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| no partners | | Word started to spread on Tuesday that a Pileated Woodpecker had been seen (and photographed) near Puerco Pueblo - big news since it would be a state first bird.
My new birding friend and I left Flagstaff at 6am Wednesday and got to the PEFO gate about 20 minutes before it opened. We birded from the Puerco River Bridge for a few minutes, the headed west along the south side of the river for about two miles, checking all the Cottonwood trees and good habitat along the way.
We met up with some of the best birders in the state and there was much discussion about the legitimacy of the report and photos ... quite the mystery. No one saw the bird.
After a quick lunch at the visitors center, we decided to head out to Ganado Lake to try and salvage the day - there had been a Black-bellied Plover photographed there that morning a bird which Tonie has been chasing all over the state this Summer, and one which would be a lifer for both of us.
When we arrived, we were both surprised at the size of the lake, but luckily the Plover was right were it had been earlier in the day! We also saw a Franklin's Gull, Baird's Sandpiper, and some nice Warblers.
It was a 13-hour day for us, and a lot of fun!
A couple of the young bird guides stayed in the area and tried for the Pileated again today - they hiked even farther, and still saw no sign of the bird. |
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