Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
This is the Date: September 20, 2018
Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, September 20 sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.
Note that the RBA is using the new AOU checklist.
Rare and out of range species for the last seven days include: (*indicates new information on this species)
Snow Goose (*Prowers)
Cinnamon Teal (*Larimer, *Otero)
Bufflehead (Park)
Hooded Merganser (Park)
Ruddy Duck (Gunnison, San Juan)
Clark's Grebe (Kiowa)
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (*Jefferson, Prowers)
Virginia Rail (Gunnison)
Sora (Kiowa)
Sandhill Crane (Park)
Black-necked Stilt (Eagle, Kiowa, *Mesa, *Otero, *Pueblo)
American Avocet (Alamosa, *Baca, *Gunnison, Kiowa, *Otero, Park)
Black-bellied Plover (Morgan)
American Goldlen-Plover (Kiowa)
Long-billed Curlew (Otero)
Marbled Godwit (Alamosa, Kiowa, Larimer, Otero, Weld)
Stilt Sandpiper (Kiowa, *Otero)
Sanderling (Kiowa, *Larimer)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Kiowa, * Larimer, *Otero)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (*Larimer, Otero)
Western Sandpiper (Alamosa)
Solitary Sandpiper (El Paso, Gunnison, Las Animas, *Mesa)
Willet (Washington)
Red-necked Phalarope (Alamosa, *Hinsdale, Kiowa, *Otero, *Pueblo)
Red Phalarope (Kiowa)
Parasitic Jaeger (*Pueblo)
Long-tailed Jaeger (*Pueblo)
Sabine's Gull (Park)
Bonaparte's Gull (Kiowa)
Mew Gull (*Larimer)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Pueblo)
Great Black-backed Gull (Douglas)
Caspian Tern (Washington)
Black Tern (Kiowa, *Otero, *Pueblo)
Common Tern (Kiowa, *Pueblo)
American Bittern (Kiowa)
Great Egret (*El Paso, *Montezuma)
Snowy Egret (*Baca, Routt)
Little Blue Heron (Weld)
Green Heron (Denver)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (*Montezuma)
White-faced Ibis (*Hinsdale, Kiowa, *Montezuma, Otero, Park, Routt)
Osprey (*Larimer)
Mississippi Kite (*Baca)
Broad-winged Hawk (*Boulder, Kiowa, *Larimer)
Rough-legged Hawk (Larimer)
Lewis's Woodpecker (La Plata)
Red-headed Woodpecker (*Larimer)
Red-naped Sapsucker (Bent, Gunnison, San Juan, *Pueblo)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (El Paso, *Pueblo)
Downy Woodpecker (*Adams, Larimer, Otero, *Pueblo)
American Three-toed Woodpecker (San Juan)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (*Mesa, Otero, *Pueblo)
Least Flycatcher (Kiowa)
Hammond's Flycatcher (El Paso, *Larimer, Weld)
Gray Flycatcher (*Pueblo, Weld)
Dusky Flycatcher (El Paso, Weld)
Western Flycatcher (El Paso)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (*Mesa, Montezuma, San Juan)
Eastern Phoebe (El Paso, *Jefferson)
Western Kingbird (Summit)
Eastern Kingbird (Kiowa, Larimer)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Kiowa, *Pueblo)
Loggerhead Shrike (Alamosa, Otero)
Gray Vireo (Mesa)
Cassin's Vireo (El Paso, Kiowa, *Mesa)
Warbling Vireo (*Summit)
Red-eyed Vireo (*Adams)
Pinyon Jay (*Mesa)
Steller's Jay (*Mesa)
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (El Paso, *Mesa, Montezuma)
Violet-green Swallow (Weld)
Bushtit (El Paso)
Marsh Wren (Arapahoe, El Paso, *Pueblo)
Bewick's Wren (Las Animas, *Pueblo)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Kiowa, *Mesa, Phillips, San Juan, Washington, Weld)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (San Juan)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (*Adams, *El Paso, Gilpin, *Larimer, San Juan)
Swainson's Thrush (El Paso, Kiowa)
Hermit Thrush (*Adams, *El Paso, *Larimer, San Juan, Weld)
Curve-billed Thrasher (*Pueblo)
Brown Thrasher (El Paso, Kiowa, Prowers, *Pueblo, Weld)
Sage Thrasher (Alamosa, *Baca, Gilpin, Otero, *Pueblo)
American Pipit (Park)
Red Crossbill (Gilpin, San Juan)
Lesser Goldfinch (Pitkin)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Park)
Chipping Sparrow (El Paso)
Clay-colored Sparrow (*Baca, *Boulder, El Paso, Kiowa, *Larimer, *Otero, *Pueblo)
Brewer's Sparrow (*Adams, El Paso, Kiowa, Weld)
Vesper Sparrow (San Juan)
Lark Bunting (*Baca, *El Paso, Otero, Park)
Savannah Sparrow (*Baca, Eagle, El Paso, Otero, Park, Pueblo, San Juan)
Fox Sparrow (San Juan)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Adams, *El Paso, Gunnison, Jefferson, Kiowa, Park, *Pueblo)
