Birders in the Colorado Springs area : Jeannie Mitchell told me about 3 Baird's Sandpipers late last week. I went back there this afternoon and there were over 20 sandpipers : Baird's (many), Semipalmated (3-4), Least (at least 2) on the east side of Lambert Rd; there were 2 sandpipers on the west side but I did not have my scope and they were too far; my impression was that one might be a Western (just a guess here).
To get there : take Meridien Rd north from Hwy 24 in Falcon; go east on Stapleton to Lambert; go south on Lambert; go past the large pond on the west side of Lambert; make a U-turn and park on the east side of Lambert (not enough room on west side); look in the drainage stream to the east; that's where most of the birds were. The other two were on the west side of the street, a distance upstream. I did not have time to check the whole drainage area today but I will do that tomorrow. Since Ramah Reservoir is still DRY, this might be an o.k. substitute for us in the Colorado Springs area. Several years ago, I saw a White-rumped Sandpiper on the other side of the marsh near Eastonville Rd. If these directions are confusing, e-mail me. Cecile Lee Elbert, CO --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
