This seemed to be true last spring when I went to Walden Ponds. I didn’t see near the number of ducks or water fowl that I had in the past, they were practically empty. Did this change as the season went on?
Deb Carstensen, Arapahoe County Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 16, 2020, at 8:14 AM, Ted Floyd <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey, all. > > Dick Pautsch mentioned the dearth of ducks at Walden Ponds, Boulder County, > and it's something that was striking to me when I was there late yesterday > afternoon, Wed., Apr. 15. Dick conjectures that the recent weather may have a > role to play, but I would also say that the various waterbodies at Walden > Ponds have been relatively duckless for many weeks now. Nearby Teller Lake > No. 5 is teeming with ducks, as is Sombrero Marsh, just a bit farther away. > So I wonder what's up at Walden. > > It was getting windy when I was there yesterday afternoon, but a Virginia > rail was kek-kek...kek-kek...kek-kek...kek-kek'ing steadily, a magnificent > great horned owl posed for passersby, and there was an eastern phoebe well > upstream from the 75th Street Bridge. (Which I didn't visit.) > > It was gratifying that various walkers and hikers got to see the owl. > Everybody was wearing masks and keeping distances considerably greater than 6 > feet. (Where did this figure of 6 ft. come from? I don't know about you, but > my sneezes expectorate aerosol contamination considerably in excess of that > distance! I was a social distancer before social distancing was a thing.) > > Ted Floyd > Lafayette, Boulder County > -- > 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/907c5370-21ec-40c4-a27b-30fc03bfc8c7%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/85D5CFCC-DD90-4317-B814-AA17017FAA08%40aol.com.
