A morning spent at the magnificent Cheyenne Bottoms marsh rewarded us with 57 species including both Hudsonian and Marbled Godwits, a Neotropic Cormorant, a Peregrine Falcon aggressively chasing waterfowl, two Snow geese, a Tundra Swan, both Meadowlarks and flocks of White Faced Ibis,[175], and White Pelican,[ 600+]..The afternoon was equally joyous for all with great looks at Snowy Plovers, Dunlins, Willets, Bairds and White Rumped Sandpipers, Black Tern, Ring Necked Pheasant and Barred Owl. Our Shorebird total was 16 species, Sparrow species was 10 and we had half a dozen Northern Cardinal and Red Bellied Woodpecker. The final tally for the two preserves gave us 92 species for the weekend, and that came with only 2 warblers, Common Yellowthroat and a single Orange Crowned. For those of you who have not heard of Cheyenne Bottoms, its 30,000 acres stand as the most significant staging area in the Central U.S. for Shorebirds. No other site from Texas to the Dakotas has even 10 percent of those counted ,[31 species], at the Bottoms. Its a National Treasure. Good April Birding, Carl Starace, Niwot
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