Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: October 24, 2018
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, October 24 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 is new)
Snow Goose (Kiowa)
Ross's Goose (Kiowa, Prowers)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Adams, *Jefferson)
Wood Duck (San Miguel)
Surf Scoter (Adams)
White-winged Scoter (Kiowa)
Common Goldeneye (Broomfield)
Red-breasted Merganser (Boulder, Kiowa, Morgan, *Weld)
Ring-necked Pheasant (*Boulder)
Greater Prairie- Chicken (Yuma)
Horned Grebe (Adams, Denver, *Montrose)
Red-necked Grebe (*Jefferson)
Sandhill Crane (Adams, *Kiowa, *Montrose, Yuma)
American Avocet (Gunnison, Rio Blanco)
Black-bellied Plover (Adams, Bent)
American Golden-Plover (Adams, Boulder, *Summit)
Snowy Plover (Kiowa)
Piping Plover (Kiowa)
Stilt Sandpiper (Adams, Boulder, Kiowa, *Weld)
Sanderling (Adams, Bent)
Baird's Sandpiper (Kiowa)
Least Sandpiper (*Boulder, Kiowa, Morgan)
Pectoral Sandpiper *Adams, Douglas, Kiowa, Morgan, *Weld)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Boulder, El Paso, Gunnison Kiowa)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Adams, *Boulder, Morgan, *Weld)
Spotted Sandpiper (Arapahoe)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Adams, Kiowa, *Weld)
Greater Yellowlegs (Adams, *Boulder, Gunnison, Kiowa, Morgan, Prowers)
Wilson's Phalarope (Kiowa)
Bonaparte's Gull (*Weld)
Franklin's Gull (Larimer, Rio Grande)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Kiowa)
Red-throated Loon (Kiowa, *Weld)
Pacific Loon (Denver)
Common Loon (Denver, Jefferson, Kiowa, Rio Blanco, San Miguel, *Weld)
Osprey (Adams, *Fremont, Prowers, *Weld)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Prowers)
Hairy Woodpecker (Prowers)
Gray Flycatcher (Jefferson)
Cordilleran Flycatcher (Montezuma)
Say's Phoebe (Adams, Denver)
FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER (*Boulder)
Loggerhead Shrike (Mesa, Montrose)
Steller's Jay (*El Paso, Jefferson)
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Douglas, *El Paso, *Fremont, *(Mesa, Montrose)
Common Raven (Adams)
Bushtit (*Mesa)
Rock Wren (El Paso, *Fremont, Kiowa, *Montrose)
Winter Wren (Kiowa, Prowers, Yuma)
Marsh Wren (*Mesa, *Weld)
Bewick's Wren (*Montrose, Prowers)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Adams, *Mesa, *Montrose)
American Dipper (San Miguel)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (San Miguel, Yuma)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Adams, *El Paso, *Fremont, Jefferson, *Mesa, *Montrose, Morgan, Prowers, Yuma)
Eastern Bluebird (Douglas, *Kiowa, Prowers)
Mountain Bluebird (Douglas,*Fremont, Kiowa, *Mesa, Montrose)
Hermit Thrush (*Mesa, *Prowers)
Brown Thrasher (Prowers)
Sage Thrasher (*Montrose)
American Pipit (Morgan, *Weld)
Sprague's Pipit (Yuma)
Lapland Longspur (Kiowa)
Chestnut-collared Longspur (Kiowa)
McCown's Longspur (Kiowa, Yuma)
Canyon Towhee (*El Paso, *Fremont)
Field Sparrow (Kiowa)
Brewer's Sparrow (*Montrose)
Savannah Sparrow (Park, Prowers, Yuma)
Vesper Sparrow (Prowers)
Sagebrush Sparrow (Montrose)
Fox Sparrow (*El Paso)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Adams, Boulder, Clear Creek, Eagle, *El Paso, Kiowa, La Plata, Mesa, Prowers)
Swamp Sparrow (Boulder, *Weld)
White-throated Sparrow (*Chaffee, *El Paso, Kiowa, *Larimer, Moffat, Yuma)
Harris's Sparrow (Adams, Boulder, *El Paso, *Fremont, Jefferson, Kiowa, *Larimer)
Dark-eye Junco (White-winged) (Adams)
Rusty Blackbird (Eagle, Kiowa)
Great-tailed Grackle (Prowers)
Orange-crowned Warbler (Douglas, Kiowa, Montrose, Ouray, Prowers)
Common Yellowthroat (Mesa)
Hooded Warbler (Eagle)
Yellow Warbler (La Plata)
Palm Warbler (Yuma)
Townsend's Warbler (*Fremont, Jefferson, La Plata, Pueblo)
Wilson's Warbler (Eagle)
Western Tanager (Boulder, Pueblo)
Northern Cardinal (Prowers)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (*Pitkin)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On October 21 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Ken Wat, Meg Reck, Bob Spencer, John Vanderpoel, Bill Kaempfer, and Michael Lester reported Surf Scoter, Common Raven, and on East Auto Tour 12 Long-billed Dowitcher, Greater Yellowlegs, Bonaparte's Gull and Osprey. On October 22 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Alicia Arnold and Candace Johnson reported 91 Sandhill Cranes (flyover), Pectoral Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, and Lesser Yellowlegs, Horned Grebe and Say's Phobe.
