Compiler: Joyce Takamine
Date: June 9, 2018
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, June 9 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)
Cackling Goose (*Denver)
Trumpeter Swan (Mesa)
Hooded Merganser (Adams, Boulder)
Northern Bobwhite (Weld)
CALIFORNIA QUAIL (*Moffat)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Washington, Weld)
LESSER NIGHTHAWK (Montrose)
Black Swift (Pueblo)
Rufous Hummingbird (*Jefferson, *Larimer)
Black Rail (Weld)
KING RAIL (Weld)
Sandhill Crane (Larimer, *Weld)
Upland Sandpiper (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)
Franklin's Gull (*Delta)
Black Tern (Prowers)
Snowy Egret (Archuleta)
Little Blue Heron (*Boulder)
Mississippi Kite (*El Paso, Kiowa)
Lewis's Woodpecker (Mesa)
Red-headed Woodpecker (Logan, Washington, Weld)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Logan)
Williamson's Sapsucker (Teller)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Pueblo)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (Teller)
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) *Lincoln)
Willow Flycatcher (Adams, Logan)
Least Flycatcher (*Boulder, Eagle, Garfield)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Weld)
Gray Flycatcher (Gunnison)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (*Arapahoe)
Black Phoebe (*Delta)
Eastern Phoebe (Boulder)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (El Paso)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Washington, Weld)
Cassin's Kingbird (Arapahoe, Douglas, Logan, Pueblo)
Purple Martin (Gunnison)
Bushtit (Adams)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (*Arapahoe)
White-eyed Vireo (Boulder)
Bell's Vireo (Pueblo)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Weld)
Cassin's Vireo (*Boulder, Larimer)
Blue-headed Vireo (*El Paso)
Red-eyed Vireo (Weld)
Gray Jay (Teller)
Pinyon Jay (El Paso)
Clark's Nutcracker (Teller)
Eastern Bluebird (El Paso, Larimer)
Swainson's Thrush (*Montezuma)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso)
Red Crossbill (Arapahoe)
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)
Black-throated Sparrow (*Delta)
BAIRD'S SPARROW (Larimer)
Fox Sparrow (Mesa)
White-throated Sparrow (Weld)
Yellow-breasted Chat (Broomfield)
Bobolink (Douglas, Mesa)
Orchard Oriole (Broomfield)
Baltimore Oriole (Otero, Prowers, Weld)
Ovenbird (*El Paso)
American Redstart (Kiowa)
Northern Parula (Boulder, Pueblo)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Jefferson)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Weld)
Yellow-throated Warbler (Pueblo)
Grace's Warbler (Gunnison, *Montezuma, *Ouray)
Summer Tanager (El Paso)
Northern Cardinal (Boulder)
Lazuli Bunting (*Adams)
Indigo Bunting (Boulder, *Delta, Logan)
Dickcissel (Logan, Yuma)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---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.
---On June 7 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWRD, Burke Angstman and Audubon Society of Greater Denver group reported 3 Lazuli Bunting and Willow Flycatcher.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---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.
---On June 7 at High Line Canal Trail—S University Blvd to E Orchard Rd, Jared Del Rosso reported 2 Cordilleran Flycatchers and Red-breasted Nuthatch.
---On June 7 at Chapel Hil Memorial Gardens, Jared Del Rosso reported Red Crossbill.
---On June 8 at Lower Ridgewood Park, David Suddjian reported Cordilleran Flycatcher.
---On June 8 at St Mary's Catholic Church, David Suddjian reported 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch.
---On June 8 at Littleton Cemetery, David Suddjian 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 June 3 on High Line Canal Trail—S University Blvd to E Orchard, Jared Del Rosso reported Cordilleran Flycatcher.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On June 6 at Hecla Lake, Jack Bushong and Ted Floyd reported m Hooded Merganser.
---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 7 at Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Timo Mitzen and Lindsay Purifoy reported Least Flycatcher and Little Blue Heron. On June 8 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Patrick Collins and Jon Webb reported Litte Blue Heron. On 8 at Walden/Sawhill Ponds, Alex Brown reported Little Blue Heron and Least Flycatcher.
