Least Tern --- El Paso county, Big Johnson reservoir
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Mark Peterson
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Aug 31, 2015, 11:05:20 PM8/31/15
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COBirders,
We had a storm pass through this afternoon and into the early evening. I had to go out to do some other stuff so decided to see if the storm had put anything down at Big Johnson Reservoir. I was thinking maybe a Sabine's Gull at best. The first time I stopped by it was raining and windy and I could not find much more than a single FORSTER'S TERN. So I continued on with some other things and when the weather finally calmed and I was coming back by I looked one more time. This time, right about 6:00 PM the Forster's Tern was still there but now I could also see a LEAST TERN way down at the west end near the inlet. It was busy feeding most of the time except at one point it seem to disappear for a bit but then showed back up. I suspect it just landed somewhere that I could not see it. Bob Goycoolea just happened to stop by right at the right time and he was able to see the bird. Unfortunately, a few others showed up a little later and we basically looked until sometime after 7:00 PM and could not refind the bird. I have a bad feeling the bird has left but maybe it had just sat down somewhere or was even feeding and we just were missing it.