[cobirds] Sabine's Gull, Black-bellied Plover, Sixmile Reservoir, Boulder, 10/27/12

Hello birders,

Thanks to Dave Dowell's eBird report, I tracked down the juvenile BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER at Sixmile this afternoon. There was also a juvenile SABINE'S GULL foraging along the shore. The same bird that was reported earlier in the fall?? Anyone seen it recently?? 

Lots of activity on Sixmile, but still little of note on Boulder Res. Other birds at Sixmile included 13 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 8 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and my first-of-fall HOODED MERGANSERS. 

Cottonwood Marsh was full of common ducks. There was a single GREATER YELLOWLEGS along the back shore. I heard a single perplexing warbler (Verimvora?) chip along the edge of the marsh while standing at the east end of the boardwalk. Probably something epic, but I never could entice it into view. They are doing construction on the parking lot so parking is limited and some of the normal vantage points are off limits. 

Great birding,

Christian Nunes

Boulder, CO
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