Greetings All,
So, listening to Joey Kellner's advice, I headed NE today. I started the day by wasting time trying to access Centennial Valley SWA e. of Greeley. It was very frustrating, as the habitat along the S Platte here looked fabulous, and I could hear much bird song. However... the sign at the parking lot says "No access Mar-Oct, except during turkey hunting season." The state website says that the area is open to the public at large during the non-hunting season. Put the two together, and this SWA is for hunter's only. Okay, now that I've had a good kvetch.... Along the S Platte, near Orchard, I heard a rather typical sounding western Warbling Vireo. Do with that piece of info what you will. All the other WAVIs today sounded like eastern birds. At Andrick Ponds SWA, I found 20+ Snowy Egrets, 10+ BC Night Herons, 10+ GB Herons, 2 American Bitterns, and 2 Great Egrets. This is a fascinating spot (or set of spots, mostly viewable from roads south and west of Jackson Lake State Park). On the n. side of Jackson Lake (or Reservoir, your choice) there were the following shorebirds: 29 Killdeer 53 Mountain Plover 10 American Avocet 2 Spotted Sandpipers 2 Solitary Sandpipers 1 Marbled Godwit 2 Semipalmated Sandpipers 2 Western Sandpipers 3 Least Sandpipers 36 Baird's Sandpipers 2 Wilson's Phalaropes The lake wasn't terribly interesting, though there were about 100 Franklin's Gulls about and a few Forster's Terns and one Black Tern At Prewitt Reservoir, the shorebird totals were: 51 Killdeer 1 American Avocet 4 Spotted Sandpipers 3 Solitary Sandpipers 18 Greater Yellowlegs 8 Willets 49 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 Marbled Godwits 4 Western Sandpipers 3 Semipalmated Sandpipers 11 Least Sandpipers 230 Baird's Sandpipers 14 Stilt Sandpipers 1 Long-billed Dowitcher 6 Wilson's Phalaropes Walking the inlet yielded a Baltimore x Bullock's hybrid (male), a singing Lazuli Bunting, 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoos, and most interestingly: a pair of Red-eyed Vireos (yes, male and female), with male singing, and both responding very aggressively to pishing!! Good Birding Steven Mlodinow -- 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-US.
