On the way back to Cortez from the Sand Canyon trailhead this evening, we encountered several uncommon birds. The first were a sage thrasher on Road N and an early-season (although not the first) merlin. On Road S to the north and east, we found an irrigated pasture with spotted sandpipers and at least two tiny peeps - least and western — and maybe a third. The same pasture had a couple dozen killdeer, at least one semipalmated plover who was clearly not a killdeer, and numerous Wilson's snipe. The snipe seem to have been especially prolific this year.
Closer to town, we happened on to a fairly cooperative Virginia rail and one chick, still a flightless black fuzzball. Marc and Suzy Meyer and Jim Garrison Cortez --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
