Hi CObirders! I recently went east with friends to bird eastern Colorado counties, and one of the highlights from the day was stopping at Prewitt Reservoir. In the fall, I only remember seeing shorebirds in their more drab nonbreeding plumages, but the birds at Prewitt still showed a lot of their breeding plumages, and it was gorgeous! The mudflats are extremely large, and there were hundreds of shorebirds feeding. Shorebird species: American Avocet, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Stilt Sandpiper, Sanderling, Baird's Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Wilson's Phalarope, Spotted Sandpiper, and Lesser Yellowlegs.
Other highlights included a large group of lifer Black Terns and 35 White-faced Ibises. So, if you're ever out in that area, it's a really fantastic place to bird! *The birds are happy, and so am I* *~Caleb Alons, Larimer County* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/2214da6d-82e8-4115-b300-cabd54606b98o%40googlegroups.com.