[cobirds] Short-billed Dowitcher, Teller Lake #5 (Boulder Co.)

Folks- Ted Floyd called me last night about a suspicious distant dowitcher he had yesterday at Teller Lake #5 east of Boulder (listing #25 here: http://coloradocountybirding.com/county/bird_a_county.php?name=Boulder).  We met up early today and had the bird close pre- sunrise on the near (north) shore, a nice Juv. Short-billed Dowitcher. In seemingly bummer fashion, it departed with its cohort of Lesser Yellowlegs a few minutes before sunrise, gone as long as we continued to bird there. Good news, though. On a whim I swung back through after birding Walden Ponds for a few hours (nothing major there to note on my list), and Shorty was back, now by itself on the south shore. Among other salient features, this is one of the shortest-billed dowitchers I've seen. 

Thanks, Ted!  

Enjoy- Bill Schmoker, Longmont

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