I headed out to Logan County today in order to be in place to lead one of the arrival trips for the CFO Convention. That trip will be departing from Sterling in route to Lamar tomorrow, albeit with just three of us along for the birding.
Heading out today I paid visits to Prewitt and North Sterling Reservoirs. Both were absolutely, totally full and not particularly covered with birds which gave me the time to continue on to Red Lion. There were some active spots, especially for shorebirding here and there. Just before Prewitt along US 6 a flooded field on the south side of the road held a single Whimbrel along with avocets and willets. Just west of Crook I found a single Upland Sandpiper already on territory. And then finally at Red Lion there were triple digits of both Wilson's Phalaropes and Long-billed Dowitchers. Two Foster's Terns were there, but I did not find Caspian Tern. Other shorebirds included more avocets, three Black-necked Stilts, one Least and a few Baird's Sandpipers and a single Stilt Sandpiper. There were lots of Marsh Wrens ruling the roosts and a Sora took off at one point when I walked past. For the day, the only warblers noted were Orange-crowned and Yellow-rumped. I tried without success for Mississippi Kite in Sterling. Bill Kaempfer Boulder -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CO2PR03MB2198E78FC5B176D11ADC6BEFE17C0%40CO2PR03MB2198.namprd03.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
