Folks- This morning I strolled about 2/3 of the way west along the
south dam of McIntosh Lake (http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/county/bird_a_county.php?name=Boulder#356
) to have nice looks at the summering immature Pacific Loon. This is
in the southwest corner of the long lake. It was doing a lot of
shallow fishing ("snorkeling" to spot prey and then short shallow
dives) about 100 meters out from the dam. Thanks to everyone for the
updates- pretty slick bird indeed.
I'm going to go out on a limb and predict at least one new state
record and perhaps several new Boulder County birds in the next 5
weeks or so. Why, you ask? Because I'll be out of the state, of
course!! ;-) I've been selected as a PolarTREC teacher and will be
joining the 2010 International Continental Shelf Survey aboard the US
Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean. We depart Dutch Harbor,
AK on 2 August and wrap up in Barrow, AK on 6 Sept. I'd like to
invite you to virtually follow along at my PolarTREC page: http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/international-continental-shelf-survey
. I'll be journalling daily (whenever possible) and welcome your
questions via the "Ask The Team" feature.
If you made it this far thanks for indulging me in the off-topic
diversion. Now back to the bird news...
Enjoy- Bill
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