16 species shorebirds this week, Montezuma/Dolores Counties

[Glenn Dunmire]

This last week has seen steady, small numbers of shorebirds of a great diversity here in the four corners-Montezuma and Dolores Counties. (16 species)

Thursday 5/9-McPhee            Marbled Godwits, Black-bellied Plover at McPhee (Brenda and Coen)

Friday 5/10-McPhee               Long-billed Dowitcher (Ryan Crouse)

                   Totten                  Avocet (Ute Mountain/Mesa Verde Bird Festival)

           Industrial park Pond    Wilson's Snipe (Brenda and Coen)

Saturday 5/11-McPhee           Sanderling (Eric Moore), Bairds' Sandpipers (Ryan Crouse)

Sunday 5/12-Glade Lake      Black-necked Stilts, (Glenn Dunmire) first Dolores County record

Wednesday 5/15-McPhee    Whimbrel, (Glenn Dunmire) first Montezuma County record, (Erik Hendrickson got there in time to take photos)

                     5/15-McPhee:    Western Sandpipers, Least Sandpipers, Bairds' Sandpipers, Willet, Spotted Sandpipers, Red-necked Phalarope, Wilson's Phalarope, and Killdeer.

5/15-We watched these birds take off just before sunset and head onwards. I never cease to be amazed by these little creatures flying great distances in their migration.

Good Birding

Cheers, Glenn Dunmire