Hello, Birders. Hannah and I were out at Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County, earlier this evening, Wednesday, June 3rd. There was a nice flock of aerial insectivores hawking for insects right over the surface of Greenlee Reservoir: 20+ Cliff Swallows, several Barn and Violet-green Swallows, a few Chimney Swifts, and...a somewhat larger bird. No, it wasn't a Say's Phoebe, or a Common Nighthawk, or a Black Swift--birds that sometimes join in with flocks of flycatching swallows. Rather, it was--wait for it--a Red-necked Phalarope. That's right, a male Red-necked Phalarope flying around in crazy, swallow-like zigzags, seemingly completely in its element with all those swallows and the few swifts. The phalarope did land on the water very briefly (~1 second), looked around, looked confused, and then got right back up and started zooming around with the swallows and swifts again. As Reggie Jackson used to say, Who'da thunk? We also spent a whole lot of time with one mean snapping turtle. Ted Floyd [email protected] Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado ------------------------------- Ted Floyd Editor, Birding ------------------------------- Please support the American Birding Association: Click on http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=884482 to search the internet. Every search provides support to the ABA's programs in Education, Conservation, and Publications. Please visit the website of the American Birding Association: http://www.aba.org _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/
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