[cobirds] CCM Pond, etc., Craig (Moffat County)

Hello birders,

I checked out the CCM pond in Craig today (Moffat county) after reading Forrest Luke's post the other day. I actually first visited there Tuesday afternoon, but the rain was not terribly conducive to pleasant birding. This afternoon was much better. I had:

2 Great Egrets
5 Pectoral Sandpipers
1 probable Baird's Sandpiper (Forrest Luke had one the other day; this individual bird was a little smaller than a Killdeer, with a very buffy, plain breast that did not have any patterning or "hood" the way Leasts and Pecs do, a downcurved bill, and overall quite plain but looked right  for Baird's on the back, with slight "scaly" appearance (but hard to tell because it was far through my scope))
2 Peeps
1 Phalarope, I am assuming Wilson's.
GW Teal
American Wigeon
Mallard
DC Cormorant
Barn Swallows
and a female Wood Duck

Great place for some migration action; I am so glad that Forrest Luke told me about it! And thanks to Tresa Moulton for detailed directions.

I also birded the nature/interpretive trail at Loudy-Simpson park, also in Craig, but found it quite dead, with only plenty of Wilson's Warblers and a White-breasted Nuthatch being the only birds of note.

I did have an American White Pelican flying south at sunset, seen from the Safeway parking lot in Craig! Glad I was able to grab my binoculars out of the car trunk quickly to verify!

Good birding,

Holly Reinhard
Hayden, CO

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