Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Pawnee National Grasslands and Plaster Reservoir

October 9 & 10, 2009

Gary Weston: On 11/9, Ray Foster and I searched for Lapland Longspurs up on the Pawnee National Grasslands.

We stopped at Barr Lake State Park on the trip north. Two Common Loons were off the boat ramp. We also found Richard Stevens' Great-tailed Grackles at the Tree Nursery at 152nd avenue and Picadilly Road.

It took an hour drive north of Briggsdale when we found Lapland Longspurs on County Road 122. This is the road into the 122 Pond. We didn't see any rare birds on the 122 Pond.

Crow Valley Campgrounds had very few birds. Not one sparrow was found. No Common Redpolls either.

We also looked for Snow Buntings and Short-eared Owls at the field a mile north of the USDA Experimental Office. No Short-eared Owls showed up at Wellington Wildlife Area.

This morning, I relocated the Harris's Sparrow below the feeders north of the Russian Olive Trees east of Plaster Reservoir.

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