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
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