Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: June 5, 2018
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, June 5 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 (Jefferson)
Trumpeter Swan (Mesa)
Wood Duck (Saguache)
Common Goldeneye (Chaffee, Garfield)
Hooded Merganser (*Adams, Boulder, Garfield, Larimer)
Northern Bobwhite (Logan)
Chukar (Larimer)
White-winged Dove (Las Animas)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Larimer, Logan)
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (Logan)
Black Swift (Ouray, Pueblo)
White-throated Swift (Las Animas)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Larimer)
Black Rail (*Weld)
KING RAIL (*Weld)
Sora (Summit)
Sandhill Crane (Larimer, Weld)
Upland Sandpiper (Larimer, Logan)
Long-billed Curlew (Larimer, Las Animas)
Pectoral Sandpiper (*Weld)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Las Animas, Weld)
Willet (Alamosa, Jackson, Weld)
Red-necked Phalarope (Larimer)
Least Tern (Delta)
Caspian Tern (Jackson)
Common Loon (Bent)
Snowy Egret (*Archuleta)
Little Blue Heron (*Boulder)
Cattle Egret (Pueblo)
Glossy Ibis (Boulder)
Mississippi Kite (El Paso, Kiowa)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Mesa)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Bent, *Logan, *Weld)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (*Logan, Pueblo)
Williamson's Sapsucker (*Teller)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Pueblo)
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) (Larimer)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (*Teller)
Peregrine Falcon (Denver)
Alder Flycatcher (Larimer)
Willow Flycatcher (*Logan)
Least Flycatcher (Boulder, Eagle, Grand)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Weld)
Gray Flycatcher (Gunnison)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (Arapahoe)
Eastern Phoebe (Boulder)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (El Paso, Larimer)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Logan)
Cassin's Kingbird (Arapahoe, Bent, *Douglas, *Logan, *Pueblo)
Eastern Kingbird (Gunnison)
Purple Martin (*Delta, Mesa)
Juniper Titmouse (Las Animas)
Bushtit (Adams)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (*Arapahoe)
White-eyed Vireo (*Boulder)
Bell's Vireo (Logan, Pueblo)
Gray Vireo (Huerfano)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld)
Cassin's Vireo (Larimer)
Red-eyed Vireo (Weld)
Gray Jay (*Teller)
Pinyon Jay (El Paso)
Clark's Nutcracker (*Teller)
Common Raven (Weld)
Marsh Wren (Gunnison)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Las Animas)
Eastern Bluebird (El Paso)
Veery (Logan)
Lesser Goldfinch (Adams)
McCown's Longspur (*Jackson, Larimer)
Cassin's Sparrow (Adams)
Chipping Sparrow (Logan, Montezuma)
Brewer's Sparrow (Jefferson)
Field Sparrow (Larimer)
Lark Sparrow (El Paso)
Grasshopper Sparrow (Jefferson, Larimer)
BAIRD'S SPARROW (Larimer)
Fox Sparrow (Jackson, Mesa)
White-throated Sparrow (Weld)
Yellow-breasted Chat (*Broomfield)
Bobolink (*Douglas, Mesa)
Orchard Oriole *Broomfield)
Baltimore Oriole (Logan, Otero, Prowers, Weld)
Ovenbird (Boulder, El Paso)
Northern Waterthrush (Jackson)
Orange-crowned Warbler (Logan)
American Redstart (El Paso, Kiowa)
Northern Parula (*Boulder, Larimer, *Pueblo)
Magnolia Warbler (Cheyenne, El Paso)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Jefferson)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo)
Grace's Warbler (Mesa)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Rio Grande)
Northern Cardinal (*Boulder)
Lazuli Bunting (Adams)
Indigo Bunting (*Boulder, *Logan)
Dickcissel (Bent. *Logan)
ADAMS COUNTY:
—On June 1 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek, John Breitsch reported 2 Lesser Goldfinch.
---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.
---On June 3 at McKay Lake, Matt Hofeditz reported 3 Bushtit.
---On June 4 at Barr Lake SP Bird Conservancy of Rockies office area and below dam, Colin Woolley reported ad f Hooded Merganser.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On May 31 at Little Dry Creek near High Line Canal Trail, Jared Del Rosso reported Cordilleran Flycatcher.
---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.
---On June 3 at Richmil Ranch OS, David Hill and Cynthia Madsen reported 2 Cassin's Kingbirds.
