Compiler: Joyce Takamine
e-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Date: November 3, 2018
This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Saturday, November 3 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 (Adams, Arapahoe, Kiowa, Phillips, Sedgwick)
Ross's Goose (Sedgwick)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Phillips, Sedgwick)
Mute Swan (Weld)
Wood Duck (Kiowa)
Blue-winged Teal (*Arapahoe, El Paso, Park)
Eurasian Wigeon (Montezuma)
Greater Scaup (*Mesa, Park)
Surf Scoter (Jefferson, Park, Sedgwick)
White-winged Scoter (Weld)
Black Scoter (*Mesa)
Common Goldeneye (Arapahoe, El Paso, *Jefferson, La Plata, Mesa, Park, San Miguel)
Barrow's Goldeneye (*Jefferson, San Miguel)
Pied-billed Grebe (*Pitkin)
Horned Grebe (Denver, Montrose)
Virginia Rail (Boulder, Kiowa)
Sora (Montezuma)
Sandhill Crane (Baca, Chaffee, Kiowa)
Black-bellied Plover (Adams, Kiowa)
American Golden Plover (Adams, Kiowa)
Stilt Sandpiper (Adams)
Dunlin (Adams, Kiowa)
Baird's Sandpiper (Arapahoe)
Least Sandpiper (Arapahoe)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Boulder, Douglas)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Arapahoe)
Short-billed Dowitcher (El Paso)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Kiowa, Montezuma, Park)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Arapahoe)
Greater Yellowlegs (Adams, Kiowa, La Plata, Park)
Wilson's Phalarope (Kiowa)
Black-legged Kittiwake (El Paso, Pueblo)
Bonaparte's Gull (Arapahoe, Kiowa, Park, Weld)
Franklin's Gull (Adams, Arapahoe, Kiowa, Larimer, Montrose, Ouray, Park, Rio Grande)
Mew Gull (*Larimer)
Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (Kiowa, *Larimer, Logan)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Adams, *Bent, *Larimer)
Glaucous Gull (*Bent)
Red-throated Loon (*Ouray)
Pacific Loon (Denver)
Common Loon (Arapahoe, Denver, Kiowa, *Larimer, Logan, *Mesa, Montezuma, Park, Pueblo, San Miguel, Sedgwick, Weld)
American White Pelican (*Ouray)
Black-crowned Night Heron (Boulder, Kiowa)
Turkey Vulture (Jefferson)
Osprey (El Paso, Yuma)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Montezuma)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Larimer, Sedgwick)
Red-naped Sapsucker (Eagle, *Montrose)
Hairy Woodpecker (Prowers)
Hammond's Flycatcher (Montrose)
Say's Phoebe (Arapahoe, *El Paso, *Mesa)
Loggerhead Shrike (Kiowa, Mesa)
White-eyed Vireo (*Larimer)
Plumbeous Vireo (El Paso)
Pinyon Jay (San Miguel)
Steller's Jay (*El Paso, *Ouray, *Pitkin)
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay (*El Paso, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, *Ouray, Pitkin)
Clark's Nutcracker (*Ouray)
Chihuahuan Raven (Baca)
Common Raven (*Adams)
Juniper Titmouse (La Plata, Montrose)
Bushtit (Mesa, Montezuma, Park, San Miguel)
Canyon Wren (Pitkin)
Winter Wren (Larimer)
Marsh Wren (*El Paso, Kiowa, Logan, *Mesa, Montrose)
Bewick's Wren (Montezuma, *Ouray)
American Dipper (*Pitkin)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Montezuma, Montrose, San Miguel)
Eastern Bluebird (Boulder, Huerfano, Kiowa, Yuma)
Mountain Bluebird (Arapahoe, *Mesa, Montezuma, Montrose, Park)
Gray Catbird (Boulder, El Paso)
Curve-billed Thrasher (El Paso)
American Pipit (Adams, *Kiowa, Park, San Miguel)
Lesser Goldfinch (Montezuma)
Lapland Longspur (*Kiowa)
SMITH'S LONGSPUR (*Kiowa)
Green-tailed Towhee (Jefferson)
Canyon Towhee (*El Paso)
