I started today on a bit of private property in Lincoln County. There I found, yes, 2 more RB Nuthatches. I also had 2 Hairy Woodpeckers (eastern flavor), which may not have been seen here previously, or not often, and 2 WB Nuthatches (eastern flavor) which I don't think have been found here in summer before.
I then went to Last Chance, and found a migrant.. or at least a wanderer: A Downy Woodpecker (again, eastern race). There are no ebird records from 25 May through the first 10 days of September from Last Chance. Fascinating.
Beyond the ROYAL TERN (basic plumage) that was kind enough to greet me at Barr Lake, there were quite a bit of other interesting goings on there (beyond the birders, that is). In the trees along the lake, nearest the nature center, there was a quite vocal (at least when I passed it) GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER. The lake is drawn down quite a bit, so there were quite a few waders including 14 shorebird species. The most abundant was Baird's Sand (>800) and the most interesting were 6 SANDERLINGS, 1 PECTORAL SAND, and 4 WILLETS.
I walked the ditch that is on the opposite side of the trail from the lake. From the banding station to the nature center, I flushed up 40 or so Bullock's Orioles, 4 Orchard Orioles, a couple Yellow Warblers and House Wrens, a flutter of Chipping Sparrows, and a WILLOW FLYCATCHER (another bird on the move).
For those not wanting to trek out to Prewitt, it seems clear to me that Barr Lake currently offers the best shorebirding/landbirding combo closer at hand (to those of us from the Denver area n. to Longmont, anyway).
Good Birding
Steven Mlodinow
Longmont CO
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