Hello, Birders. Each year, in the second week of September, something amazing happens at Greenlee Preserve, Boulder County. At sunset, many thousands of Barn Swallows go to roost in the dense cattails. It's an incredible sight and sound, with many hundreds of swallows in the air, and many thousands jockeying for roosts on the tall cattails. And it all happens very quickly. The great show gets underway about 10 minutes before sunset, it's in full swing right around sunset, it peaks 10-20 minutes after sunset, and then, suddenly, it's over. Looks like local sunset is at 7:21 this evening, by the way.
Bring bug spray; the mosquitoes at Greenlee are horrific--the result of dumb spraying earlier in the summer. There are bats, too, with the Barn Swallows. If anybody knows what they are, could you us know? ------------------------------- Ted Floyd Editor, Birding Please check out the website of the ABA: http://tinyurl.com/6kmbfvx And please check out The ABA Blog: http://tinyurl.com/4n6qswt We're on twitter, too: http://tinyurl.com/2ejzlzv ------------------------------- -- 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.