---On October 21 at Barr Lake SP, Linda Lee, Jack and Ryan Bushong reported 4 Greater White-fronted Geese, 2 Black-bellied Plover, American Golden-Plover, 3 Stilt Sandpipers, 5 Long-billed Dowitcher, 4 Lesser Yellowlegs, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Harris's Sparrow, and White-winged Junco.
BENT COUNTY:
---On October 20 at Adobe Creek Reservoir, David Tonnessen and David Dowell reported 3 Black-bellied Plover, Sanderling, and Baird's Sandpiper.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On October 21 at Prince Lake #2, Laura Steadman reported American Golden-Plover and Stilt Sandpiper and found FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER. These birds were seen by many birders because Laura got word out immediately. The flycatcher was mostly seen in the NW corner but late in evening flew to nearby neighborhood and then back toward Prince Lake #2. On October 22 at Prince Lake #2, John Drummond refound FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER and many birders were able to see it from the dirt road on N side of Prince Lake #2. Bruce Snyder reported Stilt Sandpiper. On October 23 at Prince Lake #2 plus
Carbonate neighborhood, Tom Behnfield and many other birders reported FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER. The Flycatcher seems to prefer the Carbonate neighborhood in the morning and the NW corner of Prince Lake #2 in the afternoon. In the afternoon when the flycatcher was by the lake, it was possible to see the flycatcher from the South side of the lake. At times it was in the Russian Olives and at times perched on the fence to the West. Also reported were Ring-necked Pheasant and Least Sandpiper.
---On October 20 at Valmont Reservoir Complex, Richard Trinkner, Jack and Ryan Bushong reported 20 Cackling Geese.
---On October 19 in Louisville Paula Hansley reported 1st winter Harris's Sparrow on her patio. Birders are welcome. Call her at 720-890-2628 for details. On October 20 Paula Hansley and David Waltman reported 3 Harris's Sparrows and Lincoln's Sparrow. On October 21, Paula Hansley reported that at least 1 Harris's Sparrow continues to visit her yard.
---On October 21 at Twin Lakes, Dan Zmolek and Leslie S reported Least Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, 3 Long-billed Dowitcher, and Short-billed Dowitcher. On October 23 at Twin Lakes, Leslie S reported Least Sandpiper, 3 Long-billed Dowitcher, and Greater Yellowlegs.
---On October 21 at Golden Ponds, Luke Pheneger reported Swamp Sparrow.
BROOMFIELD COUNTY:
---On October 21 at Plaster Reservoir, Linda Doran reported Common Goldeneye.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
---On October 23 at Chalk Cliff Fish Hatchery, Riley Morris reported White-throated Sparrow.
DENVER COUNTY:
---On October 21 at Marston Reservoir East End, Diane Roberts reported Pacific Loon, 2 Common Loon, and Say's Phoebe.
DOUGLAS COUNTY:
---On October 21 at Gateway Mesa Open Space, Hugh Kingery reported 2 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, 2 Eastern Bluebird, and 6 Mountain Bluebird.
