I was out and about at work in the Lakewood vicinity today, and had time to take a break at Kountze Lake (Bel Mar Park). I parked on the west end, by the residential area, and walked over to the southwest end of the lake to bird, with my usual 10x monocular that I keep in the truck for on-the-job-birding. One inch wide, 4 or 5 inches long. Nothing special today-- Buffleheads, either a Scaup or a Ring-Neck in the distance, Gadwall, Ring-Bills, and Pigeons. Heading back to my truck, I notice a JeffCo Sheriff pulling up the end of the dead-end I'm parked on. Then two. Then they're pulling up onto the sidewalk I'm walking on. "Whoa," I think, "they must be after someone." I'll step off the sidewalk and continue on the grass. They pull up and stop, and the first officer opens his door, remains behind it, hand near his hip, and looks straight at me and yells "Sir!." Uh oh, they are after someone. Apparently me. "What have you got in your hand?!" I merely held up my little scope for him to see. He then chuckled and relaxed. Apparently, someone called the cops and reported that I was lurking the park with a gun, hence their appearance. Hopefully they were as relieved as I was. Thank god it wasn't some rookie straight out of the academy, looking to put his boot in my neck and cuff me, just to be sure.
Careful what kind of hardware you flash out there, folks! : ) Dave Cameron Denver -- Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ 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 cobirds@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en
