I went out to Running Deer Natural Area off of East Prospect Road this lunch time today. I found a Swamp Sparrow in the large cattail marsh straight south of the parking area. Take the gravel/dirt road straight south from the green gate. When is bends around the south edge of the large marsh and the road branches left to go further south to the river, continue right around the marsh. The sparrow was seen in the southwest corner of the marsh close to the gravel road. Also in the area around the south edge of the marsh was a Northern Shrike and two immature bald eagles.
At the large Cottonwood Hollow pond (which looks like it has been drained), there was a congregation of about 50-75 American Crows and 30-40 Ring-billed Gulls picking at the ice and items in the bare areas. As an additional note, I went to Grandview Cemetery yesterday, Sunday, and refound the immature Yellow-bellied Sapsucker originally found by Dave. It was working the tall trees on both sides of the dirt road that goes due north from the entrance bridge on the west side of the ditch. It then flew into the trees on the east side of the ditch and I could not follow it further. Joe Mammoser Fort Collins -- 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.
