Co birders :
The Birding and Heritage birding tour around Bent's Old Fort , Otero
County this morning had several interesting migrants including Baltimore
Oriole ( male ) , American Redstart ( f ) , Rose-breasted Grosbeak ( f ) ,
Western Tanager ( pair ) and possible breeders , Indigo Bunting ,
Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Great crested Flycatcher . The latter two both breed
in
2006.
Lake Cheraw , Otero , held Long-billed Curlew ( 6 ) , White-rumped
Sandpipers ( 8 ) , Dowithchers ( 8 ) , Red-necked Phalarope ( 1 ) amongst 100
+
Wilson's phalarope , and the usual Snowy Plovers ( 10 + ) , Stilts and
Avocets. Black Terns arrived today.
In the afternoon the group visited with Duane Nelson ,who described the
protection actions at John Martin Res , Bent County for the Piping Plover
and Least Tern before showing us a Piping Plover on the beach and a single
Least Tern flyby which by the end of the visit had increased to a flyby of 4
Least terns. These arrived today too . Black Tern numbers were in the 100
's . and a Peregrine Falcon put in a brief visit to the Reservoir.
John Drummond
Monument
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