Saturday, 27 April 2013

[cobirds] Weld County Whimbrel

Folks,
 
I and apparently several other birders looked for Kellner's Golden-Plover at Lower Latham, to no avail.  I scoured the Latham / Beebe Draw area several times but found only Marbled Godwit, Lesser Yellowlegs, Willet(rare according to ebird), Semipalmated Plover, Western Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Baird's Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, American Avocet and Black-necked Stilt as far as shorebirds go.  I went up to the Pawnee Grasslands and dipped on Mountain Plovers (I haven't seen any ebird reports from Pawnee Grasslands) so I headed back to Kersey / Latham.  On my return visit to Loloff, I found a Whimbrel and a Long-billed Curlew in the field to the east of the lake.  I was able to photograph them together and in flight.  Photos can be seen from the link below as well as last week's breeding plumage Red-throated Loon and yesterday's 3 Caspian Terns.  The later were digi-scoped due to distance.  If you are interested in mating Sandwich Terns, click on the NCBirds2013 link.
 
Glenn Walbek
Castle Rock, CO

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