Chipping Sparrow (Montezuma)
Savannah Sparrow (Larimer, Park)
Brewer's Sparrow (Mesa)
Fox Sparrow (*El Paso)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Adams, Baca, Clear Creek, El Paso, Montezuma, Yuma)
Swamp Sparrow (Boulder)
White-throated Sparrow (*Adams, Boulder, *El Paso, Montezuma, San Miguel, Sedgwick, Yuma)
Harris's Sparrow (Sedgwick, Yuma)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Arapahoe)
Rusty Blackbird (Arapahoe, Kiowa)
Orange-crowned Warbler (Ouray)
Common Yellowthroat (Mesa)
Northern Parula (El Paso)
Black-throated Green Warbler (*Arapahoe)
Western Tanager (Boulder, Pueblo)
Northern Cardinal (Sedgwick)
ADAMS COUNTY:
---On October 29 at Barr Lake SP, Chuck Hundertmark, Paul Slingsby, Adam Veseley, and Frank Farrell reported 4 Snow Geese (2 white, 2 blue), Black-bellied Plover, American Golden-Plover, Dunlin, 3 Long-billed Dowitcher, 3 Stilt Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Franklin's Gull, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and 10 American Pipit. On October 29 at Barr Lake Neidrach Nature Trail and Visitor Center, Chuck Hundertmark reported Gray Catbird and Harris's Sparrow. On October 30 at Barr Lake SP Neidrach Nature Trail and Visitor Center, Gwen Moore reported Lesser Yellowlegs and Franklin's Gull. On November 1 at Barr Lake SP, Cynthia Madsen and David Hill reported Long-billed Dowitcher, 2 Franklin's Gull, and 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
---On November 2 at Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR—First Creek, Mark Obmascik, John Breitsch, and Patrick O'Driscoll reported Common Raven and White-throated Sparrow.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY:
---On October 29 at Cherrry Creek SP, Diane Roberts reported 6 Long-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowlegs, 14 Bonaparte's Gull, Franklin's Gull, and Common Loon. On October 30 at Cherry Creek SP, Cynthia Madsen, David Hill, and Raymond Sperger reported Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, 6 Long-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowlegs, 13 Bonaparte's Gull, 3 Franklin's Gull, Iceland Gull, and Swamp Sparrow. On October 31 at Cherry Creek SP, Edward Donnan reported Baird's Sandpiper, 7 Long-billed Dowitcher, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 4 Bonaparte's Gull, 2 Franklin's Gull, and 2 Rusty Blackbird.
---On October 29 at Aurora Reservoir, Ken Wat, Meg Reck, and Diane Roberts reported 7 Snow Geese, 4 Common Goldeneye, Franklin's Gull, 3 Common Loon, Say's Phoebe, 3 Mountain Bluebird, and Yellow-headed Blackbird.
---On November 2 at Bufflehead Lake, Ted Uhlemann reported Blue-winged Teal.
---On November 2 at Hollow Park, Cherry Hills Village, Gregg Goodrich and Anna Troth reported Black-throated Green Warbler.
BACA COUNTY:
---On October 29 at Hwy 116 and CR 55, Tony Leukering reported 5 Sandhill Crane (flyover), Chihuahuan Raven, Eastern Bluebird, 2 Mountain Bluebird, and Lincoln's Sparrow.
BENT COUNTY:
---On November 2 at John Martin Reservoir, Duane Nelson reported Glaucous Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull.
BOULDER COUNTY:
---On October 31 at Walden Ponds, Peter Gent reported Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Long-billed Dowitcher and imm Black-crowned Night Heron.
---On October 31 at Sombrero Marsh and Pond, Ted Floyd reported Virginia Rail, Eastern Bluebird, and 2 Swamp Sparrow.
