Today I went to Barr Lake to see what I could find. The biggest find was the *White-rumped Sandpiper *that I found at the mudflats along the boardwalk leading to the gazebo. It was mixed with one Western Sandpiper, a few Semipalmated Sandipeprs some Least Sandpipers along with a Long Billed Dowicher, a Lesser Yellow Legs and a two Solitary Sandpipers. I could not get a photo however. But the white supercilium was very obvious and in addition I saw a reddish area at the base of the mandible and when in flight (they all took off at one point which caused me to nearly swallow my heart as I was just getting the scope on them) the white rump was nice and visible. I had my book with me and my scope so I could have a detailed study, those peeps are hard! In addition, some *White Faced-Ibis* came flying in while I was having lunch at the gazebo, joining some Snowy Egrets. The gazebo proved to be the spot to be today. At the Neidrach Trail boardwalk I found some Barid’s Sandpipers also, leading to a very ‘peepish’ day. There was also a Peregrine Falcon at the banding station, which is new for my Adams County Checklist. Here are my two checklists. A very good day today at Barr Lake, but I have few bad days here.
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31263319 Neidrach Trail with the peeps, http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31263382 Banding Station Area Brian Johnson, Englewood 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/eb9b38fb-0ade-43b7-a4a3-f0531ce16c04%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
