Since I couldn't join Todd and Tom on their trip to Durango because of an appointment in Colorado Springs Friday, I headed southeast instead.
Friday night I heard at least one Black Rail at JJ and 17.5 in Bent County along with many Sora, Virginia Rails and American Bitterns. This morning I doubled back a bit and headed to Blue Lake (Bent/Kiowa). Following roads all the way to the western shore on the county line, I found one Sanderling in Kiowa plus a Bonaparte's Gull and a Semi-Palmated Plover. I doubled back to get to Lakes Cheraw and Holbrook, seeing pretty much the same birds described by Bill Maynard earlier. Opted not to go to Meredith, and thus became one of the few birders in the state not to see Brown Pelican today ;>) Continuing south to Kim through La Junta, I had Western and Cassin's Kingbirds, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and Bewick's Wren along CO 109 in Las Animas County. In Kim I had my only warbler species of the day-Yellow-rumped. Of more interest were the Pine Siskins still present in the isolated SE town. My Carrizo Canyon stay was far too brief, but produced a couple of Eastern Phoebes and an Ash-throated Flycatcher. There was a Hermit Thrush at the Springfield Cemetery. Two Buttes has sufficient water for lots of dabbling ducks and seven common shorebird species. Not much below the dam save for another Eastern Phoebe. Final species to be tallied was a Ferruginous Hawk as I was detouring to avoid the stoppage on US 287/385 south of Lamar. 103 species for the day. Bill Kaempfer Boulder --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
