Mountain Plover & Upland Sandpiper

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robyn...@gmail.com

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Apr 13, 2018, 8:54:37 AM4/13/18

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Hi there, I will be visiting Colorado from Australia in early May to early June & will be based in Colorado Springs. I believe I may be able to find the Mountain Plover in the Karval area. Is there anyone out there who could lead me to a 'specific' area (town, road, etc) where I might find them please?

During the month I will be doing some road travelling in Colorado & perhaps into Wyoming & Utah. I also would like to see the Upland Sandpiper. Would welcome some help there too. I have been told that the Uplands is sometimes seen on private ranches.

Regards,

Maarten & Robyn.

Carl Bendorf

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Apr 14, 2018, 6:13:08 PM4/14/18

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Hello Robyn & Maarten,

Perhaps this will help a bit. If you look at the eBird reports for both species, you will see there are some clusters of records for both Mountain Plover and Upland Sandpiper in Colorado. If you start at this link, you can enter the species name at the top left, adjust the Date with the dropdown menu to select May through June, and then enter either Colorado, USA or Colorado Springs, CO, USA for the location. You can then zoom in on the map to see individual sightings and click on the sightings to get details. Here is a link to the basic eBird species map form: https://ebird.org/map/uplsan?neg=true&env.minX=-108.153134840625&env.minY=36.976018398489124&env.maxX=-100.242978590625&env.maxY=39.871603457177656&zh=true&gp=true&ev=Z&mr=on&bmo=5&emo=6&yr=all&byr=1900&eyr=2018

Another option is to visit https://coloradocountybirding.org/Specialties.aspx and use the drop down menu to select the species and see some tips on places to find them.