No godwits this morning. Turnover has been good in shorebirds. Keep checking but as of now, reports are all null.
Bryan On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 8:52 PM Bryan Guarente <[email protected]> wrote: > My wife and I had a chance encounter this evening with two Hudsonian > Godwits on the NW side of Lagerman Reservoir. Poor photos can be found in > the eBird checklist below. Light was getting poor and the rains were > starting to build in, so hopefully the photos can prove something. If the > photos can't prove anything, here is my description for good measure. > > Two godwits actively feeding with Willets. Godwits were larger than the > willets by a couple of inches (made me wonder about the other godwit > species which are larger). Strongly bi-colored, slightly upturned beak > (orange at the base, black halfway down and until tip; upturned beak rules > out Black-tailed Godwit). Black legs. Male had a strong white supercilium > and malar area which contrasted greatly with the grey-brown face. > > The female of the pair was strongly marked on the back (dark grey-brown > circles on an off-white background). Female also had strong face pattern > with white supercilium and malar (ruling our Bar-tailed... but I sure > tried) that contrasted with the rest of gray/beige face. Female had some > slightly darker rufous tones to the belly. > > Other shorebirds at the reservoir were: > 32 Long-billed Dowitchers > 3 Willets (Western) > 20 American Avocets > 3 Semi-palmated Sandpipers > 1 Greater Yellowlegs > 9 Wilson's Phalaropes > 4 Killdeer > > Full checklist and poor photos below. > https://ebird.org/checklist/S68290924 > > Hopefully they stick around through the night and someone can get better > photos. You are going to ask me what the winds say about whether this bird > will stick around... another email might be coming out in a minute about > that. > > Thanks > Bryan > > Bryan Guarente > Meteorologist/Instructional Designer > UCAR/The COMET Program > Boulder, CO > -- Bryan Guarente Meteorologist/Instructional Designer UCAR/The COMET Program Boulder, 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAENnWHs2B%3D7xN7jVFeDJjU7UHRC7avrXRm_UGzMaNKxdH0LhqA%40mail.gmail.com.