---On October 31 at Boulder Community Garden, Richard Trinkner reported White-throated Sparrow.
CHAFFEE COUNTY:
---On October 31 at COCHETOPA HOME, Sally Waterhouse reported 310 Sandhill Crane (flyover).
DENVER COUNTY:
---On October 29 at Marston Reservoir East End, Gregg Goodrich reported Pacific Loon and Common Loon. On October 31 at Marston Reservoir, Tyler, Wilson and Alicia Arnold reported Pacific Loon and 3 Common Loon.
EL PASO COUNTY:
---On October 29 at Fountain Creek Regional Park, Alan Ketcham reported 8 Blue-winged Teal and Osprey.
---On October 30 at Memorial Park and Prospect Lake, Colorado Springs, Jim Merritt reported ad Black-legged Kittiwake on the water. When it flew it flew west then south. On October 31 at Memorial Park and Prospect Lake, John Drummond reported 2 Common Goldeneye.
---On October 31 at Bear Creek Nature Center, Chris Brobin reported Northern Parula in NE corner and Lincoln's Sparrow.
---On November 1 at Fountain Creek, Manitou Springs, Gary Koehn reported Plumbeous Vireo.
---On November 1 at Chico Basin Ranch, John Drummond reported Gray Catbird, Curve-billed Thrasher, White-throated Sparrow (tan morph), and Lincoln's Sparrow.
---On November 1 at Red Rock Canyon OS, Jim Merritt and Rebecca Laroche reported 7 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Fox Sparrow (Red), and 2 Canyon Wren. On November 2 at Red Rock Canyon OS, Jim Merritt, Dale and Joel Adams reported Steller's Jay, 8 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Fox Sparrow (red), Canyon Towhee, and White-throated Sparrow.
---On November 2 at Cross Creek Regional Park, David Tonnessen reported Say's Phoebe and 2 Marsh Wren.
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
---On October 30 at Bear Creek Lake Park – Big Soda Lakes N Trail, Phil Lyon reported 4 Common Goldeneye (1m, 3f).
---On October 30 at Coors Ponds, Myron Gerhard, Kevin DeBoer, Timo Mitzen, and Lindsay Purifory reported 5 Common Goldeneye (1m 4f) and 1m Barrow's Goldeneye. On October 31 at Coors Ponds, Kevin DeBoer, Lindsay Purifoy and Timo Mitzen reported 6 Common Goldeneye (1m, 5f) and m Barrow's Goldeneye. On November 2 at Coors Ponds, Steven Snyder reported 12 Common Goldeneye and m Barrow's Goldeneye.
---On October 31 at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt – Prospect Park and Lake, Bill Schreitz reported Turkey Vulture.
---On October 31 at Ralston Creek – Maple Valley Park, James McCall reported Green-tailed Towhee.
KIOWA COUNTY:
---On October 31 at Neenoshe Reservoir, Tony Leukering reported Snow Goose (flyover), 3 Sandhill Crane (flyover), 24 Long-billed Dowitcher, 12 Greater Yellowlegs, Dunlin, 12 Bonaparte's Gull, Franklin's Gull, Iceland Gull (thayer's), 2 Common Loon, juv Black-crowned Night Heron. On October 31 at Neenoshe Reservoir, SE corner (often disjunct), Tony Leukering reported 35 Sandhill Crane (flyover), 2 Black-bellied Plover, 2 American Golden-Plover, 3 Long-billed Dowitcher, and 10 Greater Yellowlegs.
---On October 31 at Sheridan Lake Area (town and playa), Tony Leukering reported 6 Wood Duck (4 m, 2 f).
---On October 31 at Eads Water Treatment Plant (no to include Cemetery), Tony Leukering reported Virginia Rail, Loggerhead Shrike, 3 Marsh Wren, and 5 Eastern Bluebird.
