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> From: Gary Koehn <[email protected]> > Subject: Prewett Reservoir > Date: July 18, 2012 8:16:09 PM MDT > To: [email protected] > > Enticed by Steve Mloldinow's post about shorebirds at Prewett and Jackson > Reservoir, I checked it out this morning. For me the most interesting > sighting was a Golden Eagle sitting at water's edge amongst many shorebirds. > Was he masquerading as a shorebird? As I dug for my camera he departed. > > Most impressive to me were the large numbers of Baird's Sandpipers which were > in the hundreds. Also, I saw a fair number of Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs. > Other birds were Marbled Godwits, Least Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, > Semipalmated Sandpiper, Dowicher species, Wilson's Phalarope, American > Avocet, Snowy Egret, Franklin's Gull, White Pelican and Great Blue Heron. > > The other thing that impressed me was the lack of water in Prewett Reservoir. > To get a good look at the shorebirds I had to hike a good deal on a dry > reservoir bottom. It was as low as I have ever seen it. Most of the > shorebirds were on the south end near what (was) the inlet. This should be a > good area to see these birds for those of us who don't see many shore birds, > landlocked as we are. > > I also heard a Yellow-billed Cuckoo around said inlet. > > Gary Koehn > 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