---On June 4 on Little Dry Creek Trail Isaac Becker reported Red-breasted Nuthatch.
ARCHULETA COUNTY:
---On June 4 on San Juan River Walk in Pagosa Springs, Ben Bailey reported Snowy Egret.
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.
---On June 3 on High Line Canal Trail—S University Blvd to E Orchard, Jared Del Rosso reported Cordilleran Flycatcher.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On May 31 at Hecla Lake, Rob Cassady and Ted Floyd reported m Hooded Merganser
---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.
---On June 3 at Boulder Creek at 75th St, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported 2 Eastern Phoebe flycatching near a White Barn.
---On June 4 on Old S St Vrain Road, Sue Riffe reported singing m Northern Parula.
---On June 4 on CR 67 which turns S from Eldorado Springs Rd after South Mesa and Dowdy Draw Trailheads, Paula Hansley reported a White-eyed Vireo in bushes after first switchback.
---On June 4 in Boulder below Dakota Ridge, Thomas Heinrich reported singing Indigo Bunting and Northern Cardinal. Take the Goat Trail from 3rd and Forest or park at end of Hawthorn and hike. John Malenich reported a pair of Indigo Bunting at the location described by Heinrich.
---On June 4 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Shelby Thomas reported Little Blue Heron; around 6:30 PM Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported the Little Blue Heron on the n side of Cottonwood Marsh and then they along with Jack and Ryan Bushong reported the Little Blue Heron circling the marsh and then heading south.
BROOMFIELD COUNTY:
---On June 3 at 2850 Big Dry Creek Drive, Eric Zorawawicz reported Yellow-breasted Chat and Orchard Oriole.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
---On June 1 at Sands Lake SWA, Jeff Guy reported pair of Common Goldeneye.
DELTA COUNTY:
---On May 30 at Sweitzer Lake, Betty Fenton reported Least Tern.
---On June 4 at old Black Mesa experimental station near X Lazy F ranch, Dennis Garrison reported m Purple Martin. Black Mesa is SE of Crawford.
DENVER COUNTY
---On May 31 at 18th and Lawrence, Megan Miller reported Peregrine Falcon.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On June 4 at Castlewood Canyon Road—Lake Gulch Rd to Castlewood Canyon SP, Monday Birders reported 2 Cassin's Kingbirds and 8 Bobolink.
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 June 2 at Adams Open Space, Cathy Bondy reported 3 Mississippi Kites. On June 3 at Adams Open Space, David and Chery Hubbard reported 5 Mississippi Kites and Brook Nelson reported 1 Mississippi Kite.
---On June 2 along Bear Creek 1.1 mi upstream from Nature Center, Steve Getty reported singing American Redstart.
---On June 3 at Aiken Canyon Preserve, Jim Merritt reported Ash-throated Flycatcher.
---On June 3 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Roger Massey reported Ash-throated Flycatcher along Blackmer Loop and Ovenbird; Tim Leppek reported Pinyon Jay.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
---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.
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.
---On June 4 at Arapaho NWR Auto Loop, Janet Anderson-Ray reported McCown's Longspur.
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.
---On June 3 at 10494 – 10622 Plainview Road in Golden, Frank Farrell reported Brewer's Sparrow and 6 Grasshopper Sparros.
KIOWA COUNTY:
---On May 30 on his Lamar BBS route, Dave Leatherman reported 3 Lesser Prairie Chicken on CR 62 south of CR G.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On June 1 at Soapstone Prairie NA, Paul Dougherty reported BAIRD'S SPARROW, McCown's Longspur, and 4 Grasshopper Sparrows. On June 3 at Sopatone Prairie NA, Jay Breidt, Gabriel Wiltse, and Pablo Quezada reported 3 BAIRD'S SPARROWS and 2 McCown's Longspurs.
---On May 30 at West Estes Park, Jim Nelson reported Downy Woodpecker (Eastern).
---On June 2 at Devils Backbone, David Wade and Georgia Doyle reported Ash-throated Flycatcher; Nick Komar reported Ash-throated Flycatcher.
---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.
---On June 3 at Wellington SWA Schware Unit & Morris Reservoir, Art Hudak and Gwen Moore reported Red-necked Phalarope.
---On June 3 at Meadowbrook NA, Christine Sparks reported 3 Hooded Mergansers (1 f, 2 young).
---On June 3 at Well Gulch Nature Trail, Jay Breidt reported Cassin's Vireo.
