Birders, The Boulder Bird Club field trip this afternoon visited the Valmont Reservoir complex and Walden Ponds. The wind made scoping the Valmont lakes pretty much unfeasible. An adult FERRUGINOUS HAWK at least gave us a quick show. The most significant finding was the absence of the Tundra Swan. We headed to Walden Ponds to escape the wind. This turned out to be a good decision since Cottonwood Marsh is packed with waterfowl. Last night's rain has melted most of the ice in the area, just in time for the waterfowl to utilize our waterbodies on their north-bound travels. Down where the path meets Boulder Creek (NW corner of the treatment plant), we found the WINTER WREN that haunts the willow tangle. After searching for that bird on multiple occasions, including a miss during my fuel-less Big Year a while back, I was really pleased to finally track this little guy down. A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (sounded Myrtle-ish) briefly alighted in the treetops while we watched the WIWR. Good birding,
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