I was curious, and while adding up the number of actual birds is a bit tedious, eBird does give a useful measure of annual Buff-breasted abundance with the graph showing high counts for the species. Looking at all of CO, I list below the weekly high counts in eBird for the years 2015 - 2022. Only one week had a double digit high count (15 in 2016) and all other weeks had high counts of 4 or less, and mostly 1-2 birds. But so far this year September had a week exceeding that with a high of 5 this week. I've pasted the summary below. Again it is weekly *high counts* listed, not the number of different records or individuals.
[image: Screenshot (111).png] David Suddjian Ken Caryl Valley, Littleton, CO On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 7:47 AM Peter Gent <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > In my experience, the number of Buff-breasted Sandpipers seen over the > last few weeks in Colorado is really exceptional. Yesterday, there were 6 > at Jumbo Res (highest number at one location I've ever heard of), one at > Timnath Res and one at Lagerman Res. On Sunday, 2 were reported from > Prewitt Res. Earlier at the end of August, there were birds seen at > Jackson Res and in the southeast in Baca County. Altogether, I think there > have been up to 20 seen in the state, whereas I think the usual number is > in the 3-5 range. Most of the photos I've looked at are of juveniles, so > it looks to have been a productive breeding season for this species. > > Cheers, Peter Gent. > Boulder, CO. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ > --- > 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/CADEFvCeHk04yhXYBe4JJ%2BSa2Aop6cs43LP_0g1DddRqKdF82Pg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADEFvCeHk04yhXYBe4JJ%2BSa2Aop6cs43LP_0g1DddRqKdF82Pg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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/CAGj6RopVFBR-yF691YQA686ory%3DPpvxZAZotginyk_tdbdPffw%40mail.gmail.com.
