Hi all I've yet to be stopped at Weld CR 61/74, I get some funny looks at times, leading a large contingent tomorrow so that should be fun possible encounter! :-)
Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org/ On Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 2:46:29 PM UTC-6, jack straw wrote: > > Hi CoBirders, > > First, I have a question… for anyone who has been to Wellington State > Wildlife Area - Cobb Lake Unit in the last two weeks to view or take photos > of shorebirds, can you tell me where the shorebirds are ? I went around > CR 58, Cr 56, and CR 3, and I could not find what looked like suitable > habitat. The large ponds I found were surrounded by vegetation. > > I stopped at CR 74 and CR 61in Weld County. I was getting set up with my > scope and camera, when a large pickup with a large man stopped behind me. > He was friendly, but started asking questions….why was I there, what was I > looking at. I told him I was looking at and and trying to > photograph birds. I was on the side of the road. He said it was a public > road, and he worked for dairy farms in the area. He said there > had been people coming around trying to check out the Organic dairy > operations. He took a photo of my license plate, and again told > me it was a public road, again telling me about people coming to the area > to check on the daily farms, and then left. So if you stop there, be aware. > There is a large house or building east of the pond, I wonder if someone > from that building called security ? > > At that pond were two Marbled Godwits, 6 Black-necked Stilts, 8 > Long-billed Dowitchers, and 40 Franklin’s Gulls. > > BeeBee Draw CR 42 ponds were bone dry, and very little water and no > shorebirds on CR 48 Lower Latham Area in Weld County. > > Larry Wilson > Northglenn > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/e5209887-dbbe-4535-8eb2-f1250e5c3409%40googlegroups.com.
