I hope this doesn't appear to be a broke record but it has become a mission to measure the staying power of this beautiful bird. When I started my walk through the bird sanctuary this morning it was cold, about 46, and very overcast. There wasn't much activity. However I noticed a small duck in the pond which puzzled me for quite a while. It turned out to be a juvenile Wood Duck. I saw very few birds as I walked all the down the path to the Big Thompson bridge and began working my way back west.
And to my surprise I saw the Prothonotary at its favorite spot near the number 14 on the path at 9:30. I quickly summoned a lady who had just been there looking for the bird. We couldn't find it. Then as we walked west along the trail we saw it fly into the birch near the corner where it was first seen two weeks ago. It wasn't there long until it disappeared along the lake edge further to the west. On the way out of the sanctuary I met Susan Ward. We went back to search for the bird again and fortunately Susan finally got a good look at the bird (it was her sixth attempt) on the north side of the trail across from where we last saw it. We call this area Catbird Corner. The bird still continued to keep moving and soon flew over to the BIg Thompson River. The saga continues. Orange-crowned, Yellow-rumped and Wilson Warblers became more active as it warmed up. Three dippers were feeding up and down the Big Thompson. A raft of Gadwall and Green-winged Teal as well as six American Coots were new arrivals on the lake. Gary Matthews Estes Park -- 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.
