All, I stopped at Chatfield state park (Douglas co) and relocated the two long-billed curlews Doug Kibbe reported earlier in the prairie dog town by the east entrance in the pouring rain about 4pm.
About 315 (in light rain) I birded the "swim beach" area (Jeff Co) which is pretty much under water. Thousands of swallows with the majority being Violet-green (800+), hundreds of Trees and a smattering of bank, barn and cliff mixed in (many perched in trees over the lake). Couldn't pull out a rough-winged. A pair of American avocets were wading where the beach usually is. I also had at least 46 Lark Sparrows in the parking lot. A couple yellow-headed blackbirds were among the red-wings just north of the beach. A few blue-winged teal flew by about the time I started getting drenched. At the model airplane field (back in Douglas co) I saw one vesper and 9 lark sparrows and a male lark bunting hanging out near the pavilion and out of the pouring rain. Lots of other birds flying around that I couldn't identify thru wet windows. Could be fun birding if we get a bunch of snow, but it'll be rough on the swallows! Great rainy birding! Cheers, Scott Somershoe Littleton CO -- 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/1E4FD10C-09FC-4262-8640-E90697B752B9%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
