Hi Dave: How does one embed pics into these messages. I'm not having any luck....thanks.
John Rawinski Monte Vista, CO On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 6:00:45 PM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote: > I found 4 Mountain Plovers this afternoon in a strip of winter wheat where > I have found them in previous years: about 1/10 mile s of SR14 on the east > side of Weld CR79. CR79 is the first n-s road e of the turnoff to Crow > Valley CG (CR77/SR392). In the way of another reference, the green winter > wheat strips are about a half mile east of the Briggsdale High School > football/baseball field, the school being on the east side of the little > town of Briggsdale. > > > > > FYI, I made a quick walk-thru of Crow Valley Campground in a light rain > and only saw a few Eurasian Collared-Doves, 1 Blue Jay, 2 American > Kestrels, 2 Canada Geese (flyovers, must be a little water in the creek up > north) and heard several Western Meadowlarks. Very dry (until today) and > very quiet. I did not go out north of the campground along Mourning Dove > Trail because the rain/snow was picking up. The gate is still closed up by > CR77 and you have to walk in. The creek thru the cg is dry with a few > puddles north of the Group Area in the nw corner. The host van and an > attendant vehicle plus the trailer of the contractors working on the trees > are still parked down in the campground. > > > In Briggsdale I had the usual European "Fab Four" plus a whopping two > North American natives: Rock Pigeons, Eurasian Collared-Doves, European > Starlings, House Sparrows plus House Finches and a small flock of about 10 > Common Grackles. > > > Dave Leatherman > > Fort Collins > On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 6:00:45 PM UTC-6, Dave Leatherman wrote: > > I found 4 Mountain Plovers this afternoon in a strip of winter wheat where > I have found them in previous years: about 1/10 mile s of SR14 on the east > side of Weld CR79. CR79 is the first n-s road e of the turnoff to Crow > Valley CG (CR77/SR392). In the way of another reference, the green winter > wheat strips are about a half mile east of the Briggsdale High School > football/baseball field, the school being on the east side of the little > town of Briggsdale. > > > > > FYI, I made a quick walk-thru of Crow Valley Campground in a light rain > and only saw a few Eurasian Collared-Doves, 1 Blue Jay, 2 American > Kestrels, 2 Canada Geese (flyovers, must be a little water in the creek up > north) and heard several Western Meadowlarks. Very dry (until today) and > very quiet. I did not go out north of the campground along Mourning Dove > Trail because the rain/snow was picking up. The gate is still closed up by > CR77 and you have to walk in. The creek thru the cg is dry with a few > puddles north of the Group Area in the nw corner. The host van and an > attendant vehicle plus the trailer of the contractors working on the trees > are still parked down in the campground. > > > In Briggsdale I had the usual European "Fab Four" plus a whopping two > North American natives: Rock Pigeons, Eurasian Collared-Doves, European > Starlings, House Sparrows plus House Finches and a small flock of about 10 > Common Grackles. > > > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/bac32cb3-2d51-4568-98a5-fc72a2777a05%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
