[cobirds] SE Colorado 4/25 and 4/26

Cobirders,
Tim Smart and I headed down to the Lamar area this weekend. There are some really in depth reports from the area from this weekend already, but we had some different things that might be of interest.

On 4/24/15, we made a late night stop at the marsh east of Fort Lyon (Bent) at CR-16 and CR-HH to listen for rails. We had calling Soras, Virginia Rails, and a Great Horned Owl, but no Black Rails. Two other visits to the location also failed to produce any of the later. We did have a single White-faced Ibis and four Northern Pintail there on 4/26/15.

4/25/15 Began with my lifer Lesser Prairie-Chickens when we flared up five while driving south of Holly in southern Prowers County. We also had singing Grasshopper Sparrows and silent Vesper and White-Crowned Sparrows where we pulled over.

In Baca County between Two Buttes and Turks Pond Swa we had a single Mountain Plover and the first of many Burrowing Owls seen. A stop for urban birds in Sprinfield also produced a Broad-winged Hawk soaring overhead. Cottonwood Canyon had some great contributions to the trip including Ash-throated Flycatcher, a pair of Greater Roadrunners, Canyon Towhees, a male Western Bluebird, and a Swift Fox. On the way back out, we had a Cassin's Kingbird to the east.

Back in Bent County, we had two pairs of Piping Plovers, Baird's Sandpipers, Marbled Godwits and Scaled Quail at John Martin Res.

Cheraw res in Otero County offered at least twelve Snowy Plovers in addition to Pectoral, Least, semipalmated, and Baird's Sandpipers, Black-necked Stilts, American Avocets, and a Northern Pintail. A return visit on 4/26/15 added Greater Yellowlegs, seven White-faced Ibis, Clark's Grebes, and a Common Merganser.

Also on 4/26/15, we had a pair of Cattle Egrets at Lake Meredith (Crowley), a Horned Grebe and Snowy Plovers at Holbrook Lake (Otero).

Full list:
Ruddy Duck
Gadwal
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Green-winged Teal
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Lesser Scaup
Redhead
Bufflehead
American Wigeon
Mallard
Canada Goose
Common Merganser
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Scaled Quail
Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
Eared Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
White-faced Ibis
American White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Swainson's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Norther Harrier
Turkey Vulture
American Kestrel
Sora
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Killdeer
Mountain Plover
Piping Plover
Snowy Plover
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Marbled Godwit
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Mourning Dove
Forster's Tern
Ring-billed Gull
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Feral Pigeon
Greater Roadrunner
Great Horned Owl
Burrowing Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Western Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Say's Phoebe
Eastern Pheobe
Loggerhead Shrike
Chihuahuan Raven
Common Raven
American Crow
Black-billed Magpie
Blue Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
Horned Lark
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Bank Swallow
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Mountain Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler (myrtle's)
Northern Cardinal
Canyon Towhee
Lark Bunting
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Western Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
House Finch
House Sparrow

Let me know if you want any specific locations for anything listed above

Bill Blackburn
Broomfield, CO

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