Folks, I spent a few hours today birding around Logan, Sedgwick and Phillips Counties. I didn't have much time, so I focused mostly around Jumbo Res. Best birds on the res were a Sabine's Gull, Forster's and Black Terns, dozens of Sanderlings, 5 Pectoral Sandpipers, a Snow Goose (weird?!), and an all-white gull that I studied and photographed for a long time before concluding it was in fact a leucistic Franklin's Gull, and not an Ivory. The campground on the East side was pretty active for landbirds, with Chipping and Lark Sparrows everywhere, Wilson's, Yellow, and Yellow-rumped Warblers, and one male Black-and-White. There was also a family of Eastern Bluebirds there. Over at Red Lion, I had 2 Stilt Sandpipers, a "Floyd" Sandpiper flyover, and a Semi Plover.
I also hit up Duck Creek SWA (some day, this place is gonna produce a MASSIVE fallout...) which was very quiet except for a raucous young Cooper's Hawk, one Eastern Phoebe, and a Great-Crested Fly. Last stop before work was Frenchman Creek SWA, which actually has some water. Near it there were at least 100 Dickcissels, and I may be way under bid on that estimate. I chased a cuckoo around for a while that turned out to be a Yellow-billed; I have no idea how good this really is in Phillips County, but I feel like everything is pretty good there. There was a late-ish Bell's Vireo calling from across the road. I had a Mississippi Kite over Holyoke on my way through, but I can't find these things in Wray for the life of me, but there are 5 or 6 old nests in the city park. -Good birding- -- Daniel Maynard Currently in Wray, CO -- 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.
