I was lucky enough to encounter two Upland Sandpipers recently in the mist of avian surveys. One on Friday 8/27 alighted in a prairie dog town about an hour after dawn and began foraging while emanating a couple of calls, and this morning 8/31, also about an hour or so after dawn one was heard overhead headed eastward. Detections were near the Todd Creek golf course. Both were detected by ear first, thanks to Ted's link to the flight call on xeno-canto. I also saw the tail ends of a flock of mystery shorebirds, unfortunately too far away and saw them too late to get an ID. Large groups of Snowy Egrets exploiting the ponds at Todd Creek golf course. A Greater Yellowlegs also called overhead flying southward.
Happy migration, -- Scott Scott Severs Longmont, CO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/co_odes/ -- 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.
