Hey birders, Forrest Rowland and I surveyed many of the hot spot areas in the southeast yesterday. Although migrants were few and far between here are some of the birds we had.
Lesser Prairie-Chickens- 17 birds on the Cimmaron National Grasslands One our way back from the chickens we took Hwy 51 (KS) or known as CR M in Colorado (Baca Co.) we had 4 different sightings of Mountain Plover with at least 8 birds over a 15 mile stretch. These birds occured with really no effort as we did not spend significant time panning fields to find them. Some were were doing their flight display. Also, on the same road we had multiple Long-billed Curlews in KS and CO. Two Buttes SWA is just starting to bloom out, but this place looks like a wonderful migrant trap in another 10-14 days. The only birds on note we had were 1 Audubon's Warbler, 2 Hermit Thrushes and multiple Brown Thrashers Walsh Sewage Ponds provided three teal species, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, American Widgeon, Ruddy Duck and Mallards. Not too bad for minature ponds that takes less than 4 minutes to drive around. Over in Prowers Co. we visited Laky Hasty and John Martin reservoir. Lake Hasty was the most productive with multiple waterfowl species, Caspian Tern, a handful of American-White Pelicans, Marbled Godwit, both yellowlegs sp., Hooded and Common Mergs, etc. California and Ring-billed Gulls were found on the south shore of John Martin. Can't wait to get back down to this area in two weeks or so. Should be exciting birding! Best, Mike Freiberg Nikon Birding Market Specialist 1653 Ames Ct. Lakewood, CO 80214 (720).315.5412 www.nikonbirding.com http://blog.nikonbirding.com www.flickr.com/photos/22023299@N04/ -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