---On November 2 at Hwy 90 and CR 75, Tony Leukering reported 24 American Pipit, 85 Lapland Longspur, and 2 Smith's Longspur.
LA PLATA COUNTY:
---On October 30 at Pastorius Reservoir, Susan Allerton reported Common Goldeneye, Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, and Juniper Titmouse.
LARIMER COUNTY:
---On October 31 at Horseshoe Reservoir, Andy Bankert and Carolyn Olson reported Franklin's Gull (flyover), Mew Gull, Iceland Gull (thayer's), and 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull. OnGull. November 2 at Horseshoe Reservoir, Nick Komar and Andy Bankert reported Mew Gull, 2 Iceland (thayer's) Gull, and Lesser Black-backed
---On October 28 at Gateway Park Pond, Fawn Simonds reported Lesser Yellowlegs.
---On October 30 at 352 Poudre Canyon Road, Bellvue, Diane Thomas reported Red-bellied Woodpecker in deciduous trees W of bridge, and Savannah Sparrow.
---On October 31 at CSU Environmental Learning Center, Joe Mammoser reported Winter Wren in SE corner.
---On November 2 at Boyd Lake, Nick Komar, Nick Komar Jr, Kevin Keirn, David Wade, and Andy Bankert reported Common Loon and White-eyed Vireo in Russian Olives along wash just N or Northmost Parking area.
LOGAN COUNTY:
---On October 30 3 miles NW of Crook, Bill Kaempfer and John Vanderpoel reported Marsh Wren.
---On October 30 at Jumbo Reservoir, David Suddjian and DFO Field Trip reported ad Iceland Gull (Thayers) and 2 Common Loon.
MESA COUNTY:
---On October 31 at Colorado River SP Fruita Section, Ryan Claar, David Price, Ronda Woodward, Sue Shepard, Mike Henwood, Kathleen McGinley, Carol Ortenzio, and Nic Korte reporter 2 f Greater Scaup, Black Scoter, and Bushtit; Denise and Mark Vollmer reported Black Scoter and Common Goldeneye; several other birders got to see Black Scoter. On November 1 at Colorado River SP—Fruita Section, Diane Trappett and Douglas Diekman, reported Black Scoter, Common Loon, Loggerhead Shrike, and Marsh Wren. On November 2 at Colorado River SP Fruita Section, Connee Moffat, Carol Ortenzio, and Mike Henwood reported Black Scoter, Common Loon, Say's Phoebe, 2 Marsh Wren, 5 Mountain Bluebird and Greater Scaup; Betty Fenton and Bill Harris reported Greater Scaup, Black Scoter, and Common Loon.
---On October 31 at I ½ Road, Fruita, David Price reported Brewer's Sparrow.
MONTEZUMA COUNTY:
---On October 29 at Denny Lake Park, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Sora, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, 8 Bushtit, 4 Marsh Wren, 2 Bewick's Wren, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 18 Mountain Bluebird, Sage Thrasher, 3 ad White-throated Sparrow (1 white stripe, 2 tan stripe), Lesser Goldfinch, and Lincoln's Sparrow. On November 1 at Denny Lake Park, Jim Beatty reported Sharp-shinned Hawk and Chipping Sparrow.
---On October 29 at Totten Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Long-billed Dowitcher, 2 Common Loon, and 2 Mountain Bluebird.
---On November 1 at Industrial Park Pond, Jim Beatty reported m Eurasian Wigeon.
MONTROSE COUNTY:
---On October 31 at Otter Pond, Betty Fenton reported Franklin's Gull and Marsh Wren.
---On November 1 at Nucla Domestic Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Hammond's Flycatcher, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Juniper Titmouse, 7 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and 5 Mountain Bluebird.
OURAY COUNTY:
---On October 30 at Ridgway Reservoir and SP, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 9 Franklin's Gull, 3 Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, and Clark's Nutcracker. On November 2 at Ridgway Reservoir and SP, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Red-throated Loon, American White Pelican, Steller's Jay, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, 2 Clark's Nutcracker, and Bewick's Wren.