Yellow-breasted Chat (*Boulder, *El Paso, Ouray)
Worm-eating Warbler (Larimer)
Northern Waterthrush (La Plata)
Black-and-white Warbler (*Boulder, Weld)
Prothonotary Warbler (Jefferson)
Tennessee Warbler (Kiowa)
Nashville Warbler (*Larimer)
Virginia's Warbler (Larimer)
Magnolia Warbler (El Paso, Kiowa)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Prowers)
Blackpoll Warbler (Phillips)
Palm Warbler (*Pueblo)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (El Paso, Montezuma, Weld)
Townsend's Warbler (El Paso, Larimer)
Scarlet Tanager (*Pueblo)
Black-headed Grosbeak (Larimer)
Indigo Bunting (Kiowa, Yuma)
Dickcissel (*Pueblo)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On September 18 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredith McBurney banded Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brewer's Sparrow, and 2 Lincoln's Sparrows. On September 19 at Barr Lake Banding Station, Meredieth McBurney banded Downy Woodpecker, Red-eyed Vireo, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 3 Hermit Thrush, Brewer's Sparrow.
ALAMOSA COUNTY:
---On September 17 at Blanca Wetlands NWR, David Dowell reported 62 American Avocet, 2 Marbled Godwit, Western Sandpiper, 8 Red-necked Phalarope, Loggerhead Shrike, 3 Sage Thrasher.
BACA COUNTY:
---On September 19 at Turk's Pond SWA, David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported 6 Snowy Egret.
---On September 19 at Springfield (town), David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported Mississippi Kite.
---On September 19 at Two Buttes SWA, David Suddjian and DFO Field Trip reported 3 American Avocet, Snowy Egret, Sage Thrasher, 4 Clay-colored Sparrow, 5 Lark Bunting, and Savannah Sparrow.
BENT COUNTY:
---On September 18 at Van's Grove, David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported Red-naped Sapsucker.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On September 19 at Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder, Peter Burke reported Yellow-breasted Chat.
---On September 19 at Pleasant View Marsh, Ernest Crvich reported Black-and-white Warbler and Clay-colored Sparrow.
---On September 19 at 4949 Pearl E. Circle, Scott Severs reported juv Broad-winged Hawk.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On September 18 at Bluff Lake Nature Center, Jake Shorty reported Green Heron.
EAGLE COUNTY:
---On September 17 at 3101 Lake Creek Village Dr, Edwards, Eric Culbertson reported 2 Black-necked Stilt and Savannah Sparrow.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On September 17 at Clear Spring Ranch, Monday Birders reported Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 6 Bushtit, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 3 Brewer's Sparrow, 3 Savannah Sparrow, 6 Lincoln's Sparrow.
---On September 17 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Kim Geissler reported Clay-colored Sparrow, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hammond's Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Western Flycatcher, 3 Lincoln's Sparrow, Cassin's Vireo, 2 Hermit Thrush, 2 Brown Thrasher. On September 18 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Kim Geissler, reported hatch yr Magnolia Warbler and Swainson's Thrush. On September 19 at Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, Kim Geissler banded Lincoln's Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-breasted Chat, and 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
---On September 17 at Cross Creek Regional Park, Terence Gerger reported Solitary Sandpiper, 3 Marsh Wren, 20 Savannah Sparrow, and 2 Lincoln's Sparrows.
---On September 18 at Kettle Lakes, John Drummon reported Eastern Phoebe, and Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay.
---On September 129 at Memorial Park and Prospect Lake, Dale Adams reported 8 Great Egret and Lark Bunting.
GILPIN COUNTY:
---On September 18 at Golden Gate Canyon SP, Cynthia Madsen and Tuesday Birders reported Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Sage Thrashers, and 2 Red Crossbills.
GUNNISON COUNTY:
---On September 18 at McCabe's Lane Wetland, Ben Halsey reported Virginia Rail, Solitary Sandpiper, Red-naped Sapsucker, and Lincoln's Sparrow.
