Today I met Chuck Aid in the Washington County part of Prewitt Res SWA at 7:30 a.m. We birded the inlet canal, the reservoir, and the woods below the dam, all extensively. We saw a diverse 62 species, highlights were Sanderlings, 12 Marbled Godwits, Forster's, Black, and Common Terns, Peregrine Falcon, Common Nighthawk, 2 Olive-sided Flycatchers, 2 Dickcissels (Chuck), a couple Western Bluebirds, and 3 1st year Red-headed Woodpeckers (I hadn't seen young before, beautiful birds). Warblers were Wilson's (a ton), Orange-crowned, MacGillivrays, Yellow-rumped, 3 Townsend's, American Redstart, and Common Yellowthroat. 6 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers seemed like a high number.
Lots of Chipping Sparrows, mostly young, same with Western Wood-Pewees, no White-crowned Sparrows yet, Orioles were gone, only 3 or 4 Western and no Eastern Kingbirds. Among hundreds of Baird's Sandpipers were no Semipalmated, Least, Spotted, or Solitary, only one plover (you know the one), and no Yellowlegs. Great day, high 80's and low 90's but lots of foraging activity all day long. Dan Stringer -- 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/32bae230-7962-4d8d-84f2-174f8932ce89o%40googlegroups.com.
