COBirders, I made a quick stop at Big Johnson reservoir today and had the following things of note:
3 Sanderlings ~10 sterna Tern with a mix of both Common and Forster's 2 Black Terns There were also a number of other shorebirds littered around the reservoir that were mostly too far away to identify. The other thing that made things interesting were the number of sparrows moving through. I do not have much of a count as it was almost a continuous flow of them the whole time I was there. Savannah and Vesper were definitely the two most abundant (nothing short of 50 apiece), but also a few Chipping and Brewers Sparrows, Lark Buntings, McCown's (4 or 5) and Chestnut-collared Longspurs (at least 3). Hundreds of Horned Larks were scattered about around the lake shore. Yesterday evening there was an alternate plumaged Lesser Black-backed Gull that came in at the very end of the day to roost presumably. A lot of the gulls go off to a dump that is southeast of Big Johnson and mostly use the reservoir as a place to loaf. Although, I did watch a Ring-billed Gull snag a crayfish in shallow water today. ----- Mark Peterson Colorado Springs -- 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.
