While First Sunday birders did not have the great numbers of birds as did the Lyons and Fort Collins field trips yesterday, we did see some special birds. Three new birders joined in the walk.
Highlights: Avocets continue to attempt to nest around Cottonwood Marsh. Five Great Egrets flew into Cottonwood while we were there. A few years ago Great Egrets were rare in Boulder County, but in the past couple of years they have been fairly regular at Walden/Sawhill in the summer. We had an American Bittern fly from the nw corner of Sawhill towards the se. At one of the back ponds of Sawhill we flushed a Green Heron but it decided to put on a show for us and landed in a dead tree so everyone could see it through the scope. We saw a Snapping Turtle whose face was covered with ants while it was attempting to lay eggs. Water levels are rising. We had 48 species. Joyce Takamine Boulder --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
