[cobirds] a few more reports from the last two days (Bent, Morgan, Washington, Logan, Weld)

Sunday 11 October

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Bent County Road 10, roughly a half mile south of the Fort Lyon Canal:  two Lewis's Woodpeckers in a dead cottonwood tree

Adobe Creek Reservoir / Blue Lake (Bent Co.):  late Red-necked Phalarope, sights and sounds of many Sandhill Cranes

Monday 12 October

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Jackson Lake (Morgan Co.):  Red-necked Grebe -- a real one this time -- seen from north shore.  Large numbers of Western Grebes (>2000) and gulls (Franklin's, Ring-billed, Herring, California, 1 Lesser Black-backed).  It is not a good week to be a small fish in this lake!  Also, I did *not* see the Parasitic Jaeger but could have easily missed it.

playa at Morgan County Road JJ and Highway 71:  Black-bellied Plover

playa at Morgan County Roads HH and 23:  Black-bellied Plover

Prewitt Reservoir (Washington Co.):  Nice collection of shorebirds (expected species) near western end of lake.  Lesser Black-backed Gull seen close up plus an intriguing but unidentified small gull seen far away.

North Sterling Reservoir (Logan Co.):  Thousands of American White Pelicans catching fish in the lake that continues to shrink rapidly.

Crow Valley Campground (Weld Co.):  Ongoing Red-bellied Woodpecker, Broad-winged Hawk, and White-throated Sparrow.  Late Townsend's Warbler.  Total bird numbers rather low.

David Dowell

Longmont, CO

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