RFI Prewitt

[Norm Lewis]

Good morning! Could someone who has been there recently give an update on conditions at Prewitt. I was out there in August, and the reservoir was full with no exposed mudflats. Not the best situation for shorebirds.
Has the lake been drawn down, or is it still full?
Thanks in advance for any info.

Norm Lewis
Lakewood
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[David Suddjian]

Norm,

It is mostly full. The margin of the reservoir has shorebirds for the half mile or so of shoreline from the inlet canal to the east with a nice variety of species, but low numbers compared to when more habitat is available.

David Suddjian
Littleton CO

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> Good morning! Could someone who has been there recently give an update on conditions at Prewitt. I was out there in August, and the reservoir was full with no exposed mudflats. Not the best situation for shorebirds.

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[Nate Bond]

Hey Norm,

I birded Prewitt (Washington County) this morning with Eric Dinkle. We ended up spending most of the morning around the inlet.  It was slightly muddy but pretty walkable. LOTS of fall warblers to pick through: including Chestnut sided and many Townsends. By the time we started to look for shorebirds it was warm so there could have been some out earlier. General conditions were high water and not a lot of mud. A lot of the shoreline was taken up by humans by the time we were ready to work the shoreline so we aborted.

Area below damn was significantly quieter, but we did have a Black and White Warbler which was fun.