I spent the morning today with 4 other birders from Fort Collins Audubon Society on the mudflats of Jackson Lake (again), this time approaching from the south entrance at the outlet canal. The walk was longer, but we were able to cover the southeast quadrant of the lake, which is where most of the birds were. Highlights were:
American Golden-Plover – 8 Black-bellied Plover – 5 (3 juvs were just as buffy looking as the smaller golden-plovers) Semipalmated Plover – 1 (different from yesterday) Pectoral Sandpipers - 12+ (no sign of the buffy-chested one from yesterday that was the candidate for Sharp-tailed Sandpiper) Stilt Sandpipers - 10+ Sanderling - 6+ Red-necked Phalarope – 12 No Willet today Sabine’s Gull –1 juv Black Tern – 1 Also: American White Pelican – thousands Franklin’s Gull – hundreds American Coot – hundreds Killdeer – hundreds Baird’s Sandpiper – hundreds Least Sandpiper – hundreds Western Grebes – hundreds American Avocet – dozens Greater Yellowlegs – dozens Lesser Yellowlegs – dozens Wilson’s Phalaropes – several Long-billed Dowitcher – several White-faced Ibis – several Semipalmated Sandpiper – just 2 Western Sandpiper – just 2 Still no Marbled Godwit, Spotted Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper The Russian Olive thickets on the west side were dominated by American Robins and Yellow-rumped Warblers, with nothing uncommon that we could find. We had better luck finding migrants by stopping at wet seeps and creeks along the farm roads between US Highway 34 and the State Park. Nick Komar Fort Collins CO www.pbase.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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
