Prewitt Res and SeEtta's Swifts

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Dave Cameron

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Aug 26, 2018, 4:44:56 PM8/26/18
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Yesterday began with a quick run to Cherry Creek Res for any locally migrating shorebirds.  An unexpected epic level cross country track meet and thousands of spectators curtailed much activity there.  10 Snowy Egrets, 2 Killdeer and a half dozen Ring-billed Gulls were all we got for our trouble.  

After bailing early on a retirement party, we ran down to Canon City, met SeEtta, and counted exactly 50 Chimney Swifts descending into the chimney at 9th and Main. 

Up early this morning, we ran out to Prewitt Reservoir for shorebirds, with good results, including our main target for the day-- Stilt Sandpiper (2 juv).

Also seen were:

Hundreds of White Pelicans
Hundreds of Franklin's Gulls
Hundreds of Baird's Sandpipers.
Several Pectoral Sandpipers
A dozen or more Black Terns
Hundreds of Killdeer
One European Starling, probing the shoreline, as though to see what the Sandpipers found in the activity.
Many Wilson's Phalarope
2 Snowy Egrets
Scads of Northern Shovelers
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
3 Canada and a dozen or so Cackling Geese

Dave Cameron
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