Hi everyone! Walter's post about the Yellowlegs and absent Blue-winged Teal has jogged my memory. Last Friday my wife and I went to Quivira NWR and Cheyenne Bottoms. We saw several Greater Yellowlegs along with 1 Stilt Sandpiper, several Baird's sandpipers, several Long-billed Dowitchers, and many Snowy Plovers. We also all of the Dabblers except Cinnamon Teal. there were Blue-winged Teal everywhere and it was a toss-up between them and the Northern Shovelers as to which were more common. We also saw three Whooping Cranes which were life birds for Lynda and I! Grackles were everywhere and we did have 1 Yellow-headed Blackbird on the way back to Great Bend off 281. Northern Harriers were common. Divers included both Scaup, Canvasbacks, Ruddy Ducks, and Buffleheads.
At Cheyenne Bottoms we had a flock of several Bonaparte's Gulls and several Lesser Yellowlegs. American White Pelicans were found in large numbers (>500) between both places. Grace, Gary and Lynda Ackert Littleton -- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
