A late afternoon jaunt out to Ramah SRA (extreme NE El Paso County) showed some turn over in the shorebird department today. What surprised me most was how much the water line had receded since Sunday. Unless there is some rain, I'd guess there may only be a couple of weeks of shorebird habitat left.
Present today: Willet 1 (found by Ken Pals and Bob Bonestroo yesterday) Long-billed Curlew 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper 4 Least Sandpiper 4 Western Sandpiper 1 Wilson Snipe 2 Both Yellowlegs Numerous Killdeer 2 female Buffleheads joined all three species of Teal, N. Shovelers and a few other common waterfowl. The only other migrants I detected were swallows - Tree and Cliff. Vesper Sparrow numbers are increasing as well. Scott Shaum Monument, CO --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
