September 13, 2009
Richard Stevens:
Geoffrey Cannon and I continued our search for Boreal Owls until civil twilight; having no success we gave up before sunrise.
After a few hours of sleep, Geoffrey and I drove up to Pawnee National Grasslands and found a Chestnut-collared Longspur in the field southeast of Highway 85 and Weld County Road 114. A McCown's Longspur was found along CR 96, west of CR 77 and we continued to Crow Valley Campground.
We did not find the Blackburnian, Nashville, Tennessee and Blackpoll Warblers reported yesterday, but did see 2 Townsend's Warblers and a Cassin's Vireo.
The Arctic and Common Terns reported yesterday at Lower Latham Reservoir were also missed.
We received a text message about a Hudsonian Godwit at the Timnath Reservoir mudflats and back tracked to the reservoir. The Hudsonian Godwit was not seen from Larimer County Road 13, so we drove into the new subdivision just north.
A short walk over to the west end of the mudflats found the Hudsonian Godwit! Thanks to Carla Stiles for finding and reporting the shorebird!
It had been a long couple of days; I was glad to set a course for home!
Richard Stevens:
Geoffrey Cannon and I continued our search for Boreal Owls until civil twilight; having no success we gave up before sunrise.
After a few hours of sleep, Geoffrey and I drove up to Pawnee National Grasslands and found a Chestnut-collared Longspur in the field southeast of Highway 85 and Weld County Road 114. A McCown's Longspur was found along CR 96, west of CR 77 and we continued to Crow Valley Campground.
We did not find the Blackburnian, Nashville, Tennessee and Blackpoll Warblers reported yesterday, but did see 2 Townsend's Warblers and a Cassin's Vireo.
The Arctic and Common Terns reported yesterday at Lower Latham Reservoir were also missed.
We received a text message about a Hudsonian Godwit at the Timnath Reservoir mudflats and back tracked to the reservoir. The Hudsonian Godwit was not seen from Larimer County Road 13, so we drove into the new subdivision just north.
A short walk over to the west end of the mudflats found the Hudsonian Godwit! Thanks to Carla Stiles for finding and reporting the shorebird!
It had been a long couple of days; I was glad to set a course for home!
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