Mark, I saw the Caspian Tern come in at Prospect Lake around noon. It made one dive to grab a fish, circled the Lake once and then circled up and away. So it was a very brief visit at Prospect Lake, but a lifer for me that was really cool. When I saw the report at Big Johnson, I thought it may have been the same bird. I wasn't sure if there were other Caspian Terns aloft that the bird I saw joined, because when it was spiraling up, there were three other birds aloft that looked similar in wing shape, but I wasn't confident of their ID.
Thanks for he list of birds at Big Johnson. Cheers, Dale Adams Freemont County On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 12:29:07 AM UTC-6, Mark Peterson wrote: > > COBirders, > > Maybe of more local interest, late this evening there was a single SNOWY > PLOVER along the north (northeast) shoreline of Big Johnson Reservoir. > Basically the same area that the WHIMBREL was/is. > > Unfortunately, the Caspian Tern was not there and nor was it there around > 1 this afternoon which was soon after it was originally found. I suspect > it came in and left relatively quickly. I am not sure of the timing but > there was a Caspian Tern seen at Prospect Lake today as well, maybe the > bird went to Big Johnson and then to Prospect? Other birds at Big Johnson > this evening of interest: > > Greater Scaup (male that has been around for a while) > Snowy Egret > White-faced Ibis > Long-billed Curlew > Marbled Godwit > Greater Yellowlegs > Willet > Lesser Yellowlegs > Least Sandpiper > Long-billed Dowitcher > Wilson's Phalarope > Forster's Tern > > Overall numbers of birds has definitely gone down but still a lot of birds > to look at. > > ----- > Mark Peterson > Colorado Springs > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/dfdfd375-3683-444e-b29e-313ad9cbf522%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
