July 31, 2012
Richard Stevens:
In spite of the inclement weather, I enjoyed a great day of birding! Rain prevented the setting up of "migration listening stations" at Banner Lakes Wildlife Area (Weld County) last night. Additional rain was predicted for this afternoon; therefore, I decided forego setting up the stations.
Instead, I drove to Prewitt Reservoir (Logan/Washington) and walked around for about six hours before the rain. When it started to rain, I headed for Fort Morgan for lunch.
Prewitt Reservoir had some nice mudflats (although wet and mushy). Birds observed included my second Buff-breasted Sandpiper in three days (Adams & Weld Counties). Also scoped 1 Long-billed Curlew, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Willet and an Upland Sandpiper. They were part of the 18 species seen.
It was quite wet below the dam. The only "out of place" bird was an Olive-sided Flycatcher. A waterthrush left unidentified was most likely a Northern Waterthrush.
No uncommon gulls were found. Each black headed Gull was closely inspected. I was hoping for a Laughing Gull, which seem to appear this time of year on the eastern plains. Only Franklin's Gulls were found.
Later I went over to Jackson Reservoir (Morgan). There were less shorebirds here. However, they included a Semipalmated Plover and 2 Snowy Plovers in 14 species.
The last hour of daylight was spent at Barr Lake (Adams). Again, I approached from the northern side (144th avenue exit of I76). The group of shorebirds found two days ago were not along the northern shore.
A couple of Baird's Sandpipers, 3 Spotted Sandpipers and a Western Sandpiper were just about it (well dozens of Killdeer created quite a ruckus trying to distract my focus).
The Royal Tern appeared to be hunkered down on the sandbar in the middle of the lake. It was between many gulls and I only could see the orange bill of a larger than middle-sized tern.
Richard Stevens:
In spite of the inclement weather, I enjoyed a great day of birding! Rain prevented the setting up of "migration listening stations" at Banner Lakes Wildlife Area (Weld County) last night. Additional rain was predicted for this afternoon; therefore, I decided forego setting up the stations.
Instead, I drove to Prewitt Reservoir (Logan/Washington) and walked around for about six hours before the rain. When it started to rain, I headed for Fort Morgan for lunch.
Prewitt Reservoir had some nice mudflats (although wet and mushy). Birds observed included my second Buff-breasted Sandpiper in three days (Adams & Weld Counties). Also scoped 1 Long-billed Curlew, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Willet and an Upland Sandpiper. They were part of the 18 species seen.
It was quite wet below the dam. The only "out of place" bird was an Olive-sided Flycatcher. A waterthrush left unidentified was most likely a Northern Waterthrush.
No uncommon gulls were found. Each black headed Gull was closely inspected. I was hoping for a Laughing Gull, which seem to appear this time of year on the eastern plains. Only Franklin's Gulls were found.
Later I went over to Jackson Reservoir (Morgan). There were less shorebirds here. However, they included a Semipalmated Plover and 2 Snowy Plovers in 14 species.
The last hour of daylight was spent at Barr Lake (Adams). Again, I approached from the northern side (144th avenue exit of I76). The group of shorebirds found two days ago were not along the northern shore.
A couple of Baird's Sandpipers, 3 Spotted Sandpipers and a Western Sandpiper were just about it (well dozens of Killdeer created quite a ruckus trying to distract my focus).
The Royal Tern appeared to be hunkered down on the sandbar in the middle of the lake. It was between many gulls and I only could see the orange bill of a larger than middle-sized tern.
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