EAGLE COUNTY:
---On October 21 on N Main in Minturn, Christine Alexander and Eric Culbertson reported Rusty Blackbird and Hooded Warbler.
---On October 21 at Lake Creek Village Wetlands, Jennifer Austin reported Lincoln's Sparrow and 2 Wilson's Warbler.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On October 22 at Ramah Reservoir SWA, Alan Ketcham reported Rock Wren.
---On October 23 at Clear Spring Ranch, Steve Brown banded 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Fox Sparrow (slate-color), White-throated Sparrow, and 2 Lincoln's Sparrow.
---On October 23 at Red Rock Canyon OS, Jim Merritt and David Tonnessen reported Steller's Jay, 14 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Fox Sparrow (slate-color), Harris's Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, and Canyon Towhee.
FREMONT COUNTY:
---On October 23 at Brush Hollow Reservoir, Jerry DeBoer, Lindsay Purifoy, and Timo Mitzen reported Osprey, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, 2 Rock Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 9 Mountain Bluebird, Canyon Towhee, Harris's Sparrow and Townsend's Warbler.
GUNNISON COUNTY:
---On October 21 at Blue Mesa East End, Arden Anderson reported American Avocet, Greater Yelllowlegs, and Short-billed Dowitcher.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On October 21 at Ken Caryl Ranch OS, Mike Henwood reported 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Townsend's Warbler.
---On October 21 at Chatfield SP N Boat Ramp, Santiago Tabares reported Red-necked Grebe and Common Loon.
---On October 23 at Belmar Park, Bob Buckham, Charlie Curlee, and Roger Koester reported Greater White-fronted Goose.
---On October 23 at Standley Lake North Side, Ben Sampson reported Red-necked Grebe and juv Harris's Sparrow.
KIOWA COUNTY:
---On October 20 at Neenoshe Reservoir, David Tonnessen and David Dowell reported 2 Common Loon and 11 White-winged Scoter on main reservoir; on SE Pond Short-billed Dowitcher, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Long-billed Dowitcher, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, and Baird's Sandpiper, 100+ Stilt Sandpiper and 2 Wilson's Phalarope. Also reported were Snow Goose (flyover), Ross's Goose (flyover), Chestnut-colllared Longspur, McCown's Longspur, Lapland Longspur, Lincoln's Sparrow, 3 Swamp Sparrow, 9 White-throated Sparrow, 6 Harris's Sparrow, 2 Field Sparrow, Eastern Bluebird (flyover), Mountain Bluebird (flyover), Winter Wren, Rock Wren, Orange-crowned Warbler, and Rusty Blackbird.
---On October 20 at Upper Queens, David Tonnessen and David Dowell reported Lesser Black-backed Gull.
---On October 20 at Adobe Creek Reservoir, David Dowell and David Tonnessen reported Piping Plover, Snowy Plover, Red-throated Loon, and 4 Red-breasted Merganser.
---On October 23 at Hwy 96 and CR 75, Tony Leukering reported Eastern Bluebird (flyover).
---On October 23 at Sheridan Lake (Town and Playa), Tony Leukering reported 4 Sandhill Cranes (flyover).
LA PLATA COUNTY:
---On October 22 at Animas River—Huck Finn Pond and Hatchery Area, Ryan Votta reported 2 Lincoln's Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, and Townsend's Warbler.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On October 21 at Tri-Lakes Region, Andy Bankert and Carolyn Olson reported Forster's Tern.
---On October 21 at Maple and FIshback, David Wade reported Harris's Sparrow and White-throated Sparrow. On October 22 at Maple and FIshback, David Wade reported Harris's Sparrow and White-throated Sparrow. On October 23 at Maple and FIshback, David Wade reported 1 Harris's Sparrow and White-throated Sparrow.
MESA COUNTY:
---On October 22 at Grand Junction WA, Carol Ortenzio reported 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, and Lincoln's Sparrow.
---On October 23 at Horsethief Canyon SWA, Mike Henwood, Carol Ortenzio, and Kathleen McGinley reported Loggerhead Shrike, 3 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, 15 Bushtit, 2 Marsh Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 25 Mountain Bluebird, and 2 Hermit Thrush.
