Cobirders, Bob Bonestroo and I birded between Falcon and Ramah State Wildlife Area this morning and saw 40 species.
The is a very nice wetland just east of the Falcon Safeway that had among others a Great Egret and 3 Great-tailed Grackles. The Falcon area Meadow Lake Ranch Heron Rookery was active with nearly 50 Great Blue Herons present this morning. Another nice birding location is along Fairplay Road & Big Sandy Creek just north of Sweet Road, 4 or so miles nw of Calhan. A very small rookery was located here last year, but no activity this year. The land is private, but there can be good birding just walking along Fairplay Road. Scott Shaum's earlier posting for Ramah Reservoir was better than ours. There are some nice mud flats, but the water is still very low and no water was running into the reservoir despite the latest snow and rain. We did see 1 Marbled Godwit, 8 Greater Yellowlegs, 4 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Willet and an assortment of puddle ducks - all three teal, Say's Phoebe, Tree Swallows, & Vesper Sparrows. Good birding everyone. Ken Pals Colorado Springs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