---On September 18 on pond on Big Blue Creek Cimmaron, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported 3 Ruddy Ducks (2m, 1f).
---On September 19 at Blue Mesa Reservoir, Linda and Jerry Elling reported 5 American Avocet.
HINSDALE COUNTY:
---On September 18 at Rito Hondo Reservoir, Kathy Mihm Dunning reported 11 Red-necked Phalarop and White-faced Ibis.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On September 17 at Chatfield SP North Boat Ramp, Jean Langel and Burke Angstrom reported Prothonotary Warbler.
---On September 17 at Genessee Mountain Park south of -70, Jerry Baines reported Swainson's Thrush.
---On September 18 & 19 at 4400 Bow Mar Driver, Tina Jones reported RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD. Birders are welcome, but please call or e-mail her with times that you are coming (303-905-5479). You do not have to wait for a reply.
---On September 19 at Chatfield SP, Cynthia Madsen and Frank Farrell reported Eastern Phoebe at north end of Swim Beach at Deer Creek Inlet.
KIOWA COUNTY:
---On September 17 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, David Dowell reported Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Swainson's Thrush, and 3 Tennessee Warblers. On September 18 at Upper Queens/Neeskah Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported Marbled Godwit, Stilt Sandpiper, 5 Black Tern, 3 Common Tern, Broad-winged Hawk, Magnolia Warbler, 2 Brown Thrasher, 8 Lincoln's Sparrows, and 20 Clay-colored Sparrows.
---On September 17 at Neenoshe Reservoir, David Dowell reported 70 Clark's Grebe, 55 American Avocet, 7 Marbled Godwit, 120 Stilt Sandpiper, 45 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 2 Red-neck Phlarope, 28 White-faced Ibis, 2 Eastern Kingbird, Lincoln's Sparrow. On September 18 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Red Phalarope, 2 Sanderling, Cassin's Vireo, 20 Clay-colored Sparrow, Brewer's Sparrow.
---On September 18 at Kiowa Creek at CR 40, Steve Mlodinow reported Sora, Brown Thrasher, Swainson's Thrush, 6 Clay-colored Sparrow, and 2 Lincoln's Sparrow.
---On September 18 at Neegronda Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 American Golden-Plover (flyover), 7 Pectoral Sandpipers, 7 Red-necked Phalarope, Black-necked Stilt, American Bittern, 84 White-faced Ibis, Bonaparte's Gull, 8 Black Tern, Common Tern.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On September 19 at Timnath Reservoir, Nick Komar reported 3 Sanderling, 4 Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Lincoln's Sparrow, and 3 Cinnamon Teal.
---On September 17 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Bruce Gill reported ad Worm-eating Warbler.
---On September 17 at Rocky Mountain NP—Cub Lake and Trail, Candice Johnson reported Rough-legged Hawk and Black-headed Grosbeak.
---On September 17 at Horsetooth Mountain OS, Arvind Panjabi reported Dusky Flycatcher, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Sage Thrasher, and 2 Virginia's Warbler.
---On September 18 at Arapahoe Bend NA, Fawn Simonds reported Red-headed Woodpecker (juv), and Downy Woodpecker (Eastern). On September 19 at Arapahoe Bend NA, Lori Nixon reported juv Red-headed Woodpecker.
---On September 18 at Grandview Cemetery, Dave Leatherman reported Hermit Thrush, Hammond's Flycatcher, and 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. On September 19 at Grandview Cemetery, Dave Leatherman reported Broad-winged Hawk, Osprey, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
---On September 19 at Greyrock Commons, Doug Swartz reported Nashville Warbler and Clay-colored Sparrow.
---On September 19 at pond N of Horseshoe Reservoir, Nick Komar reported ad Mew Gull.
MESA COUNTY:
---On September 19 at James M Robb Colorado River SP—Pear Park Section, Connie Moffatt and Ryan Claar reported Black-necked Stilt and 3 Solitary Sandpipers.
---On September 19 at Powderhorn Ski Area, Mike Henwood reported Olive-sided Flycatcher, Cordilleran Flycatcher, Cassin's Vireo, 35 Pinyon Jay, 5 Steller's Jay, 2 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.
MONTEZUMA COUNTY:
---On September 19 at Totten Reservoir, Erik Hendrickson reported Great Egret, Black-crowned Night Heron, and 18 White-faced Ibis.
