At 7:15 a.m. today, the large group of snowy egrets was in the pond. I did not have binoculars, but I saw a bird that looked distinctly different than the snowy egrets. Good potential it's the cattle egret!
Bryan Arnold Littleton, Jefferson County On Monday, August 31, 2020 at 9:50:05 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > Today I found a Cattle Egret with a large group of Snowy Egrets along my > South Platte River patch. It was in the pond with all the Egrets. It was > still there at 9:30, I could not however post on my phone for some reason. > To get there, park at the Little Golf and Tennis Club, which is on the > corner of Federal and Bowels. 5800 S Federal Blvd, Littleton, CO 80123, > its the large white dome. Park on the south side, across from Bowels. > Follow the trail and walk under the bridge (Bowels underpass) and go south > (upstream) about 200 feet (I am not good at judging distance so maybe > more.) Its the pond along the dirt trail with the golf course on the other > side, there is small grove of trees keeping you from seeing it until you > reach the pond. The bird was closet to the trail, with about 34 Snowy > Egrets, the most I have seen, and a few Wood Ducks. Hope it's still there. > Good luck, > Brian Johnson, > Englewood CO > -- 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/f5389546-310e-4911-837b-71e541930a24n%40googlegroups.com.
