Greetings Birders, I went back to Larimer County Road 5 to look for a Cassin's Sparrow reported earlier in the day. I found Cassin's but missed the Baird's Sparrow because either they weren't singing, or the wind blew their songs away. Further north of the Baird's field, I came across two birds that that left me a little puzzled, a bit excited, and very anxious. I noticed two birds on the road ahead of me and I had no idea what they were. My initial reaction was they were young birds but of what? Horned Lark? no -pink legs, Lark Bunting? no - wrong bill. I decided to shoot first and ask questions later, below, are some of the photos I took. I've eliminated sparrows or longspurs as possibilities and am left at pipet? I think these two birds are Sprague's Pipets! I guess I'm just not confident in the identification and don't want to embarrass myself. So, can anybody identify these?
https://flic.kr/p/wm6qhA https://flic.kr/p/vFFkcN https://flic.kr/p/vFPREK https://flic.kr/p/vFPTsx https://flic.kr/p/wDbDbx https://flic.kr/p/wCGFPP https://flic.kr/p/wCGvU8 https://flic.kr/p/wm5sx9 David Wade Ft Collins, 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/99c54485-485b-4cdd-ae0f-e8ee98b8d0f5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