---On June 3 at Stuck Creek – Laramie River conflux and field, Preston V reported 2 Sandhill Cranes.
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY:
---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.
LOGAN COUNTY:
---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 On June 4 at Tamarack Ranch SWA, Nancy Davis reported 3 Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpekcer, Willow Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, and 3 Dickcissel.
---On June 3 east of Crook on CR 138 and CR 83, Bez Bezuidenhout reported 5 Upland Sandpiper.
---On June 4 at Red Lion SWA, Nancy Davis reported Cassin's Kingbird.
MESA COUNTY:
---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.
---On June 3 at Moline.Upper Plateau Creek, Connee Moffat reported 2 Bobolink.
---On June 3 at James M Robb (parcel 34), Denise and Mark Vollmar reported juv Trumpeter Swan.
---On June 3 at Castro Reservoir, Deb Stegall, Rodene Harwood, and Ronda Woodward reported 2 Grace's Warblers in Ponderosa Tree around Carson Hole.
---On June 3 at Divide Forks Picnic Spot, Deb Stegall, Rodene Harwood, and Ronda Woodward reported Lewis's Woodpecker, 2 Grace's Warblers, and 2 Fox Sparrows.
OTERO COUNTY:
---On June 3 at 28959 – 29499 CR FF, SeEtta Moss reported m Baltimore Oriole.
OURAY COUNTY:
---On May 31 at Box Canyon Falls Park, Niler Pyeatt reported Black Swift.
PROWERS COUNTY:
---On June 3 on S 13th St, Dorothy Russell reported Balitmore Oriole
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.
---On June 3 at Mineral Palace Park, David Tonnessen reported Yellow-throated Warbler.
---On June 3 at Valco Ponds SWA, David Tonnessen reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Cassin's Kingbird, and Bell's Vireo (Eastern).
---On June 4 at Pueblo Zoo, Brandon Percival reported singing male Northern Parula.
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.
TELLER COUNTY:
---On June 1 -3 at Mueller SP, Dan Stringer reported Williamson's Sapsucker, Gray Jay, Clark's Nutcracker, and American Three-toed Woodpecker.
WELD COUNTY:
---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. On June 3 at Lower Latham Reservoir Marsh, Gene Rutherford, Shawn Mason, Pablo Quezada, Gabriel Wiltse and Gwen Moore reported calling Black Rail. Mason got some photos. On June 3 around 6:00 PM and later Jim Nachel, Darren and David Dowell reported hearing 2 Black Rails on on either side of CR 48 and they reported 3 Sandhill Cranes (2 ad, 1 juv); Dowell has photos of the cranes. On June 4 at Lower Latham Reservoir Marsh, Diane Roberts, Rebecca Laroche, Shawn Mason, Carl Bendorf, and Loch Kilpatrick reported 2 Black Rails on either side of CR 48. See the CFO Facebook page for the photos taken by Shawn Mason; around 8:00 PM Bob Shade, Steve Kingswood, and John Haycraft heard a Black Rail on the south side of CR 48 aboauat 150 yds east of the oil/gas facility; around 9:00 PM Nick Komar, David Wade, and Cole Wild reported one Black Rail on the south side of CR 48 and 2 on the north side further west and they also heard at least one KING RAIL on the north side.
---On June 4 near Ault at CR 39 and CR 96 on N side, Emily Thruston-Moench reported a Red-headed Woodpecker excavating a hole in a large Cottonwood.
---On June 4 at Wetland on CR 46 (west of Lower Latham), Rebecca Laroche and Diane Roberts reported 2 Pectoral Sandpipers.
DFO Field Trips:
For details please visit the DFO website dfobirds.org
Fountain Creek Regional Park
Friday, June 8
6:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Diane Roberts (Samatha57 AT aol.com; 720-278-9025)
Long day I-25 South
Saturday, June 9
5:45 AM – 6:00 PM
Chris Gilbert (chrisgee9 AT gmail.com; 804-214-1508)
Eldorado Canyon State Park
Sunday, June 10
5:15 am -2:00 pm
Karen Drozda (drozforte AT aol.co; 303-388-0891)
Cherry Creek SP Wetlands Loop
Sunday, June 10
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Karen von Saltza & Bill Wuerthele (kvonslatz AT yahoo.com; 303-941-4881)
Elbert County
Monday, June 11
5:30 AM – 2:00 PM
David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8679)
Good Birding
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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