---On June 6 at Marshall Marsh, Boulder Bird Club reported Eastern Phoebe.
---On June 6 a Walden Ponds/Cottonwood Marsh, Diane Roberts and Rebecca Laroche reported Least Flycatcher.
---On June 8 at Heil Valley ranch, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported Cassin's Vireo.
BROOMFIELD COUNTY:
---On June 3 at 2850 Big Dry Creek Drive, Eric Zorawawicz reported Yellow-breasted Chat and Orchard Oriole.
DELTA COUNTY:
---On June 8 at Fruitgrowers Reservoir, David Tonnessen reported Franklin's Gull (basic plumage), Black Phoebe, Black-throated Sparrow, and Indigo Bunting.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On June 8 at Denver City Park, Andy Bankert and Caroline Olson reported Cackling Goose.
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 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 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 8 at Cheyenne Mountain SP, Alan Ketcham reported Blue-headed Vireo and 4 Ovenbirds.
---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.
---On June 7 at Chico Basin Ranch, Kiandra Haaf reported 2 Ash-throated Flycatchers and 6 Curve-billed Thrashers.
---On June 8 at E Missouri Ave in Fountain, Diane Roberts and her DFO Field Trip reported 4 Mississippi Kites.
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 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.
---On June 6 on CR 26 1 mi from Hwy 149, David Suddjian reported Grace's Warbler.
JACKSON COUNTY:
---On June 4 at Arapaho NWR Auto Loop, Janet Anderson-Ray reported McCown's Longspur.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On June 3 at 10494 – 10622 Plainview Road in Golden, Frank Farrell reported Brewer's Sparrow and 6 Grasshopper Sparrows.
---On June 8 at Chaatfield SP Audubon Center and Trail, Patrick Collins reported Rufous Hummingbird.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---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 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.
---On June 7 at Bobcat Ridge NA, Andy Bankert reported Eastern Bluebird.
---On June 8 at Carr, 6700 CR 92 (bio-solids facility gate), Nick Komar reported 3 McCown's Longspur.
---On June 9 in Rocky Mountain National Park at base of Old Fall River Road, Ashlyn McKayla reported m Rufous Hummingbird.
LINCOLN COUNTY:
---On June 7 at 300 – 398 4th St (City Park), Andrew Judd reported pair of Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted).
LOGAN COUNTY:
---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 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.
MOFFAT COUNTY:
---On June 8 at Dinosaur National Monument Canyon Area Visitor Center, Loch Kilpatrick reported CALIFORNIA QUAIL back by maintnence shop.
MONTEZUMA COUNTY:
---On June 8 at 25635 -25751 Hwy 145 near Dolores, David Tonnessen reported 2 Swainson's Thursh (Olive back) and Grace's Warbler.
MONTROSE COUNTY:
---On June 7 at Nucla Sewage Lagoon, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported f LESSER NIGHTHAWK.
OTERO COUNTY:
---On June 3 at 28959 – 29499 CR FF, SeEtta Moss reported m Baltimore Oriole.
OURAY COUNTY:
---On June 8 at Top of Pines CG (top of CR 5, Vic Zerbi reported 5 Grace's Warblers.
PROWERS COUNTY:
---On June 3 on S 13th St, Dorothy Russell reported Balitmore Oriole
---On June 7 at Fort Lyons Reservoir, Tony Leukering reported Black Tern.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---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.
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 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 7 at Lower Latham, Cheri Phillips and Maureen Blackford reported Black Rail; Bill Kaempfer, Peter Burke, and John Malenich reported Black Rail heard and partially seen. On June 8 at Lower Latham, Riley Morris reported Sandhill Crane.
---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 7 at Baxter Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported White-rumped Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs.
---On June 6 at Pawnee NG Auto Tour, Bob and Bettina Arrigoni reported Clay-colored Sparrow.
---On June 7 at Centennial Valley SWA, Stepfanie Aguiillon and Tayler Brooks reported 3 Northern Bobwhite, Great Crested Flycatcher, and Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
YUMA COUNTY:
---On June 3 on Abarr BBS Route, Kevin Corwin reported 32 Dickcissel.
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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