I made a quick trip up to Boulder Reservoir to take a look for the red
phal. Unlike most such excursions that I make, I was successful. The
bird was seen from the path/road on the dam. It was hanging around in
the general vicinity of the northmost couple of floating (fishing?)
platforms. There were a couple of eared (? educated guess based on
shape and what I could see of facial pattern) grebes and a small group
of westerns (none of which I could turn into Clark's, in spite of a
pretty good effort!) nearby, but not much else. The phalarope was more
than worth the trip, though- thanx to Christian for turning up this
nifty bird.
Warning- the bird is tiny and hanging around about 300 yards offshore,
so you are likely to sprain an eyeball brying to see it well enough to
confirm ID!
Norm Lewis
Lakewood
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