Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: June 7, 2018
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, June 7 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 (*Washington)
Trumpeter Swan (Mesa)
Common Goldeneye (Chaffee)
Hooded Merganser (Adams, Boulder, Larimer)
Northern Bobwhite (Logan)
Chukar (Larimer)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Logan, *Washington)
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (Logan)
Black Swift (Pueblo)
Black Rail (*Weld)
KING RAIL (Weld)
Sora (Summit)
Sandhill Crane (Larimer, *Weld)
Upland Sandpiper (Larimer, Logan)
Long-billed Curlew (Larimer)
Least Sandpiper (Weld)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Weld)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Las Animas, Weld)
Willet (Alamosa, Jackson, Weld)
Red-necked Phalarope (Larimer)
Caspian Tern (Jackson)
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 (Logan, *Washington, Weld)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan, Pueblo)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Teller)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Pueblo)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Teller)
Alder Flycatcher (Larimer)
Willow Flycatcher (Logan)
Least Flycatcher (*Boulder, Eagle, *Garfield)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Weld)
Gray Flycatcher (Gunnison)
Eastern Phoebe (*Boulder)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (El Paso, Larimer)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Logan, *Washingtn)
Cassin's Kingbird (Arapahoe, Douglas, Logan, Pueblo)
Purple Martin (Gunnison)
Juniper Titmouse (Las Animas)
Bushtit (Adams)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Arapahoe)
White-eyed Vireo (Boulder)
Bell's Vireo (Logan, Pueblo)
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)
Eastern Bluebird (El Paso)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso)
Lesser Goldfinch (Adams)
McCown's Longspur (Jackson, Larimer)
Chipping Sparrow (Logan, Montezuma)
Clay-colored Sparrow (*Weld)
Brewer's Sparrow (Jefferson)
Field Sparrow (Larimer, *Weld)
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, Pueblo)
Magnolia Warbler (Cheyenne, El Paso)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Jefferson)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo)
Summer Tanager (*El Paso)
Northern Cardinal (Boulder)
Indigo Bunting (Boulder, Logan)
Dickcissel (Baca, Kit Carson, Logan, Yuma)
ADAMS COUNTY:
—On June 1 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR First Creek, John Breitsch reported 2 Lesser Goldfinch.
---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 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.
BACA COUNTY:
---On June 1 on Elder BBS route, Kevin Corwin reported Dickcissel.
BENT COUNTY:
---On June 3 on High Line Canal Trail—S University Blvd to E Orchard, Jared Del Rosso reported Cordilleran Flycatcher.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On June 6 Jack Bushong reported m 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. On June 5 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, David Haskell, Pablo Quezada, Gabriel Wiltse, David Waltman, and Paul Barchilon reported Little Blue Heron.
---On June 6 at Marshall Marsh, Boulder Bird Club reported Eastern Phoebe.
---On June 6 a Wlden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Diane Roberts and Rebecca Laroche reported Least Flycatcher.
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.
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 5 at Adams Open Space, Alan Versaw reported 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.
---On June 5 at Birdsall Road, Alan Versaw reported Curve-billed Thrasher.
---On June 6 at Sand Creek Trail—Dublin Blvd to E Woodmen Rd, Cathy Bondy reported m Summer Tanager.
GARFIELD COUNTY:
---On June 5 at Silt Island Park, JoAnn Riggle reported Least Flycatcher. On June 6 at Silt Island Park, Tom McConnell and Vic Zerbi reported Least Flycatcher.
GUNNISON COUNTY:
---On June 1 at McCabes Lane Wetland, Holly Annala reported Marsh Wren.
---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. On June 5 at Black Mesa, Dennis Garrison reported 4 Purple Martins (1m, 3f) at the old experimental station.
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 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 Sparrows.
KIT CARSON COUNTY:
---On June 2 on Burlington BBS Route, Kevin Corwin reported 32 Dickcissel.
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 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 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.
---On June 5 at Arapahoe Bend NA, Matt Gill reported 2 Upland Sandpipers.
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY:
---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 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 June 1 at ME ¾ Rd near Collbran, David Price and Phil Lyon reported Bobolinks
---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.
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.
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.
WASHINGTON COUNTY:
---On June 6 at Prewitt Reservoir, David and Darren Dowell reported Snow Goose, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Red-headed Woodpecker, and Great Crested Flycatcher.
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 at about 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 5 at Lower Latham Reservoir Marsh, Mark Amershek and many other birders reported 2 Black Rails and 3 Sandhill Cranes (2 ad, 1 juv); Gwen Moore reported hearing KING RAIL. The rails were calling from both sides of CR 48. On June 6 at Lower Latham Reservoir Marsh, Cynthia Madsen and many other birders reported Black Rail(s) other both sides of CR 48; some were able to get brief glimpses of the bird; also reported was Field Sparrow and 4 Sandhill Cranes by Frank Farrell.
---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 , Rebecca Laroche and Diane Roberts reported 2 Pectoral Sandpipers. On June 5 at Wetland on CR 46, Gwen Moore reported 2 Pectoral Sandpipers.
---On June 5 at Crow Valley CG, JoAnn Hackos reported Baltimore Oriole.
---On June 5 at Baxter Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported Least Sandpiper.
---On June 6 at Pawnee NG Auto Tour, Bob and Bettina Arrigoni reported Clay-colored Sparrow.
YUMA COUNTY:
---On June 3 on Abarr BBS Route, Kevin Corwin reported 32 Dickcissel.
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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