Hi all

The Weld CR 124 pond is drawing down and offers nice shorebird habitat--and 
birds!  Did not walk into Weld CR 122 (.5m west of Weld CR 75/122) but 
suspect same conditions there. Weld CR 116 playa is full of water, no 
shoreline and two shovelers.

   - Wilson's Snipe - 7
   - Long-billed Dowitcher - 15
   - Greater Yellowlegs - 6+
   - Least Sandpiper - 2
   - Loads of ducks, some geese

I did most of travel on county roads north of Pawnee Buttes to WY border 
... 

   - Ferruginous Hawk - 3
   - Swainson's Hawk - 6
   - Red-tailed Hawk - 2
   - Prairie Falcon - 3
   - Tons of Vesper Sparrow, meadowlarks and horned larks
   - Some Lark, White-crowned, and Chipping Sparrow
   - Other interesting bird was Yellow-headed Blackbird - 2 hanging out 
   with flock of Red-wingeds in the "middle of nowhere"

Other odd novelties were a small, looks to be a working, Zion Church on 
Weld CRs 124/111 in the "middle of nowhere" with houses/ranches not to be 
found in vicinity. Also, nearby was a four-story what looked to be a fire 
lookout perched in middle of prairie.

Beautiful drive ...

Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn
http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/



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