On sunday,10/24, Gwen Kelaidis and I went to Last Chance and Prewitt Reservoir. At Last Chance there was a Common Grackle convention going on and that was it. At Prewitt Reservoir, Logan county side, were a few tid bits.. Driving on county rd. 25 east as we approached the northern entrance to Prewitt, we saw 2 Merlin, "Richardsonii". After taking the northern entrance dirt rd., into Prewitt, [ Logan county side again], we walked east from the main parking lot east. We were paralleling the dam and right next to it on the dirt trail. The first group of Cottonwoods with shrubs below them, to the left of and next to the trail had some sparrows. In a Russian Olive tree, more like a shrub in shape, were several sparrows. Many im. White-crowned Sparrows, 1, Song sparrow, and 1, SWAMP SPARROW were present. This area is right next to a cattail marsh. We then went to the Washington county side of the Reservoir. In the large big cove which is east of the canal area we saw several Shorebirds: 5, late American Avocets 13, Greater Yellowlegs 48, Long-billed Dowitchers, I thought I heard 1 Short-billed Dowicher [but at this very late date, maybe my ears were playing a joke on me] 8, Baird's Sandpipers 117, Killdeer This was a large flock which came into the cove swirling back and forth, and it was impressive to watch 1, Osprey was sitting on the edge of the lake Looking from the dirt rd next to and west of the lake, but the location was at the middle of the lake, was a Willow tree. After I got out and walked near it, birds were secretively moving about, but they were hidden amongst the leaves. I saw what I thought could have been a very late Eastern Phoebe. The problem was all I could see was the head of the bird, which was very dark, dark, brown. The bill was a bit wider and larger than that of a Black Phoebe. No eye ring was present and the head looked to be the shape and size for an Eastern Phoebe. Then, most of the birds in the tree flew out. Many Juncos[slate-colored and pink-sided], and many White-crowned Sparrows, all flew to the next tree. At this point, the bird which I thought was an Eastern Phoebe turned it's body. I only saw the side of the bird but the color was whitish/yellowish. The head shape and the few identification markings which I saw, looked like what I have seen before when I have seen Eastern Phoebe. This is just my gut feeling about the bird, but I can't say for sure. Happy Birding! Tina Jones Littleton, Jefferson County, CO
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