In the late afternoon Friday I visited Fossil Creek Reservoir in southern Larimer County. A couple of the highlights include at least one, possibly two Bonaparte's Gulls, a pair of Blue-winged Teal near the now-defunct viewing platform, a few hundred Franklin's Gulls, and at least 3 Greater White-fronted Geese. I don't know if these are among the 12 or so that were seen earlier in the spring, but it seems plausible. I also found a sole Ring-necked Duck among hundreds of Scaup and hundreds of other duck species, which I thought was interesting. On the far shore up one of the large cottonwoods, I continued to follow the progress of a Great Horned Owl nest, and saw a cute fluffy nestling pop out from under a parent bird. Swede Lake also had a lot of waterfowl on it, but I passed that up to instead go to Lower Latham Reservoir to see what I might find there.
At Lower Latham the only shorebirds I found were about 6 American Avocets, a Greater Yellowlegs which was calling frequently, and several Killdeer. Of note also were a few dozen Great-tailed Grackles, mostly over on the western portion of the marshy area. I also visited the Beebe Draw portions along Weld County Roads 40 and 42, but didn't find much that I hadn't already encountered elsewhere. The only birds of note for me were 6 foraging Wilson's Snipe along Road 42, very close to the road and probing the mud in their distinctive herky-jerk style. -- Eric DeFonso Fort Collins, CO --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
