At about 11am today (1/20/2011) at North Shields Pond Natural Area in Fort Collins (Larimer) I was able to find the Long-tailed Duck discovered and posted a few days ago by Aran Meyer of the Fort Collins Natural Areas Program. As reported earlier, the bird was hanging out with 16 Common Goldeneyes. The keys to this situation would appear to be: 1) open water, and 2) abundant crayfish (probably Orconectes sp.). Both types of duck were diving in the shallows and scoring almost every time. Thanks to Aran for his find and report.
Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
