I am now in Humboldt Cty., CA and saw quite a few Black-bellied Plovers. I would have to say that the bird from Lagerman was not a BBPL and I am strongly leaning to American Golden Plover .
Todd Deininger Longmont, CO currently in Fortuna, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Blatchley" <mabx...@gmail.com> To: cobirds@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 12:45:40 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: [cobirds] Re: Plover at Lagerman?, Boulder Co. 10/14 I will comment that when I first saw the plover on Tuesday afternoon, initial reaction was Black-bellied Plover. But when it took flight on that day, I didn't detect any signs of white on upper wings or tail. Certainly got me to thinking about American Golden, but I hate identifying basic plumage shorebirds, especially based on flight characteristics. When Todd and I saw it fly on Wednesday, we had good views of underneath side of wings, and I didn't catch any hints of black axillaries, further suggesting American Golden. I haven't been back out since Wednesday, but I will stop by today and see if it's still around. As for the confusing gull, Bob Zilly and I have been discussing that one since Tuesday also. I just got email from him; he just returned from Lagerman and managed to get views of underneath side of primaries--no color/gray suggesting Thayer's Gull. Mike Longmont, CO On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:33 PM, < bluesky...@comcast.net > wrote: Mike also pointed out a plover to me that he said has been around a few days. It flew once and I did not notice the black underwings like a Black-bellies Plover and didn't seem as white underneath as the photos I looked at last night. It might be worth a look because I believe it could be good for an American Golden Plover . Maybe Mike had better looks today. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
