblers and 2 Purple Martin.
OTERO COUNTY:
---On May 29 at Vogel Canon, Ginny Fantetti and Robert Edelen reported 2 Cassin's Kingbirds and Canyon Wren.
OURAY COUNTY:
---On May 31 at Box Canyon Falls Park, Niler Pyeatt reported Black Swift.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On June 2 at Pueblo Reservoir SWA South Side, Tim Leppek reported 2 Cattle Egret (Western)
---On June 2 a Pueblo Reservoir, Rock Canyon below dam, north or river, Shane Sherwood reported Red-bellied Woodpecker.
SAGUACHE COUNTY:
---On May 30 at Russell Lakes SWA, Brenda Huffman reported pair of Wood Ducks.
SUMMIT COUNTY:
---On June 2 at ponds near Hwy 9 and CR 180, Jack Bushong reported Sora.
WELD COUNTY:
---On May28 at Woods Lake, Diane Thomas reported Solitary Sandpiper and 2 White-faced Ibis.
---On May 28 at Stewart's Pond, Gary Lefko reported 2 Stilt Sandpipers.
---On June 1 at CR 27 N of CR 90, Shawn Mason reported Common Raven.
---On June 2 at Loloff Reservoir, Doug Faulkner reported 2 Pectoral Sandpipers.
---On June 2 at Lower Latham Reservoir Marsh on S side of CR 48 western end just east of out-of-service Gas Facility, Doug Faulkner reported calling Black Rail.
DFO Field Trips:
For details please visit the DFO website dfobirds.org
Brush Hollow, Aiken and Rock Creek Canyon
Sunday, June 3
5:45 AM – 6:pm
Chris Gilbert (chrisgee9 AT gmail.com; 804-213-1508)
Eldorado Canyon State Pakr
Sunday, June 3
6:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Karen Drozda (drozforte AT aol.com; 303-388-0891)
Good Birding
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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