I found a calling Sprague's Pipit at the intersection of Larimer County Road 40 and County Line Road (which it was in both Weld and Larimer Counties). I watched it circle low around the area for about 15 seconds before it flew west and disappeared behind a tree. I tried chasing it down, but wasn't able to relocate it. I am assuming that it landed in the field. I was able to see a streaked breast, white outer tail feathers, and wing bars. Along with those features and the call I was able to get a positive ID (although, the call itself is distinctive). Timnath Reservoir has lots of birds, although numbers seem down compared to earlier this week. Species of interest were: Sanderling - 2 they have been around for a couple weeks (4 seen were on Monday) Long-billed Curlew - 1 that has been there since Monday. Western Sandpiper - 1 Least Sandpiper - 1 Sabine's Gull - 2 (1 photographed) down from 3 that I saw yesterday. Canvasback - 2 Ring-necked Duck - 2 Lesser Scaup - 1 Bullock's Oriole - 1 White-faced Ibis - 8 Pied-billed Grebe - 224
I also birded Fossil Creek Reservoir, Duck Lake, and Dixon Reservoir this morning and the only birds of interest I saw were 7 Canvasback and 2 Wilson's Phalaropes at Duck Lake. Cole Wild Loveland Sent from my iPhone -- 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.
