[cobirds] County Road 124 Pond Update [Weld]

Hi all

The Weld CR 124 pond is drawing down and offers nice shorebird habitat--and birds!  Did not walk into Weld CR 122 (.5m west of Weld CR 75/122) but suspect same conditions there. Weld CR 116 playa is full of water, no shoreline and two shovelers.

• Wilson's Snipe - 7
• Long-billed Dowitcher - 15
• Greater Yellowlegs - 6+
• Least Sandpiper - 2
• Loads of ducks, some geese

I did most of travel on county roads north of Pawnee Buttes to WY border ...

• Ferruginous Hawk - 3
• Swainson's Hawk - 6
• Red-tailed Hawk - 2
• Prairie Falcon - 3
• Tons of Vesper Sparrow, meadowlarks and horned larks
• Some Lark, White-crowned, and Chipping Sparrow
  
• Other interesting bird was Yellow-headed Blackbird - 2 hanging out with flock of Red-wingeds in the "middle of nowhere"

Other odd novelties were a small, looks to be a working, Zion Church on Weld CRs 124/111 in the "middle of nowhere" with houses/ranches not to be found in vicinity. Also, nearby was a four-story what looked to be a fire lookout perched in middle of prairie.

Beautiful drive ...

Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn

http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/

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