The Curlew Sandpiper was still there when a group left at 6:30. It was about the same place I saw it earlier on the west side maybe a 1/4 to 1/3 of the way to the boat ramp in the state park from the SWA in the NW corner. Park at the parking lot that is furthest west at the SWA.
The bird is chestnut colored and still has most of it's alternate plumage. When it fly's with the Baird's and phalaropes (lots of Red-necked) it's easy to pick out as a larger all dark shape.
Also there are at least 1 Buff-breasted Sandpiper remaining and I think there are 2 though I never saw both of them together. One was in the NE corner and the other in the NW corner.
Other shorebirds were:
Sanderling
Baird's
Least Sandpiper
Semi Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
LB Dowitcher
SB Dowitcher
Avocet
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope (the numbers increased exponentially as the day progressed)
Black-bellied Plover
Semi Plover
And John Drummond had 5 Mt. Plover.
I'm sure I'm forgetting something.
Ira Sanders
Golden, CO
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