All,
I finally got to spend extended quality time birding Timnath Reservoir
today to follow up on my last post about the spot. I birded there for 4
1/2 hours from late morning today to late afternoon and felt like I covered
it pretty well. First off, what an absolutely gorgeous day to be
All,
To echo Dave, and with all of the posts lamenting the dearth of waterfowl
North of I-70 and west of 85, I thought I'd share some thoughts as well.
Indeed, many reservoirs Dave mentioned in and around the Fort Collins,
Wellington, Windsor areas seem to be experiencing lower numbers than
Since there's been some discussion re: access to Timnath Reservoir (Larimer
Co), I thought I should mention:
Taking the dirt road entrance to the parking area on the south end, I was
met by a Timnath Department Of Public Works employee named Ron, with a
clipboard, monitoring visitor activity.
The Fort Collins Audubon Society Field trip to Timnath reservoir this morning
detected 55 species of birds including a few highlights. A Cassin's kingbird
and two Sage Thrashers were along the main entrance road to the park on the
south west side. Three nonbreeding-plumaged American golden
Hi all
TImnath Reservoir has drawn down a lot and has lots of birds--mostly on
north side of reservoir. Couldn't pick out anything unusual. Lots of
ducks ("billion" coots); gulls (usuals), some Forster's Terns; grebes,
pelicans, cormorants, herons, few Wilson's Warblers. It seems the marsh
Sean Walters reported earlier this month that the Town of Timnath had
adopted a policy excluding non-residents from access to Timnath Reservoir
and the town park on the west side of the reservoir.
I've been in touch with town officials on behalf of concerned birders and
in my capacity as
At 5pm today there were hundreds of Ruddy Ducks and Western Grebes on
Timnath Reservoir. I also spotted 1 Clark's Grebe, 4 Red-breasted
Mergansers, about 45 Franklin's Gulls, and a couple dozen more common
species.
John Shenot
Fort Collins, CO
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At lunch ... great weather ... lots of ducks
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye
Ruddy Duck
Bufflehead
Lesser Scaup
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Canada Goose
Ring-necked Duck
Mallard
Gadwall
Canvasback
American Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Redhead
Pied-billed Grebe
Green-winged Teal
Double-crested
Hi,
I birded Timnath Reservoir late this afternoon from the south side, the
west side and the east side. There were at least 15 species of waterfowl
present, including hundreds of Cackling geese. I was looking into the sun
from the east shore so I probably missed some species.
Highlights:
1
Timnath Reservoir was teeming with birds this afternoon. Species that I
considered highlights were 2 Wilson's Snipe and 1 Pectoral Sandpiper in the
NE corner of the reservoir. Huge numbers of geese, ducks, grebes, herons,
cormorants, pelicans, coots and gulls. A single White-faced Ibis. No
04/03/13
It is a fairly large body of water but the water line is substantially lower
than last year. That being said, it has set up enough sand bars on the north
side of the reservoir for a group of at least 40 American white pelicans. The
other waterfowl and diving birds included:
Several
I went to Timnath Reservoir this morning early to see what may be
there in the way of shorebirds.In total I scanned the north-east
corner, the north shore, the north-west corner, the west shore, and
the south-east corner.
I spotted the following:
Killdeer - dozens
Least Sandpiper - 3
Bairds
High water levels including the marsh. Noticed just south of marsh
City of TImnath Park sign on road that used to be for the private
campground. Looks like we might have another access to point to
reservoir..
Red-tailed Hawk on nest east of marsh area out in field.
Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern
Birders,
Yesterday, Wednesday, I stopped by Timnath Reservoir for about an hour at
11:15. There had been quite a turnover in birds in one day.
On Tuesday there had been quite a few Long-billed Dowitchers and a couple of
Short-billed and no Greater Yellowlegs. Yesterday there were no Dowitchers
Hello, Birders.
Nick Komar and I saw some nice birds up at Timnath Reservoir, barely in Larimer
County, earlier today, Saturday, August 14th.
First things first. As I was getting onto I-25, I saw an excellent fireball
high in the northeastern sky. I'd guess magnitude minus-six, maybe
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