---On November 2 at Nucla Domestic Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported Red-naped Sapsucker.
PARK COUNTY:
---On October 31 at Spinney Mountain Reservoir, David Tonnessen, Joel Adams, and Jim Merritt reported Greater Scaup, 16 Common Goldeneye, 4 Long-billed Dowitcher, 4 Greater Yellowlegs, Bonaparte's Gull, 4 Franklin's Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, and 3 Common Loon.
---On October 31 at Eleven Mile SP, David Tonnessen, Jim Merritt, and Joel Adams reported Blue-winged Teal, Greater Scaup, 3 Surf Scoter, 16 Common Goldeneye, Common Loon, Bushtit, Mountain Bluebird, American Pipit.
PHILLIPS COUNTY:
---On October 30 at Haxtun Water Treatment Plant, David Suddjian and DFO Field Trip reported 20 Snow Geese and Greater White-fronted Goose.
PITKIN COUNTY:
---On October 29 at Lower River Rd, 408 Gerbaz Way, Snowmass, Catherine Hagen reported Steller's Jay, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, and Canyon Wren
---On November 2 at Aspen Center for Enviromental Studies, Rebecca Weiss reported 4 Pied-billed Grebe, Steller's Jay and American Dipper.
PUEBLO COUNTY:
---On October 30 at Pueblo Reservoir, Brandon Percival reported ad Black-legged Kittiwake in the afternoon, off West Fishing Road, and 12 Common Loons on the reservoir.
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY:
---On October 30 at Miramonte Reservoir, Coen Dexter and Brenda Wright reported 2 Common Goldeneye, Barrow's Goldeneye, 3 Common Loon, and 5 American Pipit.
---On November 1 in Norwood, George Steele reported 40 Pinyon Jay, 3 Bushtit, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and White-throated Sparrow.
SEDGWICK COUNTY:
---On October 30 at Julesburg Cemetery, Bill Kaemfper and John Vanderpoel reported White-throated Sparrow.
---On October 30 at Lions Park, Julesburg, Bill Kaemfper and John Vanderpoel reported Harris's Sparrow.
---On October 30 at Ovid, Bill Kaemfper and John Vanderpoel reported Red-bellied Woodpecker, and Northern Cardinal.
---On October 30 at Jumbo Reservoir, David Suddjian and DFO Field Trip, Bill Kaempfer, and John Vanderpoel reported 500 Snow Geese, 5 Ross's Geese, 4 Greater White-fronted Geese, 2 Surf Scoter (f-type), and 2 Common Loon.
WELD COUNTY:
---On October 30 at F Street Gravel Ponds, Tyler Wilson and Alicia Arnold reported 2 Mute Swans.
---On October 31 at Union Reservoir, Steve Mlodinow reported White-winged Scoter, 47 Bonaparte's Gull, and 3 Common Loon.
YUMA COUNTY:
---On October 30 at Wray Fish Hatchery, David Suddjian and DFO Field Trip reported Osprey, 7 Eastern Bluebird, Harris's Sparrow, 3 White-throated Sparrow, and Lincoln's Sparrow.
The next meeting of Denver Field Ornithologists will be on Monday, November 5 at 7:00 pm at the Ricketson Auditorium of Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Bill Eden will present a program on Birding in Senegal and the Gambia. Park on the north side of the museum and enter through the security door between 6:30 and 7:00 pm. Meetings are free and open to the public.
DFO Field Trips
For more details go to the DFO website
Mountain Lakes and Scoter Trip
Saturday, November 3
5:30 AM – 6:30 PM
Joey Kellner (vireo1 AT Comcast.net; 303-978-1748)
First Creek at Denver Open Space
Sunday, November 4
6:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Patrick O'Driscoll (patodrisk AT gmail.com; 303-885-6955(cell))
Good Birding,
Joyce Takamine
Boulder
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