[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, 25 October 2018

Compiler: Joyce Takamine

e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org 

 Date:  October 25, 2018 

This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, October 25 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)

Ross's Goose (Prowers)

Greater White-fronted Goose (Adams, Jefferson)

Wood Duck (San Miguel)

Eurasian Wigeon (Montezuma)

Greater Scaup (*Mesa)

Surf Scoter (Adams, *La Plata)

White-winged Scoter (*Arapahoe, Kiowa)

Common Goldeneye (Broomfield)

Red-breasted Merganser (Boulder, Morgan, Weld)

Ring-necked Pheasant (Boulder)

Greater Prairie- Chicken (Yuma)

Pied-billed Grebe (*Pitkin)

Horned Grebe (Adams, Denver, Montrose)

Red-necked Grebe (Jefferson)

RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (*Boulder)

Sandhill Crane (*Adams, *Delta, Kiowa, Montrose, Yuma)

American Avocet (Gunnison)

Black-bellied Plover (Adams)

American Golden-Plover (Adams, Boulder, Summit)

Stilt Sandpiper (Adams, Boulder, *Weld)

Sanderling (Adams)

Baird's Sandpiper (*Adams, *Larimer)

Least Sandpiper (*Arapahoe, Boulder, *Larimer, Morgan, *Weld)

Pectoral Sandpiper (Adams, *Custer, Douglas,  *Larimer, Morgan, *Weld)

Short-billed Dowitcher (Boulder, El Paso, Gunnison)

Long-billed Dowitcher  (*Adams, *Arapahoe, *Boulder, *Custer, *La Plata, *Larimer, Morgan, *Weld)

Spotted Sandpiper (Arapahoe)

Lesser Yellowlegs (*Adams, *Larimer, *Ouray, Weld)

Greater Yellowlegs (*Adams, *Arapahoe, Boulder, *Custer, Gunnison, Morgan, Prowers)

Wilson's Phalarope (Kiowa)

Bonaparte's Gull (*Arapahoe, *Mesa, Weld)

Franklin's Gull (*Arapahoe, Larimer, Rio Grande)

Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (*Larimer)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (*Adams, *Larimer)

Forster's Tern (*La Plata)

Red-throated Loon (Weld)

Pacific Loon (Denver, *Delta)

Common Loon (*Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson, *Larimer, San Miguel, Weld)

Great Egret (*Pitkin)

Osprey (Adams, Fremont, Prowers, *Weld)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Prowers)

Hairy Woodpecker (Prowers)

Gray Flycatcher (Jefferson)

Cordilleran Flycatcher (Montezuma)

Say's Phoebe (Adams, Denver)

Black Phoebe (*Mesa)

FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Boulder)

Loggerhead Shrike (Mesa, Montrose)

Steller's Jay (*El Paso, Jefferson)

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (Douglas, *El Paso, Fremont, *La Plata, Mesa, Montrose)

Clark's Nutcracker (*Ouray)

American Crow (*Arapahoe)

Common Raven (Adams)

Juniper Titmouse (*La Plata)

Bushtit (*Garfield, *La Plata, Mesa, *Ouray)

Rock Wren (El Paso, Fremont,  Montrose)

Winter Wren (*Adams, Prowers, Yuma)

Marsh Wren (*Mesa, *Weld)

Bewick's Wren (Montrose, Prowers)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Adams, *Mesa, Montrose)

American Dipper (*Custer, San Miguel)

Golden-crowned Kinglet (San Miguel, Yuma)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Adams, El Paso, Fremont, Jefferson, *La Plata, *Mesa*Montrose, Morgan, Prowers, Yuma)

Eastern Bluebird (Douglas, Kiowa, Prowers)

Mountain Bluebird (*Delta, Douglas, Fremont,  Kiowa, Mesa, Montrose)

Hermit Thrush (Mesa, Prowers)

Brown Thrasher (Prowers)

Sage Thrasher (Montrose)

American Pipit (Morgan, Weld)

Sprague's Pipit (Yuma)

McCown's Longspur (Yuma)

Canyon Towhee (*El Paso, Fremont)

Brewer's Sparrow (Montrose)

Savannah Sparrow (Park, Prowers, Yuma)

Grasshopper Sparrow (*Larimer)

Vesper Sparrow (*Adams, Prowers)

Sagebrush Sparrow (Montrose)

Fox Sparrow (*El Paso)

Lincoln's Sparrow (Adams, Clear Creek, Eagle, El Paso, La Plata, Mesa, *Montrose, Prowers)

Swamp Sparrow (Boulder, *Custer, Weld)