OTERO COUNTY:
---On September 17 at Horse Creek Reservoir, David Suddjian and his DFO Field Trip reported 63 American Avocet, 2 Long-billed Curlew, 225 Stilt Sandpipers, 3 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 3 Red-necked Phalarope, 39 White-faced Ibis, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Loggerhead Shrike, Sage Thrasher, 4 Lark Bunting, and 2 Savannah Sparrows.
---On September 19 at Holbrook Reservoir, David Suddjian and DFO field trip reported 2 Cinnamon Teal, Black-necked Stilt, 178 American Avocet, 442 Stilt Sandpiper, 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Red-necked Phalarope, 6 Black Tern, 164 White-faced Ibis, and 9 Clay-colored Sparrow.
PARK COUNTY:
---On September 17 at Eleven Mile SP, David Tonnessen reported f-type Bufflehead, 2 Hooded Mergansers (f-type), 2 American Avocet, Sabine's Gull, 5 White-faced Ibis, 2 American Pipit, Chestnut-collared Longspur, 11 Savannah Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow.
---On September 17 at Antero Reservoir, David Tonnessen reported Sandhill Crane, 9 Hooded Merganer, Lark Bunting, 8 American Avocet, and Savannah Sparrow.
PITKIN COUNTY:
---On September 18 at Marolt OS in Aspen, Matt Kuhn reported 3 Lesser Goldfinch (f/imm).
PROWERS COUNTY:
---On September 17 at S 13th St in Lamar, Dorothy Russell reported RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD and David Suddjian and his DFO field trip observed f RUBY-THROAT at the feeders. On September 18 at S 13th St in Lamar, Dorothy Russell and David Suddjian and his field trip observed 2m, 1f RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS coming to the feeder and also 2 Brown Thrashers.
---On September 18 at Lamar Community College, David Suddjian and his DFO Field Trip reported Chestnut-sided Warbler.
---On September 19 at North Gateway Park, David Suddjian and his DFO Field Trip reported Snow Goose.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On September 19 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported juv Long-tailed Jaeger and Parasitic Jaeger, Common Terns, Black Tern, 1st yr Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Red-necked Phalarope and at Snakeskin Picnic area, Western Palm Warbler.
---On September 19 at Chico Basin Ranch, Jim Merritt, Robb Hinds, and David Tonnessen reported Sora, 8 Black-necked Stilt, Red-naped Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker (eastern), Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Gray Flycathcer, Great Crested Flycatcher, 4 Marsh Wren, Bewick's Wren, 1 Blue-gray Gnatcathcer, Curve-billed Thrasher, Brown Thrasher, Sage Thrasher, 13 Clay-colored Sparrow, 43 Lincoln's Sparrow, Scarlet Tanager, Palm Warbler (western), and Dickcissel.
ROUTT COUNTY:
--- On September 17 at Stagecoach Reservoir, Tresa Moulton reported Snowy Egret.
SAN JUAN COUNTY:
---On September 17 at Silverton Lake RV Resort, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.
---On September 17 at Silverton Sewage Ponds, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported 4 Vesper Sparrow and Savannah Sparrow.
---On September 17 on CR2 Silverton to Eureka, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported Red-naped Sapsucker and American Three-toed Woodpecker.
---On September 17 on Lime Creek Road – North End, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported Cordilleran Flycatcher, 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet and 2 Brewer's Sparrows.
---On September 17 at Andrews Lake, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported pair of Ruddy Duck.
---On September 17 at Little Molad Lake and CG, Doug Kibbe and Mackenzie Goldthwaite reported Hermit Thrush, 2 Red Crossbills, Fox Sparrow (slate-color), and Savannah Sparrow.
SUMMIT COUNTY:
---On September 18 at Dillon Reservoir—Frisco Marina Area, M Walt reported Western Kingbird. On September 19 at Dillon Reservoir—Frisco Marina Area, Phil Lyon reported 2 Warbling Vireo.
WELD COUNTY:
---On September 17 at Crow Valley CG, Gene Rutherford reported Dusky Flycatcher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Brown Thrasher, Lincoln's Sparrow, Black-and-white Warbler, and Black-throated Gray Warbler..
---On September 17 at Eaton Cemetery, Shawn Mason reported Gray Flycatcher.
DFO Field Trips
Pueblo area
Saturday, September 22
6:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Diane Roberts (Samatha576 AT aol.com; 720-278-9025)
This trip is FULL.
Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat/Sawhil
Saturday, September 22
7:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Chuck Hundertmark & Robert Righter (chundertmark8 AT gmail.com; 303-604-0531)
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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