Following Cara Stiles note from yesterday that she would be interested in going back to a reprise visit to Timnath Res. (Larimer Co), I decided to take her up on it. So mid-morning today, Cara, Todd Deininger and I headed out.
Timnath remains quite good, especially in its eastern bay in spite of the receding water line. We had a total of 10 shorebird species including one Sanderling, three Dunlin and more than a dozen Stilt Sandpipers. The whole of the reservoir hosted for us many of the species noted by others, but most noteworthy might have been 150 Snowy Egrets. We continued to the southeast to visit Montfort Marsh, Loloff Res., the Lower Latham marsh and the usual Beebe Draw spots (all Weld). Montfort had a pair of Western Sandpipers and many Black-necked Stilts. Loloff had about 300 Wilson's Phalarope although I would confess to a half-hearted effort to pull any Red-necked or Red out of the group. Latham had one or two Solitary Sandpipers and 45X46 in Beebe Draw had a group of almost 100 Bank Swallows. A hot day, but a great one for good discussion and learning of fall shorebirds (16 species in all). Bill Kaempfer Boulder -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
