The Reddish Egret was still present at Jackson Reservoir after 3:30pm. Access from below the dam (at the outlet), up and over is good, but VERY muddy and can be a long walk. Later in the afternoon the bird was along the west shore and easily accessed from the Jackson Reservoir State Park campground (sandy, but not muddy)...HOWEVER there is a detour to get into the main entrance to the park...the detour takes you west of the park through Anderick Ponds SWA on Morgan County Road 2. Just a FYI.
Some photos are on checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S73757510 Joey. Joey Kellner Littleton, Colorado On Friday, September 18, 2020 at 1:25:22 PM UTC-6 Joey Kellner wrote: > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Joey <[email protected]> > *Sent:* September 18, 2020 12:42:22 PM MDT > *To:* Cobirds <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Reddish Egret, Jackson Reservoir, Morgan County > > David Dowell, Dean Shoup and I are looking at a young, dark morph Reddish > Egret first seen from the dam near the outlet canal. One can walk down the > face of the dam and get closer. > > Smaller than nearby Great Blue Herons. Grayish-red body, neck and head. > Yellow eyes; Darker grayish wings. Long, dark, relatively even width bill > (tip to base). > > Began running actively and "canopy feeding" > > Photos will be to eBird later. > > Joey. > > Joey Kellner > Littleton, Colorado > Joey Kellner > Littleton, Colorado > Joey Kellner > Littleton, Colorado -- 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/199db81f-08ac-4af4-9cbc-6652ad1be085n%40googlegroups.com.
