More Birding Along I76 (Logan to Morgan Counties)

August 4, 2019

Richard Stevens:

Temperatures reached 95 degrees.  Winds were 3-4 mph with afternoon gusts to 22 mph.

Rebecca Kosten and I surveyed the Red Lion Wildlife Area (Logan) at dawn.  An Upland Sandpiper stood on a fence post along highway 138 at approximately 0.3 miles east of the Wildlife Area.

A Common Tern circled the Wildlife Area and disappeared over Little Jumbo Reservoir.  We could not find any Bell's Vireos around Little Jumbo.  

A drive around Jumbo Reservoir (Logan/Sedgwick) did not find any uncommon birds.  We scoped the surrounding cattail fields where Least Bitterns have been discovered in the past; none was around today.

On the way to Denver, we stopped at several Wildlife Areas not far off Interstate 76.  By now, it was hot.  No owls or uncommon birds were located at Jean K. Tool Wildlife Area, Brush Wildlife Area or Morgan Ponds Wildlife Area.