After Eaton Cemetery, I was too cold and wet to find my way to Fort Collins and ended up at Crow Valley. That place is even colder and wetter. In fact, it is flooded. Water comes up to the Main Picnic Shelter on the south. Some picnic tables with water beneath them. The south road that goes to the campsites in the sw corner is completely under water. The main walking path along the west side is sort of dry in between the two corners (sw and nw). The Education Center in the nw corner has water all around it and the road into it is closed. I did not walk out into the hinterland of the Mourning Dove Trail to the north. The hosts put crime tape across the main road into the area at about the bathroom house near the Main Picnic Shelter. I would suppose it is still OK to park near the easternmost outhouse and walk wherever your boots allow. If and when the birds ever get this far north, they should like what they see, although the main understory is now creek bottom.
Before you head out there in the next week or so, you may want to see if you can contact the USFS by phone in Greeley or check on-line for the latest update. Dave Leatherman Fort Collins -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/SNT148-W351CBD30110FE997C7C813C1DB0%40phx.gbl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.