Hi COBirders, I made may way up to Lake DeWeese, just out side of Westcliffe, around midday today and it was fairly productive. I ended up with about 60 species. the highlight was a RED PHALAROPE at the far west end of the lake which is where virtually all of the water related birds were located. The other shorebirds today were KILLDEER (5), LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER (3), PECTORAL SANDPIPER (2), and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (4). An OSPREY made a pass in the afternoon right about the same time that a single SANDHILL CRANE came in and landed far to the west of the water.
While looking at and counting the ducks, two CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS flew over me calling. They joined a bunch of HORNED LARKS at the west end. The other surprise was at the far east end right near where I parked in a patch of willows. There was a NORTHERN PARULA that seemed to be hanging out with a small flock of BUSHTITs. There were also close to 30 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERs and at least 4 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERs. -----Mark Peterson Colorado Springs -- 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/1627558781.1444870.1475810587064%40mail.yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
