Lisa and I birded the Blanca Wetlands complex today and gave the area a good look. When all was said and done, Lisa, who has done shorebird surveys there for many years, noted that shorebird numbers are way down for this time of year. Usually this count and the next have the highest total shorebird numbers each year. But not this year and we can only speculate the cause...drought? Smoke and fires? Conditions in the north breeding grounds?
We still tallied some nice birds for the day including Baird's, Western, Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers, Greater Yellowlegs, Am. Bittern, Peregrine Falcon, and Snowy Plovers (All Alamosa County). We would add that the Snowy Plovers are still raising young so please minimize disturbance to them by viewing them from afar. John Rawinski Monte Vista, 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 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/796d64ae-fb6e-4230-999d-69ed1b7b5160%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