MOFFAT COUNTY:
---On October 21 at Loudy-Simpson Nature Trail, Forrest Luke reported 2 ad White-throated Sparrow (tan stripe).
MONTROSE COUNTY:
---On October 21 at Nucla Domestic Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Mountain Bluebird, and 2 Sagebrush Sparrow. On October 22 at Nucla Domestic Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 7 Mountain Bluebird and 8 Sagebrush Sparrow.
---On October 21 at Paradox West Pond, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, 2 Bewick's Wren, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 34 Mountain Bluebird, and Orange-crowned Warbler.
---On October 21 at Bedrock CG and Boat Ram, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Loggerhead Shrike, 2 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and 7 Mountain Bluebird.
---On October 22 at Nucla Water Treatment Plant, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported Bewick's Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Mountain Bluebird, and Brewer's Sparrow.
---On October 23 at Elda's, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported Sandhill Crane, Rock Wren, 3 Bewick's Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 3 Sage Thrasher, and Brewer's Sparrow.
MORGAN COUNTY:
---On October 21 at Jackson Reservoir (S end), Nathan Pieplow reported 3 Red-breasted Merganser, 11 Least Sandpiper, 2 Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Long-billed Dowitcher, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and 17 American Pipit.
PITKIN COUNTY:
---On October 22 at Midland Park in Aspen, Catherine Hagen reported Rose-breasted Grosbeak. On October 23 at Midland Park in Aspen, Catherine Hagen and Matt Kuhn reported Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
PROWERS COUNTY:
---On October 21 at North Gateway Park, Tony Leukering reported 16 Ross's Geese (flyover), 4 Greater Yellowlegs, Osprey, 2 Bewick's Wren, Vesper Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, 3 Lincoln's Sparrow, and 2 Great-tailed Grackle
---On October 22 at Lamar Community College Woods, Dave Leatherman reported Winter Wren, Brown Thrasher, 3 Northern Cardinals, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Orange-crowned Warbler, Eastern Bluebird, and Hairy Woodpecker.
---On October 22 at Willow Creek Park just S of swimming pool, Dave Leatherman reported ad m Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
RIO BLANCO COUNTY:
---On October 20 at Lake Avery, Forrest Luke reported Common Loon and 4 American Avocet.
SAN MIGUEL:
---On October 22 on Boomerang to River Trails, Telluride, Eric Hynes reported f Wood Duck, 2 American Dipper, and 5 Golden-crowned Kinglet.
SUMMIT COUNTY:
---On October 23 at Dillon Reservoir Giberson Bay, M Walt reported American Golden-Plover.
WELD COUNTY:
---On October 22 at Union Reservoir, Joel and Dale Adams reported Red-throated Loon and 4 Common Loon. On October 23 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow, Jamie Simo, Sarah Spotten, Sue Riffe, and Joshua Smith reported 13 Red-breasted Merganser, 33 Bonaparte's Gull, Red-throated Loon, 2 Common Loon, Marsh Wren, and Swamp Sparrow.
---On October 23 at Idaho Creek OS, Steve Mlodinow reported Osprey, 2 American Pipit, and 2 Swamp Sparrow.
---On October 23 at Baxter Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported 4 Stilt Sandpiper, 6 Pectoral Sandpiper, 61 Long-billed Dowitcher, and Lesser Yellowlegs.
YUMA COUNTY:
---On October 21 at Pipit Hill in Hale Area, Steve Mlodinow reported 2 Sandhill Crane, Sprague's Pipit, and 2 McCown's Longspur.
---On October 21 at Hale Crossroad, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Winter Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 White-throated Sparrow and Palm Warbler (Western).
---On October 21 at CR 45 in Wray area, Steve Mlodinow reported 3 Greater Prairie-Chicken and Savannah Sparrow.
DFO Field Trips
For more details go to the DFO website
Belmar Historic Park
Saturday, October 27
7:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955 (Cell))
Prospect Park (Wheat Ridge Greenbelt)
Sunday, October 28
7:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Paul Slingsby (paslingsby AT comcast.net; 720-347-5169 (mobile))
Park County Explorations
Monday, October 29
5:30 AM – 4:00 PM
David Suddjian (dsuddjian AT gmail.com; 831-713-8659)
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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