Cinnamon, Your photos show Baird’s Sandpipers rather than Pectoral. Note black
legs. Legs are yellow for Pectoral. Pectorals are even larger. The smaller peep
in one of the photos is Semipalmated Sandpiper. Here is a photo of a couple of
Pectoral Sandpipers taken a few days ago at Timnath Reserv
On eBird, go to the hotspot map and enter
Blanca Wetlands NWR
and a map shows up.
Joe Roller, Denver
On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 5:43 AM Cinnamon Bergeron <
cinnamonberge...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone,
>
> Where exactly is the Blanca Wetlands? I’d like to go.
>
> Cinnamon Bergeron
>
> On Sun, Sep 1
Anyone,
Where exactly is the Blanca Wetlands? I’d like to go.
Cinnamon Bergeron
On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 1:40 PM mvjo...@gmail.com
wrote:
> A very good showing of shorebirds yesterday at Blanca Wetlands, including
> only the 5th record (so far as I know) of Ruddy Turnstone. The bird was on
> p
A very good showing of shorebirds yesterday at Blanca Wetlands, including
only the 5th record (so far as I know) of Ruddy Turnstone. The bird was on
pond 16 which has lots of action. I witnessed a Peregrine Falcon easily
take an Wilson Phalarope. Other highlites were Bairds, Semi pal, Western,
Yesterday produced some nice birds, including one rarity at Blanca Wetlands. A
Ruddy Turnstone was found by Lisa Rawinski at pond #16. It was seen on the west
side in the southern third of the pond. This is only the second occurence for
the San Luis Valley (none in Righter and Andrews) and Randy