White-throated Sparrow (*Adams, Chaffee, *El Paso, Larimer, Moffat,  Yuma)

Harris's Sparrow (Adams, *El Paso, Fremont, Jefferson, *Larimer)

Dark-eye Junco (White-winged) (Adams)

Rusty Blackbird (Eagle, Kiowa)

Great-tailed Grackle (Prowers)

Orange-crowned Warbler (Douglas, Montrose, Ouray, Prowers)

Common Yellowthroat (Mesa, *Montrose)

Hooded Warbler (Eagle)

Yellow Warbler (La Plata)

Palm Warbler (Yuma)

Townsend's Warbler (Fremont, Jefferson, La Plata, *Montrose, 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 24 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Chris Rurik and Vicki Sandage reported 50 Sandhill Crane (flyover), 12 Long-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowlegs, White-throated Sparrow, and Vesper Sparrow.

---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.  On October 24 at Barr Lake SP, Tony Leukering reported 3 Baird's Sandpiper, 9 Long-billed Dowitcher, 4 Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Black-backed Gull, and Winter Wren.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY:

---On October 24 at Cherry Creek SP, Cynthia Madsen reported 2 White-winged Scoter (Prairie Loop), Least Sandpiper, 21 Long-billed Dowitcher, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 10 Bonaparte's Gull (Prairie Loop), 4 Franklin's Gull, Common Loon, 36 American Crow.

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 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.

---On October 23 David Haskell reported a hatch year RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD coming to his feeder at Riverside Ave and Redwood Ave,  Birders are welcome to view the bird from the public sidewalk on Redwood Ave.  You can see the balcony with the feeder from there.  You cannot see the feeder from his driveway.  Please respect private property and stay out of yards.

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.

CUSTER COUNTY:

---On October 24 at DeWeese Reservoir, Jerry DeBoer reported Pectoral Sandpiper, 35 Long-billed Dowitcher, 14 Greater Yellowlegs, American Dipper and Swamp Sparrow.

DELTA COUNTY:

---On October 23 at G50 Road, Bruce Ackerman reported 300 Sandhill Cranes coming into roost and Pacific Loon at pond on west end.  On October 24 at G40 Road, Jon Horn and Bill Harris reported 300 Sandhill Cranes (flyover), Pacific Loon, and 2 Mountain Bluebirds.

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.  On October 24 at Red Rock Canyon OS, Alan Ketcham, Chris Brobin, John Drummond, and Jim Merritt reported Steller's Jay, 10 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Fox Sparrow (Slate-color), juv Harris's Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, and 2 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.

GARFIELD COUNTY:

---On October 24 at Bair Ranch Rest Area, Theresa Nickles reported 20 Bushtit.

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 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.

---On October 24 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton reported Surf Scoter, 2 Long-billed Dowitcher, 2 Forster's Tern, 3 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, 2 Juniper Titmouse, 10 Bushtit, and 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

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.  On October 24 at Maple and FIshback, David Wade and Andy Bankert reported 2 Harris's Sparrow.

---On October 24 at Wellington SWA—Cobb Lake Unit, Andy Bankert reported Iceland (Thayer's) Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Common Loon, and Grasshopper Sparrow. 

---On October 24 at Timnath Reservoir, Andy Bankert reported 2 Bairds's Sandpiper, 3 Least Sandpiper, 12 Pectoral Sandpiper, 15 Long-billed Dowitcher and Lesser Yellowlegs.

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.

---On October 24 at Redlands Parkway Ponds, Carol Ortenzio reported Black Phoebe, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

---On October 24 at Colorado SP Fruita section, Carol Ortenzio reported f Greater Scaup, Bonaparte's Gull, and 3 Marsh Wren.

MOFFAT COUNTY:

---On October 21 at Loudy-Simpson Nature Trail, Forrest Luke reported 2 ad  White-throated Sparrow (tan stripe).

MONTEZUMA COUNTY:

---On October 23 at Industrial Pond in Cortez, Erick Hendrickson reports that the Eurasian Wigeon continues.

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.

---On October 24 at Chipeta Lake SWA, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Lincoln's Sparrow, 2 Common  Yellowthroat, and Townsend's Warbler.

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.

OURAY COUNTY:

---On October 24 at Ridgway Reservoir and State Park, Brenda Wright and Coen Dexter reported Lesser Yellowlegs, 32 Bushtit, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and Clark's Nutcracker.

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.

---On October 24 at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Catherine Hagen reported Great Egret and 3 Pied-billed Grebe.

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.

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.  On October 24 at Baxter Lake, Steve Mlodinow reported Stilt Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, 33 Long-billed Dowitcher, and 2 Marsh Wren.

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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