This morning Kathleen McGinley and I cancelled our Beginner's Birding class because of the steady downpour. We thought the heavy rain might turn something uncommon up at one of the ponds in the area.
At the Redlands Parkway Ponds, we found a flock of 16 Hudsonian Godwits. We watched the birds fly around the pond several times, land once briefly, then take off again before settling down on some mud flats for about 30 minutes. Even though it was raining steadily, we had good looks by setting up the scope underneath the back door of our SUV. In flight the birds showed very dark pointed wings with a narrow white stripe, white rump, and black tail. They all flew together in unison taking off and landing together. While feeding on the mudflats, the birds showed plain gray upper parts. pale eyebrow, and a slightly upturned bill. No doubt as far as the ID. Mike Henwood Grand Junction Mesa County -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAL4VespfDF1SfCYfM%2B334zyka4hP2DtdfO_U1tucpSs8jDrBaA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
