Correction to the sighting for Teller Farms: It was a Golden-crowned sparrow (not yellow-crowned... my bad) sighted on April 24th.
Maureen Blackford
Boulder County
From: Maureen Blackford
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 7:02 PM
To: COBIRDS
Subject: Western Sandpiper; Yellow-crowned Sparrow: Boulder County
Hello Birders,
I spent some time birding around Boulder County today. A couple items of note:
At Twin Lakes in Gunbarrel, one of the lakes is very shallow, with lots of mudflats. I saw what I believe to be a Western Sandpiper. It had black legs, a black bill which, when compared to the head, was longer than the head. I caught a hint of rufous on the back. There was spotting around the throat. I have a poor digi-scoped picture which reflects a dropping bill. There were also American Avocets, Killdeers and Green-winged teals there. It was approximately 1:30pm when I saw it.
At Teller Farms North, (west of 95th on Valmont Rd) the Yellow-crowned sparrow was out feeding with the White-crowned sparrows. They were initially on the side of the road leading to the trail. Then they moved under the junipers near the parking lot. This was at 2:15pm.
Maureen Blackford
Boulder County
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