> A non-birder friend of mine informed me
> yesterday that he saw a "sandpiper" on Friday evening, along
> the Cottonwoods Trail in Boulder just south of Jay Rd.
> The bird perched up on a wooden fence-post and didn't seem
> too bothered by the light foot traffic.
I would venture that the sandpiper was a snipe. I've been seeing them on fence
posts around Boulder regularly (sometimes they're even "singing", though that
was mostly earlier in the summer.) Usually they are pretty indifferent to even
close passers-by, which allows for great views.
There are some good/easy places to look for post-sitting snipes, especially in
the wet meadows near S. Boulder Creek. Try along Marshall Road just south of
Boulder, the "CU South" property, and also near where the S. Boulder Creek
trail goes under Hwy 36.
Peter Ruprecht
Superior
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