Greetings All,
On my way back from Grand Jcn, I stopped by Georgetown, and saw the sparrow at Rose and 7th, singing in a tree, then back at the feeders at Rose and 8th. The yard was quite a collection of birds not-quite-expected in town at 8500 feet: Savannah Sparrow, Brewer's Sparrow, BC Chickadee. A Yellow Warbler came through the yard. I walked around town a bit, fielding questions from several curious residents. A Pine Grosbeak, not rare per se, but fun, was the highlight of my stroll. There also seemed to be many RN Sapsuckers in town, providing good photo-ops for those so inclined. It seems that, overall, birders have interacted relatively little with townfolk. That impression might be wrong. But just in general, I'd like to say that it is great Public Relations for the birding world if, when birding a smallish community, you spend a bit of money at a local shop (the nearest Shell station doesn't really count). I stopped at a small grocery and had a fine Pastrami sandwich. I wore my binoculars into the place and wound up getting a bunch of town folks stoked up about their birds. Something to ponder, anyway. In Weld County at the Gravel Pits on 9 3/4, just e. of I-25 and n of CO-119, there were still two Buffleheads (apparent young male + female) plus a Common Merganser (male). At the pond on Road 7 (entrance road to St Vrain State Park), there was a female Red-breasted Merganser at the first pond on the left. Going south on Road 7, the first visible-from-road pond to the west had a male Hooded Merganser. Good Luck and Good Birding Steve Mlodinow Longmont, CO -- 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.
