Tuesday 28 July 2015

[cobirds] ID help - Larimer Co Rd 5

Greetings Birders, I went back to Larimer County Road 5 to look for a Cassin's Sparrow reported earlier in the day. I found Cassin's but missed the Baird's Sparrow because either they weren't singing, or the wind blew their songs away. Further north of the Baird's field, I came across two birds that that left me a little puzzled, a bit excited, and very anxious. I noticed two birds on the road ahead of me and I had no idea what they were. My initial reaction was they were young birds but of what? Horned Lark? no -pink legs, Lark Bunting? no - wrong bill. I decided to shoot first and ask questions later, below, are some of the photos I took. I've eliminated sparrows or longspurs as possibilities and am left at pipet? I think these two birds are Sprague's Pipets! I guess I'm just not confident in the identification and don't want to embarrass myself. So, can anybody identify these?

https://flic.kr/p/wm6qhA
https://flic.kr/p/vFFkcN
https://flic.kr/p/vFPREK
https://flic.kr/p/vFPTsx
https://flic.kr/p/wDbDbx
https://flic.kr/p/wCGFPP
https://flic.kr/p/wCGvU8
https://flic.kr/p/wm5sx9

David Wade
Ft Collins, CO

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