I went birding with my friend, Jim Ratzloff today around Latham and Beebe Draw in Weld County. We saw many of the already sighted birds near Lower Latham and the general area, including 2 Stilt Sandpipers. No Black-bellied Plovers or Dunlin.
On the south side of cty. rd. 48[this wet, water area which is opposite Latham Reservoir, inbetween cty rd. 43 & cty. rd. 47] were lots of Wilson's Phalaropes. Here we saw 4 beautiful Female RED-NECKED PHALAROPE in alternate pumage, and one RED-NECKED PLALAROPE, in basic plumage. At this location were at least 7 different Marsh Wrens, madly singing away next to our car,[great for photos, the birds were only about 3 feet away from our car, which ended up being a great blind]. The same location had Sora and Virginia Rail, and Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs, and Black-necked Stilts. At Loloff Reservoir, off of cty. rd. 57, after going through at least 35-40 White-faced Ibis, we found 2 GLOSSY IBIS in with the group. We then went to Brush State Wildlife Area, exit 90 off of highway 76. Go north on highway 71 to the wildlife area, which is on the S. Platte River. Going on the trail to the river we saw one m. BLACKPOLL WARBLER. Lot's of Yellow-rumped Warblers, Yellow, Orange-crowned Warblers, and many House Wrens and Hermit Thrush. This wildlife area is in Morgan County. Happy Birding! Tina Jones Littleton, Jefferson County, CO. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
